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fin-“gran: '53: "Thofl ivâ€"vbolgNew Tenta‘ - moat II on aybor over whmh this doc- tring creeps'hkg a. luxurmnt vine mu ,AALAA_ -2 A-___I_A.'__ The object of this. sermon is to take this theory out 91‘ the reign of surmise and specuptnon into the rcAgn of p051- tive certainty. P_eople say: "It would he very pleasaht if that uoctrine were true. I hope it may. be true.” But I believe that. I can bring an accumulqâ€" tion of argument to bear upon this matter which wfli prove the doctrine of future recognition as plainly usthat 11mm is in any heaven at. ail, and that the kiss of reunion _a.t the celestial gate will be as certain as the dying kiss at the door of thq sepulcher. What _does my text implyfi "I shall go to hum.” _ What consolgtioq would v.5 be to Band. to go to his childifhe would not know him? Would David have been allawed t_o recoyd this anâ€" ticipatioh for the inspection of .all ,,A_,AAJI,-- ,_A-, u 1“" 23% 0159.801}: Byblp tog; gathama to In: .peoplp. Moses died and was that“; L0 _hxs peo Re. What people? \ _ 3‘, their fncgds, t eir com- fades, their old commons. Of course it Inna-115 thug. It 9911 not 11308.1} apy. into some city. without having ap- pointed a time and place for meeting. you might wander around for weeks and months. and perhaps for years. and never see each other; and heaven is vaster than all earthly cities to- gether. and how are you going to find your departed friend in that country! It is so vast a realm. John went up on one mountain of inspiration, and he looked of! upon the multitude. and he said: “Thousands of thousands." Then he came upon a. greater altitude of inspiration and looked 0H upon it again. and he said. "Ten thousands times ten thousand.” And then_ he came on a higher mount of inspira- tion. and looked off again and he said: "A humdréd and. forty and four thou- sand and thousands of thousands." And he came on a still greater height of inspiration. and ht: looked off again, and exclaimed: “A greater multitude that no men can number." Now. 1 ask. how are on oing tog find your friend; in sue a. t ranges; that? Is not. this idea. we have been_ entertaining after all a falsity? Is this doctrme of future recognition of friends inlheaven a. guess. a. myth, a 1 whim, or 13 it a gigantic foundatmn: upon which phe soul pierced of all' ages may bmld 3. 310110113 hope? 111â€"- tense question! Every heart in this auJience throbg right imo it. There is in exery soul here the tomb of at; least one dead. 'lramendous question)! least one dead. lramendoue uesnon! It makes the lip quiver and t e cheek flush. and the entire nature thrill. 5110.11 we know each other there? I get. letterJ almmt every month. asking me to _dxscuss this subject. I et a letter In a bold. schoiarly han . on gilt-edged_pper. asking me to discus; this questwn. 312.1 I say: "Ah! that 15 a. curmus man. and he wants a curious question selved.f' But I get another letter. It. IS wrxtten with a. trembling hand, and on what seems to be a. torn nu; leaf of a book, and there and here is the mark of. a tear, and I say: "Oh, that is a broken heart and it. wants :0 be comicrtedffl ‘~v-rv:_-_ 3325 If it werga. groupdless anticipa- tion? We read 111 fine first book of ‘the Bible", Abraham (bed. and _wa.s gathered to his peqpleL Jacob_ meg, and 33m} V- hat are ccvrtly attendants, or vic- torious armies. or conquered provinces. under such circumstances? What to any parent is all splendid surrounding when his child is sick? Seven days have passed an. There is that great. aruie LWO eyelids an: gently closed, two little hands folded, two little feet quiet. one heart still. The servants come to bear the tidings to the king, but they can not make up their minds to 0ch him, and they stand at the duct. whispering about the matter. and David hears them and he looks up andsays 1-.) them: “Is the child dead?" “Yes. he is dead." David muses himself up. washes himself, puts on new apparel and sits down to food. What power hushed than. tempest? What strength wm it that lined up that king whom grief had dethroned? Oh, it was the thought that he would come again into the possession of that darling child. No gravedigger's spade could hide him. 111: winLry blasts of death could not put out the bright. light. There would be a forge somewhere that with silver hammer would weld the broken links. In a. city where the boots of the pale horse never strike the pavement he wand clasp the lost treasure. Ho wipes away the team from his eyes. and he clean the choking grief from his throat. and exclaims: “1 will go to Was David right or wrong? If we part. on earth. will we meet, again in the next world? "Well." says some one. "that seems to be an impossibility. Heaven is so large a place we never could find our kindred there." Going There is a. very sick child in the abode of David, the king. Disease, which stalks up the dark lame of the poor and puts smothering hand on lip and nos- tril of the wan and wasted also mounts the palace stairs. and. bending over the pillow. blows into the face of a