The Wingham Advance, 1904-10-13, Page 2would.. recover hint of his leprosy," but;
dhnn1�sans effect.
• i
Vie captain of his Hosts, may be ,juccd
Groping after the eurA
Haw desirous
,,,,••,,,* the Icing of Syria was for the
}scala) of
1Nxt/LtN&TIONAia 14185°"°' NO, 1Y, I from hie eagerness to have hint; ga to
OCTOBER 20, 1004, Samaria, as well as from the value of the
presents which he sent along. Thinking
surely the King of Israel must be the
one to cure the disease, Naaman went to
slim, but only to find that so far his er-
Eftsha and N'aannau---2 Kluge S:
Commentary. -Nan nap's sea cpudition
(v. 1). 1. Newman-Naaizzu n means
"beautiful," or "pleasant to look upon."
Captain, ete.-Ile was .commander-in-
chief of the Syrian army. Be had great
ability, power and influence. Ite,had
done much for itis king, and in seine tahi
ons exploit had won a memorable victory
for the Syrians. According to tradition
he was the man who drew the bow at
a venture and killed Ahab, ging of Is-
rael (I. Kluge xxii. 34). The Lord had
given -The Scriptural explanation of
Naaman's greatness is that the Lord lead
given hint the victory and made luta
great. But -This: was the flaw in: the
crystal of his prosperity, the fly in the
Ointment of his triumph, the shadow
that -clouded his glory, the hateful preg-
ame that followed him everywhere, the
bitter dregin his cup of joy. -Pentecost.
A leper-eprosy was supposed tobe in-
flicted for the puniahment of some par-
ticular sin, and to be, more than other
diseases, a mark of God's displeasure.
"Leprosy began with little specks on the
eyelids, and on the alms of the hands,
and gradeally spread over different parts
of the body, bleaching the hair white
wherever it showed itself, crusting the
affected parts with shining scales, and
causing swellings and sores. From the
akin it slowly ate its way, through the
tissues to the bones and joints and even.
to the marrow, rotting the whole body
little by little. The lungs, the organs of
speech. and hearing, and the eyes were
attacked in turn, till, at last, consuuup-
tion or dropsy brought welcome death."
Geikie,
II. The captive's story (vs. 2-4), 2. By
companies -In plundering parties who
made forays upon the neighboring Israel-
ites. A little maid• -A young girl. She
was regarded by her captors as a chattel
and valued for Iter service like beasts.
3. She said -"Like Joseph in Egypt and
Daniel in Babylon this captive girl be-
comes the instrument of snaking Jehovah
known among the heathen," 'Would God
-A better translation would be, "Oh
tbat1" Recover him-oLiterally "gather"
him from his leprosy. An allusion to the
Israelitish custom of shutting lepers out
of the camp and then gathering then in
after the leprosy was healed. 4. One
went in -"And ho went in." B.. V,. mar-
gin. It is probable that Naaman himself
went in and told his lord the king.
III. Naaman seeking health .(vs. 5.0).
5. Go to, go -That is, set out at once;
let no time be lost. A letter-Benhadad
very naturally supposes that the ser-
vices of such a man would be at the com-
mand of the king. Took with him, ete.
He took a present to Jehoram. We can-
not estimate the value accurately. "A
silver talent was worth $1,94, in all $10,-
440. A gold. shekel was worth $0.75, in
all $58,500." --Bible Treasury. According
to this Newnan took with him $77,940, a
princely present. Raiment -Costly robes.
6. Recover him Doubtless Benhadad
had magicians drawing rich salaries at
his court and in their supernatural pow-
er he had a good deal of superstitious
faith. But they were not able to heal
Naaman.
7. Rent his clothes -A sign here of ter-
ror and alarm. Rending the garments was
sometimes an expression of grief. Am I
God --"As. much as to say, Who but God
can cure the leprosy?" Who but the one
who is able to kill and make alive? a
quarrel "Jehorani lived in perpetual ter-
ror of his powerful and encroaching
neighbor," He feared this was a pretext
for again. invadingsus country.i'
8.Eis a,
...eard-No dubt the coming of the
Syron general with his retinue, and the
-fact thatthe king had rent his clothes,
caused a sensation in Samaria, and the
news came speedily to Elisha, who ap-
pears to have had his home in the cap-
ital city, Wherefore, etc. -Have you for-
gotten that there is a God in Israel, and
that His prophet is near at hand? He
shall know -"It ow "It would be ag ie
at in-
jury to true religion to have Naaman
return with false impressions of the true
God;" then, too, probably Jehoram need-
ed to be reminded of his obligations to
God and his prophet. 0. Stood at the
door -He came with great pomp, with
horses and "chariots" (R. V.) and with
money to richly reward his benefactor.
