The Wingham Advance, 1907-12-26, Page 2ar-
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LESSON se, Igoe,
Review -Read Psalm 98.
Summary,Lesson I. Topic: Conditions
of success in life. Place: The Jordan.
opposite Jericho, After Moses was dead
j0441110, Wa.4 told. to arise ana lead. the
people over Jordan into Canaan.
Lord told Joshua to be very courageone,
for no, man would be able, to stand
against hint while lie lived. He wae also
told, to carefully obey the law which Clod
bad given, Idni. Joshua then commanded
the people to prepare victuals, for in
three days they were to pass over Jor-
dan.
II. Topic: Forces for the crisis times.
Place: The Jordan, oppoeite Jericho. Be-
fore they crossed the river two spies
were sent over„ who brought back word
that the people were filled with terror,
The ark of the Lord was to pass over
first, and when the priests who bore
the ark stepped into the water the river
divided and the people passed over on
s---..damoneene,Tevelce men had been chosen
Who7toole twelve stones from the slayer -
bottom, and. carried them to Gilgit',
where they were' set up as a memoriel.
III. 'Topic: Winnmg victory through
faith. Place At Gilgit', near Jericho. The
Lord gave Joshua, careful directions as
to how ta take the eity ef Jericho, and
then Joshua told. the people what to do,
They were to march around the city
once a day for six days and on the sev-
enth, day they were to march around
wenn times. Then. the priests were to
blow with the trumpets and the people
were to shout. They did as the Lord
had commanded them, and the walls fell
down flat.
IV, Topic: Lawa of spiritual conquest.
Place: Gilgal. It has been about six
years slime the Israelites entered Can-
aan. They were assembled at Gilgal to
divide the land among the tribes. Caleb
Was one of the two good spies and Moses
had promised him Hebron. Caleb was 85
years old, but he was still strong and
able to possess his inheritance. Joshua
blessed Caleb and gave him Hebron be-
cause he had wholly followed the Lord.
V. Toga...deed:Mat -the sinner's Refuge.
Place: STirott. The inheritance of the
tribe of Levi was forty-eight 60
which were quite evenly distribu
among the tribes. Six of these ci es
*ere chosen as cities of refuge. Kedieh,
Shechem find Hebron were on the west of
Jordan; and. Bezer, Ramoth and f 'elan
on the east. The cities were on hills and
the one who Accidentally killed Another
could flee here for refuge. To:day Christ
is our refuge. He is accessible, and all
who will can roach Him. e`
VI. Topic: Reasons, /4:W -worshipping
and serving God. Place: Sh4chern. Joshua
was now an old man, sued before. he died
he 'assembled the peopeh Shechem and
, gave them his par tfig advice. He called
on them to choo whom they would
serve, Jehovah the gods of the Ca-
naanites. told them that he and
Ins house., mild serve the Lord. The
epeople gfeo piennised to serve and obey
` rd. Joshua told them that if they
the Lord they would be blessed,
they foorsook Him they would
nished.
f. Topic: Conditions of spiritual
are. Place: At the foot of Mount
oa. The Midianites were greatly
ressing God's people. The Lord called
deon as a deliverer.. Gideon called the
raelites together end • assembled an
rmy of 32,000 men;ethis was •reduced to
300. The Lord sent Gideon down to the
Midianitish camp to hear the telling of it
dream which encouraged him very much.
They gained an easy victory over the
alidianites.
VIII. Topic: Personal duty toward the
drink evil. Place: Paul wrote from
Corinth. He had never been at Rome; a
misunderstanding existed between Jew-
ish nd e tile eemeetea
t.
o ifie-arr
observance of days;
ul urged. them In have charity and
pne for the allele our first and
Jest duty is to please lakoda the law
lode forbids the use of intoxiretI •
tors; intemperance is always a.. elti.1
ty besides the one who drinks are
y to be injured; the family, the
urch, society and the state suffer.
rx. Topic: A study of the Samson
diameter. Place: Samson died at Gaza.
The Philistines were oppressing Israel,
and Samson was raised up to deliver
them; he was a Na,zarite; he departed
from God; Delilah learned the secret of
his- power, his locks were shorn, the
Philistines took him and caused him to
work as a slave; a great company were
gathered in the temple at Gaza, praising
Dagon; Samson moved the two centre
pillars, and the' house fell, causing his
death and also the death of the Philis-
tines.
X. Topic: Choosing the people of God.
Places: Moab; Bethlehem. There was a
famine in the land of Israel, and Naomi
with her husha,nd and two sons went
to the land of Moab to live. The sons
married Moabitish women, but after a
few yeaesi• 4.4eth sons and their father
,..„.,..,-4,?eaving womer widows. Noami
tidecided to return to Bethlehem.
Orplia, remained in Moab, but Ruth clave
to her mother-in-law, and chose the true
God. This is one of the most remark-
-, able examples given us in the scriptures
of forsaking home, country and kindred
to be eomed to the people of God. This
is the mare remarkable from the fact
that she belonged to a heathen nation
a,nd knew comparatively little of the
true God.
XL Topic: Religion and childhooa in
their relations. Place: Shiloh. The ehild
Samuel assisted Eli in the tabernacle ser-
viee; God spoke to Samuel; Samuel at
first supposed Eli had called him, but
afterward understood that it was the
Lord; the Lord told Samuel what Ile
intended to do against Eli, because his
sons had "made themselves vile," and
Eli had "testrained them not." Eli in -
dated that Samuel tell him the message.
Samuel was sincere and modest. He hesi-
tated -to declare the message, not be -
mule the thought of disobedience en -
his mind, but bemuse he as a
railed upon to deliver a mes-
e ao much older than
the Saviour.
