The Clinton News-Record, 1902-05-15, Page 3May 15th, 1902
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The Molsons Bank
Incorporated by
Act 01 Parliament, 1855.
Capital ie,e0o,000
Rest 2,150,000
HEAD OFFICE - -MONTREAL.
Will M /1S011 Macpherson, President.
James Elliot, General Manager.
Notes discounted. Collections made.
Drafts issued. Sterling and Amer-
ican Exchange bought and sold.
Interest alloa•ed on deposits.
SAVINGS BANK
Interest allowed on stuns of $1 a.nd
up,
FARMERS.
Money advanced to farmers on their '
(mu notes with one or more en-
dorse' s. No mortgage required as
security.
II. C. BREWER, Manager, Clinton.
G. D. McTaggart
BA K .
A, General Banking Bitsiness transact-
ed. Notes disconnted. Drafts
issued. Interest allowed on de-
posits.
Albert street - Clinton.
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J. SCOTT,
BARRISTER, SOLICITOR,. ETC.
M.Oley to loan.
Office -Elliott. Block - - Clinton.
W. BRYDONE,
BARRISTER, SOLICITOR,
Notary, Public, Etc,
011ice-Beaver Block - - - Clinton.
RIDOUT & HALE,
t..'onveyancers, Commissioners, Real
Estate and Insurance Agency.
Money to loan.
C. B. HALE JOHN RIDOUT
DR. W. GUNN,
R. C. P. and L. R. C. S., Edinburgh.
Night calls at Iron door ofresidence
on Rattenbury street, opposite
Presbyterian church.
011ice-Outario street - Clinton.
DR. SHAW,
PM SIMS: AND StaGEON: •
Office - Ontario street - - Clinton.
Opposite St. Paul's church.
DR. C. W. THOMPSON
I'LlySICIAN AND SURGEON.
Special attention given to diseases of
the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat.
Office and Residence-
' Albert street, East, Clinton.
North of Ratteubury street.
_DR. AGNEW,
DENTIST.
Will be at Baylield every Wednesday
al ternoon.
'Office -
Adjoining Henry's Photo C,allery,
Clinton.
DR, 0. ERNEST HOLMES, •
Specialist in Crown and Bridge Work.
2.). I). S. -Graduate of the Royal Col-
lege of Dental Surgeons of Ontar-
io.
L. D. S. -First class honor graduate
of Dental Departmeet of Toronto
University.
:Special attention paid to preservation
ol children's teeth.
Will be at the River Hotel, Bayfield,
every Monday from 10 a. m. to 6
p. in.
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VETERINARY SURGEON.
A member of the Veterinary 'Medical
Associations of London and Edin-
burgh and Graduate of the Ontar-
io Veterinary College,
Oflice-Ontario street - - Clinton
Opposite St. Paul's church.
Phone 97.
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Directory.
••••1•11.,
.cLiwroN,
Wesley Church -Sunday services at-
12 a. ta. and 7 p. Sunday school
at 2.30 p. tn. Wilbur Manning, Sun-
dayschool superintendent. ;
choir leafier ; Miss 1J.1lia Combe, or-
ganast ; Rev, W. G. lionston, pastor.
Ont. St. Churehe-Sunday services at
it a. and 7 p. m. Sunday
school at 2.30 p. In. Jacob Taylor,
Sunday school seperiritendent ; 11, J.
Gibbings, choir leader ; Miss Azie
Gibbings., organist.; Rev. Dr, (Word,
pastor.
St. Paul's Church -Sunday services
at 11 a. in. and 7 p. In. Sunday
school at .2.30 p. in. Sunday school
superintencleht, Rev. C. R. Genne, M.
A. ; choir leader, Air. W. U. 1,ator-
n.11 ; organist, Miss May Bentley ;
rector, C. R. (.unne, M. A.
Baptist Church -Sunday services at
11 a. ru. and 7, p. 121. Simla)! school
at 2.30 p.111. Sunday school superin-
teudent, Mr. 13, K. Prior.; choir had
er, Mr. J. B. Hoover ; organist, Miss
Lela Hoover ; pastor, . .Rev.. C.
Dunlop.
illis Church-Stuiday services L at
11 a. In. alai 7 p, Sunday • school
at 2.30 p.'iii. Sunday school superin-
tendent, Mr. Jas, Scat ; assistant,
Miss Wilson ; choir leader, Ur, W. P.
Spaulding ; organist, Miss .Maiale
Goodwin ; pastor, •Rev.. Dr. Stewart.
-
St. Joseph's Church,. Catholic -Sun-
day services at 10.30 a. in. and 7 p.
in. every and Sunday. Sunday school
at 3 p. in. every 2nd Sunday, Sun-.
day school superintendent, Rev, D. P.
McMenamin ; choir leader, Mr. Chas,
Gravelle•; organist; Miss Minnie Rey-
nolds ; priest, Rev. D, P.
Plymouth Brethern-Service at It a.
in.. on Sunday. -Reading meetings. at
7 P. in. Sunday and: Friday evenings.
Town Council-Mayor:Thomas ',lecke •
son ; Councillors, B. Combe,•J. A, •
Ford,C. J. Stevenson, 'Alex, • Maclelen-
zic, C. Overbury, Thos. Blaeleenzie ;•
Clerk and Treasurer, W. Coats. , Mets
tile first Mondayin eaelt mottill. • -
Public Library BoardPresiclent, W.
Brydone ; Secretary, • W. E. -Rand ;
W. R. Lough; Dr, Shaw, W. Coats.
and E. IVI; McLean..
Public School 13oarcl-Wilbilr Man-
ning, C. B. Hale, W: T. 'O'Neil, J. W.
Irwin, Dr. Agnew, F. 12.: Hodgens,, T.
Beacom. Secretary, J. Cueninglriona ;..
treasurer, W. Coats. .. . • -
Collegiate Institute -Board-Chair-
man, James Scott ; secretary', -. M. D.
