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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1908-03-12, Page 2▪ et" LESSON IX. blARCH z$, xpo8, Pas Heals a MA Been Blineaseptat 9: ;4%. Goinmentarie-1. A man bora blind (v. 1.) 1. As Rests passed by -Jesus still Ma gigot at Jerusalem, and in one of las walk% perhaps. to or from eynagogue, he Mate to• this Wird Wall, 110 AIM -- Jesus took notice of his affliction; look- ed. upon lain With comm. Ile antici- pated his need. 'That, look meant eiglit to tlue Waal man, A usau-lie was a begets:I it woe his tradea. but anemg all petitious he did slot ask for sight. ):eIt Jeeess gave it. An illuatration of free grere.--lewurgeon This man. wtie hopelesee, lecepless, poor. Blind from his birth -Six miracles cooneeted with blindness are reeortled the gossiels, but this is the only etiee. where bandriees was from lartli. In this lay its peculiar- ity Blioanees is very common an pales - tine, but still there are few Who Rae • born Mina. "While every miracle wrought by Christ is an acted parable, - molt of rim eight that Joan reeorde always the text of sonse great truth Of ealeatiou. the bank of a twee which. bears healiug leaves and the frult of some esieential teaching." IL The inyetery of Providence (vs. 5.) 2. Disseiples aeked-The first gaee- tion that arose in their minde was Why tirie bliedness •existed, Who did sin - Scripture teachee that all disease aaa. eveat death, is the fruit of sin, Tao jesvish error coneteted in believing that all spore:MI affiletioas were airiati vietta- tioaes for epeoial sins, Tires error Josue coereeted.-Abbott. This man, etcs---On the popular svipposition that special cal- amities are a pueishment for sPeela sins, the diseiples desire to know whose ein •caused this man's suffering. Was it his parents' sin or his own? But how could the man sin before his birth? The doctrine of the transmigration of souls, by the same etyel is supposed to in- habit different bodies ana. therefore. might suffer hi one 1;04 because of hay - lug sinned ill aneether, while common aniong the Cleeeks, was not prevalent nnumg the jeivs, But the Jews did be- lieve it was possible for a data. even before birth to have. emotioee end con - tenet pita "Thir," says Barnum, "seems to be the simplest and most nat. untl int.expretation, in v. 34 we see that these Jews held the same belief as the alecialea. and sin before birth is pos- sible, ana throw this man's calamity in his face as proof of his sin." 3. Neither, eta -Jesus does not, -deny the exiateace of sin in either this man or his parented, but says this blindnerea was not the ai- red result of their 1411S, He repudiates here and in Lake 13; 1-3 the belief im- plied in this question, that each parti- cular sickness or EVITOW was traceable to sante partienlar sin. "And so Jesus turns away his disciples from that. most leermful practiee of diving down with cruel atirmisee into .the secret of other men's lives, and, like the friends. of Job, getessieg for them hidden sins in explan- ation of their unusual sufferings." - Treneh. Works of God .... nuenife.se- Not that this man was born blind for the solo purpose that a miracle might be wronght, but that his blindness fur- madred the oecasion for Jesus to per. form the divine wank of healing him, and thus to show himself to be Gods-, Binue,y. God is not rasponsible foe sin end its eauaequence% but both afford aim an opportunity to. show his power and grace, • "Suffeeinga are Mee the *drains and sawdost and* general dis- order of the carpenters workshop, which are necessary in the making of it needed article. It is to the finiehed work we muet look, amlenot to the shaviames, if we evould understand the actual state of things mound ue."-Exp, Bib. How ware the works of God. made manifest in this man? 1. In the restoration. of his sight. 2. In the enlightenment ,of his mind. 3. It the salvation of his soul. 4, In shedding light upon ,others. Not only were .thie man's neighboes benefited, but all who have read the :account during the last eighteen hatnared exesrs have bad their abtentien tamed boward Christ 4. We mat work SR. V.) -13y the plural "we," as given in the it. V. Jesus asso- ciates his apostlets with him'in the work. It, is enceisegaing to think that "we," poor, weak men- ean be "workers toge- ther with Christ'." While it is day -The day represents opportuaity; the night, opportunity past. The day of lifea op- portunity le rapidey passing; the might of death will soon be here and our wcerk will be ended. What we do must. be -done quickly. 5. In tbe world -He would not be "-long in .the flesh, but he has never met- ed to be the light of the world. Sin is darkness. He is in bold contrast to sin. I tan the light -Like tite sun, ie is iny business to dispease light and heat ev- erywhere; to neglect no opportunity to enlighten end save the bodies and souls • of meu.-Claram The ease before them was altogether beyond human means; but Jesus reminded His disciples that Him were light and life. The blind maa was typo of a sinner receiving spiritual sight. Jetaus still opens blind eyes and gives the ability to see and also furnishes the light by which• they see. He is the light of the world, and is able to enlighten the darkeeed mind aml let the •sunshine of His love flood the gent "Christ guides us by the light (1) of His teaching, (2) of Ills example. (3) of The Holy Spirit, (4) of Iris pro yidence, (5.) by His personal presence in the soul, (6) by answers to prayer, (7) by implanting a new heart mei right motives, whioh clarify the vision, (8). in His dealings with others." III. 4. blind man healed (vs. 9,1). 6, Merle clay....anointed-Why did Jesus anoint the man's eyes with clay? There is uo connection between the means eised aud the -sifted produced. 1. Christ mile tato physical mallet to attract attention and to stimulate faith; where .faith wee in lively exercise. He healed • by Ifie word, and at a. distanee. 2. Christ appeals to two of the man'a senses, his hearing and feeling, thereby arousing faith.' -Moorehead. Christ gave His personal attention to the ease, even thou0 His. patient was beggar. 