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LESSON I I .-.APR I L I8 1909,
The Oonvergion of Seol,-ACts 0:
1.19,
Counnentary.-I, Saul persecutleg the
elnweb. (va. 1, 2). 1. Aniaegglut."---IL V.
The "beta' garks the contrast between
the miseionary zeal of Philip, and Ole
perseeuting zeal of Saul. Sant- The
sante as mentioned in the story of atte-
alien- Ills mune in. Hebrew was Saul;
ide Roman name was Pol. Yet -Up to
thie moment his blind, persecuting rage
ageinst the tliscips or the Lord burned
Lt e fiercely as ever, Breathing .out
threatenings-Persist•ed in presorting
.the aiselples with increasing vrolence,as
if be could not breathe without uttering
threat:miry against therm or would', if
able,
have slain them with the breath. of
his lips.-Scatt. Unto the high priest-
--4le devised plane for fully externibe
ating the religion of Jona, end was
ready to earry them into exeoution to
the utmost of his ability. 2. Darn:isms
-This is the oldest city in the world,
situated one hundred raid forty miles
northeast of Jerusalem, In Paul's time
it contained Omit forty jewlsh syrnt
gems, end between 40,000 and 50,000
Jews. At promit it is under Turkish
rule and has. a population of about 150,-
000, chiefly Monammedans.
IL Saul ingested and coavieted (vs. 3-
0).
3. Suddenly -About noon (chap. 211:
6); at midday (they. 20: 13), when the
sun WAS hhining so there could be no.
demotion, laght.--It- was' "above the
brightness of the sun" (chap. 20: 13). It
was "in tne midst of this glory" that
Christ was seen by Sol (I. Cor. 15: 8),
so that he inclueled himself among those
who had beheld the Lord after his resur-
rection. 4. to the earth -The whole
eorepany fell to the earth (thap. 26: 14).
lion! a volee-Tri the Hehrew tongue.
'The voice was dear ana aietinet to Saul,
but to those with hint it was only a
mysterious sound (see on v. 7). 'Why
persecutest thee me-Canst thou give
any good reason or it? Must, I afresh
be crucified by thee? Those who per-
secute the saints perseeute Chest him-
self, and he tal;,•es what is done against
them as done against himself,- Cora.
Com. 5. Who at thou -Jesus knew
Saul before Saul knew Jesus. Lord -
Used. to denote respect; for eome 'un-
known, august person. I am Jesus -11c
takes the name ivhich was the object
or Jewish hate.-Burlind. Thy enmity
is against me and my religion. He whom
you persecute is the Lord of life and
glory, not simply poor, fugitive disciples.
It is hard, etc. -This clause and the
first part of v. 0 are. omitted from the
Revised Version but they belong to the
account, for Paul himself utters them
in ehap. 26: 14. Kick against the pricks
-Or goads; as stubborn oxen did, thus
wounding themselves the more deeply.
"Paul was kicking against the goads (1)
by refusing the kingdom of God; (2)
by resisting the Holy Spirit; (3) by
striving against the new impulses that
were being awakened in his soul; (4)
by opposing the goodness of God; (5) by
destroying God's people."
O. Trembling, ece.-...at. true description
of a einner who sees the wickedness of
his heart. What wilt thou ete.-Con•
vinced that he had perseethed Christ,
and that his religious views and charac-
ter were wrong, he submits himself ts
the will of Him who had. arrested him in
his blind career, with the consent that
he would be ol;edient to all his direc-
tions. Arise -Until now he had can -
tinned prostrate on the ground. M-
into Damascus, to be instrneted by one
whom he was on his way to deetroy.
7. Hearing, a volee-In chap. 22, t we
are- told that those with PanI "heard
not the veto." "What Is meant is clear-
ly that tin did not hear the -words
as words -could attaelt no meaning to
the sounds."--Plninotre. We say that
a person is not heard, or that we do not
hear him, when, though we hear hie
voice, he speaks so low or indistinctly
that we do not understand him -Hack -
Mg. 8. Saw no man -"Saw nothing." ---
R. V. • The dazzling brightness of the
light had made Min totally blind. They
led him -Cod on cmickly humble His
enemice whenever He sees fit to do so.
9. Neither did eats.. ele.--His anguish
was .tio greet that he letil no desire for
food. This Was, without; doubt,a time
of great mental coigliet, of deep peni-
tence. In darkness and alone the strug-
gle went on. "Cold he give up ell- his
am -bilious hopes? Could be leave tank,
wealth, honor. friends? Could he enter
the service of. one so despised, and of-
fer reproach, .and anger, and death?
And all •for whet? Credually the core
Met eosed, and light dawned into hie
soule, • _
III. The (onversion. of Sant (vs. 10-10).
10. Anaidae---We know nothing of this
num exeept ivfmt we find in this lesson
and in chep. 22, )2. He Was a agent
man, in good revere among the ,Tews,
WAS in cOlnnllinica Lien with The brethren
at Jerusalem, and was trueted by them.