McTaggart ; - treasurer, W. JaekSon
D. A. Forrester., 3.- Ransford; IL
Plumsteel, W-: II. ...Manning. Meets
first Wednesday 111 . each mont12.:
GODERICH '1'0'NSHI1'. • . •
A WORD TO YOUNG MEN
Township Council -Reeve,• Thomas -
Churchill, Clinton ; Councillors, John
Middleton, • Clinton ; John Woods,
Porter's Hill ; Janles Cox, Porter's
Hill ; James Johnstone;, Goderich ;
Clerk, Nixon Sturdy; Goderieh ;
As-
sossor, John • Thompson, '.-Clinton ;
Treasurer, - Whitely, "Godeeklf ;
Col-
hctor, Louis Anderson, Clinton,
Board of Healtle-Reeve •Clerk John
Cox, John Salkeld, Sr, :Albert Can•L
telon. •
STANLEY TOWNSHIP... .
•
Township Council--iteeVe,' • Jelin
McNaughton, Varna ; Councillors, W: '
J. Stinson, Bayfield ; W. L. Key's,
Varna ;James. •Johustonef Bayfield-;
MeDiarthid ; Clerk, .3. E. Harnwell„
Varna ; Treasurer, John Reid, Varna;
Assessor, John Tough; Bayfield; Col-
lector, Thos. Wiley, Varna.- ••
• '
The McKillop Mutual Fire
Familiar Picture to Many Homes
Throughout the Land,
LEAVING THE OLD HOMESTEAD.
'motley& the Dar conetry of Sin May al
Anywhere, ',Cot It Ie Always is Croat
Distettoo Away •Prone tko Fireside of
Christian riotno-linder the ShodoW
of the (areas.
Entered According toad of Parliamen t of Oen-
mut. in the rear 12112. by William* meity, of To-
ronto, at the Dep't. of 1,griIIt1i1Ur0. Ottawa.
Chicago, Nay 1.1. -In thisserinon
the Rev. Frank De Witt Talmage
Paints 11 picture which will be re.7
cognized as familiar in many homes
• throughout the land. Ris text was
Luke ky, la, "The younger son ga-
thered • all together and took his
journey into a far country."
The old homestead is turned up-
side. down. One or the two boys, the
younger, is about to• leave the par-
ental roof. • The eaglet is tired et be-
ing warmed by the protecting' breasts,
of the old birds. With reified featli- •
era he stands upon the edge of the
eyrie ready to liy off. Sad is the
disruption of a home. When- the
children say "0 oodby," the families
talk and laugh atid joke. Bet they
:•,,ive only laughing to sustain their
courage. The wedding bells weep as
well as sing. At. the marriage the
guestsmay congratulate the. parents
of the beide upon having gained a
son. But the daughter is never the
• same after the wedding, On that
•clay the bride goes forth to maketer
owfl home, build her own nest, rear
her own young'and live her own life.
instead of belonging to the parent ,
she becomes another's: Instead ot.
the mother being first now ,sheis
seciand.
Some years ago I attended the
wedding of a very- dear friend. The
slipper had. been ..thrown; the 'rice
tossed,the' farewells shonteti.. I fol-
lowed the old gray haired 'father
• down .to the garden gates While we
stood there in the moonlight he
turned to •ing and Said: • "Frank,.
know she ha8 Married a 'good Man.
• I do hope she will be happy. . But
• it is hard, awfully hard, to give her
up. She was my baby girl'. She is
my yotingest. . • It breaks the
heart. • .. It breaks the heart; "
Children are born. They- pass boy-
- hood and girlhood days under 'the
parental roof... They groW up into
manhood and wonianhood.• They .be-
gin to scatter. .Death knocks at the:
front door and serail:tons .seme.' Love
hovers tuteong• the Springflowers ancl.
. breathes' through the orange • biose
eoing and Woos others. Business and
prpfessional dittiei.beckon to others.
Atlast the oldnursery is vacant.
• Father and .neother sit again, alone,'
• at the dining table OS they once did
"When t hey thenise1ves weee, • bride and
gloom, The . old hbinestead is de-
serted save by .the old folke. The
text.' Is a t'ragedy„:.' • ..• • •
The mother did 'riot Sleep much
, last night.. Though she tries. to -look
• cheerfUl,' her °yet; are red, from weep-
ing, Every little. while .she disape
Pears into , the.. pantry Or goes sup
• stairs., . She makes 'an excuse ttS
;though ,sho. Was •• looking for some-
thing.. We know she leaves the room -
for one .parpose. She wants to.have
• a good' -cry: ' • .
. The father is givinghis last
structions, •Is handing the yOurig•
traveler sonle letterof. intrecluction
to a prominent meichant:with whom..
e .soit will lodge in the neXt town;
A *noise is at the gate'. Servants are
bringing out the .horses and strap -
'ping' . the baggage :upon 'the Peek.
. lnCiles . They ta.lis in et1bdued
eters. Even they feel sorry. , The .
young"inaster" was a happy., jelly
go lucky boy. Ile. alwaYs had: a. kind
Word . for . the.: hostlers. The only
. happy .ereathrit this indyning .is the
, dog. Ile frisks and harks about, ex-
pecting " follow the ,Sportsmen ler
• a week's hunt .,• • His hilarity is stop
ped. Some . One shies. a stone .at the
brute ahd shouts., ."Go "back to I Jim-
SlOwly •the dog Writs. Hie .
'lowered head"and tail are the canine
sighs of abject woe; He 'stops now
' and then, expecting to hear the
huntinian's halloo. Perhaps
• he realizes for the first.tithe' he is :
• taking a last Took of farewell,
. ways did think that a bright dog
was ,antarter than . a.stupid mitn.•
farewell 'wends are now being..
