The Exeter Advocate, 1898-3-18, Page 3ern
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HE BROUGHT IT FROM THE
WORLD'S FAIR.
And kept ' It two years.
ire great World'e PAIS, at Chicago,is
egg. while it gave pleasure to many. gave
Pam to not a few as an indirect result of
their visit to the White City, People were
lured along the suites of wonderful exhib-
Us by the new marvels that met theaze
at every step. and did not realize their
exhaustion until they dropped into a
Chair in some breezy corner by the lake.
and "cooled off." That's what begat. the
trouble. in many cases. Of one ruch case,
Dirs. L. W. Stevens, Fort Fairfield, Me„
writes;
"My husband took a severe cold and
tough two year ago last October -time of
the World's Pair. which we attended. This
cough lasted over two years. was accotn-
paused by spitting of blood. and nothing
could be found to help him. although varn-
ous remedies were Used. Several doctors
were consulted.. but their prescriptions
afforded no relief. Finally, I saw an ad-
'rertisemcnt of Dr. Ayer's Cherry Fectoral
In my paper and prevailed upon my buss
band to get a bottle and try it. The very
first dose helped hits and he was com-
pletely cured in a short time. We feel
very grateful for what'Dr. Ayer's Cherry
Pectoral has done for us, and shall keep it
constantly on hand in the house,"-Mrs.1..
W Sraystes, Port Fairfield, Me.
Two years of doctoring for a cough, two
years of "remedies" that gave no help, of
prescriptions that profiited only the rhea
Irks wrote them, and then, a trial of Dr.
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, which helped from
the very first dose and effected a complete
cure is a short time. The difference be.
tween Dr. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral and all
other cough medicines could not be better
stated than in this comparison of results.
It has cured the most stubborn and obsti.
Pate cases of chronic bronchitis and asth-
ma. It is a specific for croup and whoopia
cough, It cures all cougghsand colds and
all affections of the throat and lungs
promptly and effectively. Anyonewho is
stele is invited to write to the Doctor who
is at the head of the stad of our newly
organized Free Medicad advice depwwa
anent, The best medical advice, on all
diseases, without reference to their cura.
hility by Dr. Ayer's medicines. Address.
J.C. Ayer CA. Lowell Mass.
CHLD EN'S COLD ILNI
Bow to .'lay at :Hied Beadier.
First I'll tell you bow to play at mind
reading In a way that will probably puzzle
your friends for good while.
Let Mary be the mnind reader.. She must.
thea Feist a confederate, a person quite
as important to atmceese rut herself. Tom
wou2o answer bettor perhaps than a girl.
as he le more likely tO have a waatCh of
some sort, and the watch isasort of second
eoafederate.
.All the company except Mary now troop
into a room selected for the experiment.
They decide on sono object which clary
$e to discover as the subject selected for
hem all to think about, it amuse be un-
derstand that this subject is some deiipite,
material article in the room The gas is
now turned out, and all go gut again
Mary meets thele and begs that they wit,
ala
tot afety momenta festal their thoughts
ea the thing selected, this being done in
an impressive oilmen.
Diary goes into the room in the dark awl
la a moment returns and tells what it it
Tiley bay° been thinking about. TOM, y oa
tee, has left tbe dark room last and has left
Me watch on the selected object, Ile per-
haps bas taken part in the discussion au to
wbat it should be, because he wants Soso.
thing bis welch can .indicate conclusively.
The ticking of the watch leads Mary
aright, and she ploke up the watch and
the iufornmation at the sane time and con-
ceals the ono and displitys tho other.
luminous match box will answer for a
guide tie well 48 a wattle-1'.xchange.
S?i
Tho Mistaken Tabby.
Young Themes r1. Tabby, of verantila mind.
While looking about some amusement to find,
D sovered an insect a -crawling near by,
And he said to himself, "What a queer looking
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wilt area something peculiar," said he, "In his
size.
Ss is longer and larger than most other flies.
His buzzing also bas a very strange sound.
t think I'll just carefully turn him around."
A strange thing then happened. A "yowl"
rent the air,
And young Tabby clawed wildly and tore at
his hair,
ear the "fly" he molested, it chanced, don't
you see,
To be a malicious and vindictive beet
-Arthur J. Burdick in Chicago Record.
An Interesting Toy.