1., en passed
calling Jesus;
alarmed at •he res
.r king had 'been tan;
nianclad. the wiee men to return
I him about Christ, but they were
in a dretun to retinn anothet
. The wise men brought Jesus pro-
1,Ve, too, sholl find 61e811,9
het We search -for Him.
PPACTIGATe APPLICATIONS.
T. The leader's promise. Moses WS
dead, and a new leader Was demanded.
This leader proved to be Joshua. He
eels commanded to he strong ana of
good com'age. God's promise to him was
ceinctilitted to inspire him with %dorm
itabletestrength. "As T was with Moses
ea *ill be with thee: T wilt not fail
'OW n r foreake thee." He was to be
etrong, , in faith. 2. In expectation. 3.
In weal. 4. In endurance. 5. In patience.
C. In courage, There is no piece for
sa•aknese ia God's service. ''Let the
weak say, I am etrong."
II. Tim passage of the Jordan. The
e mite connect ed with this remarkable
experienee were. calculated to Make a
deep and lasting impreasion upon the
minds of the Israelite& They could cer-
tainly point to one place in their pit-
grimage ana exclaim, "There God met
tie and brought lig through the watere
dreeshod. There the mercy seat, the
symbol of Uud's law and mercy, led us
safely as did the pillar of fire in the wil-
1 . • , e
TII. Jericho typical of strongholde of
iniquity. The city was StraitlY shut uP•
No one could go out, nor could any one
deter. The attitude of the people is
very suggestive of the resistance of the
human aoul against the higher powers
which would conquer it and lead it to a
higher, nobler life. How are they to be
dislodged Y Some Joshua must appear --
a man of faith and a man of persever-
ance. The ram's horn blast of the war -
dor finally laid her pretensions in the
dust. Unbelief. impenitence, corrupt of-
feetions, evil habits -all must yield, and
righteousness shall everywhere and ever-
more reign.
IV. Caleb and his inheritance. In his
service of God, Caleb was, 1. ludepend•
ent 2. Truthful. 3, Courageous. 4.
Unselfish. 5. Wholly devoted to God.
For this service he was rewarded, 1.
With long life. 2. Continued strength
in old age. Restful possession of Ms
portion of the land, It is well to re-
member that the Lord always rewards
those who faithfully serve him.
V. The inan-slayer and his refuge. The
cities of refuge were established in or-
der to put a limit to a spirit of revenge,
while at the same time provision was
made for the adequate punishraent of
crime. The cities of refuge were not
founded to protect the guilty, but for
the shelter of the innocent. Christ is
'our city of refuge. 1. He protects and
comforts those who are oppressed by the
hasty judgmeat of man. 2. He is al-
ways right at hand. We may flee to
him speedily. 3. No man can find safe-
ty outside this refuge. The avenger of
blood is on his track. 4. There is den -
ger in delay in finding this spiritual re-
fuge.
VI. Rededication of the service of
God. The consecration of the fathers
will not suffice for the sons. Joshua was
now nearly in sight of the city, and his
heart's etrengeet desire was to leave be-
hind him a nation wholly devoted to the
service of the living God. God's service
is a reasonable service. 1. Conscience
regnires it. 2. Gratitude requires it. 3.
A. H. 8..
Wisdom wequires it.
VII. What an army gathered at the
call of Gideon, apparently ready to do
and dare for God and Israel. But a few
days of soldiers' fare, and threatening
perils from Midian's formidable host
dampened ite ardor ' and .courage. So
that when Gideon said, "Whosoever is
fearful and afraid, let him return and
depart," 22.000 returned home.
VIII. Intemperance is a national as
well as an individual crime. God pro-
nounced a woe on the drunkard and
drunkard -maker (see Hab. 2, 15; 1 Cor.
0, 10.) A. fearful fate awaits both, while
the' nation that for revenue or *hale
evet selfish consideration protects and
perpetuates the saloon and the liquor
traffic, leaves a blasting heritage of dis-
ease, crime, insanity, misery and poVerty
to the generations following, resulting
in national decay and ruin. The faint-
hearted have been 'weeded out. Ile now
proceeds to sift out the careless, semi -
careless, the headstrong and the undisci-
plined. Now only three hundred men re-
mained. to carry out the purposes of
God. And through these tried and true
he broke Midinees yoke and established
his throne again in Israel. G. P. W.
IX. Samson was raised up for a poem
liar and necessary work. He was set
apaet by the Nazarite vows for the ser=
vice of God, but being weak in character
lie was overcome, and only at the close
of his life did he recover himself, and
was empowered to be an agent in vindi-
cable; God's cause.
X. Ruth's name has come down in his -
dory as one who was steadfast in her de-
1 votion to the true God and Ms people.
Her life is An inspiration to faithfulness.
Ruth was honored as being in the lisle
1 through which Christ came.
Xl. Samuel was dedicated to God in
his infancy. To him 10 his boyhood was
entrusted a message of great importance
to Eli, whom Samuel served. In this
lesson is a powerful warning to parents
respecting the training of their children.
XII. The three great truths presented
here are, 1, Searching for Jesus and find-
ing him. 2. Worshiping Jesus. 3. Pre-
senting our best gifts to him.
COBALT ACCIDENTS.
JOSEPH TESNIERE FOUND DEAD AT
BOTTOM OF SHAFT.
J.
McKnight Blinded and Probably
Fatally Injured by Explosion; and
Superintendent Leyson, of Townsite
Mine, Injured.
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Cobalt despatch: Jos. Tesniere, aged
about 30 years, a Frenelunan with a
married sister in Montreal, was found
(lead at the bottom of the four shaft
at a depth of 152 feet.
