The Exeter Advocate, 1897-12-9, Page 3ONTARIO LEGISLATURE
ADDRESS IN .REPLY TO SPEECH
FROM THE THRONE.
The I+irst'Skirmish Between the Leaders..
The Child Immigration nueation—New
Leeislatiou—Mining Claim Dispute --Tho
Marriage Register.
WEDNESDAY.
The address in reply to the speech
from the throne wee moved by Mr. Ger-
man, who made an able speech. He
dwelt at length with the question of im-
posing regulations as to the exportation
of the pine timber, and with that of re -
forestry, which he declared the mast im-
portant that would come before the
House, The various other questions
which have been discussed upon the plat-
form during the summer were also re-
viewed at length, and a passage at arms
occurred between the mover of the ad-
dress and the leader of the Opposition in
reference to the remarks of the bon.
gentleman upon the timber limits ques-
tion, as reported in the public press.
Mr. Farwell, the seconder of the address,
made a strong appeal for a regulation
requiring the manufacture of all saw-
logs within the Province of Ontario,
As this is a question which matexially
affects the people of Algoma and adjoin•
ing constituencies, and as 1Ir. Farwell,
who has some experience in the northern
districts, pointed out that he was voicing
the almost unanimous opinion of his
constituents in making the demand, his
address was listened to with great inter-
est. He also endorsed the lnining lase
of the Province, whloli, although it
needed sense slight anlendmenta to make
it perfect, was, he asserted, the best in
the world. Just before adjourning Mr,.
Whitney. made an ineffectual attempt
to obtain a statement from the .Attorneys
General respecting the date of the elec-
tions.
THURSDAY,
The leaders of the two great parties
In the Provincial arena crossed swords
to -day, and an exceedingly spirited argu-
ment was the result. It was the first
skirmish of the session preceding the
election, and as an ludicatlon of the lines
an which the impending battle will be
fought it was nteresting and instructive.
Mr. Whitney led off with a general oriti-
afam of the Government's financial. tim-
ber and mining policies. He was partite
ularly outsnoken in his declaration that
measures should. be immediately adopted
to prevent the further exportation of
sawi.ogs to the Michigan mills. The
Premier made a strong reply to the chief
Opposition aide, vindicating the ad-
ministration ane policy of the Govern -
trent, and bring bis opponents to book
far the fairy tales with which they have
been entertaining the people during the
recess.
Mr. Brower wants correspondence be-
tween the Minister of Education or any
official in the department and Mr. Stew-
art, of Glencoe, or referring to the case
of (I. C. (rant, of St. Thomas, who was
charged with having obtained copies of
the examination papers before the matrf-
oulation examination of 1896. The same
member desires to know whether an in-
vestigation took place into the Grant
case, and if so, what the result was.
The reporb of the superintendent of
negleoted ohildren is almost completed.
It will this session deal with an issue
which promises to become of some im-
portance. Acting in accordance with. in-
structions, i11r. Kelso bad made a eye-
temetic investigation of the child immi-
gr.tJion question. When asked wbat the
result of the investigations was, he
stated„ to a representative of the To-
ronto press, that be had become firmly
convinced that the feeling against the
work of the societies in bringing ohildren
into the country from Great Britain was
misjudged by those who condemned it
entirely owing to lank of knowledge or
prejudice. The idea promulgated by
some that the immigrant children
crowded out needy Canadian ohildren
was, he stated, absolutely groundless,
as the demand for ohildren from all parts
of the country is practically without
limit. The preference he said, is for
Canadian ohildren, but the number of
children for adoption Is much less than
the applications. The work of oaring for
the negleoted children of Ontario has
now been thoroughly organized, there
being now in the provinoe thirty-one
Children's Aid Societies or committees.
FRIDAY.
The House held a brief session to -day,
only routine business being transacted.
There was again a large flood of peti-
tions for amendments to the license law,
nearly 100 being handed to the Clerk
of the House.
Notice of intention to introduce a
number of public bilis was given today,
among the number being several import-
att Government measures, notably those
relating to timber and timber licenses
and to forestry. The fact that these im-
portant measures are ready for introduc-
tion at an early stage of the session is
taken by the members as au indication
that the House will not be kept waiting
for the business which has to be consid-
ered this session. Mr. Middleton, of
Hamilton, is again to the front with a
bill relating to departmental stores.
