HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1909-02-04, Page 2LESSON 7, ION.
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True And False. Brotherhood. -.Acts
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11,
Commentary. --I. The church in a
kaghly prosooroua atato (vs. :12.37). W.
Multitude -that believed---Tite whole
tira thoneand mentioned in v. 4. intd
probably Many more who had been eou.
vetted later. elf one hoett-Though of
different Agee, dispoeitions and condi
-
Vous before they believed, and perfeet
strangers to 000 auotlier, yet, when they
tnet in Christ, they were iatimetelY AC-
quatuted.-Com, Com, Neither said any
of them-Tbere val not a dissenting
member. No such thing aa diecord ex-
ieted. among them. All thiugs
onuuon-
ue1i perfect eonfidence existed anioug
them that they Aseisteil each ether as.
though they were members of the mute
family.. 33. With great power -The apes,
ties, encontaged by a spiritual,.praymg
church, prenched. with great vigor and
earuestuess. Witness -The apostles were
witnessee to what they had seen and
heard. Tide is a most effective way of
preachin. Of the resurrection -All know
of the death and burial of jeeus. But
the enentlea of Jesus would not believe
in His resurrection. "This was the main
pillar and chief corner -stone a Chris-
tianity, supporting and connecting th.e
whole fabric of it in all its pinta." -
Benson, Great grace -The word grace
numus favor. Toe expression hero may
mean either that the favor of God was
remarkably shown to then, or that they
had great favor in the sight of the peo-
ple. Upon them all -Not the apostles
enly, but al the believers. 34. That lack-
ed -This was one reason for their fav-
or among men, for all could see the self-
eaceificing spirit' that Aetuated them.
Sold them -it spouts clear that all the
owners of real estate who belonged to
the church sold- property. Thingssthat
were sold-Thelanguage here expressly
avoids saying- that these men sold all
they had. They sold some things, and
the sum realized from what was sold was
offered to the common store. -Cam. Bib.
The phraseology is not strictly univer-
sal, expressing all. It was the voluntary
custom that whoso had real estate should
sell it, all or M. part.-Whedon.
$5. -At the apostles' fec-To be dis-
posed of as they should direct. They
would be better ablo to determine where
there was need, Having a relief fund,
the apostlea could dra,w upon it without
making every case public. 36, joses-
Or Joseph. He is the well-kuown Barna-
bas, who is afterward frequently men-
tioned as an associate of the Apostle
Paul. He was a Lovite, We are soon af-
terward told that oven inauy priests be-
lieved (chap. 6. 7). "The surname of
Barnabas, which the apostles gave him,
alluded, without doubi, to an extreme-
divary gift of the Spirit, whieh was man-
ifested in his addresses eat& exhorta-
tions." -Lange. Of Cyprus -Au island
in the Mediterranean sea, not very far
distant from the Jewish coast. '
If. The church struggling with false
professore (vs. Hi.) 1. nut-" The it.
tie word 'but' is the hinge on which
gl eat issues turn." -Arnot. Ananias_
:the meaning of tlte word is "Favored of
the Lord," or "jellovali is gracious."
Suppliira-"Beautiful." Their characters
were in sharp contrast with their
names. "Here is a contrast between the
I,otest liberality of Barnabas and the
hypecrisy of Ananias and his w:fe."-
Iterlbut. They were certainly not true
lielitvers, for all that truly believed
were of one heart and one sou!. 2. _Kept
back part of the price ---While they pre.
tended to make an offering of alt. This
was hypocrisy. and is called a lie. ]31n -
'y 1118 anic--This sin was premodi-
feud by b0S3'.1 parties. They had not set
their affi etions on the :and, but the
money exeeeised such an imluence on
ti cm that they could not "resoive to re-
sign the whole, and hence they could
not resolve to resign the whole, and
hence they retained a part. They were
uttwilling a acknowledge this fact pub-
ritly.-Longe, 3. Pilled Line heart -
Satan, the father of lies, a, her from the
herinrina Peter trance the sin.back to
source -the hcaet into which putau
Mot teen admitted; his question iecog.
tares .Arlanias' power te 1-!siet •these evil
influences Sat an ka •eeelt ..eneeiae
tweed lib, licert.-Ilittebere To lie to
the lioly Ghost -The ripottli r eisclatei
err power in thetteselets. it 14 the Feely
espinit, who is grieved by sins like that
,;1 4 Their criele vote I. I nh.+
in •f eer king. Thee ft. - 'it 4 to
.e pia,. credit, as the others
rt 0 1 Oet They it
'1101' money. 3. Pyre -me. They
inew re prete ir le: et he,
t' ey e not. 4 Fait.: mod. vesv
sot only to the a. ostles, butte theHoly
,Spirit. Satan had caused the terrible
downfall of these people. Thus we see
that while there is a personal devil yet
Ananias and his wife might have re.,
eisted him, It is not necessary to yield
to temptation. "They lied to the Holy
. fent. becauee the offering we,s made,
bet to the apostles, or to the church,
het to Clod."-Abett. 4. Thine own -
De trepht have kept it without incurring
the 4:F4)1e of the apostles or the
Lord. In thine own power -These ques•
Cone show that the bestowment of
goods was perfectly voluntary and not a
law, and that the erime was a free and
deliberate act.-Whedon. Ananias was
Pet eensured bee:Luse he had not surren-
dered his entire property, but for false-
leeot in professing to have done so
when he had itot.-}Inelsett. Unto God
--The offense was chiefly ngainst God.