Deceased was working in the drift at
tam 86 -foot level. Ha.ving left Work
with his companions he returned to se-
cure a pair of mitts before ascending,
and nothing more was seen of him
alive. •
This morning Supt. Leyson, of the
Townsite mine, and J. McKnight, a
young Sootehmace, met with a blasting
accident. MoKrught was seriously in.
jured about the head and was removed
to the Red Cross Hospital. Both eyes
are veld to be loet, and the • doctors
have no hopes of saving bis lifee Supt.
Leyson is out about the face and has
ono wrist -bone broken.
It appears McKnight eneounthred
loose powdet in the end of the draft,
probably in a out -off hole unknown to
him. Supt. Leyeon was close to Mr -
Knight when the explosion took place.
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ALLEGED CRUELTY.
--
A Woodstock Couple Acquitted by Mag-
istrate Ball.
'
. Woadetock despatch: A few days ago
l511; city Oge.iii.,..4re :by re -ports that Mr.
ekt3ir
and Mrs. Arthur Se , •k, a young couple
residing here, had b . eguilty of gross
cruelty to a six-year-old son of Stott by
a former wife. The coaple were brought
into the Police Court, and it Was shown
that the child's feet had been frozen and
that all the toes Would fall off, and
that one arm had beet broken and wits
not set straight otving to there•having
been no medical attendaot The couple
were aequitted by Magistrate Bali. Citi-
zens are not satisfied with the judgmant
of the court, and a netitime is now being
circulated asking tha Attorney -General
to reopen the ease and order a new
trial
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Wigg--Did you ever eateh Longbow
telling the truth f Wagge-Only once,
and then he tried to lie out .0f• it.
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WVOW
„ N‘k
the contraeting yartiee were Americans,
.while at Sandwich the percentage was
78. Of the A•inerican toOple$ (200) Mar^
ried in the latter municipality thirey-five
men and forty-five women were divor-
cees. As still further evidence of the ex-
ietenee of a wholesale marriage traffic,
Dr. Hodgetts points out that of the to.
tat of 318 marriages at Sandwich 297
were performed by the same clergyman,
Another practice commented upon is the
custom of issuers of licenses to rout
rooms for the performance of the eere-
Dr. Hodgetts advises the amendment
of the law, making it uecessaey that one
of the contractieg parties should have
resided fifteen days en the Province be-
fore the ceremony is performed. "In
this inanner the system of hasty mar -
*lieges, to call it by a simple mune, would
be materially improved. Certainly at pre-
sent," says Dr: Hodg,etts, " it is a
blot on the good name of the Province
and stigma to those trafficking therein."
The death. rate remains praetically un-
altered at 14,2, there having. been only
81 mare deaths in the Province during
1905, conapared with the previous
year, Of the population, 23.3 per emit
is in the towns and cities, The illegiti-
mate birth rate was 1.34 p.er one hun-
dred births, as against 1.58 in len
Tiro sTRIMT MARKET
The offerings of grain to-daY wore falr.
Barley is firmer, with ealee of 000 beellele
at 78 to 790. Wheal, uuchanged, Dueltels
sf Vali selling at Ole, aryl 100 bushels et
goose at 670. Bats lateatlY, 900 bushels selling
at. 51a,
BaY in fair sUPPIY, With prices firm; 30
loads eold at $19 to $21 a tou for timothy,
and at $16 to $18 for clover. Stiaw is noinInal
at $17 a ton.
Dressed begs continue firm at $7.75 to $8
for light, and at $7.50 for beaVy.
Wheat, white, MUM ....... ....$ 0 97 $ 0 00
Do., red, bush." .6.. . . ... 97 00
Do., Spring, bUsh... .. 0 90 0 95
Do., goose, bush, 0 8T 0 00
Clete, bush,- 0 51 0 00
13arley, 0 73 Q
Rye. besli.„ .„ Q 83 0 fJ0
Peas, bush. . „ 0 86 0 87
HaY. timothy, ton.„ 19 00 21 00
Do., clover, ton... „ 15 00 18 00
Straw, per ton ... . 17 00 0 00
Seedo, Alsike, No. 1 bush 1 60 8 00
Do., No. 2. . 6 76 'I 25
Do., rod clover„. „ 9 50 0 00
Dressed hogs, 7 60 Lee
Eggs, new laid, dozen.. 0 45 0 60
Do.. storage.„ ...... 0 25 0 30
Butter, dalry,„ . . „0 26 0 30
Do„ creamery... 0 80 0 33
Geese, dressed, lb„ 0 03 0 11
Chickens, per lb.„ 0 09 0 10
Ducks, dressed, lb... .., 0 10 0 11
Turkeys, per lb.., .., ..„. 0 13 0 /6
Ap.ples, per bbl... ..„ 2 00 3 60
Potaines, per ... ., 0 90 1 PO
Cabbage, per doben... 0 40 0 CO
1 25
8 00
5 00
7 25
6 60
9 00
Onions. Per hag... r•-- -• 1 00
Beef, hindquartens.. ., 7 00
Do., forequarters... 4 00
Do., choice, carcase.. 6 75 '
Do., medium, carcase. ... 5 00
Mutton. per cwt." . 8 00
Veal, prime, per cwt... ... 7 60 10 00
Lamb, per owt... .. , 8 60 9 60
WINNIPEG WHEAT MARKET
Following are the closing quotations on
Winnipeg grain futures to -day:
Wheat -Deo. $1.05% bid. May $1.1414o bid.
Oats -Deo. 43%c bid, May 50%o bid.
BRITISH CATTLE MARKETS
London -London cablea are firmer, at 11e
to 12%c por lb., dressed weight: refrigerator
beef is quoted at 930 ,per pound.
NIPISSING ORD ON DUMP
It is estimated that the Kipissing Mining
Company has about 75,000 tone of ore the
dumps. The average amiays vtill run from
20 to 60 ounces to the tbn. The company
has not, as a rule, shipped ore running be-
low 200 or 300 ounces to the ton
Financial Notes.
