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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1902-05-15, Page 2AT THIS CLUB, Smith ---What kind of cigars do you call these ? , Jones --"The Undertaker's Hope," I think. Sunday choo1. 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,