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fl1' TEfNATiONe L LESSON NO. Vit.
1kilAY13. 1900
A Fierce Demoniao Healed -Mark 5 :1.20.
Commentary. -I. The fierce demoniac
(vs. 1-5)... 1. They -Jesus• and the dieoi-
Les. The other side -They crossed the
Sea of Galilee from !Capernaum. to 'tb•e
eastern shore. Gadarenes-This name
in Matthew is Gergesenes, and in the
Revised Version is Geessenes. "Thomp-
son found a village called Gersa, about
the middle of the eastern shore, with
ancient tombs in the adjacent mountain,
and near the village found a steep place
exactly suiting the story of the swine."
Broadus.
2. The tombs -These tombs were .either
natural caves or recesses hewn out of
the rock, with cells upon their sides for
the reception of the dead. Such tombs
can still be traced in more than one of
the ravines on the easetrn side of. the
lake. -Cam. Bib. .A man -Matthew men-
tions two sten'. Wank •artd Luke speak
only of one, probaby the fiercer of the
IMO, without denying that two were
healed. Unclean spirit -"Called unclean
because the spirit defiled both body and
soul, the Outward filth being a type of
the inward defilement. The original
says, in an unclean spirit: in the power
of ,under the influence and dominion of,
a demon."
3. Gould bind him -Attempts had been
made to bind him because he was ex-
ceedingly fierce (Matt. viii. 28). Luke
tens us that he was naked. 4. Fetters
and chains -Fetters were for the feet;
chains for any other part of the 'body. -
Schaff. Tame him -It was impossible
to bring his wild, savage nature under
restraint. These feats of strength are
often exhibited by mad men.
5. Night and day -He was deprived of
sleep. Mountains tombs -Here the
demoniac had his home; for "all maniacs
were outcasts as soon as• they became
violent, for that age had no provision
for taking care of them,. Institutions of
pity for the unfortunate are among the
gifts of Christ; antiquity knew nothing
of them, or of the spirit that /vonld
produce them," Crying -Probably with
hideous yells. Cutting himself -Here is
an impressive picture of what alt men
would become under the absolute domin.
ion of Satan.
II. The demoniac goes to Christ and is
delivered (vs. 6-13). 6 Ran and worship-
ped -As a man he is attracted toward
Christ but when under the influence of
the desmons he desires to withdraw from
Christ. 7. And cried, etc. -It is irnpos
Bible to account for his strange con-
sciousness of a wonderful power in
Jesus, for the utterance of language
which comes, as it -were, from a. 'being
- within the man; or for the language on
the part of our Lord clearly recognizing
the fact of possession, or for the de-
parture of the devils out of the man in-
to the swine by the express permission of
Jesus, on any other hypothesis than the
existence of beings superinduced upon
men. Whedon. To do with thee -Liter-
ally, What is there between thee and
me? What have we in common? Why
interferent; thou with us? -Com. Bib.
Time devils at once recognize their great
enemy with divine power. Tortcnont Me
not-- Therein the true devilish spirit
spooks out, which counts it a torment
not to be suffered to torment others,
and an injury done to itself when it is
no more permitted to be injurious ,to
others. 9. What is thy name- Christ
asked the man (not the demon) his
name in order to get his attention and
bring him to a consciousness of his own
personality. Legion -The demon nimiwor-
ed, speaking through the man. The Ro-
man legion consisted of about six thou-
sand men. The word has corns to mean
any large number -a host.
10. Besought -The demon knew who
was in authority over him. Out of the
country -This is explained in Luke viii.
31. They did not wish to' be sent "into
the deep;" that is, into the abyss of
hell, into the bottomless pit (Rev. xxo.
3.) Send us to anywhere, anywhere but
to perdition. tend us to the most shat-
tered man; send us to the lowest crea-
ture, into elan or beast, bird or reptile;
anywhere, but into hell!" -Parker. 11.
Great herd -Though the Jews did not
eat pork the Roman soldiers did and the
swine may have been kept to supply
their wants. 12. Into the swine•-Ilow
could donions enter swine? We do not
know. But we see many things quite as
difficult to understand. The conn otion
of mind and body in us is an equally
great mystery. 13. Gave theme leave --
"The devil cannot so much as trouble
swine without leave from God." -Pool.
