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INTERNATIONAL LESSON NO
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China Om LIN and Light of John 1:43
Wcia a native of
Teetheitida a town on the 'shore of the
*ea Of Galilee; hia home woe at Caper -
nem near by. Ito was born probanly
between A. In 1 and L. According to
lrenaeus anti Jerome, he died in the
year 98, witen he was about ninety -
Ore yore of age, antl was burlea at
lepheaust Jobit was the author cif the
gospel and the three opiates which bear
hie name, awl the Revelation. Ile was
the most intimate ettethly friend of
Jesus. Eis gospel is supposed to be the
record of the story of Josue as preathed
by the imostle for sunny year's. The first
eighteen verses are tbe prologue, or in-
trocluction, and certain the substance of
what the evangeliet intends to set forte.
In the remainder of the gospel, "the
truths of the prologue are illuetratea
and proved."
Commentary. -L Christ's eteinal ex-
istence (vs. 1, 2,), 1, In the beginning-
Ilefone all created things, In the ogee
of eternity when only God existed. Was
-Not became. Ile existed before all cre-
ation. "He did not come into being, he
was," The word -The Greek term here
translated. "Word" is "Logue which haa
the double meaning of thouglet anJ
speech, Christ is called the Thera a God
because through Him is revealed, to up
the thoughts, feelings, purposes and will
of God, as. Our words express to othere
our thoughts, feelings, purposes, and
will. God is an unseen Being, but "His
thought, His love an His nature are
embodied wad expresso& in the person
of the Son, our Saviour, who is the
Word of God." With God -In selosest
commanion, yet distinct, limns Him.
Pother, is God; the Son is God; the
Holy Spirit is God; God is One. Chan
iners. "An unfathomable mystery. It is
rashness to search too far to know it."
2. The same was in the begineing-
God was eternally Triune, three in one.
There was the Second Person in the
Trinity before He was "manifested in
the flesh." Be was not created Divine;
He existed Divine, was one with God.
"This .repetition is not useless or un-
meaning. Repetitions 'rave diverse uses
fection. In prophecy, certainty. In
threateuings, unevoidablenosa awl sud-
denness. In precepts, a necessity of per-
forming, In truths, like this, the ne-
cessity of believing them." -Arrowsmith
5., The light sluneth-"Christ has re-
vealed Himself constantly, by creation,
by providenceoby the strivings of the
Spirit, by the course of events, by the
revelations of the prophets, and even
by the dim intimations of heathen con-
sciousness." And the light still shineth,
clearer and brighter than in thep ast. In
darkness -The darkness of Sin, ignor-
nnce and unbelief has ensboruded the
world in all ages. Comprehended it not -
Did not receive it or, profit by it. But
another translation in the margin of the
R. V. changes the meaning, -"the dark.
noes overcame it not." "The light,
though sometimes apparently overcome
was really victorious; it withstood ev,
ery assault, it shone on triumphantly
in a darkened world."
III. The herald of Christ'secoming (vs,
0-0).
6. There was a, man ---See R. V. Liter-
ally, "there began to be a man," in con
-
*list with the Word who bad no begin-
ning. Sent from God -God gave lam his
mission and his message, his credentials
and his instructionsoene was a rumen -
ger; John -The Baptist. An account of
his birth is given in Luke i., and of his
manifestation, as a prophet in Matthew
111. With him the evangelist had some
personal acquaintance, and by him was,
prepared to receive Christ, who was the
incarnate Word. A deep significance at-
taches to the name John, which means
The gracious gift of God," and which
was given from. heaven.' 7. To bear wit-
ness of the Light -Testimony, stronger
here than preachnig, stronger even than
prophecy as hitherto existing. John ap-
peened first as a preacher of repentance,
but at the same time showed himself a
• prophet, who completed the Old Testa-
ment prophecy in testimony. His mis-
sion rose into the office of forerunner.
Lange, All men • believe -"In the
divine purpose .7ohrt was to lead over the
faith of Israel to Christ, though the gos-
pel was not for the Sews alone, nor for
a race or class, but for all men, always
and everywhere." •
8. Not that lightn-John was not the
source of light, but only a reflector of
the light, a lamp, lighted. At this time
some were still living who were inclined
to place John ehe Baptist on an equality
ivith Christ, hence this plain declaration.
John was indeed 'a burning and a shining
light," or literally, "lamp" (John v. 33),
but he came only to herald the true
Light." 9. That-Chnst. Was the true
Light -Not that John was a false light,
but Cbrist was the "genuine, perfect
light," and His messenger only ar rried
rays of light from Mtn. Whicht lighteth
every man -Not "all men." The Light
illumines each one singly, not all colleen
ively. God deals with men separately
as individuals, not in masses.
V. The divine sonship of believers (vs,
12, 13/.
12. As received Hies -Individuals, wi eh -
out distinction of race, nationality or
condition. .As many as accepted Him as
their Saviour and. Keine acknowledgea
His claims, and yieldea Obedience to Hie
teachings. Gave He power -"The right."
V. The original word combines
both ideas -the right and the power.
