The Herald, 1904-02-26, Page 3apday Se�ool.
INTERNATIONAL LUSSON NO IX
IiIUD.ItUALUY28� 1904.
Healers and Doers of the '-A.
Commentaxy -1. :'Isere -ton
not sufficlent (vs. LA, 28'
every one. He liad just told tc
ithey mtist' eater inthrough\ u�
, row gate and walk a parrot way.
and now he intimates that many
:,,will seek to gain admittance on the
I ground of mere profel,si.on. That
• saith...... Lord, Lord. Truca religion is
ware than a, profession, We may
acknowledge the authority of Christ,
4•balieve, its' his divinity and accept Ills
(•cteaichings as truth, and stili witll-
h out the love of God In the heart the
Fwlll be shut out of the kingdom.
f'J(;ingdom of heaven. Defined by Paul
as being ,"righteousne8s and peace,
n t Ghost t -tom. 1.4
as $ ,joy i,t>, he Holy C'h s l ,
47). He that doeth,. Christ's foilow-
e.ra are -.'doers of the word and not
j hearers only„ (:la.mes 1, 22). Sea Trevi.
14. The will, etc;. That is, the
tomes enters into the kingdom wlxo
i obeys the gospel an(] keeps the com-
mandments of (loci, t),ly 1'ti then. Christ
does not refer to God qts a stern
;judge ready
to a nden, but as %
:,loving father who is ready to bless
;sLn(i
help lino children. This was a
truth hitherto unknown.
. xe i knon.
tI r t
22. \Many. Not merely an occasional
one, but the number will be asion-
ishingly large. In that day. The
judgment day. The Clay when the
final accounts shall be brought in,
and when each shall receive his just
dezert..8as acts 1.7, til; horn, 14, .10 ;
.2 Car. 5, .1.0. Prophesied. is the
whole gospel Is a real prophecy, fore-'.
telling the vast future of the, human
race -death, judgment -.%fill r,ternity,
Iso every preacher is a prophet. See
,'Paul's detInition in 1 Cor, 14, ;3, ,Cat:'
out devils. Through their preaching
aaouls had been converted and devils
:lead actually been cast out of men's
abearts. ,Wonderful works. There have j
been great revivals of religion and
great manifestations of ditine power.
The truth hits been Preached asci twod
iias blessed it.
29„ -.•I never knew, yow-Ilow sctrl 1
From tills -ra see 'how easy it is to
bet deceived, MLany axe trusting in
the church, their hood name, th it
;getnerosity, their great gifts, thelr
e'mploynient in ilia ministry, their
tself-sacrifice, their devotion to the
cause, etc., etc., tvlhlLe at heart ihry
are not right with '.sad and at the
i last great day will be cast to the
left hand. belong at
the heft hand, front me -What could
'be --.;arse thwi banishment from God?
11. ',rho wase builder (as. 2•1, ,Ilia).
24, YTherefore-Jesus Holy: proceeds
to l.lnp'reas the truth by the lice of a
very striking illustration. Whoso-
ever iheareth-•. re I:. V. "Ilpth vhiRs- t
as of men hear the -,,,lord. ,So far
tboy are alike. The two houses have
vxtern•aliy the same appearance, but
the ,great day of trial ehotv,s t1w dif-
feirence." Will liken Klin - "'S'L,
341atthew, whla living near the lake
had ofte,h witn8ased sucih suddon
fl!nods as aro, described, uses vip;orouR
ladnlguage and drawls the picture viv-
Idly," The, Jordan teas, annually
Fxwall(ni and bocame rapid and furt-
o'us. Everytlhinag within reach would
then be Rw.(rptt away. ,A -vise lllan—
'.rho trnLy wase nhan lhltys n.ttentioll
to, spirltual and eternal things. IIP
Is a. prncvol. man, a man of andgr-
standinf; ivlxi, looks a.b.Pad ,Incl sms
tlx0 dta.ngpi, ;and makm9 us^ of his
bast tnea"as of aCvoidiug it. The
w,iRa.. builder is the ane who hears
and dxbe7 , the, words of Christ, built
his ?t,auso-Ills eliar ictor ; lhia soul's
irt,erests. 3:atch man fc>sscssus a
hoaiva, -which is Ills nlxsolately, anti
for which lie alone is responsible
Notice: "1, All wen ase building. 3.
