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LESSON Vile -MAY 10, 1912.
The Old Law and the New Lifee-e,
Matt. 5: 17-2G.
Commentary.. T. The authority of
the law (vs. 1,--20). 11. ;Jesus wished
it distinetly understood that be WW1 ilt
no way opposed to the law. The charge
%vas Made that he was not in harm011y
With titvW1:411 latW ettSt001. .110
Make it el OA that he reepeeted the laws
He did not come to bring a new relig-
anis sestem hy overthrowing the old.
To II dale-- The law whit all t he syst cm
of sacrifiees and all the ordinanees
pointea to something better. HIS
1111.5 to make real all that for which
the law stood. The law was good, but
the /4081)01 WaS its fulfilment and an
Advanee upon It. 18, Verily. --The
translation of the Greek word."Amen."
It emphasizes the correctness of the
foregoing words, and affirms. the truth-
fulness of what is to follow, Till heav-
en. end earth pas.s---Ileaven and earth
are considered the most abiding of tem-
.lniral things. yet they are to pass
away. 11fore abiding than they are the
htw and the prophote. They are to have
their purled fulfilment. Jot ---The small-
est letter of the Hebrew alphabet. Tit-
tle -The smallest point used to dietin-
exist' one letter from another. The
law must haVe itS perfect fulfilment.
19. Shall be ealled the least in the
kingdom of heaven-Coutmentators dif-
fer widely in their explanation, of this
paneage. This much, however, is clear,
1 -hat he who wilfully breaks the law of
God is by that act excluded from the
kingdom of heaven. Jesus emphasizes
the importance of every part of the law,
and the violation of any requirements
contained therein meet not pass un -
,noticed. We give below the views of
eeveral writers upon this point. "He
ehall have no part therein. He le a
straiieer to the kingdom of hea,ven
Guelph, despatch ---alrand•Trunk way
freight from Toronto to Guelph, with
Engineer WillialllSon al id Fireman Thos.
Peter, of Toronto, collided with the yard
engine 100 yards east of Trainor's Cut at
4.30 this afternoon, and the line is block-
ed. Eagiueer Williamson was taken to
the General hospital. bie Rua baaly cut.
back badly sprained and brelmed. All
the °there escaped. by jmupmg, The
e-ard engine was taking a load el hay
to the provincial prison 'farm The
operator at Roekwood, aeting while the
agent was on a holiday, forgot, it is
alleged, to give holding onion 14) the
way freight, and the two met head-on.
The ear of hay wits eompletely teleeeoped
and the bay was •avatterea dawn a 50.
foot embankment on both sides, and the
tender and. eat) of the yard engine de-
inolished. Only for the hay ear bath
enginee would have gone down the on-
illonena Treine to and from Torento
transferred paseengers on each side of
tne wreek arid then reVel'SP41 their dime
thin.
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THE HONOR ROLL
Ite(010 the judge ard Jon -.1; take jo4
vourse. The "adversary" gstandr. few enel.
who lute been tanned againit. "Make"
and "in the way" St:m:1 for our peliod
of earthly life, tile "judge" is Christ
at his coming and the "prism" le hell.
We are warned agaiust allowing the
wrongs of our lives to remain tutforgiv-
26. 1.1,v 110 MMUS come out.. the
atleamoet farthing --The penality for
the wrong taloa be fully inflicted. The
04011tellep a the eourt must be executed.
The farthing was equivalent to two-
fifths a cent. In temporal things
there Was release from imprieonment
when tlie sentenee wee fulfilletl, but in
spiritual things, the sentence passed
ruuponnit4htnilieentf.inally impeuitent is eternal
Qiiestionsee-Of what diseouree does
this lemon form a part? What positioe
did jesus assume with referinwe to the
law? What would lie the condition of
those who break the laW? How eGUld
°nee; righteousness exceed that of the
scribes and, Pharisees? ln what did
their righteousness eonsist? How did
Jesus' words differ from those that his
hearers had heard from the jewish
teachers? 'What is meant by bringing
gifts to the altar? When is the best
time for those who are at enmity to
settle their differenees?
Sybirs Doom
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tetentInued Wane (Another Poege.)
"'Good Ced! Miss Ch-Oliedleigh,
what -what do you. mean:" lie said, with
chattering teeth.
"What 1 say, falsest of men!' I re-
sponded, in deeper hase still. %rave you
not devoted yourself to me for the past
eighteen months? Have you not been
my escort everywhere --riding, dining,
walking, sailing, dancing, singing -even
eating? Haven't you, ask? Didn't
the Speekhaven. Morning Snorter an-
nounce in its fashionable column. the
rumored engagement of the dashing and
gallant Lieutenant P--n-g-t D --s to
the beautiful and accomplished heiress
. Sir It -t 0-1a? Didn't it, I de-
mand? And now you're off to Canada
which is on earth.": ---Wesley.. lie who, send Pm to stay behind with a. broken
by his in.ode . ot acting, speaking, or ex- _ heart -a mark for the finger of scorn
pi:Lining the words of God, sets the holY to poke fun at! Never! by the manes
preeept aside, or explains away ltS force ' of all. the Chudleighs! Leain, basest of
and meaning, shall be ?ailed least, sh.all mankind, how a young and inuocent girl
bave no place in the kingdom of Christ avenges the wrongs of traitorous man!
here nor in the kingdom of glory a.bove. Prepare to meet thy doom!'
- •Clarke. The thing threatened es not "And then 1 cowed the •plstol a little
exclusion front heaven, and etal lesa the more. You remember, Sybil, how poor
lewest place in it, Itut a. degraded and. Desdemona looks when that black corn-
eentemptuous position in the present pleated Moor growls, in a voice like the
etage of Christ's laagdom.--J., F. & 13. double -distilled essence of thunder:
Our Lord's phrase is here adopted. by 'Have you prayed to -night, Desdemone?'
him for the purpose ot the antithesis, Well, Plenty looked like that. He was
the violator of the least eaall himself white am a sheet -upon my sacred hon -
Le least.--Whedon. or!
20, Your righteousness shall exceed-- " `Good (led! Miss Chudleigh -Gwen -
It. is a lamentable faet that the right- doli-dearest Gwendolinee don't do any-
elateness of the scribes and Pharisees thing rash!' (He was thinking of Mrs.
