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INT1;IZNATIONAt, r,1,SS4)1 NO VII.
31AY 18, 1902
The Early Christian Missionaries.-Aets 13:142
Commentary.-Barnabas and Saul
had gone to Jerusalem to carry the
gift+, sent by the church to Antioch
to the brethren suffering from the
famine. Chap. xl. 80. It appears that
they did not romp.in long et Jeru-
salem, but soon returned to Antioch.
xli. 25.
1. The church at Antiocii-
The; church must have been large
and flourishing at this time. Prophets
and teachers -The prophets were
those most open to receive, n.nd able
to speak the truth God revealed to
them ; men with insight and fore-
sight, rather than instructors. Bar-
nabas-Barilabas was a preacher,
and Et le not improbable that the
names "prophets and teachers" here
simply designates the preachers of
the gospel. -Barnes. Simeon
Niger -Niger means black, but there
is nothing In that to indicate that
this man was black. Nothing more
is known of him than is here men-
tioned. Lueins-He Is probably the
same person mentioned in Rom. xvl.
21. Cyrene-A celebrated city in
Africa ; one-fourth of the population
was Jews. Manaen, the foster -bro-
ther of Herod -(it. V.) Hackett thinks
his mother was probably Herod•s
nurse. He was evidently a person of
Influence. This was Herod Antares,
who murdered John the Baptist. And
Saul -Named last because he was the
late comer. He soon becomes the
chiefest of all the apostles.
2. They -These live ministers. Noth-
ing is said of any others being pre-
sent.-Whedon. But Meyer insists
that '•they" refers to tihe church and
not merely to the five ministers.
Ministered -In a special service of
prayer and praise, to ascertain the
mind of the Lord concerning the ad-
vancement of His work. Fasted -
Showing their intense earnestness,
their spiritual hunger, which over-
powered all sense of bodily hunger.
The Holy Ghost said -How tile Holy
Spirit spoke to them we are 'not told.
He may 'heave spoken through some
of tho prophets present, or by a
general convtotion on the minds of
. the members of the church. But
notice that the Holy Spirit "makes
the revelation, selects the mission-
aries, and assigns to them their
work." Separate me -That is, sot
them apart, or ordain them for the
special work whereunto I have called
them -the work of foreign missions.
3. Fasted and prayed. -A most sol-
emn and important service, observed,
probably, by the whole body of the
church. Tbe,-' needed wisdom and
ability to accomplish the great work
they were now about to undertake.
Lail their hands -By this ceremony
of consecration, they ordained them
-not to an order, but to a mission.
et did not make them deacons, eld-
ers, or bishops, but missionaries. Sent
them away -From Antioch, as mis-
sicnarles to other lands.
4. Being sent, etc. -The expression
hero is similar to that found in the
previous verse, and shows the call of
the Spirit first, and, next, that of
the church. The Roly Ghost origi-
nates the missionary enterprise. All
objections, therefore, to the work
arise from a lack of fullness of the
Spirit. Unto SeIeucia-This was tile
seaport town of Antioch, on the
Mediterranean Sea, Antioch being
twenty miles inland. Sailed to Cy-
prus -This island, in the Mediterran-
ean Sea, was originally the home of
Barnabatt.
5. At Salamis -The Greek capital
of Cyprus, and the nearest city in
their approach to the island, after
a few hours' sail. John to their min-
ister -This was John whose surname
was Mark, the same individual re-
ferred to in the last lesson.
6. Gone through the Isle -They tra-
velled the whole length of the island
from east to west, evangelizing. Cu-
te Paphos -The chief town of the
island, about one hundred miles from
Salamis. "H'ere the problems they
came out to face met them in the
most concentrated form. Paphos
was the seat of the worship of Venus,
the go:idess of love, who was said to
have been born of the foam of the
sea at this very spot ; and her wor-
ship was carried on with the wild-
est licentiousness.
7. Tho deputy -All the provinces
of the Roman Empire under the
control of the senate were govern-
ed by a proconsul, Here called a
deputy ; that is, e, governor ap-
pointed by the senate. A prudent
inan-A man of sound understandiui
and good sense. "Tho presence of
Elymas among his staff shows that
the proconsul was a man of en-
quiring; mind, and the same is ale -
played by Ins desire to hear Bar•
fleabag and Saul. -Cam. Bib. Desired
to hear -He des`lred to know what
these mon taught, and to hear the
word of God.
8. Elymas-An Arabic word which
means 'the wise." 'Perhaps he was
born In Arabia, or had lived there
and nay have assumed this naine
In a. boastful spirit, or he may
have received et from others as a
compliment to hie slciil.--Hackett.
Withstood them -Opposed them, as
the 'Magicians In Pharaoh'e court
withstood Dioses: He snsv itis power
was gone if the proconsul aeeeptod
the truth. To turn away --Tho (I -
fort of the sorcerer was to keep
hien from betomang a believer In
the doctrine of the apostles.
