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The Wingham Advance, 1908-02-13, Page 2it not. Men eat). tell more of what they have eXpeeienced than they ea,n &rim by faith. Iiinmelf..Whole lienseeallelieved in the divine chiding of Josue, This la the eerlicat mention of "hotwelatelel faith." The mother, the sisters, brothers, serve -ate -the entim ed M the anxietp, and now accepted the LESSON VIL-FEB. te, zeo8. claims of the Meeelah, Faith is green Jesus Heals the Nebleinan's Son.n-JOIM 4: 4314. Commentary. --I, jesus received as a prophet (vs. 43-454 43. After two days --The two days mentioned in verse 40, which he bad spent in Samaria, He then earriere out bis original plan (v, 3.) Galilee -The centre of life and activity 31k Palestine At thitil time. It contained three Millions ot people. There was a large foreign population and. the Jews were more ready to revolve the gospel than in the south. 44. Ws own countre -Tide proverb was repeated later ethen he wee at Nazareth (Mark 6, 4; Lune 4, 24); then Nazareth was "his own coma try" To what country does he new re- fer when he speeks of "his own coun- try?" Varieue explauations have been suggested; 1. 'Piet having first gained recognition in Judea, he will now return to his own people, where he is not over popular, and endeavor to reach them. 2. Whedon. says "From foreign Samaria, where he was honored, Jesus departs to his own country where he was without honor." 3. That' Jesus regarded Jerusa- lem and. Judea as his country, it beigg the place of ids birth, the place of his Isathes's house and kingdom, aud the eeutre; of the Jewieh world. Jesus had not been enthusiastieally reteived ID Judea (John 3, 25; 4, 1, 2) and now de- cides to labor in Clalilec until later, when he would make a last and. etrong appeal to them. This may be the cor- rect explanation. 45. Into Galilee -The eountry of Gali- lee. He had accomplished his jeurney frora Judea. Received him -This does not mean that none rejected him, but where he went he was welcomed. His first infield° there, nearly a year before, was still in their memory, and. it was only a few weeks after that when those same countrymen mot him at the Pass- over, and there witnessed other miracles and a (Replay of his authority in cleans- tbe temple. IL The nobleman's request (vs. 40, 47.) 46. Again into Cana -Where his disciples witnessed the first display of his .power (John 2, 7-11), a.na where their faith in him as the Meseiah was confirmed. 'Seery likely be was agatin entertained in the home of Nathaniel. A certain nobleman -Literally, "one be- longing to the king." Herod Antopas was king at this time and this man was probably some high officer of Herod's court. Sonia think he was Chime, Her- od% steward or chamberlain, whose wife, Joanna, ministered to Jesus (Luke 8; 3.) The miraculous healing of the centurion's eervant , (Matt. 8; 5 and Luke 7; 1), but meet not be con- founded with it. Son was sick-aVery sick with a fever (v. 52.) Disease and idettth eome alike to high and low: There le misery in places as well as in hovels. Capernaum-A city' on the northwest coast of the Sea of Galilee. Soon after this Jesus made Canernaum his home. 47. When he heard -Proba- bly through the Teports of those who hold been at the Passover. if he had not himself witnessed the miracles there. Capernaum was not more than twenty miles from Cana and the news would. quickly spread 'that Jesus was again come to Galilee. Went unto be- sought -Here we see his tender affec- tion for his son; he spared 'no pains to get help for him. We also see his great respect to our Lord; he came himself. when he might have sent a servant; ande ' he beeought him, when, as a man in anthority, some would think he might bave ordered his attendance, The great- est men when they come to God, must become 'beggars. Point of death -This would show the urgency in the case, the difficulty in affecting a cure, and the reason why Jesus should go ,in person. "Times of sorrow and deepest need lean us to °Mist. When no earthly power can aid us, we turn to the One who has all power and love. Many a one has gone to Christ from. a sense of want and conscious helplessness. It would seem that a certain sbock is needed to bring us in contact with reality." Ill. The nobleman's faith (vs. 48-50). 48, Except ye see -Not only did they demand miracles, but miracles perform- ed in a etriking mannen-Bile Mem. How totally unlike the Samaritans, from whom our Lord had so lately come who embraeed the divinity of Hie teaoh- ings without, demanding wonders. Thee nable,man came purely absorbed hi his dying eon, anxious for the bodily mir- acle, but thoughtless of the divine claims of the Saviour of sinners. It is this set- fishnees of spirit that Jesus now re- bukes. The words of tbiz verse are, as it were, an ejaculation, Ft in -eking aloud of Jesus. He sees that to awaken this man he must more than heal his son; He must so heal him as to arouse the man to reflection, and then may come a true faitle-Wtheden. 49. Come down, de.-Thie diecussion of faith was as toes of time to him. He cannot ,stop to ans- wer the rebuke, to argue the case or to defend lis character. It is his son done that fills his thoughts. But his .earneetnees shows a belief in Christ's power which will soon dense him to ac- knowledge his eland's' Saviour as divine, 50. -Go thy way -This would be a great test to the man's faith, but he was ready for it. Thy son liveth -The , healing is grouated, but without its being necessary for Jesus to leave Cana. Un- til now the father had believed on the teatimotly of others. Now His faith is to rest on a better support -on the per- sonal contact which he has just had with the Lord himseIt-Godet. The man believed -This is an instance of the pow- er of Jesus to eonvine,e the inind; to moothe doubts; to confirm faith, to meet our desirete-Barne.s. Had our Lord gone with him, as he wished, his unbelief could not haVe been fully removed, God aelways beatows His gifts in that way in which ins.glory is best promated and our eternal Interest is secureds-Clarke. The word-epoken-Before this he be- lieved in Christ's power to heal, now he belieVee in His word and ads aceord- bey. IV, The nobleman% faith rewarded (vs. 51-54), 51. 