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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1905-03-09, Page 2Sunday Soiloo1. tInnneannIATIONindo diln$SON NO. Mt ntAittnlil nenrit, 1903 Healing of the Ran lionnillintn-John Stody Jelin 9) HI. CoMnientary.-I. A man born blind (v: 1): 1. As Jesus passed by- Jesus htILaingeren at Jerusalem, and in one of His walks, pethaps to or from a syn - noggin, Ile came to this blind mend' He elm, Jowl took notke of Ins Rink- tiono looked upon him with concern. 'ife anticipated his need, That look meant sight to the Wind man. A man -Ile was a, beggar; it was Me trade; but among all his petitions he din. not ask for sight. Yet Jess gave it. An illustration of free free gTam.-Spurgeon. TMs man was was 'hopeless, heleless, noon Blind from his birth -Of the six miracles eonnected with bliodriess Which are recorded M the gospels, tble is the only- ease des- tribed Inindnes from birth, In this lies its epecial characteristic, for "since the world. began was it not beard that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind" (v, 32.) -Ellicott. Blind - Palestine, In this country there were in 1870 one blind. in 1,00Q population in Europe, one in 1,004 populetion, in China one in 400, and ,according to Geikie, Egypt one ea 100. "Blindness com- mon in Palestine to a degree which we in western lands can scarcely realize. There is probithly no country in tbe world, except Egypt where this affection is so prevalent. At Gaza, for instance, it is said that one-third of the population have lost one or both eyes, arid from my own observation in that city I should unhetatatingly say that the state- ment is not exaggerated. But among these eases it is difficult to find any born blind. Congenital blindness is as rare in the east as in the west, and bones was certain to ettritet atention." -nristra,m. "The reason hes in the sand hist. Oa intense glare of a cloudless 'ono tied great and sullen changes." - Peloulset, Jesus explains the mystery of pro - demo (v. 2-5). 2. Disciples asked -The first question that arose in their minds was wily this blindness existed. Who did sin. Scripture teaches that all dis- ease amt even death, is the fruit of sin. The Jewish error consisted in be- lieving, that all special afflictions were divine visitations for special sins. Tins error Jesus corrected. -Abbott. Mark the contrast between their thoughts and those of Jesus in reply. Repentance calls our Own afflictions punishments; but love cello the afflictions of others trials. -Com. Corn. This man -But how could the man sin before his birth? The doetrine of transmigration of souls, by which the same soul is sup- posed to inhabit different bodies, was quite general' among the Greeks and Asiatics; "but there is no clear proof that this doctrine was prevalent among these Jews."-Whedon. On the popular supposition that special calamities are a punishment for special Bill; the die- eiples desire to know whose sin caused this maxi's suffering. Was it his parents sin or his own? If Jesus had replied,' his own, they would have asked, How? 3. Neither -That is, so as to be the cause of the blindness. Our Lord. does not deny the existence of sin, either in this man or in his parents.-Clodet. The diseiples looked to the origin of the 'suf- fering; our Lord looked to its removal. They asked, "Who is to blame?" Jesus asked, "Who is to save?" Instead. of looking to the nark abyss, out of -which sin and misery originated, the Lord's • heart looks to the glory of God, who by redemption exalts fallen man to even nigher blessedness than that of creature innocence.-13rodie. Works of God ' -Inanifest-Not that this man was born blind for the sole purpose that a miracle might be wrought, but that his blindness furnished the occasion for Jesus to per- form the divine work of healing him, and thus to show Himself to be Gode--13in- ney. God is not responsible for sin and its consequeoces, but both afford. Him an opportunity to show His power and grace. "Sufferings are like the shavings r and aw-dust and general disorder of the t cal pollees workshop, which are neces- a sary in the makiaw of a needed article. It. is to the finished work we must look, and not to the shavings, if we would un- t derstadd the actual state of things around us." -Exp. Bib. How were the t works of God made manifest in this t man? 1. In the restoration ofhis sight. C `I In the enlightenment of his mind. 3. In the salvation of his soul, (4) In shed- ding -light upon others. Not only were thrs man's neighbors benefited, but all S who bave read. this account during the last eighteen hundred years have had their attention turned toward elitist. a 4. We must work (R. V.) -13y the phi- t ral "we," as given in the R. V., Jesus associates His apostles with Him in the d work. It is encouraging to think that I "we," poor, weak men, can be "workers e together with Christ." "To rid the world t of evil, of 'wretchedness, lonely sorrow; destitution and disease is the work ot t God. While it is day -The day repro. a seeds opportimity, the night, opportunity h past. The day of life's opportunty i; t rapidly passing; the night pf death will t soon be here, and. our work will be ended. t Irhitt we do must be done quickly. 