The Wingham Advance, 1909-04-08, Page 2LESSON It.—APRIL II, 1.009,
Peter Delivered From PrisOneg-Acts
12: 1-19.
Commentary,—I. The martyrdom of
James (vs. 1, 2), 1, A.bout that time —
About the time Saul and Bernabas came
to jet:maim (chap. 1.1. 30). Iferod --
e, This' was Herod .A.grippa I. He wits.
grandson of Herod. the Great who mar
dared the innocents (Matt. 2. 1.6.;
nephew of Herod A utipas, who to Order -
ell Abu the Botha tMett. 14. ;12),
and father or iierod Agrippa IV, be-
fore Whom Paul preached (Acts 26. 1.).
Stretched forth—A figurative expres.
eion, denoting that lte endeavored vice
tautly to oppress the ehurch. to vex —
"To afflict. "Accordiug to Tose-
plus, Herod was Anxious to be esteemed
n devout Yew. He allowed no day to pass
svithout its appointed eacrifice. Such a
man might easily be aroused, by the
,Tews whom he was oo anxious to please,
to the perpetration of cruelties upon the
Christians. —Cam. Bib. 2. Killed James
—James was one of the three apostles
Who had been especially favored by
desus. Ile was present at the raising of
Jaime' daughter, nt the transfiguration,
road at the time of Christ's agony in
the garden. James was no doubt taking
a prominent part in the work of the
ohurch, With the swore—By killing with
the sword we are to understand behead.
ing. Among the Jews there were 'four
kinds of death—stoning, buruing, killing
with the sword, or beheadingand
strangling.—Clarke. About a month af.,
ter the death of James, his rnurderet
died a horrible death at Caesarea (vs. 21-
23),
IL The impriemmunit of Peter (vs. 3,
4).
3. Pleased—rils object was to gain
public favor. Many others in authority
since Herod's time lieve saerificed priu-
eiple in order to secure popularity. Pet-
er also—Peter was very conspicuous in
the church at this time. "Herod suppos-
ed that these two were Lhe pillars on
which the Infiniti cause rested, • and if
they were removed the building must
come down." Unleavened. bread — The
feast of the Passover which. continued
seven days. During this feast the Jews
ate unleavened bread (Exect 12. 15-18),
aud no leaven was allowed in their
homes. The Passover thee year wan A.peil
1-8. James was killed elicit before, and
Peter was imprisoned (1111.111011e feast.
4, Apprehended—See R. V. In prison—
Intending to 'keep him until the feast
was over. During the festival ie would
have beet eonsidered improper to en-
gage in the trial of a supposed cambial.
Four quarternions—A quarternion was
a company of four soldier% hence there
• were sixteen in all. The night was divi-
ded, into four watches of three hours
each., so that four soldiers were on guard
tee one time. Two of these were at tho
door of the prison keeping' guard and
two weree battled to the prisoner. Escape
was impossible from a human stand-
point. After Easter—"After the Pass-
over."—R. V. After the feast was aver.
The word Easter is an ecclesiastical term
of later date, and ehould have no place
in the• sacred text. Bring him forth—
This evidently means ise put him to
death provided "the people" —the
blood -thirsty Jews—desired it,
III. Peter's deliverance (vs, 5-11). 5.
Prayer—'The only weapon they could
use." 1Vithont ceneing—"Earnestl,v."—
R. V. Thee prayers brought about his
deliverance. Of the church—They no
doubt met in private houses because of
the persecution which would make public
gerviees dangerous. Their central place
of meeting was at the house of Mary,
the mother of John Mark (v. 12). They
prayed during the entire week for his
deliverance, and it is not unlikely time
they hael a continuous meeting, although
them composing the meeting would ne-
cessarily delve. 0 The same night—
The night preceding the day on which
Herod intended to bring him 'forth for
Irial ana eat -cutlet). Peter was sleeping
—Blessed sleep! "Ire giveth his beloved
sleep." Peter had nothing to fear. He
was ready to die for hie Master; and al-
though he did not know when his end
WAS to be, yet he knew how he was to
die (John 21: 18,10), "Ills peaceful
steep was the triumph of faith.'
7. Angel ..... came—Thn deliveramee
was delayed until the test moment. Tbis
would test the faith of the church. Gates
and guards kerd his friends front ldie,
but could not keep the angels away.
They camp invisibly around them that
fear God. Wherever the people of God
aro, and however surrounded, they have
a way- open heavenward. A light !shined
—The angel brotegia no lanbern, lamp or
eandle, yet lie brought a "light"—the
beaming of his own ;tenon. Peter saw
by it hie prison, his chains, his cloak, his
sandals and his emancipator, Whedon.
TO the prison—In the .0e1lse-11. V. Smote
Peter -91e strttek him in just emelt a
wee* as to awaken him from his sleep,
and to leave in his reeollection a testi-
mony of the reality of the angelic ap-
pearance." Raised him up —"Awoke
Itim."—B, V. Saying, Arise—The angel
did not assist Peter to rise. Chains Sell
of—Tbe chains that bouna him to the
two sleeping soldiers, With what ease
tan God deliver his people from their
enemies! 8. Gird thyself—In order that
he might sleep more comfortably, he had
laid aside his belt, or girdle, his sandals,
and his tunic,. Bind on thy sandals—
This was a shoe nutile to cover only the
sole of the foot, mut ma fastened about
the Ankle with straps, Originally It was
worn only by women. The diseiples were
eounnandcd to take no shoes (Matt. 10:
10), but to be shod with medals, which
were lighter than ordinary shoes Mark
61 0), 0. And he went out—Guided by
an angel, he met no opposition in his
Way. He was led by the tinge! safely
out of all danger, And wise tet—rde
knew not. 10. Ward—Ward and guard
ate different forms of the Seine wad.