In a vision -Saul was propaerel for the
visit by a, vision, and by ft vision Ann.n-
ins is told to go to him,
11. Straight -Main thoroughfare of
Damascus; so-called from its running in
direet line from the eastern to the
western gate. It was a mile long, a hun-
dred feet wide, and divided by Corin-
thian olumns into three avenues.-Le.
svin. He prayeth.--"Preathing out" no
longer "threatenings and slaughter,"
but ettuggling desires after life ..and
light_ in the persecuted. One. 13. Have
heard, ete.-This hesitancy on the part
of .Ananias to 'visit Saul does not prove
that he was einem: fearful or inclined
to dieobedience. He was merely extras-
ing due ore, he desired to be euro about
the matter. Thy Saints -The Christian
converts were probably called "saints,"
that Is, "holy pereons," SOOtt Lifter Hee
death of elitist, 15. Goa -This brief, ex-
pressive word of the Lord (1) demands
implicit obedience. (2) puts the doubts
of a weak faith to shame, (3) tantalite' a
prOlialSe of the Lord's aid ard blessieg.
--Starke, at. chosen vessel -One whom
in view of Ea Mooe as- a Matt, hoe
,had eliosen ,for a great MiSainit. TO bear
My rime, ete.-Paul was the great apes -
tie to the Gentiles (see also chaps. 25.
23; 26; 1-32; 27: 24). 10. Ito .ninst suffer
-Compare Pore .owlt words in chap.
20: 23 (see also chap. 141 19; 2 Con 11.
23S28). 17. Anneitte went -"How beauti-
fully -childlike is the 'obedience of An -
aides to the heavenly vision!" Brother
SatzI-Knotritg that the Lord heti oho -
en Saul to a meted offiee, Ananiee fait a
greet ropect for him and an interest
in his .ealvation. Appeared unto thee -
This„ would •eneouraggi Sore faith; it
as ft. onfirmation of the reality of l
what he had seen on the road to Damao -
elm Math sent nte-It would also eu
courage. Sol to know that Jesus lied
counted hire of eufficient valuetodie-
eet some ono to help him..Uoly
Spirit (IL V.)e-Allairitte brought two
great bleesings to eloaiL 1. Sight. 2. The.
girt of the Holy Spirit, The reeeiving
Ithr sigibt watt a striking oilskin of the
Ppirittlal light, whith he reeeited,
18. Amit heti _been eenleit-eathere St
differente Wilton ire to Whether lite
era egales efl train his eyes. There is
queetion, however, but that the restor-
ation ef Ida eight was supernatoral,
"The nature of the loattry we carenot thie
termiue, but it is certain that the re-
cogery was iustantaneous and coat-
Arose....haptized --
Frain this we bee that he Was immed-
iately baptized, before he had received
meat, or food.
IV. Saul the gospel (vs, 20-
30). Aftes• Saulas conversion he retualig
ea. a short time in Damascus, proehieg
the gospel with great power (vs. 19-22)
He then wt to Arabia where he most
have remained between two and, three
years (Cal, 1- 17, 18). This Arabian visit
must, he placed between views 22 and
43.
PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS.
The Savior and the Sinner,
I. 'Worths of the Savior. "Saul, Saul"
(v. 4), Jesuss spoke fleet, las always
does (Rom. 3:11). Sinful man dare uot
Bret approach a holy God aled,
A lost sheepcannot find the shepherd
(Luke 1514-0). A wandering prodigal
cannoe turn baele to his father's horse
till drawn there by the memory of his
father's, love (Luke 15:17-20, When God
sa)'s, "S('ek ye any face," man should
answer from las heart, "Thy face, Lord,
will 1 seek" (Pea. 27:8). °Way prose -
cutest thou me?" "What wrong hest
thou suffered that thou eoest these
things?" "Why persecutest thou me?"
"You thought you" were persecuting a
compabg. of weak people on earth. Sure-
ly if yoa had known you would not
have persecuted the risen Mist. I felt
thy blows at my people in my heart
here in glory, mare than I felt the sharp
-
wounds, in my bode and feet, on the
cross."
"I am Jesus" (v, 5). Not, "I am the
jadge whom thou persecutest who bath
power not only to :mite thee to the
earth but to. sudk thee to bell." He says,
"I ant Jesus .whom thou perseeutest,
the Readouts, tender-hearted, forgiving
Savior; the sympathizing, unchanging
Friend. I will revive you, heal youere-
store you, rejoice over you," Not, "You
nre wieked, obstinate . ungenerous!" He
speaks in a parable; Iio uses the simile
of the .wilfut cot kieking against the
goad width. drove the sharp thong deep-
er ieto the flesh. He doe not say, "It
is laird for my people to bear thy cruel-
ties." lie does not declare, "It is hard
for me, and I will pour out rny wrath
upon thee." No. Tenderly Jesus says,
"It is hard for thee; thou art hurting
thy soul; thou art losing joy and 'com-
fort; thou art sowing for thyself the
seeds of sorrow; it is hard for thee/
"Wboin thou persecu test." "Every
stroke given to the weajtese member of
Christ's body reaches the living Head,
and every wrong to his ladle ones is an
injury to liimself. When we sin against
the brethretrowe sin against Christ" (1
Cor. 8:12; Isa. 03:0).
IL Words of the sinner. "Who art
thou, Lord?" (v. 5). • This was tile be-
ginning of Satti's conversion, for no Man
can say that Jesus is Lord, but by the
Holy Spirit (1 Cor. 12:3). "What wilt
thou have me to do?", (v. CO This Was
the right order; we must know "who"
he is before we can „know "what" we
age to do.; must be one with Christ
through his salvation before we can be
one with him in service. Then he gives
the work (Eph. 4:12, 2 Thess. 2:17) •
his power accomplishes- (lieb. 12:20,
21; Phil. 2:12); to him we aceount for
our faithfulness (Rom. 14:12); from
lam we may receive the approving,
"Well done" (Matt. 23.21).
