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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1913-05-22, Page 9-" ; , LESSON' VIII. MAY 25, 1913. mmgrt .1.0seph and Benjamin -Gen. 43: 1-34. . Commentaree-I, The second journey to Fospt tv:I. I-13). N`ntwithetanding illt•• etet the t the proeuring of more . grain front Egypt meant to ;Nob the ?eine reler of hie beloved Benjamin, he : eoneented to let him go, but with the preattea Mind:two. deolah preaonted 4 , st rttiig nIttl i"OliVineing plea, which hie taker was unable to Muse. If Jacob ,o would -le - nit Benjamin to go, there vette 1 a Iseedhil" ty of getting food to suStain the 'amt.; if the family, but without food all, inelmling Benjamin, must per. telt, The enetom of the time and place provided that when one would appette befoie a rider or one high in authority, he must take a preeent in order to eitott i,len peoier reepect. Although the. Jeanie,. in, enteeen was sevete, "balm, °Pieory ;Ina myrrh" were obtainable thew. as well as lints and almonds and ie uey. 11. The eleven at Josephie houee - (vs. 10-2S), id, 17. The brothers of Joeeph were to have a new experience in Egypt t•tpon their eetiond visit, They were treat- ed harshly upon, alteir first, but now they were invited to enjoy the boapital- ity of the .gavernor himself. Joseph's eteward, was eommanded to bring them in aa pereonal. gneete, mid they -were to look upon ettelt magnifitamee as they had never seen before, 18, Were afraid. • -They were utterly unable to. compre- hend the uew turn of affairs. Their first euepielon led them to eonnect in some way the taking back tp Canaan of the whitey ia their eaeks, with this invita- tion to Joseph's house, and to fear thet miseltief was 'about to befall them. Take ne for bondmen-Their having sold Oa -with 'into- slavery might • well cause them to feet. anat. aefate for themselves. 19, OdieWaril--•-•An of fieer who had the nutuageraen•t of Josephie household. Ilia enief eervant, Communtle with him at . the door- -so mire were they that there Wart to be trouble about the money, that they sought to make full explanation before fleeing the governor, Joseph. 23. Fear not ----These roue -tiring words were a souree of -comfort to the perplexed - lirL t hers, 'Your aot1.--The stewerd knew the mon were, Hebrews, as his words in- dicated, and he knew something of the true Goa, Joseph may have told him - about hie brothers. Ilath given you treasure --The brothors were to be com- forted with the thought that the Lord had been metetful to them. I had. your money. -By this, the• eteward acknow- ledged the receipt .Of the, money, so there wile no cheep standing against the sons Of 'Thee)). Brought Simeon out The restoration of Simeon to -his broth- ers was further assuranco that no harm was inteeded. 24, 'Washed their feeta- It, wee; the eustom -for travelers unoo entering a house to remove their attn. ti.als and waoh their duotecovered feet. Provender --Food provided for cattle or paek-enimadee 23. Made ready the pre- sc-nt --The brothens arranged to give the ruler the preeent their father had sent from Canaan (v. 11). Against Jos- •eph came at noon --In readinesa for doeeplin; arrival et noon. They should eat bread there -The state of au Egyp- ttan grand vizier was something of whieh till then •they could have had no idea. The dining chamber was a decorated hall, resplendent with color and gilding, and fill-nil:410d with regal magnificence. ---Ocikie. 26. Brought him the present • .... and bowed themselves7* They eppoared before him its subjects befote a, alder. They brought a present and pmtstrated themselves before him in re- cognition of his superiority. Thus was fulfilled for the. second time the •dreama of Joseph in Canaao. On this occasion hie eleven brothera bowed before him. 27. Ha asked them of their welfare-Thie was an additional kindmies to his bro- thers, an aet of courteey that Sholq have put theni at- ease in his presence, tet they innet have wondered, at his interest in them end their. father. 28. a fa 41 e obohentee-Without .• knowing, it, they were bestowing upon Joseph, whom they formerly hated, the highest honor of which they were capable. Ilf. deeeplee neve for Benjamin (vs. 29- 31). 29, Saw hie brother Beejtmin- ilenjamin Was but a child, perhaps net more than three years old,, wh Met eaw ' tte epn aerhi •son -Bene was Joeenh's only full brother; the othere were half-brothers. Cod be gracione unto thee, my eon -Joseph -ad- dreesell Bentemin in terms of the most teuder affeetion, and yet stleh 0.xTrt.:4- sionA were often need. in a merely formal manner. In this lwitanee, however, there was a volume of meaning in the mode. ;lb. Hie heart yearned over his brother (R. k net diffieult for ite to put oneeelves in Joe-ephai place,. anti intagine 11e, teeringe, souent where to Aveep-- Tin- time had not yet come for him to reveal to hie brother.; hie hlentiten and he made haste to eeeape frum their pres- onee heforo the fheeI of early latftOrieq ft lid the affeetion of his heart should eauee teare to flow. :n. He vestehed thee e•To remave the traeee Of hie weep. ing. Refrained himself-Gexe no inti- mation of tho deep feeling; of hiA heart, atTeareil to them as not bethg their brother. Set en bread-.-Joeeph NAIL - Mancini servatite to eerie% the food. 32. For bint by• hinteelfe-Ate being highest in rank. An abothinetion ento theNtsnh time- - The itteeptiane• feared cent-amine- frem mingling with other oretione. They u ere eepeeially opposed to mingling mith the Ilebreue, becauee the latter aere ellephorde. The Egyptians had long been oppreeseil by the shepherd kings Ilea swept down linen them from the weetern pert of Aeie, ant they bated ail wi,lo were engaged in, -fltqek.rriNing, An 841(litanal l'eaeon for thi5 preputlice vate the feet that the Egyptiane eon- sidered cattle cg WI -ere!' allimalS, and the frehrews elaughtereel Mem or food and fer t•aerifiPeq. 