Pavirl takesthis tame view of his sin
1,.v Pen. 511 6. 5. Gave up the ghost--
• The immediate fall and death of Atari -
foe, when Peter had addressed him, must
1)A viewed as a /Bred ttet of Geal.-Lange.
Great fear cerne-The effect on the
elaireli was perhaps the 614 design of
o etartliere a judoment, 6. Young men
--The earliest churelt was not witheet
?mug men hild Young women -Acts 12;
Ida Cerried hint out -Just hermit the
mettle of the,ettv. That the body nets
rot faken to hie home is Indieeted lty
hie wife's Ignorance of what halt (memo
red. Buried --To n hot eliniate like that
of Petretine, Intriel took place tit owes.
7. Three hoots after -Probably nt the
next boor or prayer. T1i6 death of An.
onlae (awed s'eh excitemene that the
r‘•011... tow not dispersed.
R. Tell tot -The oueetlon was Rep-
obire's abler ter reread -lineal -the Itetv
Reirit strove with her in Peteee worete,
brit she resletril Ida etritinea. nritelt
-Perliape Peter pointed to the inonev
stilt whrre Amble Led pieced it.
(v. 2). 'Yetio-Tt loot been in her power
fo aftVo her Inieband by t word dwelt -
fez mitt et: it was now in her power
fi t04r h r Own COnS,31011,0 bly entifeit.
mot ro. 0. A erteel-ea pastes
ttnewer filleted to Itekr Mot their sin
itsei teen pt'( meditated, and was not one
beste itetoraners 'She was equal tit
Me sin with her Intelentl Peteett
thin pee the knowledge to Sapphint,
ftiet their ouilt was. rliecovere41.,
lait her /*hewer wag elven. To
tceepie It lost, or try the 'Melt et the
totel by t.pth* bIrne Wit •
"God Imb mooket1,4 Or elelteded. 10.
yieletedaelt wee not through
Wines word% nor hte prayere, nor
through alumn,. nor through remoress.
that this! guilty pair died, hut bYti
Immediate tudgment of tioda-Clarke,
IL Great feare-Thie judgment. on -
steered the met fey: which it witehflkt
• a deeply nelleiwie fear amemied
every Bunk and, hypooriey end decep.
the( were haidebee front tide holy
assembly.
PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS.
hi
1. Ponlebed,
The eia. "Kent bat& part of the
priee and brought a eertain part"
(v. 2). It hoe been suggeeted that An-
anias eroted. to appear lie disinterested
ite the other dieeiples, yet kept back
part of the money. obtaioed for Ids poet
sessions, (ma thus mem himself (40410
411 coutingenciese stand, well withthe
d ples, yet eecretly provide for a
rainy slay; be supported oet ef the
eommon fond, yet have soeteething if
thnt ehonta fail; get eetalit for trusting
Cod with his intereste, yet be lookiug
after them himself. Men are like An -
antes who assume te tee what they are,
not; who desire to appear better than
they are.
"Why hath Satan filled thine heart
to Del" (v. 3). "Why host thou -con-
ceived this thing in thine heart?' (v, 4).
An evil suggestion to the bridle Is uo
sin, but :le a man "thiuketh
heart, so is he" (Prole 23: 7). "Out of
the heart proetted evil thoughi8" (Matt.
15.: 9). We. are not responsible for the
*win thought in the head, but We are
responeible for the strong desire in the
heart. We take a thought into our
hearts when We cousent to it, accept it,
yield. to it and find satisfaction in it,
if we allOw the evit thought an eXpre.
siva from our lips we are on tho way
to lodge it in one hearts,
'"Not. lied unto men" (v, 4). It \VAS.
nothing to •Veter pereonal'y whether
'Anatiiae kept hle money or gave it, ite
did not sin against teeter. Ife was not
violating aoy rule ae to the eommunity
of geode. lie wee ander Ae obligation
to man to sell the property. 'amt.,.
God" (v, 4). The preseece
of the Hely Spirit was manifest in the
shureb. eananme practically iiit Hie
omniecienee and oninipresenee. Lying te
God slimed contempt of God, The of -
teeing was not made to the apostles nor
the church, tett to God, and the it3t WaS
t Ib t3 Wm. •
11. The pu nishenen "Anan las , . . fell
town. and gave up the ghosts" (v, 5). It
wSS important at the beginning of the
aew ediepensetion to, impress upon the
ehurelt .and the world the guilt and ileu-
m of Itypoorky. At spotial times, mo
Ave peculiar elremnstanees, God visits
eetrilortion On some einners Which (311
einners. .deserve • The fli•sb Sablettlo
breaker in the wilderness was taken
without the mem and stoned CNitun.