New _York Central stock closed yesterday
at 92% The bargain hunters should note
that its 6 per cent dividend yields 6.46 per
cent in income at that price.
New York Central stock was sold at 156%
last year, at whioh price it netted but 3.84'
per cent, but investors bought It eagerly on
that basis.
When Mackay Company's common stock
recently sold at 75% it yielded 6.5 per ceut
income from the 4 per cent dividend it pays.
The common stock of the Mackay Com-
pany at 63 returns au income of 7.55 per
cent to Investors, as it pays 4 per cent yearly
In dividends on the par value.
Manhattan Elevated stock last year sold. at
162. Its 7 per cont dividend yielded '4.3 per
cent to these who bought then.
Manhattan Elevated stock, which Pays a
7 per cent dividend, sold recently at 118. It
becomes a 6.92 per cent investment.
New York, Ontario and Western is a prop-
erty controlled by the New Haven road
Paying 2 per cent, at 81% it returns 6.30
per cent on the investment, with a partici-
pating interest in an anthracite coal property,
New' York, Ontario and Western at its
highest price of 57% thle year was bought
by investors, though it paid but 314 per cent
on the money.
LIVE STOCK MEN,
Bradstreet's.
Montreal -The rush of the holicht/
retail trade movement is now on here,
and the general feeling is that its
volume is quite up to expectations.
General wholesale trade is moderately.
active. Cold weather has helped the
sorting trade in winter lines. There
is, however, a quiet tone noticeable
in other goods; as is to be expected'
at this time of year. Collections are
fah and the outlook favors eonsid-
eralle improvement in this regard
soon after the turn of the year. It
is stated that Canadian railroads will
be in the market for rolling stook
early in the new year, a fact that will
do much to help the general trade
here. Money is gradually working
easier, but the change in the situa-
tion during the past week has been
very slight.
Toronto -Wholesalers interested ex-
press themselves as well satisfied
with the business that has been done
on account of the holiday trade. The
business in furs, too, has been light.
Seasonable weather is helping the
movement in drygoods sorting orders.
The bu'lding trades continue quiet
and there is a resultant lack of de.
mend for hardware supplies. Hard-
ware prices are generally steady. Th3
outlook for spring trade is consider -
.ed good. •
Winnipeg -As the season advances
trade here takes. on a morp cheerful
tone. The holiday trade is helping
retailers in all parts of the country,
and stocks are reported to be moving
weli. Sorting orders for winter dry -
goods are increasing. Values hold
firm.
Vancouver and Victoria -Wholesale
trade here has a quiet tone. The
trade in holiday goods has been
heavy up to the present time. The
money situation is reported to be eas-
ing somewhat and collections are gen-
erally gpod. The number of; unem-
ployed is still large.
Quebec -Climatic conditions are
favorable to city trade, which during
the past week has been brisk.
Hamilton -General Wide. has aa,
steady tone. The volunfe of holiday
business is heavy. Manufacturers in
some lines are curtailing their out-
put to some extent. Collections are
fair to good. •
London -General trade tilde holdq
a good tone.
Ottawa -A. heavy business has been
done in holiday goods and general
trade 'has a fair tone. Sorting orders
for retail goods are moderate.
MARRIAGE .TRAFFIC
U. S. DIVORCEES COME TO ONTARIO
TO BE MARRIED.
Dr, Hodgetts Advises That Law Should
be Amended to Include Residence
Qualification- Ontario's Birth Rate
is Increasing.
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Torontoe Dec. 23. -According to the re-
port of Dr. Hodgetts in his capacity as
Deputy Registrar -General, the populae
tion of Ontario at the end of 1905 was -
2,208,364. This estimate, however, is
only based. on the last census, and no
account is taken of the ebb and flow of
population which has taken- place. The
report 31,10We that the birth rate was
23:5 per thousand of the estimated Pomo,
lation, as compared with 22.8 feir 11104;
and the marriage rate was 9.2 per thou-
sand, an increase of 0.3.
Essex county leads the Way in the
matter of maidage, for of the total in-
erease for the year 637, nearly onedialf
ever° registered in 'that eounty, and its
rate is 32.2, as eompared 'with 9.2 for
the Province. The reason, however, for
tide preponderance is IRA far to seek:
The gitetter proportion' of the marines
took place at the border towns of Wind -
sot and SandWich. end in. 83 per nett of
099' ceremonies, porforrned at ,Windsor
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ROBBERS KILLED.
DRAMA. ENACTED AT NIGHT IN
QUIET RUSSIAN VILLAGE.
Three Men Are Victims -Husband Treach-
erously Shot, His Wife Used Ay•
With Terrible Effect on Desperadoes.
St. Petersburg, Dec. 23. --The Kieff
papers describe a horrible drama. which
has just occurred in the district of Sea -
nice. Late one evening a strange man
and woman knocked at the door of a
farmhouse occupied by a land -owner and
his wife. They asked for shelter for
the night, owing to the condition of the
woman, which prevented her walking any
further. They were made welcome and
were shown every hospitality. The far-
mer agreed to drive the male visitor to
the neighboring village, in order to bring
the doctor.
They were hardly out of earShot of
the• farm before the stranger stopped the
cart, and, presenting a revolver at the
farmer's' head, demanded his money and
valdables. The farmer tried to escape,
but was shot dead by Ids assailant.
Le the meantime a similar scene, but
with different results, was being enacted
at the farmhouse. The pretended sick
woman turned out to be a man in dis-
guise, and, drawing a revolver, ordered
the farmer's wife to hand over all the
money and jewelry in the house. • In af-
fected horror she opened a chest, and,
while the robber, on his knees, was en-
gaged in ransacking it, she seized an axe,
and, creeping silently to within striking
distanee, dealt a crushing blow, which
almost severed the brigand's head
from his shoulders.