Both are true and both should be tie.
repted. Sons of God -See R. V. On the
divine side. God eslopte no no children
(Roan. vile, 16, 17), and makes us chil-
dren by imparting to no Ms own life
(John iii., 3, 5). On the human Ale, we
must be born agein, from above (John
ID., 3, 5), by believing. That believe.-
s'Only those are children who receive the
divine life and the divine nature by true
faith." 13. Ilorri-Spiritual birth, regen-
erated. Not of blood, ete.----"No Inman
decent introduces us into the family of
F. & B.
VL Christ's revelation of the Father
Os, 14-18, IL Was made flesli-As the
human emit is onited to the body, but
not ebeitged into the body, so the Eter-
nal Word took on flesh, but WaS not
Amused into It, or confused with he -
Wordsworth. The only begottene-We
me children of God in a sense, but ally,
Jesus Christ is his Son in this higliea
and Special meaning. Grime rine trntb-
Theite Were his glom". "Genrn inductee
ell inerey: truth, alt irestice." Ire was
"full" of these . 15. Bare witnese, etc: -
It seeme probable that this verge de-
rceriteee the Usual eberneter of john's
testimony concernine Christ. Tie -wee
centinually proeletheince Christ's supere
elite to himself. 16-18. We have lune
three street dopier:Wong nbout
T. It ie Christ name wen supplies oll
tee epiritoril wente of nit believers. 2..
teirlet and hie propel AR *Wildly* kiliNkrior
f o Mato: end the Inue 3. It le Christ
elm, wan has .revealed God the Father
to mnii."
Tenho The Wonderful Diviee Stolen
"c le 34 al wenclerfue very, very wooden"-
Alt his love mid green to toot* '
Bible lights. On the topic -)'or dolly
reading.
Wonderful in ble essential character
(-John 1., 1-18).
Woeclerful in his name. (16a. i1-7It
Wonderful in hie birth (Matt. h.,
Woutierfal in his, death (Mary xv., 23 -
Wonderful in his resurrection. (Luke
xxiv., 1-12).
Wonderful in hie mission and Method
(Mark 11, 5-17).
Wonderful in power and eonquest
(Rev. icin.t 9-16).
Lesson Building: A structural °saline.
L The Savior Described (Vs. 1-4).
L He is from all eternity (v. 1, f. ce.
2. Ire is Very (lod (v. 1, 1. cd.
3. Ile is co-cemal and co-partner with
Cod (v. 2).
4. He is Creator of all things (v. 3).
• 5. He is ft source of spiritual life and
lerlit (v. Q.
Tbe Savior Declared (vs. 5.1».
1. By his own nature once power (v. 5).
2, By divinely commissioned, human
• agents (v. 0).
• a. In order that men may be saved
7).
• 4. Because be alone can save, foul he
can save all (vs. 8, 0).
The Savior Variously Estimated
(vs. 10-13).
1. Multitudes are ignorance and reject
him (y, 10).
• 2. Many are prejudiced and fail to re-
ceive lam (v. 11).
3. Some believe and receive him and
• are made like bim (n. 12).
4. This true latitude and estimate are
by divine gift and grace (v. 13).
TV. The Sevier Revealed (vs. 14, 15).
1, Revealed by birth aud incarnation
(v. 14).
2. Revealed by his glorious life and
wake (v. 14).
3, Revealed by the Holy Spirit speak-
• ing through. man (v. 15).
• V. The Saviour shown sufficient (vs.
16-18).
• 1. By the testimony of the saved -"all
2, By the fact of abundance-"ful.
nese."
3. Because Ile is Cod, and is from God
-infinite in bis perfection, love. and
power (v. 18).
Illustrative: 1. Christ's fulness. -The
noble river has been flowing for 6,000
years, watering fields and slaking the
thirst of a Irturdree generations. The sun,
as lie thot above the crest of the moun-
tains, or sprang up from tbe man bed,
bas melted tbe snows of many winters,
renewed the verdure of many springs,
' painted the flowers of many summers,
ripened the golden harvests of many au-
• tumns, mid yet he shines as brilliantly
as ever -his eye not dim, nor his floods
of light less full, for centuries of bound -
lees profusion. Yet what are these but
images of the fulness in Christ. -From
Guthrie.
2. Christ's savingpower.-"A Cornish
minister was preaching one day to a con-
grgation, in which. were several sailors
who had just been, shipwrecked. He
spoke of the sinner's clanger; and intro -
clueing the figure of a drowning sailor
grasping eagerly at any fragment of the
wreck, he presented Christ as the sure*
plank, exclaiming, 'This plank bears.'
Fourteen years afterward be was called
to the bedside of a dying stranger who
referred to bis use of the illustration,
and added: 'Yes, this plank bears."
Searchlights: 1. How great is man's
sin that it was necessary for God hinn
self to save 'him. The great sinner and
the great Saviour are just suited to each
other. To create the stars he used his
fingers, but to save man he bared his
right arm.
2. This Son of God descended to take
our nature and die on the cross that we
may be saved.
3. Jesus Christ by his power creates
the World, and by his love and -sacrifice
re-creates it.