()milked. principally in keeping the let- lngram, you see.) '1 love you -I adore
ter of the law, but at the same time you -upon my soul, 1 do! And Pll Rell
they explained away the more import- out of the --th, and marry you to -mor -
ant portions of the law. Jesus empho- row, if you like!. Only, for God's sake
SiSCS the necessity of observing not elm- put up that horrid pistol, and listen to
ply the letter of the law but also the reason!'
spirit of it. Jesus pronouneed a woe "1 put up the pistol and listened. And
upon the seribee and Pharisees, not for the reeult is we are to be =mud next
giving attention to the smaller matters week. Whon I. got home thet day, 1
of the law, Ruch ae paying "tithes of sat down and . laughed, and 1
mint and anise and summin." bat for atughed, and .1 laughed, until Sh•
Rupert sent up his man. Leone% with his
sonitteres "the -'s'veightier matter of the
compliments, to know i
la w, judgment, mercy and. faith," They f 1 had gone mad.
should have paid attention to both the
great and small. Ye samll in no ease
enter into the kingdom of heaven -No
impossibility was required of the P,cribes
anti l'havis.ees. He was able to keep
the law so as to please the Lord, heme,
if he wns excluded front the kingdom of
heaven. it Wag beenUme lie refused to
do and to 110 what God. required of him.
conneciion with, and more important
than, the keeping of the law outwardly
le having the heed 'brought into harm -
Dimly with God. This is the great con-
dition of entrance into the kingdom.
If. Rightesmeness and the Law (vs.
21, 22). 91. eaid by them of old time --
In the inetruetion received in the syna-
gegue, and perhaps in the home, they
had heard the words of the law and
the prophets. thou shalt not kill -The
sixth commandment of the decalogue is
quoted (Exoatts 20:13). Human life is
safeguarded and held steered. in danger
of the judgment -There WAS a
emirs° according to whieh the puniele• „
ment due shouId be inflicted. Death I Cita the hope of meeting you in
Paris next October. Meantime, dearest,
was the penalty for murder, 22. lmt I
dearest, dearest Sybil, 1 eig,a myesla for
say unto you-Tbere is a sharp contrast;
the last time,
between the doetors of the law and the
"Devotedly thine,
"I" of this expression. He who gave
"Gwendoline Chudleigh.
the law WAS perfectly competent to in -
"P. S. -How is darling little Bijou and
terpret it. whosoever is angrv with his
your husband?"
brothen-The lettee of the Law says pun.
ish the murdeng, but Jesus says punish
the one who has the disposition to in-
jure another, emphasizing the fact that
sin is the intention rather than the out- BIG SNOWSTORM
Waril ad. The word "brother" here
used includes all. without a cause -
"Plenty has sold out of the Rifles, and
is going straight to Paradise with me,
instead of to Toronto with the regi-
ment.
"He Le to change his 'IMMO, too. and
become a Chudleigh. Pity he can't in-
herit the title, isn't it? Lady Plantage-
net Stanley Dobbs Chudleigh woulan't
sound so badly, would it?
"Papa has agreed to everything. As
told you, he hasn't the spirit of a tur-
nip since the loss of Mee. Ingram.
"'Marry every man in tee Rifles -
butchers, bakers, cantile.etick-ntakers!'-
tteet's what he said to me when 1 told
him of the affair, and a.sked. my own
hand in marriage; for poor, dear Plenty
hadn't eourage-'only for :Heaven's sake,
let ree alone!'
"I have let him alone, and he has
given me earte blanche, and my trous-
et.= is almost equal to yours. and 1
have ten brideamaids-five pink and
five in straw color.
"And I have no time to write More,
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TORONTO MARKETS.
pAll..!slEttli' MARKET.
Dressed hugs
Muter, daIrs •• 4• •• •• •••• 0
(The End.)
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thie does not mean that t ree s any
caen where, one is juetified in desiring
to injure another. The term "anger" is
sometimes used to denote displeasure
et injuetice or wrong. It is right to
1)0 displeased, with. wrong, but it is
wrong to desire another's hurt. judg-
ment -The lower courts. .Aceording
the true interpretittion of the law, he
who is angry with another and would
inaire him is guilty of crime and worthy
of puniehment. raca-The Wora is used
to discreelit one's intelligence; stuptd.
bloekhead. The wrong here is a &Pare
to injure another's reputation. eounell
-- The Sanhedrin. fool -The seriptural
toren of this word is not only intelleeee
tual deficiency, but tnore eorrectly moral
leek, It mane 0110 who is impione,
List of Men Named for Rail. He who mai this term with refereece
411tother shows that there is intense
way Comznission. hatred his heart. in danger of lu•li
file- -The extreme peualty due the
t re Ilsgressor, Reference is made to the
The following gentlemen Wive been fires of the valley of 71111110M which
mentioned as poesible chairmen of the
men conatantly burning to eonatime the
refuse of the city and the bodies of fee.
tein elttsees of exeented eriminels. "!'he
eomparieon of judgment, emirteil end
hell fire indieates that future wedeln
ineet is arlateted wording to the sin of
condemned," Death was the pun-
ishment in reel% ease stbove.
Tit. Ilighteeneness Ana ereelitet (vs.
23-26). 23. to the altar -Allusion bei•e
inane 10 the areeale form Of worehip.
When one would worship tloa
Iran -Ott his eaerifiees to the temple, to
he played on the altar, That was his
wey of Rope oa God. Ought aga ins t
thee-. •Not, that thou haet aught
against thy brother, 24. teave -Mete thy
gait helms the altare-Do not give up
the worship of God or the approach to
liim beeanse there a; something in the
may. Go thy way -Make an effort, It
coets something to keep the way open
in 1 altar. lie reconeiled. Meet him
men. than half -way. Do all in your
pewee to have ull differences removed.
Offer thy gift -If your brother le sat-
isfied, well and good; if not, you have
(1:»ie your duty, therefore present your-
st•If before the Lard As sineere wor-
ettiper. 25. Agree 'with tbin ild.Vbfgary
-.Settle the cage that yortr fieentier 1111S
4igit hilt you before it 00intis) before the
Pike. Aveording ROM It the
:11.411-,er and Went itt
ti) MP. tout and Dad an opportuh-
it v to !settle their differneee "wbilee m
114. say." If they failed the eaciP went
lannimon Itsulway (a)mmiseion:
.fustiee lIntighton 140111t0x.
judge Wineheeter.