young prince the frosts of pain and death. Tears are wine to the King of Te: :nrs. Alas! for David, the king. He am neither sleep not eat. and lies pros- trate on his face. weeping and wailing until no palace rings with the outcxy Rev. Dr. Talmage preached this in- teresting disuourse from the text: “I shall go to Him," found in H. Samuel, xii. 28. He said: REV. DR. TALMAGE SAYS WE MAY SEE AND KNOW OUR FRIENDS. LIFE BEYOND THE GRAVE An Argument Calculated to Show That Beyond Intel-Ia! Death We Say Meet and Jungle Willa Those We Loved on I09 VO“:‘ "7' the e cutters of consolation. nu. ohn and Pater: followed Christ VOL 1“ NO 10 ' “w. ,m You know very well that our joy in any cmmatnnoe is augmented by the companionship of our friends. We can not see a puncture with- less than four eyes, or hear a. song with less than four years. We want some one beszdee us with whom to exchange glances and sympathies; and I suppose the joy of heaven is to be augmented by the fact that we are to have our blends with us when there rise before u: the thrones of the blessed. and W115." there surges up in our ear the Jubdate o{ the and. Heaven is not a. contractxon. It in an expansmn. I knew you here, I_will know yon bet- 4â€"!â€" - -...,.. J..- w.-. - ..-_- __.H , ter there. Here I see you with only twove pa, but there the soul shall have a mll Lon eyes. It will be immortalxty gazl'ng. on immortalityâ€" ransonqu spxnt 1n colloquy with ransomed 5 mt â€"victor beside victor. When ohn Evans, the Scottish minister, was seat- ed_ in his study, his wife came in and sand tghim: "My_ daoag, do you thugs \ .o mu. There are, in addition to these Bible argumepts, other reasons, why I ac- cept this theory. In the first. P1343: because‘the. rejection memory. Can 1t. be posszble that we shall forget forâ€" ever these with whose walk, ‘lgok. mqnner we have been so long tamxvlmri‘ W111 death come, and with a. sharp keen blade how away this faculty of memory? Abraham said to Dues: "Son remember." It the exiled and the lost remember, will not the em thromd remember? ,, Au ave-van vs...“ "V uhv -v--. Again. I accept this doctrine of fu- ture recognition because the world's ex- pectancy affirms it. In all lands and ages this theory is received. What form of_reiigion planted it? No form of religion. tor it is received under all forms of religion. Then. I argue. a sentiment of feeling, an anticipation universally planted. must have been you-implanted and if God-implanted it it is rightfully implanted. Socrates writes: “Who would not part with a great deal to urchase a meeting With Urpheus and omer? If it be true that this is to be the consequence of death. I could even be able to die often." Again, I adopt this theory because there are features of moral tempera- ment and features of the soul that Will distinguish us forever. How do we know each other in this world? Is it merely b ' the color of the eye. or the Aength o the hair, or the {acisl pro- portions? Oh. no. It is by the dis- position as wall. by natural affinity. usmg the word in the very best sense and notin the bad sense; and if in the tins. our body should perish and lie there forever, and there should be no resurrection. still the soul has enough features and the disposition has enough features to make us distinguishable. I can understand how in sickness aman Will become so delirious that he will not know his own friends; but will we be blasted with such insufferable Idiocy that. standing beside our best friends for all eternity. we will never guess who they are! Again. I think that one reason why we ought to accept this doctrine is be- muse we never in this world have an opportunity to give thanks to those to whom we are spiritually indebted. The joy of heaven. we are told. L_S to be inaugurated by a review of life’s work. These Christianmen and vyo- “nu v; . . n, .Now, i demand if you believe the BAH». than you take this theory 0f filthze recognition out of the realm of Speculation and surmise into the region of positive certainty. {1nd no more keep swing, "I hoyc it.zs.so; ‘I have no idea it is so; I guess it. is so. ’ Be able to say. with all the concentrat- ed energy of body. mind and soul: "I know it is so!" _ ___~ . we will know ea'éh other in heaven?" He turned to her and said: “My dear, 510 you that we will be bigger tools 111 heaven than we are herei‘l' . . The Bible indicates, over and oven agaxn, that the an els know each other: and then the Bibs says that we are to be in her than the angels, and it the anges have the power of recogni- txon, ehall not we, who are to be higher than they in the next realm, have as good eyesight and as good capacity? What did Christ mean in His conver- sation with Mary and Martha, when He_ said: "Thy brother shall rise agam?" h was as much as to say: "Don‘t cry. Don’t. wear yourself out will} this trouhle. You will see him again. Thy brother sholl rise again," The Bible desnribes heaven as a. great home nix-.1.» “(911, now, that would he a. wry queer home clrcle where the members did not know each oilxer. The Bible describes death as sleep. If we know each other before we go to sleep. shall we not“. know eaah other after we wake up? Oh. yes. We will know each othera. great. deal better than than now; “for now," says the apostle. "we see through a glues dn rkly. but. then face to face. If _“j|11 be my purified. enlvhroned and glonfxed body gazing on your purified, enthron~ ed and glorified body." _ __ .. in v4 3. Auvw u..