9. Then Saul Paul -This is the
first thno the name Taut occur,+.
and the last time where he is call-
ed Saul. The Gentile apostle here
Fuseless e Gentile name. "Beet" is
Hebrew, "Paulus" is Latin. The
worst Signifies "little," alluding to
his insignlfleanee of stature and
appearance. Il. tor. X. 1.10. Filled
rete. -Tho tense of the Greek plrti•
elplo implies a sutline) access of
tipirittu0l power.' Plurnptre, Set life
+tee-- \Nath h pierehig gaze Which
looked into his very soul," "Paul
110W ttfo ied for the first thee the
mighty powere which ch lay in lain.
10. Subtilty-"All guile and all vii-
l:tiny,"-R. V. Tatou expert, in the art
of dcoeiving men. Son of the devil (R.
V.)-Subtilty a characteristic of the
devil. Oen. iii. 1 ; II. Cor. xi. 3. Tnemy,
etc. -Ile was an enemy of truth and
holiness. Pervert -Ho perverted the
truth and God's way of saving men.
"The most dangerous errors are �
those which are perversions of 'the
straight ways of the Lord." -Abbott.
11. Band of the Lord -The afflic-
tion came from God, not Paul. Blind
"ire was totally blind. For a season -
Hie bIiudness was temporary. "l=oll
punishes only so much as is necea-
airy." Perhaps Paul hoped for the
min's repentance."
12. Believed -"The mirriele wrought
belief ; the ctoetrine of the Lord
wrought salvation."
Teachings -True ministers of Christ
are called to their work by the Holy
Spirit, but it Is the duty of the church
to recognize the call and set them
apart to the work. The true church
of Christ fe a missionary church.
Teachers of falsehood •are always
afraid of the faithful preaching of the
Gospel. The judeonents of the Lord
are sent in mercy, to warn, convince
and lead men to repentance.
PRACTICAL SURVEY.
The church at Antioch was apos-
tolic in its doctrines, composition, or-
ganization and aotivities. There is
evidertee that it was an organic
body with properly oonstitutee
tlnority and certain well defined
methods of operatics.
Tile call to missionary work was
twofold in its nature 1. The Holy
Ghost through the church selects the
agents and designates the field of op-
cretions. 2. The church, after due de-
liberation ,and prayer, responds to
the divine call and formally "separ-
ates" them for the mission to which
they were called oat God. •
The cltaraeter or :,ne missionaries,
as well as the divine call, indicate
their fitness for tue work assign-
ed them. Missionaries are called to
do the most important and difficult
work that God has required the
church to perform. And, In perfect
accord with divine wisdom and the
nature of the work to be done, the
Holy Ghost calls to this field of work
the very best agencies in the church.
Both Barnabas and Paul by the
place of their birth, their natural
capabilities and education, the pro•
vhlential intimations and their
Christian experience, were eminently
fitted for which t}he Holy Ghost and
the church called,' them.
Tho conquest oe the missionariee•
The missionaries had great and pow-
erful physical and social, religious
and spiritual forces to contend with.
Batelle Lord stood by them and made
them more than a match for all the
opposing elements, and superior to
every (enemy, while He crowned their
labors with signal emcees. ,Elymas
would seem 'to be a type of those
who oppose the true servants of
Goal and creek to turn the p'ople
"away Siam the faith," and "pervert
the right way's of the Lord.'•
BRITAIN AND BUTTER.
1 Big Market Open to Us If we
Seize it.
From Bowdell's Annual Butter Review, pot
Courtesy of R. Dawson Harting. Toronto.)
The imparts of butter into the Uni-
ted'Ki,ngdom for the last year
show the extraordinary increase of
16,314 tons; of this increase Russia
ehtims half. The total value of but
ter was £19,297,003. Thus, of al.
our imported articles singiy enum-
erated, butter stands fourth on the
list. Opt of this Large import for.
e:g:l countries send us 81 per cent..
our colonies supply only about 16
l:er cent. Australasia sends us to the
talus; of about two millions sterling
and Canada about one million. AV-
( rage
v(rage butter import prices per cwt.
:or 1901 -compiled from Board of
Trade returns:
s. d
Denrnark... ... 112 t
Germany 111 4
France .,. 109 4
Sweden . ...... ... 104 3
IIolland ... 101 H
Other countries... ... ... ... 100 ..
Australian ... ... ... ... 98 11
Victoria,.. ,.. 99 ..
New South Wales,-. 98 7
aueeneland... 101)
,sew Zealand...11
Unnada 93 .6
United States...... 91 9
Russia... 87 8
The average price of Irish Centri-
fugal ereameriee ruled at 109s net
on the English market. Comparing fa-
vorably with the most renowned of
,fairy countries.