L. brayteu,
I a in. Wallace, Neebi a
lion. Thomas W. Ctothers,
Sir 'laminae Tait.
r, Ilellunith, K.
Mayor G. R. Geary.
lane la H. Phippen,
Thomas ea Meredith.
ietet dotirma n leak ;ay sad t.
al. K. Como). KJ'.
airighen. ex M.P.
c. A. al:et:retie ex-M.P.
Premier aleilrhle.
.1. A. Aikine, .M.P.
E. A. Laneaster, tiala
!Ion. .1..r.tlik (...01trane.
th.orge g, Lynehestamiten.
And ;deo really every promireent
:eel in to my 4 onominity from the Atkin -
tie to the Pavifie,
HAILES GIRL CASE
`Nattlia. M.tV 13. • - Detective
**.,•lictinliorti. of the :Maven pollee
throngh hero laNt night Int
Woy to Toronto, u itme,.4
1'oe eed. ef the Haile.. pita, who
4 0101101 VII *Deleon eome daye
eau. ir.1.1.0,40($.1 .1110m1.1 will
7lio umtlo blip., 1,11,1, voit tbe
Tot,„,,„ (114,1,fil with the
111-1, valve aite 4.14 trite
Eggs, (1021011 0 .1!;,'
Chielteus, .. „ . :14)
Do., spring .. 40
Turkeys,- Pl.. 0 '40
APO's. .3 110
.10( latch's, bag.. ......
Ittinhagt.t, 0 40
Beef, hindquarters.. .„ - 32 50
Do., forequarters 50
lat., choice, carease co
Do.. medium, carease- 40
t. at. rimo .. 11 00
Mutton. prime s 00
Lamb .. •• r• •• ro
tAoring 700
At London and Up Huron
and Bruce District.
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fI2 00
0 32
9 25
9 23
0 45
ti
4 00
2 00
0 01
13 DO
0 nal
11 5')
10 00
13 (x)
10 00
13 00
11 09
SI.:(1f4t11
augers are quoted in Toronto, in bags,
per ewt., as follows;
Txtra granulated, Ht. Lawrenee ,,..$ 5 45
Do., Itedpatir's ..........
Acadia •. , • • • • • . • . ...... 40
Imperial granulated 5 'Al
136a:e'er granulated ...... r,s
No. yellow .. .......... . . 05
in barrels, 5v per vwt. more; ear lutS,
fic• fess.
LIVE STOCK.
A Toronto &vetch: The =akin. ne
clay is just fair. There is a good run in
all kinde and grades, Changee in price
are few and unimportant. W. Dunn
bought forty calves at mix: cents, 5(1
sheep at $6.25, 10 spring Jambe, $0.
tle, 83 calves, 608 hop, 135 Sheep and
lamItte:e.ipts 169 ear6,, Winding 14300 cat.
Export eattle, choice 7 00 7 15
Do. do medium .. 21 6 75
Do. bulls ..' 4 50 0 75
Butcher eattle, choice .. 7 00 7 40
Do. do. medium .. 40 7 75
Do. do, eommon .. 5 50 (6) 75g
Butcher cows, (thole() ., 0 00
Do. do. mediue .. 3 50 5 50
2 00 3 00
Do do. connote(
Do., 55 00 6 25
Stockers, ehoiee.. . 5 (1)50 (01 2005
Feeding BteerS .... . . .
DO. Hatt . . . . 3 75 4 25
00
!t:IlPhleielplg,elel4weS. • 5 00 411811 00
Milkers, ehoiee, eaeh. .. 440 00
Bueks and cline .. 54 50 ' 6 50
clLorvse,s • :81 8574:i 84138 008500
Hogs, fed and wateree . 8 00 7 8050
Lambs.. .. • • • •
London, Ont., May 13.-A heavy
snowstorm with gales from the north-
west prevails here and trains from the
Huron and Bruce braneh lines make
the same report. The fall for the
lateness of the season has broken
all records in this vicinity.
COLD WAVE
Washington, May 13.-A bolated
cold wave is sweeping down from
the Canadian Northwest, causing frost
snow and shivering temptratures to-
day front Montana and Colorado, east-
ward to Ohio. The cool weather ex-
tends south as far as Texas and by
to -night and to -morrow will have
reached the Atlantic seaboard, cam-
ing frosts and probably snow in the
States and along the Canadian bor-
der.
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SAW ICEBREG
Glistened in the Sun Far
South of Beaten Track.
New York, May I3. -A giant lee -
berg, 1,000 feet long and 150 feet
high, fifteen miles away but gleam-
ing and flashing brilliantly In the sun-
light, was sighted by passengers and
crew of the steamer George Washing-
ton which reached New York to -day.
Tha berg, which was ono of the larg-
est ever recorded, was many miles
south of the beaten track of floating
ice. It was Sighted last rriday
morning in latitude 39.02 north and
47.16 west, which Is further south
of the ttpot whore the Titanic went
down. Hundrede of passengers lined
the rail and viewed the giant through
Magnet; until it faded from eight
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LUMBER CHEAP:
Neweasitle, N. II., May 13. --With
bey nt preuent pricee, lumbetmen
Wly they Will no more than ele.tr en -
MACS thiR year, and if the lrivee are
held up they will likely be on the 'ming
side. The price of lumber le about sa 50
Mow laet year's.
OTHER MARKETS.
WIN'N'tinta GRAIN' MAXLICETS.
Open, High. Low. Close
'Wheat -
:lab.
. BM% 10441, 104% 104%b
.. 105% 105'4 1.0iW* .10:4111
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MEESE MA ItKETi.:,
London, Ont. -There were 445 cheese
offered on the London Cheese. Board to-
na-y: 85 .were !Aold at .1:.1e,
tnt VIVIVAV fr,-v •
ilaeon Cumberland eta, 26 to 30, h7e,
ebort, Mee 10 to 21 lbs., 5tle clear bel. E
14 to in lbs., tas long elear mid -
N(Om. light. 28 to 34 l'bs, 57s Od, long
clear middles, heavy, 35 t'o 40 lbs., 57s;
short clear backs, 10 to 20 lbs, 53s;
shoulders, squo.re, 11 to 13 lbs„ 48s dd.