The list is as follows:-
- The Attorney-General—Bill affecting
the election laws; also bill respecting
,jails and jailors, also bill relating to
,judgment summonses.
Mr. Gibson—Bill relating to timber
and timber licenses; also bill relating to
reforestry.
Mr. Harcourt -Bill affecting the busi-
ness of druggists; also bill relating to
extra-ISrovinoial insurance companies.
Mr. Dryden—Bill to nreveet gambling
at agricultural and other fairs; also bill
to prevent the spread of disease amongst
fruit trees.
Mr. Davis—Bill respecting the Ontario
joint stock companies not.
Mr. Middleton—On Tuesday next. bill
re departmental stores.
A dispute over a mining claim will be
brought to the attenion of the Commis-
sioner of Crown Lands to -day by affi-
davits to be submitted by the contesting
parties. Two prospectors, Messrs. Har-
vey and Wood, staked out a location on
the shore of Lake Kookagaming, in the
Wahnapitae District, and assigned: to
Messrs. G. S. Macdonald and 'W. 13.
Poulton a bait interest, on condition
that they would pay for the,siirvey.
They did not do so, and subsequently
Mr. E. M. Cathro,as a trustee, it is
alleged, for, Macdonald and others, ap-
plied for a patent. In the aneantime the
interest of Messrs. Harvey,, Wood and
Poulton had been assigned to Mr. B. A.
0. Craig, who. had the survey made.
Craig now asks for the. patent.
Ti is stated by Dr. Bryce that many
clergymen appear to be unaware of that
provision of the law respecting the
solemnization of marriages which re-
quires them to leave the register book in
the church to whioh it belongs. Many
clergymen sewn to regard the register as
their private property, whereas by law it
bolongs to the church. By carrying it
away with them upon leaving the pastor-
ate of a church they increase the difii•
culty of keeping the record of marriages.
SONS OF TEMPERANCE.
The G rand Division Will Hold Their Next
Meeting at Orillia,
Toronto, Deo. 3.—At this morning's
meeting of the Grand Division, Sons of
Temperance, 30 new members were
initiated. Then the committee on the
Sons of Temperance Reoord presented
their reporb, endorsing the issuance of
the paper by the Grand Worthy Petri-
arob, and expressing satisfaction with
the financial results he had obtained.
The report was adopted, together with
the reoonrmendation that the paper be
publishetl monthly during the coming
year, instead of quarterly, as heretofore.
In the afternoon the election of
officers, which was the chief feature of
the convention, resulted as follows:
Grand Worthy Patriarch, Mr. J. Walton,
1{ottleby; Grand Worthy Associate, Mr,
Herbert F. Hall, Toronto; Grand Secre-
tary, Ur. W. H. Sewell, Whitby; Grand
Treasurer, Mr. A. D. Weeks, Toronto;
Grand Chaplain, the Rev. Asher P.
Latter, Scarbaro' Junction; Grand Cion-
ductor, Mr. J. E. Morley, Cookeville;
Grand Superintendent, Mr. C. E. Ran-
som, Presoott; Grand Superintendent of
Young People, Miss Vella Nigh, Avon
distriov, Toronto; Grand Trustee, Mr.
W. H. Orr, Toronto:
The Grand Division appropriated $60
to a jubilee testimonial fund for Mr.
Edward Carswell, whose services for the
order have been greatly appreciated.
After deciding upon Orillia as the next
meeting place for the convention, which
will open on the first Wednesday in
December, the afternoon sesslon was ad-
journed.
Immediately after opening the evening
session the Grand Division received a
deputation from the I. 0. G. T , consist-
ing of Messrs, George Spence, G.0 T., E,
S. Cummer, D.R,W,G.'T., and A. R.
eicobie, G. S., who paid them a friendly
visit. The presentation of regalia was
then made to six divisions. Kettleby
division was presented with a silver ser-
vice as the most active division in scour-
ing new members. Uxbridge division
and Lanark division were presented with
a Bible and a gavel respectively for their
efforts in increasing the membership.
Last $imcne district division won the
Grand Division trophy, and New Hope
division was named as the custodian.
HAMMOND'S SENTENCE.
Condemned to be !fanged at. Iiracebrldse
on February 18.