All builders have it choice or foun-
(lations. 3. All foundations will bo
tried, 4, O.11y one foundation will
st.a,tld,-Parker. Upan a rock-- Our
nark ire Jesus Christ (1'sa. 118, :.11;
19a„ 88, 10; 1 Cor. 2. 11). Ile isthe
-.lure foundation. ,As twig centre our
• faith In him, and build accordinf, to
the inaxima w1hich ho has laid down,
we will be safe, 25. The rain.,...,..
;beat -So, tempests and storms of af-
fiictions, 'persecutions, temptation 8,
caul all sorts of trials beast agianst
itbe Raul. hluddenly, willen we think
rune, are safe, the calamity comes upon
us, Ural, Important in that hour
,'thy be poesessed of something the teui-
poet cannot destroy, it fell not -
T'ho religilam Of Josus Christ in the
asroul will stand overt' test, ',Phe (m-
t•lylem of a house to represent the re-
!ltgIohss life is specially appropriate-.
4. A boos& Is for rest. 2. A house
Is, for shelter. 3. A house Is for com-
fort, In like: nialaner true religion
Js the, rest, protection and comfort
of tha` 90111."
III. The foolish imiider,-vs, 26, 27.
20, Doeth them not --The foolish
man Is one who fails'to do what he
kilowR Ste Ought to do. He hears,
but is disobedient. The sand -The
foundation is the principal tiling,
'.Ihe house on the rock stood, but the
otructuro on the sand 'vacs soon nn-
derm.med. The one twhro sla,yR Lord,
Lortil. but vtril,ome hieart is not right,
Is oil the $anid. 27. It fell -So falls
the sinner. The, floods are wearing•
,away his sandy fonlndation, and soon
one trewendous storm shall beat
upon Win. and ho and this hopes sball
forever fall.-Raxnes. Com. Great leas
tlh'e fall-Iiow• great is the loss of
the soul I What it terrible fall for a
sour created In the !mage of God, and
,with all the glorious possibilities
;before it of al Ife, of bliss forever
rw-pth Christ. to be cast to the left
illand tit the last da'ay,.
IV. An astonfs;h,ed people, -vs. 28,
l29, 28. These sayinfrs-The sermon
,Stan: preached. Axtowgl- d. --The teab'a-
iings of J'eaus all through IHis lair
excited admiration, wonder and
ilamazemont. •`Tiley were astonished
t , al. Chris't'en chAlus ; ', ,'tet ,Tits maul -
fest power." nts dcetrine•-The ser- 1
'non On the mount contains a sum-
jl OXX of aft the great moral fprinel-
plexi and cardinaldoctrines of th.c
gospel, except the atonement, Hit.
Own divinity, as the superior of
Mooch; and the final judge of oxen„ it
fully asserted. 29. -laving author-
ity -Hip •philter. Jay. in Himself and`
In His life. -3(y This speaking witch
authority may be meront, 1, that the
truth he Fpnke calm" with authority.
2, that the majesty and power twit!
wiif�cll lie spako gave him authority
AR the scribes. ---He did not
•' •like a common interpreter of
confirming His, doctrine at
'the Jewlsh doctors usually did, by
the authority, of their learned !men.
but with the air and huthority of
a proplLet„ and by that authority
took' upon lifm to even correct the
doctrine of the scribes and 'Pharl•
sees themselves." -Blair.
VIZ*CTICAL SuitVEy.