'Going down-rtom Cana to Caperimum. Met him-s'While the father wna (kneading the liilesides ously contagious. -Pulpit Com, 64, Se- eond inireele-Not the seaman. miracle Jesus had. wrought (Chap. n; v. 454 but the second in Galilee, Practical Applications. Faith is the link which unites the human with the divine. God always honors the faith of every man, The nobleman from Ca,pernaum whose son was sick is an illusteation of the steps of faith which lead to perfect victory. He, • 1 Believed Christ could. "When he heard .....he went unto him and be sought him" (v. 47). He who Could turn water into wine (John 2; 9),, and drive the buyers and sellers out of the temple (John 2: 10), and' week other "mirttelee"( 'oltu 3; 2), could surely heal hie boy. Faith cometh by hearing (Rom, 10: 17). To know what Jesus has done for others is an encouragement to believe he will do the same for us. II. Believed Christ's word. Mhe matt believed the word that Jesus had ePoken" (v. 50), Notice, 1. The noble man did not trust his son in what he had done. Ho had done much; giVen his son all attention; used all skill, taken the long journey; found Jesus out; flung himself before him; but not in these did he believe. Tee the matter of .salvation men are apt to grasp at what they do, •Consciousness of having complied with every condi- tion, of having obeyed every direction, encourage faith in God; but, faith our prayer, our honesty, our effort, is not the faith that brings blessing, 2. Ile did not trust to his own feel- ing. Hew he felt had nothing to do with it. George Muller says, "Faith is confidence that God will do what he has declared in his holy word. It is reliance on God's word, through the assurance that he will act truthe fully. It is based altogether on his character. Faith is not an impres sion, feeling or emotion. It hae nothing to do with probabilities. Faith begins where probability ends. Many are under a cloud who might be in cleat light, because they weigh iirob• abilities or look at their own im- pressions or feelings. We believe be- cause God has epoken, and not be- cause we have impressions, feelings or emotions." III. Believed Christ did. "He went his way" (v. 50), A. beautiful illus- tration of walking by faith (2 Cor. 5: 7). "Our actions demonstrate our faith surely and strikingly. Hanging uneasily around a person who has made us a promise, may be unwel- come proef to him that we doubt his word. Importunity is an offence, when a synonym for doubt. Perhaps you have done everything else but go your way believing God. Do that and yoin. faith will be honored. Too often do we fall under Christ's sad, reprehensions, `Except ye see signs and wonders yet will not believe' (v 48. IV. Believed and obeyed. "Jesus smith unto him, Go thy way...ho went his way" (v. 50). Obedience is the condi- tion of confidence (I. John 3, 22. Ar- thur T. Pierson says: "In thirty years of ministry I never met a ,case of spir- itual darkness not associated with a, spirit of disobedience and doubt, if only the spirit of complaining." "Faith eom- eth...by the word of God" (Rom. 10; 17). CaTrie Judd Montgomery says: "Faith is the eye that gazes on Jesus, the liand that leans on Him. The secret is in knowing God speaks, and in doing as He says because you believe His word. God says, `What things Bomar ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and, ye shall have them' (Mark 11, 24), This faith is exercised by a soul abiding in Christ. In Him, yielded to His will, He reveals His will, and we are able to claim His will,.and stand with unwavering confidence :upon His'word of promise. We receive wbat we desire because we desire telly His will. We make sure of His will, and then, by a violence of faith which pleases God, we take the kingdom by force (Matt. 11, 12). This is no earthly force, buten- tirely heavenly. We do not force heaven to comply with our requirements, but the heavenly force dwells within es, and energizes us to conraly with God's re- quirements. Lack bf faith hinders God and. grieves Him, but strong faith ti c- cepts His gifts and uses them for his glory. As Whittier sadd: " steps -of faith Vail on the seeming void, and find The rock beneath,'" V. Believed and led others. "Himself believed, and his whole house" (v. 53). Andrew Murray says: "There is preva- lent opinion that siekness is better than health for Vile piety. In the life of Christ and in Ins work we see no token tif this. Health obtained direct from Jesus conseiously as a gift of redeeming love, is a wonderful spiritual blessing, a bearing in the body the mark of the hend of Jesus." A. C. M. ; a POLITICS OR CRICKET. Choice Forced on Lord Dalmeny by His Constituents, London, Feb. 9.-Baven Dahneny .and Primrose, Lord Rosebery's son.and heir, has been obliged. to make a choice be- tween his love of spott and his politteal ambitions. He is a member. of Ptirlia- Inca for Midlothian; he is also .captain of the Surrey County Cricket Club. In the latter role he performed last summer certain feats of batting whieh redounded to his great honor with the cricket -loving English public; but hie Scotch eonstituents do not look upon their member's cricket with the same admiration; they considered that the time Lord Dalmeny spent on the cricket field' might better. have been devoted to furthering their interests in and out of St, Stephen's. Scotsmen, be it remem- bered, are golfers, not cricketets. Consequently, it was intimated to Lord Dahneny that the Midlothian elec- tors might throw him over urdess he gaves less time and attention to cricket and more to his arduots duties as their representative in Parliament. Lord Del- meny, after much consideration, came to the eonclesion that his political future was more important than ericket, aed with trost and peace, they were ascend- tonsequently resigned the ettptainey of ing them with glad news." Thy son lite ; the SurreY eleven. t 7 eth-Meaniug the same that hens meant when wed the eame Worde VICTIMS LA/D-TO REST, -that he would redeye:" from hie sick - Imes, with the prosPect of lengthened. Impressive Funeral .of life. NoVa atotta Mite Disaster. 