Bracebrldge, Dec. 3.—William J. Ham-
mond was brought into court this morn-
ing at gee), and had the appearance of
having Spent a long, weary night. His
conditiou was pitiful to behold, and as
the jury filed into the box the prisoner
cast wistful glances, as If in the hope of
olielting a look of sympathy from some
one of the twelve men into whose charge
his life had been oast, and whose decision
would mean to him, before the sun
sbould set, life or death. Ho seemed to
realize from the first that there was but
a slight ray of hope, and as the day wore
on he sank lower and lower, until the
close of bis Lordship's charge, wben he
presented the appearance of a physical
wreck, almost glad of an opportunity
to shelter his wretchedness in some un-
seen spot, even though it bo the con-
demned Dell with a death watoh pacing
the corridors. His fear of the result was
well founded, as to -night be is a con-
demned man, whose life must shortly
pay the penalty of one of the most cold-
blooded. murders Canada has known for
many a year. His cell window facies a
large ravine, in which flows the river,
which but twelve miles below is crossed
by a bridge where the prisoner and poor
Katie Tough spent many happy hours.
She was a bright girl and believed im-
plicitly in him. He insured her life,
poisoned her, and, instead of living in
luxury, the fruits of his prime are very
bitter.
ALLISON'S CONVICTION.
The Murderer of Mrs. Orr Sentenced to
Death.
Berlin, Deo. 3,—In the condemned
cell of Berlin jail to -night sits James
Allison. Opposite to him in ` the same
cell is the death watch, which will never
leave him till be walks out to stand
under the shadow of the gallows. Con-
victed of the murder of Emma Orr, Alli-
son dies on February 4 next, unless in
the meantime the prerogative of the
Crown is exerted and the sentence com-
muted, for the jury which found this
seventeen -year-old lad guilty of murder
recommended him to the meroy of tbe
Crown. After a two days' trial, in wbicb
the Crown produced an overwhelming
mass of evidence against the prisoner,
and where the defence was very weak,
the jury took hardly two hours in arriv-
ing at a verdict, and there are few who
listened to the evidence who will say the
verdiot was not a just one. The Crown
had woven a network of circumstantial
evidence around Allison from whiob
there was no escape, and while Mr. John
R. Blake made a good fight for the pri-
soner he bad little material to work on.
Detective Murray, who worked up the
case against Allison, had left not a loop-
hole for the prisoner. Mr. H. P. O'Con-
nor, the Crown Prosecutor, presented the
case to the jury in a masterly manner,
and for the 'first time in the history of
Waterloo County a verdict of murder was
secured.
The linomployed: Garment Workers.
New York, Deo. 4.—The number of
unemployed garment workers in this oity
continues to increase and there are many
applioations for relief and ' work. It Is
expected that before the New Year at
least twelve or fifteen thousand garment
workers will be idle. Meyer Schoenfeld,
the leader of the operatives, will start
in a few days on a toter which will 'in-
clude Syracuse, Utica, Rochester, Buf-
falo, Toronto, Montreal, Baltimore,
Philadelphia and other clothing centers,
where he will endeavor to .further the
movement for the abolition in 1899 of.
the contract system.'
Sentence of death was passed upon
Martin Thorn for the murder of Gulden-
suppe. He will be executed during the
week beginning January 10th.
OUR OTTA'WA ETTEII.
SHAMELESS CORRUPTION IN CEN-
TER TORONTO.
Mr. Mackenzie to be the Next Senator From
Ontario --Session of the Ontario Legisia-
ture---Mr. Whitney's Policy.
(From Our Own Correspondent.]
Ottawa, Noy. 30.—At the time of writ-
ing the oontest in Center Toronto is
being waged fiercely by both sides. Mr.