IV. Elisha's message and Naaman's
rage (vs. 10-12). 10. Sent a messenger -
"Not that he was wanting in politeness,
or influenced by priestly pride, or feared
the leprosey, or avoided intercourse with
a leper in obedience to the law; but Naa-
man was to understand that he was heal-
ed by the grace and power of God, at the
prayer of the prophet." Wash in Jordan
.--This would humble him and test his
obedience. It was so simple and easy that
there was no excuse for refusal. Seven
times -The sacred number which repres-
ents the union of the finite and infinite,
and "any transaction or covenant in
which both God and man are engaged.
11. Was wroth -The plan was too sim-
ple. "So the very simplicity of the gos-
pel is a stumbling block to the proud."
Some think E)islna was disrespectffl, but
he knew what was best for Naaman. 1
thought -"Personal pride and heathen
magic formed this fanciful picture. No
wonder it proved a delusive dream."
12. Abana and Pharpar---The modern.
Barada and Awaj. Abana signifies cool
in Arabia and clean in Hebrew. Called
by the Greeks, "The golden flowing." -
Beaufort. Better --Certainly from his
point of view the waters of his own coun-
try were better than the Jordan, for the
Syrian waters were ealubrious and in-
vigorating,and the Jordan was a deep,
sluggish, discolored. :Stream. May I not
wash in them and be clean -No, for God
has directed thee to Jordan, and by its
Waters or none shalt thou be cleansed. -
Clarke.
V. Naaman acepts God's tvay (vs, 13,
14.) 13. Servants-Naaman had ad-
mirable servants. Theywere wise and
generous. My father ---"There is no oth-
er instance where servants thus address
their master. It indicates the affection-
ate relation between Naaman and those
about him," 14. Then went he down,
ate. -He submitted, and obeyed the
-cords of the prophet. Itis cure was per -
feet. Whether Naaman
began to be
cured at the first washing, or whether it
was instantaneously wrought when he
.washed the seventh time, wo do not
know.
PRACTICAL SURVEY.
Naaman's need. Naaman was a leper.
The disease was, and is still, one of the
most dreaded of al physical maladies.
It was widespread, covering many lands
ain; olimaa, With all U. greti n'aee.
skill. hie bravery and success, be was a
leper. People,tank about a man being
noble and godlike in hid powers and capa-
bilities. Unsaved, although henaa be
s, brilliant orator, n might warrior,rn
gifted writer. an acknowledged staes•
roan, he is still a leper. The king wanted
him cured. Art Neiman aeknewletlged
his need so men efiifcted with moral lap•
rosy eonfees their freed today.
A remedy pointed out. Providentially
a ,Terrieh maiden, who knew something of
divine power, was where oho could ;Iran,
a ward In iteanstn. It Was only et short
rand was fruitless. What was the kin
perplexity to be asked to euro the lep-
rosy! "Am 1' God?" acid he. He felt illi -
posed upon, and thought the King of
Syria was trying to lead hint into war.
Ire cellist not cure the leprosy. It'would
be asr easy. for slim to restore life. Naa-
man was looking in the wrong direetiou,
just as thousands of today are trying
to find ease of conscience without taking
the cross of Jesus.
Angered at its bumillating simplicity,
The prophet slid not coma out, as he ex-
pected, to strike his stand over the place
to cure him, but simply sent hila to wash
himself, lie had not come from Syria to
wash in Jordan, His national prejudice
Market Reports
-0P-
The Week
!9••�••'•' I 1, 1-11 �1� /w, lFrlw.��
Toronto Farmers' 11arke0.
Receipts of grain on the street today
were :.auris. '''here wvas, a wide aaxWo iu
g's; placesof wheat, some of which was ex-
tremely light, and uufit for milling.
About 200 bushels of wvl►ite aald at. 85e
to $1.02, and 300 bueltcls of rod winter
at 90e to $1.02. Barley easier, 800 bush-
els selling at 48 to Glc. stye sold at 08e
a bushel foto ono load, Oats firm, 200
bushels selling at 351.2 to 36e.
Dairy produce in good demand and.
firm. The best butter sold at 10 to 22e
per lb., and fresh eggs at 25 to 28o per
demon.
Hay in limited supply, with sales of 10
loads: of timothy at $9 to $11 a ton -
Straw 'iia nominal.
Dressed hogs aro quiet and unchanged
at $7,50 to $8.
led ham to consider Abana and Pimp
rivers of Damascus, better than all t
waters of Israel. " And he went aw
in a rage." Naaman is not the only o
' who has done thus when Gocl's plan It
been outlined before hien. People 1i
their own way.
A more reasonable view. By anoth
providence Naaman had a servant w
had better judgment in this ease than h
and by a little sound reasoning in a go
way brought his master to sec th
the pest thing to do was to follow
prescription given by the prophet. Na
Ulan expected to have great things a
coanpliahed by great means. He had n
yet learned the lesson of humble obs
ence.