STEEL, TRUS IFIGURES.
tiontetliing About 141g C'ombine's
Business heals.
New York, May 12. -- President
rchsvab, of the United States Steel
Corporation, has compiled some in-
teresting statistics on the "biggest
tenet on earth." They ire for the
(i:•:o.al year entice Mareh 31 last :
.tvcr,tgo number of men
employed 158,26 •
Total wages paid $112.820,198
Paid out for tallroacl
$24,147,567
18,826,70
0,079,14'2
freight
Ore mine.l, tone
( elk', pro'luce(1, tone
ate cls
Bessemer and open
hearth, toes 9,034,580
Belling value of prolucts$t59,000,9:8
Cost value of products.,$343,000,00n
Total steel produbte
shipped, tone 10,023,88"
Pig iron produced, ton:.,6,901,513
From these figures it will be seer
the average yearly wages paid by
tine steel combination to each man is
$712, or approeim'ttely $2 a clay.
IT COSTS A PENNY
TO BECOME A IIUSBAND.
Let no one blame tate young man
who hesitates to marry oft a moder-
ato income in New York. The actual
Bost of the wedding has become his
justifivation. It i; a popular fallacy
that the parents of the bride pay
the larger part of the wedding ex-
penses, 1t is one of the most dan-
gerous beliefs In which a young man
can indulge.
Aek any ten bachelors who have
incomes of sufilci.ent bulk to got along
on comfortably without saving much
money, and nine out of ten will ex-
plain with a sltrug that, whlle they
feel that they could support a wife,
after things simmered down to nor-
mal oouditione, they simply have not
tee price to pay for the weddlug
that even the unambitious social con-
ditions now demand in New York. If
a man could say to the girl of his
choice as thoYarew
alk o
b someday:
"Hello, ello,1 here's a church
that seems
to be open 1 Let's saunter in and
get married:" the ranks of the bache-
lors would not be so full. •
Under ordinary social conditions the
New York maxi even,if he be without
social pretensions, returns from a
weeding journey to find that he has
paid out or must pay nearly a thou-
sand dollars for the incidents of a
ceremony 'that legally costs him
three dollare. Very likely he is in
debt for a largo share of the thou -
mutt dollars. He now faces the prob-
lem of catching up, with two to care
for instead of one.
His expenses in marrying • begin
Something like this, these figures be -
in(; conservative and susceptible of
enlargement:
Initial expenses:
Carriages $ 35 00
Opening the church... ... ... ... 40 00
Fee to the minister... ... ... ... 25 00
Foe to the orga gist.,. ... ... ... 25 00
Bridal bouquet... • ... ... ... ... 15 00
( $140 00
This $140 aloe spent, there is no
pause but the expenditure rush on
something like tits:
Boutonnieres for father of
bride, for five ushers and
for best man ... . ... ... ... .. 9 00
Bouquet for "mother.Ln-law"
(wise investment)... ... ... 10 00
Present for bride... ... 200 00
Wedding ring... ... 10 00
Broadcast pf tips (very neces-
sary) s ... ... 25 00
f ' $254 00
It will undoubtedly be an after-
noon wedding. The following list re•
presents the smallest expense lie
Mr. Freeman has arranged with
errs. T.ansetry to appear at the
1;axrlek Theatre, in New York, fir
January. Snbnequently sho will
make a tour of the princ'pa.l Amer -
leen Pith.); with 0 sp00ially select-
ed cainl:any,
can expect for his wedding clothes.
It will probably be double this
amoultt, but we are supposing that
this is, a marriage of an average
young,inan with email income:
frock coat, waletcoat and
striped troueers ,,, ,,, ...$37 00
Gloves, grey suede,. 150
Scarf.., ...... .., .,, ,.. ,., 150
Silk That 8 00
butt uflderwear,,. ,,.... 8 00
Hosiery ! 50
Suspenders
Shoes 5 00
Shirt, cuffs attached,,. .,. 160
Silk waistcoat., 5 00
Overcoat, silk lined,,, ... ... 20 0a
$93 75.
In addition to the teethes neces-
sary for a daylight wedding, the
bridegroom must consider tale
e
x-
Pese of lis travelling cl thoa Even
>
if he limits himself to the es-
u b are neces-
sities
sities of ono toilet, which, of course,
he won't, tato bill grows
Cheviot or serge suit ... $35 00
Gloves 150
Derby hat 400
Shoes 5 00
Tte $1 or 150
Underwear, hosiery, suspend-
ers
Collar
Ovexeoat
Dress suit case
25 00
60 00
700
$109 00
Even if the bridegroom plans such
a short wedding journey as a run
down to 010 Point Comfort, his ex-
penses will be considerable.:
'f`ickets $26 00
Drawing room chalrs .., g 00
Hotel bill for ono week 80 00
Tips and extras ' 10 00
$196 00
So even the most modest wedding
costs the plain young man about
$800.