Bertram, the Liberal candidate, is mak-
ing his money bags do their part, while
Sir Louis Davies, Hon. Wm. Mulook,
Hon. Israel Tarte and other prominent
Liberals have visited the provincial
capital to put in a word for the candi-
date. No defence has been made of Sir
Wilfrid's double dealing over the "pre-
ferential" tariff. It was hoped that the
Premier would visit Toronto and explain
his action to the people. The wily First
Minister knew too much. He knew that
the people of Toronto looked with no
favor on him since he made his public
confession of guilt at the Board of Trade
dinner In only one respect were the
Liberals ahead of the Conservatives in
the Centre 'Toronto eleotfou. They had
ten dollars to every one that the Con-
servative needed or would use. .At the
outset of the campaign Mr. Howland in-
sisted that a clean campaign be put up
by his followers. His instructions were
acted upon. Not so was it with the other
side. From Ottawa, Brantford and Ham -
Ilton gangs of personators were sent at
the instigation of the Government organ-
izers. Robert Henry, the Conservative.
who was elected for North Brant in '96,
spotted half a dozen Liberal thugs front
Brantford as he walked along ming
street, Toronto, on Tuesday last. Mr.
Henry communicated with the Conserva-
tive committee and the gentlemen from
the banks of the Grand river were very
closely watched. Resurrectionists also
worked with vim for the gentleman who
owns the Bertram engine works, and
who, though a great "friend" of the
workingman, won t pay union wages.
Scores of attempts were made to get in
the votes of dead leen for Mr. Bertram,
and in some oases it is to be feared that
the efforts were successful. Mr. Bertram,
as I have said, had money to burn on
this eleetiou. He was determined to get
there. He spent fifteen thousand dollars
of his own, and was given that amount
by the Government and by Mr. William
Mackenzie, the President of the Toronto
Street Railway Company. Mr. Macken-
zie and Mr. Bertram aro both interested
in the James Bay Railway Company, to
Which line the Dominion Government is
expected to give a bonus of at least $5,000
per mile. Messrs. Bertram and Macken-
zie are not the men to go into politics
for love. They know that there is some-
thing ahead of them, or else they would
keep out of the game. With them, as
with Mr. Tarte "business is business."
ltlr. J. Mackenzie is slated to receive the
next Senatorship from Ontario, and
doubtless will let bis honored leaders
see that he is not ungrateful and that
the party funds will not be depleted by
the action of the Government in elevat-
ing him to the Red Chamber. Mr. Bert-
ram has been a shining example of a
Mr. Faoingbothways in this campaign.
He has announced himself as a stalwart
supporter of the Government in every-
thing, and has then gone on to say that
be believes the tariff should not be in-
terfered with for ten years. When the
Conservatives were in power Mr. Bert-
ram was, or said he was, a Free Trader.
Why he made such a volte face is clearly
understood when it is seen that Mr.
Bertram, like Mr. Frost, the Liberal
member from Smith's Falls, has bene-
fitted largely by the Fielding tariff. Mr.
Bertram bas seen the duties on his raw
materials diminished while the imposts
on completed goods such as be manufac-
tures have been increased. Protection of
this kind will never be repugnant to Mr.
Bertram, Mr. Frost or any other "theore-
tical free trader," as Sir Louis Davies
describes them. The Minister of Marine
unwittingly "split" on his friends and
colleagues the other night, when he said
that he believed in the theory of Free
Trade, but had found that it would not
do for Canada. In other words, Sir Louie
and his friends asked us to believe that
they would give us something whiab
they themselves knew was impossible to
procure. Tbis is nothing more or less
than political charlatanism. The Con-
servative party, since "78, has boldly
avowed that Canada bad no hope of
success under any other than a protective
tariff. The Conservative party has had
the courage of its convictions, while the
Liberals have had either no convictions
or no courage. If they had really believed
in their Free Trade heresies they would
have put them into effect. They did not.
They are masquerading in the clothes
stolen from the Conservative party, and
when they are reproved therefor, ,they
make it plain that they are nothing but
opportunists, for they smile knowingly
and say "We believe in 'getting there,'
and we don't care how our end is gained
if we do gain it." The people of Canada
will not stand this sort of thing, for long.
They will not tolerate Crow's Nest Pass
scandals; Drummond County deals,
Montreal harbor fakes. The time is com-
ing when Tarte, Laurier and Company
will either have to act straight or will
lose their highly salaried jobs.
Session of the Ontario Legislature.
On Tuesday last Sir Oliver Mowat for
the first ohne opened the proceedings of
the Legislative Assembly for Ontario.