3,2-301. At the colluding of the priest -
bond, Nadal: and Abileu "offered strove:.
tire," and "there event out fire from die
Lord, and devoured them, and they died,
Lev. 1-6). At the entrartee into Can-
ute, the eovetous Aehen with all his
meseseions'and his family suffered from
the wren, of God (Josh, 7, 22-e0). Ko.
vah, Dathan and Abiron opened their
lips in tobellion against Mosee and Aa-
ron, and "the earth opened her mouth
uW steallowed them up" (Num. 16, 342).
ft is a fearful thing to tall into, the
hands of the living God. Such judgments
ere admonitious to the ungodly weldeb
should make them question, 'What if
oloa should take me in like manner, And
strike me dead in the act of sinnitore,'
they are also proelamations of nuercy.
They ate invitations to be true to God
end be safe (Row. 11, 22)..
"Then fell she down etraialdwey at
Ids feet, and yielded up the ghost" (v.
10). Seek a sodgment is ,an egemule
ef the truth, "The wages of silt is death"
(Rom. 6, 23), and "a divine protest
egainst the eoneluzion that God's for-
bearance towards sin is any eontradic-
Lion of the fatal, final result of sin."
Fear came upon elie • ehneeh and the
world (v. 11). One "learned what a holy
'sea they were called to serve, the other
that it was not sale to play the hypo-
crite,"
A, C. M.
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COSTLY FIRES.
Central Arcade Buined in Schenec
4ady-Fire in i'lltleco City,
Schenectady, N. Oe., Feb. 1. -The Cen-
tral Arcade, eonaieting of twenty stores
on the ground floor, and offices,. seelety
rooms and printing plant above, was •da-
etroyed by fire early this morning. Two
dams 'were 'turned eitt shortly after 4
O'cloek, eallings the erttire department,
Ind the best endeavors of the firemen
were (little to cheek the flames. The
make strin•ture et 8 it. tn. -WU it =Si
of mime, though the walk had not yet
The building is located, between
the New York Central tracks and the
Erie Canal, ,and extends from Union to
Liberty street. There .are no tuljecent
itrnetures, so the fire did not spread be-
yond the building in which it started.
The building. was worth over $100,000,
vas owned by Mrs. Anna E. Van Deusen,
end was partly insured. The stock in
hs variolie stores is a total loss, and as
sot. no ticem•ade estimate .can be made.
The firemen 'Might the filmes valituit.
'ye with the temp.erature 8 below zero,
ind scores of them were frost bitten.
8500,000 BLAZE.
Mexiee City, Feb. 1. -Fire deeiroyed
the City Hall, the 'tote Pasje, and two
Mocks of business Iteusee and dwellings
sesterday. The Tose is estimated at $501),
100. In the Hotel "Neje, s:xty 'tourists(
.seapett with only the clothea they wore.
No lives were lost.
DARK CLOifIES,
Authority OD Dressing Predicts Early
End of "Lod" Dresser.
Toronto, Jan. 3L -The ettstem tailors,
whet finished their sessions in this eity
this week, prediet an early end to "loud"
clothes fop fasitiooable dreeeers,
"In New •York the present tendeney
among let* well dressed num seente to
he for ddrie 0100)05," mild Mr. .101131
Strong, of New York, 'There ie a wave
of reform in this direetioh, and I venture
Le say that before many years the
Broadway swell with n red vest and
eravat to mateh will be laughed at
among fashiotable people, if indeed he
exists at Papee And London, ne-
cordleg to all reports, are going in for
more sober satire, and the King has set
the example in Ude evey, Ite gets the
European kolouq, you !mow."' •
The tweed and summer Anita and the
duck trousers arc also passing, says the
8t13310 authority. Tills kind of clothes
makes a Mall 1001to much likea "Gib.
eon man." The bueibess man dislikes
to be known as such.
"Two or three years bertre t would
Tirriliet that a dark business anit will be
Ovetteete
N2liti55
AnNos,,
onottlenta.
TORONTO MARKETS.
FA11312RS" MARKEL
Owing to the snow stovnt the receipts
of 'grain were nil and !niece were noun
inal, MY' dull, only three loathe coming,
in. Straw nominal in absence of offer-
•inge,
',there wait a fair amount of dairy pro.
duce received, anti prima were steatlY.
Butter sold et 23 to 28e, according to
quality. Eggs, 30e per dozen for new
dahl, end 2.3 to 26e for .freelt, Poultry
firm, with light supplies, •
prftted itogt are 11%1,1A $3 for heavy
and nt $0,25 to 86,5 for light.
Wheat, fall, bush., .. „fe 0 00 $1 00
Do., goose, bush .. 0 94 0 03
Oats, bush 0 45 0 40
Barley, hush . 0 60 01)0
Peas, bush., , 0 88 0 00
Hay, per ton ..,. ..,., 12 00 13 00
Do., No. 2..,,..,,, 0 00 10 00
Straw, pet• toe ..... 11 00 13 00
Dreeeed bogs .- 0 00 0 2508
Butter, dairy . „ 0 25 0
Do., creamery , 0 28 0 30
Eggs, ftelv 1a14 ..... 0 30 0 33
Do., fresh. 0 27 0 28.