Complete recovery. The account
simple. "Then went he down, and dipp
himself seven times in Jordan, accordi
i.n the saying of the man of God; and hi
flesh came again like unto the flesh of
little child ,and he was clean." Poo
fail of a euro of the leprosy of sin b
cause they are not willing to take God
Way of repentance, confession, restit
tion and faith in Jesus. Abana and PM
par are good enough for them, To me
the simple requirements of the Gospel
too humiliating, but a complete cure c
be accomplished only as this is done.
Gratitude and changed religious view
He exclaims, "Now I know that there
no God in all the earth but in Israe
Elisha had drawn Naaman's attention
God rather than to himself, and Newnan
pledges to worship none but the God of
Israel, David S. 'Warner.
ar, Wheat, new white bu
he Do., red, bush. , ,,.-
ay Do, _spring, bush.
no Do., goose, .bush.... .
as. Oast, bush.. ,. .,,
ke Barley, bush.....,...,
er Hay, timothy, per ton
ho Do.,mixed, ton .01. , •
e, Straw, per ton .
•
od Seeds- •• '•, .••
the .sllsike No. 1. bush, ..
Do., No. 2, hush .....
a' Do., No. 3, bush ... .
e- Red clover .... • . • •
of timothy .. .. „•
di- D•cssed hogs, light .. ..
Apples, per bbl.........
is Eggs, per doz.
ed Butter, dairy . • • •, • • .. •
ng Do., creamery •
s Chickens, epring, per ib.�
a Ducks, per ib.. ,
Poop Turkeys, young, per lb. ..
Cabbage, per doz.... ....
Potatoes, per bag .. •
1i- Cauliflowers, per dozen •..
r' Onions, bag ,•
et Celery, per dozen ..•... •.
is Beef, hindquarters ....
an Do, forequarters .. ..
Do., choice,( carcase ...
t'e- Do., medium, carcase
ie Mutton, per cwt.... ..
Veal, per cwt.
to . ...
Lambs, per cwt.*... ...
BURIED TREASURE ROMANCE.
Kruger's. Gold Cost Lives of Six Men
Who Hid It..
Krugersdorp, Oct. 10. -The burial and
discovery' of the famous treasure which
Was secretly removed from the Pretoria
Mint just before Lord Roberts' forces
entered the capital, cost six men their
lives, according to the Johannesburg
Leader,
Pound in the bushveld beyond Louis
Trichardt and the Spelonken, the trea-
sure consisted of bar gold and coin am-
ounting approximately, to 60,000 oz., and
valued at a quarter of a million 'sterling.
Of the original party which was des-
patched to hide it, not a single soul is
alive to -day, all having been murdered
of lost their lives in outer ways.
Though repeated searches were made
subseauently for she burial place, only
ex -General Colliers was able to locate it,
but after marling the spot he was
stricken with malarial fever. While hov-
ering between life and death he divulged
part of his secret to a syndicate, and his
cousin, Mr. S. J. Kemp, succeeded in find-
' ing the treasure.
WOMAN SLEEPS 28 YEARS.
She Wakes From Slumber and Feels as
if Only 'Night Passed.
Paris, Oct. 10. -The remarkable case
of a woman named Gesine, who has
slept for eighteen years, is related in
the Matin.
She was born in. a small town in the
north of Germany in 1860, and until
seven years old enjoyed good health.
Then she had a fall which hurt her
head. She began to have spells of
sleep lasting for months, from which
she was aroused only to relapse into
longer periods of unconsciousness.
Finally, in 1880, she fell into a sleep
which was not broken until a few
months ago, when she again awoke in
the full possession of her senses.
She remembered distinctly facts which
happened before her sleep, and asked
all about her brothers and sisters as if
she had been asleep only one night.
She was, however, too feeble to raise
herself, and had to learn again like a
little child how to walk. She bas im-
proved greatly since, and is again able
to do light work.
Icer case is
- t interest
ea i e est
in the medical world, nd�is being made
the subject of a speeial investigation
by Dr. Paul Perez, professor at the.
School of Psychological Studies.
THE SEMAPHORE NEGLECTED.
The Switch Left Open -Inquest on
Eastwood Disaster:.
\i'odatock, Oct. 10. -The inquest into
the cause of the railway disaster at
Eastwood, Wednesday morning last was
concluded at 2.30 o'clock this morning.
Twelve witnesses were examined, and
the evidence brought out the fact that
Brakeman Benedict of the first train
had opened his switch to back out, and
ho and Conductor Fallis had neglected
to put up the semaphore against the
freight following, with the result that
the second freight crashed into the sid-
ing before the first could pull out. Evi-
dence was tendered showing brakemen,
firemen and engineer had been on con-
tinuous duty 30 hours. The jury's vir-
diet named no one as being responsible,
stating that some member of the train
e •ew
i had lofth
t e a v
tntit open.
They
recommended that the employees be
given more rent and urged_ the adop-
tion of a better signal light service.
Coroner Dr. McLay intimated that, had
Brakeman. Benedict been living, the evi-
dence would justify indicting him for
manslaughter.