The watches, or wards, here mentioned
Wm to have inchuled the stated guard
of the prison,cm well as the soldiers
epeeially appointee to keep Peter. They
wore probobely all :Weep. Trott gate—
Although locked and barred, 11 openetl et
heir approaele! Departed—Supernateral
Aid was unnecessary longer; the eposete
multi now direet his own steps, 11. Como
to hiniself—iteeovered from his entire -
aims of Initial, Now I know—Tre lied had
is similnr experieee before Ole (chap. e:
10). Before Ode he did not know whet
to eepett. The expectatiori—The delve
were woititig Anxionely foreltie exeett.
time 'Tames had been slain, and they
Were tonfidatit thel Peter would toot
neve the same fate.
1V. The Church aatottiehed (vs. 12-10).
When Peter folly romprehended what
had trtniepirea he went to the Muse of
Mary, where an ptayer meet.
frig had evidently been earned mi. Tide
Mary Was a sister of-Barnable (Md. 4,
10) -and the mother of irolin Mark, the
;young 11100 who attended Paul and Par.
!MIAs On their first miseionary tour and
WhO Was Rite the author of the gtespel
whiolt bears Itis name. 13. -At Peter
knocked -It Was now between 3 and B
o'cloek 10 the morning, They WSW
Peter alma 0 o'clock (v. 1S), when the
guard, ehariged, and he .eould uot have
left the prison before 3, o'clock or they
would live Missed, lible whed the atierd
changed at that time, When Peter
koneked Rhoda -"came to-onSwer" (R, ee),
emit when Peter ammanced his name site.
knew hie volee and was se Overjoyed
(het ineoge et opening the. door Stitt ads
IliltLiJlg hun elm ran to. inform the oth-
ers. At first, ehey said to Iter, "Xhou
art mad," that ea "Thou art beside thy-
self, and when ah e itielseed that it was
so, they said, "it is hie angel," The be-
lief in guerdian Angels wascommon
aniong the Jews, 10. They were estoniele
ed•--Thie does not indicate that they
wore unbelieving and had no expectation
of en answer to their prayers. "Thy
were astonished, not at the fact or an
answer, but at the strange way in
whielt it came. der prayere are often
answered in unexpectea tvays," After
relating whet had (=urea Peter asked
them to tell .James and the brethren.
This was not the Apostle Ante% the lion
ot Zebedee, as h bad been slain (v. 2),
but it was probably Ames, the brother
of our Lord, who, it 14 behoved, had the
supervision of the e urCI in „Termite%
Peter then "went into another plaee,"
where we do not knoW: The peril of
dea.th was so imminent that he evidently
decided. it to be his duty to conceel
self. •
PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS.
Peter' Deliverance.
1. Persecution.. "Heroa..,killed Jam.
etude „peoceedea...to take Peter
also" (ye, 1-3). James and Peter lied
been with Jesus cm the Mount of Trans-
figuration (Matt. 27, 1); hod stood • ba
side Him when Ile raised the dead
(Mark 5, 37); were witnesses of His ate
ony in the garden (Mark 14, 33); sew
Ulm in His resurrection glory (Ads. 410,
11); and had been baptized by His
Spirit (Aets 2, 4; 4, 14)..Perieenteon. is
the sure price of Intimacy with the Lord.
Prayer. it was earnest. "Prayer
Wt s made wi thout • ceasing" (v. 5).
"Prayer was made earneetly" (11., tr.),
Perseverieg and fervent, was the prayer.
Earnestly means sttetched out. For
seven (treys they prayed (ye. 3.0). All
night, total Peter intenupted them.
Paul, Barnabas, Mark, Mary, lehoda and
the others supplicated (vs. 12.18,. 25).
111. Peace. "Peter was sleeping" (v.
0,) Ile would contdsleep in such a place,
in a dark, damp, dirty Roman cell; at
such a time,. within a few hours of exe-
cution, In such company, between two
soldiers. had peace with God (Rom. 5;
1), and the peace Of Goa (Phil. 4; 6,7.)
Ile knew the God of Peace (Heb, 13; 20,
21); Jesus, the Lord of peace. (2 These.
3; 16; Mark 4;- 39); and the Holy Spirit
whose fruit is peace (al. 5; 22, 23.)
At dents' birth came a message of
pence (Luke 2; 14); at; his death his
legacy was peace (John 14; 27); after
his resurrection his first salutation was
peace (John 20; 19, 21, 26.) Be is our
peace (Eph. 2; 14).
1V. Protection. "The .angel" (vs, 7-
10.) It is a marvelous truth, sweet yet
solemn, that the hosts of heaven serve
the saints on earth. They .guide (Acts
10; 2,3); comfort (Acts 27; 21-25); de-
fend (Aets 5; 19); watch (1 Tim. 5;
); shall conic with Jesus when he ap-
pears (Matt, 25; 31; 2 Thess. 1; -7); and
shall execute judgment de.fitte..13; 14,
42.) But there is a limit to angelic. min-
istry. "Forthwith the angel departed"
0
what Peter could not do for himself.