Chickens, dreseer), , 0 14 0 17
Geese, 0 12 0 14
Turkeys, lb.. . IS 0 20
Cabbage, per dozen 50 0 75
Celery, per dozen .. „0 50 0 73
Potatoes, prr bag .. ..., 0 75 0 83
Onioes, bag - . . . 0 85 0 00
44pIts, barrel 1 50 4 00
Reef, hindquarters . $ 50 10 0000
• De., torequarters 0 00 7
Do., ebolve, carcass ..,. 8 00 8 50
Do,, medium, earcass 6 60 7 00
Mutton, per cwt.. 7 (10 9 00
Veal, )lrime, per ewt., ,8 50
1121 0000
Lamb, per ewt,. 10 30
SUGAR MAUKET.
St. Lawrence segarti are quoted as
follows: Granulated, $4,00 per ewe., in
lierrels, and No. 1 golden, 84.20 per cwt.,
In barrels, These pricea are for delivery
lore, Car lots, 5c less,
LIVE STOCK.
Reeeipte •of live stock as reported by
the railways for Wednesday and Thurss
day were 122. oar loads, 'consisting of
1816 cattle, 2,419 hop, 580 sheep and
lambs, DO calves and. 1 horse.
As usual there were it few lots of good
cattle, with many of the commoe to me-
dium classes on sale.
Exporters. -The bed toati offered for,
the last two days gold at 85.65. Prices
for export steersrenged all the way
from 35,20 to $5.85; export bulls, $4,
to 84.70, with ono or two extra qual-
ity at 85 per (mt.
Butchers. --.Loads or.good $4.50 to 84.-
75; medium, 84 to 84,40; couiraou, $3,-
65 to 83.90. The bulk of the cattle went
in the medium class; stockers and coind
mon cows, $1.50 to.$2.65.
' Feeders told Stockers.-tiest feeders,
000 to 1,000 lbs. each, at 83.20 to $4.25;
best stockers, 700 to 000 lbs. each, at
$3.40 to $3.80; medium stockers, 600 to
800 lbs. enob, at $3 to 83,50. There is
some enquiry for short -keeps, but the
demand for exporters has put this elass
out of reach of the ordinary buyers.
Milkers and Springers. --Prices ranged
from $30 te 805, but only one brought
the letter figore, the bulk selling be-
tween 845 and 855.
• Veel Calvese-About 100 veal calves
old from $3 to $6.50 per ewt.
Sheep and T.,ar31to.-111,4 receipts were
light. Sheep sold at about steady prices,
while lambs weve a trifle firmer. Thres
sold 83.75 to $4.26; rams, 63.-
25 bo $3.50; larnba, 85,75 to $6,25 per
cwt.
Efogs.-&r Harris quotes the market
eteady at $0.65 for seleots, fed and wat-
ered, and 86.40 at country points, fee.
b., cars. Some of the dealers report hav-
ing to pay $6,50 to drovers, f.o.b., cars,
at country ports.
OTHER MARKETS
1VINNIPEG WREAT MARKET.
When teeilitintary. $1.00 1-2, July $1.03-
7-8 bid May.$1.03 bid.
Oats.;;;Iiipoery 38 1-8e bid, May '415-8e
S'et
NEW YORK SUGAR MARKET.
Sager' --Raw, easy; fair refilling, 3.14e
to 3.17e cenerifitgal, 06 test, 3.64e to
3.07e; molasses sugar; 53.89e to 2.02c.; re-
fined, steady,
BICTISTI CATTLE MARKET.
London. ---London cables for cettle are
steady at 13c to 133-40 per lb., dressed
weight; refrigerator beef is geoted at
103 4e to 111 tie per lb.
LONDON WOOL MARKET,
London. --The offerings itt the wool
auction sales today amounted to 14,043
bales, There was a good demand and
prieee were steady, with the exception
of coarse cross-breds, which sold in buy-
er's favor.
•Amerleans botglit a few lots of the
best inerinocee at is 4d and. they_contin
tied to pay from 5 to 10 per cent. ad.-
viince for suitable •cross-hreds.
Next week 77,000 hales will be offered.
To-dhy's sales follow: New South
Walesn5.200 West scoured, 81-2(1 to 28
7 1-2d; greasy, 43-4d to is 1-2d.
Queensland, 1,300 bales; scoured, Is 4d
to is 01-2e1; greasy, 61-4d to 10 1-2d.
Sonth Australia, 100 bales; greasy,
111-4d to Id.
South Attstralia, 100 bates; greasy,
31-4d to 7d.
Weet Australia, 100 bales; greasy,
1.2d to 0
New Zealand, 2,400 bales; greasy,
5 3 20 to Is 1-2d.
Cape of Good Hope and Natal, 400
Weal• eaoured, 811 to Is Gd; greasy,
61-4d to 101-20.
*BRADSTREET'S TRADE REVIEW
Montreal -The volume of trade hero
continue on the light stde. Spring- or-
dersare increasing in nibober rind size.
but in -no libee are they yet as hettvy
ae they aro expected to be. The sorting
trade is light and will coot/nue eo 88
twig as the weather is unsettled, bry
goods orders are foie a Wide rabge 'or
lino, bob veteilers mem to be clisinclin-
ed to place abythilig Tike large orders
at strata.