Same minutes later the second robber
again knocked at the door of the house.
The farmer's wife opened it, and, as the
man passed her, felled him to the ground
with .a powerful swing of the axe, kill!
Mgt= instantly.
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National Association Meets in
Ottawa in February.
DREAM WORTH £4,000.
It Brought a Fortune for Skeptical Paris
Husband.
e Paris, Dec .23.--A remarkable ease of
a dream being worth Z4,000 has just
coMe to light at 6 Rue Truguet, Toulon,
in which town lives a commercial travel-
•Ier named Edouard Cholet
Twelve monthseago M. Cholet was ad-
viied by the office of the local treasurer -
general that the city of Paris debenture
bond which he held had come out at the
drawing at par ( Z100). Thereupon M.
Cholet surrendered his hond for its face
Value. On Tuesday night his wife dreamt
that the bond which her husband had
held, No. 348,764, had really drawn
£4,000.
She urged her husband to make imme-
diate inquiries, and M. Cholet, though
very skeptical, went yesterday morning
to the treasurer -general's office, where,
on search being made, it was discovered
that a mistake had been made, and that
the bond sup.posed to have been drawn
at par had in reality been drawn for
44,000.
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WOMAN FIRST WITH TEAM.
The convention of the National Live
Stock Association to be held in Ot-
tawa on February 5th, Oth and 7th,
1008, promisee to be a most important
ineetin.g. The programme being prepar-
ed provides for tho consideration of
such national topics as the export, im.
port, and interprovincial trade in breed-
ing and, commercial live stock, The re-
lationship of transportation companies
to the live etook industry will be dealt
with by foremost authorities: The health
of Canadian live stock, proposed amend-
ments of customs regulations and the
Scottish premium system of hiring stal-
lions will. all be considered with a view
to improving present oonditione in Cate
mkt in regard to theae matters,
Already an attendanee of represen-
tative stock meet from each of the sev-
eral provinces is assured. Most of the
Recent and Provincial Live Stock As-
sociations have fulfilled the require-
ments of affiliation. It is the privilege
also of Agricultural Societies and ex-
hibition associations Which paid in cash
prizes for live stock in 1907 a sum of
$500 or upwards to affiliate with the
National Association by sending to the
Live Stock Commissioner, Ottawa, a
list of its members. Beadles affiliated
in this way are entitled to represents,.
tion at the convention by He president
or secretary.
Plucky Wife of. Thorold Teamster Beat
Men to Fire Hall.
St Catharines, Ont., report: In Thor-
old. the municipality does not own a
team of horses for drawing the fire en-
gine. When the fire bell rings, the own-
er of the first team ou the spot gets $5.
There is a good deal of rivalry among
teamsters, and Harry Carter is usually
there with his team at the head of the
Mee; The other night lie was away
froni home when the fire bell rang.
His wife did not know exactly where
to • find him, and there would have
been no time to look, anyway. So
the plucky woman harnessed the
hdrses and set off with them at a gal-
lop. for the fire hall, managing to beat
-out the next best team by a couple of
necks.
The men around gave her a hearte
diem which the defeated teamsters
joined in' with. vigor. She will receive
the -$5 at the next meeting of the Town
Council.
la WIND BLEW TRAIN OVER.
Ctirious Railroad Accident • Reported
From Sardinia.
New York, Dee. 23.-A cable despatch
to the Herald from Cagliari, Island ed
Sardinia, to -day announced that it
strange railroad disaster had occiirred
near Lanosei station. A severe gale of
wind -was blowing as a locomotive draw-
ing toi passenger cart fairly full of peo-
plc aproached lanusei, Suddenly si
stronger blast than. usual atruck the
train, which, after balancing on the rails
for a few seconds, was completely over-
turned, the locomotive and cars being
tumbled into a ditch alongside the
track. Happily, however, only twelve
persons were injured, two of whom wete
aeVerely hurt.
ROBBED OF lh0000.
Merchant Found Murdered on Train in
Italy Identified.
Rome, Dec. 22. -It has been leatned
that the man who was brutally •Inur-
doted on a train front Rome to Ancona.
whose body was fonnd at Foligno yes-
terday morning, was Signor Arverli, a
prom -Meat merchant of Verona. The me-
dic for the crime robbery. Seventy
thousand: dollars carried by the vietim
46 missing.
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The average eperiti whale is about f if-
ty-nine feet long and Weighs 140,000
pounds, and will yield 60,000 pounds of
Idubber (from which 48,000 pounds of
train oil een be made) and 3,000 pounds
of whalebone.
NO NEWS FOR HIM.
KAISER'S SPECIAL REPORTER
EJECTED FROM HARDEN TRIAL.
Judges Decided to Hear Evidence Strict-
ly in Camera and Refused to Allow
Even the Emperor's Representative
to be Present.
wr 1,ttgani examined, and tlie material
t
w Jell they carried was analyzed. In one
h tepee, it fly eaptured on South street
thia summer was found to be carrying
100,000 fecal bacteria, showing the affi-
nity to dangerous geruis of this active
medium of dieseminetion,
Dr. Jaekson, who made most of the ex-
periments, aeclares solemnly that the
flies are responsible for 5.000 of the 7,000
deaths annually in New York from ty-
phoid and other intestinal diseases.
Berlin, Dec. 23.- Emperor William,
who • is following' the evidence taken in
the Harden -Von Moltke libel suit with
the utmost atthntion, to -day sent to
the Court Houet Lieut. Proetner Vender-
hoelle of the Fusiliers as a special repre-
sentative in order to secure a full and
impartial report of the proceeding%
rhe Judges declined to permit the lieu-
tenant to remain in court when the
remainder of the public was excluded,
arid he Gots was unable to obtain the
details of ' the trying ordeal which
Prince Philip Zu Eulenburg underwent
during the secret seagull this afternoon,
e.hen he remained for three hours on
the witness stand. Owing to the utter
exclusion of the press and the pub -
lie from the session and the close secrecy
observed by all persons connected. with
the case, no statements on which re-
liance can be plaoed are obtainable re-
garding the testimony adduced.