- _.-- men who have been tafiinfigrfor Christ. hav'e the seen the full result of their work ? b, no. There is smother before the throne of God. You say her joy is full. 15 it: lou say there can be no au mentation of it. Can not there be? er son was a Wanderer and a. vagabnngl on the earth when that mother died: ‘He broke her old heart. She died leav- ins him in the wilderness of am. She 15 before the throne of God nowy. Years Pass and the son repeats of his crimes and gives his heart to God. end he- comes ausefulv Christian, and dies and enters the gates of heaven. You tell me that. mother's joy cannot be aug- rnented. Let them confront each other, the son and the mother, "Oh." she says to the angel: of God, “rejoice With me! :l‘he dead is alive again. and the lost, is found. Hallelujah! I never expected to see this lost .one come back.” The Bibie says nations are to he horn in“. gay. ‘W_ hen Ghjnn comes AL_I‘D they not know David Brainerdf I m I. soul entering heaven at lact. thh ogvared face at the idea that it has done no fiifitle for Christ, and feel- lng porno down with unworthiness. and 1t.“ says to max; "I hnva no right tn be hero.” m min tron I throne {<2 (3311" GM i'F'ziotfiEflJw'ii-Tfiens W hen the Indianarcoxine _to 99:! will into the mmmtain. A light falls Imp. heaven on that mountain and lift: it into the celestial. Christ's garments glow and His face shines like the sun. Thedoor of heaven swxngs open. Two spurns eome down and ali ht on the mountain. The disciples 100 at them and recognize tbemi as Moses qnd Elias. Now, if those disciples standing on. “the earth could recognize these two spirits who had been for years _in hea- ven, do you tell me that we, Wl-th our heavenly eyesight, will not be able to recognize those who have gone out from among us only five, ten, twenty. thgty new new i , Heaven isnotaetetely. formel place. as I sometimes hear it described. a. very {rigidity of splendor. )Vhose peo- ple stand on cold formalities and go around with heavy crowns of gold on their heads. No. that is not my idea. of heaven. My idea of heaven is more like this: You are seated in the even- ing-title by the fire-place; 'our whole family there. or nearly 9.1 of them there. While you are seated talking {and enjoying the evening hour. there is a knock at. the door and the door 0 ens. and there comes in a brother t at has long been absent. He has been absent. for years you have not seen him, and no sooner do you make up your mind that it is certainly be than on leap up. and the question is who 9 all give- him the first embrace? The: is my ides oi heavenâ€".3. great home circle where they are waiting for us. Oh. will you not know your mo- ther's voice there? She who always called you by (four first name long afâ€" ter other: he given you the formal "Mister?" You were never anything but James. or John. or George, or Thomas. or Mary. or Florence, to her. Will you not know your child’s voice? She of the bright eye and the ruddy check, and the quiet step. who came in from play and flung herself into {our lap, a. very shower 0! mirth and eauty! Why. the picture is graven on 'our soul. It am not wear out. If tint little one should stand on the that has long been apsent. i seen mm, and up your mind than on leap who 9 all gi-vr That is my id home circle wh us. Oh. will other side of some heavenly hill and call to vou, you would hear her voice above the burst o! heaven‘s great or- chestra. Know it! You could not help but know it. Now I bring you this glorious conso- lation of future recogmtion. If you could get this theory into your heart it won d lift a great many shadowg it “'0qu lift a great many shadows that are stretching across It. When I was alad [used to go out to the rail- road track and put my car down on the track and Icould hear the express train rumbling miles away, and com- ing on; and. toâ€"day. trlends. if we only had Smith anon; we could put our car down to the grave of our dead, and listen and hear 1!: the distance the rumblingon of the chariots of resur- rcgtien notary. O hcevenl sweet heaven! You do not spell heaven a: you used to spell it, hâ€"e-a-we-n. heaven. But now. when you want to ell that word, you place side by side t e faces of the loy- ed qnee who are gone. and in that 11'- radxatxon of light and love and beauty and joy, you spell it out as never be- fore. in songs and hellelujahs. 