!Lomita -What eitange has tak-
en place in the trade eituation here
during the past; Week luta been in -did
way of further trtaduAl improvement in
the torioniat of spring imd summer huei.
nests moving. The sortiug ttade is tot
lIneeatoriable weather has effeete
eft the retail &mod for winter liriee,
but titre is not eo serlote a matter as it
would have been heel bet retailers ee.
demi their Whiter geode with consider-
able Mottiolo
Vinillpeg-eiltteiness here and till
through the surrounding country has.
leen fairly brisk during the peat Week.
Vancouver. and VittetrineetA fairly good
trade is moving le all Lime. Retell bele-
nem is no* fairly aothe and wholesale
Mere for spring and Rummer lines are
4.4(114g, well.
Quehee--Tratie situation is mi
it I
the height of fashion, execlit, of sotre,h, o
at forietions lier full dress suit '1
reipured," co»eintled Mr. f4trong.
etentt. the same Ste the pr000dtog wook.
ilamiltan-444 Yeried weather 11110
40110 1000 t* help the retail movement
there during the paint 'reek. The movo.
moat of wholesale lines is nvederate, but
orders for spring continue fairly good.
Hatdatfire Men awl builders are prepar-
ing for an active season, Country trade
is fair, Reeeiptit of produce are good
and prices generally bold steady.
liondon--The turnover of present bud.
IleSS s Qa the light bide.
Ottanove-Businese generally thews lit.
tle elit„age during the past week.
KISS BINNS,
,,,,••••••,
Hundreds of Chorus Gir4 Chase
theVireless Man.
NV'W York, Vets 1.--Jaels Binns, wire -
lose operator of stempship Republic,
went through an experience lust night
which he said later u -at worse thee any
shipwreck ever could be, Biotite Was
lured to the Hippodrome and put in a
box close to the stage.
Following a patriotic' song one of the
aetors walked to the footlights aud 133
front .of the boX OcouPied hy Mum, and
pointing at him, said:
"Ladies and gentlemen, it gives me
great pleasure to introduce to you 0.
D. Q. Binns, the hero of the Reptiblie."
In an instant the audience Was in an
uproar. Men and women stood up in
their seats and cheered. while the air
was 1 11104 with a deed of fluttering pro -
B133118 responded finally to demands
tor a speech, modestly saying he lied
only done hie duty on the Republic.
Following his speech none cheered him
louder than the four hundred chorus
girls on the stage. When the curtain
went (Iowa they made it wild rush for
Shins. Terrified, he looked around for
sOlne means of escape. Oa one side was
the tank of water in front of the cur-
tain. Seeing the runway leading' to the
basement le raced down it for dear life,
with a horde of girls in hot pursuit.
Beneath the stage Births dodged un-
der circus wagons and in 0,n4 out among
the elephants. He was soon cornered
and kisked about 4 thousand times, His
face was eovered with rouge, powder
and paint .When he finally escaped.
MARRIED ON TRAIN.
000*.
New Departure in Matrimonial
Ideas in Nova Scetia.
Halifax- despatch: Births and deathe
are not uncommon happenings oh rail;
way teains hereabout, but marriages
are it rarety. One occurred on the .Syd.
ney Express shortly after the train left
Sydney, 'both bride and groom being
named McDonald, which was also the
name of the clergyman. This is the first
train marriage in Nova Scotia that the
railway authorities have record of. The
ceremony was performed quietly while
Ilia other passengers looked on. The
bride. and groom were unattended.
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KILLED IN' SAWMILL.
Clarke Rowell Victim of a Terrible
Accident,
St. Thomas, Jan. 30. -Clarke Rowell
WaS instantly killed at a sawmill a few
mileS south of Tilleonburg yesterday by
it saw catching his foot and passing
nearly through his body. ie leaves throe
small children.
A eonference was held this afternoon
between the city street railway com-
missioners and the Southwestern Trae-
tien Co., the latter submitting an 1001-
33014 proposition for leasing the city sys-
tore. Na :taint' was taken.
PTOMAINE POISONING.
--
A Toronto Woman Dies After Short
Illness.
Toronto despatch: Mrs. Isabella. Grier,
of 457 dones avetnie, died at the General
Hospital yesterday afternoons uppercut-.
1y- of ptomaine polsoning,•fallOwing the
eating of canned tomatoes. Airs. Grier
was admitted to the hospital on Junto.
ary 22, and from that time until her
death yesterday she sank steadily.
Mrs. Grier and other members of the
family ate tomatoes at dinner on the
'evening of January21. She was taken
ill early the following morning, and her
husband, . going to arouse the others,
found their son, Reginald, and Mrs. Hor-
ner, the hotisekeeper, Also suffering
from apparently tbe same cause.
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SUNDAY CARS IN LONDON.
Council. Conimittee Will Ask for
Pewee to Submit By-law.