Frew Von Elbe, her mother, Frew Von
Heyden, arid Count Kuno Von Moltke
were examined in camera.
The reports in circulation that all fur-
ther proceedings in the suit will be held
in camera have caused general disap-
pointment, for the opinion prevails that
Count Kuno ;Von Moltke should be giv-
en an opportunity to rehabilitate him-
eelf before the public, which heard the
terrible char& brought against him at
the preyious trial. It is possible that
the judges in whom lies the discretion
to ba,ve public or secret hearings may
decide at a later period to reopen the
court to the public. The ease is ex-
pected to continue until December 24.
14TH WIFE DEAD.
And Now the Fourteen Wives are
all in Cemetary.
New York, Dec. 23. -Martha Maria
Vann, the fourteenth wife of J0,11105
Nicholas Vann, of alount Hope, Orange
County, is dead and will be laid beside
the thirteen other wives in the Vann
family burial ground at Mount Hope to-
day, according to the Sun.
James Nicholas Vann is one of the
most remarkable characters in Orange
County. He was born in Mount Hope
Township on April 22, 1807, and ie there-
fore over 100 years old.
Although. he is colored, Vann's four-
teen wives have all been white,. and he
expressed distaste for women of his own
race.
He has been a body servant to some
of the most prominent men in Orange
County. He has preached, doctored and
studied Mee, but is now getting so feeble
as to be hardly able to get around. Many
years ago his biography was published,
and had a large sale.
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DEADLY HOUSE FLY.
WORST -KNOWN DISSEMINATOR OF
DISEASE GERMS.
One Captured in New York Was Carry-
ing too,000 Fecal Bacteria -Respon-
sible for Over Seventy Per Cent. of
Typhoid Deaths.
New York, Dee. 23.- The 01)11101011
house fly is one of the greatest enemies
of man. He is one of the worst dis-
seminators of disease known. In spread-
ing evil lie so far aarpasses the mosquito
as to render the inedle-beaked insect a
negligible quantity by comparison. He
thrives where the mosquito would die of
inanition. He is omnipresent, and the
amount of danger that he ean spread
over it city absolutely„staggers the imps
illation. With one kick of a hind leg,
for instance, • can distribute among
men; women and children one huodred
thousand disease -laden germs.
Medical men have long known that
typhoid, and. other intestinal diseases are
duo to a germ which arises from heal
matter. but they have been at a loss to
know how these germs have been dis-
seininated. New York health officials
elaim to have solved the puzzle. They
have traced the erime home to the
house fly, have caught him with the
goods on.
This is how the house fly was unmask-
ed.
*Under the direction of Dr., Daniel D.
jaekson, fly-tritps were placed thie sum-
mer on piers, ender piers one biotic from
dm liver and so 011, aroUnd the water-
front in the various boroughs. Inspec-
tor's were detailed to gather the captive
flies, which were taken to the labore-
tone. the alaily records made of their
numbers n101 the material on the body.
mouth and legs of the insects exandricd.
To prove by experiment, captured flies
were thoroughly cleaned and then allow-
ed to walk over Infected material. They
NO SQUADRONS.
FLEET IN PACIFIC
Tho
Britain Not to Have One in Pacific
or Atlantic.
Londoe, Dee. 23, --The Associated Press
is in a position to say, on the authority
of the British Admiralty, that there is
no truth in the aesertion, published in
the Standard to -day, that the Admiralty
has decided to establish next May a Pa-
cific and North American squadron, the
base of which. probably will be at Ee•
quimalt,
"There is no shadow of foundation for
this story; it is the veriest buneombe;
it inuat be obvious to any one who
gives the subject a moment's thought
that such a move would be the last
thing we would think of at the present
moment," was the statement made by
lonnieralotfy.the highest officials of the Ad -
The emphasis of this denial indicates
that the Admiralty was anxious that
the report should be promntly put at
rest, with the view of allaymy any sus-
picion that might be aroused in America
connecting the alleged formation of a
British Pacific fleet with the sailing of
the American battleship fl_et.t.
FLYING CLUB.
Germans to Organize a Great Aro
nauts' Club.
Berlin, Dee. 23. -As striking evidence
of the growing interest in aerial naviga-
tion, a proposition has been accepted by
an important gathering of aeronauts to
form, under the patronage of Emperor
William, a great German sterol -mute'
club. It is intended to take 'over the
dirigible nO•shin Parseval. and conduct
experiments with it, and also With all
kinds of flying machines and heavier-
than-air apparatus, trials with which
hitherto have been confined to flights of
miniature models.
Prince Rrnst Sachsen -Altenburg has
been offered the presidency of the new
club.
THE CONGO.
BRITISH ADMIRALTY TO ESTABLISH
NORTH AMERICAN SQUADRON.
1.-11•NRAII,11,••
Esquimalt to be the Base -London
Standard Says Decision Ilas Been
Reached -Canada's Part Not Vet
Known.
London, Dee. 23. -The Standard prints
conspicuously a statement that Great
Britain has decided to establish a .new
naval squadron in the Pacific. The pa-
per says it will be compoeed of the pres-
ent fourth cruiser squadron and six
cruiscre of the county class, so-called be.
CAUSO the ships are named after' the
counties of Great 33rttain.