0h. ye. whoee hearts are down under the god of the cemetery. cheer up at the thought of this reunion. Oh, how much you ave to tell them when once you meet them. Oh. how they bound in. these spirits before the throne! Some shout With gladneee. Some break forth into un- controllable weegi'ng for ‘oy. Some stand speechless in their 3 col: of de- light. They sing. They quiver thh exceeeive gladness. They gaze on the temples. on the palaces, on the waters. on each other. They weave their joy into garlands. they spring it into tri- umphnl arches. they strike on timbrels. and then all the loved ones other in o. reat circle around the t rone .of Go â€"tathers. mothers. brothers. exe- ters, sons and daughters. lovers and friends. hand to hand around about the throneâ€"the circle. hand to hand. joy to joy, jubilee to jubilee. victory to Victory. "until the day break and the shadows flee away. Turn, my beloved. and be like a. roe or a. young hart upon the mountains of Bother.“ Oh. how different it is on earth frqm the way it is in heaven when a Chris‘ tian dies We say: "Close his eyes." In heaven they say: ”Give 13191.8. palm}: On ramtxh we say: "Let him down in the ground." In heaven they say: "Hoist him on a. throne.” 0n earth it is: "Farewell. farewell." In heaven it is: "Welcome. welcome." And so I see I. Christian soul coming down to the river of death. and he steps into the river. and the water comes up to the ankle. He stays: “Lord Jesus. is this death?" "No," says Christ. ”this is not death." And he wades still deeper down into the waters until the flood comes to the knee. and he says: "Lord Jesus. tell met-tell me. is this death?” And he Christ says: "No. no. this is not death." And he wades still further down until the wave comes to the (grit- dle. and the soul says: "Lord Jesus. is this death?" "No.” says Christ. "this is not." And deeper in wades the soul till the billow strikes the lip, and the departing one cries: ”Lord Jesus' is this death!” “No." says Christ. “this is not." But when Christ had lifted this soul ens. throne of glory, and all the pomp and joy of heaven came surging to its feet. then Christ said: ngiig.’ oh transported 'soul! this is ea H In Venezuela. there is a. species of crane, called by the natives the yak-a.- mik. which is easily tamed and trained to look after a flock of sheep or take an of the inmates of the poultry yard. When these are placed in charge of this bird in may he implicitly trusted to take them to their feeding places in the morning and bring them safely home at night, not forgetting to hunt for and collect any straggleré. The yak-a.- mik displsys all the traits of charac- ter usually associated with the faith- ful sheep-dog. It can be amusing, too, for, while its usual gait is slow and se- date. it can exegute the most fantastic waits-s and strike all sorts of absurd attitudes. A German agriculturist, Herr voufieyflertq had one of these cream which took charge of 3 hard of haters. driving them to and from their m It also hapgogdgr ‘m the poul- guru It 3350 hp": order' In tmoul- m stamina ‘11 MIN-us so 3: "Oh'. you forget" that Sunder so 001 class you invited to Chrxst! I yvns one of them.” And another Vows says: "You forget that poor old men to whom you We a. loaf of bread, and bond of the eavenly bread. I was that man." And another says: “You forget that sick one to whom you gave medicine for the body and thesoufl. I am that one." And then Christ, from a throne overtop mg all the rest. will say: “Inasmuc as ye dgd gr. to one otthe least of these. you drd It to Me." .And then the seraphs wfil take their harps from the ads of the throne and cry: "What song shall it be 3" And Christ, bending over the harpers, shefl say: "It shall be the 'Harvest Home.’ " , “OH. WAD SOME POWER THE GIFTIE GIB US$221 SEE OORSELS AS [TREES SEE US." BIRDS AS SHEPH ERDS. OMEMEE. ONT. THURSDAY. FEB. 18' 1897 Hon. Dr: Bordan, Minister of Militia, who was injured in fihe railway acci- dent .near Donoaster. N.B.. two weeks ago, is at Halifax. Rev. Ira Smith, of London. called the attention of his congregation to their duty as citizens to clean the slush off theLr sidewalks. Governor Murray of Newfoundlangi. Who 31. was reported was about to vxsxt Ottawa on annexation business. has gone to England. Rene Dabin and Fred Corier. two Frenchmen, whb had 3 pi gery two miles from Port Arthur, nt., were burned to death on Wednesday night. The entire force of workmen at the Springhill mines, N S is out on strike. Mr. McEnchrun reports that hog cgolem in Essex is thoroughly stamp- : om. The Hamilton Cattle Company has se- cured Incorporatlon, wnh a capital of 824,000. _ Mrs. Western. of Hamilton. has in- vqnted and pat‘omeda bicyulf'. time that. wxll not slip The Ottawa Boyd 9! Trade is dis- cu‘ssmg a. resolution in flavor of an ahen labor law. hThe national India. famine fund now amounts to $110,000. andn draft of 100, 000 rupees has been forwarded to India. An epidemic of grippe is being expen- enccd 1n Ottawa. Sir James Grant‘says he never knew xhe disease to be so pre- valant. An increase of $10,000 in Lbe Hamil- ton Board of Education estimates will be required this year, mostly for teach- e’rs‘ salaries. 