' The' father gives his beneille-
. tion... We must turn our heads LI way.,
The mother 'IS having; hew last con-
• vuleiVe deep,. .These are the snap-...
• ping of- the heartstrings., A mother
rarely realizes that the. baby she
once roCked -in a •tradle can grow in-.
.• to. a man He is always her boy.
• Suddenly the young Maw breaks
' aWay. Ire leapa into the saddle.
• the spers"cat deep.- . and
friends 'Sheet their farewell to the
'cavalcade. Than they •wave and
throw kisses. Tile old father wipes
his -.face vigorously with cr.: handker-
chief. -/Ie..§colds the Servants.- Ile
bids them to bo • off. He doge not
want them to see him .The
Another has rio Such pride; As the
horses disappear .ever the last hill.
lite aged wife -buries her head' Upon
hoe husband's breast. She sobs as
Alititigh her heart would break. The
huslialid tenderly Puts his arm about
the sad heart. He draws her. toward
'the house, • . .
• • ,SloWly they walk tip the tree arch-
ed path. They stop a moment on
the porch to giallo down the road..
S'Iowly the sighing' father ()Pens the
front door. The men .1;6 latek to
the fields, the female servants to the
kitchen. The domestic piachinery is
started, 'Phe neighbors, returning to
their homes; say, "Is it not too bad
that .the younger son should gather
all together and . telt° his journey
into a far country
The far cOuntry of my text is the.
laud of sin. Where it is we do not
• geographiettIlk know. , The far toun-
try may be in the rural regions,
:among the farmhouses. People make
a, great mistake in supposing that
the only` place In which sin thriVes
a large city. Sin lovce to smell the
Insurance Coppa
Farm and Isolated, ToWn 1777 r--
ty Only Insured.
• OFFICERS
.T. B. McLean, President, Kippcn P.
0. ; Thos. Fraser Vice -President,:
13rucefteld P. 0.; T. E. Ha.y.s, See. -
Treasurer, Seaferth P.- G;
Broadfoot, Inspector of Losses,-. Sea -
forth P. 0.. •
DIRECTORS •
W. G. Broadfoot, Seaforth-; John
Grieve, Winthrop ; George Dale,- Sea-,
. forth ; -John Watt,. Harlock ;. John '
Bennewies, Braclhage.n.; Jarnes Evans,'
Beechwood ; James Connolly:. Clinton; •
John McLean, Kippen.
AGENTS.
Robert Smith, Ilarlock ; Robert Me -
Millan, Seaforth ; Jathgs CuinmingS,
vEiuc
gniondville ; J. W. Yco, Holmes-.
•
Parties desirous to effect insurance'.
or transact other business will,' be.
promptly attended to 021 application
to any of the above officers" addressed
to their respective postdillees.
DRUID TRUNK. -
RAILWRY SYSTEM
TIIVIE TABLE.
Trains will dirive nt 'and depart
front Clinton Station as follows : *.
BUFFALO 'AND GODER.ICII DIV. •
Going East Express •. 7,38 a. in.
I{ 44 • 2,55 p. 111.
t Mixed . 4.1.5 p..
" West- " •' 10.15 a, 211.
"
Express 12.55p.111.
4. .4
. 7.05 a. .111.
.4 PI 20.27 p. it,
LONDON, HUR.011 AND BRIICE DIV,
Going South Express . 7.47 a. in.
" " Mixed • 4,15 p. 111,
" North • EXpress 10.15 11,111,
({ 4, Mixed . .6.55 p. in.
A. 0. PAVrISON, F, R. 110DGENS,
Agent. • Town Tieket Ag.
M. C. DICKSON,
District Pass. Ag, Toronto
HIP
Wk.
Lost .larair
"My bait came out by the hand-
ful, and the gray hairs began to
- creep in. I tried Ayer's Hair Vigor,
and it stopped the hair from com-
ing out and restored the color." -
Mrs. M. D. Gray, No, Salem, Mass.
There's a pleasure in
offering such a prepara-
tion as Ayer's Hair Vigor.
It gives to all who use it
-_ such satisfaction. The
hair becomes thicker,• !,
longer, softer, and more
. glossy. And you feel so
secure in using such an '
old and teliable,prepara- 4
_ tion. $I.Na bs4lIs. MI druggists,
e
ieldfYour drtitelet esnalot supply you, ;
ue one dollar and we Will,expreirs -
you h bOttle. BO Nitro ited_ei,
ve rattle
= astir nearest OrtrOSI ONIde, AddreNli
J. 41 4.11113, CO., Uwe% Mass.
wild llowei•s and lie down in theiniy-
inoW as mull us to tromp tilts st1eet8
Of a busy metropolis. I have preach-
ed itt"the country and know of what
speak.. There is loathsome drunk-
enness in a crossroad tavern as Well.
AS In a corner saloon. Many a young
country girl has disgraced the fam-
ily, Farmers' boys and girls do net
all attend the country revivale in or-
der to hear the preaching. The far
Country of Sin eari be located in the
Sin is not proportionally 111.0re
prevalent in the city that hi the vil-
lage, but it is better able to eeticeal
. lta track e in a Wilderness Of rock
than in a, ctkuntry town. 'Many a
•Ritter have 1 \received which •
'Went
thut1, 11 iu u, Tvoler'e w, 4aVlf
TXII CLINTQN DMVVII-RZOORD
a boy in the great, Wicked. City of
Chicago. fear he is not doing,
right. You may be Able to save
him. He has written rue that he has
Lattended . your church. Will you
pray for him ?" The far country of
sin is sometimes found among the
evils of political life, in the
halls of the states and the na-
tional capital. .Sometimes silt is
intrenched in a pulpit of the land
where 11 minister has become an
'apostate and, Judaslike, 1028. sold hip
Christ Alr thirty' pieces of silver.