5. In the world -Hs would not be Tong A in the flesh, but He has never ceased to a be the light of the world. Sin is dark- t ness. He is in bold contrast to sin, c trn the light -Like the sun, it is my busi- h ness to dispense light and heat every- d where; to neglect no opportunity to en- lighten and save the bodies and souts of was altogether beyond human mains; , but Jesus reminded IIis disciples that in Ilint were light and.life. He still opens blind eyes and gives' the ability to see, and also furnishes the liglit by which T they see. "Christ guides us by the light (1) of His teaching., (2) of Ins example. (S) of His Holy Spirit, (4) of Hie preen . to Gen. xlix, 10; that this fotintain Wrt a typo of Shiloh, the Christ, the sent of God; and tbat it was to direct th mains mind to the eccemplishment : Call 111 [j legions in allaying the threatenen die - The reseript is worth More than many ' birth of a 1101V era, .of a Civic rights era. 1, LEnnnev BuiTEN rnuji that propheey that Jesus sent 11110. d the founteinneClarke. if the mail Inio anything of prophecy, he might find 0 vouragement of faith in this. The pe by its very name was a type of Chris 0111011$i 0 01 VV * 4I/P 4 t. Market Reports' the whole world. Telegrams mine from t gi LST .3nineut Berlin opecialist, hitherto deemed) the world's authority on leprosy, sent a 4ThPriniZrAilgrbefgato: Jogical Congrealo ineete every ferotway Russia niel Germany. A pro -i three pain Berope, mad contains the world's greatest sneciallsts an Ado dis• 110 went -He belkivea and obeyed'. We te Representative Body to Ow The Week. fremiently lose God's best gifts beetles Wo fail to net in time. Caine seeing -'XI tire was instantaneous. lk". Various diseussions (vs. 8-111. Is not this he -There was an inunediat stir among the neighbors; they notice the great ehange in the man. The sam is true when Christ gives spiritual ey Ile must nave been knowm in- sight. Begged -This is the first mei tion of the filet that lie was a beggar nus he-deetis Mid met and healed the man on Ft.iday nignt, at the beginning 01 the Rabbet!). (MeVoriand), and the ueigl hors had not seen Itim go to the poo so that on the next morning they wet hardly able to believe their seuses. Uu the man himself gave a positive test mon,y. 10. -How opened - lti neighbors gatliered around him and ask ed. for irn. explauation. Mealy are ani. ous to know how things are done, eve though they have no faith. 11, 11 answered -He had never seen his neigh bore before, but now, looking right a them, he delivers this wonderful testi mony to the power of Christ. It i short, clear, positive. A man -First b knew him on! as "the man" (lt V ed Jesus, then as a. prophet (v. 17), tbett as a man with whom God was (vs. 31 33), then he was the Son nf God (vs. 35 38).-Penticast. The neighbors finding the ease involv ed in xnystery took the man to the Pher isees, perhaps to the Sanhedrin, who pro ceecled to investigate th.e miracle bt • g n y c ino is parents to testify. n'lle hypocritical rill ers hated Jesus, and were continuall trying to find something against him They pretended to take great offens because our Lord performed this act o merey on the Sabbath day, and thus ig :lore(' their trunnions. The parent feared the Jews and left the ciplanatitu of his healing with their son. The Jew then continued to question the man nin he 'became very bold until finally he Lek ed them to be Christ's disciples. •rlits angered n greatly an they reviled has and spake harshly against Jesus .Itt this his courage arose still higher and with great clearness he answered their false reasonings against "the man' who had healed him. They could stand no more, but east hint out of the syna- gogue, Jesus at once revealed himself to the man, who immediately became a true • pp . Courage o o right and to speak boldly in defense of *the truth will . always bring heaven's bless - legs upon us. - FISCAL InUESTION. Premier Balfour Would Keep It in the Background. London, March 0. -The situas tion is undergoing some rather interest- ing developments, and there are several indications of the intention of the Gov - eminent to sidetrack the fiscal contro- versy. .An attempt was made on the part of the Chamberlain section of the Unionist party to compel Lord Hugh Cecil to resign the Parliamentary seat for Greenwich, but Cecil politely de: clined to quit, and .n that determine - tion received unexpectedly strong sup- port from Sir Alexander Azkland-Hood, chief (Imminent whip, who, in a pub- lic letter "declines to "act unfairly to- wards a man who has rendered most valuable assistance to the party of which he is a brilliant member," sim- ply because he does not support the Government on the fiscal question. This letter, which virtually accords to ail Conservative candidates complete freedom of Action in fiscal affairs, is re- sented keenly. by the Chamberlain group, whose irritation is increased. by a letter f rom Premier Balfour to the Conservative candidate in Butethire, in widen, with referenee to changes in fiscal polies-, the Premier says: portant as are the issues thus raised, we must not let them obscure the funda- mental principle of the Unionist party. f I sightly read the signs of the times, Imo policy of Home Rule only awaits the dvent of the Radical party to power to become active,militantand perilous." This letter is interpreted as showing Ir. Balfour's resolve to thrust fiscal •eforin into *the background as an elee- ion cry, and keen curiosity is excited al o how the move will be met by ldn, haniberlain. CUSS. LegigatIOC, 8. . ei The Ozar Ready to Die for Ills People, P.