'l'ihe C.I’.R. has decltred dividends of 2 per cent on the preference stock and 1 per cent. for the common stock for the half year ending December Slst. a. fiEfiuIEEion of 50,000. ' Peterson, Tait. CO4, have purchas- ed the Beaver Lme of stoamshnps. The Dominion Type Fouqdry Com; pany of Montreal has gone Into hqulâ€" dation. Th: Winnipeg Public Schuol Board has asked. the Council for 3123.256 for the current year. Rev. Dr. O‘Meara. has been appointed Dunn of Rupert's Land, succeeding the Bishop 0! Qu‘Appelle Brahtford's fixje loss last year was only $1,528.50. In the last six years the losses were only $20,351. News of a discovery of an enormous- ly rich deposnt or copper and gold on bpth sides of the Canadian boundary hue has been reported at Spokane. Charcoal. the Indian condemned to be he ed_ fer the murder of Sergeant Wil 6. 1t 18 re rted at Winnipeg. may not live till t date of his execution. The govpmors of the Hamilton Gen- eral Huspxml propose to build a. new msidence for the nurses and use the present nurses' apartments for pati- CITES” Wing Item About Our Own Country. Great Britain. the United States. end All Parts 0! the Globe. Condensed and Assorted [or Buy Reading. THE VERY LATEST FROM ALL THE Hamilton has given work the 700 “MGmPIUXOdJ The bronzes. for the Macdonabd statue have arnved at Kingston. St. Catharines has voted @200 to the India famine fund. The Hamilton Board of Education has a. deficit. of $20,000, with a prospect of 81!).000 or ‘81.").000 more when the Collegiate Imtxtute building is com- plete . - £ It is intimated that the Dominion Government intends Lo_ abolish the of- tioe of Deputy Commxssioner of Pa- tents. made vacant. by the recent death of Mr. Richard Pope. THE NEWS IN NiJISHflL Of the fifteen Maxim guns in the pos- session of the Dominion Militia Deâ€" partment. some six or seven will be kept on hand for emergencies. and the others will be handed over L0 the any battalions. The various Dominion Government dqpartments have been asked to pus}: forward the prexruation of the esti- mates. so that the Government can sub- mit thyestimates‘early. gmd ask sup- plies while the tax-1ft is bung prepared. Dr. Se-lwyn states that he wasmisâ€" mpreseqted at. the meeting of the min- ing engmears 1n qutreal. He is a. be- liever 1n the gold fields of British Col- umbia. and called attention to their good pmspects In 1885. ‘ Retums issued by the British Board of Trade for January show an increase in imports of $7,500,000. and adecrense in ex orts of 86,900,000. as compared with anuary 1890. In the Ritish House of Commons on Wetlands Mr. Sam} Smith's mo- m to: dblbblhhmnt ad dia- Secretary Charles Drinkwator of the C. P. R. was attacked by {our foot- pads at Montreal on Trumday night on his way home. He fought the men as loan as ha could. but they got away wit his gold watch and chain. Mr. Drinkwater recewed some injuries in the encounter. Through the collapse of a viaduct on arailroad at Cornwall on Tmsday 12 mm) fell a distance of one hundred and fifty feet, and were killed. London at present is being flooded with such vast hordes of undesirable Germans. Poles. and Italians, that Eng- land may be forced to pass an Exclu- sion Act. - Brat, Crookes. the eminent English aqxemxst. boldly announces his belief in telepathic phenomena. Mi. Thonins Sexion, anti-Parnellite. who resagned his seat in the House ‘of Commons last year. refuses to re-enter Parliament. The Mansion House fund for the ant- fnrers in India will likely reach the 35.000.000 mark. The death is announced of Mr.Frank May. who for twenty years previous to November, 1893. was chief cashier of the Bank of England. Tim steamer Anglomwn. reported at London to be ashore on Skerries' Is- land, will probably be a. total loss. GREAT BRITAIN. WORLD OVER. directory gives Hamilton John Chandler. of London. England» who confessed having forged bqls 01 exchange on Messrs. S. F. McKmnon and Company of Toronto. was on Tues- day_santenced to five- years‘ penal servxtude. . , mdomen‘t of the Church of land WESAWJected by a. vote of 204 o 86. : Mr. Balfour stated on Thursday that the Government. intended to make a publxc hol_ida,y for the occasion 9f the Queen's dxamond 'ubilee. but 1t was not proposed to m e the day a perm- anent holiday. onboard the British and Greek war- ships in the harbor. _It is stated that after the inaugura- tion of President McKinley. Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland will start on a. tour around the world. Capt. MoGiff'Ln, who commanded the Chinese warship Chen Yuan in the bat- tle of the Yalu River. committed sui- cxdc at. New York, on Thursday. .The cattle dealers oi Buttalo and vi- clnity are jubilant over the abrogation of the quarantine of Canadian cattle, and large unportations are being made. Mr. Curzon stated in the Britlsh Commons that the reported massacres at Crete were unfounded. There had been some small disturbances. _A.re- port from Canea says 200 bqvmdmgs were burned. and 5,000 Christmn re- fugees from} the pity have _l_)een_ taken ‘Warren W. Linney. after reading Hamlet's soliloquy. thrust a dagger through his heart in his mother's home 111 Chumg‘o, on Wednesday. con. Governor of the Fiji Islands, is announced at the age of 61. The death of Sir John Bate: Thurs- Two men were killed and nineteen seriously