London, Ont, despateh: At ofkaneet-
ing of Ne. 1 Committee of the Council
this afternoon, it was decided to peti-
tion the Legislature to enact such legis-
lation as wilt legalize the submitting of
it Sunday car by-law in this city, pro.
videcl fleet before doing so a satiefee,
tory •rearrangement of the franchise can
INeveayOtade with the London Street Rail -
WHERE ARE RICE'S FRIENDS'
••,..••••a•I••
Jeweler Who Died at Orillia Was a
, Silent Man.
dee/each: eoG. F. Rice, jeweler,
of Orillie, died here suddenly last night,
iTe Ives a vely conservative man, and
little eva.s known of him, Mr. Rice was
in business on Yong° street, Toronto,
eeme years ago and is supposed to have
a /dere in Buffalo or Detroit, bub noth.
ing &alit() con be learned -of his vela -
Lives. The Mayor of Orillitt would be
Welted to Tient of any information about
as the body is being held for
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BLIND PIGS RAIDED,
Provincial' Onkel% Made a Haul in
Sudbury District,
Stulbory, Ont., fele
have been doing quilt a thriving limns
noes iit the Sudbury district reeentlys
btit the proprietors were brought up
with a rolind turn teday, when 36
places where liquor has been illegally
sold were raided by Provincial officers.
The keepers will be stionnoned to ate,
P° to -morrow befote the Pollee Mag.
istrate.
saigARet) oUEVI'S STATUE.
Hindu Studerit, at Bombay, Sentenced
to Year's Imprisonment.
Bombay, l'eb. 1.-A Ilindo, who has
beim a studeftt of the Agricultural' Col-
lege for the pest two years, and hae
been acting as overseer for the Govern.
moot; has been sentenced to a year:s
300 ESCAPED.'
Narrowly IY/issed Death in Pea
usylvaiffa Mina,
Pitteborg, Pa,. Fob, 1. ---Two
were killed and three hundred nar-
rowly escaped death in. an explosion
of e0a1 dust at the Sewielthey mine of
the Keystone Coal Ss Coke Company at
ItIedisce, ru., near here, toolay.
The explosion eansed 0 pante among
three hundred, werlimen, and. all made a
rush for the kens. With the exception
of Alonzo Carmann and Paul BMA, All
81100001104 in escaping.
Carnation, who was working Omit
a mile and a luilf from the mine en.
tranee,15 suppesed to have landed it
cal. with slate, and while welting for
it to be removed, to have fired a shot,
igniting the (lust, The bodies of both
Lite dead men indicated that they were
not kill by the explosion itself, but
were suffocated by tae afterdoup,
Half a dozen fire bowies entered the
mine after the explosion and brought
out the bodies of the two mem They
pronounced the mine gee, and later
the nigla shift of miners weut toework
as emit.
• A LONG4IVEl-RACE,
A West Virginia Man Died at the
Ag of 115.
Wheeling„ W. Va., Feb, 1. -Henderson
Cremeans, at the age of 110 years, died.
Lo -day at his boino. here, lie was
strong awl hearty to the last. Ho fell
• enthe roadeide on his way home from
the grocery store to -day, and died a few
minutea after being mnoved to the
holm. His father old mother are mild
to have been the first couple married
west of the Bine 'Ridge Mountains in
West Vireinia. His mother died at 120;
Isis wife al 101. He was one of theefirst
settlers in the Ohio valley, coming here
from 'Virginia at the age of eighteen. He
had seventy grandchildren, one hundred
and thirty-one areat-grandehildren and
nineteen great-greret-grandehildren. Ile
never tastedliquor or tobaccet 111 hie
DRUNKEN MEN.
Take Them Home Instead of to the
Police Station.
New York, Feb. 1. -The CleVeland
plan, by whicth the police of that city
take drunken men home instead of
turesting them, was endorsed by Police
Commissioner 13inetham as being the
rialet idea be Ms testimony before the
Legislative Committee. which is investi-
gating courts, „Mr. Bingham said also
that he knew that many arrests of
W010011 on the streets were nettle for the
purpose of blackmail by the police,
but that lie could not prove it. "If you
knew bow the white slave. traffic is
carried on among immigrants in all
parts df New York it would break your
!Kerte," added the commissioner. "If it
could be stopped the ,whole social evil
would be ameliorateThe Anglo-Saxon
law is not sufficient to deal with it."
Asaed if the pollee uee discretion in
making arrests of chauffeurs, Mr. Bing-
ham said: "They may takea chance and
use discretion for a $5 bill." "
4
NEXT GOVERNOR.
Nue Sr ectiltion,as‘ to Earl Grey's
Successor.
• --
London, Feb. Le -In of Bile' circles
in Scotland it is believed. that Right
Hein John Sinclair will succeed Lord
Aberdeen as Lord -Lieutenant of Ireland.
The Eftli of Beauchamp is another one
mentioned as it probable successor to
Earl Grey, but it is generally believed
Lord Northeote will he appointed. A
prominent Canadian in London some
days ago wrote to Lord Mountatephen
congratulating him regarding Lord
NorthcoteEar
's succeeding l Grey as
Uovernor-General of Canada, but Lord
Mountstephen has not replied 'as yet.
Lady Northeote is an adopted daughter
of Lord Mountstephen.
• • 4 44
NOT A RELATIVE LEFT.
Calabrian Earthquake Made a Lonely
Moi of Strito.
9,
New 'York, Feb. 1.-Tell'ant a heart-
rending .story of his experiences in the
Calabrian earthquake, in which over
two score of his relatives perished, An-
tonio Strito, of White Plains, N'. Y., ar-
rived to -day on the steamer Venezia
from Marseilles. Strito was 011 :a' ViSit
to his relatives in Reggio and awoke
m
frounconsciousness after the shock to
find himself in a heap of ruins. After a
scorch of three days he found 'hie 17-
yeareeld sister dead. Not, one of Ills
relatives -was left alive, he said, and he
had More than forty of them in Reggie.