52. --Then enquired he-tfis faith was Port Hood, N. S., Vele 0. -The heat rewarded, He hnd believed the word, eted I net in the tragedy by whieh ten men received its fulfil:meet. It was Ine . lost their lives in the mine hero Fri - light to consider the works of Ged, and day was etteeted to -day, whed aIl that to note the beauty and harmony be- WAS mortal of the victims Was laid tO• iween 'Wad and His work, At the ' rest. The proteseion was fully a mile seventh hour -Definite time, definite long, making the Ittrgeat and most Ito- Vork, This teas eit.her one o'clock p. pressive funeral ever withessed thee° &wording to the Iewieh reekoning, or perte. eoven o'elock p. awarding to the On arrival at the ehtireh the easkets reekoning, 53. The father knew were taken within and laid on rests io -Everything was deer to his mkt- the tentre making a, line which Standing. It was while he wee , extended from the elutticel rail to the ing the Saviour flint 1:ie prayer was 1 veetibule. The inimeet, will be resittnee ariewered, though at the time he knew to•morrow afternoon. , TORONTO MARKET& Fessatente' STARIsWii. Tee market. tor vele contlettes very (lull owing to the bad condition ot the roada, Meat firm, 100 bUshele. of Pall Bellies At 98e a Miami. 13Arley dull, 200 bushels sel, Jug at 74e. Pate firmer, with Bakes of 30Q bushels at 070„ DalrY Predeoe in limited supply, with Draw firmer. Butter sole at 28e te 32o per eapQetoeue,yw egge at 350 to 40e per doe - Nay eutet end firm, with sales of le loads at eel. te $23 ten, •fatiraw guano et 514.00 tp 515 a ton. Dressed laegs 111 limited offer And firm at 57.70 to 58.50, according to quality and weight. Wheat, white, bennel. ..$ 0 98 $ 0 98 Do„ red bush. .. 0 98 0 93 0 00 Do. gooSe, MOM. 0 93 0 00 0 67 Barley, bush. .4 44 44 40 61, Pt 010 0 72 0 00 Peas. per bush. ,. ,, 0 88 0,00 Hay, tbnothy, ton ..• . 20 OQ 23 (10 1/0„ eloYer, tou WOO 0 00 Straw, per tot . .. 14 60 15 00 Seeds, Alsike, No.'', nu. ., .. 8 60 8 715 No., No. 2 .. 7 75 8 26 Dm red clover 10 00 10 25 DreFied hogs „ 7 76 8 60 Egge, new laid, per dos. 0 35 0 40 1)o., aterage 0, 0 23 0 26 Butter, dairy .. ., • . 0 28 0 32 0 34 Do., creamery .• .. 0 31. Geese, dressed, lb, .. Q 10 0 11 Chickens per lb. 0 13 0 15 Ducks, dressed. lb. .. 0 13 0 13 0 20 Turkeys, per 11), t. „ .. 0 17 3 00 Apples, -per bbl. „ 1 76 1 10 Potatoes, per bag .. ..... 1 QO 0 50 Cabbage, per doz. .." .; 0 40 Onions. per bag 1 00 1 25 Beef, hindquarters .. „ 8 6e 3.0 00 Do., forequarters 5 50 6 50 Do., choice, caLrease - 8 00 8 60 Do, medium, carcase .. ,. 6.25 T 00 Mutton, per cwt, „.. 8 00 9 00 Veal. prime, per owt, . 9 00 11 00 Live Stock. 12 00 Lamb, por cwt. 1.0 00 Receipts of live stock at the City Mar- ket on Wednesday and Thursday, as re- ported by the railways, were 40 carloads, composed of 764 cattle, 131 hogs a,nd about 00 calves. There was little change in the quality of cattle offered, a few good and the bulk unfinished, Owing to light' receipts on account of the stormy weather, trade wee geed at firm prices, but no extraordinary quota- tions were reported. Exporters --None were offered. Butchers -Choice picked lots of but- chers were quoted at $5 to $5.25; leads of good sold at $4.75 to $5.10 per cwt.; medium, $4.40 to $4.60; common, $4 to $4.30; cows, $3 to $4. per cwt.; canners, $2 to $2.50. , Feeders and Stockers -Only one small lot of 10 stocfeers was reported, that weighed 700 pounds each, and sold at $3 per cwt. Milkers and Springers -About 15 milk- ers and springers, all told, sold at $30 to $50 each. Veal Calves -Veal calves sold at $4 to $6,50 per cwt. The market was firm, and choice new milk -fed calves are wortb $7 per cwt. Sheep and Lambs -Export ewes, $4 to $4.50; rams $3.56 to $4 per cwt.; lambs, $5.50 to $6.'50 per cwt.' Hogs -There were only 131 hogs on the market for the two days, although the evening papers reported 349. Mr. Harris. reported prices unchanged at e$15e.1d5. per cwt. ior seleets, fed and watt- . Do., Ber ne, b.uslt, „ • „,„ 06 ,PRO VISIONS. Pork -Short 'cut, $22 to 522.60 per barrel; roes, $18 bo 518.50. Larcl-Tierces, 11%c; tubs, 12c; p-sils, 12V.c. *Smoked and dried salted meats -Long clear bacon, 9%c for tons and cases; hams, me- diuni and light, 14c to 16c; hams, largo, 12%c to 130; backs, 160 to 16%o; shoulders, 10c; rolls. 100 to 10%e; breakfast bacon, '16e; green meats out of pickle, lc less than smok- ed. trade is fairly hriek awl eolletttiene WW1 moderately good. London.-Ittoet linee or trade AVG Mole. ing fairly well here.Boot and elide Mann. factories are buelly engaged. • Ottewees-I'Vholetiale and retail trade continue fairly brisk there. SENDS.' Pollowln,g are the price.s paid at outside points:-Alsike, No. 1, 58.50; fancy lots, a little higher; No. 2, 7.60 to 58; No. 3, 56.76 to $7.10. Samples mixed with timothy, tre- foil Dr wheat, 3c to 6c per lb. • Red clover -Firmer; 'Pe. 1 cleaned, $10,25 to $10.50; ordinszy lots, • nixed with weeds, from 57.50 to $9.50, according to quality. London -Calcutta linseed, April -June, 42s per 412 lbs. HIDES, TALLOW, ETC. Ruling prices are: -Inspected steers And cows, No. 1, Co; No. 2, 50; No: 3, 4c; do country hides. 4a to 41/2c; calfskins, 8c to 9c; veal kips, 7c; lambskins, 700 to 80c; horse - hides, No. 1, $2.25; No. 2, 41.25. • • Horse hair -25c to 26c. Tallow -Rendered, 5c to 6c. . SUGAR MARKET. St. Lawrence sugars are quoted as follows: granulated, 54.50 in barrels, and No. 1 gold- en 54.10 in barrels. Mese prima are for de- liv'ery;, car lots 50 less. NEW YORK SUGAR MARKET. Sugar -Raw steady; fair refining, -53.25; centrifugal, 96 test, 3.75c; molasses sugar, 3.00c; refined steady. • WINNIPEG WHEAT MARKET. Following are the closing puotations on Winnipeg grain futures to -day: Wheat -Feb. $1.08% bid, May 51.12% bid. Osts-57c bid, May 62c. BRITISH CATTLE MARKETS, • London. -London sables are steady at 10%0 to 12%0 per lb., dressed weight; refrigerator beef ie quoted at 9%0 to 9%c per lb. LONDON MARKET. • London, Ont.