Vital Importanco attaches• to tuan%e
at'tittltie to tike Divine will as reveal-
ed in the holy So•iiptures. This lessor:
Is decidedly practical in its nppilua•
tion. It is designed to represent the
ideal Christian In dally life. Trac
Piety cannot be divorced from Italy
living,
-Hearing tile xriard is not sufficient,
"Be ye doers of the word, and not
hea era only„ (James 1., 23), 1c
one's Poul is ever smerely aved sir
hearing tile wta'rd of God. Many de-
ceive -themselves byihsa6lainS that
they Ire -Christiana because t:hoy arra
regulfu, hearers of the Gospel, 'While
t t
hc� t t
x it o 130 practical use. he
yrn p
t. Z
Gospel is repl•esonted its the "perfect
Tale: ,if liberty." It "imposes obliga-
tLoas rroin God and preticrtbes a rule
of life. It punislhes 'tranegressors,
and ;rewards the obedient,"
A knowledge of 1;he word is nut
enough. " Mil t l,•ervant that knew
Ills lord's xvili and prepared not laua-
self, neither did according to his brill,
shall be beaten with: many stripes"
(Luke, xil- 47). "If ye know. these.
things, happy are ye f[ ye do thein„
(J'ohn silt, 17). Truce: happiness comas
not from a knowledge of the Divine
will alone, but from true devoted-
n,ess to Clad.
A ;profession of faith- Ln Christ is
insufficient (v. 31), This passage
cleu,ly teaches that one may ehn-
brace a sound creed, nin,intain a reli-
g!ous prorers_on, acknowledge C:arlst
to be the Lord" and pray to Mint as
a'xlcxt, And yet leave no part An Illm.
See watt, ay., g, 0, T,!iere (+ala be no
true devotioli to Uod when the heart
IV not united to -Jim.
Tpe foolish builder. He who flat -
Hearing and knowing !should ha fol-
I.Qws xl I)y doing. :l hW will result in
greater knowledge. ;A religion of pro-
fes.iian merely wall always be one of
doubt, williilo that of the doer will
always produco a consWous assur-
ance of divine favor, Th -pre can he no
effCctual substLtuto for obc(tfcnce.
,Che roowltx builder, *it(' tt`lho flaat-
tcras himself that becnusc he crieth
"Lord, Lordi," or bcrau.,e he proplhe-
sioth and doeth "many wonderful
niorks" fit the naane of Christ, ho, will
ba saved. Is represented as the fool-
ish builder whom Christ will at last
disown, will whose house shall fail in
utter ruin.
The 'vise builder, Ile looks -roll
to the foundation. Ile builds upon the
Lock. This denotes wtxlsdom, iorogight
and precaution. The-t,•ise man learns
not to Isis own underst,,wdin-g, but
"hertroth" and "doeth" the "sav-
ings" of the -rise and Infallible
Teacher. Tlihi is firatctical piety. Tho
rellglerl of 1vaus Christ Ili one of
deeds, not tsf -rord,Ls 1nerPly ; a "life
of action, not of dreaming."
Obedience !s ra lost of lore. °Che
strongest proof that ono than five
of his Lave to (rod, is by kvepin;; His
comma%ndm-entg, However high the
protfor,41lon, tIle want of obedience af-
fords sufficient f;raund to quostien
the genuincaness of ones' 'Iffvet on
for God. "If ye love me keefy any
eonxmandments," said tho Lord. -!oe
,Toha xLv. i -',l, :34,
ObedLance Is a test or relationship
to Christ. In tilt, days of ilia fkoah
when the Master was at one Lime
speaking to the pm-ple, one said un-
to 111m, "Behold Thy,, mother
call Tbhyt brethron stand witl-
out desiring to sp,oat•k with thea,"
Jesus said, "Who le girl motber2 and
who are Mty brethren Y" And stretch -
Ing forth Itis hand toward His dis-
elples, Ile said, "Rehoid \ky mother
a.nd My! brtAhran ! For whomaerer
slln3i dO the will of Illy' Father which
is in heaven, th'e sante Ls 'AIV brcyther,
and sister n.nd mother," Matt. aii.
46-50. What- net ineptimtlon to true
devotion to Godt
The security of ilia Christian, t•.