Were choked -Cavilers have charged our
Lord with wrong doing in "Sending" the
demons into the swine and thus causing
such a great loss to the owners, but it
should be noted that what Jesus slid
was to drive then. out of the man and
then permit- them to go where they wish-
ed. Iie did not "send" them into the
Mine. "The owners, if Jews, drove an
illegal trade; if heathen, they insulted
the national religion; in either case the
permission was ,just." -J., P. and B.
HI. The effect of the cure (vs. 14-17).
14. Pled -Their occupatkmn Wasp ane. in
the city-Gergesa, near the sea. Went
out -The quickness with winch intelli-
gence Erose in the east, and the readi-
ness with which people will turn out
from a village to tramp away miles to
satisfy their curiosity or bid a friend
welcome or adieu, aro ,things scarcely
known here. -Hall. Matthew says, "13e -
held, the whole city came out to meet
15, Soo binm...sittin.g-'there is a mar-
velous contrast between the man's for-
mer and hie present condition. Instead
Wandering among tortilla, in naked-.
ness, and :filling the people with terror
by his wild., maniacal ravings, he is now
sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and
in his right mind. 'Those who come to
Christ and take Him as their Saviour
alwaye come into their right mind, Were
!afraid -They knew .they were in the
presenoe of one who bad great power
and perhaps they feared Jessu might
send upon them the punishment they
knew they deserved on account of their
sins. "When Chest comes into a place
there is either deadly fear or great re-
joicing." 16. J3hey that saw it -Those
who fed the •swine and others who may
have been there when Jesus landed.
Then, too, the disciples may have told
the story. 17. To depart -They no doubt
feared greater losses. They preferred
swine to !Christ. "They considered the
salvation of the man as a poor compen-
sation for the lose of their pigs. .A. man
ev'ho drives away devils must be !himself
diven away. So do seen hug the' disease
and hate the physician. Sleep -ties at the
present day agree with the Gadarenes
and. repudiate Jesus, because the demons
destroyed the swine."-Whedon.
IV. The saved man at work for Christ
(vs. 18-20). 18. Be with Him-ILow dif-
ferent is this grateful man from what he
was before he met the Saviour. He
loved Jesu'e now and desired to join him-
self to Christ as one of His constant fol-
lowers.
10. Go home... tell We owe our first
duty to our home and friends. "To be a
witness for Christ in the country where
he was so well known was far better for
both the man and the people than to
follow t'es'tis among strangers. Jesus
thusshowed His love for the people who
had rejected flim by leaving a witness
among them who snight lead some of
them to repentance" 20. Decapo•lise-
Fronn deka, ten, and polis, city, meaning
ten cities. "When the Roman conquered
Syria, B. C. 65, they rebuilt, partially
colonized, and endowed with peculiar
privileges 'ten cities,' the country which
was called Deeapoli's. 1Vith -one excep-
tion ,they all lay east of the Jordan,
and east and southeast of the San of
Galilee. The name was also employed to
denote a large district extending both
sides of the Jordan:'
PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS,
"Dwelling among the tombs" (v. 3). It
is an unnatural thing for a human be-
ing to live among the tombs. A. tomb
indicates death. It is constructed for
the dead and normal human life shuns
it only as duty or affection• calls in that
direction. "Why seek ye the living am-
ong the dead" (Luke 24, 5), The wretch-
ed demoniac was more contented among
the dead than among the living. There
was a sympathy, an affinity, between
death and the demon -possessed man.
They. who are away from God are in a
condition of death, "dead in trespasses
and sins" (Lph. 2: 1). They are dead in
the sense of being without the life of
God in the soul. Those who dwell among
the tombs, spiritually, are dead. to holy
impulses, are dead to holy joy, are dead
to divine love, are dead. to a genuine
hope -of heaven, are dead to couuuunion
"with the Father, and with his Son Je-
sus Christ" (I John, 1, 3).
"Neither could any man ::tame him''
(v. 4.) While this miracle does not tun,
nish -exact parallels of Christian experi-
ence, yet there are facts stated that run
closely along the thought of personal sal-
vation. (Tnregei:eeate lamman natmvr is
appropriately spoken of as untamed. The
carnal nature "is not subject to the law
of God, neither indeed can be" (Ram. 8,
7.) As the demoniac could not tome
himself and no one else could tame him,
so 00 man is able to subdue hie own wild
rebellious nature and nta.ke it C'ln•isl:
like, but the Holy Spirit is able to sub'
due and transform the wildest disposi-
tion.