-FEZ:viers found a hard to reach market to -day through blockaded roads. Tho demand 'WAG good tend prices firm, Hay sales et $17.50 per ton; straw, unchang- ed at 58; dressed hogs sold at 57.75 per cwt. Butchers complain that prices are too. high. Live hogs -Price Monday will be $5 per cwt. One buyer is quoting 34.86. Butter is scarce; sold at 30c per lb. rolls; wholesale, `27c 280 for crocks. Fresh laid eggs sold at 30c per dezen wholesale; 32 to 35 retail. In Dairy Hall -400 was asked, but none sold at that. figure. 13radstreets Ttrade Review. lelontreal.-The general tone of trade here continues to show improvement as money becomes easier. The wholesale trade is showing a better tone. Retail stooks of winter goods have been inoving briskly, Prices all tound bold firm. Cotton millers expect the costing season will be a tecord breaker M the matter of volume of business. They are not motk4 ing any change in their quotations. Un• derwear Mills are also 'busy on large orders. There is a quiet tone to`the boot' and shoe trade. Toronto. -General business here is fair- ly steady in tone. Wholesalers state' there is considerable caution displeyed in the plotting of orders for spring goods, There has been tt better retail move- ment in whiter dry goods- As regards spring goods, buyers seem to be holding off in anticipation of deelines. The vol-. time of business in ready-nuide clothing eontinues very light. The hardware awl 'metal bushiess is still on the euiet side, but prices hold steady. Staple lines of groceries are moving well, Winnipeg. -Ori 'all sides business is showing the. effect of sold Weather. All seasonable lines Are moving briskly and fairly good sorting orders are coining forward. The dry goods bultinees Ants partiettlerly benefited in this regard. Vaneouver .and Victories -41m past week hes seen further improvement gement business here. Collections Itre fairly good. Valuee of eountry product,. de., generally hold BM, Quebee.---The blizzard of the last week somewhat hampered the movements of 'travellers, the latter being stalled at malty point% owing to snow blotkades, 0.101 as a result orders have fallee 'behind during the week. Ilanditon.-Trade here continues to hold a good tone. Manufacturers are I busy, tted they report the outlook fof the comieg Beaten ae bright, Iletelt CHILD LABOR. LBGISIATION TO BB BROUGHT DOWN SHORTLY'. No Radical Changes in the aw Are Anticipated-Provislon to be Made for Nore Strict Enforcement of • EXisting Regulations-A.bout Trus ants, Termite, Feb. 10, -Proposals will be 8111/111itted shortly to the Legislature having for their object the strieter au- nervision of child labor in the Province. During the last sessien a. special corn- mittee of the House was appointed to inquire into this very important matter, alai the report brought in by them re- commended, some very =diva], ellannee in the law. At the nreeent time chilel labor is used to some consideTable ex - tone in canning factories, and in some of the glase works of the Province boys are employed after seltool hours, the re- gulations already in existence setting forth under what conditions. this class of labor may be =played. 'inee com- mittee, however, considered that with the demand for child labor increasing the law controlling it should be strengthened, and brought in recommen- dations aecordingly. The legiatlatinn which will be laid be- fore the House will not by any means go .so far as the committee indicated as being, in their opinion, desirable; in Met,- no =Meal &ant is to be expect - els The proposed amendments will most likely take the form of providing means for the more strict enforcement a the existing regulations. In this eonnectioe it may' also be expected that there will be settle arriendment to the truancy law. There are in the Province 250 municipal- ities by whom truant officers should be appointed, but such appointments have only been made in 75 instances. Inspec- tors of schools leave from time to time complained of the lax manner in whieh the truancy law is enforced, and it is no doubt a fact that many of the children who do not attend echool ars employed in so.me form of labor. Toronto itself proyides exonerate of the Peed for exercise cif some stricter supervision in this regard. There are, it is calculated. in •the city some 30,000 (Sandra. Of this number many are of foreign parent- age -and do not attend school, nnd it is impossible for the two trua:nt officers who have been appointed in the city to properly look after them. : 1 BRYAN AT MONTREAL THE GREAT DEMOCRATIC LEADER CHOOSES RELIGIOUS TOPICS. Christ, Prince of Peace -Reflex Influence of Foreign Missions -In an Inter- view He Discusses Canadian Rela- ., . . • - tions to the United States. WANE OF THE HORSE IN PARIS. AUTOS 0A11SE ro ODN't. RE- M/0TM IN NUMBER, Women Want to Sit on juries to Try "JUStiCe" *Promised to Young and Pretty Ones -rounding an Esperantist State -rake Diamond On E3C11113100114. -Montreal, Feb. 9. -William -Jennings Bryan,- .Dernocratie leader, orator and writer, spoke twice to -day in this city to immense audiences.. In the after- twon he spoke on "Missions" in Erskine Presbyterian Church. In dealing with the subject of foreign missions Mr. Bryen took up the arguments against the work and demolished them. There was need of foreign mission work, not only for the good it did the heathea but for the. reflex influence on us at limne. If the Christian life was good for us it was undoubtedly gookfor them. In this age we had increased light and knowl- edge, and that meant inereased respon- sibility. In the evening Mr. Bryan spoke in the. American Presbyterian Church on "Christ, tho Prince of Peace." He put forth a powerful plea for Christ, and defended His teachings and principles. a religious being, and strives after the realization of religious conceptions in his heart. This takes many