Lard -Prime western in tierces, 51B
Otli American refilled, in pails, 54s 941.
Cheese-Ganndian finest, white 72s
ad; do., colored, 74e. ,
Tallow -Prime city, 32a 9d.
Turpentine spirits, 35s tki.
Renin --10s 4 1-2d,
Petroleum -9 3-3d.
l'ROVINNAL MARKIM,
Belleville. ----eat the Cheese lioard to-
day 1.000 white ehee--se were boarded,
and all sold for 13 7-160.
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St. Hyacinthe, Que.-Three hundred
paekages of butter were boarded here
to -day, .Ait sold at 2.1%c.
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Cowansville. Que.-At a meeting of
the Eastern Townships Dairymen's Asso-
ciation this afternoon fourteen fitetorie.s
bearded 509 paekagee of butter, 481
packages of butter sold at 2d 3-8e, 28
packages at 26 3-8e, and 28 pounds of
butter at 26 120.
Canton, -N.Y.- Then. were 2,200 boxes
eheese eold here yesterday at 151.te;
UNA) t uhs of butter sold at 32 I -2v.
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Cow:Liu-AIN. Que.. - Five hundred and
nine boxes, (if butter were offered on the
Dairy Board to -day; 481 sold. at 20 3.8c
and 28 O. I-20.
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London, Oat,---To-day's market was
attended, and. pricee of met; com-
modities dropped, Potatoes proved the
exception. advancing from $2 per bag ta
$2.10. Butter, whieh has been held
around 35e per pound, Was sold to-dey
for from 27 to 32e. Eggs were a3e to
24e per dozen. There was the largeet of-
fering of vegetablee of the season. Rhu-
barb was especially plentiful, and prices
dropped to 25e to 30e per dozen. Other
quotation% .were: Celery, $1; green on -
tame 20e; radishes, 35e to 40e; lettuce,
40v; asparagus, 60e to 75e per dozeu.
The hay market was featured by a von-
siderable drop in. priee, lisarmers, who
have been holding hay at $20 to $22 per
ton, are beginning to bring in greater
quentities, and, to -day the price dropped
to $17 to $19. Grain pricee are unchang-
ed, to -day's quotatinns being: Barley
$1,50 to $1.00; wheat, $1.58, and oats
$1,70 to $1.75 per cwt. Drew -led meats
were quoted the same (1.4 a week ago,
and the price of live hoge Monday well
be the same as hot week, $8,25
per ewt. Other quotatione: Wheat,
95e, to 96c; oats, 58e to 00e; hay, per
ton, $17 to $19; straw, per ton, $10 to
$10.50; butter, dairy, wholesale, 27e to
2Re; do., store lets, 24e to 250; do.
creamery, 27e to 29e; do. faney retail,
floe to 32e; eggs, dairy hall price, 24e to
34e: do. freelnlaid, 23e to 24e; do. erate,
wholesale, 22Q; honey, .sections, $1.75
to $2.50; maple sprup, gallon, $1.25;
-turkeys, 16e to 20e; do. hens, 22e; chick-
ens. per phir, 30e to $1.50; do. pound,
wholesale, 14 to 15c; do. pound, 'retail,
16e; old fowl, per pound, So to 9c; last
year's lambs, pound, 12c to 14e; this
year's lambs, pound, Ple to ne; beef,
young, ewt., $11 to $11.5'0; dressed. hop,
choice, $11.50 to $11.75; veal, per ewt.,
$7 to $10; beef eaves, owt., $8 to $0;
mutton, per ewt., $10; select bogs, cwt.,
$8.25; fat sowe, cwt., $5 to $5.50; email
pigs, pair, $6 to $8; mach cows, each,
$40 to $60; potatoes, single bag, $2 to
$2•10; do., per load, $1.90 to $2; carrots,
per busbel, $1; celery, dozen but-K.11aq,
$1; eiebbage, per dozen, 75e to $1.95;
rhubarb, per dozen, 25e to 30e; aspara-
gene per dozen, Mc to 75e; apples, bas-
ket, 35e to 50e; lambskins, each, $1 to
$1.25; bides, No. 1, pound. Ile; do, No,
2, pound, 10e; do. No, 3, -pound, 0e;
wool, unwashed, pound, 12e; do., wash-
ed, pound, 200; c&lfekine, per pound,
14e tallow, rough, pound, 21/2,e; red elov-
en per bushel, $11.50 to $11; timothy,
per beehel, $9,50 to $10.
Watertown. (111,PF741 6.400
at 15e.
'MINNEAPOLIS GRAM
aLinneapelis---Whettt --Closed: May,
$1.16; :tidy, al.10 1-e; September, $1.0a;
No, 1 hard. s1.19; No. northern, $1.10
to $1.10 1-2; No. 3 wheat, $1.14 to
$1.14. 1-.2:No. 3 yellow. emit, 77e to 78c;
No. 3 white oats, 55e; No. 2 rye, 80c;
bran, $23.50 to $24; flour. patents. $5.50
to $5.75; 800011(1 pate»ts; $.15 to $5,45;
first elears, a3,90 to $1.15; second dears,
$2.40 10 $3.10,
DI.1.17T1I GRAIN.
laulut1).--No I hard, $L19ta ; No. 1
northern, $1.1ate; No. 2 northern,
A1,10 3-2; May, $1,18 3-4 bid; July,
$1,17 3-4 to $1.17 7-8; September,
$1,09 1-8 to $1.09 1-4.
CHICAGO LT \
Cattle-I-LW:pis • estimated at 11,000.
.,•\larket -.Steady, lOs higher.
Piceves ...... 5 PO .1t 0 00
7 4.3
Texas steers . ...... 40
7U rj1j)
Wrstern steers ...... as
Stopkers and. feeders .. ,. 4 29
7 '5
colA s and heiferP.... 2 7,, (Is
calves .,.. 5 00
I Tegs--lteceints estimated at 45,0(10.
Morket--Generally So lower.
igxteRd . . . . . ........ 7 20
7 25 7 S5
7 55
Heavy ..... 67
Iteugh . ..... 7 25
Pigs
7 5.0
Bulk of safes . 01
Siteep-Reeelptts es.timaled at 18,0110.