4. Every believer is "sent from God"
to bear witness to the truth and to the
Christ.
5. Christ is not known at all unless
ha is known as a ,Saviour, by his death
on the cross.
6. "Grace for grace," that is, grace suc-
ceeding grace, and one evince preparing
for another, is the blessed hew of the
new life.
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Market Reports
The Week.
Week.
Toronto Fanners' Market.
The offerings of grain on the street to-
day were fair, with prices steady as a
rule. Wheat Is easier• 200 bushels each
wh
of red and ite sold 'at $1.01 to $1.02per
bushel. Barley steady, 500 bushels sell-
ing at 48 to 40e per bushel; oats easy,
GOO bushels selling at 35e per bushel; buck-
wheat, 100 bushels sold at 55e per bushel.
Bay quiet and firmer, with sales or
25 loads at $9• to $11 tt ton for timothy,
and at $7 to $8 for mixed. Straw is firm,
two loads selling at 510 to $11 a ton.
DreSsed hogs are steady at 56.00 to 57, the
l300ox' ror Ilght
Wheat, new, per bushel .. 1 00
Do., red, bushel .........1 00
Do„ spring, bushel .. .. 0 95
Do,, goose, bushel .. 0 88
Oats bushel 0 35
Barley. bushel 0 45
aye, 0 80
Peas, bushel070
Buclotheat, bushel .. 0 55
Day, timothy, per ton .. 9 00
Do., mixed, per ton .....7 00
Straw, per ton .... oo
Seeds-
Alaike, No. 1, bushel ..
Do., Isro. 0, bushel ..
Do., No. 3, bushel .•
Red clover
Timothy ....
Dressed hogs ....
Apples, per bbl. .• .•
Eggs, per dozen 0 25
Butter, dairy .• •••• 0 15
650
800
400
600
100
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100
Do., creamery ...• o
chickens, spring, per lb. 0 09
Ducks, per lb. .... 0 10
Turkeys, ner 11). ., 0 14
Cabbage, per dozen •• 0 ni
4 0 80
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Cauliflower, per dozen .... .‘ 0 60
• onions, rer bag 1 00
• emery, per dozen .. 0
Leer, ainflqual 'hers . • .• • • 7 00
Do., forequarters .. 4 50
Do., choice, carcase .. 6 75
Do., medium, carcase 6 50
Mutton, per cwt. .. .. 6 CO
Veal, per ewe eve. 50
Lambs, per ewt. .• 14 • 0,0 7 00
Toronto Live Stock.
Itecelpte of live Stock wore large, 83 loads
all told being reported by the two railivers
einse iase Friday's market, composed of
1,459 cattle, 1,324 hogs 1,208 sheep and
lambs, 60 calves and 13'hOrsels,
There was a fairly Active trade for choice
Christmas cattle at following auotatlonS:
Melee Christians picked lots sold at 24,75
to $5, one Or two lots bringing 10 to 15a
more per cwt., but the hulk' of good cattle
sold from $4 to $4.50 Per OWt•• Medium at
•7.r,0 to $3.75; conMeori at $3 tO. $3.25; rough
lots sold st $2.50 to $2.75; canners. 5140 to
50.13 per cwt.
Feeders and Stockers. -A. few lots were of-
fered Which sold at $3.60 to $3.60 for eteere
teal to tem Ms. +etch; Deo to 1,000 lbs. steers,
sa to 5.1.23, stockers sold at ea to 52.76 per
cwt.
tulch Cows -en few mine cows of oilman
to mecum quality sold at 525 to 513 each.
Veal Calves -Meat calves of choice quality
sold at good arleee, ranging from $3.61 for
common to 530 for choice, and Christmas
calree brought more money, as will be seen
by Weds quoted.
Sheep and Lambs -There was it moderate
run of sheep end Iambs, that was quickly
tought up at higher pri, es. sheep sold at
$3,15 to $4 per (mt.: buckq et 42.0 to 53 ate
cwt.; lambs at 54.75 la $3.50 cwt. use
taie-months'-old iamb was sold by Corbett
Henderson at $7.
Iliacs-licliveries of linim amouneed to 1,3'4,
which were purchased by Mr. Harris at 51.5,0
for selects and $4.65 for lights and: fats.
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TOGO'S TORPEDO BOATS
ATTACK FIVE TIMES.
Japanese Admiral Makes .Desperate Efforts to
Cripple the Sevastopol.
Terrible Effects of the Hand Orenades
Hundreds Blown to Pieces.
Japanese Soldiers Onaw With Their Teeth the
Wires to Russian Mines.