A good deal of amusement may be fur-
nished by means of what • are known as
Pharaoh's serpents. A small, oblong cap-
sule is filled with a chemical compound,
allowed to become dry, then a match is
applied to one end, when a quantity of
gray, ashy looking material creeps slowly
out from the capsule, twisting and turn •
ling in a way to suggest the writhing of n
serpent. These capsules are made by dis-
solving in hot water a small ' quantity 91
gum tragacanth. When this is completely
softened, put it into a mortar and add one
grain of dry mercury snlphocyanide.
Work 1t in the mortar with the gum, using
only so much as is necessary to make it
into a manageable pellet. This is then
shaped into whatever size may be required.
The pieces are dried upon glass. The most
desirable shape to wake them is quite long
and slender. When perfectly dry, if the
flame is applied to one end of the capsule,
the gray, ashy looking substance at once
begins to oreep out, much to the surprise
and amusement of the company. --New
York Ledger.
Wonderland..
[Robbie speaks.] .
I used to think my A B
About as stupid as could be.
And standing by itself, alone,
It isn't mnuch, I can't but own.
But let me tell you this: I think
When alphabets are mixed with ink
Awl letters plain are fixed up ee
They tell a story, theft, Tee knot:,
Tee alphabet is trtaiy grand-.
1S broad and splendid wenderlaad.
And papa Gaya ne store yet
Was writ witbout that alphabet,
Aad. farthermore, .neve e'er ca.1; be
Titan is not in ear A8Q.
And all it needle, he .lays, to make
A slog' tine that'g: ggre to take
la one whc'e keen enough to saes
How to arrange our A B 0
So that they'll follow in a way
To make the story plata as day.
--Exchange..
Coining to the Bea<eue.
Visitor- dew old are you, Wintel'
Willie--Six ,years old.
Visitor --And when were you fit
Willie -1 don't know.
Visitor -Oh, Willie, a great big boy like
you and not know when you were G fears
oldI
Wilile'a Little Sister --I know thea be
was G years oldl
Visitor -There. Willie, your little sister
knowa, When was icy Sadie:
Little ,Sister -Un his birttiay.
A Thoughtful Girl.
A little Itoehester girl drew a deg and
cat on her biont toad said to her mother,
"A eta 'oughtn't to bave but four legs,
but I drt w her with six, to sbo could run
away from the dog,,"-.Inalialtge.
1<ioasework Drudgery.
The thought which is suggested to an
observer in r„ling about a city which is
honeycombed with apartments and tents•.
monis is the enormous waste of force in
domcstlo wore:. In hundreds of hones
within to certain radius such activities,
among others, es cooking and laundering
are dupli,•atctl hundreds of times, involv-
ing the services of hundreds of women.
The time and effort and fuel required to
cook a simple course dinner for ono family „.
would be sufllelont to prepare a dinner for!
several families. This individual service I
is a survival of the times when boots and'
butter, weaving and baking were carried
on exclusively by individual families -
Dwellers
Dwellers in the cities and towns ligbten
domestic labor by patronizing the baker
and tbe grocer, and the dwellers in even
the remotest banllota now purchase shoes
and woven goods made in large manufao•
tories. Domestic work is sure to become
more and more 000perate. So slow is the
change in this particular that most per.
eons -our critic among them -do not re-
alize the direction change is taking. Fam-
ily preserving has given way in the mass
to (tanned and bottled fruits and vegeta-
bles. Family soup making bas also been
largely supplanted by canned soups. The
tendency of enterprise is ever to lighten
the drudgery of housework. Vogue.
Breadmaking and Bread Keeping.
A stoneware jar, glazed inside, with 11d,
makes a find "bread raiser," bettor than
those of tin designed for the purpose. It
retains the heat longer than tin, and hav-
ing straight sides it is easier to gauge the
rising -to tell when it has doubled in bulk.
When bread comes from the oven, rub
the tops over with good sweet butter, lean
one end of each loaf on the bottom of the
Inverted pan, the other end on the bread
board, and cover with a fresh towel, then
with a thick breadoloth-old tableclotb-
and let them stand until perfectly cold. Ii
a hard crust is preferred, do not use the
butter or covers.
Seep bread in a stone jar with close fit-
ting lid or in a regular tin bread box,
either of which should be kept as sweet as
at rose by thoroughly scalding twice aweak
and then sunning or by heating on the
stove. A general rule regarding time for
breadmaking is this: In winter mix bread
in the evening; in spring and fall, late at
night or very early in the morning; in
summer, in the morning. -Ella Morris
Kretschmar in Woman's Home Compan-
ion.