V, Power.1"The iron gate — opened"
10..He was sent to do for Peter
.
"Inn stands for strength"
(Dan. 2; 40); the iron gate, for any
obstacle that eonfronts us. John Eliot,
missionary to the Indians, was inform-
ed that , Mr. Foster, a godly men, lead
been taken prisoner and made ie slave
by a prince who had declared that vo
eaptive sbould be released in his life-
time The following Senility. before a
litTO congregation, Mr. Eliot prayed:
"Heavenly Father, work for the re-
demption of thy poor servant, Foster. If
the prince who detains. him will noe,die-.
miss him so long as he lives, Id!) him
edit glorify thyself." The prince came
to MI untimely death, and Mr. Foster
was set; at liberty. - •
VL Persistence, "Peter continued
knocking" (v. 16.) There is nothing like
persistence for overcoming. "The Cerise -
inn worker who turns from the door of
a heart bemuse it is not opened ht his
first call, is- not deserving of success.
Knock, and it shall be opened. If it is
not opened the first time, knock again.
If it is not opened after ten times, keock
until it is .opened.'
Praise. "Declared .. how the
Lord had brought him ont".(v, 17). De
told of his dellyeriteme, "demi ought al-
ways to pray, and not to faint" (Luke
18; 1.) Trial or Mali and patience is
precione and profitable (Jas. 1; 3, 4.)
Delay is not dental. God's. moment
may be the last Moment. God's time is
always best. 931essed are all they that
wait for him." (Ism. 30; 18.) We should
not become impatient.—A, 0. .m.
• • •
NY, Abington, I). C., Excucsion
Via Lehigh Valiey R. 11,, Friday, April Sar&
rickets good 40. (lees 'at MO round trip
from Suspension Bodge. Particulars 51 XIng
Street Bask Toronto.
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WORLD UNIVERSITY
Salvation Army Will Start Project
Next Month.
New York, April 5.—Commatider
Evangeline Booth, of the Salvation
Army, annotteced fora the army's
headquarters here to -day thab a new
uudertaking, to be known ne
"world movetsity of humanity," for
the training of workers far the army's
social service °Aeration% would be
leemelied on April 10, re honor of the
80tlx birthday or her father, Gen.
Wm, Booth. The work Of raising
$0,000,000 for the founding of the
university wilt begin on that date, and
the first branehes will be opened in
the tTnited States in New Yolk fend
Chicago. •
. The headquarters tir the rest cif
the world will be in London,one /1
Is intended to extend the institutions
to all the fifty•four countries now
oecupied by the army, fie rapidly as
possible, 11 is believea that the
vereity will rake the efficiency' or
wothprg Santa ft, seperior chtee
to the service. The 11 ti wily.r. of
graduates from the first is eelimated
ne 8,000 0 year,
$11 00 'Wash D.0 'and Return
Vrem 8ustanslon linage, vie Lehigh Valley
11. Bo, Priday, April 23r6. Tickets good 10
days, Partleulars, 51 Xing Street East, Tor.
onto, Ont,
DEAR COTTON.
Now York, April (1.' --ow high records
W01'5 Mae for the seasen in the cotton
market, to -day on aetive geueral
with may eontraete at $0.79 eit 1
001o13e1' at $9,35, or 50 lei 60 points
above the low level ef Iwo weeks Agee
Dry weather in the n.miliWest and re.
porta of an improved trade flemanth
deleted
to be t Iran leg investment, Imp
le, alai, while teitlizing wae very heavy,
it
was well taken, with the mai ket hold.
ing a net gain of 4 to 4 paints at mid.
day,
001111110'
.TORONTO MARKETS,
PAIDIBIIS' MARKET.
The offerings of grain to -day were
small, with country roads. generally very
bad Prices are nominal At 405 for
fall wheat, 00 to -02c for barley, and 40
to 50e for oats,
Dairy produce in fairly good supply,
witb prices steady. Good to choice but.
ter sole at 22 to 25e per lb„ and eggs
at 20 to 22e per dozen, Poultry scare%
with prices firm,
ilay in limited offer, with prices un -
(hanged; half a dozen lotule sold at, lele
to $13 a ton for No. 1, and at $e to $10
for mixed, Straw nominal at $12 to e13
a ton for bandied,
Dresses' hogs are firm at $0.4.0:to
$0..50 for heavy, and at $0.00 to $0.85
for light,
Wheat, fall, bushel , • ,$ 1 08. $ 0 00
Do., goose, bushel 1 02 0 00
Barley, bushel .......060 0 62
Oats, bushel .. 0 49 0 50
BPI, bushel 0 7e 0 73
Peas, beetle] , . 0 94
Buckwheat, bushel , 03 0 65
Mee, per tou 12 00 13 00
Do,„ No. 2 . ,. 8 00 10 00
Straw, per ton „ 12 pa 13 00
Dreseed hogs . 9 40 9 85
Butter, ehoice, dairy a 0 22 0 25
Do„ inferior ..„ 0 18 0 20
Eggs, new 0 20 0 ,22
Chickens, dressed, lb, .. 0 17 0 20
Fowl, lb.. ., 0 13 0 14
Turkeys, lb. .. 0 22 0 20
Celery, per domen 0 40 0 00
Potatoes, bag 0 sa 0 85
Oulone, bag , . ...... 1 27; 1 35
Apples, 1)1)1. , 3 50 5 00
Beef, hindquarters „ 8 50 10 00
Dn., 'forequarters „ 6 00 7 50
Awe, eareose 00 $ 75
Do., medium, earcaseCM 7 00
liuttou, per ewt, „ 8 00 10 00
Veal, prime, per ewt, 10 00 11 50
Lomb, per cwt. ,. 13 00 14 50
SUGAR MARKET.