forms. In -India it is s washing in the Ganges; among the Arabs it is praying with the face turned eastward; with the Indians it iathe hope of a happy hunting ground. Religiou rests on our consciousness that our powers are limited, that we. are sin- ners, and that there is one whose powers are.greater than ours. Mr. Bryan went - 011. to say that he did not believe in Dar-, win's theory of evolution; on the con- trary, lie believed in a Designer back of the design and Creater back of the ereeted. We must not reject teligious because it has mysteries. Human life is a mystery, and, despite our efforts to know life, and our study of humanity for 6,000 years, life is still as mysterious as when history fitst began. We cannot under- stand the mystery of growth in plant lifeayet the mystery does not worry us in the dining -room. It is only in the cherch that we refuse to accept mystery. ,The greatest mystery hi life is the change of heart and ideals in the man when he turns to Christ. Christ is the only way to peace. We seek. it in wealth, in society, in honors; but- all fail to sat- isfy. Christ taught that a line of com- munieetion can be had between earth and heaven. through prayer, and this brings peace. • In „en interviewer with Mr. Bryan the reisetions between Canada and the United States Wee touched upon. , "We are ready," said Mr. Bryan, "to welcome Canada tO a closer union with ut When- ever she shows desire for it-rio mat- ter whether this union be political Or commercial." Speakiaig of the coming • presidential campaign he said: "Tile great issue between the two parties will be tariff reform, The leading plank ha our ;platform will be closer trade tele- , tions with Canada. Many Republicans also favor it, but their leaders will not support the project. As a consequence they will support the Democretic nom- inee.". -e ; - WORSE THAN IN ENGLAND. What Labor Member Told Metal Workers in Sheffield. London, Feb. 0. -john. Hodge, Labor M. P„ told the metal tredee workers of Sheffield- that leek of employment was more acute in Canada thee Britain, end declared that at the Toronto Couneil Employment Bureau there registered 400 13ritishers the first day of a total of 497. The ehipping conference entered into art 'agreement for three years, whereby saloon rates are uniforni, Canadian lites are permitted the option. of reducing rates in Winter on first and mooed cabin, generally higher. Third daze rittee remain as before. Lord. and Lottly. Stretheorat atteeded the inereoriel eerviee to the Portstgotet royalties at St. reall's, Paris, inne 10. --Is Paris going to lose its eitelent. reputation as ft 11011 for horses, in which they serve ouly as the favored possessions a the rich or food for the poor? fa animal traction aisles). peering before autortobilisni? That such an improvement on the horse's destiny is steedily approa,ching ie shown by the very careful horse e.en- sus which is taken annually by the mili- tary authorities. This sltows that Paris possesses to -day 83,45$ horses, as cont. pared with 02,020 in 1897, or a diminue tion ef 8,508, or 10 per Cent., in ten years. That the diminution is due to the in. crease of auto traction is proved by the fact that it le greatest in the fashion- able quarters along the Champs Elyse°. The diminution is not limited te private individuals,. for a company which runs :41elrito7aris omnibuses shows a decrease One cab company:s hones decreased in use to the number of 1,878 in the saane of 3,972 owing to the use of motor buses, Althouglo the women of France who wish for the right to vote have not reached that perfection in advertising their demands which their English sis- ters, have attained, they never neglect the opportunity of forwarding their claims, The Minister of Justice recently issued a circular 'admittin.g workingmen for the first time to the right of serving on juries. This has Moved Mme. Auelerc, a leader of the suffragettes, to write to Minister of Justice Britind praising his decision and encouraging him to give a similar right to women. She says in her letter that tt jury nu longer will be a class jury, but will remain a sex jury. Size asks: "If werkMen are necessary for rendering justice to workmen how can they refuse women the right to render justice to womene" According to the law, only electors can serve on juries, but Mme. auclere says that as the law does not distinguish between men and women when it is a question of collectinn taxes, this matters little. Women, she thinks, are especially fitted for trying cases of infanticide and crimes of passion and would be more likely to serve the cause of true justice when the case involves a yeung and pret- ty woman. Prof. Y. Roy, of the Municipal College of Saint Girona, with the co-operation of French, German and Belgian Esperan- tists, is oiganizing Esperantist state with headquarters at Moresnet, a neu- tral strip of territory five miles from Aix la Chapelle. He hopes to find ad- herents among the commercial travellers of the world, whom he regards as a class most interested. in the diffusion of an in- ternational language. He proposes to make Moresnet an attractive holiday re- sort for eommercial travellers, where Esperanto will be the official language wheie Eeperanto college Will founded and where there will be an Es- perantist theatre and newspaper and a Parliament to discuss the affairs of the Esperanto State. No taxes will be levied, as the public expenses will be borne by subscriptions of Esperautists throughout the world. The recent attempt to steal the fam- ous Blue Regent diamond from the Louvre has revealed the fact that the much admired stone on exhibition was only a paste imitation of the real thing, which is safely stored there. The dia- mond was originally brought to England .by Gov. P.itt, of Fort St. George, Madras, who bought it for $102,000. The Due d'Oseleans, the Regeet of France, pur- chased it in 1717 for $400,00a. It was stolen in 1792 -with other crown jewels of France, but restored later. Napoleon I used to wear it in the pommel of his