A Park) cable: Admiral Top reports
that at 1 <Mock Monday morning three
torpedo attacks were matte on the bat-
tleship Sevastopol, which was •anchored
outside the mouth of the limber at
Port Arthur. Despite the fire frail* the
battlesnip, the torpetlo boats got in and
discharged explosives, but at daylight
the Sevastopol was seen lying in her
preolous position. At a o'clock Tees'
day morning the torpedo boats again
eau in. and several of them discharged
torpedoes in the face of a beavy fire,
diSablino0 two of the boats, which,
however, wore. safely towed out of
rouge. The attack of the flotilla failed
mug to the glare of the Russion search-
lights and the hot fire, but another at-
tack resulted in. a heavy explosion near
the Sevastopol, which raised a large ea-
umn of water. The 'result upon the bat-
tleship was uncertain. The only casual-
ties sustained by the Japanese were
three men. wounded,
Yesterday the naval and land batter-
ies selected the engine works, the tor-
pedo depot on Tiger's Tail, and, the
ships in the neighborhood as targets.
The depot was set on fire for an hour,
and the vessels were hit effectively six
times. Ono of them was set on fire and
sunk.
The indirect bombardment of the
Sevastopol bas been unsatisfactory, the
bad weathe•r interfering with sighting ob-
servations.
The Nishi Nisei Shimbun reports that
the bornbardment of the forts in the di-
rection of Sungshushan was resumed on
Dec. 7, resulteng in the Japanese occu-
pation of the Russian positions on Dee, 9.
Similar operations were carried out
against Polyanglow, on the west side
of Port Artlitir,
The work of removing the deed hem
the slopes and *rests of 203 -Metre Hill
has been completed on the north side,
The south slope are still covered with
bodies buried under the debris of
trenches and bomb -proofs. The long
lines of Japanese demi lo.id out on the
top of the hill and the slopes previous
to interment presented an awful appear -
tome.
The effect • of dynamite used as an
offensive weapon in the form of hand
grenades is Instaneed in an appalling
manner be, the coudition of the dead
bodies, which are torn amt almost un-
recognizable Meese of flesh and bones.
Fragments of hundreds of killed, un-
earthed front the filled-in Russian
trenches, presented a scene of awful hor-
ror. The heavy ;timbers and steel plates
of the bomb -proofs were torn to splinters
by shells and dynamite.
WORSE THAN SHAMBLES.
Use of Hand Grenades Should be
Banned in Warfare.
• .A London table: English cornespon-
dents with Gen'. Noes army; which is
besieging Port Arthur, express there -
selves as being borrifiee be, the carn-
age at 2034Ietre Hill. They declare tied
the dynamite bombs and hand grenades
used by both sides are a hundred tinsel
worse than dum-dum bullets, ancl that
their suse ought to be banned by the
Geneva. Convention. The effect of the
grenades thrown at close quarters was
hideous beyond description. The Russian
trenches were filled with massea of
shattered flesh and banes, which could
not be recognized as human bodies. The
sight was more sickening than a meat
slinnibles. The northern slopes of the
hills are now cleared of the dead, but
the southern slopes are still strewn with
heads, hands, limbs, and other frag-
ments of human remains, all horribly
mutiliated.
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PORT ARTHUR SHELL -TORN.
Buildings Shattered and Streets Deserted
-No Vessel Afloat.
Headquarters of the Third Japanese
Army, via Fusan, cable: Every part
of the city and harbor of Port Arthur
is visible from 203-MetreHill. The
streest of the city are deserted, and
but few soldiers are doing patrol duty.
Many buildings lutvo beeit burned and
others shattered, The elicitors of the
bother present a Strange appearance
with the turrets, mast and furinals of
warships showing just above the water.
There is not a vessel afloat in the
harbor, The docks and buildings on the
water front ore torn and burned. The
Japanese shells reach every part of the
city and harbor.
The Russian battleship Sevastopol,
the only Russian ship that escaped de-
struction, being docked when the other
vessels were sunk after the Japanese
captured 203 -Metre Hill, escaped from
the dock and harbor last night, and is
now . anchored under a protecting
mountain. Some torpedo craft are also
outside the harbor.
The tremendous price in life paid by
the Japanese for the capture of 203.
Metro Hill has been redeemed by the
utter destruction of the ,Russian fleet,
The Japanese fleet will now* go into
dock.
•
GNAWED WIRES TO NINES.
Heroic 'goat of Jap Volunteers at Port
Arthur,
A London cable: An engineer pained
Kawamura Sakuji, who is now at the
military hospital at Jenleuji, has Pup-
ped the following account of one of
his • experienees with • tbe investing
army at Port Arthur to the eamuski
Shimbun:
'Mien were three lines of barbed
wire entanglements befae the enemy's
batery. The eirst party of storming
NINE PERSONS LOST Y
BUDINCI OF A SHAM
Two Passengers and Seven of the Crew Perish on
the Glen Island, Burned to the Water's Edge.
New York, Dec. 19, -Nine persons, taken aboard, and after the burning
eluding two passengers, lost their lives wreckage drifted stshore on the island,
early to -day In the burning of the steathe tug headed for Nev York. On -the
m-
way she met the Ammer Erastus Corn-
er Glen Island, bound from New York to ing, also of the Starin Lino, and the res -
New Haven. The steamer drifted aground cued were transferred to that vessel..
on Captain's Island, in Long Island They reported at the city shortly before
Sound, and was binned to the weter's 5 o'clock this morning. Beyond their
edge. •
having suffered severely from the cold
and nervous shock, none was injured.