Maturity of Trees.
'.[hough there are oaks living which are
known to be more than a thousand years
old, the average oak does not live ntore
than seventy-five years, 'That is to- say,
its growth extends over that period. The
same is true of the ash, larch and elm.
The eprtiee and fir reach maturity after
about eighty years. At the enol of that
time their growth remains stationary for
some time, and then decay begins.
"lairds of a feather flock together"
remarked the Wise Guy. "Yes. until you
no gunning," murmured the Simple 1th g.
A woman May be shy a few birth -
flays and eti11 Irl, up -to -late.
Wigg --Poor old 13joncs always seems
;arnteno. 'Would Clods my lord worn with i to be under n cloud. Wafrf.•---"i'ea; he re -
tit* prophet that le in 1#saiearfita I for he minde lite of a borrowed pmlwelig,
$100 $ 102
1.00 1.02
100 0 00
0 88 0 00
0 35 0 36
048 051
068 000
0 00 1100
750 800
1200 13.00
6 50 7 25
5 00 6 00
400 4 50
000 700
1.00 1,30
750 800
075 1255
0 25 0 28
019 022
021 024
011 012
009 010
017 020
0 25 0 40
095 100
0 60 0 85
0 90 100
030 040
7 50 8 50
450 550
7 00 7 50
5 50 •. 6 50
550 700
750 85>0
700 800.
British Cattle Markets.
Loden, ,Oct. 8. -Cattle are steady at
836 to 123ze per Ib; refrigerator beef,
Date per lb. Sheep, 101a to li nc, dressed
weight.
Toronto Fruit Markets.
The receipts are small, and prices
thaw little' change. Peaches, white„ bas-
ket, 40 to 65o; yellow, 75e to $1.15. Pears,
basket, 35 to 50e. Plums, basket, 75e
to $1. Grapes, small asket, 15 to 20e;
lo., large basket, 30 to 40c. Apples, bas-
ket, 15 to 25c. Potatoes, bushel, 70 to
Tec. Tomatoes, basket, 30 to 35c. Green
peppers, basket, 25 to 30e. Egg plant,
basket, 30 to 40e. Musk melons, basket,
20 to 25c, Onions, Valencia, large cases,.
$3.25. Sweet potatoes, per bbl., $2.75 to
B3 -
Messrs. Woodall & Co. cabled Eben
Liverpool Markets.
James: Twenty thousand barrels sold.
Market opened firm, and closed the same.
Demand good.
Leading Wheat Markets.
Dec. May.
New York ...... ..$1.101-2 $1.12 1-4
Duluth ... ... .. .. 1.08 5-8 1.101-2
St. Louis ... ... .. 1.12 5.8 1.121-4
Toledo.. . , . . . 1.15 3-4 1.15 3-4
Detroit • ... . .... 1.14 1.151-2
Bradstreet's on Trade.
At Montreal there is .a good sorting
trade being done now in most depart-
ments. The demand for ocean freights
is rather better and large quantities
of freight are being sent forward to the
West. Values of staple manufactures
are generally steady. Some departments
of business show improvements.
Business in wholesale trade circles at
Toronto is fairly active. The demand
for general dry goods is quite brisk and
market in hardware the m tv a and metals
A s is
more active. Woollen goods are firmly
held. Large quantities of staple manu-
factures are being rushed to inland wa-
ter points to meet the demand from
lumber camps and also to secure low
carrying charges before the winter rail-
way freight rates take effect on the
close of navigation. The general out-
look for trade is light.
At Quebec trade conditions show a
sligght improvement over that of the
pre-
ceding week. Sorting orders hate
been
in demand. Shoe manufacturers are
commencing to get busy and orders aro
reported coming to hand. With season-
able weather the outlook is favorable.
Business at the Pacific Coast trade
centres is good and the outlook is for
a more active demand for general staple
goods during the neat two months. The
Provincial industries are generally ac-
tive.
AtW4nnipeg thedemand
from thre-
tailtail
trade to sort stooks is fairly active.
The country trade is expanding at many
points and the conditions of business are
satisfactory. Payments aro stow im-
proving.
Hamilton trade for the fall season is
developing nicely now. Tho shipping
staffs in the largo wholesale houses are
entirely engaged in getting out the fall
and winter goods for which the demand
Is active. Travellers' orders are numer-
ous and well distributed. The business
outlook is promising. Pricesaro it f m.
Bradstreet's advices report London
jobbing trade circles :quite active with
the fall business.
In Ottawa the orders for the fall trade
are numerous and large for quite a wide
distribution of goods.
Failures This Week,
BUSING MORE LIQUOR AND
SMOKINi MORE TOIIACCO,
According to the Resort of the Inland
Revenue Department.