The Hardy Government bas called this
session in other to have its supporters
vote in favor of a out and dried resolu-
tion expressing their endorsation of the
Government's unwarrantable action in
respect of the timber resources of bbe
province. Mr. Hardy knows that the
people of the province are up in arms
over the transaction whereby our own
workmen were thrown out of employ-
mentin order to give work to the people
who live in Michigan. Mr. Hardy hopes
to have his majority in the . Legislature
vote confidence in him and. his Governs.
Ment and then to snap a vediot from the
people of Ontario. The only trouble 1
about this plan is that the people are on
to Mr. Hardy, and that in the Legislas'
cure he has oritios who will have pleas-
ure in showing up the weaknesses of the
Government. Mr. Whitney begins the
session In first-rate health, despite his
arduous labors in the recess. During bis
tour he bas shown up the weakness and
the unreliability of his opponents, and
never once has any statement of his been
successfully questioned. Charges of
wa-tetulness, incompetency and neglect
have been made and proved. Mr. Hardy's
otiv turaver ia, ' You have not detailed
your own polioy." Of course, Mr. Hardy
was stretching the truth. Mr. Whitney
bas a lull and complete policy but evert
if he bad none, be would be preferable
to Mr. Hardy. Ontario wants at the head
of her affairs honest men, men who will
look after her Interests in a businesslike
way; men who will let deeds, not words,
speak. By this time most Ontarioana
know right well that the Hardy Govern-
ment has been attempting to bamboozle
them on its financial statement. They
talk of the existence of a surplus, which
exists only in the minds of the Ministers.
The assete of the province are mortgaged
forty years ahead. and still we hear talk
of a surplus. The expenses of govern-
ment are increasing every year. In 1893
the expense of civil government was
$241,754; in 1896 it was $250,082. In ten
years over $5500,000. has bean paid out for
furniture for the departments at Toronto.
What becomes of the old furniture no-
body knows. Perhaps it adorns the resid-
ences of some of the 3,000 Government
employes throughout the province, And
still 111r, Hardy says that tbe Opposition
has no policy. The policy of the Conserv
atives, as enumerated by Mr. Whitney,
le as follows:—
We will establish a system of audit
which will be a protection to the trea-
sury.
We will thoroughly investigate the ex-
tent and condition of the timber lands of
the provinca with a view to their proteo
Lin«
We will assume the task of arranging
the laws relating to the sale of intoxi-
cating liquors in line with common
souse and public opinion, and will not
attempt to avoid any responsibility in
connection therewith.
We will address ourselves to the task
of husbanding the resouroes of the prov-
ince In ail possible direotione--putting a
stop to the multiplication of new offices,
and reducing the controllable expenditure
in order that direct taxation may be
avoided.
We believe that agriculture Is the main
foundation on which our prosperityrests,
and that great Dare and watoiifulness
are necessary that the most be accom-
plished by the expenditure, we do not
say that the Government have expended
too mach on agriculture, but we do say
that they have not spent it to the best
advantage. Wo will favor a broad and
liberal mining law, in which the inter-
ests of the individual miner and settler
will be considered before tbe interests of
corporations and syndicates, and under
which a repetition of the Engledue syn-
dicate acaudal will be impossible,
We will obey the feeling of general and
widespread dissatisfaction with the con-
dition and methods of the Education
Department: do away with autocratio
rule, and give the Public school teacher,
the High school teacher, and the Uni-
versity staff each a voioe in the admin-
istration of the department and in the
management of the educational system
of the province, having in view and
looking forward to the possibility of
affording to the pupils of the Pubiio
schools increased educational facilities,
and desiring to maintain the High
schools in their present high stage of
efficiency.
That policy should be comprehensive
enough for anybody who is not an em-
ploye of the Hardy Government. .A
pleasing feature of Mr. Whitney's cam-
paign Is the success with whiob he has
spoken in Liberal strongholds. His con-
verts have been very many, and have
mostly been men who never before had
a chance to meet the local Conservative
leader face to face. In the western por-
tion of the province Mr. Whitney met
with most gratifying success. He will
never find more appreciative audiences
than those who greeted him in Oxford
and Middlesex counties, which for years
have sent Liberal delegations to Toronto.
In Col. Matheson, Dr. Willoughby and
Mr. St. John, Mr. Whitney had valiant
aides. We may look forward with con-
fidence to their doing grand work during
the owning session. The Premier would
well like to see the end of the session
approaching. Before it does, he will have
some very hard experiences to go through.
The Old Curiosity Shop.