7. Go--jeeitie gave hint something, to do. Thie 'would be an aid as well es a test, province; his faith and obedience. Si- loam ---"A fountain under the wails .of Jerniteleni toward the eaet, between the eity and .the Brook Maxon. It is- atilt to. be seen, one of the few undisputed eites Jerustilem. It wee then a meg- eificent pool surrounded by an areade." lly interpretation, eent-The original lateming is "outlet. of waters," probably because it ia fed ,by waters, from the temple -mount. By "its very name. thie pool was a typo of 'Christ end it mey be flint ;teens iseIeeted this particular pool because of that fact. "Siloam is the fountain tett froni the moat of 'God's temple by' which the. man ie washed heel hit 'blindness arid. his -day; .Chreist ia the fousitain tient front GO by evbiett our nature is to be purified from tin." vient--He believed: tied obeyed, We rrequently Caere, beet gifte beeatiee we fait to act in time, Came seeing e The cure was imetanteineoue. IV. Various diseusslam (e`a, 8.-12.). S• le. not this lin-There was lus immediate etir MAW the neigliliers; they notified I the great ehange •in the men. The wine is true when 'Christ givee epil•Itual eye. 6igia• * Begieed -This la -the first men- Ition of the atet that ho wale a beaker. Ile tam have been well known. OSLIke tain-it is not surprisiug thet eome thought hint to ae another mane his appeerance would be greetly cheoged. l' am he -The EMI himeelf. gave a poet tive tendency. 10. How. ameneele-His neighbor* gatla ered around him. and asked for an ex- planation. Alany are ;taxa= to know how things are done, even though they have no faith, 11, Ile anewerea-aHe lied never moon his neighbors before, hat now, lookiug right at theme he delivers his .vouderful nal:lumpy to. the power of Chriet, It is short, cleita Positive, A mau-lletter tie. in R. 17. ----"the num." Jesus was so- well known that He. was "the limn," not. "a man." Notice •the development in thie um's faith: First he knew Him only as "the men" called Jesus, then as "a prophet" (v.. 17), then es a man with whom God was (vs. 31, Ms then He wise the Son of •God (Vs. 35-08). The neighbore finding the ease. involv- ea in inysteey took the man to the Phar- isees, perhaps to the Stithedrine who' proceed:ea te investigate the miracle by questioning the man and by calling his perents to teetify. The hypocritical rulers hated. jesus, aud were oontionelly trying to find something. against Hine rimy pretepded to 'take great offertee bemuse our Lord performed this act of mercy on the Sabbath day, and thee ige eared, their traditious. The parents ' feared the Jews and left tae explaite- tion of His healing of their son. The Jews then continued to question the man and He became very bold, until filially he asked them to be Christ's dis- ciples. This angere4 them greatly, nod they revilea lam ana spoke aershly against jostle, At this his coinage rose .still higher, raid with great clearnesss. he answered their false- yeasoniugs againse "the man" who lied healed him. They could stand, no more, but east him out of the synagogue. Jesus -at once re- vealed Himeeif to the 'man, who. inane- diately became a true worshipper, Courage to do right, end to speak aeld- ,y in defense of the truth, Will always oring heaven's blessings upon us, SSueetions-Give the eonnectieg. links teetwe.ea this ana our lest leeson, Why had Jeeue come to jerusalern at ibis time! What discourses. were delivered while there? What questions did the dbiciples ask about a blind man? What enswer did Jesus aivey I -Tow were the works of God nuatde manifest in this blind man? What did Jesus meen by working while it was dey? HOw wae He the ligat of the world? Whitt did .1esus do for the blind mant Where did He send him? For what purpose? Who questioned bitn? To whom die hie oeigh- bors take him? Why were the Parisees Opposed to Christ? • PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS. I. Christ the Light of life (John 8. 12). /Light is essential to life, "Jesus passed by" (v. 1), Chriet wits always perfectly placid. No contradiction , of stealers CM disturbed His inner calm, or unbalanced His mind, or paralyzed His power, or made Him self-conseious. We see Him, as His foes in the fury of their luttred take up stones to kill Him (Jehn 8.50), quietly leaving them and immediately stopping withont a thotight of His own safety, to give sight to a blind beggar. "He saw a man. .... blind" (v. t). He did not see His en- emies hurrying after Him. He had al- ways . "A heart at leisure from itself, To soothe and sympathize." It takes little to make one bappy. A smile, a prayer, a word, a flower may eo it. God loves to use the little things. 11. Christ the Light- of men (John 1. 4). Christ is our example (1 Peter 2.21; John 13. 15). His life is light for us. It glows in the star that shines over Bethlehem (Matt. 2. 0); it brightene as we sec the boy put away his 'own pas- sionate desire to begin his life work, and go "down" the humble way of sub- jeetion (Luke 2. 40-52); it is brilliant, as the heavens open, while Ite, takee the sinner% place in the waters Of bap- tism (Matt. 3. 16, 17); it flashee in His earnest utterances (John ee 16-22); it glows in tbe . transfiguration scene (Matt. 17. 1-5); it .radiates from the . upper room as Ile takes the lowly place of a servamt (John 13. 1-16); it burns- sttong and clear as we hear Hint cry in the aeony of the garden, "Not My will, butathine be donee (Luke 22. 42); it lights the erase with glory (Luke 23. 46, 47). His disciples asked, "Who did• sin?” Jesus said, "The woeks of God should be made manifesb" (v. 3). The disciples blamed. Jesus saved. The dis- tiples judged accordieg to appearancee, Jesus judged righteously (John 7. 24), With sin came sorrow, but not all suf- fering is the direct result of conscious sin The drunkard and the glutton are liable to all forms of contagion, bat not every man .suffering from fever is a drunkard or e glutton. Blindness may be a direct result of sin, amd neither the afflieted "nor his parenta" be responsible (v. 3). HI. Christ the Light of the World ay. 3). "God is light" (I. Johe 1, 5)! and - "God is love" (I. John 4, 8), .Christ is God manifest ie. the Keels (v. 3; I. 