Market -Steady.
7 40
7 59
Wt,:stern (4;
Yearlings
0 00
I.ntnbs, native 5 90
Western ... •••• •••• • • • • • • 6'25 0 75
MONTREAL LIVE erl'OCK.
puer aseae :topideep rtiarettote
I:an-Cattle receipts, aleout 500 calves,
beeves, 235 ealves, 70 sheep and lantbs,
1,050 hogs,
Wet weallier had a depressing clfeet
on trade, but the prices of eat:tlo had
tendeney, while hogn were
Prime beeves, 7 3 8 to 7 7 8e, medium
5 1-2 to 7 1-4e, ecnimon .1 1-4 to 5 1-2e.
Calves, d 34 to ta.
aheep, abent
Hoge, about 9 1
BUFFALO LIVE STOCK,
East Buffalo despatch -Cattle - fle.
veip14, 150 head; t`eadY.
Veals---.Receipts, 25 head; a,etite and
steady: $.4.50 to $8.75.
-.1lemdpts, 3,600 head; slow' 1111(1
10 to 15e lower; heavy. to *4.4.20;
i,;8.10 to $81.5; yorkers, ;',47,35 to
; pige, $7 to *7.15; roughe, al to
$7.15; --map, *a to $6; dairiee, e7.75
111 $8.
Sheep awl lantlis 5.100 Ite,141;
kloW anti (..1e0.(1;-; prie e5 "0 tan ;Wit
L IV E R. POO P 110 DUCT.
Liverpool Cable- Closing: Wheat
N.4). 2, red 'western winter, 8(4
0(1; Aintree, ciaes, May, ti 7.sa: July,
re 8 1-241; Oet., 7s 6 7.8d.
egn--Firm akinerieen new. 64 5at(1.
rs; new kiln dried, Os n 3•441; fa-
llout -304
mune Arm; Sept. os
Linseed oil sate 0.1,
Hope- -In leatden aineefle need) tiff
t4) !is,
Beef -Extra tat*!•,-, -117‘4 0.1.
Pork Prime we(4tern. 115s.
Hauls-- Short int, 14 to 10
.1114.onneeimberland eut, 26 fo 30 Va.,
57s; short ribs. 10 to 21. 594; clear
bellies, 14 to 10 lbe, Ole,
Sire tford.- High-water nutek seems
to have been reaeltea for potatoes here,
for to -day the price dropped. from $2.50
per bag to $2.25. Seed potetoes. how-
ever, are still very high, selling at $1
per peek. Butter advanced a. cent this
mornireg to 25n per pound. Eggs remain
plentiful at 22e e, dozen. Honey Rola
et 40e per quart, no coin:bed honey be-
ing offered, Tomato plants and green
°name, lettuce, etc., were plentiful. Live
hones are stronger, having advanced 10e
gimp laet week, and selling TIONV $8.35
to $8.50 per ewt. Tiny is down to $90
per ton. a drop of $2, Grain prices re -
Main the Name ea last week, namely:
Wheat. 0Set oats. 50e; barley 58e. to 78e;
pieta *1 to $1.10.
4,4 f-0401-#',. 64
DAY IN BRIEF
t•
Infant's Body Found on
London Bridge.
•
Hydro Electric Wire Stolen
in Toronto.
Toronto House Collapses
While Being Repaired.
• go•-••• two,- V-
at Toronto, returtml ";10 Id/1" against
Abraham (dolien, nho mos indieted on a
eltarge of murdering Mre. Rebecca Ber-
ger, W110 WaS ShOt 011 the dooretep of
her house on Chestnut street on Mareh
2511i.
The London police are investige,ting
the death at an infant whose body wee
founn Saturday morning in a shoo box
that hall been dropped from the Dundas
street bridge to one of the cement ahunt-
mute. The intention heti been appor.
only to drop the box into the elver. The
discovery wee made by some boys, The
body is that of a, well-developed male
Toronto may claim the credit, it is he-
lieved, of being the first city on this
continent to have a free dental (11010
supeorted by the municipal government.
The eity Connell has given. $4,000 for
the first half year, and it is expected
that the Dluention Committee of the On -
Wain Dental Society shortly will be able
oPen the elinic with three. chairs in
feline central location.
Toronto will have the first, public
auction fruit market in Canada.
The Duke ef Connaught inepeeted ever
600 montre:31 boy seouts.
arrangemente for the affiliation of
Calgary University with McGill are
about completed.
Cobourg ratepayers eaeried the by-
law to exempt the new cannery from
taxation.
Lankin was fatally crush-
ed by a driving wheel at the C. P. It
shops at 'West Toronto.
The ratepayers of the village of
Swansea took steps to brtng about an-
uexation with the city.
Work on the new park on the Plains
of Abraham has been commenced by
the Dominion Government.
The Intereolonial earned $1,000,0a0
during April, which is the largeet
month% earnings in its history.
Toronto Typographical Union has Pre-
pared a new wage schedule to bc sub -
Mitt (Id to the publisb ers.
Mr. K. L. Aitken, managing engineer
for the Toronto Hydro -Electric, eyeteen,
has been granted a MK months' leave of
abeence.
George Ingleby, of Oakville, will ap-
ply to Parliament for e divorce from
his wife, Gertrude Iugleby, now living
in New York.
Vineland fruit -growers, who claim they
gave the Grand Trunk land to built a
IlefW frtut sbed on, aro e,omplarining to
tbe Railway Commiseion regarding the
corapanfe lack of action.
The Italian Chamber of Deeuties, by a
vote of 391 to 0 has passed the ex-
tending the franchise even to illiteratee
when over 30 years of age. This increases
the number of voters by 5,000,000.
Three wealthy Chicago bachelors,
whose names are withheld, hese agre.e4.1
to adopt babies in accord with the plan
suggested at the last eession of the 'Il-
linois Congrees of Mothers.
Patrick O'Keefe, an employee of
Light, Heat and Power Department,St.
dAitsatragnuceet oe f
anomas, met his death by falling a
rfoeaCtl off the big Pere
city, bridge, north of the
Cheellain.--Early vegetables were the
fen tu of the market. Ason neva 10e.