Saul's conversion and consecration
Were almost simultaneous. Hisesurren-
der was immediately tested, but he was
"noe disobedient unto the heavenly
vision" (Acts '20:19). The persecutor of
men became a prisoner of God. He who
had meant to ride to Damascus as a
leader to eollinland (v, 2) was "led" "as
thild to obey" (v. 8). He who was
going in pride to pe.rsecute, entered in.
humility to suffer, not to deStroy the
Christians, but to 'be one of thent. "He
was three days without sight, and
neither did eat nor drink" (v. 0). Viv-
idly eftme before him all his opposition
to Clod, his rejection of Christ, his perse-
cution Of the holy ones; he saw the
awfulness of his sin, Saul passed three
days in darkness as Jesus lay three days
hi the giave. There in the darkness he
suerendered pride of (1) birth as "of
Israel;" (2) ancestry as "of Benjamin;"
(3) nationality as can Hebrew' (Phil.
8:5); (4) position as "a Pharisee" (Acts
A. C. f.
TINY GIRLS.
Twin Babies Dead Hid in a Shoe
Box in Detroit.
Detroit, April la -It was a gruesome
discovery that the two DeQuire boys
made in D, M. Ferry & Co.'s lumber
yard at lleaublen rind Rowens street
yesterday. Two ting (win girls eestling
in a solitary gime tox formed the re-
markahle,find. Life was extinct and so
the horror of the thing rather dismayed
the little fellows, who were wandering
among the lumber pito.
Both of the 'boys hurried to 'the gro-
cery store of August Trendle, 680 Beau -
Men greet. -Air. Trendle notified the
police departmene and Coroner Burgess
had the bodies removed to the county
morgue..
All marks of identification had been
carefully seratchea from, the box hi
whieh the infante were found.
There seems eo possible way of identi-
fyitg the parents of the two nestlings i
and so it s probable that those respon-
sible for the abandonment of the bodies
will not be tomtit.
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CAPTAIN DROWNED.
Fell Out of His Fishing Tug Off
Cape Rich.
Menford, Ont., Apra 12. -Capt. john
:Vaunts, owner of the fishing tug Prim-
rose, of this town, while 'bringing his
tug from Owen Sound, wheire it had win-
tered, fell overboard and was drawee('
bi fore assistance could reach han. The
neeideet happened orf Cape Rich. The
deck being eorited with lee) Capt, Mein -
tile lost, hie balance and falling over the
into the iey water sank inimediate-
ly. Captain McInnis, who Was 031e Of
lour brothers operating fishing tuga
from this port, kayo a wife tend three
young ehildren. The body hes not yet
been recovered.
NOVELIST'S FUNERAL'
&woke, April 12. -rhe foetal of F.
Merlon 'Crawford, the novelist, who died
here, April Dthe was held teeley, TIM
'ceremony was .exeeedingly ;ample.- The
little Own of Saute Agnello Was filled
with well-known pereona from Remo,
Naplee, Capti,• Sorrento aral Ploemwen
Who had 'come to ply a tut tribute to
the twittery of the dead author.
'the Juiblic buildings of Sorrento, as
Well fig many priVilte 11011808, -displayed
flap at hay mat,
wil010
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la ituilino.
TORONTO MARKETS,
TIED TO LAMP POST.
Dover Father Left His Little Child
Outside &loon, .
LIVII STOOK,
Tile rai(WOYS roperted '70 ear loads of Rye
stoek for Wednesday and Thursday, consist -
lag of 758 cattle, 1,08 hogs, 348 141iceo and
lambs, and =;) calm.
There was little or no ehange In regard
to quality of cattle or the prices paid for
them from any day this week.
Exporters -Expert steers sold from $3.30
30.60 :export bufls,$t to $4,76; expert pews,
14.60 to $3.
nuteliers-Prinie Melted lots of steers and
heifers, 15.4 to $5.40; loads of choice heifers
and eteeres, $4.90 to $3.26, loads ef geed, $4.50
to $4,73; light medium. butchers, $4 to 34.401
sows, $3.25 to $4.40; canners and common
caws, $1.50 to $3.
Stockers rad, leeeders-13est feeders,1,000 to
1,100 lbs., each, 31.50 to $4.75; best aware. 800
to 940 lbs., each. $3.90 to $4.23; best stockers,
40 to '70, each, $3 to 0,00.
Milkers and Springers -A limited number
at minters and springers were offeree, but
few ot (Melee quality. Trade was slow In
eomparlson with a few 'weeks ago. Prices
ranged front $30 to $50 each. •
„_Veal Calves -Over 300 calves were on sole,
the quality of which, generally, was far front
bents good and many of them should have
been confiscated, as being unfit for food.
sheep and Larabs-Reeelpte light With prices
Orin. Export ewes, 14,30 to $5,50 per owt.;
rams, $3,23 to $4; yearling lambs, grain fed,
$7 to $7.75 per owt.•, etwarcon yearlings, $.5
Lo $0.50 per ewt.; spring lambs, 83 to 89 each.
Hogs -Mr. Harris and IL P. Kennedy re-
verted prim; unchanged but firm at $7.13
for selects fed and watered at the market,
and OA f.o.b. cars at country points.