33. The that born. aeording to his bit-thright --The platy of honor tit the table tabhyst for it ie probable that their were eeveral, wale ;worded to the eit16,t brother. Reuben.. The youngest -- Bobjamin. The men marvelled --Welt might the Melt IMMO at being nr- ?engin! the table time ;wording to their oleo. Joseph thtte prepared the may for an open reeoguition„ and sought to impree; them with the idea that he kneW 'them Ilene!, than they imagined. Wliedon, aa, Sent MeSiel unto- them irem beeire - It was a 'tray of show- ing fasor to a inieet for the West to give er emit! him a pert•ien of food from lile eon Great Attention wine shown to a !attest eteuling a large portion. Fite time.; hattelseeet double abortion \voila h. t•011itliVrable aceittiol FortiOn was enerk higbeet hener. Were merry with him d'eeeplia. eiieeial attention to 13-enjemin . lid lea Melee te light any envy or Iasi - oleo let the leirt of the ten toverd their eleineiA leather, tetteetione.- Whe f renown/01 dill Pole) pito hi. ,orte. why"' On, uhritt 00114.1- • -non eould Joseph. be sten -by hie lerothe el? Why hod Joeeph'a brothe,ro told Lim about Ilertiertilw; Whew phea influeneed Jacob to, Nrwit l:entilmin to go to Veyptc tt tl:reetions did Jacob leive hre sons about going. to Egypt? How " did Joseplt receive lus brothers? HOW Was. he affected at the s:ght of Ben- jamin? Deeeribe the arrangement ,of the brothere at the feast. What dietine. tion was :shove to Benjamin? PRACTICAL SURVEY. Tople.-Unf old i ng provid oleo . 1. Through enforced consecration. lf. Through contrite conic:oh:int W. Through exalted honors. Througn enforced eomseeration. With Jacob eireunestanees were such ae to make it a eholee between sending Benjamin with hie brethren to Egypt, or of famine for the entire family. The only way of getting core was to Qom. ply with .joseph's conditione, strange as thoy appeared. Judah -addreseed father in worda ef wisdom and meek- nosio He was now far from reproaching hie father for any manifest partiality tO Ws favorite son. He set before him the absolute neveseity of partiug from Benjamin for a time ttad, the great conefort to be .expecteh in the end. To oveecome eny dietrnst in his eons, ilnelah pledged himself as mirky „for Benja- inin'e, fettle rettirn, eonseeration which WAS to IV Vereiy tested. Jacob al length determined to aequieehe in the appointmente of divine Providence, let them he what they might. Ile eutrusted Benjamin to Judah'5 care and reeigned himself to Clod's even at the riek of being ehildless. There Was a blending ot sorrow with htt resignation, Neces- sity overcame every other ,toneidera- tioa. Trials threatening hie death were to end in preserving -tile ltfe. all:tanning hie resolution was not weakness, °but wiedom and duty, It indietttell his piety rather than his obstinate,* It indieated his faith in God, and bis growing confi- dence in mane The spirit of prayer came back to him. He sent his sona forth with a humble and an earneet prayer to Ged.' 1I. Through contrite confeesion. Jo- eeph's brethren went forth dreading miefortune. Tleey were .suspielous of Joseph's intentiono. They feared being made boudineo Their own guilt in such an aet ragreeeted emit danger. Their deoeitful, and crooked disposition; dreaded tire ententity of being overreaoh- ed. Thar' _tott tete(' no favorable solu- tion of thetr haysterione treatment. Ihit ;Meal}, witlr -peVete unrightnees, required hie sons looeeturn the money found in their Faa0.- They were innocent re- epecting• • it.14R -111kOney. und yet they felt theinselvei-to-beeguilty men. Their fear. misinterpreted--; kindneeta. rend yea that kindneese,was :intended to bning them to eomplete.repentenete They laid their ease Wei -a --the 'steward in the hope that he might.stand between them and danger. They -felt the need of airinter- eeFsor. They hed done to jitseph just what they- feared at his hande. They were neither envies nor thieves, but by thoir hunniteteon under sueh charges they w,ere-to 'he brought to face the real guilt -Of MO livee, and to discover ineret- where- they looked for justico. 111. Throne -If' exalted honore, The generous • reeeption whielt was given Jacob's etnis Islay served to raise their worst snspieions and to alarm their fears. Their tailly ConleieneeS destroy- ed'their enjOyment of their happy eir- etemstanees. Joieph'e tow kindneeo fill- ed there. .with greater perplexity. The steward,' though not aware that the etrangers wen) his master's brethren, reaseured thein and encouraged them to dismies their appreheneions. Joaeph's device iu -bringing them home and feast- ing with- them, olive. him an opportuti- ity for testing °their' attitude toward Benjamin.. It gave them opportunity of recoerniziegoaloeeph. It exhibited his interest in thee' me against hie previous apparent -severity. It. served to diearm their feare and, if possible, save them from further teat. The arrangement of the tables their position as to. age, tied the peculiar and special favor. toward Benjamin, exeited questioning; yet the truth- wee not apprehended. Thete was, therefore. greet wisdom in Joseph's lingering to -divulge the great secret. The banquet, therefore, was but the in- troduetion, to the -last ond severest trial and a preparation for A, successful itesue in the prosiog • of Jaeob's Sons. Their partieipation, without envy, in the hot or bestowed- up•on Benjamin, (widen ed their chanee cf feetinageeetowtep tele father, ftei weitiettatteTiijamin. They were advancingiatewnitd freedom. Joseph's eolnin at of his feeling.s indieated his Geu nor character. Ire eould wait the unfolding of God's plan, the ripening -of conviction of his. brother, Joseph, was •under divine direction, planning for the removal •of' his -.father's house to Egypt. Hie plane- wen certain to succeed.