St. Lawrence sugars ere quoted as
follows: Granulated, $4.80 per ewt., in
barrels, mut No. 1 golden, $4.40 per cwt.,
in barels. Theo priees are for eelivery
here. Car tote fie. less. In 100-1b, bags
priees are fie. lese,
OTHER 'MARKETS.
NEW Yorm. SUGAR, MARKET.
New York,
---,Sugar, raw, quiet; fair,
refiniug, $3.48 1-e; centrifugal, 06 test,
$3.08 1-2; molasece sugar, $3.23 1-2; re -
quiet.
BRINISII CATTLE' efAII,KETS.
Landon—London cables for cattle
are steady, at 13 1-4c to 14 1-4e per 'lb
for Canadian steers, dressed weight; re-
frigerator beef is quoted at 9 5-8e per lb.
WINNIPEG WHEAT MARKET.
Wheat—April $1,10 1-8 bid, July $1.17-
1-2 bid, May $1.16 5-8 sellers.
Oats—April 43 7-8e sellers, . May 43-
7.8c sellers.
NEW MINING COMPANIES.
The combined capitalization of the
dozen mining companies whose incorpor-
ation appeared in the Ontario Gazette
yesterday, amounted to $12,340,000.
The issue is unusually heavy, and
emitains, in addition to incorporations,
a number of proclamations and appoint -
meets.
PROVINCIAL MARKETS. •
Belleville—The live hog market was
eitiet, but buyers paid $7, an edvance
over last week; dressed hogs, $11 to
$9.10; hay still plentiful at $12.50 to
$13; loose straw, $6 a load,. baled $10
ton; a great quantity of maple syrup
wits offered to -day at $30 per quart or
fel a gallon; potatoes, 75e bag; butter,
95 to 27es eggs sold et. 18 to 20e per
dozen; butchers' hides, 0e; farmer' fieee;
[leaking, 75e,
Pe terboro—On t i merket dressed
hogs sold at $0, live $7.10; baled hay,
$14, loose $12; farmers' and butchers'
hides, 7 to ,Seees butter, 27e; egg, 17e:
London—There was a smell market
to -day owing to the bad weather. Eggs,
in basket tote, paid down to 17e, retail-
ing 18 to 10e; batter steady; creamery,
26 to 28e; pound rolls, 25 to 260; crocks,
23 to 24e. Dressed pork was searce and
sold at $9.25 to $0.50e the price for live
hog for Monday is likely to $6.00 to
$7 perewto little pigs sold at $7.50 per
pair; bay, ton, $10 to $11; straw, toe,
$3 to $a..
St. Thomas—The markets were well
attended. here • to -day, Qeotations:
Live hogs, $6.75 -' dressed hogs, $8.25 'to
e9; baled luty, $11 to $12.; loose hay,
$10; straw, eti; eggs, 18 to 20e per doz-
en; butter, 25 to 27e; wheat, $L05.
Chatham—The demand for meat ifs
good; prices stistained; export cattle,
5 1.4 to 5 1-2e; butchers' cattle, 21-2 to
4e; beef, &mod, 0 to 7e; live hogs, $7
per cwt.; dressed, $9; Iambs, live, 5 Me;
veal, dressed, 6 to 7c; hay, timothy $9;
cloyer, $8.56; straw, $3; chickens, 40 to
50e; dueks, Me; goose, 85e; eggs, 10e10
lee; butter, 25e; potatoes, 75 to 80e
per bag; burl:wheat, 40e; barley, $1..00
per swto corn, shelled 05e, on ear 63e;
oats, 45e; wheat, standard, $1; beans,
$1.33 to $1.60; wool, smelted, 15e; ma
washed, 0 to 10e.
Stratford—Hogs, $6,75 to $6.85; dress-
ed, 9 1-4 to 9 1-9e; cows, 3 1-2 to 4e;
dressea 1-2 to 7e; eteers and heifers,
1-2 to 4 3-4e; dressed, 7 1-4 to 7 3-4e;
lambs, (le; armed, 14e; calves, 5 to
5 Me; dressed, S to De; hides, fanners',
De; packers, 101-9e; bay' $0 to $0.30;
eggs, 17 to lee; butter, 21to 23e; maple
*Tim, $1 to eL10.
DRADSTREEW TRADE REVIEW
Montreal,—The general tendency of
trade is toward continued quietness.
While in 501320 parts of the -couatry
spring business et retail is opening out
well, in other.; there is but tittle doing
and the sorting trade is not to 0117 ex.
tent evideitt. Dry petit travellers are
out with sorting Boca told they vetted
prospects eneoUrit,ging. There tire indi.
cations that improved valeta itt some
lines will stimulate buying. Cotton man-
nfaeturers are busy.