FAPeMERS" .MARKET.
The offerings or grain to -day were a
little logger than of late, there being
about soo. bueliels. Wheat firmer, with
sales of 200 bushels of fall at $1.10 to
$1.12. Oats firmer, 300 bushels selling
at 50 to 51c. Barley ensy, with eales of
200 busbels at 58 to 60o. Ono load of
peas sold at 90e per bushel,
Dairy produce iu fir offer, with prices
steady. Clod to ehoice dairy butter sold
at 22 to 25e per lb„ and inferior at 18
Le 20e. Eggs, 20 to 22e per dozen. Poultry
in good demand, with offerings fair.
Hay was firmer, with receipts only
moderate; 25 loads 50141 at $12.50 to $14
a ton for No. 1. Straw is nominal at
$12 to *12.50 a ton.
Dressed hogs are firm at $9.40 to $9.50
for heavy, and at $0.60 to $9.85 for
light.
Wheat, fall. bush .. . ,$ 1 10 $ 1 1.2
Do., goose, bush .. . „ . 1 04 1 05
Oats, bush .. .. 0 50 0 51
Barley, bush 58 0 60
Rye, bush 0 72 0 73
Peas, bush .. „ .. 0 03 0 00
Book -wheat, bush .. . 0 03 0 (15
Tray, per ton , . , . .. 12 50 14 00
Do., No. 2 00 10 00
Straw, per ton .. .... 12 00 12 50
Dressed. hogs .. ... 9 40 9 85
Bator, choice, dairy 0 22 0 25
Dm, inferior . 0 18 0 20
Eggs, new laid 0 20 0 22
.Chickens, dressed, per lb0 17 020
Fowl, ub.... 0 13 0 14
Turkeys, lb.. .0 92 0 20
Celery, per dozen .. • 0 40 0 00
Potatoes, bag.. .a • • • • '0 90 0 05
Onions, bag 1 25 1 35
Apples, barrel „ 3 50 5 00
Beef, hindquarter,: 8 50 10 00
Do., formuarters , 6 00 7 50
Do., choice, carcass 00 9 00
Do., medium, carcass 5 50 7 00
Mutton, per.ewt. 8 00 10 00
Veal, prime, per mot. 10 QO 11 50
Lamb, per cwt.. .. „ 13 00 .15 00
SUGAR MARKET.
St. Lawrence sugars are quoted as fol.
lows: Granulated, $4.80 per cwt,, in bar -
eels, and No. 3. golden, $4.40'per ewt., in
barrels. These •prices are for delivery
• here. Care lets 5e less.: In 100 -pound
bags prices are 5e less.
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UNION HORSE EXCHANGE.
There In very little change in the priees
of the general run of horses sold at the Un-
ion Norse Exchange, Toronto, this week.
There was, however, one ear load of fancy
quality heavy draughts, that sold at higher
Prices than usual, proving that the light
kind will always sell. There is a good mar-
kel for good &loped horses, with size wad
,action. Shippers should confine themselves a
little more to horses with quality and weIght
than they have been doing lately, and if
bought anywhere in reason they 'will meet
a ready Market. At both the regular auction
sales on Monday and Wednesday there were
quite as many buyers as usual, In fact, this
market is now well established: Horsemen
and farmers from the Atlantic to the Pacific
realize that they oan come to this market
with confidence, knowing that they will get
a square deal every time. Over oae hundred
and fifty bones changed hands this week
and more would have found a ready market
could they have been got. Trade was active
Lor anything approaching gond quality. man-
ager J. II. Smith reported the general prices
of horses as follws: draughts, $t80 to $200;
general purpose and farm horses, $130 to $183;
examsers; $140 lo $210; drivers, $100 to $180;
serviceable sound, $35 to $90 each.
OTHER MARKETS.
- WINNIPEG WHEAT MARKET,
Wheat-April•$1,21 bid, July $1.23 1-2
bid May *1.21 3-4 sellers. g
Oats -April 42 1-8c sellers, May 42 lale
bid.
PROVINCIAL MARKETS.
4 Chatham -There was a large market
to -day, with most prices high, 13utter,
25e; eggs, 160; chickens, 40 to 60e; tur-
keys, $2.50; geese, 75e; ducks, 60e; ap-
ples, peek 20e; potatoes, bag 85e; buck-
wheat, 40e; barley, *1.05 per cwt.; corn,
Ca; hay, clover, $8.50; timothy, $9 to
*10; Straw, $3; oats, 45e; vfneat, stan-
dard, $1.06; beans, $1.35 to $1.60; wool,
washed, 15 to 16c; unwashed, 0 to 10e;
export cattle, 5 1-4c; butchers' cattle,
21.2 to 4e; beef, dressed, 0 to 7c; live
hey, $7.10 per ewe.; dressed, $9; lambs,
live,,a 1-2s; veal, 6 to 7e.