•••••••••••,•• 1: First Refused, Then Granted t Measure of Reform, A Paris cable: The St. Petersburg 1. Alexandria Palace at Tairskoe nolo, n surrounded by the Ministers and A, few • members of the court, n,nd with the Bun - press at los sine, Emperor Innelsolas , to -day affixed' his signature to a re- s script contaiuing his Majesty's decree e to g've elected representatives of the -people an opportunity to express their • views in the preparations of the laws ^ , of the empire. • This is the autocracy's final response , to the agitation in favor of *Willa- - tion by the people in government ' •which has brought Russia to the last few menthe almost to the brink of y refnaution. For the present it involves . no change in the regime of autocracy, o and it seems neither a constitution 1 nor a national assembly, At the same • time, it recognips the principles of s the people's right to be heard regard- ) ing the laws. under which, they live. E Whatever time result may be, the dons - ilea is sure to mark an epoch in Rus- . shot nistory as important if not mare important than the signing of the emancipation manifesto, the twenty- , fourth anniversary of which it was in. • tended to signalize. The signing of the document came at the end Of a dramatic scene, the clamix of tvhich was an impassioned. speech by Emperor Nicholas -to his 'Ministers, ,in which he declared that he sought. only the welfare of his subjects. "I am • willing," the Emperor said, "to shed my blood for the good of my people." From the lips of a, nigh personage who was present, when the rescript Watil Signed, the following authoritative statement is given: "The action of the Emperor to -day is not a step toward but the actual grant to the people of the means svhereby their duly elected representatives can place before .his . • Majesty their views upon every im- portant measure. "It will be read. in every thurch, and in every hannet of the empire. It, is a personal appeal to the people to sup- port the Government in its hour of trial, and should be read in that light. The rescript, on the other hand, is addressed to the Minister of the Interior. 'Under the Russian law, only the nobles have the right to address memorials to his Majesty in persou; all other claeses must conamuniente through the Minis- ter of the Interior. The rescript, there- fore, must be regarded as his Majesty's reply to the vast number of addresses adopted by Zernstves, municipalities, ed- ucational, commercial and professional associations and even communes." Text of the Rescript. • Following is the text of the resbript: "True to the ancient custom of the Russian people of the expression. of its feelings to the throne in days of joy or sorrow for the fatherland, the nobility, Zemstvo oissemblies, com- mercial associations, and peasant com- mittees have offered. from all parts of RUssia, congratulations on the birth Of an heir to the throne with the expres- sions of their willinguese to sacrifiee their fortunes, for th.e successful ter- mination of the war, and te devote all their strength to the establishment of order in the State. In my own name and in that of her Majesty., I order you to convey to them our hearty thanks for the expression of their loyal feel- ing, which in the present very grave time is all the more pleasing ow an expression of their willingness, at my call, to co-operate in the suceesstul execution of the reforms announced by me, and is entirely in accordance with the wishes of my heart. "My desire is to attain the fulfil- lment of my intentious for the welfare i of my people by means of co -opera t tion of the Government with expern 5 enced forces of the community, and, ne continuing the work of my crowned •d ancestors to retain the prestige of the Russian nation undiminished and to maintain order therein.' I am re- solved, therefore, with the help of i God, to convene the worthiest men, possessing the coofidenee of the people, 5 and assisted by them to participate in d the elaboration and consideration of 1 g- islative measures. ta "Taking into eonsiderotion the pe- is culler eircumstances of the fatherland, 00 the multiplicity of its races, and, in certain parts of the country; the n weak developinent of citizenship, Rus- t shin rulers in their wisdom instituted e reforms in aceordanee with their ma- ni tore requirements, but only in logical sequence itt . . e s me time, consider- ing the continuation of firin historical aa ties with the past as pledge for the durability and stability of time present. - "In