'Rhubarb, 5e, There was a marked de -
(aim. in butter, which dropped from 35c
to 95e during the morning,. Eggs, 19e
tn 20c. Chickens, 35e to 711e. Ducks,
00c to Mc. Potatoes, bag, $2.25 to *3.00.
No ehange in grains, except old oats, 45e
to 50e. Cane ptriees unchanged. Hogs,
emete, *8 to $8.25.
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Owen Sound.-- The markets were light
in -day, farmere being seeding. Butter,
22e. to 23e. E•gga 20c to 21e. 'Potatoes,
cameleer!, $1,80 to $1.DO a bag. nay,
S12,
••••••••••*44,....
Pcterboro.-Spring seeding operations
have created market dullness. No dress -
.ed linee are offered; live hogs, fair sup-,
ply. $8,05; baled h $10 per ton;
loose hay, from $16 to $18. Farmere'
hides, Oc; butchers' hides, 10e; pota-
toes, $2 per bag; ehiekens, 75e to $1
melt. Butter, 2re to 28e; eggs, 210 to
22e.
Pieton.-The seareity of potatoee
the feature of the local market. They
are bard to get at $2, and farmers are
eomplainines Of the nhortage and the ve.
sultant high prices for seed potatoes.
Eggs are inclined to be very firm, and
were up one eent to 23c this week. The
high priers, being paid for eheese is a
temptation for the fannere to take all
their milk to the factories, with the
result that the lmtter melee is smaller
than nem!, with prices firm at 2Se to
Mo. Other prices were as follows: Ap-
ples, 85e to $1.50. Beef, 'Mc to 13e.
Chiekena ltie to 17e. Clover geed, $12 to
$14. Myles, 60e to The each. DetteMIK,
to $1.10, Ilay, per ton, $14 to $15.
rings, live, $8.50, Hideo, $9. Minn 13e
to Honey, 15e per eard. Lamb, Pao
tO 15e. teird, Me to 20e. Pork, 12,e.
Piga $2.50 to $3 each. Salmon, 12e per
11), Veal skins, Pan per Ile 'Whitefish.
12e Tier Ile Timothy eeed, $14 to $15 per
hundred.
VV. 4041.4.....6
llellevilles-Weekly Saturday market
Ode morning wee, fairly large; very few
ebangea are notireable in pricee. Hoge,
&owed. $11.25 per cwt.; hoge, ael.75
ewt.; beef, fore, $7; beef, hind, $8;
shoats. $5 to *6 pair; straw, $(1 ton;
bay, $17 to $20 ton; lintter, 24a, to 200
eeeee. 20e to 22e dozen; fowls. $1.30 to
$1,50 pair; oats, 52c to 53e bushel.: fall
wheat, $1 bushel; barley, $1 al.10
Imehel; potatoee, $2,a5 per bag; lemb,
1de to 17e; =tam, lee to 10 1-2e.
›N%'..1 THE DEATH CELL.
Boston, May 13.-- "Iticheson seems
to be standing up well under the
fiereo ordeal," said the former min-
ister's counsel, aim A. Morse, upon
leaving the Charles street jall to -day,
after his customary call upen the
man eondemned to Ole next week
for the murder of Avis Linneit
Sheriff Quinn announced to•daY
that Rieheson would be removed to
the chamber in the State *rime
where he will await death, after tho
meeting i)f the council on Wednesday,
BANDSMAN DROPS DEAD.
tone May 13.- -Harry Me-
i:at-en. well known throughout Ontario
ae a bawl -man. amyl"( dela this
mornben Deransed wee eoneeted witit
the Royal Canadion 'Regiment, He
WI) V ;Vett by 0
;lust before the Toronto .Assize Court
adjourned the grand pry 0113110 into the
eourt, returning true bills against Chas.
Gibson on charges of murdering Joseph
Rosenthal and of attempting to murder
Eli Dunkelmitn.
The lleW four -dollar bills are to be
withdrsewn gradually .from ciretaation
and. the elovernment iseue n, new
five -dollar bill, the first of that denom-
ination. The "shinplaster" is also likely
to be withdrawn at no distant date.
Rev, Dr. Manly Benson, pastor of Wel-
land Avenue :Methodist Church. St.
Catharineta was at the closien• meeting
of the official board for the church
year presented with the sum. of $100
over and above his &dart- ae a token of
esteem and. good will.
The day of the dirty dollar is passing.
The new Bank Act will he brought
down' almost hninediately upon. the re-
aesembling of Parliament, and. in it
there will be a provision under which
it will be the duty of the hanks not to
reiseue soiled or faded notes.
Eight-year-old 1Val ter layntei was
dragged to death by a horse belonging
to his father in a field at Ville Erneed,
Qua, when he tied the eope 1.0)101 was
alieut the horse's neck around. his waist,
and the horse, becoming frightened,
dashed away.
Four persons are now on reino.nd
until the 15th in connection with the
prosecution, by Toronto Wholesalers) of
persons interested in the New York
Costeme Company of 'Brantford. Those
charged are 'Levi and Harry Mishkin,
Mrs. A.nnie Black and Mrs. J. Mishkin.
A baby girl was born at the roronto
union station on Saturdo,y morning. She
is the child of an unknow -n woman, a
foreigner, who was+ given medleal at-
tention at tbe depot, and who was able
to leave the city by the train for Sud-
bury, ma hoer after the birth,
Sir ;Isaac Pitman, known the world
over as the inventor of the system of
shorthand bearing his name, and whieh
has been adapted to twentyefour differ-
ent lam:mazes. l)orn on Anuary 4,
1813, and it is proposed on that date
ext year to celebrate the centenary of
the dietinguished Englishman's birth.
With the abandoning of the traber
beidevards scheme by Toronto SWA1)Se
ratepayere assembled last night and
took aeti011 lookine towards annexa-
tion tn that city. If the Humber boule-
vard projeet had eArried Swaneea, would
have automatieally been a part of To-
"1.1'1'11'1°r:re will be no tariff Oranges. be-
fore the Ittulget epeeelt is delivered next,
Sefl8i011. ThiS is eertain in spite of re-
port.; in leading Government organs
thee taeiff ellanges are new under con-
eideration, 011(1 are. likely to be an-
tiouneed before the Provineial election
Sasketchewan.