Stratford -Hogs, $7 to $7.10; dressed,
0 1-2 to 0340; cows, 33-4 to 4 1-4e;
dressed, 7 to 7 1-2e; steers and heifere,
41-2 to 5e; dressed, l3e; ealves, 5e;
dressed, Se; hides, farmers, 9 to 9 1-2e;
pluckers 10 to 101.2c; wheat, $1.05,
standard; barlee, 50 to 55e; oats, 45e;
standard; peas, 85 to 88e; hay, *3.50 to
$0,501 bitter, 22e; egges, 18e; maple
eyrup, *LOS to $1,50,
Belleville -The live hog market hes
been brisk this week, buyers paying $7;
dressed, *9 to $0.25. Hay is -still plenti-
ful at $12 to $13. Loose strasv $5 to
per hold. Oats advanced ter 52e. But-
ter, 27e; eggs, 18 to 20e• the supply of
the letter is lirnited; butehers' hides, 06;
farmers', 8 1-2e; Deakins:, 70 to 80e,
St. Thointis-Live lioge, $0.85.'dressed
hogs, $8.73 to $0.25; loose hey, $10.50 to
$11; baled hay, $1.2: straw, *0 per load;
eggs, 17 to 20e; butter, 24 to 28e;
wheat, *1.05; maple syrim, $1.30 to $1.50
per gallon.
tondori-To-day's market wee brisk
and largely atteeded. Pekes were
steady with little those. The only
marked variation was in oats, whieh
sold down to $1.55 and $1.41, egainet
$1,28 and 10.43 yesterday, Elgin; plentie
ful at 18e on the open square and 10e
and 20e in trie dairy hall. Butter steady;
creamery, 20 to 211e; roll, 23 to ate;
crock, Otto 24e. Dreeeed pork sold tit
*0 to $0.50 per cwt.; Monday's price for
live hogs evill be $7 per cwt. for selects.
Hey, ton, *10.50 to $11.50; straw, $5 to
Owen Senna -The Eager rnarkete
were good. Produele were plentiful.
Butter, a0 to 210; cm, 101-2 to 17e;
hogs, live, $7.; do., alreeeetl, light $0..
do., &Newel, lieevy, $R.7$; bay, $111;
eti $11; etraW, $7.
New York, April 1L --A oble • des-
patch to The Smi from Louden), sags:
The new _children's act proved a great
boon yesterday to the tett places et
the popular holichiy ecsorte. Parente
being unable legaUy to take their chit.
deen, iisto the barrooms had tea 'with
them iusteed. Inquiries at minty tett
Shops did not reveal a single instance of
the thildren tieing left alone there while
their parents visited the bars.
Dover, however, bed the sight the
other clay of a little child tied to a
lainppost ouside a barroom, It Caused
21 crowd to gather and the polies made
inquiries.. They food the
father drinking within the bele As
he was unable to take las chila with
him he had Adopted this Method of
preventing the youngstee from stray,
Inge
IN GREAT DEMAND.
••,•••••01.,',.•
Beresford Wanted as Member by
Nineteth Constituencies.
London, April _11.-W. T, Stead,
who recently came out as a strong
advocate of a big Dreadnought buina
Irv, programme, declares. that Ad Ideal
Beresford does not sepport that policy
and that he is orinesed to laying down
eight Dreadnoughts diumg the curreot
year. On the other hand, it is declared
that lewd Charles says that eight an.
insufficient, The popular sailor himself,
who has already beea invited by
nineteen constituencies An• represent
them in the House of Commons, keeps
silent, elthough doubtless hie views have
been given freely and forcibly to the
Governmeet.
It would seem that there is consia-
erable dif feenee of opinion among
novel officers as to whether a lineal
battle in the Mere will depend most
on Dreadnoghte or torpedo boats
and submarines. An expert has given
an opinion that torpedo boats will go
first into action ancl elate possibly will
be able to deal with Dreaduoughts, at-
tacking before the Dreadnoughts with
width -they are acting some on the scene.
• *
CLEARED OF ICE.
Little - Damage to Electric Plant by
Friday's Ice Jam.
Niagara Falls, April 11. -With the aid
of scores of men who have been kept
hustling for the past forty hours, the
Ontario Power Company have succeeded
in clearing the power house Of ice and
experts are engaged in putting the huge
generators and electrical apparatus in
shape. By Tuesdayeverything will
again be in apple pie order.
Tholossto the company is extremely
small, but the inconvenience to the cus-
tomers is of course serious.
A recurrence of the accident is impos-
sible, as the windows will be built up
solid to a height above any possible rise
of water in the future.
The water wbich was blocked by the
ice jam eleaged itself under the moun-
tains of ice still piled up over the basin
at the foot of the Falls and the normal
flow of water coming over the Falls is
passing down the river under the iee.
JAM STILL THERE. •
Niagara Falls, N. Y., April 12. -The
ice jam in the gorge remains intact, but
above the Lewiston bridge the water
has fallen about two feet.
The high speed of the water has worn
several large gaps in the jam. With
calm weather, DO further serious dam-
age is anticipated.
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SIX BURNED TO DEATH.
Sudden. Fire in Business Section of
Lenno, Mass,
Lennox, Mass., April 11. -Six people
lost their lives, three others were badly
burned, and a property loss of .between
$200,000 and *300,000 was caused by a
fire in the heart of the business section
of. this town early to -day. Four business
blocks, two dwellings and two other
etractures were destroyed.
The dead are: Edward 0. Votress,
electrician; Mrs.Edward C. Ventress,
Miss Leslie Ventresse 'Miss Alice
French, bookkeeper; Mrs isehel C000k,
bookkeeper; Miss .Mice Sparks, school
teacher.