Wherever the far country of .sin may
be there it is the place where the
nohler and purer and better parts of
a.71:111'being e6.
To:gh the far country of sin int
l1e11: :et is t31co 1.
Y
distance away train the fireside of a
0hristian home. As soon as the
younger son determined to revel in
sin he wanted to get away front the
presence of his aged Chvistien fa-
ther. :He practleelly mild' "Father
give rtie the share. of money which
will come to me when you ttre dead, •
and 1 will leave home and live in-,
dependently. 1 do not want to see
your loving eye and feel the kiss of
hoiy affection upon my lips. 1want
to go with evil companions and .not
aesociate with sou, even tboogh you
aro my father." The• Christian home
ought to be the happiest place on
earth to a aim. It . is a happy
place. if the child wishes and tries to
do right.But the Christian home is
a -repulsive place to live when the
boy wants to -do those•thIngs which
should be left itedone. When a boy
or a girl does not, wish to stay at
home at, 'eight 'with the rest of the
family or finds 'other cempanionship
rriore desirable than that 'of mother
or father, look oute-beware
. "Where are you going Charlie
saki a mother to her. son, 11110 wzts
putting 011 1219 coat and • hat, prepar-
ing to leav.e the house. "Oh," an-.
swered the yoking. man, _"the firth
'wants meto collect a few bills.. I
• witi"be home early, 'mother,' Do not.
ho anxious, or sit up for me if, I am
detained," The 'young man passed'
down the street. . He sounded a, low
whistle. A couple of other. youn,,g
men Met him at. the corner. "Boys, '.
lie said, 'imother is becoming,' suspi--
Onus. -She did not want me to
reeve, home, I meat be mora emend,
come, let'e have .some fun." That
night 111-11 place of evil resort this -
group of young.. 111411 gambled and
smoked and. sangtheir lewd songs..
It' was great .Sport.1 They did not -
•cease their careusal until' the morne
ing. sun announced to .the night
writ:el-undo that his work was done
wad it.-avas time ,for hint to go .'to
3j.•• '
•1'• years later. in an eastern
• ,
•
•city in a noted .murder ease the jury
bienight in ;the verdict. cif murder in
• -the first degree. „ When •the judge-
•Lasked the' defendant: why sentence',
'Obotild not be -passed upon.. hint, -42
'yeaing Man arose.- 'turned -a pale.
• face .0W:wit -the judge. As he bega
to' speak. we' See .• he Was- the:•. settle
young man • of ,'whom ." have: "lust
spoken.. .1 our honor, said .he, ' •
am not. afraid to' -414. if- I commite
.ted murder in that, dreekea row a:-
• few• Months -ago, •.1 should. be put to
citettl'e :But,. sir, before eentence is
-peSsed upon .me • 1 • 51i000 to.,
'.sei.ealt a ...word 1,0 . the ,:y.oeng • men,
crtiVeding this courtreom. ' would
. tell. them'. that ' started •on
• the' road which will lead. me to. the
• gallows' when tined- to leave .
.home at night to. go out with 611
,Componions. When I. went out thus,
L I always directly or 'indirectly had
to deceive my Mother." The . far
.country of 'sm may seem to- be. only.
a step' to the 'corner saloon. It is
• OA:fitr away as .11, it was ten •thonse
nilleitt away...from the fireside of
it Christian home. • •' .-•
the far Counity of sin generally
, hese broader end Smoother highway
• foe - the. younger niernbera- of' thcfaxu-
-
ily thenfor the 'older sons' and
daughters. . Easy is it. i.oe every one
to 'go to destructioe• unless 8111tain-
eci, by:. the grace' of 'God; • . The ol
:Las •well as -the young' (ten .have a'
guide Teed . them hitt; the
Valley .of death if they are willing -4 O.:
be ledbut 'it :is: esPecially eaSy fa- •
the younger• MeMbers of. a .faintly.• to
, fling theinselYes .0:ear the preefpfee,sof .
eternal L. death, When the • older' child-.
•. reit were.,yoe hp:: in ell probability the
-:flither- was haying .hard Week to make
:• fleencial:ends meet, • Be had 'le wor1..
day.and night . and night anti. Cl"
Ife economised wherever poseibb
• But after awhile '• the, father! get: le
. foothold in' a -business .or , a •pirofes-
••, Simla 1 eareer, Thea
menced to :flowce'fa y trea
time Then Sere -Ants Wet;e-' tilde' to !
hired to. do Lht;, woek • of 'the mote':
and sbiters; 'Then the, younger r • •
'was able to 11(110 his spendl-ir Ince
:end drive n horse and :go, with • 1.
young s ions of tile wealthier, fan
flies. •: Then it wee easy for hint ti
.buy -a through ticket and-: go by. th'.,
.,fttet express to the ,.far coUntry.eof
sin.' • • . • •
•
Mr. Moody well said: -`"rlti.S father
• of the partible ought :to' be eeneured.
We Canoot .•- help • but •blame. him:
Whoa.' the •son 0111(1,- 'Father, divide •
and give me, myportion,'. the father
sbould have said: 'You show a had
spirit. I will make yeti go without
your share.' That •father could not
have .done a greater unkindness' to
theboy than to give him his.goods
and 'money and let hint go.' A true
father.: would have...said. • to such ..a
. contentptible filial - spirit,. `Go.' and
• earn your 0423 portion by the Fiweitt
01 your ..own. brow,' • " . •
Parents„ your VerykIndnesSee and
.solf 'sacrifices may be • the cause -of
Your. Younger children's' destruction,
• •.
You . have no. right. to give • your
. .
-;t,otinger son. plenty • of inoney and
literty to do wrong. It is yoir laud -
teen to know how your children
si end their inoney. It 18 your duty
to. know .whcre your younger son
passes Ifs eights.
The far country is. the plate where
the younger son spent his • all. We
can_ readily ,piettrre this young man
when he first lett home. Ile 11,:d
-
Plenty of Money. The tavem keepers
bowed and Mailed at his approach.