---eT. R. A. • . . - • -4 = U. S; PREPARING Gettina Battleships in Shape tar- Action. Philedelphie, May 18.--sAd ef great bettleshins of the Atlantie re- ts( ITO fleet etationed at tio phia navy yard nre beine,.., stripped and prepared for Web itt action. For- the Bret the* killee 111( *Spanish wet all the ships are being put in fighting trim end tins very. quietly rend with melt i•eerecy. Offielala th? navy yard deny that they are taking any ittfusual non in prepaiing the fleet for sea, but private inveeligetion proves to the eon. trary. elenufieaut is roe. fact that several of the old ve,,sels. ineluding the obi ernior ninnegpolia. have not tem in ,...ervice for years. e V! being.; over. baule.l, repaired and outfitted for f-ett- t.mitti.r. The •Ohio 14 Iwing, repailth,:1 the AIabanla ig tilNo overhtni(d. CallnixandiVat Ciirant. •Iin hes been arpoittled,reunnander of the new beano ship Tehee. etow under construetiott Newport News, absolutely reOteed dieenee the reelviliee at the ytril. Ile said equieneally, "We are always proper- ing for war.:" gee :10114 and tin» are being lonecil at night, the TROLLEY CAR INVENTOR DEAD, Stockbridge, Mese., May 18. -- Stephen Dudley Field, sometimes call- ed the "father of the trolley ear" and known tie an 'inventor of intereation- al prominence, died at his home to- day at the age of 68 years. Ainepg the in.ventions patented by Mr. Meld are Ole 'quadrtaplex telegraph. eleetrle elevater, the amplifier for doubling the epeed Of ocean cablem, the stock tick- er, the hotel annuriclator and the po- Hee patrol telegraph. Altogether Mr. Field had more than 200 DatentA lri his name. Mr. Field's firet trolley car was built by him at bis experlmeatal etation Stockbridge. The successful wOrking of this eneouraged him to build a Reeond ear whiCh is now la the Smith - teenier' Iriatieuto in Washington. 411) Tire mast etitto te tea tkelled to Wee la leek telveretaliet tho kettle trietek. TORON'TO MARKETS rAn)rEns, :NUR= Dreseed hogs, heavy... 12 25, 12 .50 Do., light.. 13 00 13 50 Butter, dairy, lb.. .. ., 0 27 0 32 Epee doz.. 0 22 0 231 Spring eldekene, lb., 0 50 0 55 Ohickene, lb. „ .. 0 22 0 24 Fowl, lb. • , .. 0 20 0 22 Duda, lb 0 23 0 00 'Turkeys, lb., . , 0 2'2 0 25 3 130 Potatoce, bag. 0 75 0 83 Cabbage, dozen.. .. 0 40 0 50 . Beef, forequarters, °Wt00 9 25 Do, Ithalquartere, ewt 11 75 13 00 Do., choice sides, cwt. 10 75 11 00 Po., medium, cwt.. .. 8 75 11 00 connnon, ewt.. 7 00 8 50 Mutton, light .. ....10 00 11 00 Veal, ealn1110n, . „. 0 00 11 00 Da., prime, ew t , 00' 14 00 1 Spring lambs, . . .... 0 50 9 0 SUGAR ..1..t11,KET. Apples, bblf• • 40 94 It 2 50 ter, 2$e to 30 A pound; eggs, Ile to We per dereu; potatote, Me to $1 per haze carrell, 20.- laree basket and 40e. per bushel; patentee, 201: per large beeket and 50e a bushel; oebbage, 3e, 5e and eel According to size; beets, 20e -per large -baeket; onion% 400 basketi green Onions. 50 btinelt or 404 A dozere; wetererese. buneltee for .5e; apples, ‘200 And 2:10 baeliet; turnip% lee a haeleet; rhabarb, 5e a bunch Or 45e a dozen bunchee, St, Thomae.-Priees on the local mar- ket were unusually firm, this being par- tieularly teue of butter and eggs. The former sells At 28o to 30e, nrid the ter at 184 to 20e., Live bogs are steady et Via% while potatoes in some eases have 'dropped to $1 a bag, Apples are scarce at file to 7,5e bueliel; elliekene rirey as Weil as 20e per pound; wheat, 07e; oats„ 32e; loose hay, $13 to $14; baled bay. $10 to $17; hides, Oc *tn 1-2e; elven vegetables are in great abnudauce, Chatiuteae-Butter took a slight drop and sold for 24c to 2Se; eges, 17e to 18e; chicaens were quite scarce, at 50o to 75c. Export cattle are bringing $0.25 and common from $3 to $5.30, Hogs are $9.33 per ewe live weight. There is a good demand for wool at from 12e to lee, Price for waehed wool will be from. 20e to 23e. Reef hides, He and milking 12e; witeat selling for 90e and oots for ne, eitratforde-Vricee ranged as follows: lae to 20e per doge); butter, 27e to 28e per lb.: chiekene, 00e to 80e each; po- tatoes, $1 to $1.25 per bag; wheat, 9Se per bushel; oats, 30e per bushel; hay (loose), $0 to $10 per ton; hogs (live), *0,10 to $9.25 per eel,- wool (washed), 190 to 20 1-2e per lb.; hides, lie to 12e. per lb.; ealfsk.ins, 13c to 14e per lb. Sarnia. --The Sollowine quotations were made: Butter, dairy, 27c to 29c per pound, while the creamery artiele brougbt 28e to 30c. Potatoes were slow. ly going- down in price, and were quoted at from 00e to 70e per bushel. Ray and straw were not -very plentiful, and sold at $11 and. $10 per ton. Eggs are 18e per dozen, with a good supply coming in, Carrots, parsnips and turnips, from 40e to 45e per bualtel; green onions, 40e per dozen bunchee, with rhubarb the same price. Oats, 36e, and wheat 80e to Nee corn chop, $24 per ton, rend oat chop $24. Owen Sounth-The lowest price in dairy butter for this season was touch- ed to -day, when first eines pound prints sold at 20c. The price ranged to 23c during the mornine. Fresh laid aggs were plentiful at 17e and 18e; potatoes, per bag, 17e; wheat, per bushel, 92e; oats, per bushel, 40c; dressed hogs, $12,50; live hogs, $9,40, f.o,b. Peterboro.-Live hope are $9 per cwt. Inty remained at $16 for baled and $12 for loose. Wheat was 00e to 92e per bushel; oats, 40e per bushel; farmers' hides, 10e per lb.; buteherst, per lb. The market was light. Potatoes were, $1 per bag; fowl scarce, no geese nor ducks; turkeye, $3 MI; chickens, *1 to $1.25 per pair; butter,130e per lb.; eggs, 20e per dozen. Belleville.