The death of Arise Alice French was
one of the pitiful tragedies of the
meriting. While the fire was at its
height, a woman was seen to climb
onle of a flame -filled room onto it ver-
andah an the second floor with bee
night clothing eta hair ablaze. Stag-
gering • to the railing she leaped to
the sidewalk, landing in it heap withie
five or six feet of the blazing wane.
Some of the liOrrified onlookers at-
tempted to rush in to drag her out, but
the intense beat drove them back,. and
not nntil several 11,0Ur8 later was the
bodes reeovered,
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'PHONED WITHOUT WIRES.
Remarkable Experiments at Paris En-
tirely Successful.
Paris, April 11. -The remarkable
wireless telephone experiments this
afternoon between Paris and Melo, a
distance of thirty miles, were it com-
plete suceesa. The radio telephonic trans-
mittiug and receiving apparatus used
was of an eutirely new model, inverted
by Lieutenants Celia mid Jonee, of the
French navy. Lieut. Colin was stationed
at the Eiffel Tower, and Lieut. jeanee,
with IL Picard, Minister of Marine, at
Melo. Newepaper representatives listen-
ed to the convereation at the preinises
of the Radio Telgraphie Manufacturing
Company oil Boulevard Orennelle. A.
headpiece fits completely over the heed,
singeing out all the melee of the outs
side world. thee eonld hear with great
distinctnese the conversatioit between the
Eiffel Tower, it few hundred yards away,
and Melo, thirty miles distant,
TWO ENGINES BURNED.
Prescott, Ont., April 12.--L'About
o'eloek this morning Me ilent round
home at the 0. P. It yard VMS diSaaVer*
Oa on fire. There were three engine* in
the house at the time. One paesongee
engine Wag got out, but th other two
were burned with the builditig. The
total loss is :theta *12,000, partly In.
•
.BREAK AT RAPIDS.
ottpwa, April 12. -Material is being
rushed to Mack Rapide, about 10
1111108 frotri the filly, whette MIMS,
break hes °centred in the Minot enie
bankMent and ie likely to retattl the
Mowing of navigation 011 the Itie
dem Canal,
DOWN WITH
THE REPUBLIC
1r-
Strikiag Outten Makers of France
Disorderly,
Two Thousand Troops Parolling the
District.
•••••••••,,•••••
Meru, From, April 12. ---The [striking
button makers of itfern, whose demands
for a continuance of the previous wage
sole in the button factories have been
followed by violence and disorders, re-
calling the days of the revolution, ItilNe
brought about it veritable retell of ter
-
roe here and in the meighboring towns
of Cropin end Lormaieon,
About 2,000 soldiers, under the come
mod of Gen, Nicolas, •eonsistang of
Dragoons, Hussars and Cuirassiers, and
500 gendarmes, under the leaderehip ot
tile Prefect of Cisc, are to -day patrolling
the streets of all the towns end or-
roundierg country where further .violence
is to be expeeted.
The mob is ugly, arid era% of "down
witb the republic" are heard constantly.
. The soldiers aro bearing the insults of
the people with great Stoicism, and al-
though a _niunber of the troops liave
been injured severely by stones, no re-
prisals have been made.
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TEDDY'S DENIAL.
Says He Gave No Interview to
Paris Reporter.
.•••••11,01,..1.0
That Person Declares He Did and
Offers PrOof.
EARTH SHOOK 1Anniul J, MEN
Cornices Thrown Down and. Clocks. ROOM' Of 14044 Ourgerfor th's*n;
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Stopped in Lima. DOW onegery Ot onterto.
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shock was experiencea hero at five min- 441ifariliqe. 4.141+14r1+114+4441
utes pest 2 ()Vetk title morning. The
movement WAS from east to west, and
it was accompanied by subterranean
runiblinee. The people were very emelt
alarmednbut no casualties resulted, 'She,
quake lens attended by a demo fog and
elondimrst. The cornices on a number
of buildings were thrown down to the
streete and elooks ell _over tee eity stop.
ped. The shock was felt also in Callao,
Barranco and, Chorrillbs,
CASTRO QUIT.
Borne to Shore on a Stretcher by
French Gendarmes.
•
.,••••••••••••
Expelled FrOm Martinique -Pre-
tended to hell
•
Fort de France, Apra ie.--01prla,no
Castro, ex -President of Veuezuela, was
to•night ignominIMISly expoited .from
the island of Martinique by the: French
Government, Ite protested to the last
against hie expuleion, but Ms protests
were in vain. He is vow on board the
French steamship Versailles booed for
St. Nazaire„
At half -past 8 a, faro of gendarmes
went to Cestro's room and ho was pine.
ed on a mattress, he refusing to put on
his clothes, and cerried on a stretcher
to the steamer, a distance of more than
a mile. A thousand or more of the pop -
illation had assembled by this time, and
mueli sympathy was expressed for the
fosmer Presideet. The letter complain-
ed of the great suffering, and, every
• Movement of the stretcher seemed to
,give him -further strain. Tfe has; proper -
ed p protest, whitai will be eient to the
Froth Government to -morrow.
The Versailles :left here at 9 o'clock,
and measures have been taken to keep
careful watch of Castro during the voy-
age. 'The colonial government intends
Lo put down any sympathetic demon-
stration that may be made on shore.
