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sof shed rkei Re: .nu- and 'that tods. u. of i’ streak mtreai WHEAGENT M STAMP {ICE LIST, 'ARN.c. (Minnie m0 gzson own: i9 OTHER 33!? ‘HTO ONT- fined. V Tarot-fie RiEs‘a; NADA. wing. rec:- novem. Ari sac is; mifyou iii-113‘? co. 3 :w York. a. 3 IDSISMLEIDM YEAR 1(6de accord 0! button .1.) Lzed to 331) guarantee York TAOHINERV Iand In- ‘mo. 8:6. rs, Prin- Iof ever)? kinds of amate- 0-10 B]: valid in at; H535 IUII‘ Stat ‘- if. 4‘ . HEW REV. DR. TALMAGE'S FIRST SERMON AS A WASHINGTON PASTOR. Slog-ell and Picturesque Discourse 6- “All leave- [poking 03“-â€"l’aul Standing in the Amphitheatre. Washington. Oct. 27.â€"-Those who know that no church in this or foreign rmuntries has been able to hold audi- e116128 that. have assembIed. when it was finnmlnced that. Dr. Talmage would preach will not be surprised that vast multitudes attempted in vain to hear ms first sermon as pastor in \Vashing-- can. The subject of his opening set-- m°n.at the.national Capital was “ All Heaven Looking 0n,” the text selected being the famous passage from He- brews xii. 1, "Seeing we also are com- Passed about; with so great a. cloud of Witnesses." .., 'In this my opening sermon in the national capital I give you heartiest Christian salutation. I bethink my:- self of the privilege of standing in ““5 hiStoric church so long presided over by one of the most remarkable men of the century. There are plenty of 800d ministers besides Dr. Sunderland. but I do not? know of any man except himâ€" self with enough brain to have stOOd successfully and triumphantly 43 years in this conspicuous pulpit. Lon8~ distant be the year when that gOSPel chieftain shall put down the Silver trlimpet with which he has marshaled the hosts of Israel or sheathed the sword .with which he has struck such miFhW blows for God. and righteousness. I come to you with the same gospel that he has Preached and to join you in all kinds of work for making the world better. and I hope to see you in all 3'0“? homes and have you all come and see me. but don’t all come at once, and with out any preliminary discourses as to what I Pr0pose to do I begin here and now" to cheer you with the thought that all Heaven is sympayhetically looking" _on. "Seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses.” -.._. -. “.9 -. um â€"â€"___ sit breathlessly watching. I hear the door at the side of the arena creak‘ open. _Out plunges the half-starved- hon. his tongue athirst for blood. and. ynth a roar that brings all the galler- ies to their feet he rushes against the sword of the combatant. Do you know how strong a stroke a man Will strike when his lifendepends upon the first thrust of his blade? The wild beast. lame_and bleeding. slinks back toward the side of the arena; then. rallying his ‘ wasting strength. he comes up With fierce eye and more terrible roar than ever. only to be driven back with a. fa- tal wound. while the combatant pomes in With stroke after stroke untxl the monster is dead at his,teet. and the 20.000 peo le clap their hands and utter a shout _t at makes the city tremble. sometimes the audience came to see a_ race. sometimes to see gladlators fight each other. until the people. cong- passxonatc for the fallen. turned their thumbs up as an appeal that the van- quished be spared, and sometimw the combat was with wild beasts. ‘ To an amphitheatrical audience Paul refers when he says. "\Ve are 00m??? eed about with so great a cloud of Wit- Crossing the Alps by the Mont Cenis “pass or through the Mont Cenis Lun- nel. you are in a few hours set, down at Verona, Italy. and in a few minutes begin examining one of the grandest ruins of the worldâ€"the amphitheatre. The whole building sweeps around you in acu‘cle. Ion ostand 1n the arena where the combat was once taught or thxace run. and on all sides the seats rise. tier above tier, until you count 40 elevations, or galleries, as 1 shall see fit to call them, in which sat the senators. the kings and the 25,000 ex- cited spectators. At the sides of the arena .and under the galleries are the cages in which the lions and tigers ere kept without food. until. frenzied