--Ouly change of importance was in bogs, which are quoted at $0.60 to $9.7O' live weight, and $13 dead. Bat- ter was 25c to 28e per lb.; potatoes, $1.2S bag• chickens, $1 to $1.80 pair; eggs, 18e 'to 200 dozen; hay, loose, $10 to $12 per ton; baled, $13.20; oats, 43e bushel; wheat, 90e bushel; city hides, 1011Coie(ciet4tioos.lie.1-2teo; lle to 13e.; horse wool, 20e; dearskie, BRADSTREET'S TRADE REVIEW. Montreal -Wholesale houses aro busy absorbing foreign goods just arrived at port. The baah; of trede is healthy but not increasing. Paymente have im- proved• just a shade. Large amounts of money aro still in demand Tor come mercial purposes. It is hard to get, new busmese being reported at •01/e to 7 per cent. Shoe manufacturing trade rather quiet; leather ie fairly active. ' Toronto -The largest groceg firms were fairly unanimous in saying that the volume of business this year had fallen off at least 2 per cent. They consider this, favorable in the face of the prevailing money stringency. Col- lectione have improved.° Hardware houses aro actively engeged in season- able lines. Winnipeg -Business eonditions show slow but steady improvement, ae money eiskesoureveleetereeter creel:ell& le.--eont haviog improved. Only Apoculativo in-, tcrests have seriously suffered from; money tightness. Induotries Winni-: peg are working oil st satisfactory basisj Houaes and Wier are scarce in the mid- dle west, Vaneouver-Wholesale houses anir manufacturing concerns continue active ',and railway construction in British Co- lumbia i6 heavy, while mining opera- tione and exploitation are being pushed to an unprecedented extent. Annual reports of existing eoncerns show sub: etantiel business done in past months. Croeory i rms repor t grtitifying volume of trade. '.1 sarno io the ertGO with other lines of trade. 1[411011ton- ,Greiet preparations are be- ing =de for the eonting Hamilton ex- luintion in which that industrial centre will show its varied products in the world. One hmulred local firms have already been booked for room; at the. groun ds. I en e rally speaking. intent! ffte- turing and Wholesale business are pro- greeeing satisfnetorily, New industries have recently opened in Hamilton, :some of them large. Produce markets were well supplied and prices hold in strong trade. Real estate market Was active, the listaof transfers being large. Per - mite were fair. London -Business continues; on a sub- ehtantial basis. Wholciale hateee and 11181111Meturing firms are busy. The general monetary and business outlook ts bright. Ottawa-Dusiness is opening well. Money is eireulating mere freely. The retail trade is active. and wholeeele housed are busy supplying repair orders. Suga are quot tel. i Toro n t o, I n per mt., as folluws: 1%aira granulated. St. Laorrene 4 40 Do. do. Redpa Nee.. „ 4 40 Do. do. Aeadia. . .. . .. 4 33 rmperitel, granulated.. .. 4 25 No,. yellow.. 4 00 harrele, 50 per ew• t, mare; oar lat,S, less. ••••••••0111.4f OTHER MARKETS WIN'NIPEG GRAIN EN,'CIIA:&'GE• Open. High. Low, Clooe. • 021/4 92% 92S's 92%b .92% 93ta 9294 931/81) . • 83•14 333's 3314 337./sh • 351/4 3.1...% 351/4 351/e DULUTH GRAIN 14TARKET. Duluth -Close -Wheat, No. 1 hard, 01;:e; No. northern, 90e to 911/se; No. 2, 87%c to 89e; May 87%e; July, 89e; Sept., 89Vec to 90e. MINNEAPOLIS ORAIN' MARKET. Minneapolis-Close--Wheat-May, 87- 3-4, July, 80 1-8e; Sept., 00e to 90 1 -Re; No. 1 bard, 91 5-8e; No. 1 northern, 90e to 01 1-8e; No. 2, 88c to 89 1 -Se. Corn --No. 2 yellow, 590 to (30c, Oats -No. 3 white, 33c to '351/4c. • Re -e -No, 2, 56e to 581Ae. Bran --$1-7 to *18. 1?lour-Unellanged. THE CHEESE MARKETS. Watertown, N. Y.-Ohee6e-Sales, 0,- 300 boxes at 13 to 13 1-4e. London, Ont. --There were 610 boxes of cheese offered on the Cheese Market to -day. No sales. Bidding 10 1-4 to 10- 5.8e. Belleville -At the Belleville Cheese Board to -day, 1,083 boxes were Offered; 700 eold nt 11 1-4e; balances at 11 3-16e. BUFFALO LIVE STOCK, t°'East Buffala despatch -Cattle Re. ceipts, 4,0110 bead; heavy, slow and 10e, lower; others active, steady to strong; prime steera, 88.40 to *8.501. ship- ping, $7.75 to $9; butchers, $7 to $8.25; cows, $4.75 to $7.50; bulls, $5.75 to $7.- 50; bulle, $:3.75 to $7.55- heifers, 0.50 to $8; etockers' heifers, 4%50 to $6.50; stockers and feeders, *6 to $7.70; fresh cows, and springers, active; -and steady, $8.35 to $8.85, Veals--Rectipts 1,600 head; active and steady, $0 to *10. Hogs -Receipts 15,500, aetive and steedy; heavy, 'nixed, and Yorkers, $8,- 80 to $8.90; pige, $8.00; rotighs, $7.65 to $7.75; stags, *6.00 to '$7.00; dairies, $8.75 to $8.90. Sheep and lambs -Receipts 14,000 heade; sheep and lambs active; others 10e higher; lambs, $4.50 to 48; yearl- ings, $6 to $7; Wet !LOTS, $5.75 to $6.10; ewes, $3 to $5.50; sheep, mixed, $5.50 to $5.75, Wheat- • "„Iftty... . juiy. Oa ts- July . LIVERPOOL PRODUCE. Liverpool cable: Closing, Wheat, steady- • latoeaXenitabo, 7s 7d. 1'0. 3 ,Irtotirdbli;75-.1/...kkie '"' Futures steady, May is 8-8d; duly, 7s 4 3.8d. Corn. spot, steady, American mixed, new, 5c i -2d. Future" steady, ,Tuly 4s 11 3-4d. Flour, winter patents, 29s 3d. Hops in London (Pacific Coast), £4 103 to g5 10s. Beef, extra, India, MOSS, 143s 9d. Pork, prime mess, western nominal, 10.5e. Hants, short cut, 14 to 16 lbs., 72s Od. Baron, Cumberland cut, 25 to 30 lbs., 071 6,1. Shot riha. IC to 21 nominal. Oar 1-1 to 10 lbs.. Otis, Long clear middles, light, 28 to 3 t tbs., 70s. Long el ear middle9, &henry, 35 to 40 11.5., 69-3 Od. • Short clear backs, 16 to 20 lbs., 04s 6d. Shouldere, square. 11 to 13 lbs., 50e. Lard, prime western, in tierces, 565 3d. American refined, 57s Od. Cheese. Canadian, finest white, 50s 6d, COI co cd, 60e. Tallow, prime eity, 325 3d. Turpentine, spirite. 20s. Resim common, 12s 3d. Petrolemn, refined, 9 8.8d. Linseed oil, 28e. CHICAGO LIVE STOCK. Cattle, receipts 22,000. 'Market steadY'. Beeves...4 ••• • If TO'S:aS steers.f• ••• 11151.• 0•1•1• stockers and feeders. • ... cows and heifers. .. ... .. Coves- ... ,.... . ..... ... llogs, receipts 4:IA1C'. "Xfarhet -gently, Light.. R 40 to :Mixed-, ef .O. •••-•11 10”•10 ty 8 II)) to Heavy.. . ... 8 03 to Itough... „ NI 8 05 to Ilirs ..6 ••• /; :SA) to Unlit of &Iles.