'Tim. 3, 16). "Light and love are ineeparable. Holiness and aighteousness ate attri- butes of light; graee and mercy of love. :Judgment of evil is the outcome of light; pardon aea blessing are the out- flow of love. Lighe demanded a sacri- fice. for sin; love. provided it, At the cross both are seen, God is jusb and the justifier of them that believe (Rom.. 3, 20). "Both light and love are ther. aotei•istics of those who are partakers of the divine nature" (II. Petev 1, 4). So. intimately are light and love lamed together, it is impossible to exhibit the one without the other. Could there be a purer exhibition of divine love than we see bi the Lord et the well of S..y- char? Love opened the way to the ata k heart of thatepoor woman, mid allowed the light to shim: in and shed its rays over the whole of her 'sinful life. Oh, that we knew *better how to deal with souls after this fashion. A little ;eotl to a hungry eaemy, or a eat word to a re- viler, nuty be more effectual rime all the accueations of sin and threate of judgment Gait could be juetly hrosight agninst him." IV, Oar shining is oar judgment. Oue "good worke" show our love. There are two special eommands about shin- ing: 1, "Let your light so shiue before men that they may see aour good workt; end glorify your Father's (Matt. 3, 16). i teem oupe set watelung for lie to shiee. i 41141, atuf,aelnetoiolselt iiiittul till): tree' and I dole. 2, !• "Heim as li hts in the world" (Phil. 2. elite...151; _ Cfireeli. the sunehine of Sere i Ile e id reflect it,. I GOT NEW .100. iMord:Teal, arareh 0. ---Prof. Flux, of i illoGill TT:liven-ay, professor of politteal 1 eecnomy, lats resigned tA) ti'ekti a poeition under the Britieh 'Government in Tien. , dons ..---------- I The &eta list at Cleveland edged fe I 174. The toahling bad aeor be.: -e vielted liy the State inspector. a aim eaeades. • TORONTO MARKETS. Farmers' Market, Th weather was unfavorable .early • . the, day, and reeeipts. of grain -only mederate. 13arley uncleseoged,. with Pales of 500 busbals_ et 700, Wheat steady, 20a bueltels eelling at 96e, Gate sold at .500 leueliel' for 00 hostels. Itay firmer, with sides. of 3a loads at 310 to 3.4). ton. Straw is nemintil 316 tie $17 a tom Preseed Loge in limited offer, with prim. stalely. Light sela at. $7,2e, and heavy at Wheat, white, hushel ,..te 0 00 $ 0 00 Po., red,. 0 96 0 00 Do., spring, bashel 0 93 0 00 - Po., goose, bathe! 0 92 0, 00 Oats, boshel - 0 50 0 00 Barley, bashel .. 0 70 0 00 aye, boshol ..„ 0 84 0 00 Peas, buthel „ 0 88 0 00 Hay, timothy, ton , 19 00 21 00 Dm, clover, ton le 00 0 00 Straw,. per ton „ 10 00 17 00 Seeds- Alsike, No, I .„ 0 25 .0 50 Do, No, 2 ..,., . 8 00 8 75 Dm, red Weyer, No, 2 10 25 11 00 Dressed hogs ... .. 6 75 7 2.3. Eggs, new laide aozen ... 0 20 0 30 Po., storage . 0 21 0 g3 Butter, daTry , . . 0 28 0 32 Do„ creameey . 0 3a 33 Geese, dressed, lb. .. 0 10 0 ae Chickens, per lb, ... 0 14 - 0 10 Ducks, dressed, lb. 0 13 0 15 Turkeys, per lb, 0 20 a 2e Applee, per bbl. ... 1 7'5 3 00 Petatoes, pet bag „ 10 • 1 2e. Cabbage, per dozee ... 0: 4.0 0 50 Onions, per bag , , 1 30 1 40 Beef, laiidquarters 8 50 10. 00 Dm, forequartem 5 50 0 50 Doe choice, carcase 8 OQ 9 00 Doe medium, ettrease 6 25 7 00 aluttop, per ewt, 8 00 0 00 Veal, prime, per cwt, 0 00 le 00. Lamb, per cwt. ... .. 11 00 13 00 - Live Stook Receipts of live stock at the City Mar- ket„ es reported by the railways, for Wednesday and Thursday, were 95 ear loads, composed of 1581 cattle e88 bogs, 719 $heep and lambs, with 154" calves. Exporterae-Several small lots of steers, seine of which -were bought for butcher purposes, were reported as sell- ing at 34.90 to $5; axport butte sold at $3„75 to ,$4.30 per cwt. • Butchers,-Priees for the best picked butchers were riot any higher, Wilier at $4.75 to $5, and one or two at $5.17.1 and $5.12 1-2 pee cwt., few of them reaching $5 per cwt., loads of good at $4.40 to 34.75; medium, ell to $4.30; common to fair butebers', and good sows, $3.50 to $4; common cows, $2.50 to $3 per cwt. Feeders and Stoekers.-There was lit - tie doing in feeders and stockers said Harry Alurby, but steers; 800 tjo '000 lbs., are worth $3.40 to $3.75 steers, 000 to 1,000 lbs. each, at $3.75 to $4; steers, 1,000 to 1,100 lbs., each, at $4 to $4.40. Ala Murk bought 100 cattle during the week ,rr $3.40 to $4.60; the bulk of which wont for butchers' puisposes. . Milkers and Springers. -The bulk of the milkers and springers offered Were of the common to medium Classes and sold at $30 to $50 each, one or two of the best on tlfe market reaching $55. Veal Calves. -Good calves sold read. alya Prices ranged from $3 to $6.50 per cwt., and $7 per cwt. wasepaid. for some- thing choice. Sheep and Lambs. -Export sheep sold, at $4.50 to $4,75 for ewes and $3.50 to 34 .for rams; •litanbs, of Choice quality, grain fed, sold at $7.25 to $7.50 for pick. ed ewes and wethers, and $7 for med- ium to good; common lembs at. $6 to $6.35. Yearling ewes and wethers for butchers' purposes at $5.25 to $5.50 per eivt. Two spring lambs, one month old, sold at $15 for the pair. Hogs.