With hunger and thirst, they are let oqt upon some poor victim. who, with his sword and alone. is condemned to meet them. I think that Paul himself once stood in such a place, and that it was not only figuratively. but literally.that he had. "fought with beasts at Eph- esus.” - www.7- The gala. day has come. Frpm _ all the world the people are pouring mto Verona. Men, women and children.0r- ators and senators. great. men and smell, thousands upon thousands come until the first gallery is full. and_the second. the third. the fourth, the fifth. â€"all the way up to the twentieth. all the way up to the thirtieth. all the Way up to the fortieth. Every piece is filled. Immensity of audience sweeping the great circle. Silence! The time for. the contest has come. A Roman offxcnal leads forth the victim into tghe ayena. Let him get his sword With firm grip_ in his right‘hand. ‘The 25.0 L___ .1... nesfies." 4 The" fact is that every Christian man has a. lion to fight. Yours 13 a. bad tampel'. The gates of the arena. have been opened and this tiger has come. Ont to destroy your soul; * It has lager-r ated You with many a. wound. lou; h8Ve_ been thrown by it time and again. but in the strength of God you have arisen to drive it back. I verily beâ€".| lieve'yOu will 'conquer. I think that the t58mptation is getting weaker and‘ weaker. You have given it so many wounds that the prospect isthat' it “‘1“ die. and you shall be Victor through Christ. Courage, brother! _Do 39*! letvthe‘ sands of the arena. dnnk zthe Hood of your soul.- Your lion is the passion for stron (1r: . You may have contende not it for. 20 years. but it is strong 0 bub: and thirsty of tongue. lou have tried to fight it back with broken bottle or empty wine flask. Nay. that IS not the weapon. W'ith one horrible roar he will seize thee by the throat 9.3:! read theg limb frog: limb. Take A- A -L In“ this Weipon sharp d keen. reach up an! at it. from: god' armory-Aha m of the wait. ith that thou myest drive him backrand conquer. VOL 11- NO 43. My ' IRE-1.1iolf To ' kit? If a One here who has dfiesetting tau Multitudeâ€"â€" OF WORK. when 8178!? sin. let him speak out, for him I have‘ offended. If you have not fought thei lion. it is because you have let the lion} eat you up. This very moment the contest goes on. The Trajan ceiebraâ€" Lion. where 10,000 gladiators fought and 11,000 wild beasts were slain, was not so terrific a struggle as that which at this moment goes on in many a soul. That combat; was for the life of the; bmiy'. this is for the life of the 30111.; That was with wild beasts from thew juggle; this is with the roaring lion of; hell: ' Men think when they contend again§t an evil habit that; they have to fight it all alone. No. They stand in the cen- tre of an immense circle of sympathy. Paul had been recitin the names Of Abel, Enoch. Noah. A raham, Sarah. Isaac. Joseph, Gideon and Bamk and than says, " Being compassed about; “'th so great a. cloud of wignesses." Before 7 get through. I will Show 310“ that you fight in an arena. around which circle, in galleries above each other, all the kindling eyes and all the sympa- thetic hearts of the ages. and at every Victory gained there comes down th‘e thundering applause of a. great mum- ;ude that. no man can number. “138- mg compassed about with SO great 9' cloud of witnesses.” ‘ uuuu vn. m4 1" The; gave to the men in.the are?“ in the olden time, food to thicken theia blood. so that it would flow 510\\'1.V'-.a%t that for a longer time the people m1}; gloat over the scene. But our hing has no pleasure in our wounds; for “he‘ are bone of his bone, flesh of tilt? fles .