This pdnin statement of restricted
expenses may explain to many girls
why they remain utirnarrled. The av-
erage young man simply cannot af-
ford the fuss and feathers of marry-
ing you. Who is to blame for this?
Is it the girl, or is it her ambitious
mother, who wants the distinction of
a showy wedding for her daughter ?
Frankly, it is usually the fault of the
mother. It is the foolish striving of
those i.n the middle classes to ape the
rich. A man earning three thousand
dollava a year may have the courage
to ask a girl to marry him, but he
usually lacks the sand to ask her to
marry Trim quietly. -Jule de Ryther.
DF°BRVE IT. • i
Kidder -The nran who runs that barber shop certainly is up-to-date
In hie method of paying his assist ants.
• \ ranter Noe -How so ?
Kidder -He pays them so much a thousand words.
Confession of the Bad Man
Who Dupes the 1ousevvife.
"We fliin-ficin the women 'and the
women flim -Slam their husbands.
See ?" •
Then Ito proceeded to unwind the
foxy details of a fake picture scheme
wh:elt 11a,e made the reason of count -
loss 1ruxbands tatter.
"Got iso now," continued the arch -
fakir, "that the first problem is to
get j.nf1d a house or flat. See ?
"Approaches aro so guarded
againaet the agent who goes alone
that we are compelled to travel in
pairs,. See ? I call my companion 'In-
speetor'-sounds businesslike. The
women think he ie some public offi-
cial or a gas company's agent, or
somebody from the Building Depart-
ment to see about repairs.
"Once inside, we spring the little
joker. Just to introduce our business
we announce that we'll take any
photograph and enlarge it free by a
patent process from Paris of which
we hold all the rights of the United
Staters.
1'a'titres of the Lamented.
"Then I squint over the walls and
ivaotelpiccee in search of likely sub -
In some cases it becomes ne-
cessary to toy with the family album
In quest of game. The thing is to get
possession of sono photograph espe-
cially prized -pictures of tee dead
and gone. They stand at the head of
the list, It's a bit shaky, you see, to
collar the photo of someone still
alive, for 11 Fre .slip a cot, anywhere
in the scheme folks would rather let
one of these pictures slide than dance
to our mesio ; but once we get our
hands on the photo of some beloved
defunct, which cannot be duplicated,
we seldom fail to score, because they
must get it back on any terms. So
.1,s between the quick and the dead,
the dead are our mutton all the time.
"You know you can get any wo-
ino,n en earth to take a thing with-
out cost. Somehow or the other the
word 'Paris,' tot., has a rnagttelic
charm for women. We enlarge the
photo for noticing,
merely thong
out the delicate suggeslott Lthat
the work is satisfactory and she
wants it framed, no doubt she would
be willing to give us tate eonlraet,
The photo once In ottr hands, we
let the thing simmer for a few days
and then tato artist drops around to
make a levy of fifty cents, merely to
cover Vie cost of material uses in
the enlarging. 'That's easy to
smooth over, especially when the
artist bas left the cherished photo
at his studio. Wltit the pieture of
some late lamented in our hands we
have art awful pull.
Tender-ilearte(1 Vietims,
"Women are too tender-hearted to
put up a goal fight where anything
of wineit they aro fond Is in peril;
and, besides that, 'C'il tip it off to
you as an ail -route! export, that it
in easier to flan -flaw a dozen Wo -
mint than to capture one green
gable or gold brick farmer. If yo:r
theft believe me, ask the department
stores.
"We often Meet nervous wahine in
the COMM of our eneinesg, \vita don t
DEATH AND DESOLATION
ABOUND IN MARTINIQUE.
]stow exactly how they could explain
the expense to their husbands even
after the pictorial surprise party is
iur.g proudly on the wall. Then we
make the happy suggestion that it
might represent the accumulated
spoils of tea coupons which they
got at the grocers with every
pound. ;All the average woman needs
is a tip. She is clever enough gen-
erally to scratch herself, out of the
woods.
"Now, the husband comes in at the
end -the fighting end. That's the
reason we always keep a brace of
pistals and out strongest jawed roan
at the office. It ' happens daily,
sometimes oeten daily, that a hus-
band In war paint will break into our
sanctum with blood in lis eye and
a• wild• ery of fraud. He is going to
hand us over to the Grand Jury or
scatter the shop with dynamite. It
does require some oratory to con-
vince him that a choice Parisian work
of art with the frame casting only
e4.90 is a gift, as par original un-
derstanding with the wife -for there
aro wives fools, enough to give the
snap away to hetr lords.
iiunby Completes the Deal.