sword. The very lateet:statistics in regard to the population.of France show that there are 19,533,899 females and 18,816,889 males. The total number of French fam- ilies is 9,781,117. There are 1;314,773 childless couples and 2,249,337 with only one child, 2,018,655 with two children, 1,246,264 with three children dwindling down to 71,841 with eight cliildren and 33,917 with nine children. THREE FEiT THICK. Passengers Reached, Leave Steam- ers on Ice at New York. ...44,1••••••••1 New York, Feb. 10. -When the Gov- ernment steamers General Joseph E. Johnston and Ordnance, which make reg- ular trips betweea this city and Sandy Hook, attempted to reach their pier at •Sandy Hook this morning to land their passengers, both became fast in the heavy ice, and after many attempts to get to their docks; were compelled to abandon the effort'. Their passengers, nuatibering over 50, finally left the boats and walked over the ice to the pier. There were as many passengers at Sandy Rook waiting to go to New York on the vessel's, and these, many of thein women, walked ont to the boats and. safely boarded them from the ice. The bay from Sandy Hook to Atlanta was solidly frozoi over, the ice being from one to three feet thick. a CUTS .THROAT MAN ACCUSED OF FORGERY DY- ING FROM WOUND. Bank's Officer's Questioning Follow- ed by Attempt at Suicide -Under Arrest on Cot in Hospit41. New York, Feb. 10. -After being ques- tioned about a cheque he attempted to pass to -day, Henry Hensel, an Aus- trian, who gave his address No. 227 East 1101,1 street, cut,ltis throat in the State Bente and was taken to Gouver- neur Hospitals where it Was said his con- dition WAS critleal, Bensel had appeared at the teller's window and offered a chop* for $4.50 made out to bearer and signed with the Milne of Louis Salary, of No. 120 Sleeeker street. Spoeial Officer crouch, formerly of the tentral office, ways stainling by tbe window. Ite had been informed *hat &hay had twin - pleated to the bank that cheques heel come to him signed with hie name, which were forgeries, "Are you AM* (thent this, my Wend'," Raid Crouele tapping Bensel I on the shoulder. 'The moment he saw the flash of the badge, the man wheel- ed around, whipped out a penknife and before 'be coal be stopped bad sleuthed the blade across hie throat Crough and other employees seized and held the man. while the Delancey Street, pollee station was notified, Dr. Grizzard responded In ad lance called front Gouverneur Ms - vital and took Iien.sei to the hospital under the arrest of a policeman. Den- se' WS able to give his name and ad - arena but would say rethink else aboet himself. At the hospital it was said that he would probably die. I WHAT MAY BE. l'EILL THE KIWI NOW THE UNi- VERSA REPLt Bernard Shaw Supposes Attack on Brit- ish Demoeracy-Position Not Impos- sible -Growth of Socialidra Under Some Blame Monarch Might Lead to Desperate bleasureS. •••••••••*•-• London, Feb. 0.—Bernard Shaw, writ- ing aboat the appelling frequency of essassinations and after review- ing tnose since the murder of Alexander of Russia and referring to the death of Carlos I., says: "Let me bring tha ques- tion home to 'Ilgltencl, For 200 yeers onr monarchs have run no risles. Our Kings nave accepted a liberal paeition so. completely that, we have forgotten it is still possible for oar Kings te do what the lat.3 King of Portugal did. Our revolutions have been general elections, swinging the pendulam between the Whip and the Tories, But the twen- tieth century brings a new force into the field, Socielism. Private property, at preeent, is supreme over both King and Parliament, It may be within a that many now living will be de- fending property in its last ditch, "Suppose the next four general elec- tions should ehow such a steiady increase of Socialists in Parliament as to make it a political certainty that the fifth general election will place them in a majority. Suppose that the only way of averting that will be the repeal of the great Reform Acts or the introduction of the three class system of voting, with the establishment of a Strafford or Franco in a dictatorship, to suppress public demonstration against the Sams - urea Suppose the propertied classes of the day coinpel the reigning monarch to countenance those proceedings. Suppose lie, having taken a political bias and not like King Edward in the heyday of Victorian Liberalism, but in a heyday of jingo Imperialism, were to throw himself heart and soul into an attack on dernoe- racy, what should we do, what would be our remedy against the King? , "The English answer so far is 'Kill him.' The French answer, so far, is: 'Rill him.' The Portuguese answer, so far, is: 'Kill him.' The Roman (*.newer, glorified to the utmost of his power by our greatest poet, is: Sill him.' No human passion can be satisfied with that answer, but it stands and it will stand until a better one can be 'found." : KING EDWARD Attends Roman Catholic Church Memorial Service. at NO CLOTHES FOR Ths meow Blanket and Curtain For New 0Orn London, Feb. 9. -The presence of King Edward lend Queen Alexandra at the memorial service to King Carlos of Por- tugal in St. james' Roman Catholic Chureh yesterday was the first timo that their Majesties have attended ser- vices in a Roman Catholic Church in this country. It has already excited much comment and produced a protest from the Council of the Protestant Al- liance at a meeting held this afternoon. A resolution was passed by the Alli- ance humbly pointing out to Ms Majesty that, by Act of Parliament in 1689, it was provided that "all and every person who shall hold conimunion with the See or Church of Rome shall be excluded and be forever incapable to inherit, possess or enjoy the Crown and Governraent of this realm, and the people of these realms shall be absolved from their alle- giance." ; f- WAITEIIS WANT MORE PAY. British Commons' Tips Have , _Fallen to Twopence a Day. . London, Feb. 9. -The waiters in the service of the Howe of Commons coniplaiu that modern Ones have re- duced their tips to a