Vanemiver.--Wholesalo and retail bits).
ness holds it geed steady tone ail along
the magi. ,
Oaelsee..-31eports from the whole.sale
trade tiro to the erred that Gut breaking
up of eottlitry romis hos impeded ship-
ments,
Itamilton.-- Spring velail trecte bast
openeil out well fleeing the past Week,
end the general tendeney is towaislit
provement in all lines of business. Whole-
salers report Mtgs. Still a little quiet,
and no doubt they will continue so until
after taster, In dry goods the outlook
for summer business is good, and the
hardware trade 2-eJ100(.0 tt better dennold
for eectsormitle lines. Pilule in the sur-
romuling distriet is bot colleetions
are fairly eatietaetory.
London ea While emeriti businesit
here 18 not mitten:ally brittle there is
eotieettble ientleuey toweras impteve-
mule
OliftWee—Spring weather lute MITA
helped the &tend tor tweeelifilde littee
ne retitle allhongli the sorting business
it yet light.
HER STORY FALSE.
Montreal Girl's Adventure ina Cab
Was Mabufactured,
1.,toor
Montreal, April .5. — Miss 11'A:wow,
the young woman employed as eashier
by Wilder 4: Company, who claimed
she had been abdnoteit and robbed on
Tuesday night, has eonfessee that the
whole story wile a fake, This afternoon
she was confronted by Chief Varpen.
ter and placed under arrest on euspi.
ohne She then confessea the whole
story, She saps that she mos short 111
her cash, and, instead of haring $145 as
she should have had, sha uillY Iiittl $80
when she left the store, She was afraid
to go home and wandere(1 around the
streets and up to the mountain ley the
cemetery and down tbe cemetery road
mail driven by fatigue and hunger she
returned home. She told the story ef
being kidnapped and robbed,
Miss. D'Amour said to Chief Carpen-
ter thee there was no kidnepping, bob
that she had made lip a plan with "it
gentleman friend" of hers to steal the
money.. 0 Nobody took her to the
mountain that e•veeing or tltrew her
out on the street, and ell these de-
tails were manufactured simply to fool
elle Wilder and the public+.
In view of the confeselon of :tiles
D'Amoult, "the gentleman friend" or hers
—the pollee know him --will undoubted-
ly be arrested sow Tier previons story
of being robbed in the store is also like-
ly to prove a fake. Mr. Wilder states
that he' woll not prosecute Os girl.
8 1 01101ss
sitol?'nikgnutto.ur snailiedetotitaltiehror
o. epoleiese-
that her story df the assault and rob-
bery which occured some weeks ago
in Wilder's store 22S8 also a
On that occasion she told the police
that she was attaelced in the office
at norm, knockett down rind robbed
of $100- of , the. eampatly'e money.. Stu,
was found teeing 013 the floor with $7
clutched in her hands. Her story at
thol, thoo was believed, but when a
second myeterioes assaule and tobbery
story was sprung on the public the po-
lice grew suspicious.
Miss ])'Amour said that she took
all the money in both reaes and used
it for the purchase of candy, theatre
ntiieoltept: and so on. -In this way elle
has used up about $200 of the firm's
n
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NEW THEORY.
Cold -Storage EEgs Declared Better
. Than Fresh Ones..
New York,' April 5.—A despatch from
Minneapolis' to The Times says that
Professor John L, Coulter, of the econ-
omics department of the State Deliver-
sity, to -day gave nis class a lesson on
egg -buying, incidentally contravening a
thne-honored idea of the housewife. He
declared that eold-etorage eggs were
mueh better than the fresh ones. His
theory was that eggs put in cold -storage
and .eakefully inspected were as good af.
ter three years its they were when pack-
ed awny,
e‘The fresh egg of commerce," decline
ed the professor, "is in all probability
an egg that would be discarded in the
storage house, and still further, nine
out .of ten dozen so-called fresh eggs
sold in stores are more than a yen
old."
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MILLER ACCUSED.
Charged With Killing John Bell in
Drunken Quarrel.
Dryden despatch: Alex. Miller,. who
is accused of having killed his mate,
John Bell, in a, drunken brawl at
Minnitaki last night by striking him
on the side of the head. with a lan-
tern, was arrested to -day, and is in
jail here. The body of the murdered
ma le still lying at the sceee of the
crime awaiting the action of the cote
Mier. Provincial Constuble Henson
made the meet. Miller, it would
seem, was quite unaware that the blow
had killed Bell.
'Coroner Chapman has gone to Minnt-
kaki 10 hold an inquest. The body will
be brought here and the .preliminary
hearing of Miller will take place on Sat-
urday .moriting.
NOT • GUILTY.
Italian Charged With Attempted
Murder in Guelph.
Guelph despatch: Guiseppe Mose-
lino, the Italian charged with doing
grievots bodily harm to Michael, See-
vestro, and Carrying dangerous weapons,
'was oh trial before judge Chadwick to-
day, This east NVSS the moquel to the
eliootiug affray in a boarding house in
this city some time ago, in which Syl-
"Vestro was mysteriously shot, the bul-
let just miseing his heart. The man ae-
cused of doing the shooting was cap-
tured on the G. T. IL trade, near 1)02 --
lin, in the early hours of the following
morning.