-Receipte were not large. lelr, Harris reported prices unchanged nit $5 for selects, fed and watered, on the market. Drovers report prices at coun- try points at $4.75. Sugar Market. Ste Laivrence sugars are quoted ae, follows: Granulated, $4.40 in barrels, and No. 1 golden, $4 in barrels. These yrieee tire for delivery; car lots 5e less. Winnipeg Wheat Market. Followine are the closing quotatione on Nerinuipeg grain futures to -day Wbeat-March $1.003-4 bid, May $1.121,2 bid, July $1.15 5-8 bid. Oate-March 45e bid, May 500 bid. Cheese, in Steady •Deniand. - A London cable: Canadian bacon is 41s to 44ss exceptiotial quality 468;' cheese is in steady demand, with firm tendeney, finest colored is 06s; white, 04s to .65s; fine wbite and colored. a shilling less. British Cagle Markets. A London cable: London cables are steady at 10% to 13e per pound, dressed_ weigbt; refrigerator beef is quoted at 0 to Me per pound. John Rogers & Co., Liverpool, cable - United States steers 12 to 12ale; Cana, - diens, 1P/2 to 12e; tows, Ileee; bulls, lle. Trade is slow. ' Provincial Produce Prices. . The provineial markets were rather quiet, but many fanners coming out on aceount of the bad weather a,nd roads: Prices were generally slightly lower than. last week with a few exceptions. At Hamilton, where deliveries of bogs bave beeit light lately, prices a both live and dressed were firm itt last weeka; figeres, At Belleville, on the other hand, hogs have been coining in plentifully during the week, and onsequently sold slowly at lower prices. At other points pork prices were usually a lettle loeter. Hay, ana rule, was firm, but at mane cates sold et, lower figures. The demaSid for it has been good throughout the Provinee, . and farmers luive experienced iire diffi- culty in sellieg whetever they have brought to market. Dairy producte are becoming more plentiful, and prices are dropping steadily, though slowly.' The markets for grain emitinue firth. Oats sold et several points a few cents higher. Dante Role*. - Fitvortible..symptome tire move uumer- ous in the coinine•rmal oatlook, especially respeet to the growth of confidence. Jobbere note more .peestaire to replenith depleted 'eteeics of staple merelitteidise, orders many .casee being for deliveey next _ Thie disposition to provide beyond intmedtate needs is. et very good sigit. The .ntivancieg neasois has contributed to the beetet feeling by ite- ceterating the ilistribittion of spring goods steel .sitiernilating interest iti ing operations: reaustrial plants ave. Mote. aetive, pig frott prednettori rising to the beet weekly average in thvee hematite Softie strikee . were threatened beettute.of neeetistity. ecibretiolie in. wages. but little interruption 'oecurred. -Create ere .still eloeely Otereatitile collections are ley notrieans satiefactory, • yet payments aro More pitempt ahd the volume of [minim dietinetly heavier. 1 laahilities of continental fullurite in Feb. ruary wore entailer than in the two , menths preceding', and. hanklug defaults were insignificant as eompared with the monthly mortality since the October panic, Beltway eemings, declined 10.7 per eent eomparison with those of February, 1007, the returns for the fourth week being much Vetter than the earlier figurce. Bradetrest'a Trade Review!: Montreal -There centinuee to be shown forth some improvement in the tone of wholesale trade here. Re- tairbusiness is on the quiet aide • and in many directions collections aro slow, The number of unemployed is still large, although in many linos men are hem called back to Toronto -There haa been a better tone to trade here during the past ' week. Wholesale lines of spring goods are moving more briskly. This has been partioularly noticeable in drygoeds, Goods are going forward well, there beingless diffiquity in this connection then was the case last year. The millinery openings have beeu largely attended and faders have been good. Winnipeg -Out of' town orders are keeping the wholeetde busy and all • goods for 'the spring trade are going forward rapidly. Vancouver and Victoria -The vole ume of business all along the coast 1.5 110W fairly active, tauebee-Considerable snow has fal- len in eountry parts during the week, as a result, roads irt some instances are bad, travellers' movements are re Waded and. orders are behind. 'Hiunilton-There continues te be a fairly good tone to aH lines of business here, althOugh the volume of trade does not compare with that of this time last year. Retail trade is 'quiet and while the wholesale movement is rather brisker than a week ago, colleetions are only fair, London -Bad roads through the country. have affected trade hero to some extent, but during the latter port of the week these conditions improved and a better tene Was felt in wholesale circles. Ottawa -General trade is fairly ateady, although there has been little increase in the general volume, a BARCELONA'S WELCOME. Xing Alfonso to Visit the City To - Barcelona,. Mituirc°1787-.The city is be- .. ing extensreely decorated, and no offi- cial efforts will be spared to give King Alfonso a ereditelle and enthusiastic re- ception on his arrival here on Tuesday. Nevertheless, the greatest concern is felt for tbe King's safety, owing to the ac- tivity of the 'Catalonian revolutionists and anarchists who recently have creat- ed almost a reign of terror in the city, There have been five bomb explosions here since January 1, and. not a single culprit has been 'caught. Only a few days ago plecards were posted through- out Barcelona that an attempt would be .made upon the life of the King should he carry out his determination of visit- ing this city. The placards were torn down by the police, but the fear that an outrage will be attempted remains. General Linares, who was in command of the Spanishaforces at Santiago, and who is now Captain -General of Catalonia, will be in supreme command of the mili- tary arrameements, and conjunction evith Inspecator Aerow, late of Scotland Yard; and now chief of police here is taking every precaution to insure 'the safety of the King, who will be his per-. sonal guest. In addition to the troops who will line the'routes Wherever the King goes prac- tically all the civil guards in Spain ex- -eept detachments in Andalusia are ;on- centrated here, and. eight hundred police have been specially drafted for this ser- vice. Secret instructions have been is- sued. to the police to search all persons wearing long Spanish capes, under which, as Was the case in the Lisbon tragedy, items, may be concealed, :- ROBINSON COMMITTED, Case of Shooting the Fleeing House- breaker at Granhy. tiontiatil, March tea -Thomas Robinson, of -Granby, accused of firing the fatal shot that killed an unknown man on February 26 ab Granby, came before Jedge Mulvena, of Sherbrooke, to -day. Eight witnesses were called, including the father and. brother of the accused. Robinson when sworn made the follow - leg statement: fired the- shot Which probably proved fatal, without any in- tention to kill or injure. I was running with a rifle. My inteution was to make the :men surrender and give himself up; that was all." Judge Muivena, in committing him to ,stand las trial at the. next terra of ,Kiag's Bench at Swetsbmg, said in pgrt: "Thomas Robineon you ere ie. a serious poiftion, Without' intent to do so you -took the life of a human being. eYort let your zeal oetrun your discretion, and, tO say the least, you have committed a 'deed of gross earelessziess. Beyond Lhe fact that you knew he had committed a feloay and was in flight, you, with ()th- eta. 