‘ blood of his blood. ‘ In all‘the anauish of our heart.t The Man of gorrows bore a par ' Once in the ancient amphitheatre’ a lion with one paw caughfl the combs-EV: ant's .sword and with his other pfiq caught-Ens shield. The man took fl; knife from his girdle; apd Slew“ In" beast. The king. sitting m the ga e it: said: "That was not fair. the Wm m,u:e be slain by a. sword.” Other_119n5 ufeu turned out, and the poor luvxctim e h You cry. “ Shame. shamel at: Sing? meanness. But the king. 1m ““9 “‘5" is our brother, and be \y‘ill see that pie have fair play. He W111 forbid ' e rushing out of more lions than we 0%: moot. He will not suffer 118 E191! nl; tempted abow. that we are able. . ' ilis God! The king is m the Sane”? ‘ q eyes are on us. His heart'is With u-. His hand will deliver us. ' 81959.31 fire all they who put their trust in him. . LL- nnn'nllf‘ all [115." “‘llU pub Luci; Ituuv ~-- *7 _ I look again, and '1 see the angelic gallery. There they areâ€"the angel that swung the sword at the gate of: Eden. the same that Ezekiel saw up-‘ holding: the throne of God and from; which I look away, for the splendor. 15g insufferable. Here are the guatnliani angels. That one watched a patriarch” this one protected 3. child: that one has; been pulling asoul out of temptationS-i All these are messengers of light. Those drove the Spanish armada on the rocks” This turned Sennacherib’s living hosts mto a heap of 185.000 corpses. Those yonder chanted the Christmas carol; over Bethlehem until the chant awoke {he shepherds. These at creation stood‘ In the balcony of Heaven and serenadâ€"é ed_ the newborn world wrapped in swadfi dllng clothes of light. And there. holler and mi _htier than all, is Michael.: the archangeiz. To command an earth- ly host gives dignity, but this one :3 leader of the 20,000 chariots of God and of the 10,000 times 10,000 angel‘s.L n. Ul- Luc 1U.UUU buuca Lv,vvu an...“ . I think God gives command to the archangel. and the archangel to the seraphim, and the seraphim to the cherubim until all the lower orders of heaven hear the command and goforth on the high behest. Now, bring on your lions. Who can fear? All the spectators in the anwelic gallery are our friends. “ I-le glmll Ewe his angels charge over thee to 'eep thee in all thy ways. They shall bear thee up in their hands. vlest thou dash thy foot against a. stone. Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the Wong lion and the dragon shall. thou trample underfoot." _ Though the arena be crowded With temptations, we shell, with the angelic help. strike them down in the name of God and leap on their fallen carcasses. 0h. bending throng of bright angelic faces and swift Wings pad lightning . L - Anny Hv- . uv-...v v...â€" G05 and lea. or? t‘l‘aéirrwfallqn carcasseg. 0h. bendingp throng of brxghg angghc faces and swift wmgs and hghtmng foot. I hail you. no-day from the dust an_d‘st1;uggle. of thy Enema! ,__ LL- -n‘ilnu-v nf wuu out “554v v. may â€". v.-._ , I look again and 1 see the gallery off the prophets and apostles. Who aye; those mighty ones up yonder? Hosea: and Jeremiah and Daniel and Isaiah and Paul and Peter and John and James. There sits Noah. waiting for{ all the world‘to come into the ark. and‘ Moses, waiting till the last Red Sea. shall divide; and Jeremiah. waiting for the Jews to return, and John of. the Apocalypse. waiting for the swear-, mg of the angel that time shall be no; longer. Glorious spirits! Ye were; howled at; e were stoned; ye werej spit upon. T e have been in the fight: themselves, an they are all with us.=, Daniel knows all about lions. Pauli fogght with beasts atLEphesus. ' 7AA ‘4.-.\_-..A tho nan. ; “hunch. DBL-r v_-â€"o_ , _,, apologize fur the It: "th cached, and so he died. the mgh be on swinging from the bedpoat m gerfqot glee at. the thought or. emanmpatxon. Who bnnL-a ML--. ...... §hn v.45... m... WWW -- _, ,7, In the ancient amphitheatre. the peo- ple got so excited that they would‘_ shout from the. alleries to the men‘ in the arena: " t it again !" “Fore; ward I” “ One more stroke!" ‘ “ Look‘ out l" " Fall back !” ‘_‘ Huzza I" 1 So in that gallery, prophetic and a osto-‘ 11c, they cannot keep their peace; ' mel‘ cries out, " Thy God will deliver thee from the mouth of the‘lions!" David exclaims, “ He will not suffer thy foot to be moved 1" Isaiah calls out: "Fear: not! I am with thee! Be not dismay-g ed l” ‘Paul exclaims. “ Victory through. our Lord Jesus Christ 1" That throng; of pro hets and apostles cannot keep: still. hey make the welkin rmg With: shouting and hallelujahs. ‘ I look again, and I see the galler ‘ of the martyrs. Who is that? Hug Lst'uner, sureJenoqgh‘I‘VHe Would not 7A-__L_) -‘J la uuuu uv v- ~â€"â€"â€".