The vietim, in the ewithess box, ap-
peared to be unable to tell anything
that would hteriminate Moselino as the
man who did the shooting, either pm-
posely or aeeidentally. Ilts Honor held
that the cluerge of dohlg grievous bodily
harm had not bee» proven, and he re.
served sentence on the charge -wherein
the focuse(2 was found guilty of earry.
Ing concealed weapone.
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BLINDED HIM.
Rim of Merry Widow Tore Out
Chicago Car Conductor's Eye,
Chieago, April 5, — John Thomas, a
eonductor on the Calumet & Chicago
electric line, lost 0115 of his good oyos
while on duty to-day—lost it to a
"Merry Widow," In the eourso of his
duties Thomas assisted o young woineti
with a blonde ponmadour and a hat cf
wide expanse to board the ear, Ile
Aetna about his task of collecting fares
rot the erowded ear, when a curve cans -
oil a. lurch wbieli tossed him to one side.
lie roil against the bat and either its
Itnyielding rim or a pin somewhere con-
cealed therein gouged out his eye.
In the exeitement that followed
Monies' mute suffering the young wo.
man dietippeered. Detectives tire look.
ing for her. What the ispeellie °harp
will he if elm is tweeted remain8 to be
dieelesed.
Farm Crop
Experiments
The reembers.of the Ontario Agrieul-
tura! 11811e2-iffiel1t 2Tlli01/, ore
pleased to state that for 1000 they are
prepared to distribute into every town-
ship of Ontario material of high quality
for experiments with fodder crops, roots,
grains, greases, clovers and fertilizers, as
follows
No, Ii1xperiments. Plots.
1. Three varieties of oats „. 3
2a. Three varieties of six -rowed
barley .... „ .; 3
2b. Two verietias of 1w -rowed
barley.. ..... .. . .. . 2
D. Two varieties of Imilless barley,,
4, Two varieties of spring wheat , . 2
5. Two verieties f Intel:whoa .. 2
6, Two varieties of field peas . 2
Emmer and spelt,. ,
, „, 2
8. Two varietiee of Soy, Soja OT
Japanese beans .. . ..... 2
0, Three varititiee of busking corn., 3
10, Three varieties of maugels 3
Ile Two varieties of sugar beets for
eeclin,,cr purposes .. ..... .... 2
12, Three vedettes of Sweedisit tur-
nips ..... ..... .,. 3
13. Two varieties of fall turnips ,... 2
11, Two varieties of carrots ., .. 2
15, Three varieties of fodder or silage
corn ..... . •, 3
1.6. Three varieties of millet ... 3
17. Two varieties of sorghum 2
18, Grass peas and two varieties of
vetches . „ . . .. ..... . 3
lie Rape, kale and field cabbage 3
20, Three varieties of clover .. 3
el, Testing two varieties of alfalfa
P0212- 202-101.108 2
OD 08 of grasses 4
23. Three varieties of field beans 3
24. Three varieties of sweet corn 3
20, Fertilizers with Swedish turnips 6
27, Sowing mange's on the level, and
112 drills 2
28a. Two varieties of early potatoes 2
Mb. Two varieties of medium ripen.
ing potatoes ... . . ..„2
28e. Two varieties of late potatoes 2
20. Three grain bixtures for grain
production ..„ • . 3
30, Three Mixtures of grasses and.
eHazlt 1°pvloel' t.isfortobabey 3
by
one rod wide, except. No, 28, which is
to be one rod square.
• Any person in Ontario nuty elioose any
one of the • experiments for 1009 and
apply for the some fIi material will
bo furnished in the order in which the
applications are received while the sup-
ply lasts. It will be well for each ap-
pliant to make a second choice, for fear
the firse could nob 1i granted. All
material will be furnished entirely free
of eharge to eaelt applicant, and the
produce will, of course, become the pro -
party. of the person who conducts the
experiment.
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PHONED THE DOG.
.1.••••••••••
How a German Grocer Established
Ownership.
The ownership of a lost dog was
'established in a remarkable manner by
the police at Frankfort, Germany, re-
cently, the dog having recognized its
master's voice over the telephone.
Conrad Maier, a grocer, living in a
suburban town, informed the police
that his pet terrier, "Anti," had been
stolen. The police telephoned to Maier
that a dog answering, "Anti's" descrip-
tion had been found ut the possession of
a suspicious -looking stranger, Who
claimed that he had owned the animal
for a long time.
The telephone receiver was then plac-
ed to the clog's ear, and Maier was
instructed to talk to the animal in fam-
iliar language. The dog immediately
gave every sign of recognition, and
barked with joy.
The pseudo -owner was .so terrified
by the animal's sagacity that he im-
mediately confessed that he had stol-
en the dog.
4 •
FELL FROM FROM BRIDGE.
Mrs. Heward, of Brownsville, Hurt
at St. Thomas,
St. Thomas despatch: Falling ninety
feet from the Pere Nargnette bridge
here to-oiot, mrs. Mary lieward, or
Brownsvijle, was badly. hurt. Mrs,
'Deward 22-115 on a visit to her .sister,
Mrs. Fred Smith, Regent street, and
111 ieturning to ilea address after be-
ing down town, took A ShOrt eut over
the bridge. While crossing over sho
overbalanced herself and fell, Iter
fall was broken, by some wires. Her
right ear was nearly torn off, her jaw
was hurt end she %vita also hurt in-
ter»ally. At the hospit01.. to -eight it
was said she woideeteeevere The in-
jured woman is the ma. a Mr. Charles
lloware, a Michigan Centre!, employee
itt trowesville,
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IS VERY ILL.
comiono, Assistant Fite Chief May
Die.