"Come out of the man" (v. 8). Jesus
proceeded in this case on the supposition
that there was something wrong with-
in. The unclean spirit could control
the roan whom he inhabited shot ho rs
now addressed by one who spcake with
authority. It is Jesus who spenie to
the wind and the lashing waves, "Be
still," and there was a great calm; who
spoke to the dead son of the widow of
Nein, "Arise," and he sat up; and who
now says to the demon, "Come out of
the moan" It was not in the nature
of an invitation, or of advice, or of six-
)sortation, but of command, Satin wonid
have enjoyed being coaxecl anis entreat-
ed,
ntre ted, but he cannot beer the direct com-
mand of the Son of God, who came to
destroy his forks.
".Chou Son of the most high God (v.
7). Satan recognizes the presence of hie
conqueror. Ile cannot endure ilia near
approach. Many people will not aelen•o•wt-
edge the divinity of our Lord, but the
demon did in this case. Satan will c'rm-
test the possession of a human heart.
He will not leave until he ii compelled
to rio so. lfe will argue and plead and
threaten as long as he is given any op-
portunity, and will even flatter and say
it is a good thing to belong to n chusc+h.
but he has a master. Jesus is the glor-
ions• conqueror.
"The unclean spirits wont out" (v. 13).
Man's nature was. not designed by Ma
Maker as the habitation of Satan. Govt
had a nobler purpose in view. 11e
bneathed into man His own nature, His
own life. When IIe re-creates man He
bids time spirit of evil to come out and
it is done. Man thus becomes the "habi-
tation of God through the Spirit" (laph.
ii. 22). Satan enc. the Holy Spirit can-
not dwell together. They are eternally
opposed to each other. When at God's
command the unclean spirit goes out of
a human heart the Holy Spirit enters
and the body becomes His temple. i3ee
1. Cor. vi. 19.
"Clothed and hi his ri ebt mind" (v.
15). Mere was a transformation witlh-
out and within, Missionaries, who labor
anon, the tribes of Africa, tell we that
when a native becomes converted he at
once makes arrangements to wear
clothes. It is not necessary for the mio-
~iionary to .urge him to do so, for. he is
inclined that way immediately. The
terror of the C,•astiarene region was ren-
dered quiet .and civil, and wave a marvel
to those who saw him. IIe was 'in hie
right mind," Man nnregenerated is not
in his right mind. The Scriptures speak
of him as foolish, as unwise, as erring,
while he who has been saved through
grace, Is spoken of as having a sowtd
egret Coughs
A tickling lix'the throat;
hoarseness autimes; adeep
breath irritates it; -these
are features of a throat
cough. They're very de-
ceptive and a cough mix-
ture won't cure them.
You want something that
will heal the inflamed
membranes, enrich the
blood and tone up the
system . .. .. ..
Scott' z�ls�o�a
is just such a remedy.
It has wonderful healing
and nourishing power.
Removes' the cause of
the cough and the whole
system is ` given new
strength and vigor
Sand for free sample
SCOTT & BOWNE, chemist,
Toronto, Oat.
5oc. and $i.00. A11 draggle,.
•
mind." People come to their senses who
find salvation.
"How great flange the Lord hatar done
for thee" (v. 19). It was natural that
the cured man should desire to go with
Jesus, atnl it was also a commendable
purpose, but Jesus had a better field of
labor for him. We uaderetand that he
did not hesitate to obey the command of
the 14faster, but went about the work at
once. Testimony is a great past of
Christian work. -There .:should be a. glade
nese to tell salvation's story. D. S. W.
STABBED IN A STREET FIGHT.
Scataglini Ettore, From Midland, Se-
verely Wounded at Toronto.
Toronto despatch: There was another
serious stabbing affair on York street
last night, the victim being Seataglini
Eltore, an Italian, 30 years of age.
Twenty-five stitches ere required to
anise the wound nil ,itsildr ie Eaton's leg.
Tile injured man 'it ' re,uevec feomYork
e street in the ambalance to the Emerg-
eney Hospital, and there are various
stories about how the wounl was inflict -
.cd. One or two Italians say Eltore
accidentally drew his knife across his
leg in a street quarrel, and others declare
l'eveli Giacomo did the stabbing. Thm.
prisoner and the vmctrm of the stabbing
had only just reached the city from Mid-
land.