'followed him, Had you shot this maii:when he was threatening you you would have been in a different position to -day, but you were over one hundred yards away, and he was fleeing, apd was shot in the back." .'BUCKET SHOPS. Prenident Lends Support to Wipe Them Out. iere's's, York, Mara O. -President Roose- velt has decided to destroy the. bucket - shop#, and all the machinery of the Government will be used against these courerns, which have been robbing the public for years, .and giving the people the impression that Wall street has done the _stealing, Information that the President had undertaken this business was reciaved in Wall street with enthusiasm, end it wits celebrated with an edvaile4i in the stook market of from 'One to three poirits. *ea, 4. LESSON FROlVf 'TRAGEDY. Lottion Oceinty Council to Take Up . I • &heel Fire Protection. I Leaden, Mattis 8, -The efficiency of . rthe London schools in the matter of I fire drill has been the subject of feta 1, orable eoinment of late. Ate the I Cleveland' tra d 1 as b tt • i • of bespettion of all the schools in the , ajurisdietion of the London County Colinell by two councillors, who found 1 exaMplee of (Mors opening ineverd mid I other things which appeared to thine threatening and highly dangerous. The , result is that the Council will tile- . Miss the ‘vhole subjeet without delay. The Ctiesiellan Northern ltailwev V in, petty line boil ordered to vaettle en. lande on the Doti Valley or go to aebi. trittich as tO th6 pri011 tO mid, - • ROW OVER THE KAISER'S LETTER, British Mailreiti, some time ageA.but that hie llajeety .encleavored to in. terfere in the navel plans of Great Brit- ain was characterized as untrue. Ills Majesty in his letter corrected certain DENAND. TRAT LoRTI. TWEED, erroneous impreeeions in Eland with man fleet, In nairal nuittere the Emper- the asortion llat 0 by the Loudon Immo MOXITIf PRODUCE. XT. _ regard to the. development o.. the Ger-, • Mr. AsquitWe gXPlanatiOn-,the Letter " is entitled. to consideration as an ea - Private; Bad Nothing to Do With Naval Estimates-- 13ritish People Fear That GerMan eror Was Attempting to Meddle With a Matter' Vital to the -Life of the Nation. Louden, , Meath 0. -An. outburst of anger againet Emperor ou the part of tbet Brititia public,. equalling' that caused by the Genuem Poulterer's famons telegram to President 1Cruger in 1800 after the defeat of the ;Jameson raiders, hae followed Gm emu/mice- meat suede. _this =rain by the Times that Emperor Williams had at- tempted to lefluence the British aeval policy by seerea correepondence with Lora Teteedmouth, first Lord of tae Admiralty, The siespieion that Emperor William was erying to-nmedie by ander- hand. methods In a matter vital to Brit- ian s national life eaueed intense ex- eiternent both in the Houees of Peelle- ment and eutside, In. finite the wetter wile eonsidered se seribus that Lord Tweedmouth broke his ,customa,ry reticence and basteued to sae, that the totter from the Kaiser was a purely personal communication and had no re- ference iu it to the British llama esti- mates. Mr,.4squith Explains. Lora Tweeihnouth visited- the Heim of Commons this afternoon and con- ferred 'with the Liberal leedersa Tim ,enbitiet met afterward. It lista been eunouncea at first that Mr. Herbert rteney Militate Chancellor of the Ex- ehequer, would make a statement con - earning the matter next Mondey, bet the public was so excited, end so malty nembers of Paliament bed given no- tice that theyewould ask questions io tbe lower House about the correspond- anee, that the Cabinet decided, some- thing muet done et once. Air. Asquith, therefore, appeared in the douse of Coninunts at the close o.':• its sitting and made a brief. statement to explanation that the eorrespendance awascrpou:Id. eeidy. profound. silence, 'Lord Tweedmouch's elaboratinm ninid Not Communicated .to Cabinet, "It is a fact," declared the Chan - Jollier, "that on February . ath Lord Tweedipouth received a letter from the• atermen Emperor. It was a purely personal and. private communication, cemeeived in ati. entirely friendly spirit. My noble friend's answer was equally private and formal, and neitlicr the letter nor its answer was knoWn or communicated to the Cabinet. 1 may add, in. view of certain suggestions which have been made, that before the letter arrived the Cabinet.had come to its final decision with regard to the naval estimates. for this year," These explanations only stimulate euriosity and criticism instead of ap- peasing them, and a stroug demand is heard everywhere for the publieation of the letters. Nothing else will satisfy the British public, and probably •rhis will be done eventually. • the Kaiser's Motive. The only hints regarding the nature of Emperor William's letter which have leaked from the inner circle are that it was an attempt to refute frequent aasertioas leading English news- papers that the German naval pro- gramme was animated wholly by hos- tility to Great Britain If this proves ,to be the true version of the incident, the whole, sensation may collapie quickly as it grew, but if the letter was of the nature suggested by the Times newspaper, it will be equally as damaging to . the Government to pnb- lish or withhold it unless Lord Tweed - mouth should be repudiated. and. thrown overboard. • .According to one aersiom Emperor William'e letter to Lord Tweedmoutb gave exhaustive details of the compara- tive strength of the navies of Greet Brieain and Germany, and besing„ bis opinion ou