Steito himself was practically uninjur-
ed. He is twenty-four years of age, and
bad come go this country when a small'
boy.
4.
LiNCOLN,S ASSASSINATION.
Preposal to Grant Amnesty to Al)
Who Aided or Abetted It.
Washington, Feb. 1. -Speaker Omen
toolay received ft letter from Memphis,
Teno., conveying for his consideration
a bill by whieh it is tiiimbeell to grant
amnesty• and a general pardon to any
persons melte aided. or ftbetted the asses -
siltation of ?resident Lincoln. The octet-
sion suggested is the one hundredth
anniversary of the birth of the martyred
Preeldent on Feb. 12, and the reason of -
lewd is that it would serve to bring out
the true facts eoncerning the assiesina-
the».
The writer asserts flint John Wilkes
Booth, the 1188088133 of Lincoln, is still
alive.
MILLIONAIRE KIDNAPPED.
Russian Cavalry in Pureult of POrSfall
Ftobbees, His Captors,
fit. Petersbnr,,,e,, 1.'eb. 1.-st Tartar
naMed Marini Tegejiff, the
owner of important 110131130 works at
ort the Caspian Sea, has been
kidnapped, probably by a gang of
Persian robbers or revolutionaries,
Ito has, it seems, been carried off
toward the Perelan frontier, and it hotly
of llussian cavalry. hose beau sant in
1303133111.
mprisonment for wearing tar over a f Tile soggestin is made that Anglicans
stone of tint late Queen Victoria at J get together togeer and vomplete the Intilding
Nngpur last November. of St Alban's Cathedral Ter IV
A NERVY JOB.
Sa Wrote $$,000 Order a
Point of Revolver,
ore414•4•14
Mobile, Mae Feb. Le -Fleetwood Lfs-
ter, travelling salesman for the Southern
Supple' Co., tool id's wife, ere la NI,
eltarged with holding tot Hardway
X'ounge President, of the eompanye, at the
point 01 (3 revolver, at the former's Immo
yesterday, had robbing him of $1,000.
It is chargtd that Leeter telephoned to
Young to ('.4030 to his home to dieeuei
the sale of Lestee's stock in the etnepan,y,
When Young entered 'the Lester homes it
is alleged heeter forced him, at the point
of a revolver, to write au order to his
•caellier direeting Min to pay Mrs. Les-
ter 85,600.25, the alleged amoutit of Les-
ter's, stoek. Mrs, .Lester obtained the
833)011111 of the order through the ensliler
and then returned to her home, where
Youeg was held practleally a prisoner,
euti gave the money to her husband.,
Two hours after his releaee. Young
swore ottt warrants charging robbery,
murtitey were arrested.
los* ----a-,
MINE DISAST.ER.
One Mall Entombed awl Mors
Meet )eat.
Tacoma, Wash., Feb. 1.' -As the re -
suit of the exploston of fire clamp, fol-
lowing A discharge of dynamite. ie
new mine at Ashford, one miner was eu-
tombed yesterday 4,000 feet, from the
opening of the sha,ft which rum into the
side of a mouttain. One miner was suf.
footed to death while two escaped with
injuries.. leek Norrill, 'was mit 'off in
thennine by falliug rook. It is thought
that Ite is dead. Foreman- Dink-
lees body WaS recovered.. Foreman Dia-
ler lost his life while trying 14 Satre Nor -
rill.
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SIP4COE POLICE.
• . -
TWO APPOINTED BUT THE COUN.
• CIL WILL BE "CHIEF."
Can Wear Brass Buttons, Also Will
be Provided With Uniforms, But
Will Not be Clothed With Author-
ity.
Slim* despatch: Simebe .13 again
in the possession or a "police" /om-
it is composed. of two men, a night
and a day rOundsman. Neither is to
be superior to the other, each ta.klug
his orders from and reporting only to
the Mayor and °alma. They are both.
to be equipped with ueiforms and
brass buttons, and tIle:r lezpeetive
Unties aro to be similar to 'Giese im-
posed upon their predecessors, Malone
and Wilkins, who are ecov in jail.' for
robbery and attempted murder, respec.
ttvely. The two. men appointed, MeInal.
ly and Sharp, are aged, respectively, 41
and 32. They both hail from 'Wood-
house, and hare been brought up ae
farmers.
These two resolutions were passed
Iv the Council:
Moved by Ald. hoes, eeeonded
Ake Maeon "That the day man eave
no control over the night man, both be'
113:5 in direct control of the Meyer and
on
Coell,"-Oareied.
Moved by Ald. Gibson, seconded. by
Ald. Winter, "That both day ana night
men be supplied with 'clothing, voneist-
itse o three uniforms every twe years,
and an overcoat every, five years." -Car-
ried
police committee WAS 115 billeted
to draw up it form of roles and retrula,
tione for the 110W foree.
'
RAISING. QUARANTINE.
Live 'Cattle the Only Thing That
Cannot Pass.