- ..... S 50 to Shf.14). reeeitIES :etarket Weak. 7 10 to 8 De 73 te 7 70 5 R) to 7 83' 50 to 7 t,A 0 23 to 9 00z Nfttive 41 Wit 1••li 5 13 to G to Lambs, native.•• .6 ••• •• 6 23 to MONTREAL LIU 14.13 le& Montreal despatch: Wed Merket. reeelets Me camel, •1501 shoot) fled emote ete. hose moo. 'Natio good. Prime beeves 7 /Ate 7 6-R, tnedium 4 1-1 to 7. commou 4 to 0. calves 3 to 7. Sbetp 3 1-2 to 1. 1logs about 10 G-1. PROVINCIAL MARKETS. Londoe, Ont. -On the grain market today about twenty loads of onts were sold, a larger offering than hitherto this year, aml the average, priee wam *1,12 per cwt. The qnotationa ranged from $1.10 to $1.13. Wheat remeined At $1,38 per ewt. The retell prite of ivotatoee renteined et $1 per brig. Both lettuce aud ealthage were waren* than uxual, the former bringing 40e to 60e aer dorm'. Other vagetables were en- eheneed in price. low-water prier for butter WAA rebelled, 22e in ereekt. The hightet prim for (retell) teas 27e. Eggs were 20e to 21e per amen. There -were no changes. In quotations en Werke& meat% Olnelphe -Prices were es fellowe: .0111.ez 8 02!,i, 8 Z.716 23 8 GO 0 33 8.1 1 4 il Or A UNIONIST VICTORY, Newmarket, Eng., 11 fee- 19.-- The Unionist party "%Wit a vietOry in the Parliamentary election for tire New - Market division, of Cambridgeshire, held yesterday, and the figures for whteh were annottneed this inorniig, as follows: Denison Ponder, Unionint... 5,251 ' George Nicholls, Liberal... 4,40e maiority ... 88:1 'The eleetion 'was held to fill the seat formerly oceupled by the late lalr 'Charles Day laose, of Montreal, Canada, a Liberal, who died suddenly oti April 20, after »iakiug hie first flight AA it passenger in an aeroplane at 'tendon, GUEISH MOULDERS- SfRIKEr (intent, Ont., May 19.---Tieteveen eightY and one hundred moulders wages. Some shops have signed the I wont on f5trike thie ramble, for more new scale, and the greateet number I ..are out et the Raymond Sewing Maele. Ine Company, 40,04.461.4....44.44.44 GOV._ JOHNS -ON SIGNS. Saeranten to, Val., May It -Mesh inme.futeety-ator ;NA -moron Memel the alien 1411 • , ' 4 evieveteerelea.:. 7,1 IS OF THE STOLEN BANK BILLS IN . Clue to New Wtgitminister, DAy IN .BR1 1:1 13. G Robbers. Many Scotch Immigrants on Way to Canada. SEVEN TARS DROWN 411,21,141.14•411 MAO Kitchen Range Explosion Decapiti tes Girl, Three Toronto childreu were bitten hY a dog, believed to be rabid. Over thirty-three hundred soldiers took part in the Toronto Garrison parade, John N. Atilint, of New York, was convicted of attempted bribery In the Thaw Me. Mrs, Mary Glover, Belton avenue, Toronto:Jumped front a ear and broke her neck, The Anchor liner Cameronia, left Glasgow Saturday with 1,600 paseenee ere bound for Canada. 13ritain and Germany are reported to have come to an agreement regard- ing the Bagdad Railway. Mr. Thomas McGrath, Jones ave- nue, Toronto, died following the ex- ertions of a soccer game. Mrs. J. E. Von Jenney, Toronto, re- ceived word that her husband had been released from Guatemala prison. A boy with a. lens started a blaze in fireWorks in 11. BathIll'St street store, To- ronto. The golden jubilee of Knox Church, Palmerston, will be celebrated nexa month. The alumni of the Univensity of To - rent° decided to give increased aid to the university 6ettlement. The Kingston Trades and Labor Coun- cil will aok the City Council to ap- point a Seal fola aml building inepec- tor. William Catton, Toronto, had his right arm torn off above the elbow when he canght it in, same gearing at Plastics, Limited. The British Canadian Bond Company has been incorporated with it million dol. 1„vrs capital and headquarters in Mont- real. Hon. James Steadman, County Court' Judge till 1808, and before that promi- nent in polities, died, aged 06, in Freda- leton, N. P. Records of the eourse of commodity prices during April 6how that there WIIS a further reduction in the cost of living in that month. The Plessisville, Que., Foundry Com- pa.ny plant was destroyed by fire. The company's lops will be $150,000. It has $60,000 ine lira nee. • A private eable from England an- nounces the death of Douglas G. Grand, formerly a well-known horseman of To- ronto and London, Ont. j. D. Dixon, the negro whose'appoint ment to the mail-carriere' staff at Wind sor was opposed by eleven other car- riers, will be given an inside position, Geo. N. Mathesdn, for half a century Collector of Customs at Sarnia, Paris, Sandwich, etc., died at his home in Sarnia. The formal re -opening of the newly decorated interior of St. Mary's Ro- man Catholic Church. took place in Ottawa has a new five -million dollar company known as the Oil Shales Com- pany ok Canada. Limited. to do a. general mining and exploration busi- ness. .- Action was commenced against the toronto "Hydro -Electric Commissioners by two pf the former heeds of depart- mentaewho were dismissed on April 17 •satliatit notice. After eeveral conferences the joint eommittees on temperance reform have at lase definitely deeided to bring on a local option eampaign in Brockville inAttg the passengers who arrived at New York on board the steamer Iver- nia from Trieste, were Sir Joseph Pope, Under Secretary of State for Canada, and Lady Pope. The victims. of the shooting affray on Jarvis street, Toronto, early on Saturday ereorning are both reported to be doing well and are expected to recover. Archibald Currie, az present city engineer of Westmount, has been &men by the Board of Control, of pos n y Ottawa, o engineer in that city. The American Federation of Musi- cians, who have been in. conference in Toronto since Monday last, com- pleted their labors with an all -day ses- sion Saturday, lasting until 11.30 at nigRil.t.G. N. Webster, Dean of the Chapel Royal, dropped dead while playing golf at Halahide, uear with A. Boner Law, leader of the Oe- p0Sition in Parliament. Louis Periler, Minister of the Interior in the Itederel Couneil of Switzerland, and one of that Bepublie's most dis- tinguiehed statesmen, 18 dead, according to a table message, The rntepayers of Berlin, Out, v111'17104 beelew to raise $30,000 to dnitble the track on the atreet railway on Xing street, from Wellington to the. 