The Annellate Division of the Supreme
Carnet of New York reversed the cleeision
of justiee (alma' in the ease of l'olke
Brendt and ordered his return to
Clinton Prairie, Twn houre after the
deeision rag rend-ered Brandt WaR tir-
reeted hie home at 'Flushing, L.L. and
taken to the Tombe.
Atenotineemeet wag made that Wit -
inlet Henry Best, elerk of the Non -:airy
CO11114 lute been appointea to
ehteeeed the late A, P. 'Maclean as jun-
ior registrer of the `High Court of JUR-
Ike. Mr. Beett4 ellief ditty will 'be to
sit .tte .eleide of the Divieletuti Court at
Osgoode Hall.
Art automobile .ran (131TIlek Oft 1.httilaA
P.trept east, London, colliding with the
Phea Ittessare' baml. No one WAS. in-
jure/Lied the big •arnen WAS lenity Mash.
ed. The hand wee net ;etre& fie' the
011afellowe, Who were haring a, 1411TItlay
ntaile meeting, and. great exeitoment woe
eeatteeti by the 0)1a -toile. The owners of
the ear are as yet unknown.
After hearitie the evidence of
many wittieettes alitinti; nearly two dive
the grand Jury in the 'Criminal Af4elene
The three-year-old eon of Mr. Wright,
hlaeloonith, Staples, Eesex county, vine
found dead, in an. open well cm. a lot
adjoinieg his fietherti shoe), The little
fellow bed been playlog with Pow older
boye, and was missing a few minutes
only wben discovered by bis parnts. Ai.
though the doetors were Fame on the
spot-, all efforts to reenseitate him proved
vain,
'The Toronto Council of Women, after
baying inveatigated em.ployment agencies
for maid servants in that city, etate
that "in some eeees they are veritable
immoral traps for the nnwary." A letter
to the Mayor and Board of Control. to
this effect wns received from the Locei
Council of Women on Saturday, and the
ladies urged that employment bureaus
be made a. department of the civic ad-
ministration.,
MPS. jamee Murphy, her son, James
T. Murphy, and daughter, Miss Loretto
Murphy, nerrowly moped injory On. Sat.
urdav, when their bouee, No. 54 Janice
avenue, Toronto, fell down. The house,
which was a frame strueture, was being
repaired, and it was on account of this
that it collapsed. Mr, Murphy intended
to brick it and. put in a cement imsement,
and for this reason he had it jacked up
very high.
The inspection of the stores of the
Toronto Hydro-Blectrie system made
following, the murder of Joseph Rosen-
thal and the attempted bunter a Eli
Dunkelman lute revealed a c,hortage in
copper wire of 30,000 pounds, with a
value put on it from $2,700 to $3,0.00,
even more. This is the .iniernia,tiOn
placed in the hands of the .poltee by
officiala of the civic department follow-
ing the special audit of the Hydro -Elec-
tric books by Mr. Walter Sterling,, city
auditoe, ordered by the Board of Oen-
tron
seseet
HEIR APPARENT
NEW
•
•
•
FEBERAIION
The Brotherhood of Can-
ada's New Orguiza.ion.
Prince of Wales to Have
His Own Establishment.
Will Legally Come of Age
on June 23rd Next.
Officers Elected and S0310
ties in Amalgamation.
Tovonto, May 13. --As a result of the
seriee of meetings 110(1 in Toronto dur-
ing the past three days the Brotherhood
Federation of Canada has been formed,
co-ordinating the varioue brotherhoods
aud made orgn.nieations whieh tam at
winning men. for Ohrietien. naanhood.
The federation as just aeocraplishea
takes in all the exieting brotherhoode
in Cauada, including ututenominational
as 'well as &lurch organizatioee, and
comprises an aggregate. membership of
70,04)0 men.
' Various organizations to be amalga-
mated inelwie the Men's Own, Meth-
odist Young Men's Associations, Broth-
erhood of St. .Andrew and Philip, aud
the Presbyterian, Congregutionat aud
Canadian Brotherhood.%
.As coneiderable eaperieece in the
brotherhood moyemeet in Groat Britalu
has shown its ability to grip the- enassee
of men and bring them into closer rela-
tion with the Christian Church, a dele-
gation of a hundred end thirty-two from
the old country, iueluding a Lew women
representing the related. sisterhood
moven:tent, came to spend a week in
Canada, for the purpose of encouraging,
inspiring, and giving to Canadian men
the benefit of their experience. Most
of theee visitors occupied pulpite ia To-
ronto and Hamilton yesterday morning
1 and evening.
The organization. was effected in meet -
Inge of members of the various- Canae
dian brotherhoods held in Cooke a
Church on Saturday afternoon and even-
ing. There were preeent not only sev-
eral hundred inen from Toronto broth-
erhoods of various churches, and some
of no ehurch, but also men from various
points in Canada from Regina to 'Mont-
real, besides the .visitore from Great
Britain.
The following officers were eleeted to
eery() until the first annual -meeting, to
be held. next November, on report ot the
nominating committee:
Hon. President, Rev. Dr. Andrew T.
Taylor, Toronto; president, Mr. T. B.
Macaulay, Montreal; vice-presidents,
'Messrs. H. W. Ausman, j. 13. Le,wrason
and W. J. C. McCrea; secretary, Mr.
Themes Howell, Toronto; assoelate eee-
retaries„ Meesrs. Houston, Regina; F.
hirry, Port Arthur, and A. Tildsley,
Montreal; treaaurer, Mr. Lorne. John-
ston, Hamilton; provincial executive.
Rev. A. F. Mackenzie and Mr. 3, A.
Burns, representing the thirty-one so-
cieties in the Methodist Young Men's
Associations; Mr. E. A. Breckenbridge
and. Rev. 3. A. Stewart, for the fourteen
societiee in the Brotherhood of St. An-
drew and Philip; Rev. Dr. W. E. Nor-
ton and Rey. W. E. Cameron, for the
twenty-one societies of the Baptist
Young Men's Union; Rev. Dr. j. J. Mar-
tin and Mr. Albert Chamberlain, repre-
writing the Canadian Brotherhood, Olio
known as the "Men's Own," and some-
times as the "P. S. A."; and Rev. S. W.