The vessel left her pier ht North River The Glen Island, which was commanded
at 0 o'clock last night, with ten or twelve by Captain MeAlister, who was the last
• person to leave the wreck, was eono
passengers and a heavy cargo.
structed from the ruins of the City of
The fire was discovered before mid- Richmond. The latter, curiously enough,
night off Execution Point, in the Sound. also was burned. After bang rebuilt, the
flow it, started is not known, but suddea
. steamer was christened William C. Eger-
ly the whole vessel seemed to become fill -
Captain 'McAllister at once sent in the
ed with smoke and the electric: lights alarm for fire drill. In the meantime
were entinguihsed. the steering gear had been blocked and
Boats were hurriedly lowered, and air the pilots finding themselves unable
but two passengers and seven meinbere to direct the eourse of the steamer,
of the crew escaped. One of the lost rushed to the assistance of the other
passengers was a man and. the 'other a, members of the crew in saving lives.
woman, residents of New York, whose
naCaptain McAllister ordered McMullin
mee have not yet been learned.. A to go to the hurricane deck and looeen
tug which sighted the Glen Island afire one of the boats, while he went to the
claelied to the scene and picked up the
main deck and tried to loosen the two
'passengers and crew iron' the small
large boats. Captain aleAllister Inan-
imate. They were plaeed •Aboard the
steamer Erastus Corning und brought aged to loosen the port life boat. The
other life boat was frozen to the &s-
hack to New York. The Glen Island be -
its, but a. smaller one was soon ready
longed to the Starin Transportation Line.
A lea of the dead follows: Unknown to be lowered away. While the Officers
and crew were working there was a
woman passenger, resident of New York;
unknoun man imesenger, from New fearful scene of confusion among the ten
York; Robert Hanley, deck hand; ea passengers. They ran about the saloons
Bird, deck hand; Frank Bush, fireman; in disarray, The woman who lost lier
Lunsinan Miller, Brennan; Wm. Berke, life bad been aroused by the steward,
fireman; Otto -, fireman; 1,Vm. lien- and Wag on her way to the boats when
drickson, assistant engineer. ale Glen she suddenly turned and dashed back in -
Wait running up the Sound at 41er to the flaming cabin. et is supposed that
usual epeed when the fire was diecovered. she went back for her valuable. She
it is believed to have started in it dyna- wits not seen again and must have
mo belaw, anti near the emare of the vett. perished. There was no possibility of
sel. Paseengers were nearly all in their waiting for the rescue of those who fai1.
berths when the vessel suddenly became ed to appear at once. In the large boat
filled with stifling smoke told the lights were the eight rescued passengei» and
went out, • six of the crew and the captain. The
Captain MeAllister sent hien throegli large 'boat was jucit about to be towered
the cabineond the passengers were quiek. when the latter ran up and jutnpea in
ly aroused. Owing to the fact that eon- •just in the nick of time; or be too would
siderable ice Was banked thing shore, it have Periebed. The smaller boat, wideb
svas not poseible to reach eafety hi that Pilot Aregt111111 had niallneed to free,
direction, and the vessel drifted toward carried seven pessengers. The two boate
Captalife Island. Efforts to check the were rowed as far away fr0111 the burn`
spread of the Manes were without itylen, ing steamer roc was necessary to escape
and thelifeboats were prepared. With destruction, and waited there and
eife belie about them the passengers were watched the boat bunt. Teey made
greatly transferred to small boat& Eight 'were' Possible effort to find eller Poe.
pergool got into one and fifteen into sible survivors, but there was none to
another. So heavily laden was the sec. be found. The burning steamer drifted
mut boat Otte, it threatened every ma. away toward Long Island shore. In
ment to .apoise. the sometime the tug Bully, whit% was
The lifeboats !rung about the burning passing with en string of barges in tow,
etetoner in the hope of picking up some sighted the' burning steamer, east her
of the miesingt and in it few minutes the toW adrift and clime to the men of the
tug Bully. totting Sonic barges, appeared. pereone in the boats. They were iaken
The tow line vas beet:nal:, eeverea and front the :small craft, pleietel in the fur.
the Bully ran up to the scene. The tug • nace roont of the tug, Clothing was ply -
ran in 03 dome es possible, but nothing en theni and when the litelliner Entente
could be seen of tbe nine miming per- • (entities, come Along Acidly afterwards,
and taken to New York.
were tninsferred on board Of the latter rit
one, and all hope for ening theni wag
Wen up. Those hi the lifeboats were
voltintecrii, consisting Of twenty Men,'
destroyed the Odra line of who, tiiir-1
teen of them being Mika and three
severely wounded. • A second. sterintag
party, also of voluntecre, Was then
• formed, consieting a seven men,
myself, under the tenamend
o non-conneuesioned. officer named lin.
sol, The nigla was extremely clark
and the ;Al:solute stillness of the annul.