this•comparisois the Emperor said be thotight the German fleet Could riot be considered more thn (me -fifth as strong as thee of Great Britain. This being so, Emperor William .thought Great Britain had no need to fear any rivalry in naval suprernaey from Ger- many, and that consequently there seas no aced of any increase in the ehip- banding peogratame of Great Britain It has been suggested, as a possible explanation of the incident, that the British Governmeta attempted to secure mutual limitation in the matter of wer- ship building by direct tegotiation with Emperor William; in other words, to achieve by indirect diplomaey wbat The Hague Peace Conference failed to bripg about. The critics of Lord Tweedreouth, however, point out that any such nego- tiations ought to have been carried on through the Foreign Office, and there is considerable anxiety to know how far these alleged irregular proceedings have gone. Criticism for Lord Tweedmoutle - The present position of affairs ember - mums the Government immensely and. brings a shower of 'criticism 'upon Lord Tweedmouth. It would be a delicate matter to ask Emperor William's per- mission to .publish a private letter, though he may volufaarily neahorize that this be bee. 11 the relations .be- tween Great Britain and Germany wete uot so strained, the 'Leticia in writing the letter would be eonsidered merely a mietake or an informality; but Germany is a bagbear tai really people in this eountry, who firmly believe she is deliberately likening war gad teyhig itzthe British auspichnis until ahe Not the Itaiser's Virat _Utter. Emperor Willitun has tried bard lately to win. British Iriendship _by paying a visit to England. arid other advinfees, but those opposed to Gerinahy refuse to believe these overtures were mule in good faith. The lateitier• is a pimfuse and_ impulsive letter writer and is said to have written British Ministers previoas- ly to addressing Lord Tweeduttatthe and metier seemed thought nifty colivince Eng- lishmen that they havedtme hine au in- justice. In the nicantinee the maitspa- pert are saying that he should make .eny statement:a regarding the British artvy that he desiree to make theough the Inaba Outeinere, and they ate eriti- I.ord Tweedmotali beettuse heelld not unmet is. ey 'p nee 10 0 l Cabinet. The GlevernMetit is in an awkWard position now to hatIdle any .criticet international question, beettuse King .Edwartl- is on the continent, and Sir Henry Campbell.tainierreau,, the Prime Mitister, is too ill to be eonstilted oh. official matters. The Ititidet Meet Expert.. Minh 9, ---The Foreign Office to -day mid it Wil$ quite correct that Vim- perer William had written a Teller to Lord Tweednionth, First Lord of the pert,. it Watt ea.plained at the Foreign Offiee, and be is reeognized 6E01 tu England as well as in Germeny, As Ena peror f.larioany lie would reject any • toreign attempt to decide the propor- tions of the German fleet,. and no this. basie his Majesty would repudiate the f idea that be bad interfered' in the naval effaire of Great Britain, The German officiel view is that there. no• reason why the letter should not be pablished, but It is declared. that the. matter is a pereonal one between his Majesty and Lord Tweedmoutb. HEART SEWN UP.. REMARKABLE .OPERATION PEF- FOR.MED BY GERMAN SURGEON. 4 1...44.4. Cabinetmaker Sent: Bullet Through Ilis Ileart-Hole Was Sewn pp and After Six Weeks Patient Left the Hospital Absolutely Cured. 'INTERNATIONAL Derneg, march 9, ---An astounding surgical operation is reported to Prof. Sultan in The German Medical Week- ly The heart of a person who at - 'tempted suicide and fired. a bullet into it was taken out and sewn up and the patient discharged from hos- pital six weeks later absolutely cured. Professor Sultan gives the follow- ing account of the operation, which is believed to be without parallel: - "On June 24 last the patient, a 'dabinetinaker, 38 years old, fired at his heart with a small -calibre revols ver. Examination showed a small powder -blackened hole la the heart Hirough which hardly any blood is- sued. Late in the evening of the sec- ond day, thirty honrs alter the shoot- ing, we decided to operate, and made an incision in the sternum. "As 'soon as the cardial sa,c was opened a great quantity of dark blood oozed forth. The heart, lyipg quite free of its entire length, was carefully lifted up. Upon the frontal side ap- peered ;may a small extravasation the size of a lentil, but as soon as the heart Was turned towards the right therei appeared a small wound with ragged edges about half a centimetre in diameter. With three stitches of fine silk thread the edges of the wound were neatly joined, while for safety's sake another 'seam was made at the eatravasation. "To hold the strongly -beating heart while sewing was in progress. required considerable force. Every time the heart was turned. to the right in oriler to make a stitch the pulse was dim- inished until it was scarcely audible, but when the heart was tattled round the beats again became nOrmal. .Af- ter all the blood had been drained from the sac the entrance -hole of the bullet became visible, and it was im- mediately clused by catgut. When the chest incision had been repaired breathing and pulse became entirely noimal." COTTON MILL STRIKE OVER. Operatives in Montreal Have Consented to Return to Work, afoutreal, Mardi 8. -The big Alike amongst the employees of the Domin- ion Textile Company was settled to- ady, and instead of the thousand em- ployees; at the St. Henri milasee gtohingey out in sympathy teemorrow, had decided to, with the twelve huu- dred opentrives of the Hochelaga and SL Ann's mills the whole lot will go back. to work to -morrow; 'The operatives have accepted. the company's offer of a full investigation into the complainths against the foreman, the company at the sami3 time a,,crreeing to a readjustment of hours of labor. ABBE LOISY EXPELLED And AU Catholics Forbidden to Hold Cominunication*With Him. • Rome, 'March 8. -In pursuance of his cainimign against modernism, the Popo has decreed the severest form of OXCOM- municatidn against Abbe Loisy, who was lately condemned by the Archbishop of Paris for "his synoptic gospels," and his reply to the Papal metalloid against modernism. is not only expelled from the Church and deprived of all ecclesias- tical prieileges but all Roman Catholics are forbidden tie hold any communication with him. • e FAREWELL TO ,COMMONS. British Premier's Health Not Likely to Permit Him to Resume. London, March 8. -There is a general impression that Sir Henry Campbell - Bannerman is a. good deal worse than the bulletins of his health state. Many of his intimates, however, say that this is a delusion. At the same time, it is most likely that he has bidden farewell to bhe House of Commons, -where he is per- sonally popular with all partieis. Herbert Asquith, the Chancellor of tbe Exchequer, is now doing double duty, thet entails fifteen hours of work daily. TESTING VIE COLLIERIES. 