undertaking these reforms I elln ; HOLDS XING TO LOCAL LAW. panish Mayor Rules That. Alfonso's Auto Exceeds Speed Limit. Mrobid, March 0S-Kin4q. Alfonso's utomobilo was damaged by an elee- rie car recently, and a suit was insti- uted against the railway company for amages„ 'lee ease was heard by the ocal Mayor of the district, who turn - d the tables on the plaintiff, holding hat the automobile was to blame. Acting upon various informations, he Mayor formulated an indietment eclaring that the .h.ing's automobiles abitually violated the speed regulin ions, do not carry the distinguishing ablet required by law, and never paid he automobile tax.. The indictine»t was Sent to the layer of Madrid, whose aetion is waited with curiosity. It is stated hat the Government is indignant be- ause of the local Mayor's action, and as hinted that he had better resign. his he refuses to do, on the ground hat it is his duty to enforce the law, o which the King is as amenable as nybody. THE STRIKE- MOVEMENT.. dello°, (5) by His personal presence in the soul, (6) by answers to prayer, (7) by implanting a new heart and rignit nio- time, which clarify the vision." JIL The blind man healed (vs. 0, 7). 0. Made clay * anointed -Jesus shows his power by proceening, in his own wily, to heal the man. Notice, "1. There is no connection between the means used and the effect produced. 2. Christ come into physical contact to it treet attention and to stimulate faith; where faith was in lively exercise, he net:led by bis word, and at a distanee. a, Christ appeals to two of the mann tense, his hearing and feeling, thereby eroueing inith."-Moorehead. Christ gave 0018 persOtlin ettention to this ciao, even thotigh ins mitient wits a negnar. 7.. Oa -Wontii he now prove ble taith in etrariger/ Wood he hesitate because of his life-long teaching that Ile niust not wassit the eyes medicinally en the Sabbath; must lees at a pool of water? Would he 110W do what he could/ Here Came the praetieal test, proving his faith end obedience. niloam-"A fountain Under tne wells of Jerusalem towerds the east, betweili the eity and the brook Kidrom It is etill to be seen, one of the few undisputed ;sites in Jerusalem'," By interpretation, SeitnnoTlett is, "outlet of winters"; either beeauee it was idoltdd upon as a gift sent from Gott for the Else of the eity, or beeausetitit waters were direeted or sent by canals or pipes into different quarter& for the same pur- pent norm think there an alhoion he Authorities Putzled and Anxious Over Attitude of Workingmen, A St. Petersbarg cable: The strike situatioo throughout Russia lieS been rendered distinctly snore critical by the bold demands of the St. Petersburg week - ;nen yesterday, confronting the Govan. 'tient again with the necessity of yield- ing everything in the fact of a threat, or of seeing all hope of a permanent set- tkment of the strike here and elsewhere through like agencies, (leaned to the ground. But the worst feature of the situation is that the authorities are now convinted that the leaders of the work men, in pursuante of a deep politica Teronto Fanners' Market. The offerings or grain On the 'Street to day were swan, with little chanae prime. Wheat is steady, with aoleo tee bushels of White and Tee winter 01.03 to 41,08, and 200 bushels of goon) at 12 to •03e, Barley sold at 52e a bushel ter 900 bushels, Cate firm, 100 bushels dozen ro try steady, with turicees quo 4181o.re.y prttui Da educe offered a little mere freely. Cholee bn er brought 25 to 28s per lb, an new Mid eggs are easier at 45 M 28o pe ad at 17 to 200 Dtir and anima at 1 Ilay in Moderate supply, with prIces eteedY; 25 loads sold at 01,0 to $ia a to ter timothy, end at 28 to 20 ter :nixed itit?brIa‘rwomiescIteehcloyg, ter: relouandosigiusegleldin,gwaittu 211110 quoted at 27.50, and heavy at ;7.25. Wheat, new. bushel .. ; 1 00 to ; 1 0 De, red, bushel 1 00 to Do., spring, bushel ., 02 to Do., goose, bushel .. 0 02 to 113';19", Do., mixed. ton Q0 ts ""el re 1.0" oir s• to 44 414 44 v 70 to nuokwheet. „ 66 to Barley, bushel Q 51 to sPea, us el .„. •S 000 flay, timothy, Per ton 10 00 tltraw, per ton •• •••• •••• 11 00 seees--. Alsike, No. 1, bushel .. ,. 5 00 ,to Doe No. 2, bushel ,. 4 00 to Do" No. 3, bushel 3 50 to ,lgurlogiorver g3 to to Dressed brit./...,„ ... 7 25 to &Wes, Per bbl. 2 00 to 3 st B , new Butter, dairy , en 0 25 to 0 • 0 25 to 0 2 Do„ creamery."' ,. 0 28 to Chickens, spring'.:: 012 to 1P:Zs per IP; e Cabbage', per ioze. rit" ." " " 0 354 to to to Potatoes, nor bag " " 0 80 to Cauliflower, per dozen .. 0 75 to Dem- dozen " to OnicriiV, dO70tito 0 0 Beef, hindquarters 1 50 to Do., forequarters .. 5 00 to 5 5 Do., choice, carcase ,. 700 to 7 2. Do...medlurn, °arose 6 00 to 6 2 Mutton, per cwt. ,. 