Otero was very linpreesive. We all
covered themselves with green bourgeois
aria leaves and proceetled on all fours,
keepiug as close as possible to the
ground. The Russians were busily
searching for any signs of an °gamy
by the means of seerchliglita and fire-
works, but they failed to find us. We
succeeded in reacbing the second line
of entanglements, and destroyed lte
arid, as we had then aischarge4 our duty
we Might tare returned, but mustering
up courage we determined to ;Mack the
first line also. To our great surpelee
we found that the slope which we had
to climb was defended by a largo number
of mines and pitfalls. As it was danger-
ous to crawl among these, *we onaeavon
ed to cut off the Winning lines, With
the greenest possible effort eve succeed-
ed in destroying twenty, although rety-
ing no sews lye wore obliged to gnaw
them apart. I myself gnawed off four
of them. Each of them consisted a
twenty-four slender wires enveloped in
rubber, maniug the line about as thick
as a thumb, So, as you may suppose,
all my teeth are damaged. As for the
pitfalls, I took off My white waist cloth
tore it into pieces, tied the latter to
• small sticks which we carried, and fix-
• ed them on any pitfalls discovered, to
warn the troops who were about to' fol.
low us. We were able to reach the first
line of enanglements and returued in
triumph."
TOGO'S REPORT.
Japanese Admiral Describes Attacas On
Sevastopol.
. .A Tokio cable: The report of Vice -
Admiral Toko was received, Tiresditn
night. It is as follows:
"Capt. Kasado, commanding the tor-
pedo flotilla, on Monday Melt at mid-
night attaeked the Russian battleship
Sevastopol, lying outside Port Arthur.
Tho result of this attack bas not been,
aecertained. Subsequently two torpedo
boate, under Commander Mitsado, at-
tempted several attacks, fatting the
enemy's vigorous vire. The shock of
the explosions of torpedoes was felt,
but the next day the Sevastopol re-
mained. in the same position. None of
our vessels were damaged. On Tueeday
at 2.30 a.m., another torpedo flotilla., un-
der Commander Arakawa, attacked the
Sevastopol, but the result of this at-
tack was at learned, In this attack it
shell from the enemy struck the funnel
of one of our torpedo boats another
struck the engine room, diseblieg the
vessel, and she lost her freedom of mo-
tion, and was towed away by her com-
rades. There were no casualties.
"Again at 6 a. m. the Beane day a
torpedo flotilla under Commander Seki,
attempted an attack, but was exposed
by the enemy's searchlights, and, being
subjected. to a heavy firm was una.bie
to accomplish its purpose.
"Simultaneously, Lieut. Made', com-
manding two torpedo boats, approached
the enemy's ship and discharged tor-
pedoes, which were seen to -explode, but
with what effect is not known. These
attackers were also exposed to a heavy
fire, autl both were hit once end throe
P10» injileed."
SAVED BY BARBED WIRE.
Cossacks Endeavored to Capture Quick
•Firers.
A London cable: A despatch 4roin
Mukden says: It was an unknown and
unheralded fight, when the Don Cos-
sacks set out 'to confound the arm-
chair strategists and prey° thae oavaley
could Wee a modern battery of quick -
firers' supported by infantry, That they
failed Was due only to another devel-
opment of modern warfare on whieh they
had not counted -barbed wire, that step-
ped their charge under the very muzzles
of the guns. But they failed gallantly.
The 3rd 'Regiment of Don Cossacks
was sent forward to reconnoitre the
villages of Promausen and Tzinziatun,
wbieh nobody ever beard .of before, and
whose locittion was of no real lame
est to anybody except that they were
in the direction of Lion -Dian -Tun,
where the fight took place. The Jae -
allege in the two villages 'first named
were taken by surprise. Panpausen was
cleared. by a, whirlwind charge, in which
them teas a great deal of miscellaneous
shooting from horseback and stabbing
and sabring in the streets. In Tzinziatun
the Japanese had just settled clown to
dinner, when the regiment swept.in with
o elatter of hoofs at one 'end of the vil-
lage, and the enemy cleared out at the
other. There was not even it semblance
of defence, and the bearded riders, hun-
gry and thirsty with their morning's
work, found dinner laid for them in the
native huts, with filled cups and glasses
and scarce tasted pintos of • food,. while
in the window ledges stood open jars of
sweetmeats and preserves from Japan.
They were flushed with success and com-
fortably feeding, when it battery- of eight
muck -firers ineonaiderately disturbed
them by shelling the village from some
trenches in front tif Lian-Dian-Tun,
It was a erickless, perhaps unneces-
sary, thing 'to do, but the colonel decid-
ed he would get the guns just to grow
that it could. be done. Away went the
regiment, °barging in open order in the
fate of heavy fire from. the . battery,
and later coming tinder hall of lead
from the two companies of infarrtry
that were supporting the battery on
each fink. Neither the sehrapnel burst-
ing overhead nor the infantry fire suf.
fieed to break up the charge. Indeea,
the few bullets that got Ironic, were one
of tee wonders of the charge.