25. This passage refers to the safety
and llapapiness of tbbsd'who truest in
Christ, It Is 0alerla,ted to afford c,rI-
couzea,g+ernent and hrlge in time of
trial. The Christian is exposed to
afflictions, ptersectttions and variour•
fornus or Slataintic assault, but lie -v'ho
buhlds tspio!n the Rook of Ages remains
u n in tiro-. l ^m d V, tr•!sa's (Yod's p(,o-
pbe have th'e pr'ohniise of Divine guid-
aance and support. The infinite F&;.
tiler limits their affllctidns, restrietm
the operations of their ,nem -les aild
turns every' curse Into a bleesing• _
Burton 1?t ,. Bones.
TAKE ALLEN'S LUJG BALSAM before, tha,
naereiless Grip of the cold hats fastoned upoe•
throat and hntgs. After a few doses ttt•
Lwagh Is ender, and a complete cure to bit
the question of a little time.
Eskimo Tastes.
There is certainly no accounting for
tastes,,and surely the strangest is Olaf
of the 33skimos. 'fallow is their candy
It is put up in bright red packages ntact7
out of the feet of waterfowl. The -vomer
cut off the red feet of the bird, which
is called the dovekie, draw out the bone,
and blow up the skin, so as to m,1kr
Pouches, which they fill with the reap
dcrr tallow for their little folk.
None of the food that the Eskimos east
seems very inviting to its, but they'ave
^xtremely fond of it. and are very apt
to overeat. It is said by explorers who,
have gone into Greenland that it is ne
uncommon night to see an Eskimo tsar
who has eaten an enormous meal of thr•
ate, frozen flesh of the reineer, seal of
tvatilrus, lying on his back and eating
blubber until he cannot move.
Autclvcracy of Tfid-&e, f
Ills POWer as a Lerisiator and Supreme
Head of Cxecuttive.
One often hears clnest1x)ns asked as
to ho'w far the Uzax is master !n his
own bous'e, and many' froorple seem
to think that his WAKieralie pow -
or exists nrerelyl In theory, being al-
wa'.rs controlled and iliwarted by the
officials, Otherwise, Ilow is it p!as-
sibie to ' ewplain that a sovereign,
)rho is notoriousllyt iraatific, allows ilia
country: to adva2,tice to tike very !
brink of wxLr? Evldentlyh his hand
Ls being forted in Winn, mysterious
way. fllither he is p3strinaticallrn da-
ceiwed as to -vilat is taking plad;c, •or t
Ills lr tiers are not carried out 1yy; his
Ministers ,rind their aubardinates. Ili 1
accordance witli 'tills vlew, a 'itorya
wrls Lately' clImulatmd !u which his
11140sty teals reapresealtmtl as strur-�
f, -ling, 1101 eery, successfully, in than
rt:a::se Of ponce, and finally: exciafm-
irl to those who rlrh,°la.ta- f • will -
"Am
d Ills � it ,
,
":Tan I Clzttr, or am I 'rh10t ? Thas
hla.kes aa vetyl effect paragraph in a
6POcial co-rrespondent's despatch, but
uell
'.ietui+a ac aha?,
fi R t (ddktee
P 1 will b
4 e
I
Irceived -with extreme scepticism by,
those aCqua'llntedl with the internal
mechaani•sm of the ItliRRlan Go•vern-
ment. It is difficult to imagine, a
11ussl:a.n official openly opposing the
will of b1s august master in ;rueh a
'vans. cls to call forth a r; mark of tine
kind.