London, Ont., deimatch ; Assistant Five
.Chief Stott, who fell four etoreye down
an 0102-0102- shaft at a recent fire, is
so critically -01 as a reattlt of erysipelas
developing in his wounds that there is
but little ehanee of his recovery. It has
been teamed that the guards on the ele-
vator thrift were open at the time of
the iteeldent, mul it is likely that a. suit
for (images will result Against. the .pro -
victors of the building. •
WHO SAID "HAtit) Tiroetr
New York's Imports for Match Great-
est in Port's History.
New York, April 5.—The imports of
merchandise (2114 1.110 duties collected hero
for the month of March were the larg-
est; of any month in the history of the
eustoms serviee at the port 01 Now
York. The total appraisedvalee of mer.
chendiee was $87,997,387, a million and
emelialf dollen; in eXeess of the pre.
ViOns eeeora in March, 101.7. dein° W.
Wananutker, appraiser of the port, sai(1
to -day in speaking of the inerease:
(.11usiness men have been buying in
smaller quantities during the last year,
mid now that trade is improving
throughobt the conntry they tiro of
fieeetteity oompelled to buy to meet ton -
Wien% even though the tariff Was ave
undergoing reeleion."
DIMNHERITED HIM.
FORMER GRAVENHURST MAN
COMMITTED- SUICIDE.
John E. Ashworth Took His Own Life
With nriazOr at North Adams,
Mass,—Wife Left Couple's Savings
to Her Relatives,
North Adams., Mass., April 6,—
Temporarily insane because his wife
had disinherited 01m, John rf. Ash.
worth, formerly of Ciravenhurst, Out,
eommitted suierclo yesterday at the
homo of Mrs, Mavtlt Webster in
West Mein street. Ife cut his throat
with 0 raeor in the bethroom of the
house. Ho had been evorlcing in, the
mill at eight caul of late had been
much depreseed, 1to woB to ployO to
Mrs. Webster's hoes° to board and
tad§ forenoon when Mrs. Webster tact
hen in the street she gave him the
key to her home and advised him to
go there soul rest, When elm ece
turned early in the afternoou she
found a note left for her written on
the back of a letter that et.shworte
was about ties mail to England. The
nate said: "Martha, forgive me. Can't
bear it any longer. You -will find
boolcs in My pocke'e Good-bye and
God bless you. S_eo to box comieg
down."
Mrs. Webster went to the home of
a neighbor and brought Itim to her
house, In the bathroom was Ash -
worth's body lying in a pool of blood
And A razor in the trend. The Ash -
worths came from. Gravenlam•st, Ont.,
early in the year. grs. Ashworth
ilied recently. The couple had been
frugal, and in Cauade 28 Well SS
here had saved all they could from
the husband's earnings. Their savings
were in a bank in Canada in the name
of Mrs, Ashworth. Aeltworth 'after hie
wife's death wroteeto the bank about
the money, and in reply received a let-
ter telling lam that the money woeld be
paid, over tb Mre, Ashworth's executors,
and asking if she had made a will.
About the same time Mr. Aeltworth
received a letter from Mrs, Ashworthei
People in England, prodnoing evidence
that she had mede a will and thee
all of the propeity was to go to her
own relatives, and nothingwas left
for the husband. This peeved on
his mind so much that he had gone
nights without Bleep. It is probable
elthough the savings in the
bank ameent to $3,000, .Aeliworth
will be burled at the public expense .
or at the expense of his 1 donde,
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A WORKER.
.....•••••••••••
Thaw's Mother Pleased With Her
Granddaughter's Fiance.
Pittsburg, Pa., April 4. ---"Thank good
ness! he is a worker and he has said he
will continue at work."
This is the iemark eceredited in Pitts-
burg to Mrs. William Thaw on learning
that her foster granddaughter, Miss
Margaret Thaw, of rime, daughter of
Dr. Alexander Blair Thaw, 14 altoot to
marry the Marquis Teadoli of Italy, in
the coming summer. The i•nformation
given to Mrs. Thaw was teat the mar-
quis is at pre,sene and had for some time
been conne.eted with the State Bank of
Italy, end that he had 110 intention of
resigning his poeition; even though lte
woald marry into the Thaw millions.
Dr. Alexander Blair Thew is one of
the elder children of William !flaw, and
a etepson of his widow; 12-110 WttiS 12 sec-
ond wife. He hag always been bitter
toward Harry Thaw.
THE PRETENDER.
DOM MIGUEL WILL LOYALLY
SUPPORT PORTUGUESE KING.
This in Exchange for Right of Suc-
cession in Case Manuel Dies With-
out Heirs—is Now Under Sentence
of Banishment.