6 50 to 7 5 Veal. per cwt. 8 00 to 0 5 to 110 Most Dreaded Scourge of All Ages Now Conquered, •••• ••••••• New Orleans' Physician Re- peats Miracle, But With Science Instead of a I-faith as His Ally, new Orleans* March j, -Cued of lop- rosydwith his lace clear from the fear - scurf of the. (treed disease as smooth ltS a glad and. with the glessy stare s gem trom his once expressionless eyes, 1 04- Louis 61110t, a 15 -year-old New Crimes I. °3 boy, of Creole parentage, has. been ci 93 / 0 oo cluirged from •the Louisiana Lepers' 2 7) Home, as the first leper who bas ever 0 52 - v been absolutely cured by less than ak. a 0 70 vine agency in the history of the world, to 12 00 Success has crowned the treatment Ra- te 9 00 ministered in the ,Louisiaua Lepers' t`' 0 00 Camp by Db, Isadore Dyer, consulting 6 so leprologist of the home, and the world's 4 50 authority on leprosy, and a short time 4 LP.. ago the boy was released from the asy- 1 30 itull .Withent a tram of the disease for 7 50 which lie was committed to the home 1 011 four years ago. 8 In the history of the world there in nO ! 0 30 greater miracle than the healing • of the i 0 13 lepers. The healing of the ten outcast , 8.183 and afflicted sufferers at the touch of ' 0 50 the Nazarene has been one of the staple 1 0 00 evidences of his divinity, Yet Imre ot: 0 9° dies 0 e mod'ern. days, this very nilmeleihas : 1 5 o been accomplished. It was not done tits 0 a dollen in the twinkling of an eye, but 1 1 years of patient labor and unremitting. 5 care were required to take away the 0 taint of the most awful affliction under, ° which the world suffers. Every moment 0, o e ay in. t e re of this boy and I of alt the other patients in the home is t lie'dged about by the regulations of the c physicians, and every movement of each Ipatient; man, woman and thild, are care- ; fully prescribed. Yet the miracle is not less' great ob. I- ; account of the number of years required 3 to perform it, Wheu Louis glint was COMMIttO(.1 to the home, in October, 1902, 4 MS body was the color of coffee. Ile , was covered from head to foot with lep- rous ulcers; his face WO.S blotched* and 1 puckered up with open sores. He had . no eyebrows or lashes; his mouth was drawn down sidewise across his face. : When he smiled -so liglinheartecl a boy 1 was he, that even in the depth of this -' misery he could smile -the contortion of his face was most horrible. Now he is 1 pleasing to look upon. His Ace is clear, ( with a silent color in his cheeks, a most f unusual thing in a Creole. The skin is as tender as that of a baby, having virtual- ly been nia.de over. There IS a new growth of hair and lashes on his once bald head and unshaded eyes; and the eye, which was formerly dull, bleared ia:liicnlag.lassy, without expression, is clear, and shadows all the emotions of his Ten other patients at the Louisiana Lepers' Home, the only instittition in the world, or in the whole of history,wlfere an• attempt has been made to intelli- gently cure leprosy, are on a fair way to recovery. "Leprosy in all but the most advanced stages can be cured. at the Louisiana Lepers' Camp," says Dr. Isadore Dyer. "All the treatment means is indefatiga- ble perseverance, riot for days, but for months and years. If the remedy ;a taken early enough, and maintained, Leo rosy cao be cured in any case except where the patient is in tlie iest etages, and -where the disease has made such terrible inroads that the sources of life have been sapped, and there is not suf- ficient foundation on which to build a new bony. "In ten years the catalogues of in- curables diseases will have been lessened by one disease. The awful scourg,e of leivosv will hare been rut out or the list of irremediable visitations and placed on the same -harmless list with typhus, typhoid, yellow' fever, .citheer and tuber- culosis." • . . . Eight months ago. the announcement was made by Dr. Dyer, in a lecture be- fore the jesuit College in this city, that leprosy had been cured. The news was s flasbed over the habitable globe within ' 24- hours, Incredulity was expressed by o British Cattle MarketS. London, March '--Live cattle are quoted a 10% to 12c per lb.; refrigerator beef, 8 to 816 per lb.; sheep, 12 to 13c per lb. Leading Wbeat Markets, May, July New York ... $1I49 $1 027 Detroit 120 10 St. Louis ... • 1 123 04 Minneapolis ... .. 1 1.3% 1 10% Duluth ... .. 1 Iltn Toronto Live Stock. Receipts of live stock at the city mar ket were nixie carloads, composed of 57 cattle, 100 hogs, 80 sheep and lambs, wit) 5 calves. Very little business eves being trans acted, after a heavy trade in the for part of the week. • Bradstreet's on Trade, nfentreen:-The continuous snowfalls of a week or so ago greatly interfered with trade in the counbtry. Despite this the volume of trade has been well up td that of last year. The outlook for the spring trade, too, has been brighter than ever. Farmers have been experience ing. considerable difficulty in bringing their produce to market. Remittances have been slow but they are expected to improve when the .country trade be- comes more active. Toronto -There has been some im- provement in the activity aiding whole- sale traders here during the pest week. The roads of the country are in better condition. The millinery opening of the two last days of February were attend- ed by unusually large numbers of buy- ers, from all over the Dominion. This extended to the drygoods business gen- wally. Hardware trade is showing re- newed. activity. The