Ottawa, Oct. 10. -:(Special.) Tho an-
nual report of the Inland ltoyenuo• De-
partment, when issued, will show that
uanadiatis are consuming more liquor,
and. smoking more tobacco, than in the
past. Tho consumption of spirits last
fiscal year was 5, 343,954 gallons, or .952
gallons per head of the population. This
is the largest consumption en record
s.,nee 1885. In that year it reached 1.120
gallons
o nonyeaars lute fallenr head. as lows
The consumption
gallons. The average consumption of
spirits per head per year since 1809 was
.974 gallons, Last year the consumption
of beer was 27,008,54& gallons, an aver -
ago of 4,918 gallons per head of
the population. The use of beer has beer-
steadily on the increase since 1869. The
consumption last year n•as.tbo largest on
record, except the year 1902, when it
reached 5,102 gallons per head. The
average since 1800 was 3.182 gallons. The
consumption of Wines remains about the
same, 0.90 gallons per stead, The average
quantity of tobacco used por ]read per
year has been 2.178 lbs, for thirty-five
years. Loot year it reached 2.705, the
largest on record.
BIGGEST OF WEDDINGS,
'ave of Sultan of A edah's Sous Marry at
Once.
Surely the greatest marriage festival for many shooting parties were organ -
celebrated in recent times, says the Lon- ized by the Sultan's brother, the Rajah
don Sphere, is that which has just taken ltiuda of Kedah, the father of the bride.
place inh
Kedah, where cls five of the Sultan St r
1
ti On tlic eighth dayhe usual a folntt•
g p
of Kellad's sons were married in sums- ances were given until 3 o'clock, when a
sion, the ceremonies lasting from June procession round the town began in which
14 to Aug. 10. Although Kedah, which all manner of quaint and curious things
has an area of 3,600 square miles and a were carried amout, such as big boxes
'population of 30,000, lies in Siam, of made up in the shape of birds, while peo-
which it is the most southerly province, • ple of nnportance were carried about as
everybody in the Straits Settlements part of the procession.
who could spare the time hastened to • Tho procession lasted an hour, and was
see the show, which was as picturesque followed by one of the most interesting
as it was unique, for the preliminaries
last taken monthsto
prepare and the
and vital parts o
f't
he ceremonies, name-
name-
ly of anai. This consisted oft e
news of the ceremonies had been bruited entire procession parading seven times
far and wide. Each marriage took - round a garden planted with artificial
twelve days to celebrate (in the case of flowers. Then the great `ones got out
the Crown Prince thirteen days were oc- of their ornamental seats and walking to
cupied), and as there were one or two the centre of the artificial garden picked
days' interval between each the festiv- two handfuls of leaves from the enai
ities lasted two solid months. trees. These: leaves were afterwards tea -
The importance of the occasion may en to the house of the bride and bride -
he judged from the fact that although groom and sprinkled over them, an ad -
the King of Siam was unable to bo pres- dress being delivered to each of, the hap- •
ent, he sen n
t one of his (numerous) sons, py pair separately; for they had not yet
Prince Charon, who travelled overland suet each other -
from the eastern side of the peninsula Tho ninth day's programme was the
on his elephants, the Sultan according same as that of the second, the natives
him a special reception. reveling in fencing and cock -fighting, a
The ceremonies began on June 14 with favorite form of recreation. At 10
the nuptials of Lis Ilighness Tunku o'clock in the evening, laowevor,•the bride
Ibrahim, the Crown Prince, with his first anti bridegroom met for the first time.
cousin, her highness Tunica Aya}yah, They were carried through the town on
daughter of his Highness the Rajall Mu- a throne boric by no fewer than 200 na-
da of Kedah. lives,
The first day of each wedding
began
The lastdaya
1 of all � Sand was
Y)
with prayers for bride and bridegroom' harked by a very curious ceremony,
'who had not met before, and in the even- known as the Pune bath ("ber limoh"),
ing dinner was served to almost all which greatly interesten the foreign spec -
classes, The European guests and highest tators, although it must have made the
class of natives had the greatest eaten- European ladies who were present very
tion paid to them. The banquet was indignant, considering the damage to the
served in the court house, beautifully dresses.
decorated for the occasion. The largest The celebration of the lime bath was
room was laid. out with four long tables held in a beautiful little pavilion stir -
for the leading members of the royalrounded by a
friends, house of Kedah and tvhile the Malay officialswerean
etwo gates, eachgofh bthem rick wbeing guardewith d
Euro -
entertained. in the adjoining rooms-. Two
by Policemen. At 3 p, eM.d all the Euro-
refreshment bars were kept open in the Peals guests were directed to the whole ]to'
court house day and night, free to every. sal' f unity where trlvere present, toe Sultan and agethe avitlt
body, during the two months Of the sere many hundreds of natives in the yard.
monies. Many temporary buildings were Y
also put up for the entertainment of all Tltetalc gates eee locked until. the co -
lemony wvas finishewd:
classes.