Dean, Mr. B. Weetwood, Rev. Dr, J. 0.
Shearer, Rev. Dr. T. Albert Moore, Rev:
S. T. 'Bartlett, Mr, George Wilson and
Rev. II. Moull, afontreal.
Strength of the .Federation:
afethodiet Men'A Organization.. 20,000
Brotherhood of St. Andrew and
Philip 5,000
Baptist organieatione 1.5,000
Canadian Brotherhood ' 20,000
Others of various nitmes 20,000
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Total 70,000
London, May 12. -The Prieee of
Wake will reaeh his legal majority on
June 23, when he will have his own
special household and largo suites
suitably appointed and set apart at
Buekingham and. WindF,or palaces. Queen
Mary will personally superintend the
furnishing and decoration of these pal-
aces. The Ring will continue to euper-
vise the occupations and pursuits of the
boy, but the Prince will heve gov-
ernor and comptroller of the household,
an equerry, and two secretaries, as well
as a. large staff of servente at special
wages, nnd coachmen and grooms.
The Prince of Wales will not aever
himself front his affectionate family
life, but will be able to entertain his
friende at luncheons and dinners in his
own apartments. He will receive his in-
vitations direct. and lint through the
Ring. The regency of the Queen is
crented in the event of the prolonged
absence or dire misfortune to tbe King.
Thai would be the situation on June 23,
when the Prince of Wales would legally
be able to take the King's position in an
emergency,
The King's fourth son, Prince George,
went to his that school last week. Be
aceompanied his brother, Prince Henry,
to the private eehool at llroadstairs,
where the latter lute been for nearly
three years. greatly to the benefit of
his health, which, combined with his
highly nervous tempertement, caused a
good deal of anxiety to his parents some
time ago.
The Princess Mary, following the eX-
ample of her aunt, Princess Victoria,
keeps copiee of a diary. She has been
observed making entries in a blue -cover-
ed volume at -the Royal Academy, espeei-
ally before tho Royal pictures.
DRANK POISON
"Mother, Get a BlackDress,"
Cried Girl to Parent.
New York, May 13. --Mary Rater, 13
yeate old, of No, 110 Vast 116th street,
MIA ariaigned. in the Children'e Court
yeeterday on eharge of attempting
suleide.
The girl drank part of the contents
of a bottle of ereeylone, but the prompt
actiott of Sergeant Bottles atut
man Englebeig, or the Etiet 104th street
statioe. saved her life. Mies Ritter at-
tends a public school in 114th street be-
tween Third and Lexington avenuee.
Yeeterday She oeked to be excused from
lessons, as ehe felt She was ttllowea
to leave, and elle went to a drug store,
wheer sho purchased the creaylone. She
weal, 'tonne, and the pollee say ehe eried
ant, "Mother, yon lied better get a
Week dresA." and then startea to drin.k
.the eontente of the bottle, Mrs. Flitter
ran to front window Rea called far
help,
When Arraigned before :awake Mayo
the girl said she had to intention of
killing hereelf, but wanted to frightee
her mother. WAS :1110Wed to ge
tome,
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THE EMPRESS ARRIVES.
Moutretti, :Slay 13. ---The C. P. R. liner
Ettepteas of Ireland artived in thie port
tide morning., lvtVing hemt dele,yea two
(Nye by tin ea -admit to her maehinery,
whielt left her with the ttee of only ber
port engine. One of Mee eylindene of her
starboard engine ie injured, anti el taaaen
efforte were made to tenair it, the
steamer s t4prod. *WM 114111(tea 01)(111t
nine knote an hour.
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WANTED TO DIE
Wm. monvve.........
Brother of Detroit Tailor
Drowned 9Y1 Titanic.
Pittsburg, May 13-Joaepit Seliwertner,
aged 36, a tailor of 1824 Brightoa road,
from the White Star Stearnehip Com -
North Side, received a letter yesterday
pane-, which confirmed his fears that
his brother, Rudolph, had perielled in
the Titania disaster. He then bade. hia
friends goodby, telling them he intend-
ed to end his own life, and probably
would have carried out his threat had
weapon into a sewer.
not Thomas Mellon, a .barber, wrested
a revolver from him and tossed the
Schwertner was later arrested and
tion,
locked up in the Woods Run Police Sta.
City Deteetive Clyde Feleburn made
the arrest. He had sent a suit of clothee
to Schwertener to have them pressed.
Lest evening he sent a boy to the tail-
or's shop to get the elothee. The boy
came running teack and breathlessly in-
formed the deteetive that Sehwertner
VFW) going to shoot himeelf. Edeburn
1 ran to the ehop, where he found Mellon
and several other men endeavoring to
e,a,lm the tailor.
,Schwertner had been saving for years
to obtain enough money to being 10
brother, aged 18 years, to thee country
from Germany. Several months ago he
mailed the money to the boy and re.
ceived a reply etating that the latter
would soon 'be on his way. He dia not
state upon whieh vessel he woeld. sail.
When news of the Titanic. disaster
reaelied Pittsburgh Schwertner express -
ea the belief that his brother was am7
ong the victims. Yeeterday he reeeived
a letter whieh akaiwertner had sent, to
hie brother along with the money. The
steamehip comp:taw Stitted that the let -
upon one of the bo-
dteiershaplackbedeallitpf°1billya the eable boat Mae-
kaer-bennett, The body was leiried at
sea.
MINERS' CONVENTION4
aVilkesbarre, lat„ laray 13.-Delegatee
began arriving here to -day for the trie
distriet convention of the llnitea eline
Workene whielt will meet here toonor-
row to take iletii)11 MI the tentotive
agreement entered into by the mitere'
sttleeommittee with the tuttineteite oper-
atore and rejeeted by the fell wale com-
mittee of the werkets. Moet of the
&legatee, it ie 444.eia. are being eent
the eratventlon uninstrueted.
WHAT A GRAMAPHONE IS.
Ottawa, Chit., May 13, ---What o gra-
maphone really le been eettieil by
Hort, J. TX Reid, who is an authority by
virtue of his office for etadome pur-
poses. tt hao been divided that a giant
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nuisanee or a luxury. but that the
gramaphone is a musi0a1 iteterrment,
;Ina PO are reeeede. A$ sueh they get
eheap admiseion te Venede.
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