They regretted when -his party lett.
The gay young folks of the region
to which he went felt proud • to be
seen in publie by his side. MS' bach-
elor apartments were .furnished in
the• most expensive style. The barite
Wonid honor any deafte he Made
Innen them. Ire Wan a hale fellow
rmet.. 1201.8 as nmeh intoxicat-
ed with flattery as with wine.. The
go -Id Which 119 held in his • opened
hand Was just, as ytelote and hard es
11 110 Wasliving oq of his interest hie
Stead of the principal. Me health
was robuSt and strong. Ile had not
yet t.ndermined his physical tonstie
tetion by exceSses. Detnow the rosy
cheek pales. The • steady nerve
trernibles. The mortgage is placed ttP.;.
on the furniture. TT e sells some: ef
his diamonds. There are Mit two
horses now in hist etitble festead or
ten. After awhile he begins to PUG
up bills, Not being able to pay his
bills, as of yore, the creditorbe-
mina anXiette eald deend pttyinent
and full payment itt .once. What hap -
7(0119? Why, the story of the prodi-
gal son 'then tells us that there was
a. famine IC that land. As soon as a
sinner's money Is gone his sinful
friends immediately leave him.- The
bright winged humming birds have
little use for the rosebush when the
flowers are•gone. This younger sets
began to -be in, want. 'Ile became
helpless and friendless. To earn food.
(moil& to sustain life he tended a
herd ot swine. This social condition
veer Q1 Li otit ‘‘t.toi 5 j\II1,1211.11p110:11 ehwiseboauctica
in the :owert pit of despair.
'The far country is bever so lar
away hilt that the penitent prodigal
can Dud hie way. latek from it to the
beaveilly homestead. When tha young-
er son became so. poor that he had
110 docent. .clothes for his back, so
friendless that not one of his ol1l
companiors would speak to him; •
when he would feiest, have filled his
belly with the 11'14.a; that the swine
did eat, then he thought of ' his .
father's past late. "Surely," said
"father will give nip enough to
eat. 1e will care fOr inc. as much as
he would for one of his hired ser-
vants, (mit thongn I • have done
te1'4,1 g," BUL 'the good father was
yea•iy. to do mord than that.. No
of• net' 414 t he younger eon come
within sight of 143' old Ithinestead
han the (Who' ran to meet him.
He fell 'on his son's neck and -.kissed
hints Ile kissed him in theseine niane
net' the' Divine' Father is ready to
greet everyone of his wayward chil-
dren. '1 0 gave a loving ki8s of eter-
nut purdon. Ile • kissed. him, as , God
Will kiwi . us if -we will only come'
bee:: to Jeans'. side and stand under
• the thealew of the atoning cross.
lloy, sitting before Ana tonight,
have a message for..you. 1 see the
marks of disriPation upon your•brow,
1 14Ce •thet yott have been crying dee-
' Lig this sernion.' I feel. You are the
y rt.:tiger scat - of" my text. As -I catch.
0• e 61 your falling tears I Would
li::e to dt.weribe a visioe which CATIle
to me last Winter, about you. Where
Was the. scerei?- No, it 'was not .in
( hleago; -not in that _low sateen or.
• (heap theatre or in that hall where
yoa stunt. last night playing 1211-
- *12048 and • gambling :away your soul.•
ye(1)1u0 trIlett:3 p oldi l he reacitumn:
the white 'house, the pillared 'porch,
the 'Lig- 1,arn in' the rear, the wood-
-i tle to .1 he. left • of the kitchen door...
The heas . were 'running around clam -
tiring for food. because the earth was
. a 'mien tomb: The worms hadtgene
, to sleep for their winter- pap." It
was -. about evening, Art old gray
Imiee4. woman was cooking over -the
kitchen stove.. She..looked • -thinner-
. t hen When you •saw her last. •'. - The
n iahhors say the is ',aging -very ravr
idly and will •not• long. L. • -
Just then en •old Man came in, He
stamped the snow .off -his great boots.
'1 his • grey haired woman ..lOoked ••.up
. and SakU "Pe; have .yon. brought'
tter?." Have 7011 120011 'to. the
o4lae7-ls it not ••et range he •IMS -'not
, •written, ile has been. gone, now five
long years, •Do you think God
- ht. Me -live, long enough- to •eee'.hint,
.• just once before 1 .go?" The old man
.said nething.- .werit to the deer
and 'Ioo•ked -down 'the road •• Ile shad-
ed' leis-.0es, as' though' he could- "800.
a• krral we's' off.". Then lie said' "Mo-
. ther; that is a fine •calf we have there
the. Wawa:rd... She is. getting •fat,-
. ter eitelf day, We inukt Idil hor; soon.
erhaps. we tan- have a big, .feast
when 'eel, boy conies home.". • They,
sat • by the :fire a little while after
• the 'dishes were wiped; The '01d folks -
were too tired tostay up late.',.They.'
Were too tired to Lsleeli. •
'The,' . took -doWn .the' old 'Bibles .The
Mother Said:' '"Peswon't' you ,read:
.that . story -of .• tho..prOdigel Son?.
'oieli�W • I.. never • ettn . hear I it . ete-,
negh;',-You read It last night, • It is
• in' the. fifteenth .ehapter of • Luke,
Rend • about ,the Younger see- . - that L
went aatraY and starved And wee tpo
proud to .come home," .Then the , old.
folks knelt- -As they prayed the little
• :candlelight began • to • flesh in synt,
pathy. The tears :trickled through
• :the four withered hands. -: There the •
• tie°. .hearts sick 'parents. stayed,
ttPOir 'their knees; pleading:With 'Clod •
. for •the 'return 'of their waywaed boY,
until 1111 An heaven .could • .fiear.
geld. •• ne long.er, ITe fluttered
away: alai whispered 10 me • the se-
cret that J ank-tioW. son„
you_not go home?' Before • the
old .foilts. are dead. do go hoine.'LeaVe
this; far country... of . .