'Water- loo boundary, a. distance of half a mile. The finding of an overturned canoe in Cayuga Lake, NS„ has led to fears that foto: Cornell University gtudente, two of them young women, Who went for a ride in the canoe, have been drowned. Blueeackets starting on a holiday trip were drowned ttt Edinburgh when a naval boat aboard which they were proceeeding to Granton on the Firth of Perth, Was swamped by rough sea. The two 'Union Jacks that swathed the body of Dr. Wilson, Captain Scott's contrade,• When found by the search party in the Antarctic, have been pre- sented by his widow to Gloucester Cathedral, 'where they will be lmng amoftg other historical memorials. An exploeion of the water front in the large cooking range at the In- ternational Hotel. Sault Ste. Marie, wreeked the kitehen and CallSed the death of Jean Junior, head dining -room girl, whose heed Was completely Sev- ered from her body. Several others were more or lees spriougy inured. P. W. Randall, Oda of Guelph pollee, wat4 notified by the Attorney-oleneral that he hoe teen, by an order.haeoun- eil of the Prot ineial Graernment, ttp- pointed a juttiee ef the peace in end for the enunty (it Wallington. 1 • ChlogO, Mal" 1i.---tekerti ana [IC • coent Clia iwatea. ty the peace in a seeret raid Zin the offiee4 •of ' '%71.40143aIrVrie(lirtel(111T)Intigkfa"'t' 111(Lilly"1118gaill(t7i11411liVit. 0;1 the police with new elues ia the fentone 'Bank of Montreal rolhery At New 1Veet•raineter, B. C. The books alio eitele that Miehael Flaaegan, ewner a saloon .at Weot Thirteefiret etroot and • entworth avenue Ninee laSt. I.Ttian, has been a "go between" for .one of the four nendits who eon:witted the robbery. Since that time Lawler has disposed of eeveral Viousand dollaze of the i,4372,000 stolen in tie raid on the bap. Tteslay's raid Wai made after top five - dialer bille found in Lewleft; home after his arreet last night hael been pceitivelyidentified as part of the money Actin fron the bank. Firinigen Was 'releaStull bam18 Of $10L,000 Ran he was booked eharges of receiving- and diepoelnee, of st (diet proper ty. 11 !PA. I or coliregsed part in the disponi of eeveral thous -1M dollare of the stolen moaey to•day. said Flanigen had giv ea the. Maaey payment of whiskey and other littor bills for his saloon .antl ono owned by John Flanigan, a eon, t MUSI DIE- IS GAY 5 Macon Lawyer, Pol.q)rw , Go:KI Time. Settled AffaIrs, Then En jo .1:(1 th,- "Firm - Macon, Ca., May 18.-----Tola by hie elteteleitene Friday night that he could trot Tive, 0. S. Walker, a. prominent banker, is making a sort of gala affair of his _last noun. He ie holding re - vermeils, which are largely atteeded by - his friends, and is facing hie fate with aegaiety that is almoet unbelievable- - Ate. alker has become. reeigaed aud elle assieting in. entertaining her Juts- band'e friends Mien tney call. With death slowly ereeping on him, .the Wal- ker home is at present the "gayest place in Maeon" Open house is being kept and there is a eonstant proeession of visitors to see Walker and to keep him cheerful as he ie eroestng the great _divide Laet Wednesday night 3,Valker took a poisonous drag by mistake for head - mite powdere. Dectore were celled, and for a time they thought they could save his life, but lato Friday the physi- ciane told Walker that his ease wae hopeless and that death 11114 inevitable. He was told, however, that he might linger for a day. or two. '71 intend to die in cheerful fashiOn, then." said Walker, He summoned Wife and she Wil6 told of the verdict of the physicians. A,Ir.s. Walker, who has• been married. only three :years,. broke down at first, but was consoled by her hueband andaagreed in making his last lays on =Ili enjoyable. Walker ateetirst eummoned his law- yers, made will and put his busines.; alfalfa in ehape, Then the house Was made bright with all sorts of flowers, and Mende were teutnmoned. Saturday and to -day there hae been a stream of visitors, and • Walker gTeotS them as cheerily as though death were far in the future. He ineists on malice and one standing on the street wauld think some great andel function was in pregeoss in the Walker borne. • Walker's friends put on a brave front while in his homee and in no rimer alluded to his coming death. Meet of them broke down and wept as soon as they left the house. Walker himself has ever shown the slightest sign of break- ing down. He greets dits f•riends brightly. meals old times, toile jokee n.nd never intimates that his hours are numbered. MrA. Walker is keeping un in a re- markable manner, and is meeting her husbend's wishes that his last hours shall be joyous. 4.64 - FELL 600 FEET Woman Aeronaut's Terrib e Death Near Munich. - Berlin, May 18.---A woman making a trip in a Swise balloon met a terrible death 11 ea :Annie+ to -day. The aero- nauts Itad intended to end their journey t at Munieh. When the balloon was close ) euough to' the ground for the occupant; to alight, one of the aeronauts fell out and the balloon sh et, pward. 'The weillan had began to climb out of the ear and ag the balloon noeended ehe wag unable to get baek into it. The ear was swaying; to - and fro and the other aeronaut ',Tabbed the woman and tried to pull her"lettek to saTety, but was nimble to do so. Ire held on, neverthe- leee, until the balloon had reached it height of GOO feet when his etrength gave out and the woman fell. Her body has not yet been found. 