About 13 years ago orowcis of people
Hocked to the narrow and crooked little
street known as Portsmouth street, lead-
ing from Portugal street to Lincoln's Inn
Fields, for a rumor was spread abroad
that the house reputed to be the home of
Little Nell was about to be demolished
by order of zbe Board of Works. This,
however, was a false alarm. The board
had only ordered it to be shored up, as
the adjoining house was in danger of
collapse. The question of its removal was,
however, only a matter of time,and now
the time has arrived. Its demolition will
very shortly be effected as a part of the
wholesale improvements going forward
in this neighbrbood and which have al-
ready claimed two historic' taverns—the
George the Fourth and the Black Jack—
and -the last of the old bulk shops.
Though the loss of all these asssociations
is a matter for much regret, it cannot
be doubted that the clearing of this
squalid and congested congeries of by-
ways will be a very real improvement.
There is the usual difference of opinion
as to the actual betiding whiob Dickens
had to his mind's eye when be wrote
"The Old Curiosity Shop " Tho novel
itself does not give any trustworthy clue,
and the distinction has been claimed
for 24 Fetter lane, which was pulled
down early in 1891. The balance of opin-
ion inclines to Portsmouth street, which
is in a neighborhood replete with asso-
ciations of Dickens.
The street, whiob originally bore the
queer name of Louohes buildings, takes
its present name from Portsmouth
House, built by Mtge Jones for the Earl
of Portsmouth, the front of which is
still standing, but the interior has been
entirely transformed to meet the require-
ments of modern days. --Westminster Ga-
zette.
The Greatest Gift.
The greatest gift we can make is to
give the news of God's love to those who
know Him not. Such .a Christmas gift
will bring joy to the sinner saved by it,
and joy also among the angels who hear
of our repenting Christ's joy is arse that
of souls saved through His blood. In this
13e sees the travail of Hie soul and le
satisfied.
Live- in the present that you may be
ready for the future. •
PEACH TREES IN WINTER.
Whitewash as a Winter Protection—Other
Methods Practiced.
Experiments in protecting the peach.
against winter killing have been car-
ried on at the Missouri station. In the
Mississippi valley winter killing of the
fruit buds is usually due' to the effects
of freezing, after they have been stimu-
lated into growth by warm weather.
Peach fruit buds may safely endure a
temperature of 10 or 20 degrees below
zero, provided they mature well in au-
tumn, are entirely dormant, and the
cold comes gradually. Zero weather
may kill fruit buds that have swollen
during previous warm days or that
were not properly ripened in autumn.
The early swelling and growth of the
buds are due to the warmth they receive
from the sun on bright days, are practi-
cally independent of root action, and
may take place on warm, sunny days
in winter, while the roots are frozen
and dormant, •
Shading or whitening peach trees to
prevent their absorbing beat on sunny
days opposes growth of the buds and is
consequently a protective measure.
Whitening the twigs and buds is, on
account of its cheapness and beneficial
effects, the most promising method of
winter protection tried at the station.
These whitened buds remained practi-
cally dormant until April, while un-
protected buds swelled perceptibly dur-
ing warm days late in February and
early in March. Eighty per cent of the
whitened buds passed through the win-
ter safely.
The whitewash used was four parts
of water, one part of skimmed milk and
enough freshly slacked lime to make as
thick a wash as could conveniently be
pumped through a Bordeaux spray noz-
zle without clogging. This was spray-
ed on the trees by means of a bucket
spray pump. The first application was
made the last of December, and three
subsequent sprayings were necessary -to
keep the trees thoroughly coated until
spring. The cost for material and labor
is about 10 cents per tree, when done
on a small scale.
Shading the trees with canvas hay
covers was about as beneficial as whit-
ening, but was more expensive.
"Baling," by drawing the branches
together in a vertical bundle and cover-
ing them with coarse grass and corn-
stalks, protects the buds. Old trees
with stiff branches cannot well be
treated in this manner.
Shading the trees with board sheds
enabled peach buds to survive the win-
ter uninjured, when 80 per cent of un-
protected buds were killed.
"Layering," or bending down the
trees in autumn and covering them with
earth, has proved beneficial and is the
most effective means of winter protec-
tion tried at the station, but it is prob-
ably too expensive for commeroial or-
chards.