TOO IrARSIL
Paris, April 12. -The Paris newspap-
ers in general are indifferent to Castro's
expulsion from Martinique, The Jour-
nal, however, condemns as unprecedent-
ed the harsh measures taken in the ease
of the former President of Venezuela,
saying that in the past persons who
were ordered deported bave always
been given a reasonable time in which
to choose their destination. The paper
declares that added reverses will only
serve to gain sympathy for Castro.
Parise April 12. -Theodore Roosevelt
and a correspondent of Le Journal aro
engaged in a controversy regarding the
venteity of the correspondent. Le Jour-
nal sent its representative to Naples to
see Mr. Roosevelt, and subsequently the
paper published a long interview with
the former President of the United
States, whieh was widely copied. Upon
arriving. at Port Said last :Friday Mr.
Roosevelt sent it telegram to a Paris
paper, saying that he had given no such
interview. This was published, together
with the assertion of the correspondent
that he talked half an hour with Mr.
Roosevelt, and that the text of the in-
terview as, given was strietly accurate.
This denial coming to the eye of Mr.
Roosevelt at Suez he has again cabled
Paris, reiterating his denied and char-
acterizing the interview as "an impu-
dent falsification without a -particle of
foundation."
He says also that he never saw the
correspondent of Le Journal.
The eorrespond.ent has replied with is
new affirmation of the truth of the in-
terview, and declares that he is pre-
pared to bring further proof of his verac-
ity.
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VESSELS HELD UP.
Engineers and Assistants Desert
Two. Big Freighters.
Fort William, Ont., April 11. -
Some lam of the growing seriousness
of the marine situation with regard
to the refusal of all classes of union
labor on the lakes to accept the aopen
.shop" policy laid down by Om Mite
Carriers' Aseoeiation is obtained in
the practical holding up of two big
freighters at Fort, .te yesterday
by the deeertion of the entire corps
of engineers and their assistante with-
in a few hours of the time the boats
were due to sail,
The. steanOrs are the Sir Thomas
ShaughneseyNand Charles 0. Jenkins,
both under the management of 0. 0.
Jenkins., of Cleveland. '4 Some days ago
they were fully monied and provisioned
for a fifteen days' trip, the engineers
and other ;members of the crew being
secured, it is alleged; under the belief
that the•boate bad been withdrawn from
IIs e Lake Carriers' Assoeiation, When
Chief Engineers Ora Stewart mid Wm.
Irierney enquired about contrnets, they
were assured that nonewould be .pre-
sented for them to sign. All arrange-
ments were therefore made to leave
Fort William yesterday for_ Buffelm
At noon a reports reached the engin-
eers that they were to be discharged
when the vessels reaehed-Buffalo. This
knowledge soon reached the remainder
of the crew, and they lost no time in
following the engineers' example mid
quitting their ;lobe.
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••••••••••......
Bt it:sh Bluejackets Protecting
foreigners in Persia,
London, April 12. -The situatiort in
Persia is gradually developing in the
direction of an Anglo -Russian interven-
„Hon. British bluejaeltets were landed
from the cruiser Fox at Bushire on Sat-
urday, after a British resident has is-
sued it proclamation setting, for the the
necessity of this action becanee of the
inebility of the loeal authorities to pro-
test foreignerA.
It IS Understood that the landing of
bluejackets was sanctioned beforehand
by Russia. and it is expected that the
latter iovernment, will be obliged to
take Sittliiar measiires to proteet for -
• at Tibri sand Rola,
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BATT L ESN I PS USE LESS.
Scandalous Conditions Revealed at
the Toulon Dockyards.
Totilo», April 11. -The first visits of
the Paeliamentary Investigating Com-
mittee to the dockyards here reveal-
ed, :recording to statemeuts made by
members of the committee, a seandalous
'condition of affairs. The now battleship
justice has beat found practietilly to be
useless, the plates surrounding the after
boilers being burnt through and pre-
senting grave danger. The work of re*
novating the vessel will take mottlis,
The gook of allintililitiOn alSo Was found
to be incomplete,
Oa it Meter .ship, Liberete, half the
boilers aro useleee, owing to the Molc
of
it small part, which could not be
ptoeured at Toulon. The shell -filling
workshope are in a lamentable eonai-
lion, not even elementery pretentious
being observed,
•
Only 23,952 emigrants left Ireland
last year, the number being 15,787 be-
low the total for 1007, Mid the ksweet
no word. Sines 1831 4,12(1.310 mul-
poets have left Ireland.
• * *
KILLED AND EATEN.
Case of Cannibalism in Quebec
Investigated.
Ramat, Que., April 12. -The Cor-
oner's jury which nae been investigating
the extraordinary mystery surrounding
the death of .Auguste Lemieux in the
wilds of northern Coebec this afternoon
brought In it verdict cmnpletely exoner-
ating Joseph Grasset, the onls.inan alive
apparently who knows anythang at all
about the affair. At the same time
the jury found that the eircumetaneee
pointed to the third member of the
party, It Frenchman named Bernard,
as the guilty man, and'il; was ordered
that he should be arrested. if be ever
turned 'up. It is not, however,
thought that Bernard will ever be
seen againe the general opinion- being
that after the Jeath of Lemieux and
.the apparent eating: of part of bis
body Bernard lost nis way in the
wilds and either starved to death or
was drowned.
Grasset stated that lie had gone
north with . the two men, hired to help
him on 0 four months' hunting trip.