volume .of building permits which have been issued pro- mise great activity in this line through- out the conaing season. Receipts of pro- duce here have been muck heavier. Prices of butter, eggs and produce gen- evally have cleaned elearply. (Wheat to -day showed a decline of about 3c. Oats are scarce and fairly firmly -held. Payments do not yet show any improve- ments, and are still only fair. At Quebec trade conditions in general are reported finely satisfactory. Travel- lers, as a rule, are sending' in. fair or- ders. Winnipeg-Trade is still a little via. Things are recovering, however. Motile spring season opens out, the prospects for trade generally eontinue of the brightest description. Collections are still on the slove side, but improvements in this regard is steady. Victoria and Vancouver-Tne improv - ng tone to trade generally coptinues hroughnue the province. Wholesale tocke are Moving better, and Orders ver a wider distribetiou of g.00ds. The emend for lumber and mining camp unpplies for the interior is active. Bradstreet's reports from Hamilton ay trade conditions there show some inprovement over those of a week ago. Country trade fit more active and whole - ale stocks are moving better. Spring eniandi kr all lines of goods are heavy nd prospects are very encouraging. Re- il trade is of fair volume and there little complaint heard. on the score of Ileetionis. Trade at London shows the activity suet at this time of the year, and here has been an improvement, in gen- ral tonaitions owing to the improve- ent in country made. Ottawa trade reports to Bradstreet's at, trade There is in a generally sat's. ;nosy conlition. convineed that Ideal needi end' ex- periences of life, well weighed, and sincere speech of those elected will en- sure fruitfulness to. legislation for the teat benefit of the people. At the same time foresee all the complexity and difficulty presented, in the elaboration in this reform while preserving abso- lutely the immutability of the funda- mental laws of the ornpire. ° have confi kite i 1 ni experience and value your•tritnquil mts n your ong ad inistrative hd FORMULA VALVED AT $25,o. Toronto Man Chatged in Montreal With Having Stolen It, Montreal, March 0.-e7rimes Howard Cummings, of Toronto, who was arrest. ed here yesterday, was arraigned in emir& to -clay, where lid pleaded not guilty to it eliarge of having stolen goods i» his possession. Thb ettse was adjourn - for a week, and Curaniings was Te- ased on Intil. The accused tame feints. Toronto about month ago to work kr Pine, Dawson Company. • It 13 alleged that he took ith him It forinula valued at nan,000s id which the Henry K. Wanipole Medn ne Co., of Philadelphia, through their ronto kends entim is their property, r their exclusive um Goode shipped from the warehouse of ne, DaWs011 & Company seem to have en produced aeordieg to the formula question,. but this company claim that 0 formula belongs to them, and that surance in the proceedingm s of a speelal . le plan, are manieged by a shrewd `hidden agency, which is deliberately trying to prevent in settlement. The authorities win to be at their tvits' ends and in the meantime tllitIOM are again afloat that the tidiest of yesterday was pre - nunnery to a big demonstration on Sat- urday, and there are similar reports of a projected demonstration of workrnee of Moscow to signalize the emaneipation Anniversary. The polka apparently do not kieew what to expect, but their gen- eral fear of the matinee is Moat on the discovery at, nfoseow ana at Wirballen, Russian Poland, of quantities of bombs, many boxeet of which have been smug- gled into Ituseia, and it is reported that the demonstrations nuty be banked by the use of lionfbs against the troops,. The strike movement ham suddenly as- sumea active form in the tketerinoslav and Don Cossets!: Governmente. All the inners- of time Danetskiy coal mines, numbering over 200,000, threaten to walk Out on 11.1onday. confererice to street toider your pre. deny eonsider mein* to itecomplish '• a this my will. "May Clod bless this good beginning, w may God help you successittlly to so. ai mire the welfare of the people confided el to me by God, To (Sighed) "Nieholite." fo Believe Their Wants Satisfied. It was late in the evening when a be supplement of The Official Meeeenger in appeared on the .Strvets toriteining a, th reseript creating n legislative assembly, •th says a Torok° Globe deepatch. Amaze - moot, incredulity and cothusianni anet- iutted among the erowds, and the wild. est rumors were eireulatea in the eity. The people eeemed under the delusion ad that all their write and oravings sim wine satisfied. Many believed It Was to the end of the War and ell the Rue. lio elan trosiblee, intermit ana external, TO. IV morrow St, Petersburg celebrates the •in annivernary -of the ernalicipatiOn Of the St serfs. The •elty Will also celebrate the bit ey intend to protect it. - ; Winter !attester!: Of Claude& A dramatic paper glom the Zanies and dresses of 118 eireuees and other road ows Widen have gone into veinter mew- rs. Of them eighteen Make their mos in Penneylvania fourteen in • aryl:nun eleven in liessouri and ten Indiana, these being the most populor ates as winter quatters.