â€"._r_,-,v a}: that Emmy of 6,666? They are the Theban' legion who dxcd_ for the faith. Here Enlarger host mmgniflant arrayâ€"884.000â€"‘who 'peris-hed for Christ in the persecutions of Diocletian. Yon- der is a family group, Felicitas of Rome and her children. While they were dying for the faith she stood encouraging them. One son was whipâ€" ped to death by thorns: another was flung from a rock; another was be-. headed. At last the mother became a martyr. There they are, togetherâ€"â€" a family group in heaven! Yonder is John Brandford. who said in the fire. "We shall have a merry supper with the Lord toâ€"night !" Yonder 18 Henry Voes, who exclaimed as he died “If I had ten heads. they should fall off for Christ!” The great throng of mar- tvrs! They had hot lead poured down their throats: horses were fastened to their hands and other horses to their feet and thus they were pulled apart; they had their tongues pulled out by redhot pinchers; they were sewed up in the skins of animals, and then thrown to the dogs; they were daubed with combustibles and set on fire! it all the martyrs' stakes that have been kindled could be set at proper distances they would make the midnight all.the ‘world over bright as noondayl And new they sit yonder in the martyrs' jgallery. For them the fires of perse- cution have gone out. The swords i are sheathed and the mob hushed. Now .they watch us with an all observing sympathy. They’know all the pain. all the hardships, all the anguish. all :the injustice, all the privation: They cannot keep still. They cry: “Courage! j'l‘he l'ire Will not consume. The floods gcannot drown. The lions cannot de- ‘vourl Courage, down there in the arena !" ‘ A n“ . unuuw . What. are they all looking? This night. We answer back the salutamon the)“ give. and cry. “Hail, sons and da_ught;ers of the firf'” ‘ ,1L-.. ~-‘ \mubnwm or we -... I loo again, and I see another gal- , lery, that of eminent Christians: What ‘ strikes me strangely is the mixxng 1n companionship of those whoron earth . could not aggee. There I see Martin: Luther. and beside him a Roman Cath- olic who looked beyond the supersti- tions of his church and is saved! There IS Albert Barnes, and around him the presbytery who tried him for hetero-. doxy! ionder is Lyman Beecher and the church court that denounced himl‘ Stranger than all. there are John Cal- vm and James Arminius! Who would : hare thought that they would sit so lovingly together? There are George; \Vhiti‘ieldnnd the bishops who would . not let hun‘ come into their ulpits because they thought him a. anatic.‘ There are the sweet singers Toplady. Montgomery, Charles Wesley. Isaac “sits and Mrs. Sigourney. lf heaven had had no music before the went up, they would have <tarted t e sing- uig. And there the kind of mission- ariesâ€"David Abeel, talking of China. redeemed, and John Scudder of India. saved. and David Brainerd of the ab- origines evangelized, and Mrs. Adon- iram Judson, whose prayers for Bur- ‘ mah took heaven by violence. All these Christians are looking into the arena. Our struggle is nothing to theirs. Do we. in Christ's cause. suffer from the cold? They walked Greenland’s icy mountains. Do we suffer from the heat? They sweltered in the tropics. Do we get fatigued? They fainted. with none to care for them but can- nibals. Are we persecuted? They Hwere’ana: hematized. And as they look from their ga lery and see us falter in the presence of the lions, I seem to hear Isaac Watts addressingr us in - his old hymn, only a little- charmed: Must you be carried to the skies On flowery beds of ease. While others fought to win the grim. “’OH, WAD SOME POWER THE GIFTIE . v‘â€"\1-u _~_ _- VV "6;“sailed throfi’gh bloody seas": Toplady shouts in his old hymn: Your harps, ye trembling saints. Down from the willows} pake. Loud ‘tp the praise_ of love ihvxne. “Uuu V” u._v 3.--.