record figure. The climax. was reached when one of the waiters handed, as the total of his tips for a day, into the pool the sum of twopente. The waiters' wages run from 18 to 25 shillings a week. The tips are expected to make the -Weekly total 30 thillings and sometimee it has been as 17111011 as 40, but new the waiters ask- a steady and adequate wage and the abolition of tips, . They declare that the Labor members of the House are very good to. the wait- ers, in proportion to the little waiting they need. The Unionists are the most generous and always have been. The richest Liberals are the most illiberal. The waiters don't; object to a man who does not tip at all. They essume that he is acting on principle. "But," they say, "a member of Par- liament who gives a penny has neither principle nor generosity." The Parliamentary waitere have a hard time during recesses, foe they find it difficult to obtain casual employment and their wages dou't run during recess. = 5 EXPLOSION' ON CRUISER. Fourteen French Sailors Wounded, Five Seriously. Paris, Feb. 0.-Adiniral Pitilibert, com- manding the French naval forces Mor- occan waters, telegraphs that fourteen sailors Were wounded, five of them esti- °Italy, as a result of an aeeident to the boiler of the denser Jeanne d'Are off Tangier yesterday. The vessel proceeded to Tangier where the injured men will be placed en hospitals. st••1 t DUTCH CABINET. The Hague, Feb, 10.—Queen Wilhel- mina has approved the new Cabinet un- der the preMiership of Depiity Hems- korle. The last Cabinet resigned, Dee. 25 AS a result of its defeat on the army estimates. Jonkher 11, Itermes Van Swinderen, Mittister of the Netherland Weshingtatir beeonme Foreign Minit- ter in the new Calsieet. Shipbuilding Fine Suspends. Sunderland, tog, Feb, 0.---Tbe big abipintilding synditat,e of Sir 11,111eS Laing 44t Sone has suspended. The yet& of the synctieate at Sunderland and Deptfoed employed 5,000 men. The con- cern Itad liners for the Peniesuler ()dotted tustl Cunerd Companies, as Well he keVell inetoof-war, ethetne of reeonstruction will be submitted to the Creditors At early ago. Baby. Toronto, Feb. 10.—The fund fat relief •of distrees in the outskirte of To- roato now stands at $13,104.45, AS 00111 - pared with M343.44 on Saturday morn. ing, A of $845.01, The sebeerip- tions are coining ferwerd freely, end the detailed list shows thet the namber of contributots le Very large, The small sum es as welcome in its way as the large one, the spirit which prompts the donatien being an important considers... gof"' men, women, and ehildren who The pangs of hunger in shaektown Iteve been lessened, awl the distress ie toe iteute than it Was a week ago, But the neenesity of fending the thousands are entirely de.pendeut upon the fund for assistanee practiOally OS urgent as ever before, and until spring eomea, with its. oppertenities for furnishing work to the heads of Isonseholds, the relief muet go on. It is neeesSery to request that no more coetributions of men's or women's clothing be sent lit °Till the spring cornea!" To tide over the critical peried of six weeks be- tween now and the end of the winter is the concern of pood, desolate mad dis- tressed Shackland, Spring! A baby eame to another "house" in Shaekland on Saturday, and there VMS little, or nothing to .put oebout it to pro- tect it from the wintry wind% The "house" was in the "Little Piecadilly" section, a 10 x 14 steucture. In the shack were a bed, a stove, a box, one chair and WO granite pails. The pails were empty, so was the box, while the legs of the second &air were crackling in the stelae. Of cloth there were only a blan- ket and a quilt, the husband% and wife's few garments and a, bit of muslin that hung before the solitary window. So when the baby came the friends used the curtain and the blanket, and later on a, red shawl loaned by a neighbor's wife. The latter was poor herself aud not strong, but she trudged across the snow to the depot no get the baby a "trousseau" from the Davenport anis- 51". THRUST AT BERESFORD. Lord Esher DenieIsmitubieryN. eed of a Naval London, Feb. 9. -There is reason to believe that Lord ChrirleS Beresford will return to the political nesua when his command of the Channel Squadron ex- pires, As is well known, he does not see eye to eye with Sir John Fisher, and desires to fight the issue out in Parlia- ment, as he did. once before. Lord Charles hae just received a nasty blow under which he is smarting keenly. Lor Esher, who enjoys the King's fullest confidence, and who WaS appointed by His Majesty to edit Queea Victoria's letters, and is Orte of King Edward's most valued advisers on military and naval matter% has written a letter to the new organization, the Imperial Maris- time League, in whieh he states most emphatically that there is no, need for inquiry into the state of the navy. "If 1 could believe the charges made regainst the Admiralty," says Lard. Esher; 9: should be glad to see Ad- miral Fisher's colleagues, meet the fate of Admiral Byng." This is a direct thrust at 'Lord Cherles, who a few months ago, before he en- tered into his present undeitakiag, not only publicly eritieized the policy of the first sea lord, but suggested by polite implication that Sir John deserved to be shot like Byng. Admiral Sir John Fisher is a special favorite of the King, and Lord Esher's reference to the Lard of the Admiralty is generally 'supposed to have been at the instig,atiou of his Majesty. Although -Lord Charles ie at present on King Edward's black list, he was'a great favorite with his mother, Queen Vidalia, whose naval aide de camp he Was from 1896 to 1897. She thought that the Admiralty might well profit by his advice, and it is to her personal in- tervention that his criticisms of the navy in the latter year did not redound to his discredit and that he was shortly afterward raised to the rank of Rear Admiral. THAW SH.0.171 ED SNOW. Prisoner Must Stay Six Weeks at Matteawan. New York, Feb- 9.