1 rout the second to the seventh day a The bride was then carried in and the
round of junketittgs was given, beginning groom walked in supported by two best
Commercial failures this week in the sometimes as early as 0 in the morning inCIl and seated themselves on a golden
United States as repotted byR. G. and lasting till 1 the next morning and bench perched on a platform. They were
' P ineltidiltg sports and firewvorlcs, in then• best state dresses of sill' and
Dun & Co., are 222, against 223 last Numbers of open si;a;;es erre erected
sparkled with gold and diamonds. When
week, 225 the, preceding week and 239 on the roadsides throughout town on they were seated some twelve, old Malay
the corresponding week last year. Fail- tvhiril +the'vari0118 performances wvern ladies began' walking round and round
ores in Canada ntunber 25, against 18 given. Every class of illltobitants-•-and the couple, first on the highest step of
Inst week, r. the precedinglutesthis
We and the town is as polyglot as Isabel, includ- the lalatfornt. then lower and lower tin -
17 last year. failures this week in g c,i s til the reached the bottom and disc n -
the United States 73 Were in the East, jug Mato? Siamese, 101111/12111111d tJ ne, e, i y t , t 1
62 South, 04 West and 23 in the I'aeifie'Mohamnieduns rust so a stage pia rel- two lakes stayed behind, cloy
84 report liabilities of 000 to itself. WThilc these pla -actin's per• ed all the curtains around the couple,
Stated, and r > , , an o- took off their valuable dresses and Jew-
ess.' were bent even the ` j
all•
e g
i commercial f
i .s of
LfaTnll t c
or ,
orm e1
-United d St t t d for perils had Plenty of sporting facilities, cls, and dressed them in light gaxments.
ores in the nl c States repo- e "
September are $12,804,701, ttgaittat $7,w
120,508 for tete month Test year. LEFT HIS YOUNG SON TO PERISH
+ H
TWENTY WERE DROWNED.
Death Boll in the Recent Disastrous New
Mexico Floods.
.Sante Fe, 11. M, Oct. 10.--eports re-
ceived from different points in the ter-
ritory show that at least twenty per-
sons perished in the floods that have ms
eurred in the past week. Ten Santa Fe
pa/tenger trains are tied up stere to-
night, but the passengers are beingsant
east and west over other lines.
Oklahoma City, Okla, Oet. 4.• -Seven
men are miesing of a party of eight who
went down with the wagon bridge be.
tween Lexington and Pureelle, after bat-
tling with the swift riteh- of waters for
many hours in a vain attempt to pre-
vent the bridge from going out. MCI
brklgo was the only connection between
the two towns. Judge lIockee was the
mart oared,
•
Voodoo Doctor Set Fire to His Home and
Boy Burned to Death.
Norfolk, Va., Oet. 10.--••Ilaytvard Lo-
naire, a negro "'Mho doctor," set fire
to„his house, and unheeding the appeals
oniie 10•year•ald son, sprang through a
window, leaving his child to perish in the
Haines. Lenaire was arrested later, and
comitted to jail to await examination.
The negro made ho statement whatever,
concerning his mine or motive.
Lenairo has lived for many years in
the honso that lin destroyed, it being 1114
property. Ills holm cmitained many
firearms and one of biepracticed was to
fire Ids rifle down the well at midnight
and early in the morning hours. The
neighbors aroused by the bright glare
of the fire reached the scene in time
to see tensile spring through it win -
810w and vault throe fences and make
Ins escape to the road, down which he
ran with the cries of "''spat, Id me ottt"•
earning from his son imprisoned in the
burning building. The fire had gained
suet headway that it could not be
checked, and in a short while the build•
ing was a masa of ashes. As s' on as
possible a renrrh was made for the re•
mains of lite eTiiltl, and the blackened-
body, burned to a crisp, was found in
one -cornet.
When the curtains. were .again pulled
open the serpents which formed the sides
of the throne began :to belelt out water
on the couple, drenching them to the
skin.
Tho next part of tilo ceremony as-
tounded the European spectators. l;acli
native seized a bucket, dippped it in 1
Hugo tub fined with scented watery and
proceeded to drench his neighbors with
the contents. It was impossible for any
one to escape, for the gates were leek-
ed. Not until every dropp, of water was
used were tato gates unlocked. When
this was done there was a perfect stain-
pedo for dry clothes.
EPISCOPAL CONVENTION,
Reception of the Archbishop at
Faneuil Hall.
Boston, Mass., • Oot. 10. -Tho Triennial
Episcopal Convention, which is in ses-
sion here to -day, mot as the Board of
Missions, the House 'of Bishops flitting
together. There is much interest in the
session on account of the widespread
criticism of the apportionment plan for
the assessment of dioceses in support
of the general misielon fund, The appor-
tionment for last year wa, $630,000, the
receipts to apply upon it were $413,000,
or a shortage on expectations of $217,-
000. A large Dart of the day was do•
voted to a discussion of methods of im-
proving the missionary organiXation.