The squadron, which will be called the
Pacific and North American, will, it is
The scheme wit], become effective in lelay,
lexpopse,cted,, have its base at Esquiznault
It will perhaps be recalled that an ex-
planatory atatement of the navy esti-
mates for 1907-08 contained the an-
nouncement that the naval yards at
Halifax and..Esquimault would be trans-
ferred to the Dominioh Government, sub-
ject to the condition that they be avail-
able for repairing his Majesty's ships,
and that the Admiralty would be free
to resume possession whenever naval in-
terests required it • The Standard says
it does not know how Canada will be
affected by the new scheme. •
The fourth squadron, which consists
of the Cressy, Euralyus, Hogue, Inde
fatigable and Brilliant, cruises periodi-
cally in North American and West In-
dian waters. The Indefatigable is sta-
tioned permanently there. The Brilliant
is employed in Newfoundland waters
during the fishing season. Of the county
class of vessels three are now in Chinese
waters, two in the Mediterranean, three
in home waters, and two are used as
training ships for cadets.
Opposition to the Belgian Plan of
Annexation.
Brussels, Dec. 23.-A meeting yestei•
day of the "Commission of Seventeen"
brought out the strength of the opposi-
tion to the Governnient's plan for the
annexation of the Congo. President of
the Chamber of Deputies Schoolart head-
ed those demanding a clearer explanation
of the true significance of the annexa-
tion scheme.
M. Berneart. formerly Minister of
State, attacked the financial aspect of
the scheme.
Wooerst, speaking on behalf of the
Government, said the bill certainly wooltt
be rejected, which was regrettable, as
the Ministry would fall, entailing the •
very greatest of consequences. •
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SKATED INTO WEDLOCK.
Ymng Couple Were Married in a Pitts-
burg Roller Rink.
Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. 23. -Surrounded
by five h.undred persons on roller
skates, the Rev. C. L. Thurgood, pas-
tor of the Central Christian Church,
himself on skates, with a bride and
bridegroon facing him, also on skates,
a unique marriage ceremony was per-
formed at the Homewood Skating
Rink last night.
The bride was Miss Beulah Smith,
the groom Wilbert Schandres. Mr.
Thurgood at first declined to don the
rollers because he feared the floor
was too smooth. The management
powdered the spot on which the cere-
mony was to be performed, and the
preacher then consented. He stood
the test all right, but the bride, just
as she was about to reply to the
words, "Honor, love and obey," shift-
ed her foot and sat down amid the
screams and roars of the hundreds of
witnesses.
The minister reproved the guests
for their unseemly mirth, and to pun-
ish them preached a wedding sermon
thirty minutes in length. When all
was over the crowd skated in a merry
whirl around the minister, holding
him a prisoner in the middle of- the
floc,r as long as he had detained them.
• • •
IMITATED MOTHER.
Sydenham Township Boy Fires His
Sister's ClOthes.
Owen Sound, Dee. 23. -Mr. and Mrs.
James Cathrea, in Sydenham township,
near Walter's Valle, on Wednesday even-
ing lost their infant daughter under
very dietressing circumstances. In the
morning a number of fowl had been kill-
ed and cleaned for market, and their
son,. a little fellow two and a half years
of age, had witnessed the operation of
sirigeing aftee the birds had been pluck-
ed. In the evening when Mrs. Cathren,
went out to milk the cows she le4 the
two children playing together, and dur-
ing her absence the boy got hold of a
roll of paper, which he ignited at the
fire and .apparently undertook to init.
tate his mother's treatment of the poul-
try' by holding the burning paper to the
clothing of his sister, who was only
eighteen months old. Her clothing was
quickly en fire, and when the mother
returned she .was horrified to find the
little one soffering from terrible butais
about the body. She only lived half an
hour.
BORN IN A PULLMAN CAR.
Unexpected ArriVal in Family of Mr,
Charles rullerton.
Toronto despateli: A son was bone to
Mrs. Charles. Fullerton, of Cobalt, yea-
terday morning, while the mother, with
her husband and four-year-old daughter,
Was On board the Pullmnn ear Arran,
en route from Cobalt to Toronto. The
party occupied the drawing room in the
eleeper, and as there Was :1, physician on
the train, the mother received every' at-
tention, On arrival at Toronto, MM.
rullertori -was removed with the child
to the cienetal Hospital, where both aro
now doing well.
_
LOSES RANK FOR LOVE.
German Count -6-ives Up $1,25o,000 a
Year Income.
back was to -day formally Euriae
psineitenvuetsadiLiPeoli
Berlin, Dec. 23. -Count
de
all rights of succession to
family estates.
His offence is that he married Dora
Fischer, the pretty daughter of a
w r gooumnatn.
belongs to one of the
mediatized houses, and therefore can-
not appeal to the ordinary court. He
Must accept his disinheritance of an
estate worth $1,250,000 a year without
any hope of regaining his right to the
sudeedelessti°rnilritnal which tried his case sat
at Frankfort -on -Main. It consisted of
Prince Stolberg-Wernigerode, Prince Her-
man Schoenburg-Waldenburg, and Count
Solins-Laubach. The court awarded the
succession to the Erbach estates to
Count Arthur Erbach, the uncle of
Count Erasmus.
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WAITRESSES' SUICIDE..
NarsilAfeeeepoo-fuip'he
Drank Carbolic Acid Where Employed
iciaaid,bobliecenaceindl.p
years. Early this morning she coin-
plained of ill -health, and asked another
girl employed in the dining -room to per -
girl returned upstairs and found the
Fetter girl lying on the bed apparently
ality occureed at the Occidental Hotel
for mher duties.
this morning, when Mamie Fetter, of
Milton, took her own life by drinking,.
Occidental Hotel for upwards of two
Toronto Junction despatch: A sad fat -
and Was Found Dead.
le of hours later Mrs. Mayhew.
loyed as waitress at the
The unfortunate girl
About 9 o'clock this
proprietor, went upstairs and
found the girl's bedroom door locked.