-‘V Did every struig 'awake. ‘Vhile Charles Wesley. the Methodist. breaks forth in ms favorite words, a little varied: ‘ ‘ A charge to koe you have. A God to glori y; A never dyng soul to save And fit it for the sky! I look again. and I see the gallery of our departed. Many of those in the 0! her galleries we have heard of, but; these we knew. Oh, how familiar their faces! They set at our tables, and we walked to thehouse of God in com- any. Have they forgotten us? Those athers and mothers started us on the road of life? Are they careless as to what becomes of us? And those chil- dren. do they look on with" stolid in- A-â€" _â€" I-..» (11611, uu vqu -vv- ._ n-“ , ‘ difference as to whether we win or lose 1 this battle for eternity? Nay. I see?[ that child running his hand over your . brow and saying, ‘Father, do not fret; mother, do not worr ." They remem- ber the day they 1e t us. They re- member the agony of the last farewell. Though years in heaven. they know“, our faces. They remember our scr-l rows. They s ak our names. The watch this fig t for heaven. Nay. see them rise up and lean over and. wave before us their recognition and encouragement. That gallery is not: full. They are keeping places for usl' After we have slain the lion they ex-! peel: the king to call us, saying. "Come '_ up higher." Between the hot struggles .4- LL- _-.nw.d- #rnm uauu, uuu JV“ -....-- But hereI pause, overwhelmed with the majesty and joy of the scene. 6111- - lery of martyrs! Gallery of saints! Gallery of prophets and apostles! Gal- , lery of martyrs! .;Gallery of saints!! Gallery of’friends and kindred! Oh.‘ majestic circle‘ of‘light and love! Throngs! -{l‘~hrongs! Throngs ! How shall Ave stand. the gaze of the universe? Mynads of eyes beaming on us! My- nads of heartsbeating in sympathy- fgr us! How shalliwe ever dare to sm agein? How, shall, we ever be- come dls‘couraged "again? How shall we ever feel lonely again? Wxth God for us, and ,. angels for ‘ us, and prophets and apostles for us, and the .great 55911.13 otthe ages for us. and, our glo- :nhed Vkmdred for. us, shall we nge :up\ the fight and_ (1192 No. Son of ,God, who ,didst due to save us! No. {ye angels, whose mu 5 are Spread 3forth to sheltervus! 0, ye prophets and a ostles, whose warnmgs startle l us! 0, ye loved on’es. whose arms are Ioutstretched. to ‘receive us! No, we ! wrll never surrender! ‘ ‘ y ulguVA- “vv'vvvâ€" __, _, , » U in the arena I wipe the sweat, from my brow and stand on tiptoe,- reach- ing up my right hand to clasp theirs in rapturoushapdshaking, while their voices come rmgmg down from the gal- lery. crymg, " Be thou faithful unto death, «find _you shall have a. crown." ‘ ,I__,I ...:A.1. Sure I must fig ht. if. I Would reign Be faithful to my Lor (L And bear the cross. endure the pain, Supported by thy word. Saints, finial}; this gloriolua war GMEMEE. ONT. THURSDAY, Nov. 7, 1895- MAT [mum SAM IS AT. Shall conquer, though they die. ‘ They see. the triumph from afar, And seize it with theirgeye. When that illustrious day shall rise, And all thine armies shine _ In robes of victory through the skies The glory shall be China. I My hearers. shall we the!!! the arena ‘ or rise to join our friends in the gal-é lery? Thrmxgh Christ we may come? off more than conquerors. A soldier; dying in the hospital was; up in bed; the last moment, and cried: “HereL Here 1 " His attendants put hirn bagk - l xOkhbefly Interest In Ills DolnzIâ€"“nt. f term or Moment and mm: Gathered tron: Ills Dally Record. ; The vegetarian restaurant'tha: was open ed in West, 23rd street, New York, last, ' winter. has been closed up on account of a lack ofeutficient patronage to pay expenses. '_ Instead of 5,000,000 boxes of oranges .which in Flondu’s usuai crop,ou1y 100,000 ‘boxce Will be shipped. These will come chiefly from the Manatee region on the Gulf of Mexico. on the pillow and uékcd him why he shouted " Here!" ”011.1 heard the roll call of heaven. andI was only answer‘ ing to my name." I wonder whether. after this thLtle of; life is over, our names will be called in the muster roll of the pardoned and glorified. and with the joy of heaven breaking upon our souls We shall cry, “ Here! Here!" ITEMS OF INTEREST ABOUT THE BUSY YANKEE. A Philadelphia. paper the other day prix‘ted the following ad'vertiseme' : “Wanted -â€"v.o form the acquaintance 01 a consecrated Chrisnian gentleman who can sing and play banjo and