Bare Floors.
It Is a comfort occasionally to hear some
one lecture upon houses and house furnish-
ing who does not insist upon bare floors.
Mrs. Henry Whitman, the artist, talking
on the subject in Boston recently, said
that a bare floor did not carry out entirely
the idea of comfort, and that carpets which
are simple and in good taste are to be pre-
ferred. "We are getting too horribly pic-
turesque," she said, "arid the result is a
sort of chaos. Art," she wont on, "Is a
most inclusiso thing. It never leaves out
anything essr•,tial to life. We should not
try to be picturesque. The living in a
room makes it that. If law and order are
recognized, things will gravitate to their
proper places and the balance be pre-
served."
A Womanly Woman.
The highest ambition of a thoroughly
womanly woman when she becomes a wife
will be to make her home so homelike and
attractive to her husband that be will fond
his greatest happiness there. You will
never hear her complain of this as being a
narrow sphere for a woman's life and en-
ergies, for she is wise' enough to know it
is anything but an easy task she has un-
dertaken, and also that the influences for
good .of such a home are not confined
within the four walls that form its visible
limits, but affect in some degree all whc'
enterit, and that they will extendonward
forerations.- has e.
gen ]fVttc g
EXPECT WAR WITHIN A WEEN
United States Officials at Key
West Feel That Way.
one of the 5Xost Formidable Fleets Ever
Got Together Now Lying at That Point
Beady. to Strike -Cuban -Insurgents
Understand the Game and Will Be
Ready to Co -operate -A. Spanish News-
paper Calculates. the. Possibilities..
Eey West. Fla., March 14. -War
within a week. That Is the absolute
belief of nearly every official at this
station. Tberois not a smart here but who
expects to see active service, and that
right speedily. There is not a man here
but who openly so expresses himself.
This belief is strongly borne out by',
orders front Washington. As a result of
these orders the is now lying here one
of the most formidable fleets of warships
ever got together in the world. It is the
most formidable ever got together in
fighting condition in American waters.
More than this, it is ready for service
at a moment's notice. All has been done,
practically. When the Marblehead gets
back from Tampa with ber cargo of
amrrunition, and the nest steamers
arrive .rota the north, tbe fleet will not
only be supplied with toll emergency
allotment of fighting materials, but the
magazines for reserveat the Tortugas and
at Ivey West will also be practically fully
supplied..
There is a persistent report here,
which cannot be set clown as Mrere.
rumor alone. The report says that there
is an understanding between the Insurg-
ent Administration and the Administra-
tion at Washington, The etatei:uent is
afdoiaily unade by the Cuban agent here
that President lfacea of the Cuban Gov
ernnment has been notified of the possible
outcome of the present crisis and thus
plaoed in a position to act in conjunction
with the United States forces in case of
war with Spain.
The same allioial states that President
Macon has been assured that it is the
intention of the Fresidetit of the United
States to bring the matter to a head
within a week through the reooguition
of Cuban independence.
FREEDOM FOR CUBA.
That Xs the Watchword whish Now Ap-
pears to Donminete MS. S. Govern.muent and People.
Wa hington, Merril 14. --Senator Proo-
tor is berrying back to Washington con-
vinced that nothing lint the independence
of Culla will satisfy the world. There is
now no disguising the fact he was sent
to the island as the confidential commis -
stoner of the Presidt'ut, and he iti filled
with horror at the, sights he witnessed
thorn 1n his inve.tlg:mtiott, A dcslt;atoll
received hero Saturday says:
"Senator Proctor is satietled,"
This, it is believed, leaves no doubt
that President ilas'ri •on'1• 1;
War is in favor ofa vigorous intervention;
by the United States to stop the war in
Ouba with its consequent suffering. Ho
has investigated the strength of the
insurgents and the eveakness of the
Spanish authorities, two qucstious upon
which the Administration and tett Con-
gress desire to ho accurately informed at
this immediate time.
Freedom for Cuba.
Tho Senator is keeping his counsel.
But from. the source of his message
quoted it is accepted hero that his judg-
ment is for tho`freedom of Cuba by the
most effective meanstltnt can be adopted.
Substantially the whole regular army
of the United States will be brought to
the Eastern seaboard with all possible
spend.
Cavalry, artillery and infantry will bo
moved to the posts in the Atlantio and
Gulf Status.