'The balloon was brought to earth at a, eonsiderable, distance from Mutt TO WARN OF LIQUOR EVILS. Berlin, 'eine- 18e-Gernlail military antilottitieS Win) for several years have carried on a eampaigu against the USe of etrong spirit; in the army Imre de- cided to semi all Mama' elrenlar to all remit -it in the future deeeribing erimes that have 'been eommitted within, the military service which have here attributed to the exeeesiye ttse :110eno.liol, and also showing ethe punieliment metea on t t the 0011Viet- The campaign waged by the army offiehtle already lete priwed decided- ly eueeaseful and the consumption of spirite among the soldiery has been greall...,„y A MEAN FRAUD, • Chicago. May 18.-Irunger pleas pathetically put are said to heve en- abled R. n. MacClure, arrested by city detectives, systematically to de- fraud many .Loop banks of small sums of money by means of worthlees "II a f lure, who comes from Toronto, dralf tse. Ont., would enter a bank, accoet $01116 eympathetle-looking employe and tell hen how he had been robbed and needed food. Then he would eseh worthleee draft for from $3 to $10, it is charged. His mother has *Wired re- fusing 10 make good his drafts or to ald Mm. Ite admits ettehlrig the drafts. 4 THE OF THE FRE: Sorncthing of Conditions VA 1 A D. MO ;fr,.1i11/ itieS • 41011,, - . • * 4 1.4 4" , +PT ,A.....,•••••• I. • MP , Militia to 'Jack Up :ne* nwners, Was:tinAton, „ "get her" 'ler Jerre. grlerilall angel or :a,. t rreitile te'ners. yeeterday tohl na • cn otaraets perpettrated up. a. • n end Otildren ia the Cab:n k and Paint Cr;et districts. Her eyeeeet end pr.,:r"oli*, ar. 017 as more revolting than the *, tra.;.c time oi the bletee of t.alcutta. While sne told it ed States iilenators wrangled over - reeoiut, on of nator Joeteni VS. rn, of Indiana, demaneing an in ;cetigation of the region. Mrs. aonee, W110 is eighty-one years old, and has white hair, but not a wrinkle, told her story to aid Senator Kern in hie fight for the Investigation, ahe declared that women in the zone of martial law were beaten, kicked nd even shot by mine guards, She id men and boys were shanghaied, eners dr.ven from their joba be- eause they taught to earn a decent liv- ng wage and of persons being thrown into pries= On any pretext. "1 eaw three married women and ane single girl of -eseventeen years enned up in •the military instil° of *P. e iate of West Virginia while o :my ,naretted out," Mre. s eaid, "These women were in eortal terror, They were submitted to indignities that are almost in- conceivable in this free country. "I Was arrested in the civil law eone, taken seventeen miles on a train into the martial law zone and there penned up In a house with a single Witch in a bare room, "The guards were inhuman. The only one with 'a spark of manhood in him teas Captain Sherwood, who was placed on duty only a few weeks ago. "The women in the bull pen were there for what crime? For the crime of trying to help their husbands, their fathers, 'in a fight against an inieue aorta system. The men's jobs were the woreen's levee. Why should they then tot Lry ee help them? And, for that they were thrown into a military prison and treated as dogs -not as American women. "I saw women and their babies - thirty or more of them -driven out of their miserable mine camp shacks at. Marcey, which go under the title of homes, forced to sleep under the sky in cold weather, until weethe miners' orgaeization, got tents for them. CHILDREN IN THE COAL PITS. "West Virginia has scarcely any schools. Its people are desperately poor. They must slave in the mine from morning to night for the little brass cheelts that mean less than a living when they go to pay for neces- sities at the company stores. There are few independent stores. Ther? are no peddlers. "Children are forced to go into the twat pits as breakers. Their meagre wage is needed for the home. "Big, strong men have come to me pleading for help. They came by night, for they knew that the mine guards would black. -Jack them in day- light, "I have known'eof cases of boys hauelithed for mine work. "I have seen the asylums fill be- cauee of the terrible system that sap. ped eoll and body." Senators 11,,tru aroused by the argu- ments which pictured the horrors in the mine districts, and it was evident to -night that the resolution would pass whenever it could be brought to a vote. 4411P.1114. WAS TORONTO GIRL . Who Swcided Recently in Milan, Italy. , The body of Miss Mabel Thompson, formerly a well-known trained nurse, of Toronto, was found in a room in one of the fashionable hotels in Man, Italy, according to a catne from that eity. She had cyidently committed std. cide, The Mihn authoriti,s were at a loss to identify the remains, and ap pealed 'to the Canadian. Government for eteeisteuce. The Toronto anthori- ties were notified, es a letter from Tor. 'onto wee found among the effecas ol the dead woman, and enquiries estate lished the feet that she was a daughtet of the late James Thompson, of this MIRS Thompson and Mr. W. X, Th`ompsoye of 18 Tyndall avenue, and. and Mrs. Florence Peers, of 13 Mee avenue, are relatives. Mbe; Thompson had not been in Too onto for about five years, having betn tree -cling, on the `eontinent for practieat ly the whole of that time, preeticing her profeseion est 0, new* when the 00e14.5i0I1 demanded. She was 33 years of age, Seen by a reporter last night, the relativee of MI% Thorapeon could as oily no reirion for her death. 'They heerd from bee'etet on Aplil 2, and at that titne she was evidently enjoylnr; ex. cellent health and epirits, 11111 OW MILE ONE OF H. B. R. FINISHED. seIv.,ettnPyeee,aslan. efay 10. -Atter thirty - of' agitation and expecte- lion on the part of the people of West- ! ern Canada mile one of the Itudeon ' Railway, Was mitigate! yest mai ay, when the 1). illeAothtxr Company's en- gine No. 15 finally croesed the Saftkat. ebewan, driving before it the rail-leying maehine, and hauling a ear of material. With five hundred men now busy on the filet portion of the road, elmest half of it should be completed this year. 