mandolin." W. T. Davis, of Plymouth, Mnes., has returned from his mission to Scrooby, England. where he went to set, up a. tablet. to mark the ante of old Scrooby Manor where the pilgrims held their first meetings- Extended tests made with the pine trees of {be South prove that. the timber bled for turpentine is in no way inferior to the unblcd. By this means $2,000,000 is added to the value of the turpentine orchards. Mrs. Sn..fohn,wiie of the farmer Governor of Kansas, is actively engaged in directing the engineering and construction of an extensive tunnel in is large gold mine at, Cripple Creek, of which her husband owns a controlling interest. Anthony Una, who died in an Indiana' poorhouae the other day, was a. carpenter, who swore during the campaign of 1860 sham ‘ if Lincoln were elected he would never do; another day's work. He stuck to his vow k with the result. stated. ' i Hugh McGuire ofGoodlsnd, Kus.,sulked 3 ““8 "“1” because his dead uncle‘s will left him only f H.111“ {pr 1 an old fiddle, but later when hia'wife found (.anadlan $1,800 in money and a deed for 160 acres of I (fan. 501“ Virgina land stow ed away in the strumeut, ; 111113111? hf? a cyhanlge cameA over his spirits, and be : lease' the cahed m the nexghbours. 5 license ll‘.‘.L .L- 5-..». A: M... A-nmnth Turner! rights’ My war pension of the Empire State ceases. She received a. pension cf $12 A month, but. this amount was subsequently increased by special act. of t'ongress to $30. . At. the time of her death Mrs. Turner was 89 years With the dentâ€"h of Mrs. Azenuth Turner at Manchester, N. Y., [be last, Revolution- old. Senator Frye, of Maine, deplorea the advance of the alien population in he own State. He says n‘namzho town government of.LewisLon, Me... has been at. times in the hands of men who were strangers to him, although he had lived in the place twenty- five years. The men were elected by the foreigners working in the mills. Isabella and Sallie Broadbenb, two Florida girls who gave valuable assistancr m rescuing the crew of the wrecked Norwegian bhlp Catherine laab Augusb,havc rocmved silver rockets and chnine from ng Oscar of Norway and Sweden in rec ognition. The locket: are inscribed with the crown and monogram of the King and the word 5, “For n Noble Deed.” A Cornwall Baker Shot by Ills Companion ‘ Whale lluntlng Bucksâ€"Particular: of the Trauma y. A despatch from Cofnwall, Ont, says: Mr. Frank J.‘ Nicholson, a. well-known baker of Cornwall, was accidentally killi- ed by his companion, Mr. H. Yates, general merchant, of this place, while on a. duck~hunting expedition on Lake St. Francis. Both men left here on \Vednesday. intending to spend a couple of days duck shooting. Thursday morn- ing between ion and eleven o'clock they were about four miles south of Lancas- ter; and were moving from one blind to another, when a couple of .‘ducks flew ing' and Mr. (Yates, standing up, was endeavmuring to get a shot, at; the ducks. He thinks that, the lurching of the bbat, there being' a heavy swell at: the time. caused the gun‘to go ‘0“ just‘when Mr.‘ Nicholson was in; line with “it. ;,The whole charge took effect in his .left- side; about three inirhcs‘l'mlow the heart. Mr. Yates rowed to Lancaster, .8. diSr tance of about four‘ miles; ' ' ’ Mr.Nicholson, realizing that his in- juries were fatal. prepared himself for déat-h. About; a _ha1[ pfile from ShOI‘e I L___.AL 'A'Uitl'll- lLuuuAI- w ”v..- .--_.. 7, , he spoke for the last; time, and breath- ed his last as he was lifted from the boat. Deceased was about 35 years of age. and was ‘a. native of. Lancaster, being: a son of the late \Vm. Nicholson, sr. He has been in business in Corn: wall for a gumber 0? years. He leaves _ 4AI___ ;A “Anuyw- V_ J,, “a.“ LVA w . x a widow. 