Only sufficient troops will be left in
the West to prevent any possible Indian
uprising.
Orders to thus mobilize 24,000 trained
soldiers are in preparation and will be
Issued by the War Department as soon ss
plans for transportation can be made.
Anticipates and Expects Trouble.
This action of the authorities furnishes
conclusive evidence that the Government
has advanced beyond the stage of prepar-
ing for trouble as a precautionary
measure. It now anticipates trouble and
expects it.
Preparations have advanced beyond
that point even. It has been decided sub-
stantially that upon the breaking out of
war Major-General Merritt shall assume
command of any military force sent to
Cuba.
It; that event Gen. Miles, in addition
to his duties as Commander -General of
the army, will assume also Gen, Mer-
ritt's duties in the department of the east.
For the first tiine since the war talk
the War Department has resorted to the
use of cipher in sending dispatches to the
army posts regarding the contemplated
movements of troops.
Court Did Little Work.
Havana, March 14. -The court of
enquiry did little work Saturday. The
members examined two divers, went
over drawings, pans and photographs in
the cabin of the Mangrove, and read
over the stenographers' copy of some past
testimony. The water was very rough,
making the work of the divers difficult.
It is hard to see any marked advance in
the work of the wreckers.
On the Hunt for Ships.
London, March 14.-A special despatch
from Rome says agents of the 'United
States Navy Department have been
visiting the shipyards at Genoa and
Leghorn, to buy warships, but have
found none available.
An Appeal to Europe.
Paris, March 14. -The Paris Saturday
says: "The European concert which
prevented the partition of Turkey owes
it to Spain , not to allow her to become
the first victim of pan-Amerioanism."
Calculating the Possibilities.
Madrid, March 14. -The Impartial
says: There is still time to prepare a
few nien-of-war, and it is perhaps pos-
sible to buy a few vessels abroad, but in
any ease we have some merchant ships
which could do a lot of harm to Amer). -
can commerce, and we have still time to
arrange to carry on a privateering war,
from which as much renown may accrue
as from the guerilla warfare which van-
quished Napoleon."
Continuing, the Imparoial exhorts the
Government to allow the present crisis to
pass over, and to turn, the time gaine4.
to. good use, concluding: "If our IIag
goes into mourning, let ns at least be
able to put some pieces of crape on the
American's obnoxious flag."
The Liberal gives the following as the
present strength of the Spanish, navy;
Protested warships 17, unprotected 20,
gunboats 80, torpedo destroyers 14,
torpedo boats 14, transports 25.
Half an Hour Under Water.
New York, March 14. -The submarine
boat Holland, which. is lying at the
Raritan dry docks at Perth Amboy, was
given another preliminary trial Saturday
evening, with John F. Holland, the ha.
venter, the engineer and another man
aboard. She disappeared beneath the
water and retrained down at a depth of
about 14 feet for noarly hint an hour,
and then reappeared at the surface. It
has been decided to exhibit her in the
lower bay this week.
RHODES AND KRUGER.
Nast *Thursday's Elections is Cape Colony
Will Telt Who Xs on Top-Ootn
Paul's Blunder.
London, March 14. -Next Thursday's
elections in Cape Colony are being
awaited with keen interest here. To the
official mind the case resolves itself into
a struggle between .air- Cecil Rhodes on
the one hand and President Kruger on
Om other, President Kruger acting
through Mr.Ilottueyer, the leader of the
Afrikander Bund. Mr. Rhodes tells his
friends here that he is eonitdent of win-
ning, and so securing British predomiu-
ancy ha South Africa, Should heleee, the
South ,African questron would be likely
again to become acute, for the hove.
went to oust Britain frons, her supremacy
than would have behind It a British
colony with all its constitutional powers. •
Where nota .Peet Made a Bleeder.
Loudon. March 14.• --The New York
Times eorrespontlontcablos his paper:
"Although the public heave continued
rumors of impending trouble with the
Transvaal, it is only in the eiiy, where
sncha great proportion of the speculative
enterprises are tied up with South
Afrleau interests, that you find a serious
view taken of the subject, -Even here '
there is a silver ring to the cloud, for it
is now regarded as certain that Germany
bas ceased s,;rntpathizing with the Boers,
or wishing to make difficulties for Eng-
land in that quarter. President Kruger
has a. quaint kind of cunning all his
own, line it playad hitt sadly false in this
matter, for, instead of .allowing the '
Germans on the Rand to think they
werobeing better treated than the English
were after tho Jameson collapse, he let
his bur;here proclaim German patronage
to be even more intolerable than the
Idea of British suzerainty, and to oppose
German business schemes as sharply as
others. The result has been to infuriate
the German in the. Transvaal and to 1111 :!
the German house paper -1 with their cos- >.
plaint anti prote'sta till the Boers now
think of a new rs'ichfreund to wboni
the Kaiser will certainly send no more
telegrams,
BECK'S MAJORITY IS TWO.