The Czartxrles his anueratic power,
theoretically and prartiealiy, ill two
trays -as a legislator and ars 1310 su-
preme lien(- of the Fxncutive. No
legislatire. mea,sare can he initiated
without hits approva 1, and whoa a. bill
bass beet prepared in the drpartmEn's
concerrel, anct disen:s,?d hl tile Coun-
cil of the r=iplro, it Is submitted to
him Ror his assent. If he, gives his
assent. The bill becomaq law. though
the ma•',ority of the Council of ilia
Empire may have voted against it,
and from that monlnnt he has to re-
opect the Iu w until it is annulled by
le•Slelatl-`e proTodore•. If the bill .is
not fortunate enough to obtain the
Imperial assent, it gors back t'a the
de•partmellts ar2A the C•otxoil, to ba
m(MIfferl in accordatict7 with the Intl-
perinI wWies, or it fat quietly put j
away in the arcadves anti, is no more
hanyd or, Ari supreme head of •the
1sa0autive, Ills Majesty lnls to use his
autoc.ra tic powar hnucih• inaro fro-
qudrfitly, bmauae In the ordlitlary
ccur:e o::%clnr'n'strat'o i,-v;.en-7y, r it
is considered dcsiral•Ite to utak . an
excrptav:a to the -.slating laws and
reguiations, the wa.ttor has t.o be
subnl7i•t.ted for sulyrviw) pc-.rmlyaidin by
the wMinirt4or c4nieerned. As there Is
ructhiup: which eorrct spo21tls to a Vali-
inct, ti,e lilnisters have n:s joint re-
spow-ibility, •Lad 1.130 rattly evnirs in
tvdhioll the artivlty of :tit tile, dirror-
ent depatrt,`nentr vonverp;a1, is the
];mlleroa' h1 nrelf. Ill. may, of 00111're,
QNIPr that to matter IN to br submit -
t4 --d to 11: k- Vo Ill 1nitte1� of 'VinisatvrR, or
lie may squixnon at tminbel• of lwrron-
ag:s in n•Ilaau he has emirldmuce to
CIiSa:us:- at qunstien fn I.J. fsra•a rrr: ;
but this forms no part of the ordith-
ary mirtlxAl or rondrtq nk bu::.naaaa.
Thula a f'za.r who attden(N au his t
clnaiea; anal hmf: if great c'AplICItV for
work can control thoroughly the,
great legl-I.ttive And ,sea,,^,hive ma-
chhno Iry n•h:ich Ice governs his can -
pix o ; :full, nes lir porvv"R.+s tunny un-
official mean-, or oli#ra.lninginror-
ilratirni, any -t ho Fhollid
sy54eulx.tlwailly aLta2snpL to de-
ceive lifm would very sx)on bP rouac!
out. With reste;;ard to foreign nifairs
he is turf- to lir+ rsc(-ptlotially well
informe(L "wcafi ae all crotvne:l heads
cowAder that the relations of their
country with foreign powers, rt, -
quire thrlr p.,rsonal .upet'vision, anti
to tilts~ rule the Ru«si.can antorrats
form no cseepticm. .As F.onn lis a i
ria itiaI Inei:lent happens it whichRussia Is Interested, a. mvmoran
dlum is carefully proparcd Ili the
Foreign Department, describing
'what }las occurred, explaining in
what -ray Rnssran interests are af-
fcetcd and Fnaggostting the line of
illation to be adopted, and this do-
cument Is submitted to the Emperor.
Ills 'MIa.jPsty 21iay dl9cuss ilae tlUes-
tion with the Miini.ster if lie thinks
fit, or he may read the paper ;Molle
and send it baiek with fits remarks
and orders written on tile ,argin.
In either case the Minister gets his
Inh'th'U'etiOltR rand cc's acoord'ngLv. Of
(late an unusual departure has been
made from this procpednre. Finding
It necessary to concentrate locally
the dlreetlon or affnire in the far
cast. the Emperor created a Vice-
royalty -with tip:-ctal powers and plac-
erl under the, orders of the Viceroy-
altyN not loll) IUho civil, milltary and
naval Authorltles, but also the Bus-
s!tan diplomatic renresentatves in
China, Corea and Japan. Admiral
Alexleff, on -whom this important
oost wag conferred, corresponds di-
rectly with the Elsiperor outside of
he Foreign Department, eo that if
ilia Russian Ambassa><lor in London,
Pgris or Berlin, declares that he
does not know what is going on in
tike fal- east ,it must not be hastily
assumed that lie Is using merely dip-
loma'tle language.