Homemade Handbarrows.
A writer who has found great ad-
vantage in the use of two simple bar-
rows gives the following illustrated de-
scription of them in Vick's Magazine:
Any one handy with saw and ham-
mer can construct similar ones. The
idea of these barrows is that they are to
be used by two persons, and they come
in play in many places where a wheel-
barrow or a cart is debarred. The upper
one is designed for carrying produce in
baskets, plants in pots, etc. Two men,
for instance, can carry eight baskets of
peaches, tomatoes and the like with the
greatest ease, and there is no danger of
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TWO FORAMS OF HANDBARROWS.
jarring or injuring the fruit. In the
bands of careful men it can be taken up
or down cellar steps in a way that a
wheelbarrow does not admit of. The
lower barrow shown is used in carry-
ing soil, manure,pots, roots, etc., into
the cellar, the planthouses and similar
places.. In this the ends slope to admit
readily of shoveling soil and the like
from the barrow. The cost of either of
these barrows is inside of $1, not count-
ing the labor, and as there is hardly any
wear out to them they will pay for
themselves over and over again in al-
most any garden or fruit farm.
Fruit Notes.
Fame is anew and seemingly valuable
pear.
Blank Tartarian, Windsor, Napoleon
and Montmorency are the four great
cherries for New York state.
Professor Van Deman says, ".Among
the whole list of peaches, both old and
new, there is no variety that has at-
tained a higher place in public estima-
tion than Elbsrta."
The fertilizer requirements of small
fruits are similar to those of orchard
fruits, but being, as a rule, more rapid
growers, they can utilize to advantage
heavier applications of soluble fertiliz-
ing materials and do not derive the
same benefit as orchard fruits from
slowly decomposing manures.
The big cold storage plants maintain
an even temperature for apples of scant
two degrees above the freezing' point.
The hardiness of lilies is usually over-
estimated. As a general thing they
suffer from shallow planting and often
the necessary winter mulch isforgotten.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
LESSON Xi, FOURTH QUARTER, IPF
TgRNATIONAL SERIES, DEC. 12.
'Next of the Lesson, II Tim. iv, 1-8, 16-18:.
Memory verses, 6-8 -- Golden Text, I1
Tim. iv, 7—Coramentary by the Rev. D.
M. Stearns.
1. "I charge thee therefore God, and the
Lord Jesus Christ, who obeli judge the
quick and the dead, and by Iiia appearing
and His kingdom." These are some of
the last wands of Paul by the Spirit to
Timothy, bis dearly beloved son in the
faith. (chapter i, 2), of whom he said that
he bad no man so dear unto him (Phil: 11,
20, margin). He bad been urging him to
be strong in tbe grace that it. in Christ
Jesus; to endure hardness as a good soh
deer and please Hina wbo had chosen him;
to study to show himself approved auto
God.
2. "Preach the word. Be instant in
season, out of season. Reprove, rebuke,
exhort with all long suffering and doc-
trine." In chapter ill, 16, 17, be bad said
that all Scripture is given by inspiration
of God and is profitable that the man of
God may be thoroughly furnished unto all
good works, and now he exhorts him to
use that word faithfully, the word which
he had known from childhood (iii, 15).
Paul teaohes to bold fast the faithful word
(Titus 1, 9); to bold forth the word of life
(Phil. 11, 16), and to rightly divide bbe
word of truth (II Tim. II, 15).
8. "For the time will come when they
will not endure sound doctrine, but after
their own lusts shall they heap to them-
selves teaobers, having itching ears." How
long we have already been in those times
I cannot say, but that we are in them no
ono can question. Lovers of self, lovers
of pleasure more than lovers of God, hav•.
ing a form of godliness, but denying the
power thereof (chapter 111, 1-4) are thing.
too plainly seen. Some men who have the.
rule in church affairs do not hesitate to
ask for pastors who will give them the
thought of the age rather than the 'word
of God, and there are pastors who are
more ready to please the people than to
preach the preaching whiob God bids
them. False prophets as in the olden time.
4. "And they shall turn away their ears
from the truth and shall be turned unto
fables." Then because they receive not
the love of the truth that they might be
saved, God shall send them strong delu-
sion that they should believe a lie that
they all might be judged wbo believed not
the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteous -
nese (II These. ii, 10-12). It is surely a
woeful sight to see large congregations
gather to listen to those wbo discard por-
tions of the word of God and tall other
portions myths.