That Xs if a Ballot Paper With a Num. a
ber Torn Otr Is Counted for Mut- i
South Perth and Ottawa.
Godcrleh, Ont., March 14.- ledge
Masson resumed the West Huron re-
count at 11 o'clock Saturday morning,
and concluded at 4 pan. All the dis-
puted ballots have been deoided except
ono in which the Iuunber had been torn
off, This ballot is marked for Beek, and
with it he has a majority* of 1, judge
Masson will give a final summing up on
Monday at 3 o'clock.
THE CAMPAIGN iN RUSSELL
Both Parties Working Like Beavers to
Win the Contest.
Ottawa, March 14. --Tho campaign in
Russell is being carried on with groat
vim on both sides. Hon. G. W. Ross has
come down to Ottawa to look after Mr.
Hardy's interests, and is being supported
by Organizers Smith and Dawson, with
the assistance of a number of Liberal
members of Parliament, who are stump-
ing the county for Mr. Guibord. The
Hardy Government realizes that it is
fighting for its existence, as the loss of
Russell would be almost certain death
to it at the present .moment. The
Liberals profess to be :onfident and the
chances are certainly in their favor, but
they aro by no means as cocky as they
were before nomination day. Mr. Guibord
has not proved as strong a candidate as
was expected, and his offer to retire in
favor of Mr. Gibson, without consulting
the leaders of his party and the county,
has weakened him a great deal, Mr.
Guibord was not the choice of the con-
vention, which selected Mr. Rocque, and
wbon that gentleman retired Mr.
Guibord, who was only two votes behind
Mr. Rocque inthe convention. was
selected by the Executive Committee,
which now feels somewhat huffed that
Mr, Guibord should have been willing
to retire without contulting the com-
mittee in favor of an outsider.
On the other hand, the Conservative
candidate, Mr. Marier, is gaining ground
every day, and his chances of success are
good, although the odds against him are
very heavy, as both the Dominion and
Provincial Govermnents are combined to
defeat him. A number of Conservative
meetings will be held Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday nights, and a very strong
effort made to redeem the constituency.
No Result in South Perth.
Stratford, Maroh 14. -The South Pertb
election recount is still unfinished. An
adjournment has been made until Mon-
day. Owing to the secrecy of the proceed-
ings it is impossible to give any idea of
the result so far.
O'Keefe Five Almond.
Ottawa, March 14. -The recount was
carried on until near midnight Saturday
evening. O'Keefe has gained 18 votes on
Powell, which not only wipes out , the
majority of 'two which Powell had, but
also the 11 votes which Powell would
have had had not seven polling sub-
divisions, been thrown out. In other
words O'Keefe is tat present five votes
ahead.
Physician and Poet Dead.
London, March 14. -Sir Ballard Qualm
bar.., physician extraordinary to Her
Majesty, president of the general medical
council, and editor of the Dictionary of
Medicine, is, dead. He was born Oct. 30,
1816, was a fellow of several learned
sooieties and the author of numerous
medical and scientific works.
TEE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON. XII, FIRST QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, MARCH 20.
frext of the Lessee. Mans. awn,1.1$--1Gm-
ory Verses. 0 -10 -Golden Teat,. ?rev. iv
23 - Commentary by the 1tev. D. #[.
Stearns.
:Copyright, 1187. by D. M. Stearns.]
1. "At that time Herod the tetrarch
beard of the fame of Jesus." In Mark
vi, 14, it Is written that His name was
spread abroad, and in 141ke ix, 7, It is mid
that Herod was perplexed because that It
was said of some that.Tobn was risontrom
the dead. The context in Mark and Luke
would indicate that it was about the time o1
the sending forth of the twelve. It seems
GO me that the heart thought for us is that
something of the words and works of Jesus
by some means reached. Herod. If we are
redeemed by His blood, it is that through,
us the fame of Pfette may be far and wide
made known. Heron ht Israel out of
Egypt, dividing the waters of the Iled sea,
leading them through the desert and dry-
ing up Jordan before them. to make His
glorious name known, that the many
might be blessed in Hire (Iso. ixili,12, 14;
Joshua iv, 24).