There was no response to her call, so
she summoned help and the door was
broken open. Mamie Fetter was discov-
ered lying unconscious on tbe bed, and,
although medical aid was called, the girl
died within a few minutes.
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. MAN BURIED ALIVE.
TWO, HALL. Proprietor
Dr. Agnew
Poroksim. souripeno Ageouokaur
,000.--upetio• ai oplo scootis$4 Eso,
sow setae war.* at 441101.
Knocks on Inside of Coffin as It is Being
Lowered to Grave. ,
Paris, Dec. 23. -Jean Laehiez, shep-
herd, aged 65, of the village of Saint
Aubin, near Dijon, was found in bed,
to all appeararices dead,' guarded by two
dogs, who would not at first allow
anybody to approaeli.
A doctor pronounced the shepherd
dead, and issued a burial certificate.
The burial took place yesterday, but
the coffin had scarcely been lowered
into the grave when there were loud
knocking sounds from it and stifled
cries.
The coffin was iinmediately brought
up again and opened, whereupon the old
shepherd sat up. He was conveyed back
to his home, but the shock was so great
that he died during the night.
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NEVER HEARD OF GOD.
A Thirteen -Year -Old Heathen Discovered
in New York Court.
New York, Dec, 23.-A thirteen -year-old
boy who had never heard of God or the
Bible, and wondered what they meant, con-
fronted Judge .Tones and a jury in the First
District Court, Newark, yesterday. .
The boy. whose name is Max Rosenstein,
was called tie a witness in a damage suit
against the North Jersey Street Railway
Con:panw.
When he bad taken the stand, Chauncey
Beasley, counsel for the railway company,
questioned him as to whether he knew the
nattire of an oath. The boy professed ig-
norance of the meaning of the word.
"Did yeu ever hear of the Bible?" asked
the lawyer,
"1 don't think I dld," answered the boy.
"Were you ever taught that there is a
God?"
"No sir,"
"Ever hear there is a God?"
I,
ThOr011 WI nonplus:1a, the lawyer looked
alMealiegly toward the Judge.
"Did you ever go to school?" be finally
asked the how,
"1 dia."
"And yeti never heard of Omit"
"5 never did: I don't knowt What it means."
The boy was permitted to tell his atemy,
but as his evidence was not Material, there
was no question over his admiesion.
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ARRESTED AT KAMLOOPS,
United States Army Officer Charged
With Misusing Cheque.
Kamloops, IL 0„ Dee. 23. -Capt. D. L.
Keller, alias D. 14. Smith, a United. States
army officer of Reno, Nev., Was arrested
on Wednesday eharged with having stol-
en a beak cheque from the Vatted State;
miarternaatiter's office at Piert Sheridan,
III., and afterwards having filled it
for $92,500. The prisoner intends to fight
extradition, t . • .
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WANTE12 THE HOLY SCROLL
Goldman and Glassburg, Toronto He-
brews, Charged With Stealing It.
Toronto Do:match: The latest develop-
ment of the troubles which have disturbed
the congregation of the Christopher St,
Synagogue was the commit:61 of Asher Gold-
man and Harry Glassburg yesterday morning,
These two !nen are alleged to have stolen
the Holy Scroll. There was a dispute over
the authority In the synagogue, and two
factions claimed the right to dictate. To
prove their authority it is alleged that the
section of the congregation to which the de-
fendants belong wished to obtain .possession
of the Holy Scroll, which is kept in the
ark. The dispute has already made it nec-
essary for the magistrate to decide the rights
and wrongs of an aseault ease.
The only witness called for the prosecution
was Jacob Oshinetsky, carctaker of the syna-
gogue. He said that two men assaulte hint
while Goldman and Glassburg broke it-, the
ark and carried off the Holy Scroll.
Colonel Denison intimated last week that
he would not hear this case, as the witness-
es told stories which differed so greatly tint
it would be interesting for a jury to decide
which to believe. After hearing ono witness,
his worship sent the defendatits to 4 jury.
A STUDENT'S SUICIDE.
'Pennsylvania University Man Hanged
Himself in His Room.
Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 23..- Frank
Wise hillier, a dental student at the
University of Pennsylvania, whose home
was in Kansas City, Mo., committed eui-
cide in his room at the dormitory of
the institution to -day ley hanging. Mil-
ler, who wait 22 years of age, according
to his fellow-studente was undoubtedly
a victim of suicidal mataia.
About the time of the nuid-year ex-
aminations, it is said, he attempted to
end -bit life by inhaling chloroform. He
was found half conscious and resusei-
fated. Since then nt various periods he
has talked to his companions about the
best methods of committing suicide, and
in consequence had been watohed by km
dente who knew TT*.
THE CLERICAL SWINDLER.
Montreal People Done Out of Two on
Three Hundred Dollars.
Montreal, Dee. 23. -The clerical evrind-
ler has again started operations in,Mont.
real. Ile calls iihnself "Rev. E; W.
O'Leary, D. D.,". and his story is that
he "has just come down froin Grand
Seniinary atid discovered that he has left
his money at hoine. Will a, kind friend
cash his chemie for a small amoentt"
Inquiries at the Grand Seminary and
other instiutions, including St. Patrick's.
Church, showed that no midi Titan bad
any connection with them, ande
over, that a score or more of com-
plaints have been made by Imainese men
that this mune individual has been. play-
ing the game for several days. A rough
estimate places his earnings at two to
tilted hundeed
we. •
Killed in a Runaway.
Osage, Sask., Dee. al. -Norma Swartz
was instantly killea a runaway mei-
dent, being thrown from a load of hay.
He. beeame entangled in the lines and
Was dragged under the whedls, Ile Toter.;
a wife and two .children,