5. "But watch thou in all things, en-
dure afflictions, do the work of an evan-
gelist, make full proof of thy ministry."
There is no pattern for a minister or evan-
gelist but the Lord Jesus Himself. He
was filled with the Spirit, led by the
Spirit, spoke the words which the Father
told Him and did always those things
whiob pleased the Father (John nil, 49;
viii, 29). When Ho suffered, He said,
"Even so, Father," and He finished the
work which the Father gave Him to do
(Matb. xi, 26; John xvii, 4).
6. "For I am now ready to be offered
and the time of my departure is at hand."
Long before this he bad said, "I am ready
—not to be bound only, but also to die for
the name of the Lord Jesus" (Acts xxi,
18). It was his constant desire that Christ
sbould be magnified In bis body whether
by life or death (Pbil. i, 20). He knew
that to die would be gain and to be with
Christ would be very far better (Phil 1,
21, 23). But now he seemed sure that he
was soon going home. Ho speaks of it as
his departure. Tho body would die, the
tabernacle be taken down, but he, Paul,
the person in the body, would depart to be
with Christ, and would be absent from
the body and present with the Lord.
'7. "I have fought a good light; I have
finished my course; Ibave kept the faith."
It is the fightof faith, and the life of faith,
and the walk of faith (I Tim. vi, 12; Gal.
11, 20; Col. 11, 6). .It is believing God all
the way through and all that He has said.
As Paul put it elsewhere, "Believing all
things that are written in the law and in
tbe prophets" (Acts xxiv, 14). It is not a
faith that can ever be made to suit the
times. As Dr. Weston says, "If Christ
taught as many teach today, He would
never have been crucified for It." We
must earnestly contend for the faith that
was once for all delivered to the saints,
and remember that Paul said, "If any
one, even an angel from heaven, preach
any other gospel, let him be accursed"
(Jude iii; Gal. 1, 8, 9).
8. "Henceforth there is laid up for me a
drown of righteousness which the Lord,
the righteous judge, shall give me at that
day, and not to me only, hut unto all them
also that love His appearing." Crowns,
as I understand it, are rewards for service
to be given to those who earn them, that
they may have somewhat to cast at His
feet in that day (Rev. iv, 10). They are
not given to us when we die, but ouly at
the appearing of our Lord at the resurrec-
tion of the just (Luke xiv, 14; I Pet. v, 4;
Rev. xxii, 12). I have often referred to the
other four to bo given to the faithful for
four distinct kinds of service, but this one
is for those who in all their service carry
with them a certain attitude of soul --viz,
loving His appearing. When He comes to
the air for His people, I firmly believe that
every saint will meet Him, but many may
be ashamed and many receive no orowne
(I John ii, 28; I Cor, iii, 14, 15).
16. "At my first answer no man stood
with arm, but all forsook me." To stand
Ilene for the right is intimate fellowship
with our Lord, wbo said to the eleven,
"Ye shall be scattered and shall leave me
alone, and yet I am not alone, for the Fa-
ther is with ms" (John xvi, 32). David
Was awfully alone when bis faithful 600
turned against him and talked of stoning
him, he being at the time in like painful
oirourestances with themselves; but it is
written that David encouraged himself in
the Lord his God (I Sam. xxx, 6).
17. "Notwithstanding the Lord stood
with me and strengthened xne, that by me
the preaohing might be fully -known, and
that all the gentiles might hear, and Iwas
delivered' out of tbe mouth of the lion,"
He hath said I will never leave thee nor
forsake thee, so that we may boldly say the
Lord is any helper (Hob. min, 5, 6). Happy
are those who can say from the heart, "Be -
bold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and
not be afraid, for the Lord Jehovah is any
strength and my song" (Isa. xii, 2).
18. "And tbeLord,shall deliver me from
every evil work and will preserve ine'onto
Hisheavenly kingdom, to whom be glory
for ever and ever. A:mcn." Yet in the
face of this. and Phil. i, 6, and II Tim. 1,
12, and similar strong assurances, there.
ere those wbo insist that Paul feared lest
after all he might be lost. Perish the,
thought that any true child of God can.
over perish]