'Plan to Prevent Accideuts by Careful. Supervision. • Ifelifax, March 8. -Last Thursday a ena,casseful test eves made of the work - atm of No. 1 eotliery of the Nova 'Secede. Steel & Coal Coe S'ydney 'Mines, with at view to Inieintizing the chanets of tieeldent, and the P. W. A. veona mend thot a similes, test be made every ,theee months, This,.connuittee, after .inspeeting all the 'eollieries thoroughly, made a number of suggestion% which,. if followed, will la a latge mea.sure. pre- vent future iessuelties. e'-:-4.--: A Deereate in Inintigration. Leedom March 8.- Col. Laiiele ef the fetelvation. Army, ievees a atvikleg change wee •appairent this year ;aim - pared wttle 12 menthe nil . i'l eeseeet to elm popular roeb io Canada. White applietasta for fecal:as for migraine wave kill very isumeeea a few line the. daring to go out ou epeeultition. A seoond tontiagent Will be seat to Battik Columbia in May. NO ICE'BRIDGE. Igtiebte, Mareli 0.--.. remarkeldo feta. tare of the present whiter so far ia the feet that the leo bridge has never totaled et Oape Rouge, and that but for the ice , at lrake St. Peter •tlie rivei• is open, An ' early spritisi ia exported by the shipping people, , Vire from a lamp eeesal 011,000 dam. aims to the Buena Vista eretrirneet hottee, thietigo, REGULATIONS. 44444•44444m40 AGREEMENT TO SETTLB vig BRxEs (Ammo'. 11.1r1,17,3.11,0 COMUllesioners, joint ReplatiOlni te rranied for Both Countries-, A.greement With United States to HaVe Uniform. close Season, Same Sized Nets,. and. Similar Licenses granted, 44444 •,.444444r. °tame, March 8-.-A basil. of agree - went hes practieally been leeched be- kween the Gaited, Statee and Canada, tovelestlefhimilesxetthieumeibsteuonideti:; waters. teerreepondetice le now beiag exchanged betweeit the two Govern, meats looking te the drafting of the he made between '!Great Britain and tteh:issuniotted nstas‘pteetsiial treaty which Will It understood provieion is beiug made for joint regulatious lemma by a lewd of six commissioners, three ap- pointed. by the United States and three oy Canada, hi respect to close seasons, the size of nets to be 11$04, the grant - lug to licenses, eta, for the waters of Passemeatioddy Bay, St.- John Slaver, St, Lawrence River westwarti from the beginning of the internatioaal boundary at St. Regis, gape the great lakes, Lake Champlain, Rainy River, Rainy Lake and Juan ede rum Straits, I3,- Q. The treaty will be for four years, and may probably be eoutinued after that, es 'both Goverameats are anxious to ena. the present unsatisfectory state of affaire, width_ is rapidly leading to the destruction, of fish in these waters. Lly making an international treaty the neliviaual States will be bound by its regulations, according to the con- etitation of the republic. Hitherto the 'chief difficulty in the way ef reaching an agreement has been owing to the Ida that each State along the bound- ery has had charge of its oivn fisheries laws, and' a conunou agreedient ,could not be reached. Canada has everything to gain by the new treaty, es our fisheries regula- tions in the waters referred to arc meet' more strict time bus the case with the States across the border, The , new arrangement will practically mean " that the united States, Goveru- meet will adopt the Canadian standard of inland fisheries protection, • Lake Michigan will be exempt from the application of the treaty, and to offset this on the Canadian side the Georgian Bay will also be exenipt. The fisheries question is the first to be settled of the outstanding issues be- tween the two countries which were diecussed by Hon. James. Bryce with the Government here durhq his recent visit. In respect to other questions, aegotiations will have to be continued for poule time yet. -0 HACKED WITH AXE. FIGHT BETWEEN BROTHERS NEAR STE. AGATHE, QUE. Quarrel Took Place Between Two Men named Martel, After a Lumber - man's .Dance -Injured Man -Will Probably Die., _ A Montreal despatch: Details of a tragedy wilich took place near , St, Agathe this Inman have just reaehed here. A number of lumbermen had been on a spree since last Saturday. Last eight they heed a party, to which we - men were invited. They danced antil early .to -day, when the Women left for their homet4, lvhile the men conbirrued to driek and feost. Between 8 and 0 o'clock ,one of two brothers named Martel started to hitch up his horse to lateen home. The, other beother did not wish to go yet, and. objected to his .brother going, Hot wends passed and a fist fight followed. ,One 'of the brothere euddeniy seized an axe that stood in the corner andetruck three or four Wows with it at kis broth- er, inflieting wounds on the bead, neek and abdomen, The injured Mal cannot survive, as he was literally hacked to pieces. Nazaire Martel, who couindtted the deed, has been arrested. e ;- KILLED AT ST. CATHARINES. Man Named Lamburn round Dying in .Grand Trunk Yards. St .Catharines, March 8.