How, then, hay i(: cone about that
an antocrat, who it a severe lover
of peace and tubo has the control of
affairs, In his ow.n Bands, has brought
his country to the verge of wa,r T In
the first idace, it must be remember-
ed that autocrats, ilk, ordinary
statesmen in other forms at govern-
ment, do not always forseo the unti- .
mato consequences of their decisions,
and are liable to find themselvesun-
expectedly in a situation from which
war is the Only means of exit can-
01stent With the b4iural Interests
and the,naatlonal honor. Even the
pacific !lir. Gladstone let himself be
drawn into the lh%gyptlaa,n campaign
and nfterw.ards drifted dangerously
near to a. great tsar with itaslai. It
-.Trust be romembered, f%lrtbu
or, that
the autocratic forth of government
hal Its drawbacks as well at: its ad-
vantages in matters of foreign pol-
ka', It does not rerlulre to ,t-atch
and be guided by the ever-changing
enrronts of publicopinion, and it earl,
therefore, adopt a potLtlque de longue
halelfic ; but it is not nearly so In-
dmfiendent of popular sentiment "as
ws its commonly supposed, for its
strength lies In Its being ilia repre-
sO)htat1T0 of national coil Celli lon a and
national asplratous, and if it fails
to be true to thceae, it wea':ells itself,
Ile 'would be a very hold Czar 'who
would sacrifice •t great natlonal !n-
ferest to love of peace ur any other
personal fe01115- It ever a. Cr,ar was
justified ill distcga•rdlug the views of
the ultra: pa.triotc sectio❑ of '14H,.ub-
cct,
,
J it was ndr •
4 ee .
_ 1
a 1 Jr. when Ile
accepted the de inions or. the t'ongreR,
Of Berlin in order to avoid :l. groat
Fr
o e n
struggle,
but there
tvav no
doubt that that seise, courageous
'let diminished Ills popularity and
prestige. ,1Vhettter 1lcholas II. has in-
herited all the active courage of 11114
graaidfaihel' romn.ln:, to be seen, If
lie dertreR Jinace in ill(- sense of Ile -
Ing, ready to Racrifice to it certain
anratPrinl and Political Interests, lie
should lose no time in tran,rcrrin ;
the conduct of ilia diplomatic nego-
lations from his Viceroy to Ills, for -
1 a Office. The gallant ,Admiral may
be a % wise, prudent and cuncilia.tory
aR Ills friends represent Idol to lie,
bei he has flat the eapArtencre -Ind
traditional dexterity of the Forel -11
Office affleizl;;, and ite seem:; to have,
conducted the negotiations hitherto
ill such a tea,• that a diplomatic. re-
treat can hardly be eflPeted without
801130 loss of prestige. l'nder the di-
rection of :foreign Office ofriciai,,
the strategic, operation -would be
carefully veiled and the to„s of
prestige, if nnat•oldasble, would he, re-
(1uced to a minimum,
20 Years of Vile Catarrh, -Chas -
0. Drown, Journalist, or r)uluth. Minn.,
writes:”iliareltctnattnffetcrfrom'I'lhroat
and :Casal (:atarrh for over 30 rears. during
tvbleh time 1ny head liar beAn stopped up
11,1111 MY con,litlon truly miserable. withittlG
minutes liter usillk Ur. Agaen's Ceataarrhal
Powder l obkatued reilef. Threebotleshare
almost, it net entirely, eure,ltne.- nom -7:3
SANITARY TELEPlit,_fES.
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of detatbabb: dies of paper. with ahole
Ill the contre. is attached to the uhoutil-
t c
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cP of the telephouo, incl the tipper
pieces of paper Is tarn of after each
conver-stif ion. and in 1-Ieanna mal1 bole.q
are providmd with nalikiras, a ill a notfce
is lurk uta requesting tile, puhllc to
wige the receivers after rt e.
only 5 Cents a copy
'!'lie tarot-Triloc N,w,) for Rubra:nay, 0.1
sl to al all news stnmle.