2. "And said unto His servants, This is
John the Baptist; he ie risen from the
dead. and therefore mighty works do shew
forth themselves in bine," It Is wad in
Mark, vi. 20, that Herod heard John glad-
ly and did many things, knowing that he
wa,s a just and holy mean, but as neither
hearing nor dots will avail unless Christ
is actually received luta the heart (I John
v, 12; John i, 12) lIerod's knowledge
did, not profit him. Ills evil doings would
not suffer him to turn unto God (ROL v,
4).
3. "Per Herod had laid bold en joint
and bound hint and put him in prison for
Herodias' sake, fila brother Phlllp's wife,'
These are among the seemingly strange
things. That God who controls all things,
even the devil, for there can be nothing
beyond Hie control, should permit Joseph
to be stolen, sold into slavery, falsely ao-
oused and imprisoned; David to be hunted
as a partridge 'upon the mnountatns; Jere -
to know the horror" of the dungeon
mire, and John tibia Baptist, 81s own her -
led, none greater born of woman (Math.
xi, 11), to suffer imprisonment and death.
4. "For John said unto him, It is not
lawful for thee to have her." Therefore.
for his faithfulness, lee is put in prison.
Would It have been better for him to hays
sale nothing about this sin? Might he
have said, It le noaffair of miner They are
the children of the devil anyway, and to
him they are going whether Herodias uvea
with Herod or with Philip?' Some would
say so, and there are no doubt many things
in which we are eo take no part, as they
are not given to us to meddle with, but in
this case John was brought face to taco
with the sin, and either had to be blind, to
it for peaoe's sake or speak faithfully for
Christ's sake,
5. "And when be would have put bim
to death ho feared tho multitude, because
they countedhim as it prophet." Ilow full
of fears this wretched specimen of self in-
dulgent: humanity was. He feared the
woman under whose control lathed plated
himself for lust's sake, Ile feared tho peo-
ple over whom he was placed, and he evi-
dently feared the hereafter, for he did
many things, and would doubtless have
done more if such doing would have made
hila sure of heavon without requiring ham
to give up his darling sin.
0, 7, "But when Iierod's birthday was
kept the daughter of Herodias danced be-
fore them and pleased Herod. Whereupon
he promised with an oath to give her
whatsoever she would ask." Feast days
and birthdays must be kept, the entertain-
ment business must go on, no matter
what becomes of Christ or His heralds. We
aro sura that He was not invited to this
feast, and neither was His faithful John.
This was like Belshazzar's feast, the devil's
own, and he know what ho was up to. He
was running this thing to accomplish his
purpose. How well he enabled that poor,
godless girl to dance that dayl How he
enabled her to captivate the sinful heart of
Herod and to lead him in his excitement
to make her this great promise, and all to
secure the death of John 1
8. "And she, being before instructed of
her mother, said, Give me here John Bap-
tist's head in a charger." We read in II
Chron. sxii, 8, concerning a certain king
that "his mother was his counselor to do
wickedly." We know also that Rebekah
was neither her own friend nor her son's
when she counseled him to 110 to his fa-
ther. Lying and deceit have the same au-
thor as lust, and envy, and hatred, and
murder. Let us resist the devil lest he use
even us as be did Simon Peter, when he
said, "Pity Thyself, Lord" (Math. xvi, 22,
margin).
9. "And the king was sorry; neverthe-
less for the oath's sake and them which
sat with him at meat, he commanded it to
be given her." His honor before his guests
was at stake and he dared not show him-
self a man. Perhaps there was no man in
him. It may have been all beast, alloarnal
of the lowest kind. He could truthfully
have said, I cannot give what is not mine,
and human life is not in my power to give
or take. That, however, was too noble for
such a oreature, and he dared not go
against Herodias. We have ell had other
masters; can we now truly say, "One is
my Master, even Christ, whose I amand
whom I serve?"
10. "And he sent and beheaded John is
the prison." Not long before John had
sent messengers to Jesus inquiring if. Ho
was the Christ, or if there was yet another
to be looked for. Jesus wrougbt miracles
and sent the messengers to tell John what
they had seen and heard and added,
"Blessed is he whosoever shall not be
offended in Me" (chapter xi, 6). We have
no record that Jesus ever went to see him.