-Ilarry N. Thaw did real work yestealay, when, armed with a large shovel, he went at the heaps of snow on the walks about the Matteawan Asylum, and for two hours, with a score of other inmates, helped to clear the parheyi nagy 8.of the, piano aud the books which have meant so much to him dur- ing his confinement, Thais. asked permis- sion of Dr. Robert E. Lamb, the medical superintendent of Matteawan, to be al- lowed to dO some work that would keep his mind away from his troubles, "How would you like to try. your hand at snow shevelhig?" asked. the physi- cia41-hat would suit me all right," replied Thaw, and forthwith he was provided with shovel and went to work with a vim. Young Mrs. Thaw and Daniel O'Reilly visited 'Thaw in the asylum yesterday afternoon. They reached leishkill Land- ing shortly after 1 o'clock, end, after luncheon at the Holland House, were driven in a, sleigh to Matteawan. Thaw must remain in the Matteawan Asylum for at least six weeks, according to the authoritative statement given out by Martin W. Littleton, his chief coun- ijust before the lawyer left with his family to rest hi Florida, e SUDDEN DEATH AT MONTREAL. Reginald C. Boultbee, Young Englishman, Expires at Skating Rink. Montreal, Feb. 9.-A youhg English - alum named lIegineld. C. Boaltbee, drop- ped dead on Saturday afternoon at the M. A. A, skating rink. He had been skating with some ladies, and had gone into the dressieg room to get warm and wee on his way out to continue skating when he drepped. The young man was 21 years of age, and had been subject to heart trouble all his life. He was a son of RSV. P. S. lioultbee, of Bargrave, Eng., and had only beee in this country a short time. LEGAL STRUGGLE PO T/MES. 485o,000 Syndicate Forbid. to Oppose Pearson Deal. Londioe, Feb. 9. -It looks AS tshough there would be great lerettl struggle for the Times newspaper. A tyndieate representing the owners of several nein- or interests in the paper has beeri form- ed with A capitel of 4850,000. Mt l'ear- son and his essoeiatee /most that their acid lita been ap,proved by 75 per rent. i of the OWIfler24. As question of the lease Will be foUght out it? eourt. Was THEO. HAL4 Propristor Dr, Agnew 001144-VP44*0 710/04004 /POP. )11404 00,10* 414 OM** J. p. KENNEDY, 14,D,, MAPOS104 Drumber ot Afttlah 41100441A410014008-1 00161) 11110441An" 1WAEP10).3.474 Amid Sessitor paid to Plootioas ate poi% 4:Alldroo, Offiao liouri-1 to 4 P. *41 to II ta. ••• • DR. ROUT. C. REDMOND OIL 21. C. IL oang.? . it, 0. 7. 0.0nd.) PHYSIOIAN AND sustagou 10111oo with Ti?. Chisholm.) R. VANSTONE Maitit1STER AND soLtorixm Plow to loan at lowest rates. Office - MAY= BLOCK, WINDHAM. DICKINSON & 1101,515 BARRISTERs, SOLICiTORS, eTC. Olitoo-Meyer Block. vnnglkam, IL L. Dickinson, Dudley Holmes. .1, A. 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JD; • ,,,n, i'• os to 1,, ly disratell W8/11; ar'ii gni kit. •• F' ete 1 as bro • d hai rh.. itiventi .o inighe- "•reu• i furnished. Patent, prortolnl .1-enti•-), is,-ta- ! ,I,‘ i riou ree..ive sr -rl.,1 nntlt-t with, -.:x v.,. t 0- .n ; OVer 100 01 Thipapert• 11.4111 , ,t,,c1 t "..sth, i the I) mininn . ( SpaeLtay •,-- Pat t ent; ;A.,* .I Maa..1.5, 1 turert and Kiwi's.. t 5 t rviAR1ON MARIC-sri Patont Exp:*.e+ Solt• '• *•.`7](•• ' • TEN MONTHS' REVENUE. Increase at Rate of Million Dollar; state- . meat of the Dominion for the month of Ottawa, Feb. al0M. January and for the first ten months of the current fiscal year shows an increase! of $384,337 in the total revenue for the last month, as compared with January, 1007, and .an increase of 59,374,542- for the ten months. The total expenditure on consolidated fund account for the ten months was $56,332,534,. an increase of $10,650,229. Of this increase 52,033,244: is chareeable to the January figures for paymeirt of subsidy increases to the Pro- vinces, amounting to $1,500,000, and. of interest charees' on the public debt, to- talling $2,Q231,459, both falling dna last month. For the ten months the surplue of revenue over expenditure on con oli- date fund account amounted to $21. 91,- 738. The total expenditure on capital account, as entered on the books of the Finance Department up to January 3st. was $22,245,490, of which $17,440,$)75 was. and Canals. The National, Transconti. at the end of last month was $259,504,- 0c1:3a.rgeable to Public Worke, Railways nental Railway is, of course, responeible for much of this amount. The total net debt of the Dominion PERCY 130__WIN_S IS ILL. Boy Murderer Has High Fever in Detroit Jail. Detroit, Feb. 10. -Percy Beeville, of Woodville, Ont., the slayer of Mrs. Cor- nelia Wekle was taken sick in the jail Thursday night, and was so bad to -day that County Physician Grimes was call. ed. Bowins has a high fever, caused, it is thought, by disappointment over the non -arrival of Ms mother. He has been moody and fretful for the past few days, and nai frequently retired to his cell to cry like a. child. Attorney Kennedy ap- peared before judge, Pliehen this morn- ing and announced that he would' make a motion to -morrow to quash the in- formaeion, on the ground that the pollee obtained the confession by holding out false ieducements, and that the boy should have lean given a preliminary ex- mnination the Police Court, Bowing' illness may make a difference in this plan. Kennedy contends that he must have more time in vehicle to prepare for the trial, NEW ARMOR, ?LATE. Light and Cheap -and Cannot be Perfor- ated by Heavy Projectiles. Vel), 0. -Navel Engineer Barat- ta haS patented a new armor plate. A. composition is km about a foot thick over a single sheet of -steel, The armor thus made is light and ebeap, and it ie claimed that it has remained 'unperforat- ed by the projectile from the heavy naval gun the Italian .1dmitelty is now -experimenting with. At Saturday's session of the Tat -mite e : - perks department inquiry \VAS ett1t0d Oa of 5293 paid to offiehtls for IMAM - :Igo privileges only 518 is recorded as re- ceived by the eity. 'rho Tagebiatt &Alyea that the marriage of Mrs. Cornelius Vander- bilt and Count Alex Dadik of A1143tria is soot to take plaee.