The programme arranged for the Arch-
bishop of Canterbury to -day included a
reception at Faneuil IIall at noon, and
a students' meeting to•nigbt in Cam-
bridge.
ONO
SOLO FOR A SONG.
$3,000,000 Mercantile Agency
Disposed of for. $26,000.
New York, Oct. 10.- The $3,000,000
mercantile agency was sold ,at public
auction yesterday for $20,000.
The sale was conducted by Receiver
George R. Beach. He started the nuc -
tion by putting up the reports of the
financial standing of tens of thou-
sands of firms throughout . the Unitd
States and Canada. These were supposed
to have cost $1,000,000 to collect. The
.highest bid was $10. -
Receiver Bench refused to accept this
hid,. and rivised his plan for conducting
the sale, dividing the property into two
lots. In the first lot everything belong-
ing to the company except the out-
standing accounts, were included. The
second lot consisted of the accounts due
The first lot was sold to Charles H.
Barritt, of Philadelphia, for $23,000, and
,the second lot to tbo same purchaser
for $3,000, making Mr.-Barritt the sole
owner of the entire corporation.
Thomas N. McCauley, formerly was
President of the concern.
VALUABLE FIND.
Indians Discover • $100,000
Worth of Ambergris. •
Tacoma, Wasli., Oat. 10.-A party of
four lietebikan Indiana have found 130
pounds of ambergris, worth $100,000. The
Miens had crossed the straits from Re
sin}o, Gegido Island, to Cleveland Penin-
sula, tinct were looking on the beach for
game. They discovered the carcass of a
large .sperm wlhale, which haft been
washed ashore. The Indians were attract-
ed by the very agreeable odor of Iarge
lump of fatty substance near•tbo whale,
ancl, loading some of it in their boat,
carried it to Keteltikan. Upon learning
the value k
wn to of their incl they be
y went back
and got the remainder. Thr ambergris is
in an oicd"ollent state of preservation, anal
almost -pure.
•.-•••
PLAYED HISSOOWN DIRGE.
Student's Dramatic Suicide at a Concert
in Hungary.
a, Oct
Vienn
. 10.-A student
neared CzelnevT
cs last night shot; himselfin dramatic
fashion, after playing the
piano at a students' concert at Tames•
var, Hungary. •
Czernevics, who was a fine musician,
had been in the best of limner all the
evening, and lead played a piece which'
was much applauded, when he suddenly
turned to the instrument again and be-
gan playing the Dead March•in Saul.
The audience, amused at the freak, al-
lowed htim to play to the end, when lie
rose and declared that die had been aban-
doned by his sweethetrt, and life was
no longer worth living.
Mounting a chair, he then showered
a handful of gold coins among the stu-
dents, and, begging thein to accept the
money as a memento of himself, quickly
produced a revolver and shot himself
dead.
HARD 'TIMES IN .BRITAIN.
40,000 to go,000 People Reported to be
Starving in Blanchester.
•
London, Oct. 1.0. -At a lneeting of the
Manchester City Council to -day it was
announced that, owing. to the hard
times and depression in the Cotton in-
dustries, between forty and fifty tlion.-
snnd people in the poorer parts of the
city were practically on the verge of
starvation.
Similar conditions prevail in London
and other largo cities of the United
Kingdoan, where the winter is expected
to be one of the hardest in many years
for the poorer classes,
GRAIN GREW IN HER THROAT.
Strange Accident That Befell a Littl•
e
Dakota Girl.
•
Vermillion, S. D., 00t,10.: Three weeks,
ago a little girl here, lialuecl IIeatriotta
Ilendrickson, while at. play in a corn-
biu, swailor`ed a grain of corn, which
lodged. in her throat. It caused her lit-
tle -Inconvenience until a few days ago,.
wheni
her condition became alarming,
and a doctor was sent for. An exam-
ination by surgeons revealed tho pres-
ence of a protuberance in the throat, and
an 10010]on was matte. The grain of
corn was then found to have sprouted.
Color Blindness.
The most common form of calor blind.
nos is au inability to distinguish red,
'Last year thirty-four officers and would-
be officers of the British crebantiie
marina service failed on their color tests,
twenty-three being red blind and the re-
mninder unable to distinguish green. The
4.000 candidates for certificates were
also submitted to 'the form vision tests
and twenty-two of theta failed to dia.
tinguish the form of the object submit-
ted,
Only Saw 1-1fni '.there.
"1 -van sorry to hear of Ur. Clayman's
death," said the caller. "01 Bourse you miss
hire dreadfuliy."
-At the treasfa.t table, yes," replied Pays
mane widow.
'When he staeks tip eghinnt it crit c
the 'eompoker of music of(ell 'aces hie
notes go to protest.