"however, when he gets it into, his
heated brain that we are not en-
gaged In the occupation of circulat-
ing free frames, ho generally walks
off with his prize package •and a
swear. Tho real fireworks come
when the husband breaks in to de-
mand the return of the loaned pho-
tograph. Some fool women can't keep
a secret till sunset. Then, we have
to tomo down. Yes, this is not al-
together a bed of roses,
"The course of true art never did
run smooth." -N. 'Y. Herald.
Nothing Living Survived the Des-
truction in St. Pierre.
The City a Mass of Ruins Strewn With Heaps of Decaying Corpses-Awfu
Scenes in the Streets --Bodies Stacked Everywhere ----Famine
Threatens the island ---Martinique Refugees Fleeing to Fort De France
-St, Vincent Volcano Squirts Mud and Steam rifles High.
Fort Do France, Island of Martin-
ique, May
11. -Several ve3els,
in-
cluding th
-cluc'mg o Government veesel L
u-
bis, started from hero for St, Pierre,
teat miles from this city. The steam-
ers had on board a Government dele-
gate, a number of gendarmes, a de-
tachment of regular infantry and sev-
eral priests. The vessels also carried
a quantity of fire wood, petroleum
aind quicklime, for use in the crema-
tion of the bodies# of the victims of
the terrible volcanic outbreak of
Thursday last. Large quantities
o1 disinfectants, and stocks of cloth-
ing for the refugees were also ship-
ped to St. Pierre. •
ltelugees Perish.
The refugees had, as a rule, as-
sembled at Lecarbet and Casepilot
(not far from St. Pierre), and, it is
reported over a thousand of them
have died since the fearful stream
of lava poured down Mont Pelee.
The sea for miles round was cov-
ered with the wreckage of the ves-
sels sunk off. St. Pierre at the time
of the disaster; ashore, billy a few
trees, all bent seaward by the force
of the volcanic shower, were left
etanding.
When nearing St. Pierre the 11u -
,bis met a number of tugs towing
lighters filled with refugees.
Stench Gies rlfyiug.
The heat from the smoking, lava.
covered ruins at 81. Pierre was suf-
.00ating, and the stench from the
corpse -strewn streets was awful.
Only a few walls were standing. The
report that the hospital clock was
found intact, with its hands stopped
at 7.50, was confirmed, as was the
statement that the office of the cable
company had entirely disappeared.
O-1 all sides were found portions of
corpses, which were gathered up by
Lire soldiers and gendarmes, and burn-
ed on one of the public squares.
Not a drop of water was procnr•
able ashore. The darkness caused
by the clouds of volcanic dust shroud-
ed the town, and continuous subter•
ranean rumbles added to the horror
of the scene.
Tho fort and central quarters of
the town were razed to the ground,
there remaining only beds or hot
cinders.
The Iron -grille work gate of the
Government office was alone stand-
ing. There was no trace of the
streets: 'Inge 'heaps of smoking ash-
es were to be seen on all sides.
At the landing place some burned
and ruined walls indicated the spot
where the custom house formerly
stood, and traces of the larger shops
could be seen.
How They Biot Death.
In that neighborhood hundreds of
corpses were found lying in all
kinds of,.attiitudes, showing that the
victims had met death as if by a
lightning stroke. Every vestige of
clothing was burned away from
the charred bodlet, and in many
cases the abdomens had been burst
open by tiro intense heat. Curiously
enough, the features of the dead
were generally calm and reposeful,
although in some eases terrible
frigid; and agony were depleted.
Grim piles of bodies were stacked
everywhere, .showing that death
had stricken the crowds while they
were vainly seeking escape from
tato fiery deluge. On one spot a
group of nine ehi,idren were found
locked in each other's arms.
lin ilk Vaults Secure.
Tho vaults oe the Bank of Mar-
tinique, at the head of what had
been the Rue De L'Ilospital, were
found intact. They contained two
million francs ($100,000) in specie
and other securities, which were
sent here for safe keeping.
The vaults of the government
treasury aro now being searched,
in the hope that a large amount
of money and other valuables, de.
posited by the principal merchants
of the city, may be saved.
Nearly four thousand of the refu-
•goes from the vicinity of the village
of La Prechure, a suburban voilago
to the north of St. Pierre, were vete
(pied by the French cruiser Sucliet
and the cable repair ship Pouyer-
(iuer•tier, and were brought here.
As a result of his inspection, the
commander of the Suchet reports
that valleys are constantly forming
in the northern portion of the island,
wnere the land is in a state of per-
petual °Mange. Fortunately that
part of the country was evacuated in
g eoci time by the inhabitants, who
fled to Fort de Prance.
Lava continues to stream down the
mountain side, accompanied by ter -
rifle thunder and lightning.
Deowae,l 'reline. to e.tcape.