CHIIRCII WITH WIDEST NAVE.
st. Churell at Coventry is
said to have 1110 widest alaa of attly
EllrIish c'hurd), It f, 12113 fact, tilde.
flint of 1'01.1; Minister Is 1041•2 feel: in
witil.h.
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Mrs. Hayed' 71+ Irst Letter Appeal -
inn to liars. JPtnkham for Help:
" Ds" Mics. PINxnAM : •-1 have been
under Boston doctors' tres,tment fora
long time without any relief, They
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the soreness extends up my spine. I
have bearing -down pains both back
and front. My abdomen is swollen,
and I have had flowing spells for three
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not walls: or be on my feet for any
length of time,
"The symptoms of Fibroid Tumor
given in your little book accurately
ascribe my case, so I write to you for
adviee.,'-•(Signied) V=as. R. F. HATns,
252 Dudley 8t. (Roxbury), Boston, Mass.
Mrs. Uay6s' Steeond Utter :
,t DRIn Mets, PINICUIX : --Sometime
ago I wrote to you describing my symp-
toms and aslted your advice. You re••
plied, and I followed all your direc-
tions carefully, and today I am a well 'I
woman.
al The use of Lydia E. Pinichanes
Vegetable Compound entirely ex.
pelled the tumor and strengthened my
whole system. I -can walk miles note.
11L- df b E. 1'intl;Cb fm's Vmg(r
itabli Compound is worth five dol-
Iar's a, drop. I advise all women who
are afflicted with tumors or female
trouble of any kind to give kill a fattlstul
tris!." -- (Signed) Mud. E, V. Brei, ,
'Za2 Dudley tit. (Roxbu ), $oston, IN n"
--$6060 fafolt If orlplaat07dkK?0httsrstls7W-#
Waineneva aernmrt 6a pirodaecet
The 1
E,ruaiutw avaeeaa ilitaaa'�
I+''oilowilug are the wosin;
tions at-i2nportant trlheat
to-da.y f
York, ... C.aslc,
C'hlcago ... ... ... ..... - S
7'ofeclar ...11)'2,13-4• 101
DuluLh, No.
Toronto karmors, Uarket.
Offerings of grain to•-.cls:j
-were sin+all!, with prices firm, lirhea:%
iR ltlghc;i•, one Ioad of 'white sellin
a t ''31hr, one, load! of reel wanter a•
91'%-.c, tind :trop loads at 'goo ae rt'
7J to 60e., Barley is unchanged, •30
bushels selling at 4.6 to 4Hc, Oat,
sold at -15c at bushel for One load.
lirt.y in moderate supply, with
hales of -AU lauds at IJ to x,10,;5
ra< ton ,for timothy, anti at $6.,
to $8 for miser!, Straw, steady'
three to:Itis nulling at $1'0 a tan,
Dressed !togs are uncha•ngell
to fli.iMv l'pr 1leavy, and at X16:70
to
7 9+ for light.'
1
Lt.
k': 1
>4 Olt llh4; al,t>, L113 g110tatfanR : +
Whoat Ivh11 hush., U0c , heed, 431
to ,41„e spriin7, 88 to 90c; goose
7 y
r ,
.1 to
'300 • � a
.As bu t
oats bush,, Iia to S5%c;�barfeay', basil.
46 to 480; hhy, timothy, per ton
$9 to $10,50; cs'.ariver, $6,50 to $8
R1,1 11 -W, , per to. -I, $10 ; seedss, %Isfke
brisk., $.i,rk to $5,75 ; red e1'over,
lhush., $(j to $6.35 ; timothy', 100 Obs.