The ehaege converged on the battery,
end it looked for it InOment as if the
Cossacks would be able to ride down
the gunners, when, at the foot of the
trenches, under the very similes of the
gime the horses were brought up by
series of cleverly eoncealea barbea wire
entanglements, too broatt to jump and
too heavy to be torn up. It was Imre
the taptain of •the leading squatirou was
literally blown eta of his ee.talle by it
retell, 28 men were wounded, almost all
close under the guns, end It) kale&
mostly during the retreat, memo. all of
•the wounded and most a the deita were
borne away on their eonnetdes' sadalee,
The retreat WW1 even more orderly
through both lege, but stuck to les sad -
than the charge. The cotonel,was shot
ale until hie horse was killed under him,
Ite in:I/raged to mOuttt 4, eecond horse, .
ani this MA ago killed. Then e Cos.
sack swung from nis own horse, helped
the colonel into the middle, aria run by ct
the stirrup till they were out of rairge.
Some dead horse arid two &act Coeerteke o
were the only tropliies left in the hands, a
of the enemy.
Itethe Munk
BOY ,IyilliDEFIE11.
Experts Fuzzled by Adolph
Weber's Crimes.
0.0.,••••••••••14
Killed His Father, Mother,
Brother and biter.
No Motive Apparent for Any
of These Crimes,
San Francisco, Dec. 19, -In the pretty
little town of Aubprn, which nestles
among the foothills a the Sierra Neve -
da, in Placer county, lies be the county
jail a prisoner mho is a worthy eubject
for the study of such. experts M crime
end degeneracy as Lontroso and Nor -
don. Adolph Welter, who is only 21
years old, has been bold for trial for
the murder of • his father, mother, sister
and little brother, on the night of Nov.
10, at. the family borne, winch he is ac-
cused of setting on fire M the hope of
destroying all traces of his. crime.
After Ins arrest suspicion grew' strong
that this mere boy lure. also robbed the
Placer County bank of $0,300 a few
months ago,. and this suspicion has now
been turned into certainty by the (life
coverer •of all except $1,830 of the sta.
en money, buried in an old lard pall
in the 'Weber barnyard. With e. wei
of eircuinstantial evideuce against lam
compelled him to be held both for mule
der and for bank robbery, young Weber
preserves his jaunty demeanor, and by
no sign has he ever shown in his three
weeks of jail life tbat he has tee slight-
est remorse for his crime or any tear
above the average youth of his age in .T. A. MORTON
of the consequences. And yet ho is far
education, refinement and natural in-
telAligbenriceef,
review of the murder and the
robbery will show the reinerkable re-
sources of this criminal, who, without
other than theoretical study of crime,
bus easily surpassed the work of desper-
Ate men.
ber made a fortuee.ot $75,000 in brew- PHYSICIAN, SURGEON
The faniily of Julius Weber lived in a
large, comfortable home in Auburn. We -
He was a very hsy, secretive man, but ACCOUGHEUR.
ing beer. About ten years ago he retired.
he was devoted to his family and show -
ea great concern over the education of
Adolph, and Adolph's sister, Bertha.
The youngest boy, Eaxl, 10 .years old:
ores weakminded. Tbe only noticeable
feature of Weber's character was his
tendency to lite of rage, but in thesc
lie never resorted to any violence.
Bertha was a popular young -girl, but
Adolph. bas always been noted for his
studiousness and his fondness for soli-
tary work and rambles. Ile had n� close
Associates.
On the night of Nov. 10 last the town
of Auburn was startled by an alarm of
fire, and it was soon seen that the
Weber heine 'Was in flamee. The fire-
men reached the scene and, breaking in, amen getflui t-tte 4 Dan.: 7108 Les.
Otto windows, folind several members of 3- •
the family lying on the floor, apparent- W. T. Holloway
ly asphyxiated, When these bodies were
brought to the light it• was found that
Mrs. Weber and her ditughter had been
shot through the heart and .,eittle Earl
Weber bit on tlie head.
The boy was dying as lie was carried.
out and be soon breithea his last. Fire-
thor searoh revealed the body of Julius
Weber its the bathroom, eleo shot
through the heakt. • All the wounds were
.inflietecl with it 32 calibre revolver.
Young Adolph joined the firm:nen soon
eater they =rived, haviag been down-
town. Ile assisted in bringing out the
bodies. The fire soon reamed the house
to smouldering, ruins. If wite.noticed•at
Otto time that Adolph displayed no grief
over the dead• members of the family,
In tact, be 'Mut home with two young
men, and on the way ne calmly partook
of a dish of ice cream.
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Offloe over Post 0Moe-WINGRAM
he' las aunt, Mrs. &Mien who on the FgAtmuttriT INSURANCE.
•Suson was first directed. to Adolph
followieg morning charged' bim with Witnesses From All Parts a the United.
guilty knowledge of the murder' of her
a rage anti threatened her, saying: ; . States Testify at Baltimore.
sister a-nel the family. Adolph flew into.
"Your turn evill come next." • Jacobs and Charles Van Auden to -day
Baltimore, Dec. 19. --Stephen• W.