Cord crowd ot citkeens to Witness it.
The sektemo for harnessing the Vic-
toria Falls, in IthodeSia, and using
the water power to- generate electric-
ity for vvorking raines and railroads,
is to be forvvarded by the early des-
ePxaptecrlitsof an 49rnalligoir of engineering
Despite theVatements to the con-
trary which have appeared in the
Canadian Press, the migration of the
Welsh colony at Chubut, Patagonia,
to Canada, is now an assured. thing.
All but it few of the more prosper-
sotiosutahreAwaileirliinega, and anxious to leave
TUE DEAD.
Lieut. -Gov. Stone of Wiseonsin died.
at Ilratertown on S'unday.
dames P. Nutting, chief clerk. in
the Department of Trade and Com-
nitree, died taddenly Thursday MOIL
at his hoine in Ottawa front pn 11 -
monies
The body of the Most Rev. Michael
Augustine Corrigan, D. D., Archbi-
shop of New York, was interred Fri-
day in the crypt of St. Patrick's Ca-
thedrali New York. The funeral was
conducted with all the impressive
seilenmity and ceremony of his
church. •
Hon. P. O. M. Deehtne, Minister of
Agriculture in the Quebec Covent -
went, died Saturday inorniug. llen.
l'.. G.. Dechene W0.8 43 years of age,
and entered the Quebec Legislature
when 27 years of age, and had been
a member, with Six years exception,
ever since. He entered the Quebec
Cabinet five years ago.
The death occurred Sunday night
at Toronto of Hon. Rupert Mears
Wells, K.Q. Hon. Mr, Wells was a son
of the late Sheriff .Wells of Prescott
. and - Russell -and' was born in. the
County of Prescott. He was Speaker
of 'the Ontario Legislature from
1878-1880. He afterwards sat in the
House of Commons till the general
election of 188.7 wheit.' he 'suffered
Ai fire•in the Fisher & Sons' paper
II:lnin Flit n.EcnIt'n. .
°defeat,
mill, Dundits,• did considerable dam-
age Friday night.' •
There was a 62;800 fire- in E. . R.
Rogers' hardware. store at Toronto
jutictiOn Sunday morning. . •
... The C,P,R. elevator at Fort Wil-
liam Was put out of business by a,
-fire Saturday !nothing that, :.destroy -
.ed • the entire front and all the Mar
eltiner.y: in the elevator. • The elevat-
or . had in 'store. about 1,000,000 ,
buShels and will now be at a •coni-
plete standstill. . The tanks ar,e • not
• much .injured, • .but there will. he a
los5 of pridiablY $100,000...- • .
• The •stealner lona, of Pictoni .Ontar-
ie, onned by F. E. Hall .-.&' Conte
eatight fire while loading coal
at the Delaware; Lackawanna and
Western trestle at Oswego, . at - -0
o'clock Saturday. morning. Bente'
Compeau, the fireman, was bui'zied to.
death. te was 25.years of age aad ;
married. Ilia home was at. Trent 011,
-Ontario:. 'Fifteen 'coat .'shoYellers and.
the crew, With the'eXeeption. or Coin -
peau, fled to. Dock No. 4, The shovel-
lere_were caught in the hold,'ciii•ecily.
under the engine room, end had to
. be. shovelleLdAnoount, .'isr•oit. LB. . • ,
. About -100, members of -the ,Archi- '
. , • ,
tectUral and Structural 'Iron. Work-
ers' Union hi Toronto' stetick for an.
adynnee ; of wages • Irma 2.2e. and
25c per hour to 274e per hour and.
a• 9-hotir day. : - , ' " • .
' , The striking Woo(1, Wire,,and, Metal
• ',others compromised With the em-
ployers in.•Toronto. • They. wIll Jet-
• .ceive $2,85 for firet-class' and $2.00
for second-class .teen. ' The :agree-
ment holds for two year e: - '
.. After Monday • all sectionmen em-
ployed on the. Grand Trunk-Itailway;.
. wh) are receiviug less than 81.i2O.per.
:..
day, 'will be paid this amount, and
, section "foremen -will be 'given :845 a
1.. month,. an ixicrease.-over .their- present
i• 'Pay.' - Between 600 itad. '700 Men Will'
I be benefitted by •the voluntary action
• •
.- -. 'thigh Brown, ,a -car repairerlor:the
shunted on Saturday he slipped an
;. iol, if Ai'atnhig.e.0 sc olni.lepiac)on4ty.istI,ril dA,
, mre: 13; H. Rao, while. Milking ti
•
fell. Some of the cars went -oeer. hi
feet almest severing theta:. The,-
: eGooP.ut Alinonte, was, tramPled ' • on
' ing .the track hi.: front of • care' being
•Grand Trunk, at.'13amiltem,' in Crois;
died. . : .• . • • . ..• • .. • .- •
were .airitpittated 'at the General-1.as
and reeetv.ed such injuries. that,. she
• , , , ••.• .- :
Boxalder -.Was
' . • L •
L. ciTcS.SOS. • • • -
dr w ), qi a few miles wept of Fort
1 IFr;a0.nvcsersea. ..Ills,hody has not yet been
te
. . .
Richard King, ., a. farmer,. of the
Hastings section, employed- on Gov-
.
ernmetit works, repairing lock gates
- at Misting's, was • accidentally
..drowned Thirsday night by falling
tiff the wharf into the water. • • •
The body of John .1bowiand Bell,
' it machinist-, employed by the Mas-
sey-I-Iart•ii Co„ NVOS fotancl. early Fri-
day morning on the south heach of
.. Toronto . Island, belOw ' Turner's
• -baths, }Ie disappeared she : weeks
ago., ,:. Deceased was 25 years- 01 21910.