Lisbon, April 4.—Wh11e King Manuel
and .the Royal family have received fav-
orably Dom 'Miguel's offer to renounce
his pretensions to the throne, the pre-
tender cannot return to Portugal until
Parliament has repealed the act of ban-
iehment Against him,
Dom :Miguel only proposes at present
to renounce his dahlia in favor of the
present dynasty, and not any ultimate
rights of succession he mip,iib have in
case the King died without Itch-, and lits
uncle, the Cir•and Duke of Oporto, should
not survive, In other words Dom Miguel
proposed to throw in his lot with the
young King and Support him loyally in
exchange for the right of succession, and
this ,co-operation on the part of Dom
Miguel is en important aequisition for
the throne.
Over 250 noble families prabably will
return to Portugal if Parliam.end re-
okcs the edict of banishment. Dom
Miguel has eonsiderable property in
Portugal which was confiseatea when
he was banished, and it is aesnmed that
this trertsure will be returned to the
pretender if he is allowecl to come back
to the country.
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SHOT DEAD AT LUNCHEON,
Austrian Army Ofifcer Kill; English
Visitor at Davos.
Geneve, ApriI 5.—A ma» nitmea Juane
Mulde, cleseribed in the visitors' list as
no lenglieli romposer, of London, was
shot dead yesterday b,e on Attetvidn
lieutenant mimed Ilartnnek in a for-
eign pension at Davos. Muldee eonsid.
ere& Itimmelf confronted by llarltittek,
and called him a 'llerinan emote" lte
refiteea to fight it duel with itaitunek,
who -Ant hint i s tlo eompauy nee
from tho lunelteon table, liartnnek has
eurrennered to the pollee,
It appetites thet :Minder thoegla that,
Ilartunek Was looking at his wife in 013
offensive manner, and tlidt this led Lo
Liao scene ithieh mullet in so tragie a
faeltion.
Bartunek Tule heen here 01000 the
Autumn, but Milner only arrived a
week ago to visit his wife* who has been
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months.
Ifarytttul. is the roost advanced State
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Imperial Questions Considered by
the British Workmen.
London, April 4.—The recent Perlin-
mentary elections have spread dismay in
'the Socialist camp in England. The abso-
lute collapse of the Socialist candidacy
in Croydon this week eau h explained
by no other theory than that' it marks
a seven slump 111 Socialism.
Socialist leaders admit that they are
prepared for a temporary setbaek to
their came because of the interest the
country is now taking in imperiel ques-
tions. One of them saia that the
developments of the navni sensation
which is before the people will shleintek
the Socialiet movement for probably ten
yearS.
In other wily% too, English Soeirillsts
have cause .for nnhappiness, Hanging
over their heads is 0 decision of the
courts 00 .the use of trades tt0100 funds
for political purposes. ibis pretty gen-
orally believed that the I41211014
the riding of the lower mutes, mid
without the subeidiee which they have
hitherto received from levies made upon
membere of the (ranee unionea-meny of
whom, it should be noted, were not. So.,
eialiete, nnd unwillingly saw their en -
rowed eontributions Replied to purposes
of which they disapproved-. Soviallet
candidates for Parliament at the next
general eleetion are likely to bo very
few.
BSRTHA KRUPP HAPPY.
Report of A Probable Divorce A Sate.
lest Inventien.
1)e2-1111, April 4.—Itort, wen Bohm uoil
Halbach, whose wife was formerly
Bertha li'rupp, has had' notices meted
throughout the Ilitsen weeks, which are
owned by. Mine. von Bolen und
bath, declaring on behalf of himself and
of hie wife thnt the 10p011; of the pro-
bability of a divoree betweee them is a
baeeless inveution.
DRINK AGAIN.
DEATH RESULT OF A o—eieLE
BETWEEN TWO LONDON MEN.
Alex. Warwick Fell or Was Thrown
Downstairs at the Morkin Hotel
and His Skull Fractured on the
Cement Floor.''
London, One, April 4.—A1e31. Ware
wiek, a bride; finisher, was killed by'
a fall down the stairs leading to the'
basement in the Morkin House, King:
street, on Saturday »ight, and Joseph
Ward, need 23, ft fOrililir IS 11 klititt1i 10.
charge(1 with having caused his &nth.
Warwiek mid Ward, both of who112
had boon drinkmg, becam0 involved he
an altercation in front of the 110(04
and the fight eontinued into the build-
ing tower& the ber-room, Neer tho
door leading .to the bar.room is 1110
SW 1'8 ]PlitillOg tlIO basement, and
when the men reached this point,
Warwick toppled backward down the
Maws, alighting on his head on the ro-
twit floor. He was VOMOVOti to Vie -
Lorin, Hoepital, where he from a,
fraetured sktill. Sta*otal qtaihi4 arcs
told, bet whether Mid street: Weis
wiels at the stair door, tw whether the,
victim fell is not elear. After Way -
wick fell Ward MR away, but wits cope
tilted forty minutee later near the Ito.
tel. lie made no statement.
Worwiek Was a 'well-known 011121210102-
(11101(2 the Min, arul for some time was
on the Todian list, Tettely, however,
.the taw wag lifted, 'Ward Lae been in
.the Nortlareet for tome time, met Only
1110110y anil spent 1.2-0012? in litly-room.l.
ri t returned. Ile luta ('011S0101211110
eels labonng.
Ire itiok arrest but 'Ma-
ven Aimed the attain antler '4271(1011
A chargo of wian.daipliter is regia--
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empanelled and will view the remain
to morrow morning.