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1µSIT + i Y TO MARRED Ire'rEI
Irs. Mary Dinin::edt of Washington
Fella More Lydia
P Pio kIraro's�Ye"
;
getubio Coatcpei d Maccia lies' Well.
1t is wits groat 1)leasire we publish
the following letters, as they convinc-
ingly prove the claim we have ro many
uniea made in our Columns that Mrs.
'friLilC.'81e't;.tip.•.s:itkfcw-,"�,i''9a„!i}T]la
wry 1.172:12<rek
Pinkham, of Lynn, mea., is fully quali-
fied to give helpful advice to sick women.
Read Mrs. Dituenick's letters.
Iler first letter :
Dear Mrs. Pinkham
"I have been a sufferer for the post eight
years s with a trouble which first originated
from pain ail periods -the pains were excru-
ciating, with inflammation and nlceratioit
of the female organs. The doctor sats .I
must have an operation or I cannot live.
T do not want to submit to an operation if
I can possibly avoid it.. Please help man -
Mrs. Mary Dimmick, Washington, D.C.
Her second letter:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham
"You will remember 1iy condition when
I last wrote you, and that the doctor said 1
mast have an operation or I could not live,
I received your kind letter and followeo
your advice very carefully and am now tea
tirely well. As my ease was so serious is
seems a miracle that I am eared. I knnr.
that I owe not only my health but my ]it•
to Lydia E. Pinlaham's Vegetable 0ompoum et,
and to your advice. I can wall.: miles
without an ache or a pain, and I wish every
aimi ring womanwould read this letter aced
realize what you can do for titer." -M .
Mary Dimmick 50th and East Capitol wig.,
\Vaaihington, D,U.
How easy it was for Mrs. Dimmiok tr
write to Mrs. Pink -ham at Lynn, MoecI•
and how little it cost her --a two ccn:
stamp. 'iiOt how valuable was the reply:
:'m s Mrs. Dimmick says -it saved her lite.
Mie. Pinkbatn lsaa out file thousand:;
of just such letters as the above• and
offers ailing,, 9nzela helpful advice.
Market Reports
-pp_
The Week.
Toronto Farmers' Market.
The grain market continues very dull,
with prices purely nominal.
flay is first, with saes of 15 loads at
$14 to $15,54 a ton for tin:•othy, and at
$10 to $11 for mixed. Straw is nominal
at $11 a ton.
Dressed hogs are unchanged with ligltt
quoted at $x.775 to $10, and heavy at
$9.,0.
Wheat, white, bush... .. $0 76
Do., red, bush... .. .. 0 76
])o., spring, bush. .... 0 74
Do., goose, bush. .. .. 0 74;
Oats, bush. . .. .. .. 0 40
Barley, basic, .. .. .... 0 52
Peas, bush. .. .. .. .. 0 75
Rye, bush. . .. ... 0 75
Bay, thnotthy, ton .... 14 00
Do., mixed, ton .. .. I0 00
Straw, per ton .. .. .. 11 09
Dressed hogs .. .... !) 50
Apples, per bbl. . .. .. 3 00
Eggs, new laid, doe. .. 0 17
Butter, dairy .. .. .. 0 25
Do., creamery .. .... 0 27
Chickens, per Ib. .. . 0 14 0
Yowl, per Ib. .. .... 0 10 0
Turkeys, per 10.......0 18
Geese, per ib, .. .. .... 0 12
Cabbage, per doz. .. .... 0 40
Cauliflower, per der. .. 0 75
Potatoes, per bag .. .. 0 80
Onions, per bag .. .... 1 00
Celery, per doe. .. .. .. (; 40
Beef, hindquarters .. .. 7 50
Do., forequarters .... 5 00
Do., choice. earease .. 7 00
Do., medium, carcase.. 6 00
Mutton. per cwt. .. .. 0 00
Veal. per ewt... .. .... n 00
Lamb, per cwt .. .... 12 00
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13 50
Leading Wheat Markets.
May. July.
New York .. ...... .. .. 87 :ts 85%
Minneapolis .. .. .. .. .. 7636 7:)3m
Duluth . .. .. .. ......... 7974 80tia
St. Louis .... .... .... ... 84x4 87a
Toledo .. .. .. .. ...... .. SS al%
Britisb Cattle Markets_
London ('a'ble n- Cattle are quoted
at 11e to 12c per lb.: refrigerator brief,
Se tee 8 1.4e per lb.; sheep, dry s ed, 15e
to 10e per lb.; lambs, 17e. dressed weight.