Adolph told a very - strnightiorward pleaded guilty to charges of opera -
story of bis inov.einents on the night of
the' fire. He declared. that he luul eaten. ing a Wrestle to defraud. by placing al -
his supper early and •then gone down- leged fraudulent insurance policies arid
telVII. In the store of Coheir & Cu. he usino the United Stats mails to, con -
them on, baying bis old ones wrapped up. ducethe. frauds. Witnesses from all •
bought a pair of deep trousers and put
Just after he tat the firebell rang and Parts .of the United States were pre-
sent in the United States Court to -day,
When he remelted the house he tried to ready- to testify that they bad paid
he loaned the.crowil thet ran to the fire,
enter the dining room, but finding the premiums on fire insurance wbich when
door lockea hebrokeGM glass of the their homes burned they were unable to
&Meet,
through into Gm flames, He profeesed Shortly after the Baltimore fire last
window with his bundle and then went
ignorance of anyone who could' have winter, E. R. Durvat, one of the vie -
'committed the crime. tims, compleinea that lie could oiot
His trousers were recovered from the collect his insuranee, and an investiga-
ruins, end, though badly charred, experts tion was begtm , which resulted in ' the
detected trues of blood on them. 10 arreSt of Jacobs and Van Anden. Sev-
was also found thet spots on the unaer- 'oral other persons who suffered losses
clothing whieh le wore that night were in the 1?.altimoin fire have been unable
told falsehoods aboat ids nleveMentS ot to collect on the policies issued by them.
Complaints oleo have been made from
bloedetains. It was else shown that lie
by the long Noma as ;he declared, but be,'" over a hundred. different placee through-
% short cut, wirier' would take much less °11:6 the country that the two men
Otto fire, and that Ire did not go to town
time. In fact, deteetives figured out api8vyamitehnigt, sentence had refused to re -
that by aliening over the short ent it deem tlieir policies when presented for ie,ty.
Set fire to ;the house and reached ton .-_,......e......-......
before the flames would have been inuler CRACK ON. THE 102 lin
......._
Mall e011id lave co.nunieted the nturders, •
full aerielmays
After long search the bloodstained pis-
tol with welch the murders were com-
mitted was found. in it curious :hieing
place under the &two of the.'Weber barn
-a place which would scarcely bawd been
known to anyone not ineintately tee -
(painted with the.grounde. On the stock
were blood and hair of little Earl Weber,
who was beaten on the teed with the
weapon. When till these facts were tire -
genie -a itt the prelimitary eXaminittien,
young Weber Ava.s proMptly held for trial
for reactor.
The detectivee soon after the firo,
ettspeetea that Weber robbed the Pincer'
County Bank. In brood daylight on May
26 le men with a mask suddenly nppeared
before the eashier, Anti, levellieg a big
pistol at hie head handed elm a. note,
eulely printed, derneoding MI the coin in
Otto bonk, Before the cashier tonal sao
nettling the robber grabbea it tray of
gold eontnining $6,300 and baeked slowly
ut of the bank. He dumpell the coin into
eatosits hag, end, once in the area, lit
uniped info a eart-that was waiting near
y and drove off.
dlie eashier geve the alarm Irma it was
only a few minutes before offieere were
it the fugitive's trail. 'They found the
sorsa oua coot abandonee by the road-
ide where the meet had evidently taker%
o the brut& They followea up a lit -
le tenon, but *tuna int one exeept td -
!ph Weber, who nets evidettly returre:
An English merchant who has adopted 0
Aniericen methods, of advertising sates 1
"Ninety per cent, dello waste erase or s
ar0 discussed in the herne and tricky. is
the machnsit, Whoise rneegeriger, in the
*Impel Of it smart riewepaper edverthe. p
ent is there to evelconse the molted of
eala he Ltd isee.r, no one. covery tonfinuellA t heoro.
ut- Wants."
Ati INTERESTING STUDY FOR AS-
TRONOMERS JUST NOW,
13erkeley, Cale Dee. 10. -The discovery
of it great crack or rill on the face of the
moon which extends- lengthwise through
the Valley of the Alps for a distance of
eighty unites i3 ono of the facts announc-
ed in the latest bulletin issued from the ,
Lick Observatory. The rill on the moon
wits diecovered by assistant astronomer
J. D. Perrino with the 36 -inch telescope.
The rill is in the nature of a era& so
Otto moon's crust, or of a dry river bed,
only it few hundrea feet in width and
some eighty miles in length, extending
through the centre of the &alley. 10 can
be seen only under good atmospheric
conditions and when the sun is shining
upon it at the proper angle.
The above coming from a author-
ity, will be of especial intereet iOerti
astronomers and, as the Alps will be visi-
ble to -night And still better tremorsow
'evening the teleinope at Aberdeen ton-
eemettory wilt be *schwa on the moon.
ProL .A. Do retry, of Toronto Univine
sity, will be litev
re this ening end will
also take observations.
In his addresec.s on the *moon, Dr.
afaroill h
as frequently referred to the
apparent abeenee rf it rill or (neck in
the Valley of the Lunar Alpe. the-
ory was that In the valley of a mourn
tain range there would naturally be it
river bed, eirelt noseen In the Valley
L....
front one of his weal tramps. ito of -the lamer Appenines. The Perdue doe