wounded In a strikers’ riot at Hamburg. Mr. Richard Croker is the probable Tammany candidate for Mayor of New. York. The Ohio river at. Cinqinnati i_s Iagt :91" mg on the danger hne, whwh m 0 eat. Two armed robbers in Chicago on Tuesday night held up and robbed. An- toipe Boenert. in his sneamshi txcket 2:1on in La Salle street. T ey got. \\\\\ $2,000. I ' ’ ' ” A mail clerk on a. Santa. Fe train near Los Angeles. (3:11., on Tuesday shot one burglar and wounded another. They had attempted to “hold up" the train. The Michigan lumbermen are op- posed to the proposed two dollars duty on the white pine, as in the gvent of its imposition they fear Canadian retalia- Albert Hess of Ipswich Mnss., dis- appeared suddenly with 87,000 of other people's money”. He sent his wile word to return to her parents in To- ronto. Business during the week has been a little more favorable : prices are more steady and there isa better demand for labor; in the Eastern and Middle Staten particularly works are reported to be opening up. A demand for pig iron at Pittsburg is also noted. Hemlock and leather are rnore acfive, with an ad- vance in values. While a. lower range of prices is reported for a few articles, the general return quotes figures as being mostly firm, and in many lines as higher and advancing. GENERAL. ‘ A British troops hip has been de- spatched from Malta with a. fortnig ht' 3 food for twelve hundred Cretan refu- 8863. 'Axmand Castlemary. an actor, fell dead at the close of the final scene of the opera. “Mamba” at. the Metro oli- tan Opera House, New York, on \ ed- nwday night. g Mrs. G. W. Baldwin. nee the Hon. Lady Carey, granddaughter of the late Duke of Brunswick, has filed suit. for divorce at Houston. Texas. Her husband is a wealthy citizen of Houston. Galileo Ferraris, member of the Ital- ian _Senate and a well-known electric- ian 13 dead at Rome. An extensive forgery of Ban]; of Eng- land twenty-pound notes is taklng place on {the Continent of Europe. The inn- itatiosn is excellent. The distress in the Ju-bbulpoor dis- trict of India is appalling. About 120,- 000 are now receiwn Government aid, and by the month 0 May \the number will be doubled. Wm. Donna, the. Amgrican artist, it is reported In Pans, Will be prompted to be an officer of t‘h‘e'tLegxon of Hon- Archduke Otto of Austria, nephew of Emperor Francis Joseph. and 11911' pre- sumptive taupe throne of Austpa, is at geeslgnt visiting Emperor leliam in r m. The building of the trans-Siberian- railway will give the coqvicta of Sib- eria such facilities of escaping that they will likely be transferred to the Island of Saghnlyien. The German Government has ordered the prosecution of several university professors who recently signed a de- claration in favor of the striking dock labourer: of Hamburg. It is now stated that the recent dis- turbances in Crete were stirred up by Greek agitators, that the Christians were the aggressors. and that war be- gwglen Turkey and Greece is very-'pro- a e. .The deepetch of the torpedo flotilla from Greece, under command of Prince George. has caused the greatest en- thusiasm among the populace. anda. feeling of grave alarm among the Euro- pean powers. Prince Bismarck,when asked to give. an academic opinion: on arbitration . treaties said that he did not believe_ that in qumtions of vital importance: nations would stafke their existence on the decision of an arbitration court. , which had no means of enforcing itsE Sam. "313d 33 {E6 Yalni until fin police uni-sad took him any. ‘ It is related of a certain very mat- ter-iof-fact man that he was waked one night by a burglar at the foot. of his be“, who pointed a _r_ev_qlve_r at 1.113 head. It you move, said the burglar, you are a dead man! I beg your pardon, answered the oth- air if ‘ I move it will be good proof that I am alive. on should be more careful aa_t_o the .meqninsrqf your yordal . The fault of this story is that it does not tell what the but; u did then. Properly_ he should have (skated, and EXTREMELY LIBERAL. UNITED STATES. A despetch 12mm Bide gives eddi- tionel details concerning the advance of the columns of 'the Royal Nigem Company's expedition against theEmiJ: of Nupe. The fighting in the vicinity of Bide. the Foullah capital. which was stopped by darkness on the evening ot January 26. was resumed at day- light on the morning of January 27. Half of the British forces. which con- sisted of 500 troops. six Maxims, 26 mounted officers. and 900 carriers, were ordered to cross a ravine near the ridge on which the troops of the Royal Niger's Company's expedition had been stationed during the night. As they crossed the ravine it was noticed that the Foulah scouts were watching. The troops accordingly formed in a half square. the guns following. The rear half of the force then closed on the front halt. forming a complete square. The British term advanced steadily. halting every 200 yards. for the purpose of allowing the guns to keep pace. The massed forces of the enemy eoon ap- peared. even covering the sugar slopes, constituting asplcndid pano- rama in their