Toronto' Live Stock.
Receipts of live stock at the city mar-
ket, as reportea ny t,ne railways, since
last Friday. serve 614 carloads, composed
of 1,108 cattle, 509 hogs, 7d sheep, 570
ca)ve_s and '36 horses.
The quality: of fat cattle was fair, a
few good with many medium to rough.
Trade was fairly good for the better
-class, but inclined to be easier, with
lower prices for the commoner grades.
Exporters.-Oniy a few loads of ex.
port cattle wore offered. Pr:. . ranged
front $1.70 to nano her cwt. Bilis suld
at $3.75 to $4 per cwt.
Butchers. ---.Pricer were easy at follow-
ing quotations. Picked lots at $4.75 to
$5, but there were few brought the lat-
ter price and those that slid were rood
enough for export; lc,ade of rood eeld at
$4.50 to $4.70: me'iittut at $4.25 to n4.-
40: common mixed with vows. at $3i25
to $4. canners et 82.n5 to 1:2.75.
Feeders and Steskers Se er:l iomle
of mediern cattle b rgbt m.. fu export
tie.., t.. -.t ghtani short -keeps end a few
lots of . lockers were off.. .'.. Harty
:Heti';, who bought 150 all told of buts
aekere and ftenie!rs, reports pr..es the
=ante as these given loet week fol-
low:4: het teedord 1.1!,:1 to 1,20u ll:
It 01. 5,9 to 01.75; , 5; best feeders. IMO t.0
1.100 Thee at .,4.25 to $1.G 1, best feeders
000 to 1.0N) lbs. at $4 to $4.25: best
feeders, 000 to (110 lbs., at $3.85 to :$4.-
10; biut stockers. 501) to 700 nen et 1113,-
50 to $:3.05; common stockers. e:s. 410 to
600 lbs., at 13.
Milch C'ntvs: •-<\bcr.;t 12 mina' cows
and springers sold from 8`1() to 50 each.
Veal Calves --The railways reported
576 calves as coming ou the market.
Prices were unchanged at 113 to $6 per ,
cwt.
Sheep and Lambs. --The receipts were
not lur;;e, the bulk of which were
Lou ;hit as a ual by Wesley Dunn at fol-
lowing prices: export owes at $4.50 to
$5; bucks at $3.50 to $3.75; yearling
Iambs at $3 to $0 each. Spring lambs
sold nt $3 to $6 each.
A IPis LLT J TI
HUBER PE &
tie Pound Nothing to Equal
Dod.d's Kidney Pills for They
Cured lrm of ills
Trouble.
rdr. W.11.. 'Wallace Is a Well Man 2•c�+' a
clay, but he was Pretty bad brio; o
he got Cured by 1 odtd's Kiane:,
Pilin.
Campbelltown, N. B., April 23.-(
Speeial-"It was a cold started my trou-
ble," says Mr. Wallace of this place, "1
am a contractor and builder and my
work causes me to he out and exposed to
all weathers so 1 suppose it was in that
way I.got cold. Any way it settled iar'
my kidneys and made me pretty sick,
I got Lumbago in the back, cramp in
the muscles, pains in the loins, short-
ness of breath, a dragging pain at the
loins and my urine was thick with ea
dark sediment. Then I knew the kid-
neys were to blame so I took Dodd's
Kidney Pills and they soon put rm'e in
shape and cured me so that I have bad
tru:tble with my kidneys since."
1i
NEWS IN BRIEF
Two Italian laborers were killed to --
day by en e.X,p1osion o1 dynamite in the,
new Pennsylvania Railroad tunnel under
•the East River at New York. They were•
dynamiting. rock, and accidentally set off
a charge.
Mrs. John Ilart, of Alpena, Mich.,.
aged 40, was burned to death in a mys-
terious manner in her hone last night.
Her husband saps she lighted a parlor
fire with oil from a lamp but tells a. dis-
connected story about the fatality.
The IL•tzieton Colliery of the Lehigh
Valley Coal Co., one of the largest of
the district, was put in .partial opera-
; tion yesterday by a force of non-union
' men, recruited front this city and other'
places. The men are housed and fed with-
in the enclosure surrounding the mine.