: • (name. „txt.$ ekopt$:t.r...:.;
, 'Pat...Ceowe,•• in an interview, at
Omaha, 41Sclaims all knowledge of
the Cudahy kidnapping, . •
George *outer), convicted of Mae-.
slaughter at -Calgary,•htis been sea-
. towed to ten -yearS' imprisonment.
' Albert Ciallaghoe, Who stole Hobert
. Vale's horse, . Was' caught in New
York State and extradited to King-.
'ston, has been sent- up for trial,
At St,, Catharines L. It. Collard'S
' private bank wais berglariZed Times-
dny 'morning.. Only a small amotint
' of money and stamps 201114 . secured.
. '1 he' also took from B, D. Voleard's
store it small quantity Of groecries,
. ' .. ' POLITICS-CANALNIAN,
It Is said that Dr. Roddick, now
that he sees his Dominion medical
council in sight, will shortly. tesign
his seat in Parliament. Ilis 1111851011
is done. '
The thinsmuir Clot/eminent Of Brit-
ish Golumbia is littriug to extremely
anxious time of it just now, havine;
a majority of only one Vote and an
aggressive Opposition. This week
may see the oncl, •
'the Governments of Ontario, 'Que-
bec and Prince Edward Island linte
neeepted the invitation Of Iron.
Jellies Sutherland to take part in
the Fisheries Conference at Ottawa
81, tiNCF.NT THEATIFO
"Soufriere" May Bring Disaster
to- the Walsh island.
No Doubt Now Alsoirt St. lolerre Inorli fit
illizIrno di) tut; rl t ri1.e >rd0-1rt ni
11:01 Ieatal
): t
aWsIi o ;
stramsr rsk round. Shore halos° For
31i1413 -a00 I,Pres Lost oe umbel, wand
of Si, Vincent.
Hingston. Island of St. Vineent,
13.W.1., „Sat tit•day, May 1 After
numerous earthquakes,during the
pis ceding fortniglit, otecomPartied b,y.
the subterranean noiees in the direc-
tion of the Soufriere volcano, 111
northwestern part of the island, it
loud explosion occurred Monday last
from the ,erut cr.
The crater is still active as this de,
spattli is, sent, und great loss of life
is believed, to have"occurred. The
lava has destroyed several districts.
with their live stock.
Tito eruption is now invisible at
Kingston. Huge dust clouds were
blown ettetward. Great distress pre-
vails at St. Vitteent, whore there are
many injured people. It is believed
that . 500 persons have lost their
lives at, St. Vincent. The majority of
thvi vorpses are still Unbin•ied,
reat tension prevails everywhere
throughout the West Indies,
sends Aid.
Landon, May 12. -The Colonial Of" •
flee announced yesterday that in ad-
ditiou to the British cruiser Indefati-
gable, ordered to St Vincent front .
Trinidad, the British thirci-elasS
ottel.Vincentiseiralironatuai
ashttis beennocial/ewith
St.
h
plies- for the sufferers on .the former
;island.
ST.. PIERRE OBI -ITERATED,
. .
Beyond Doubt 40,000 Victims Are
'rad In the Disaster. Dented by Monist •
Pelesifs
$t. W. I., May 11. -It is :
certainthat the City of St. • Pierre,
Martinique, has • been ••oblitetated,
with its thirty thousand population,
and -.other towne. within the shadow
of Mount, :Pelee, in all probability,
have been razed by flaming gas and
cinders and by red hot rocks and:in-
candescent sand.
•, At present Atli attempts at •resclie
or lavestigation, are practically use-:
Hess. Along lour miles Of the West- ••
ern coast of the ,island there ----a .
wall of fire, and itt, sea the sky is
block with smoke and ashes.
Passing- vessel's . report that, the •
'blanket .of lite whieli 'fell upon s St.
P re 'a.iniettrs :to becOnsuining.all
the coMitry' fur miles tiroUnd. • "
Since the resent) of thirty persons
by the 'French cieliser Suchet. -It•is• •
...net known here that -another person
. is left'alive in St. Pierre, though it.
15 hoped that MOre rescuee may have
.14ert :4.1,Teenetts°dh. eycindoubt -.that • the: .
radius of destructionhtis'involved.at
least •forty. 'thousand vietiMs..• -
• .The latest reports from the vicinity
of St. Pierre come by the loyal '
steamship Este, •which 4aIbed o that •
. pert at 10 &deck last nig.;ht."•Ate
• tot -lints weee Made to Signal the,pose
sibiy living by throwing up rockete
and blowing -the Whistle. There was
no responee, '
A 1302it MBA Sent. towaed shore, but.
11. loading was fettad. impossible be-
• ' catiSe of fire . along the •cotint for
Miles'. All. the shipping -hi port had..
betu ldaeeitj..oart(ei'• nit toenter the city
' by officers of the French Colonial
. Government was . barred by •flantes......
Among. the ruin -of the streets .lay.
. 'hundreds of bodies. . '• •
The Britrsh eteataship' toddana, of
all the -shipping int he Multi:tr.,alone
ese'aped, •• an.a c211114into this" port
. with a cargo, of dead and -dying: She
• wes:,dismantled end almost Witecked.,.....,-
,„ 'She was burned from stem to Stern. -
Ten of 'her crew' had. been- 'scorched
to. Ideal It, while • she fought her way .
ti • sea. The captain. terribly: burned • •
and blinded,' steered, his' ship. through
. a ,storm of fire -He -was .the only man
•.on.• board able to help himSelf above •"
titaln hool4 Still Popular.
The day of chain -driven wheelie is
not yet over. The bevelegear
less reeonunended by 2102110 as be.
, log worth much more than 'its addi-
•tle,litti (net, but Alia chitin Wheel,
which has pertortned such excellent
service in the past is, las made to'
day, more capable .of good" work
than ever 'before.