ATV
6
'at x Ydaux SbInulte
7,'HEO.yU4x4, PROPi$P TOR,
G. RI., MAGUIBE
REAL ESTATE. INSURANCE AND
I-QAN AC,ENT. CONVEYANCING
Uolleetion •of Bents and Aeoounte a specialty
ASSIGNEE, ACCOUNTANT,
QkitdYvl7ooOpou auraep ngs,, 0,
n ry��
A LM yE
REAL ESTATE AND LOAN AGENT,
CONVEYANCING, MONEY' TO LOAN
on Town and >I'rrw Property.
ASSIGNEE, ACCOUNTANT,
Ol'F1Cs.-In the 'Kent Block.
Reridonoe-Oatherine 8Y,
Nfarrtageed
•requir
Money
portion,
' BetentsTmn
OBioe;-next
TJIOS, JIOLMES
RANKER, ETC.
Licenses issued. No wit:wea
4j; large amounts; rmailar in pr
Easiest terms.
RI4IHARD IIQLMES
1T Lawatiorierrole, alit, ipTe.
to Holmes Block now building
--ATELLINGTON • MUTUAL
Yd FIRE INS. CO,
. Eatabliahed 1$4q.
Real Offios QUELPH, ONT. ,
Risks taken on all ol.rsor of insurable pro
pert- on the cash or premtum note system.
Lima' cowls, CIIAe. Dwvneseya
Presidents Secretary.
' JOHN FRI7CHIE,
aG INT, WINGHAM QNP
DICKINSON it 0IOI MES
Barristers, Solicitors, etc.
Office: Meyer Biock Wingham,
E. L. Diokinson Dildiey Roimotr
AVANSTONE
' BARRISTER AND SOLICITOR
Honey to loan at lowestrates, OM°
BEAVER BLOOM, •
9-V6. WINGHAM.
J. A. MORTON
BARRISTER AND SOLICITOR.` +
•
MONEY TO .LOAN.
Ofmco :-Morton Block, Wingham
1
DR. A.GNEW .
PHYSICIAN, SURGEON
ACCOUCHEUR.
Office :•-Upstairs in the Macdonald
Block.
Night calls answered at office.
DRS, CRISHOLN & CHISHOLN
PHYSICIANS • SURGEONS • ETC.
Josephine Street • - Wingharn
•
P. KENNEDY, M.o., M•C.P.S.o
J • (Member of the British Medical
Association) .
COLD MEDALLIST 1N MEDICINE. 1
Special attention std to Dlsoases of womes
and oiatldren,
Oirearin Hounu t-1 to 4 p.m, ; 7 toe p,m;
W.' T. ,1oiiowali 4,
D.D.S„ L.D.S, ,ria ,� • .
Graduate of Royal'
College of Dental c .;,
,Surgeons of Tor- . •.
onto and Honor ,` vo4
Graduate of Dent- sdx ! 4'
al Dept. of Torou- ••*";
to University. `�' t' ..
Latest improved methods in all branches 01
Dentistry. Prioos moderate. 4atisfaotioc
guaranteed. earpiece in Beaver Block.
ARTR J. IRWIN
D,D.@., 7r,D.i1.
Doctor of Dental Surgery of the r en.
nsyivania College and Licentiate of
Dental Surgery of Ontario.
Moe over P'osb Omca-WING13AM i
WINGIIAMTT t
hici.BAN & SON
Aliktnde of rough and dressed....
LUMBER! f.SHINGLES
SHINGLES
APPLE BARRELS.
Hard and Soft. Slabs, also a
large quantity of dry hard.
wood for sale, delivered.
elephone Orders Promptly
attended to.
L &G Son
BARTLI",TT S CONFESSION;
,Deputy Minister Ilugh MclKellar Impli-
cated in Maniteba Affair.
' 'lnni
,N
' eOct.UC 10. ----Melvin Bartlett,
Ott
vn 1 tc
clerk intheManitoba Department . of
Agriculture, who was arrested in De-
troit ami brought back here for trial
on a charge of embciztement, made a
written Mntfeeeimt to the comb whea
rite ease came up for trial to -day. In
hie confession Bartlett implicated Hugh
McKellar, Deputy Minister of Agricul-
ture, in the speculations, and, In fact,
charged that McKellar hail instigated
diem and had full knoivleclge of what
wasthe goinprocg eeonds,. ----• and had shared equally - `--
fn
Deputy Minister T%Tteller, tvitett seen
of the trial, made tite following slate-
nnent: "There is not a word of tt•ntit
in any of the charges that Bartlett has
fnimucisc frontc againstbegiIncnn. inTghoto w•011(1.'hole, charge is
Premier Roblin, when asked if further
investigation waned be ntade,srefu: ed to
espies ,e. 1111 /pinion.
Ilia Credibility Destroyed.
Carrie -When hs told you he loved you and
that you were the first women no ever lid
love, You looked es though you believed hint.
Besides -well, yea, nn I did- at the time;
but later in the evening he told inn about a
-fish he caught un in the remora lifter that.
yea know, It was creative ilk auytbinr he to ]Strep any
said,