-Chicago ; eases iono»g its member% Salt Dr. Dyer • an urgeut invitation to address them at theft conference held last September ia Berlin, Ili micldress was otto oi the features of the whole -congress, not only ization many years ago. at that conventioe, but aim Re organ - Before that congress In. Dyer pre- sented mi paper on, Leprosy in North American' winch contained statistics of tile illseage throughout this continent, ineluding Mexico, Canada and some Central _American States, The startling information was con - tinned in this. fain that there aro fully 500 lepers abroad in lentisimm, end more than 200 walking on the streets of New York. "These latter," the re- port states, "are entirely without atten. tion by the medical authorities of tbat State, who bare asserted than the dis- ease is not contagious in spite of the world's experience to the contrary. These lepers aro free to svalk abroad upon the streete of the national metro- polis, continually spreading the danger of contagion to all whom they may chance to brush against in the course of their peregrinations. No core is taken of them; there is no place where they may receive special treatment, and the dangler is not even recognized by the city's medical authorities, . "There are 2,300,000 lepers in the world," said Dr. Dyer, connnenting on tbis report. "Three million out of an estimated population of 1,438,080000, souls, or one for every 500 souls. Out of every 1,000 persons that walk the liebitable globe, there aro two afflicted with biOs 4wriauhileat,nloathsome disease, lmitherto ncu The figures are appalling; 20,000 lepers hi Japan, 200,000 in India, 2,000,000 in aims and thousends and thousands in the Philippine Islands. The ammo. tion of the Philippines, Guam and Porto Rico have made the question of leprosy an important one to the wbote country. Every one of the Philippine Islands is infected?' one-tenth of the population of Guam is infected; in Havana there are eloyen lepers: now in the isolation hospi- tal at San Litzardo. There is a lazaret in nearly every impute:a city in our new act -mentions. Aucl despite the world-wide preyalenee of this terrible scourge, tip to 1507 there was absolutely no hope beyond that of a divine miracle feeldy out to the leper. No human agency was known to be available to nutigato his sufferings. Dr. Dyer has declared that ing indieputable cum of the disease. he has discovered and is daily employ - "Them is no secret; about the process," he says. "I am not claiming to have made any wonderful discovery. Simply by the application and continuation of the methods that have been .used for leprosy since the disease was known, applying them with scientific skill, the disease can be cured." " 41* KIDNAPPED HER DAUGHTER, Mrs. Lorenz Committed at Montreal for Extradition to New York. Montreal. Maren 0. -Not long ago a woman Darned Mrs. 33. A. Lorenz, accom- panied by her little daughter, canto to Montreal trom New York, and lived in an obscure way under an assumed name. She had been divorced from her husband, and the custody of the children had been granted by the New Yerk court to the father. However, while tbe deeision of the court was being written for service on the mother, Mrs. Lorenx slipped away with her little girl and managed to get this far. Detectives traced her, and her arrest followed on a eharge of kidnap- ping. The woman fought extradition, but Judge Hall to -day confirmed the decision of Extradition Commissioner Lafontaine that Mrs. Lorena properly came under the terms of the extradition treaty be- tween Great Britain and the United States. The father appeared in court, and the little girl bnrst into tears at the sight of him. Then mother and daughter were escorted back to jail, to await the arrival.of an officer from New York. China's resources of coal and iron are tunong the largest and most favorably situated in the world according to En- gineering. The extent of the great coal fields has been put ot 400,000 square miles-twiee the area, of France and more than seventy times the aggregate xtent of all the coal fields of, Britain. KILLS Ea AND SELF. SHE RUINED HIS LIFE. Young Man First Warns Friends of Fast Women and Slow Horses. Chicago, March 0. -Frank if you want hsort life and a merry on play with fast women ahd holies. That is how I gob mine." After writing this message to his friend. Frank Casselman, James P. kel)Onald last night murdered the woman who had ruined, his life and then committea suicide. The oote, with one other in which he onede all arrangements for the payment of his debts mid the burial of his body, svas found in IVIeDonald's pocket by the 'police of the Harrison Street Station an tenthey bad placed his body on a reedy- - ing table at Incilston's undertaking rooms shortly after 10 o'clock beside the form of Mao Smith, the woman be killed, while in it jealous rage. T11O murder awl sideide oecurrea in a room at the Grena Eastern Hotel, Har- rison street and Wabash avenue. Me. Donald, so far its tbe ponee were able to