PRI8' 10P1g8 Of W[Eic
Important Events in Few Words
For Busy Readers.
VIII) silky Worla's iiiiiiponlings Carefully .
Compiled end Put Dire Bendy . fund
• AtlenetIve. Situps For the !tenders
of 4/04F re7(er-.1. BMW.; riojey-
Well; in Paregroplis;' •
tsci..tgatirtgo
• Ifie. Alfred Belt Saturday assumed
the dieeetetsiop. 01 the Soeth Africa
'Chartered Cotten:my.
A. heavy snow storm raged at Sar-
anat.: Lake, N. V.,. Friday, the tem-
• perature registei ing 30 degrees,
All the Briti.th cirganizations 111
Ithode leitted have decided to cele.
brain J 11110 20 us 1 'elation . Day.
lion', A. P. Its 11 leiph of 81.. slulm,
N.11., was strielsea with paralysis• ott
MattircloY nit( rni,on. Ile is in .tt pre-
taeious condition.
Aerangententit have been made for
tit° laying of the coiner stone of the
22 fiteton beet. sugar factory on. Stine
5 with Mas honors... . •
The hew sti,ek yards' ttt Toronto
Junction receive. about 20() head of
cattle per day without the business
being worlicel up in any WO.
(.1)i)i.til from Skaguay says an
army of idle 111011 ftlls Whit.) OrSC.
n111%6011 18 41011 Iled 'With rain, Dirt
worth tz,12,000,000 is ready to
with,
Before ltavieg for Enaland Lord
Kelvin said: "photography in natur-
eolors will 80011 be 2111 established
fact, although it will nevessitate
lot of 2411.113' to tflt 11 perfetted."
The Iles,emtier Steel modal for 1002
Was presented to 1 toe. .2`, it. Krupp,
son of the founder of the Essen
Works oi; clerniuny, Thursday, by
lron and Steel Institute.
The decoration of the monument to
those who fell in the Northwest re-
bellion ht 1885 took place Saturday
afternoon at QUern'e 'Park, Toronto.
There WWI a big proeeseion and a r.
011 the 20th May. •
A-OrtiouLlovitim wonio,
Markham, Brantford, Guelph and
• Orithgeville are pointed out in the
num' report of Prof. Robert ITareourt
of the Ontario Agticultural College,
upon the beet sugar experiments last
year, as places' Where. the experi.
ments were Most Stlecessful, Thirty
experimental plot5 Were planted at
Whitby Friday, the product being for
exhibition at the South Ontario Mod-
el Pam, Cobourg. •
POLITICS-vortnzoN.
Tits President of the 'United Stakes'
of Anierica Friday signed the bieo-
matgarine bill,
le order 20 fitellitate the passing
of the Greek Widget, the Government
submitted a bill allowing, eacit demi.
ty the SUM of 1:25.. The 121.11 was at,
ono passed, and the budget voted
otter It 14 holies' eitting!
deek, ' ' •• • • •
, the etettiner's" agent was alongside
n the harber at St. •Pierre when • the
city an', overwhelmed, and crawled
on board. in what he eitYs' was , a •
"cloud of -fire." 14e was severely.
hirreed, but, will probably -1
Two men of the crew have •died
since th27 Vveee taken ashore to the
hospital in St., Lucia, and • the cap,,
loin. is not eXpeeted 26 stirviare.
It is probable that the agent of St.
Pierre 'will be the ...only survivor oe : •
theta)who reached here. The Roddetni
was naviga Led to safety by a hand-
ful of cl1'a1,4 inert,
xeirrie lestat (1. to oneet11.
•
de- • lovanre., • Island Of Marti- •
nique, May 11.-Acivices received Here
toeday. front the, of St.
Pierre. %it? 'miles from here), contain
further details of the terrible: volcart- •.
ie. upheaval tthich resulted in the Ut-
ter desirtietion of that town and the •
<troth Of 'nearly nil its inhabitants.
The 450 suevivors , who • were
brought here yesterday front the vic-
inity of St. l'itiree by the: French
cable repair ' 12111p Peuyed Oiler -tier
came from the Town of Le Pracheue,
whom eurromuled on all sides by
flowing' lava, they were nearly roast-
ed to death and expected moment -
((I'M, to be eilgulfed. " .
time cove tee '2 4-20- Itoftureea.
Paris, 'May 12.-A despatch receiv-
ed yesterday from Fort de France,
.Martinique, 80751 "All the bills see-
rolunling Le Corbel awl' Le Pretheurr,
/neve St, etre covered With
rt•fugces to the minibet. of about. 5,-
01)0, who are being taken away grade
ually. In the ii»nnOhibe provisionS
ere being conveyed to. thorn.
'of. the thirty people Who were
originally yet:weed by tl:e French
ernIser Siteliet the nitt'ority'were
fearfully buened 'and it' died. While,
on theft' Way to the 1.08)3:1.01. • •
•'''Tht. corn -tits %chi' It are ecl in
the ruins of St. Pierre are not only' .
completelynaked, but aro frIghthil•ly •
ti la t ed , '
end VI IMO Plowing.
'Ares' 11.-Ad-
vice5 reeeived here from the taland of
Dominica to-tlay, say that boats ar-
rIvikt there report 1.11.tt ninny per -
eons 'were drowned while ceossieg 20
Doetinic-n from the Island of 11,'are
tinique, KOIAP 01 1110 Oa Par.
IF,11g,1 311,1V0 ;well 11,11ndated, 'rho erup-
lion or 1110044 1'eh,0 (Martinique) eon -
lieu( 9. the i)(-va Is progressing north-
ward. Tho 21)1,110 telethon region it
now a roct.y weste, denuded cf liege'
241,21210
The News -Record to any address to
the efid .or the year foe Ilan 0dellaq
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