Now is heard the tramp of feet. Some one
is coming to see him. Is it the Lord and
Master? His cell door swings open. He is
wanted, not for earth, but for heaven. In
a moment it is over, for the damsel awaits
her gift and angels and redeemed spirits
wait to welcome the faithful messenger to
bliss eternal and indescribable.
11. "And his head was brought in a
charger (or on a dish) and given to the
damsel, and she brought ittoiler mother.''
Did ever mother ask or a daughter carry
such a growsome dish? What did they do
with it? How did they treat it? Well,
the devil accomplished his purpose and
John's sojourn in a mortal body was end-
ed. But "can it be that the devil has the
least idea of the bliss of the redeemed when
he is allowed to kill their bodies? If so,
would he be so desirous to usher them into.
such glory?
12. "And his disciples came sand took
up the body and buried it and went and
told Jesus." In Mark vi, 29, it is written
that they laid it in a tomb. They did not
bury • ohn, or lay him in a tomb, and
they will not bury us if the time should
coins for ne bo pass out of the mortal body.'
A SATURDAY SHOOTING.
Ired Holden. of Merrisburg Mistaken few
a Burglar and Shot .Fatally by a Belrr
tire in Whose Employ lie Was,.,
Morrisburg, March 14. -Saturday
night Fred Holden, a young man at this
town, was acoidentaliy shot in mistake
for burglar. Be• died Sunday morning
About midnight or shortly ,after a light
was .discovered inthe office of Brad-
field Bros. BF Co.'s hardware establish-
merit. Burglars being suspected, Mr.
Harry Bradfield was notified.. and with
the assistance of a couple of constables
well armed, surrounded the store. A fever
moments later a form was seen to come
out of the office, and Mr. Bradfield, who
was stationed et the front door with et
Winchester rifle, fired. The man dropped
to the floor, and a lamp was secured. It
was found that the suspected burglar was
none other then the firm's clerk and
grandson of the senior partner, and that
a terrible mistake had been made. A.
physician was sumnmoned, and it wax
found that the ball bad passed through
the upper part of one leg and lodged in
the other. The bullet wise easily ex-
tracked. The patient, learn less of blood,
together with the awful sbo k. Was in
a very weak condition, and r tssed away
about noon yesterday. Great sympathy
is expressed for the sorrowing mother
and family, and for dr. Bradfield's un-
fortunate connection with the sad affair:
The deceased was only twenty years of
age, was well liked and very popular;
His untimely end has east a gloom. over
the entire community.
KLONDIKE RUSH CONTINUES.
Over a Thousand People Left Vancouver.
on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Vancouver, B.C.. March 14. --Still the
rush northward eontinuse. Vancouver
during the past few days has seen over a
thousand people leave on the various
steamers. Two vessels departed for
Wrangel last night with a large number
of passengers.
The Coquitlan, which got dawn from
Wrangel Saturday, reports that the men
belonging to the Yukon Railway con-
trtctors' party have not moved from
Stikino Island.
Small steamers can now' go up the
river and land their passengers on the
solid ice, so that with the exception of
the quantities of slush that .make travel-
ing hard, things are looking more hope-
ful.
Dervish Force Advanced.
Cairo, Alarch 14.-A dervish force has
advanced to within 10 miles south of the
River Atbara, which enters the Nile at
Ed Bamar. The British camp is about
the same distance north of the river.
MAY HOLDS ITS OWN,
But Wheat Futures. Are Weaker -The
Toronto Market Receipts :dime
The I.ucal 1•rlce,.
Saturday Evening, elureh 12.
Corn seems steady, and erneJuly wheat puts bGiyc, lulta b$- e.
..ley t'ee'n pu,s Wee:, .'vile :14) es,
Toronto receipts of all Muds of feral pro.
duce small.
The demand for t;nnaufiau ehecse seem3 to
be improving in England,
May wheat unchaugrtt in Liverpool, while
July mad bt•ptertib r .ire lower.
Leiter brokers longat SUu,00U bushels of
May wheat around s1.U1 in Chec:tg., to•tiay.
New lurk exported to -day ti'is barrels
and 18,120 sacks of livor and 20.002 bushels
Of wheat.
English farmers' deliveries of wheat the
past week totalled Z .euta quarters, at an
average price of ails 8,1.