'KILLED BY THE TRAOKS, huleor fleepittell eeys: .101in Melo Rawlee. aged 11, wee killed while unlk- ing alougeide the traelot ef tint Grand , Trunk Railway Contrail e a above Wttikerville, tbie morning. .A et 1140, dielodged from the engine, "flew off, striking the hoy en the head, erttehing Coroner Hoare Pre', whieh viewed the body, and an inquemt till be held later. r, e THE PANKIiiikSTS Are Losing Megiance of the Suffragettes Ulnae', May 18,-Meral.ers a the Woman% Social an:I Pelith.01 tniOn effeet to rid'eule the report of a split ounng the militant leadora. said to be due to the lelief that the mot violent of them have gere too far, but there la no donbt that many women aro trans- ferring their all..giame to the lege ex- treme eettlen lietded by Mr. and Mrs. Penick Ltwienee, and there is a notiee• able depreeeion at the headquarters of the union. Althorgh the plaelug of bombe mar public buielhere his almareatly been taispendol for a day er two, th. mill- taete w'‘o toe been devatiute their at- teleion ti. pr Nid.ng lioaxei, me still b sy, les ng no owrtunity of fue4iwy., the pollee with fake bfanbi), score co: more of which were fJund in London in the last twenty-four hours. , .Any eld alarm clock tied in a pap .r pareel does the Wel:, and, it g'vOS the •• 'nf:e'te wing to the • • ey f pe t hanCilhig tud humor - in water.' Militant; Wen to -day to destroy by fire one of the unix reity buildinge ontoriege. Ate i ter.or wrealwork was badly datertged, and part of one of the laboratories of the university suf. fered before the blaze Was extinguiehed. te#4110.... •=•••••umr. THE CAREFUL JAP. 0.10,•••••••11,4,1 Condemn.) Wa4 a k at 4v,eettn,, in T.110, Tokio. :gay 18.---Irrt sponsit le War waS condenuted by most -of the • spoll'keis It a mass ineffig yaterday ereaida d -.7 en. eseociet ou represent big paltly bus:ness and .partly edma Lena! interests, at wh:eli 'some Perna -- m en ry re p or t 1.Vei.e presented. Th,2 speoehe .inacto isy the Majority of the students were, in contrast to other ad :dreeses, generally sober rad couser 'waive, they gave exprestelon to theh confidence that the Amerievis will side with the•Jrtpanese if the Japanese stead- fastly p-oiot out the unfaitneSs of dee It lees, however, deelared that -the time „bad arrived when -the vlapanese must be given equal treatment With other 'peoples, and the spoil: ers eon. derailed tlie aggressions of the whites in the. World against the colored raceh, the inetance beim( givim the -lynch. lug of ncgroes in the Southern States. Professor Nagh of Waaede, -sify, in the eourSe of his address said: - "(led made the white and the colored peoples equal. 'Unless we equality we shall fail ta carry out Ood's wiehes.". This was reeeived with cheering,. • 15 ARE DEAD ••••0•••••••••••••••• 016.4•44 As Result of Explosion in Ohirl Mine. Zanesville, Ohic7, May 18. ---Fifteen are dead as the result of an explosion of gas in the Imperial Mine of the Cates Coal Company at Belle Valley, Noble County, last evening. Eighteen men entered the mine to lay an extension of the tracke after the day's work was done. They were one and a quarter milee front the en- try. About eeven o'clock there Was an explosion and the workmen were blown in all directions. Some bodies were found a, hundred feet from where they were working. After making tests, it wa6 found the mine was 'free from gas and after - lamp and the reseuen3 had no trouble in finding the bOdies and bringing them to the surface. BORDEN IN TORONTO. Toronto, May 19. -The Peime Min1a- ter of Canada, accompanied by Postma6- ter-General Pelletier and ion. J. D. Hazen, Minister of Marine and Fishet- ies, arrived. in Toronto shortly after 7 this morning. Hon. Mr. Borden went immediately to the beautiful home of Sir Edmund Osier, where; he spent the morning walking aroond the spacioue,_ gardene and chatting with frdeduls. The Premier told the Canadian 'P'ress that the pension might last three weeks longer. The bank act and the new par- cel post act would use up this time. 44.4 PEER TO WED ACTRESS. London, May 18. -An o the r English actress is about to take her place in the ranks of the peerage. Miss Pearl Aufrere, one of the beautiee of the musical (may, IA to to married next week to Viscount Dangan, eldest son lied heir of Earl Cowley. whose record of appearances. in the divorce court aix- ceed that of any pe.er in England. Vis- count Masan, who is 23 yeers old, is Ow on the stage, Ailqi An.frere, whose age i•A 20, has been engaged to play a is ever pioduced. tumor role in "Croesue,' if Viet 1)1'0 A f t eil;t tnittleci r (ming; viege the couple will co eta%OLDIER TlelED SUICIDE. St. Catharines, May 18.-Sergt. In- structor C. Adams slashed hie throat with a ram'. at the International Hotel. With his own blood he scrawled the word "death" acrone the door De room. A hOttrder found The Mau Was ruthed to the hospital and may recover. He eanie here Vora Kingston three weeks ago to instrutt the Seventh Field Battery for the Petawawa Camp, ••••••....•••••44.411•1•0••••••.....•• ARABS AND ITALIANS FIGHTING. Rome, Mav 18. -Prolonged fighting between the Italian troop; and the Arabi near Derna Tripoli, in which both eidel stifferee' heavy losses, ie re. ported. The Arabs rallied after luta. ing been beaten back oeveral times and it Wati lievezisary to out rein- lereements to the Italians, The Aralle were thirdly routed and fled in disord- er towaid the interior. 4444........-..-44044.444. EIGHT THOUSAND HOMELESS. TInartpott. 'efay - Eight thousa per,ple were tenth/el homoless, ono ehild Was burned to death, many peo- ple Were injured. and leetvy finaneial lOsig4 1V0 rausol by a gent fire in the entre of this city yeeteiday. The flamee etartea in the upper finer of a large building and fanned by a strong wind, quickly iniv lve,1 4teverol bloeke of bout jet the deitruetion. " • \ r ' e.-- 44.