semiubarbarous coe- tumes. The square of the Royal Niger Company's forces was soon complete- l The Jewish wedding ceremony is al- :most the same to-day as it has been {for centuries. simple and impressive. zbut quite different from our ceremon~ iies. Religious Hebrews prefer to get married in the open air. under a canopy . of silk called the huppat, which is sup- : ported at the four corners of the square i by poles. The first in the wedding pro- :‘oession is the rabbi, carrying a glass Igoblet of wine. Next come (our bear- ?em carrying the canopy. each holding in pole. Next come the parent. of the bride and groom, andhehind them the f bride and groom. arm in arm. The can- ‘opy is halted and held at the desired {spot the bride and groom going under it. The groom stands still and the bride walks around him three. times. then takes her place atlb'is right hand. while took 11 a strong position on the re. verse 0 the slope, and continued to reoonnoitre throughout the day, Their forces were constantly harassed by the Foulah sharpshooters, who dari - ly advanced to within ahundrgi yer of the square. Swarms of the nemies' covalary charged on the Royal Niger forces, but they were badly shattered, owing to the effective use of the Maxim guns. At 10.30 the artillery bombarded the town. six Mexim guns playing on the gradually retiring mass- es of the enemy. At noon the ad- vnnoe ccmpony of the tree 3 entered Bida1 which is a town t ree‘miles square. Bombarding of a portion of the town was resumed, however. inst- ing until 4 o'clock in the afternoon, when one-half of the Houses troo took possession of the town. Only 5 of the House troops were wounded. The losses of the Eoulah forces were enormous. The brother of the Emir of Nupe and many of the Princes were severely wounded by a shell which exploded among the members of the staff of the Emir. killing two men who were sending wrthin a foot of him at the time. All the Foulah Pnnces fled in the direction of Sbkolo. \ i 7 _‘1‘h'e Royal Niger tron Bontinued to advance slow} . until ‘L ey reached a. ridge commangmg B'ydg. The): then 1y surrounded by 30,000 cavalry and footmen. The reduction from the es- timate of 30,000 made on January 26 was due to the death of two of the important Princes. rulers ox‘ the Mos- lem States. allies of the Mohamme- dan Emir of Nupe, and vaasale hke the Emir oi Nupe dependent on the rent Mohammedan Empire of Sokolo. Vhen these two Princes and rulers were killed by the shells of the Bri- iSh their forces. withdrew from the argy gt the Emir of Nupe. ‘_ Blade By Noted Authors, and, Among the Number, Shakespeare. Shakespeare's anachronisms certainly give him the palm for the greatest num- ber of mistakes. Some of them are al- so strikingly absurd, as, for instance. the allusion to Cato in Coriolanus, sup- posed to have been made two centur- ies before Cato was born. and the allu- sion to a striking clock in Julius Cae- sar centuries before such a. thing ex- isted. These may, however. be put down to carelessness end. the chaotic state of chronolo y in Shakes eare's time. and none 0 them are eit er as absurd or as indefensible as the error of which Coleridge was guilty, when he marred his immortal " Ancient Marin- er " with the lines: " The horned moon with one bright star Within the nether tip. " For such an astronomical monstrosity as this to have been visiole. either the star must have been on the earthwsrd side of the moon, or else it must- have shone throu h the solid body of our satellite. W t makes it all thermore qbsfird is fiber fact that an educated man hke Coleridge could hardly have been igngxgat of such an elementary fact as 15. tho rabbi is. singing a. song qt praise. Then the bledegroom tqkes his bridq’s hand and §11ps _on her {Inge} the plmn gold weddxng nng. sayxng 1:; Hebrew: “ Thus do I make the my wxfe accord- ing to shy. lagvg g; algae:- ‘and $13 91.1.3- toms of Israel. " Both bride and bride- groom take a. sip of w ine from the gobâ€" let the rabbi holds. after which the bridegroom takes the glass himself. drops it on this ground md crushes it beneath his heel. The rabbi say 5: “No more than this glass can be united again can this coughs be separated. " This in £th 0:11:10th e cerenggntyieand it“ 18 (0‘1:- owe y a. 1‘ guns sea - edtt long am when speeches are undo md conmtnhtions given thn bride Ind groom. ABOUT JE‘VISH WEDDINGS. FIGHTING THE SAVAGES. ABSURD ERRORS mus: Ripe. nremonv started. There was no breeze utir to g to get v {on them, and they were confined to L oeno e limited area” But as soon as the . py brigade extinguished the fire in one I 18 SUP- !pert of the roof it broke out in anoth- e square fer. Three fire enfimea were brought ling pro- ’ into requisition. \ 0rd was received 1 ’from Montreal that theMayor of that a 8 as: .city had placed four fire engine: on r be1|»l"=board care to be shipped the moment t holding 3 word was received that they were weat- t of the ; ed. But the offer was not Wed. hem the 1 When it seemed that the fire had en The can- igot under eontrohabont 5.30. it broke desired :out afresh with