7j ' 35 to $3; app:es, per bbl.,
to :'5: dressad hogs, $6 to 87
eggs, nr°w laid, per doz., 35 to 40e
Matta>s, dalrs� 48 to, _22c; creamery
=1 to 25c; cluckens, par Ib., 13 t
laic; geese, Ia';r 'Vb., 10 to 12c; ducks,
'Per bb., 11 to 3.30; turkelyls, ger ib.,
1) to 180; 'Potatoes, per bag, Sue'
to $1.05: cabbage, rear dozen60r,I
to 75c. caauli:flon er, per doyi
, $ tc*
$:..25. celcr.y, -,per dozeul, 45 to 50c,
bear, h':ndquamers, $6 to $8 ; beef,i
forNluarters, $4 to $6; beef, cholas
c'a'rcass, $6.50 to $7; beef, mtedium,
carcass, !$5.50 to $6; lamb, ;yearling.
$i+ to $U: rnn:ttea, per unit., $B trp
$7: 'real, Iter cwt., $7 to t9.
Bradstreets on Trade.
Trade at Montreal is picking up
Rome after the severe blockade
through the lieavy snowfalls. Twav-
ellers are ,sr-ndhig in more orders
now. The demand for wheat and
flour its very active. Values of staple
manufactures are firm. Money is
firm.
At Tiorouto wholesale tirade is
showing `t little more activity Ul;
week. The travellers are snaking
their calls with less difficulty, and
retalierx aro ordering freely. Mile
rofwirts from the mother country lu-
dioate that the emigration movement
tbi.; year w:11 b,, larga.
lituilaecs lit Quebee is much, the
ennic as preceding week. Collections
are still reported slow.
?it Tictorla-Vancouver and outer
Pi2elfic Voast points the business
prc,spects for the -.spring fire bright.
Tate local industries are quite active
and In.b,or is well employed, and traria
conditions are healthy.
T:;c; outlook tor• business for the
opring -It 1VlnnlpPg is encouraging,
i:etailPra lh:%ve linen buying liberally,
:A Iittlf! m0l'e wheat has bcon coming
forward. I'aynh^.miter ar(' Tair.
Ilusiihess iu Ifanilitvn has been de-
vcl:)ping nic, ly in lspring goods, in
frits,, tit The twPath.er conditions.
Trareilers have been ilia fig with.
llu-3 difficulty tills -week in cal'Ing
lllron enstnnsmrs, and the mail order
business ling been rairly good. 1+alue15
of oitaple goods are firm.
T,milon w holnsaale trade. is showing
ra little more life now. The. grain de-
liveries etre still light, and that has
nx;i,de country retail trade a little
:low in some respects, but renewed
Activity i_s looked for when the c -un -
try roads bwonic more passable.
While the (Yold weather has tended
to ehenk buslnws at Ottawa the past
two-w#wka, retail orders for the
spring are coming t•orward nicely
JAPANESE WIVES.
Theirs is Not a Very Fowle
Position.
The position of the Japanese -t
is not that of equality with
husband, says a writer in the Sm
Set. He is the liege lord, to be obe,
by her In the most Re.rvile mann
11P exact9 from her the littte att
Lions that an American -.woman
pests, and usually gets, from
husband. Without so much ata n m
mur or complaint from lits spot
who must always r ,,eine him -i
bows and smiles a,nd ever have
mind and eyes on her comfort,
goes and comes when lie pletu
When he tares forth socially.,
does not take tier with him. w:
tie receives gentlemen in his c
house -a rare thing, by the tea
madame B:ldom pro 6ents hersslf,
less in some menial capacity,
while such a thing a9 conjugal
must, exist in Japn,n, it If hall
capes the notice of the farelg
journer, tate people considerf
vulgar to exhibit emotion of
kind in public. Tile WA!e, as a
unit, being completely sub
It follows that others of b
mt19t take her place socially,
this office the geisha girls
Important role.
COMPARATIVE ILLITE:
It is nest to impossible
the desired statistics as to
but, broadly speaking, the ma
and liberal countries Ili the
the Titlited States, (treat B
her colonies, Prance, Germ
Holland, Belgium, Ileum -
and Sweden, Greece and
-vlth i1.18CiC0 -and the Ar ,e1,
lie, Brazil, and Chili, rank
and Russia. Spain, Portu
Turkey and Bulgaria, brill
raxLr.