-Thematigied body of a man named. Lamburn was found in the Grand Trunk yards shortly before 8 o'clock last night. As life was not exthiet, he wee taken to the General and Marine Hospital, where Dr. J. M. Joey did everything possible to restore oonseiousness, but this afternoon death resulted. ITOW the fatality occurred is not known. Lamburn, who es quite deaf, wes engitged in the. Kinleith paper mills, and was walking home, three or four miles, along the track towards Jordan. He wore a heavy cap pulled well down over lds ears, and, it is presumed, could not heav and was struck by a passing train. Lanham is survived by a widow and son and daughter. t PULL PARDON` FOR STOESSEL. It Will be Granted on the Groend of His St. Peterelnieg„ March 8.-lt ie un- officially sbatea that the Carr has commuted the death sentence iniposed `upon Gen. atoesssel for eurrendering Port MIMI' tr.! tiqt yearS. impriemiment in a fortress. It is expecetd that, on the ground of a full pardon will be eranted him shortly. ; JOBBERS AND SHIPPERS. ----- Winnipeg Association Secured Reduction in Freight Rates. Winnipeg, March 8. -The Jobbers and Shippers' Association of Winuipeg yes- terday held its annual meeting to re- view the first years operation. alany of the main objects have been attained. The reduction in freight tateft secured by it alone saved. the membere over toe thousand dollars. E. 0. Martin waS elected President GREAT LUMBER MtRGER. Five ttig Western Companies 1-1-twe Anialgatriated. 'Winnipeg :Shall 0.--A forat lam. ber merger`..s announced here, 'under whieh five. big companies with an ag- gegate output of three billion feet, tind eapital ten million dollars, will atimlgarnate. The tompitnies are the Red Deer Lumber Company, the Elk Lumber (lompany, the Sunset Lumber & Timber Company, the Yale, (Ndainbia, Company, and the Bowman Limber Company. They !mem seven complete outfite, including teveral the best iii western Canada, - Ths Mvancs TIM. HAM., Proprietor Dr. Agnew PhiP101000 .010'00001, AO0oucohloor 440es-Vsreeks ers• Needoweog Es* $01.4 tordlos ?worsted !it 00? P, KENNEDY, CD, M,C,P.S00. Wends" of Vie isrlush Medical A,ea9ellakoLi GOLD liKOALIAST X.E0101141d. igeleffil attention paid to Dimmer qt MU mod Children. Oteliet hellir0-4 to I p. m.; 7 to 0 9. DR. ROBY. C. REDMOND B. O. 0, Ohm) o R. 0. P. CLond.) PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Kw" Dr. 0121611*km) R. VANSTONE SAIERISMIllt AND SOLICITOR Maw to loan at lowest rates. Ogles - =AV= BLOCK, ' WINStIASt. DICKINSON & HOLMES BARRISTERS, SOLICITORS, ETC, 011110-aferer Block, Wingbam. li. Is. Diokineon, Dudley liz•los ea. J. A. 'MORTON BARRISTER AND SOLICITOR MONEY TO LOAN Ottlee-Morton Bloek, Wellindton Mutual Fire Ins. Co. Hestablished 1.840,) Head Offlee-OUNLPH, ONT. Risks taken on all elassas af Insurable pro. pert,. on the cash or fle‘ranturn note eget.= , 03.. DIE , CHAS DAVIDSON, President, Secretary. Agent. ht. HITCHIEt Win g barn, Oat. es, eeesea,teeessalele s PRO rvig`r& S______EDUREn Write for our interesting to, k 5 . invent:I ." or's Help" an 1 " Now 3,ott are swirotled.' 4 Send us a rough sketch ormcdet of ye/M*111,1 vention or improvement anti wr wilt WI you4 , tree our opinion es to whether it i.p uhsbly. patentable. Rejected cpplicetlors Ism. of.eni been successfully prosecuted by u9. SW conduct fully equipped offices in 1V ontreal and Washington ; Bus rpplifies 11S to leotard. Ily dispatch work anal qutckly seethe Ntents as broad as the invention. Highest ref, reacts furtaatishneud.pr tit, e oe red through Marion & 3,14. dos receive special notice without charge In Oyer too newspapers distributed throughout the Dominion. Spiciedty i-rateot business vf maaufse- titters and Engineers. Patent Experts prld Snlic,itor,a , . MARION & MARION "1°81 1 1111:4141,,W.,,,,„...141:1;f4grgiliM • -• • • - TREED BY WOLF PACK. .An Ateleward Adventure of Trappe's Near Port Arthur. Port Arthur, Ont., March 5.--leroni dusk to dawn, with the thermometer below zero, clinging t.) a slim tr.mt while a pack of 20 ravenous timber wolves kept up an inecesant chorus beneath, was .the fate of TOM and Pat- rick 'Murphy, two trappers, in eallver Afouutains, neer here, Friday night. They- started off into the wood:a-and before they hail gone far they heard the baying of wolves, which gradually 'became more distinct. They thought but little of the in•a- ter until they realized. thab the• wolves were on their tracks, following thaa • at a good speed, but two shots fajta? t scare off the leaders, so th, ivs got into a tree just in tium, n leaders ;Ina& snap at them. 111 taoir hurry • to reach safety Tom tor" off a portion his clothing,, and, w•ithrmt food Or overcoats, the men were kept in the tree all night. When morning came, the wolves.; scattered out of sight, biethe men managed to pick off nine of them, for whieb they colleetea $135 in bounty heee to -day. 1VIABEL ALLEN FREED. -- judge Winchester Gives Her a Kindly' Toronto, Ma7elt)ira' 7. --After thr , hours" deliberation the sessions juse Least id lit ILO Ht 1 ' C.111114.e 'of Wilirn7ng elb Allen 0" an I outbuildings of demob HoXit, Mount Albert termer, There was al- moet a demonstvation in the courts annum' the large erowd whe weite4 to hear the.girre fete. One man -••• marked: "I vms eorry for the horse: that WM burned. lea Judge Winchester, who the jury briefly lett, if anything.. ngainst the :amused, smite to her kindly after the vadiet had been re- corded. . "1 hone OW you will try to lead ei better life," he snide " and that you may become n reputable members of soei•ety.". "I don't wnet to defend. Hopiins," said the crown ettorney. have just nsf asolipeoll 101111o, taatateeaegloithogf aboat with glare young enortgli to be theft daughters. Hopkins perhaps de- served what Imppened, but that is not the point." L : DBAGOED PROM TABERNACLE. *mu. Marelistes A cleepeteli to the Teg„ebleitt from Teheran sta•tee that 111T4',IS were male on Tuestley erenneetion svith the 1 event attempt to assassinate the KWh, The man arreetee ere leeleveI to be the neaps' throwers of the leimbe from ieleeth the elhali had iamb. nareow .eisettpe. They bad. taken reftige in the shrine of ,A7,2111, baily eri- minnis for eteeturii nae.t. have hem ta- lowed imminatee Tee tie IT. ill.ta.g.t111,i,t1 the altaltlet. tili'..;11,11 1, 14,1- tiBti of the inollalie, and tome:eta them to the capital. 49161•1••1111111111111111.11