St. Thomas, I). W. I., May 11.--Ad-
s3cee received hero from the Island
of Dominica to -day say that boats
arriving there report that many per -
sone were drowned while crossing to
Dominica front the,Island of Martin-
ique, where some of the outer par-
ishes have been inundated. "
Famine 'Threatened.
Famine now threatens to add its
horrors to the situation in Martin-
ique. Froin the. country districts the
it,Itabi.ta.nts are flocking into Fort de
Prance, and all aro pante-stricken.
Food has already become scarce, and
the supply depots are under military
guard. Terrible suffering can be
avoided only by the early arrival Of
provision ships.
151. Pierre had ever served as the
storehouse of the entire island. Re-
serve supplies were kept there, and,
with the complete destruction of that
city, starvation bream° an immediate
menace. Port de Feltner, with a pope -
Melon cif about 12,000, has been little
Moro than a great 1n11itary post, so
that it is now unable to give more
than shelter to tiro refugee's.
A ('lty of 1)etul.
No introduction.
A young married couple, from the
country, of course, Attended an
exhibition of "dissolving views."
The bride, being very pretty, at-
tracted the attention of a styl5ah-
looking e'aty gentleman, who hg}lp-
pened to occupy the sumo 'eat
with the happy pair, During the
exhibition the part of tho hall oc-
cupied by the audience was ob.
mired. By some accident the lights
went out also on the stage, During
the darkness the young roan from
the city preerma the ahead of the
bride. Slio was much alarmed, but
offered no resistance. Then he ac-
tually leaned over and kiesed her.
Tile was too much, end the wide
)Y(rolved to tell Ther husband.
'tTolrno"
"What ?"
"Thio Seller's kissing; me,"
"Weil, tell him to quit,"
"No, John, yeti tell him,"
"Tell hien yourself,"
"No, John, I don't like to tell
Ithn• You tell frim. Tile gentleman Is
a perfect stranger to mo,"--.Ph11't•
delphla Times.
The torts of the agreements be-
tween the steamship companies and
efr. Merg to are published.
found around the site of the Bathe-
dral, but not a livin
g
soul so farhas
been disscovered. 'Nor is there
a
buiIditg in the city not destroyed
and levelled to the ground. Many are
the heartrending scenes svlhen the
bodies of the victims are recognized
by friends svho comd)ose tiro rescue
party.
Most of the city is still in flames.
Clouds of Steam Shoot hallus Iliph
The volcano on the Island of St,
Vincent is still in full eruption. Ter-
rific detonations are followed by
columns of dense clouds of steam and
smoke, shooting miles high, with an
immense tongue of flame composing
the centro of the eruption. Large
stones are falling in the neighbor-
hood of the crater, and pebbles, cin-
ders and ashes are falling thick. The
city of Kingston is reported safe by
a steamer which arrived at St. Lu-
cia this morning, which also re-
ports that a large area north bf
the Island is still flaming and that
it is impossible to estimate the de-
struction -or loss of life. However,
there has• certainly been a great
area isolated by the lava.
An immense waterspout has been
seen off the west coast of St. Lu-
cia for a distastce of seven miles be-
tween the islands of St. Vincent and
St. Lucia.
The volcano on St. Lucia, the Sol-
faterra, is boiling normally and the
sky is clear with bright sunshine to-
day.
Help Needed.
Washington, May 12.- Secretary
Hay has received the following cable-
gram, dated May llth, from United
States Consul Ayme, at Guadeloupe,
who went to Fort de France, Mar-
tinique, by instructions horn this
Government :
" The disaster is complete. The
city wiped out. Consul Prentis and
his family are dead. Governor says
30,000 have perished ; 50,000 are
homeless and hungry. He suggests
that the Tied Cross be asked to send
codfish, flour, beans, rice, salt meats
and biscuits. Visits of war vessels
valuable."'
The Navy Department this morning
was informed of the departure of the
cruiser Cincinnati from San Domingo
City for Martinique.
lite Island a Ruin.
London, May 12. -The Colonial Of•
floe received the following cable
despatch this afternoon from Ad-
nliniestrator Bell, of the Island of
Dominica, British West Indies:
"The Ma•rtinirrquo catastrophe ap-
pears to be even, more terrible than
ae at first reported. Refugees ar-
riving here this morning slate that
new Craters are open in many di-
rections, that rivers are overflow.
ing, and that large areas in the
north of the Leland are submerged.
Other districts aro crowded with
survivors. Almost total darkness
continues. I do not believe Guade-
loupe can adequately relieve the
stupendous distress."
Notes.
Emperor Wililam has sent his con-
dolences to President Loulbet, with a
donation of 10,000 marks to the re-
lief fund.
The Pape to -day sueemon'ed the
France Ambassador to the Vatican,
AL Nisard, and expressed to him his
keen sorr'omr on °hearing - of the St.
Pierre disaster.