learn, deliberately lured the woman into a room and after locking the door drew- his revolver and shot bee hi the silent temple as she sat in a chair. Her thett walked. across the room and, placing the revolver to his right tem- ple, pulled the trigger. Inuployees of the hotel Who heard the two shots no- tified Policeman George Teape end Nylon no broke open the door he found McDon- ald and the woman dead. McDoriala's body lay on the floor twat the door arid, in his riglit nand be still held the revolver. Sitting oti it cbair it few feet, away Waif the body of Miss Smith. She was dead and blood wits flowing from a bullet woinia itt her right temple. Lettere found in, nielhorialdn Tioakot 16.ad the poliee to believe that there was no quarrel. They .of the opinion he beeame infatuated with the woman and funnelled a flat for het' in the Memo, building, Thirty- fourth and State Amts. Them realiz- ing t_telint_ the Witso smd , hot true to him, lie • induced her to acompany him to the hotel. Trapping her in the small room, Imo locked the door, placed the key in his pocket and After sheeting her turn- ed the revolver upon himself. McDonald, acceding to tbe notes be left, came from Benton III., and for some time had been employed as a. coin ductor on the Indiana avenue electrie line. 'Mae Smith, the tvoinan lie killed, Was known to the police of the Missi- on Street Station- as a frequenter of the levee distrdet. Nothieg could be learned last night concerning her par. omits or relatives. She is 30 years old and a brunette of striking appearance. -When her body was taken to the under- taking rooms the police found diamonds and other jewelry valued at more then $1,000 in her clothing. MeDonaldn pockets was 13 One of the notes found bydatItieedpolleiebe, 25 and was eddressecl to Frank Cassel - men, McDonald's inked, who is employ - 88 a conauctor on the Forty-seventh street eeletria Iin. The note is as fol. lowe: Frank: By the lime this reaches your hands your ola-time friend -Jim will have done gime to his nob resting place. She gave MO the slip, bot 1 think I sent her to tite 0l0aflC1re, 1 shot myself and 1 think by thistime she is going some. Notify Mike lIalleren to send 11 message to my sisters in Benton that dropped dead from heatt failure. will have $500 front the Mettle"( Aid fund. Please pay John &hoe $40 I bor- rowed from him and Aunt Mary $40 owe lien The rest will send me home and bitty me in fine shape, Please ar- range for my funeral and select the fol- lowing es pallbearere: P. :Maguire, II. It. Bainbridge, G. Wilkerso::::, ray, Ben McMahon, rind In Malloy. They are in Benton, In addition to the rote in whieli Me - Donald arranged for. the disposition of his lice also found it note addressed to Case eelmen in which he Spoke of feet We- No, Maude, dear; the dealer if) glasn men and blow Unice, eyes ie not uecessarily an ideal Matt. pr opert y and ins funeral the Po- Inter luvin ton ttIJ agtaun tbkranct Taw. HATJA, rit91/10XTOItii a J. MAGUIRE 1 REM. ESTATE, INSURANCE AND' LOAN AGENT, CONVEYANCING PollIvtloo Or RoOto *o4 Mom* 0O.010k ASSIGNEE, ACCOUNTANT, 11 OPer 87-turtudaVri:vgrninnege.°1°7ctOk, DITLIViAGE REAL, ESTATE AND LOAN AGENT, CONVEYANCING. MONEY TO LOAlli, on Town slid Farm Property. ASSIGNEE. ACCOUNTANT, OPPIC11.-Zn the Neat Tilonk. Residosos-Catherine ELLINGTON IIOTITAL FIRE INS. CO. Xstoblishod1810, Hud °Moe OUB1413B. ONT. Simko Ulm an olsoses of insurable pro portion the pooh or motion noto system. Wats Boanse, Ono. Dar:Donn • President. Seoretssly, JOHN RITCHIE/ AMBIT. WINGBASI ONT . 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Doctor of Dental Surgery. of the r ex> neylvania College arid Takentiate ol Dental Surgery of Ontario. Wiles freer Poet Office-WINGHAM ESQUIMALT ABANDONED. Commodore Goodrich Has Hauled Down His ?lag in the *est Victoria, B. C., Mardi 0.-Esquhnalt naval station Was formally abandoned to -clay, when Commodore Goodrich haul- ed down his flag. The Bonaventure, the only remainnig cruiser, wilt leave for the China station, The sloop, Shearwater will remain in order to do patrol work in Bering Strait. The survey steamer Eg- °rift will remain to do another seasonn hydrographic work in the north Pacific, the cost of which will be borne by the Canadian Government. All naval • de- partments of the station have closed. Commodore Goodrich and his wife will return to England, via, the United States. s • o non. .- ,••••••,••••mor --'.61,•••••••.•• OF COURSE. ' "I suppose your wiles is like mine - would rather attend ber literary club time eat." "Not exactly. nub she'd rather at. tend her literavy club than cook." • * Was Cline a Bail Speller, The following letter 'was written by an eighteyear-old prodigy itt one of the sehools in West Philedelphin "Dear Milner: I am writiii Yu it lair to grab' niait ye on your birthday. My teacbr says that it is always polite to gratis. lint people not have birthdays. I ham not anything to giv Yu for a pressint but 1 thought maybe yu would like to see writin, was an awful tind spellr tied writr when first came to school; but tecelir itays yu will be dee. ligted at my wundryfill impruvineet.