increased fury. The lg under times had crept along the wooden :he bride l rafters. and supports While the We .es. then Ewes working elsewhere. It we: con- 1d. while jsidered that had at section or. the root [ praise. I been demolished by the hntede the 5 bride’s fire might have beep checked in it- he plain 1 early stages. The brigade membe- Hebrew: [ed by the Dommlon police. whtch did sacoord- excellent work. But. In spite at their the cus- etforta. the flames steadily pursued the K1 Brideâ€" . even tenor of their way. obliterating the gobâ€" : ererythlng above the concrete barrier. hich the g'ljhe lgulldnpg_‘vas epnplz ‘treeted u (HAS. W. "CHAIM fIbII-hor 6 Propuetu' SERIOUS UUHFLAGRATIUN. DESTRUCTNE FIRE IN THE nem- ION PARLIAMENT. maul-d Root 0! the Weston Block B» “rely Destroyedâ€"Valuable mm. namely, Railways. Inland Revenue. Public Works. Militia. Trade and Com- merce, Customs. and Marine and Fish- eries It is situated at the western side of the Parliament grounds. To the north stand the Parliament build- ings proper. devoted to legislative pur- poses. 0n the east and .west are two blocks, which; together with the Den- gevin building, afford accommodation for the mall army of public employee who attend to the Executive and Ad- ministrative tunctions of the Public Service. These buildings are tortu- nately at e. considerable distance from each other, and consequently a fire in one does not necessarily endanger the others. The largest block is the rest- ern structure, which is partly. danci- iahed. and which had 3 our” escape of being completely reduced to ruin. The erection of the building was com- menced before Confederation. end it was extended and completed during the Mackenzie regime. It cost mm million of dollars. ORIGIN- OF THE FEE. : The origin of the tire is involved in jeome mystery. firly in the uttermon ‘the emell oi smoke attracted come et- 1 tention near the arehitects’ ottice lathe " Public Works Department. but it could {not be traced to any perticuler source. {Shortly after four o'clock unokebem H20 issue opposite the elevator ehelt Ifrom some trap door: that opened the lwas to steam pipes beneeth the floor. i It is suppoeed that the hat of the pipe! :lmd ignited the wooden rotten. end ; that the fire had been smouldering eer- ‘eral hours before it was discovered. iThe building. being some thirty-three ‘ years old. had accumulated cobwebs 53‘ numereble, and dust between the well- dried wooden rettere. These lent themselves to the ra. id e read of the flames] which entrenc ed t emselves in nooks and crevices. where it we: meet diificult to reach them. The tire we: immediately over Mr. 1hrte's office. As the building is provided With hose and a. water servicejor cues of such an emergency. the first thought ofthe officers of the Architeete' Department ‘ was to use the eppluncee neer at hand. ‘The hose was tound, however. to be 1 leaky. and the water eeruee was very Getting Water. (I‘he Wesfe estern Departmental block at Ottawa, caught fire on Thursday after- noon. The building contains seven at the departments of the Government, HYDRAN‘IB FROZEN. Finding that the even incipient eon- flagratlon was too mun}: for than. I rivate alarm was given to the city xre brxsade.'Ihe firemen were promp- ly on hand “Hill the hose reels. end they were laid out. to the hydrants on the ground: quite convenient to the build- lng. Ladders were placed againet tho walls, firemen starved upwerds with the hose, and word was glven to m on the water. But. no water came, en still the fine was in; end spread- ing. The chief of x e brtgade we: call- ing for water. and the tumors were indignant at the delay, t my there was none Upon investigation It wu found that everv hydrant under the control of the Public Works De rt- ment was frozen. There had en gross mismanagement and neglect somewhere. Valuable time was lost. in removing the hose to the oiyy hxdrants on Wellington street._ whmh m cold weather are aystematxcelly magne- tom the preaure. could _be obtemed from (hie source 1t 1: and that tron) twenty inutee to halt an hour had elapsed, and xyhag we: 9 very ample I AL:A_ fire to cape with ind gained: (ooti in the building which defied all the - forts of the firemen to dislodge. The delay of those few minutes cost the country a quarter of a million dollar; for the loss on the building nnd the destruction of 25.000 documents which if required, it .wiil be marble to re- place. Some time ago . Tarte dio- missed the man whose duty it was to look after these hxdmnts and fut in his place an inczgpencnced party mend. The result of tins econom is: ter. loss to tho country (Linn Mr. rte's dismimls would say: in a century. No doubt film {we Will be the subject of a‘ Parlzamemary enqmry. THE ENGINES AT \VORK. At five o'clock it seemed that the flames could in confined to the or- tion of the building in which theygnd {1:01:35 it hid been 1 though it had been level flat by the hand of man. the‘ dinner wasn't very statutory. Thu Guest-Well. old follow. you must: remember ant you didn't knew I ml The Hostâ€"I 3m druid, old mun. tut.