King Edward bus seine 25,000
francs ($$5,000), as hes contribution
to the fund being; raised for tiie re-
iiief of the 'sufferers from the Marti-
nique disaster.
The Czar has telegraphed to Pre-
sident Loubet expressing; the sin-
cere sympathy of himself, and the
Czarina, who share with France the
narrow ca)ulsed by the terrible West
Indian cat'astr'ophe.
The U. S. President, after a cont
ference thSee morning, with several
members of his cabinet, has ordered
the war, navy and treasury depart-
ments to co-operate iii the adoption
of etepes for Itjte relief of the Mar-
tinique sufferers.
The President huts prepared a
message, whish will be submitted to
Congress to -day, urging an immedi-
ate appropriation, to which these
steps are preliminary and an-
ticipatory. (
Ca :trtee, St. Lucia, May 11.-1:'i
fire at St. Pierre, Martinique, the
city destroyed by the eruption on
,font Pelee, is abating and the
searching; parties tare finding bodies
in the attitude of life, showing that
the people were killed without a
r einem s warning.
An immense pile Of corpses Wee
A Murderous Brother.
Buffalo, May 12. -Thomas Davis,
weighinaster at the City Elevator,
was murderously assaulted at his
hone, No. 27 Moore street, early Met
evening by, his brother-in-law, Dan-
iel Coveny, a sweeper. Davis was
stabbed twice hi the right arm, and
three times In the bank of tbe neck
with a huge Bread knife.
Davis is in a critical con-
dition, and the chances are
against 'his recovery. He is at the
Emergency Hospital. Coveuy is lock-
ed up at the 7111 Precinct Station.
Moth families live in the same House
and trouble Finch as teat last evening;
has been brewing for six months.
CHINESE FANATICS.
Revolt he ethl-II Province Assumes
'Serious Proportions.
Pekin, May 12. -Bishop havier,the
French vicar apostolic in China,
has received information to the ef.
feet that 10,000 armed rebels, with
several cannon, aro participating hi
the revolt at Chang Ting 1''u, Chir
Li Province. It is considered doubt-
ful if Yuan She Kai, the Governor
of Chi•Li, has sent a sufficient force
to nope with the rebellion. The
bulk of the government forces,
with the getting ,guns, ate due to
arrive .at tato scene of the disturb -
Locos ,to -day.
The leader of the uprising is a
military •n)andarin, Who killed his
family peforo erasing the flag of
revolt, so as to' prevent their pun•
ailment in the ovent of his failure.
The Executive Committee having
in ehargo the arrangentonts for
the ereetlen ot it Burne monument
in Tortillas, met last night, when
it was decided to invite the ,fagor
to turn the first Boa on Saturday,
,fay 17t1t, at a p. m. The site de.
aldol upon "las the nortlle:let cor.
net ot the Allen Gardepat.
THE MARKETS'
THE
Toronto Farmers! Market.
May 18. --Grain recoipte tills morn-
ing were a little heavier than usual.
of late. There were 1,000 leuehels
received. Prices were steady,
Wheat -Wee steady, 100 bushels
of
svelte selling at 70 to 830 per
bushel, and 100 bushels ot goose
ue 68o per bushel,
Oats -Were easier, 800 bushels sell-
ing alt 17 to 47ec per bushel,
Hay -Wast steady, 15 loads selling
aft $12 to $1i1 per ton for timothy
tend $18 to $9 for clover.
Straw,, -Was steady, two loads sell.
ing alt $8 tot $9 per ton,
Wheat, white, 79 to 88o ; rod, 71
to 77c; goolae, 68e; spring, 07 to
73c. Bye, 58e. Barley, malt, 51 to
60%o; feed, ell to 64e, Oates 47 to
47%e. Peas, 84e. Hay, 'timothy sin
to $18; clover, $8 to $9, Straw, $8
to $9. Butter, Ib. rolls, 18 to 20c;
crocks, 15 to 17e. Eggs, new laid,
12 'to 13o.
r
Leading \WheatB1a iota.
Following are the closing quota -
Hone
tat -Cone at Important wheat centres
to -day :
Cash. Sept. le
New'York ............
. $-- $079 3-8
Chicago .., ... ... - 0 741-8
Toledo ............ 0 841-4 0 771-8
Duluth, No. 1 north 076'8.8 0 77 1-8
Duluth, No. 1 hard 0 79 8-8 -
I'eroute blue Stock iiaricet-
Ilxport cattle, choice, per owt. ;5 75 to g6 3.5
do medium 4 00 to 6 50
do cove .. 2 00 to 9 50
Butchers' cattlo, pinked 5 60 to 6 15
Butchers' cattle, choice 4 50 to 5 50
Butchers' cattle, fair.,.,4 75 to 5 00
do common 4 00 to 4 75
do sow. 3 00 to 4 00
do bulls,. 2 00 to 3 25
Feeders, short -keep 4 00 to 5 00
do medium 9 40 to 4 00
Stockers, 1,000 to 1,100 lbs 4 00 to 4 25
do light 2 75 to 4 00
Milch cows, each 85 00 to 50 00
Sheep ewes. per ewt 4 00 to 4 50
Lambe, yearlings, per cwt 4 50 to 5 50
do spring, each 2 00 to 3 00
Hogs, choice, per cwt 7 00 to 0 00
Hoge, light, per owt 6 75 to 0 00
Hogs fat, per ewt 6 75 to 0 10
General Cheese Markets.