Niagara Fills. despatch: At 12 o'clock
toolay customs officials at the Ca.nadian
end of the bridgh were notified by
Inspeetor reliant that the embargo
againee home and every other living
animal 'exeept cattle had been raised
•
The quarantilie has been in effect since
m
the foot-audsouth disea.se became pre-
valent in the 'United States, more than
two months ago. The' raieing of the
quarantine has been anxiously awaited.
Of late certain. modifications have been
mute to the embargo, which. et first was
very rigid, exeloding vehicles of all kinds
and all animals.
74113311 trouble was experienced by the
enstoms of leers, who discovered ladies
smuggling net dogs and cats. 'Die pets
were found in, all kinds of unexpected
places-, and many cases the ladies,
rather than part with their pets, would
not continue the journey and returned
to the States. Hackmen are particularly
glad the quarantine is tit an end. Tourist
traffic hos been almost' at a standstill
for the last two months, Bridge eom-
ponies' revenuee have fallen 0210-hall.
Ottawa, Jan. 20. -The cattle quararo
tine against the United States eat ac -
remit of the fooleandonouth disease has
been relaxed to the extent of allowing
hides, hems, meat, straw and hay from
the United States to come in if the
origin is not in one of the six quaran-
tined
States. This sort of freight is al-
lowed to enter Conada after passing
through the affected St -ate, provided it
is in closed ears.,
THE WIRELESS.
Paris, reb. 1. -The Prench Govern-
ment, as a result of the use made of
wireless telegraphy following the sink-
ing of the steamer Republic off Nan,
toeket January 23, is studying the en-
tire question of Wireless communicatioo
with the idea of introdueing bill to
oblige Yieneh navigation companiee to
1mgal wirelese apparatus on all their
ships ttboVe a certain tonnage.
.......-,... 4 • *
200 LIVES LOST.
co,,,ton, china, F6b. lout 200
lives were lost in. fire whieh occurred
to•day in a fleet of flower 'mate, The
charred bodies of 170 victims have al.
veady been vecovered, but nutty persons
are stilt miseing.
‚4..
Loses Both Foot.
Woodstoelc, Jam 31.-dohn Slater,
man with 110 fixed plot of abode, bat
who ie kbown in ROA eolnity, bed
both of his feet empotated at the itospl-
lel iollav,
Slater was found in it stable at !Calibre
into few Weeke ego, Bis trot had been
frozen through exist:rune,
seseseeseee.,„4„_„„„ „
Death of f:lolteville Priest.
Titileville, don. at.-Ilov, Two.
tuy', parish priest, Belleville, died here
yesterday. lite nws ecome ns a grout
thook to 1)38 eititene, as few oven of isia
ougrPgutioa know of Itis serious 111.
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LoNGEST TELEGRAPH LINE.
Messages Sent Front Lond.on to Gal.
cotta WithOut Relaying.
London, Jae. 31. ---Telegraph messagsa
began to leave London during the past
week eit the longest distance ever trav-
elled by a tendinous wire. Ity tench-
ing a key here it telegrapher eau now
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HAD IT OUT.
--
Prize Ring in Chatham Jail and
Two Prisonets Fought.
Chathate despatch: Two of the prison-
• et's in the local Jail, who art waiting to,
be removed to the Central Prison, got he
31. seiious imet-up in the exereiee yard
this morning. While in the jail they
had some difference over a novel which
both Wanted to reati at the same tie.
The qoarrel continua when they went
out into the yard, luta they finally canto
to blows. !tile other male prisoners,
who hatisbeen watching the controversy,
ferated'e ring and prevented the turn-
key and fireman from interfering, and
allowed the two men to have it ant.
They fought for fully half an hour, un-
til they bah betaime exhausted.
When it Was Over one of the uten had
a broken nose, and; there Were several
other injuries 033 each of them, awls as
bruised and battered facts and injured
arm's ahd legs. Their bodies, too, were
cevereci with marks, It Was neeessary
ttrie jettilti,ottlInteds.jall surgeon to attendo
t
Both men are very badly Used IV, altd"
it will be some thne before theee reetwer.
One of the partleipants Canto( from New
York, He was sent into the jail front
Ridgetown, The other is it bent young
man, sent -down for a serious crime.
DeTERMINeD LOVER.
Duke of the •Abr-uzziThepeats 14e Will
Marry Miss Elkins.
Torin. Jam 31,-No4wtthetan4ing eta.
eial doll:tie it is still Aeserteti that- 0111
Duke of the Abruzzi leas, reeigned tit( an
()Meer at the Itelian limey. it is eleo
stated that has exeweeeed hie deter -
Initiation after hie expedition 10 the
tictyiti to marry Miss letetherine Elkin.,
/Belittle].
either as a loyal prime, or a private in -
Soule songs ate (401t1 by the dosen, and
some by the sear*.
WORKMAN AS SENATOR.
For Pirst Them Labor Is Represented
in the French tomato.
1. -The first Walking
ban in Frame to bo eleeted to tho Sen.
ate took Ids wet yesterday. 2118 name is
Victor Unmoving. and he is employed
ta the arsenal at Toulon.
More ore it number of working men
IV 1110 111111111110t of Deputiee, inehlding
two miners, a wirteshopkeeper, two
• tatters, on engine thiver, a shoemaker,
1ace4nals,cr, a locksmith and an 0M111-
bp8 tondlielor.