M. C. Golden, a storekeeper in the vll-
loge of Dennison, 16 miles front Grand;
[Rapids, Mich., near Coopersville, woe.
shot last night by a highwayman who -
robbed the body of $1d0 in money and at
watch while friends were running to the•
assistance of the victim and (hen es-
caped.
.ittordea h T%.e.,71drnt 3'1,r,; gest stick
otLc'r c1:;,i:itu' , ins ,ulin 1('prer'entativev
of both the United States and France,,
the body of John Paul Jones, was yens-
' terday laid in the crypt beneath the
grand marble stairway of llanrroft Hall,
Annapolis, Mich. there to :'t until the•
completion of the chapel in which it
is to be filially placed.
j The prltl.'::1 Fit! t in lln<.=.i:t has
veld:•n'y eron-n ,lmrat1cnin-,. The Fella
lication eeetedley of tile draft of ll'o
new "for..!1-enL1 , , c r' `rt -
tion" of orms.ed 0 .. r:n of
m indignation. an l a,..,d: t: the preenit gen-
, oral dietrue-d of 1r:"irr:r-
tive7 h:is f:tr tm t .j•; -t the etinntaise
nericcl to seitidta the entire opee .lt:art'
in Parliament.
The New York Tribune says: Preen -
dent Georgie F. Baer of the Philadelphia
and Bee:ling ;g Railroad, conte to this city'
from Philadelphia for a few hours' stay'
yesterday. No action will be taken in thci
coal situation until President Mitchell
of the United Mine Workers, hacl told
what he was going to do. The prices of
small sires of steam coal were not so
high yesterday as for ilio hest week or
two. It was said that this was due to
the resumption of work at several wasb
ers.
Hogg Products.
Prices were reported ax unchanged by
.\Ir. Harriet Selects, $7.15; lights and
fate at 11:6.00.
BRADSTREET'S ON TRADE.
:1Iontreal: The condition of trade gen-
erally continuos satisfactory here. Dry
goods sorting orders are coming in well
and in some lines repeat orders are be-
ing received. Warmer weather ligan re-
sulted in a heavier retail demand. for
spring and summer lines. il:trdware •
continues active. with values steady to
firms, and deliveries of oils and paints
are large. There is also a rood move-
ment in groceries. Sugar preen during
the week declined 100 per 100 1145. Com-
mercial paper is also being diseoun•tcd
in larger volume. Collections are am -
proving throughout the country.
Toronto: The volume of wholesale
trade moving .)acre continues heavy its
nearly all fines. Warm weather has
give3t impetus to the demand for retail
lines of tiry goods and sorting orders are
heavier. The hardware trade is utectnrn
a heavy demand for a.11 seasonable litre:;.
shipments of heavy goods have been
very heavy inee lake and rail freight
rates went into effect. Particularly
heavy shipments are being made to
Manitoba and the Northwest. 'rhe gro-
cery trade has a quiet tone, although
ltiiii ss is heavier than ostial at this
time of the year. Ontario collections
are reported good, while dhose from the
west are, in some cases; a little slow.
MISPLACED SWITCH
ACCIDENT AT MEITRITTON THAT'
PiJT SEVERAL LIVES IN DANGER.
A St. Catharines despatch: A misplao•-
d. switch caused another bad accident
on the Grand Trunk Railway at llTerrit-
ton this afternoon. A special train with
six or seven hundred immigrants on
board was coming west front Niagara.
Falls and did not stop at the Merrit--
ton station. The line is double track-
ed, and just east of the station is a.
switch connecting the two tracks. A.
freight engine with a train of empty
cars was standing. on the opposite track
just at the switch waiting for the immi-
grant special to run by.
The switch should have been closed,.
but it was not, and the passenger engine
crashed into the middle of the freight,•
smashing six of seven cars into splint-
ers. The passenger engine ran on the
track until it nearly reached the draw
bridge over the old Welland Canal, and:
then plunged flown the bank. The ten-
der remamucd nn the track. Engineer
'I', G. Case and Firemen J. T, Macken-
zie had a narrow escape with their lives„
The road bed was torn up for some dis-
tance.
Beyond receiving black eyes and slight
bruises, the passenger's were uninjured, •
but they were badly frightened. One
freight car was sent flying through the.
air across the second track, and lane(t
on one end in the water of the wlm:s*
weir.