Belleville, May 10. -To -day there
were 755 white and 80 colored of-
fered; all sold at 11c,
Kemptvitle, May 10. -The first re.
gular meeting of the Kemptvillo,
Cheese Board was held last even-
ing, with a large attendance. Only
231 boxes were registered, 206 be.
ing colored and 25 white. Every box
was sold at 11 1-80.
Cornwall, May 10. -At the Corn-
wall Cheese Board this afternoon 589
cheese were boarded, and all were
sold on the board. There were 830
white, which brought 11 1.16e, and
289 colored, which sold at 11 1.8c.
Failures in April.
R. G. Dun & Co. reeortl liabilities of
oommerclal failures for the first
week os' May $1,638,4:-17, against $1,-
668,658 last year, and $2,641,1;10
two years ago. Failures tele week in
the United States are 218, against
225 last week, 212 the preceding;
week, and 187 the cerrespondingi
week cast year, and in Canada 24,
against 17 last week, 18 the preced-
ing week and 26 last year. Of fail-
ures this week In the United States
80 were in the east, 75 south, 50
west and 13 in the Pacific Stated
and 50 report liabilities of $5,000 or
more.
1Tradstreet's on Trade.
Wholesale trade at Montreal has
been quite active this week. Conn -
try remittances have been very fair
for May. At Toronto this week tho
demand for seasonable goods was
largely affected by the variable wea-
ther. Payments this week on May
4th paper have been well met, the
number of renewals having been
light. Little change is noticed in
business circles at Quebec during the
past week. Trade at Hamilton this
week has been good. Orders from
near -by points to sort retail stocks,
and from distant sections of the
country, particularly the Northwest,
are very encouraging. The ship-
ments of goods this week has been
heavy, and the factories and mills
are busy on orders calling for prompt
delivery. There is a good demand for
money. Business at Winnipeg is quite
active In wholesale circles. During
last month the number of Immigrants
passing through Winnipeg was 10,-
000, and in addition to that num-
ber many came across the border
into the Province at various points.
Trade at London has been very fair.
Business at Pacific Coast points has
snot been very active in mercantile
irclesi,
TRADE WITH BRITAIN.
Statement of Canadian Bnsfuess in
Last Four Mloutlts.
London, May 12. -The Board of
Trade returns for the past four
months show the following increases
in British imports from Canada :
Cattle, £12,000.
Wheat, £114,000.
Wheat flour, £53,000.
Bacon, £52,000.
Hams, £42,000.
Butter, £x55,000.
The decreases are:
Sheep and lambs, £8,000.
Oats, £89,000.
Peas, £32;000.
Cheese, £913,060.
Eggs, £12,000.
Hewn wood, £6,000.
Sawn wood, £22,000.
Horses, £3,000.
Tho imports of canned salmon
totalled £388,000.
Canned lobster, £9,000.
The exports to Canada increased:
Salt, £1,000.
Cotton piece goods, £65,000.
Linen piece goods, £8,000.
Silk, £9,000.
'Woollen tissues, £86,000.
Worsted tissues, £50,000.
Carpets, £8.000.
Cutlery, £4,000.
Hardware, £2,000.
Pig ilea, £11.000,
Bar iron, £7,000.
Sheets and boiler plates, £13,000.
Galvanized 'sheet, £20,000.
Tin plates, £81,000.
Cast and wrought Iron, £17,000.
Unwrought steel, £47,000.
Haberdashery, £14,000.
Decreases were:
Splriits, £26,000.
Cement, 18,000.
Earthenware, £5,000.
Rails totalled, £32,000.
Wearing apparel, waterproofed,
£11,000; not waterproofed, £98,000.
EXODUS TO UNITED STATES.
Christiania, May 12. -The naive -
papers aro printeng alarmists arti-
cles on account of the recent in-
crease in emigration from Norway
to the United Statos. It Set estiur:tt-
ed that 30,000 Norwegians have
sailed to Arnerica tills year --double
tiro dumber ,for this sumo peeled last
y Emigration WO not assumes such
proportions sineo the time of the
famine forty years ago, Extremely'
sleek 'trade, heavy tnetettlon, and a
poor fislriergq season aro given as the
sansei of the exodus,