'they had hard luck, and, running
short of provisions, he sent the two
back to where some fond was eacted
and went (In alone. That, he Stated,
was the laet he ever saw of either of
them, Later Lemieux's body was
found by some Indiane,, he having evi-
dently been murdered mid part of his
body eaten, the fleshy portions of the
body • being gone, while the • limbs, were
hacked off and showed that much of
the flesh hnd been cut away.
•
HEAVY LOSS:-,
1,045,000 Fewer Passengers to the
U. S. Than in 1907.
....•••=.••••••
London, April 11. -The full figures
for the trans-Atlantie passenger trade
for 1908 show an extraordinary situa-
tion, which explains the terrible losses
in the shipping trade. The number of
passengers going to America in 1908
was 635,000, or 1,045,000 less than La
1907. The number leaving America was
89,000 more than in Balt.
The loss of the steamship eompanies
iu gross receipts. wits *34,000,000.
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BURNED TO DEATH.
winnipeg, Meld, April 12. ----The Em-
pire Hotel at Swan River, Mang was
burned early yesterday, Waiter Living-
ston, a, young bomesteadelkfroni Minne-
dosag perishing in the flames, whileit
number of other guests sustained -blur.
iee more or less, Few whe were in the
building saved anything except their
nigh t elothing.
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SERIOUS FIRE.
Rochester, N. Y., April 12. --Fire is
raging in the village of Hammondsport,
neer Bath. St. Gabriel's -Cluireli is in
ruing, The Presbyterian Church, PIM-
eett's furniture store, Rockwell's de -
pertinent store, Prtitee Rank and sever-
al reshienees are burning, The firenten
(Inc babdieapped by a high wind.
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HANGED HIMSELF.
Cornwall, Ont.. April 12, --Alexander
'aleCullough, Owlet .00 rare of age, 21
,farmer restiaing in Glendonald,
ted suicide thie morning by harming
himself tit his born. ITe had been met-
ing eurionely for some title past. •
VETERAN DEAD.
Belleville, Ont., .April 12.--Thoe, S.
Loom:alio, ex-eldertorin Ana a prornhient
contractor, is demi, aged 73 yore. Ife
was a veterroe of the Crimea, where, Its
tlifi result of an engagement in whieh
T; e lost, tut eye, lie received it speeial
meal for 'brewery.
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Young Woman Terribly Injured by
Frenzied Man.
Toronto despatch: With her head
and hands covered with cuts and
bruises inflicted with a hatchet in
the hands of a would-be murderer,
Bertha Augustine, a young woman,
who had been boarding with Mr, J,
Jackson at the corner of Lindsay and
Brock avenneas was. taken to the Gen-
eral Hospital last night in it preear-
ioas condition. Her heed is cut in
it dozen places, some of the wounds
being several inehea long. In places
the young woman's hair is taken off
with the scalp. The men who made
the brutal attaek is now under arrest,
in No. 7 Police Station charged with
attempted. murder. Ito is Alfred
Baker, a young Englishman, living
at 57 Penning street.
Baker and the young woman have
been keeping company sinee about it
year ago. Recently he line been
without employment, and his sweet.
heart, he elaime, threw him over. He
brooded over the matter, and yesters
/lay afternoon went into a store oo
Queen street west and purchased
lather's hatchet. Putting it in his
pocket, he went to the boarding house
of the young woman. She inet him
at the door, and when he said 110
welded to 800 her for a few minutes
She preeeded him upstaire, As She
stepped into her room Baker pulled
the hatchet from his poeket and
struek her a violent him 00 the heed
with it. The blow Terrell:illy Minuted
her, but ehe fought her aasailant with
hor hands as be showered blows on
ber. The young woman's tiwful
eereatne brought Mr. Jackson front
Ida butcher shop underneath, and he
grappled with the now frenzied Man
and overpowered hint, The police
were notified, and P. (1, Pergueon are
rived and took Baker into custody.
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The would-be murderer offered no re-
sistance to the officer.
The young woman is suffering, ter-
ribly from shock and her recovery is
considered extremely doubtful.
FIERCE FOREST FIRES
Twenty Thousand Acres Burned
Over --The People Alarmed.
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Retiteolo, Va„ April 12. -Forest fires were
retorted last night to be raging in Detetourt
County The Purgatory Mountain to the
north of 'limitation was burned entirely over
and valuable timber over an area of more
that 20,000 acres was destroyed. It is thought
Oct hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth
of tinIbmbeen swept away. The people
have been greatly disturbed and hundreds
of met have been kept at Week fighting the
Nantes, Many mountain bonlen have bemi
In Imminent danger on aceettrit of the high
winds. At some places the people have been
afraid to slcep at night on hecount of the
Mem It, IS believed that the flames will be
confined to mountains.
North gareiina are to the effect that forest
av
fires he created considerable damage dur-
ing tho past two days.
tho mountain section of the Virginia and
In soveral section the fires are gummed
mcbmeird. April 10--neepatetes train
to have berm of threfultary, origin.
ITALY'S NAVY.
lier Warships Too Slow Defects
hi Machinery.
Rome, April 12, .A local newepapet rote
published a sensational artiele
ing severely the condition of the Italian
navy. It says that the nsw warship Na.
pole cannot make more than six Ituots on
hour and that the Roma DAD do little
better than this. The paper allegea also
that grave defeets hew been diecovered
in the machinery of OW new 16,000 -ton