Chicago live steels reeeipis to -day: Hogs
11,000, tattle 200, sheep Stt00. Estimated
hogs for Monday 29,000.
Yrovivivlms closed a little weak in Chi-
cago, but the largest holders are said to be
adding to their holdings at every break.
On the leading American markets May
wheat holds Its own, owing to the support
of the bullish clique, but July, Sept. and
Dee, futures continue to tall.
Leading; Wheat Markets.
Following are the closing prices to -hay at
important centres:
Cash. May.
Chicago .......... .......$1 O1% 11 0434
New York- 1 t :: 0 05
Milwaukee. No. 1 North101 1 0134
St. Louis ...............:0 9714 0 01 Wa
Toledo 0 96e;: 0 969yi
Detroit 0 931, 0 935',
Duluth, No. 1 Northern 0 96•s 0 96%
Duluth, No. 1 bard 0 9hgs
Toronto, red' 0 91 ....
Toronto, No. 1 hard 110 ,...
Toronto Crain and Produce.
Flour -Nothing doing. Straight rollers
in barrels, middle freights, are quoted at
$3.95 t° $4.
Wheat -Little export demand- No. 2 red,
north and west, quoted at 84e to Sac, Goose
wheat, north and west,•sold at 80c. No. 1
hard, north and west, held at 11.10 North
Bay.
Harley -Quoted at 32e west and 33c east.
Malting barley 35c to 36c.
Oats -Quiet and steady, Choice hears
white will bring 20a to 31e, north and
west,
Bran -Firm. Eras sells at $12.50 to
$13.50 and shorts at $13.30 to $14.
Corn -No. 2 yellow American on track at
Toronto L7c asked; Canadian, Chatham, 31e
to 311/se asked.
Oatmeal -Car lots of rolled oats in bags;
on track at Toronto, 13.65.
Peas -Are scarce and steady, 57e north
and west and 58e east.
Ilye-Offerings light at 50e west and 52e
east.
Buekwheat-Quoted at 33c to 37e outside.
The receipts of all hinds of farm produce
were small.
Prices for grain remain unchanged, only
one load each of goose wheat, oats and
peas being sold.
Potatoes scarce, prices firm at 70e per
be_.
Butter scarce, selling at 20c to 22c per Ih.
Dressed hogs, prices firm- and unchanged.
Hay and straw, prices nominal.
East Buffalo Live Stock.
East Buffalo, March 12.--Cattle-Receipts,
all consigned through. Top veals sold at
$6.75 to $T fair to good, $5.75 to 16;50;
common light to fair, $3,50 to $5.50.
Hogs -Receipts, 15 cars. Fairly good de-
mand for good grades of hogs of all kinds
and prices ruled a. shade stronger for these
kind. Good to choice yerkers, $4.10 to
$4.15; prime selected light yorkers, $4.05 to
$4.10; mixed packers' grades, $4.10 to $4.12;
medium weightsy $4.12 to $4.15. Heavy
hogs, $4.15 to 14.17; roughs, $3.55 to $3.65;
stags, $2.75 to $310; pigs, $3 to $3.80.
Sheep and lambs Receipts, 7 cars and 41k
that held over.- Market fairly steady, and
57t`onger for good handy grades, and firm
for good Bandy lambs.; Native lambs,
choice to extra, $5.65 to $5.75: fair to
good, $5.40 to $5.60; culls to common, •$4.75
to ,$5„25; yearlings, Common to choice: $4,85
to $5.10. Native sheep, choice to selected
wethers, $4.60 to $4.75; good to °holes
mixed Sheep. $3,40 to $3.50; common to.
fair. $4: to $4.25; culls to common, $3.15
to $3.00, .
British Markets,
Liverpool, March 12.-No.1 Cal. closed at
7s 1014d to 7s 113'd; red winter. 7s 11d;
peas, 5s 4d; corn, new, 3s 51/.td; pork, 51s
3d for fine western: lard. 27s 3d; bacon,
heavy, 1.e., 29s 6c1; light 29x;' do., short cut,
28s; tallow, .19s ceese, 38s 65.
Liverpool -Spot wheat steady; futures
steady at 7s 514S1 for May, 7s 2d for July,
and 6s 7td for September. Maize steady at
as 47, d for March,3s 33hd for May, 3s 314d
for July. and 3s d for September. Flour
2.5s 6d.
London-Olose-Wheat oft coast, nothing
doing; on passage quiet and steady. Male*
off coast; nearly due. Passage firm.