'lhe Iqmains were taken to Cornwall. The- deceased wasga. mem of the local lodge of the A.O.U,,‘W:»vol Fatness, Leanness and Longevity. In some countries fat. men live longer than their more meager brethren, but in warm latitudes the fatter the man the shorter his life. In the far north 3 fat man’s chance of lfieispetter than} thin Inn-u u UHwâ€"v~ ._ one’s. In Great Britain temperate fat men have a good chance of living so a. fairly old age, but, the man who lives longest of all is nhe wiry man of somewhat above middle height. It is a curious fact. that. while short women often live a long while, one uroly' noes extremely old short. men. FATAL GUN ACCIDENT. GIE US,TAE SEE OORSELS AS ITHERS SEE US.” ADUUL unm- ~ {ER ; The Ottawa Board of Trade has ex-; i pressed a strong upininu in favur of rwn 4 Aldermen for each ward Instead of n. mumâ€"nut 'Ithl‘eC- . nmh Gathered ! The St. Lawrence at Mammal is at, ' 1, l the .lowest, point, over knownâ€"three ' ‘feet. one inch below average low water at} tnab wan: open , mark. . New York, I?!“ Cant. Smith. R. N., has been cummisâ€" ‘ p on account 0 a . sinned by the Dimininn Government, to ‘ 3t013W expenses. enquire Into the wreck of the Mariposa boxes of oranges : in the Straits of Belle Isle. THE NEWS IN A NUTSHELL Thomas Lindsay, who was injured in the Loon Lake fire. lS recovermg. The Norwegian ship Reciprocity is wrecked on the New Brunswmk coast. Two electric cars collided at. Hamil- ton. A motorman was badly injured. THE VERY LATEST FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. Two American schooners have. been selzgd at, Cape Breton for Violating the flshlnglaws. 'Mr. William \Vainwright willsever hlS connection with Grand Trunk in March. Illemungltems About Our Own Country. Great Britain. the United States. and All Pam of the Globe. Condensed 3nd Anon-ted {or Eamy Banding. AL Chatvham. N. 8., Joseph Doherty slml and killed Art hur Luke. The shooting was the result. of 3. st reet, row. It, is reported that the projectors 01 the 'l‘oronto. Hamilton. and Buffalnrail- way will ask for a bonus from Hamil- ton of $150,000 to build the Toronto branch. The Bank of Montreal has received from the gold minosvin British Colum- bia a gold pyramid and brick valued at seventy thomaml dollars. Mr. J. \V. Lowndcg. of London. Eng!" is in Ottawa to urge, upon the Domin- ion Govermncnt. the desirablcness of adopting the Imperial penny postage sx-lmme. Mr. J. N. Ladouveur. of Keewatin, Rainy River district, has; disposed of four mining locations in that district to three Ottawa gentlemen. who pro- pose to work them. I ‘v' , ,I,,L,,.J. WW W .V Mrs. \V. (‘. Marlcnd, of \Vnodstnrk, Ont” has presented two thousand five hundred dollars to Chulmcrs’ Presbyter- ian church, of that, place. and one thou- sand dwllars to the Woodstock General hmpital. George Cyr of 111111 was sentenced to five years in penitentiary for setting fire to Gilmnur Hughson’s lumber piles. Mrs. Lalonde» will serve an eighteen months' sentence for burning her residence. Commander Spain. of the Canadian fisheries protective service, who seized the United States fishing schooner Sher- man for selling supplies purchased ina Canadian port, to an unlicensed Ameri- can schooner within the three-mile limit, has been ordered by the Depart- ment of Marine and Fisheries to reâ€" lease the vessel. which held a Canadian license and was acting within her rights. GREAT BRITAIN. The Belfast and Glasgow shipbuild- ers have conceded the demands of their employees for increased pay. By the finding of the Admiralty Court the British steamer Turkcstan 13 held responsible for the sinking of the Edam} in September last. ‘ The-Prince and Princess of \Vales have received congratulations on the betrothal of Princess Maud to Prince Charles of Denmark. Edward Stockquelin, a street chalk artist. died in London recently. Stock- quclin was a grandson of Mrs. Sarah Siddons, the famous actress. The importance to English trade of the Nicaragua Canal was pointed out by Mr. Colquhoun in a paper read be- fore the London Chamber of Com- , u- .m, muw. The Duke of Cambridge. upon his rc- tiremem- from the post of commander- in-chief of the. forces. has been gazetted chie£ personal aideâ€"de-camp to the Queen and honorary oolonel-in-chief to the forces. “ " ‘1‘" Dad. ‘K-fle luluca. In a speech at Dublin Mr. \K’m.Red- mend said the Irish . question would never be set bled until England was un- able to resist, or ignore it. He quot,- ed the old saying. "England‘s danger is Ireland’s opportunity." The Dublin Independent, publishes an address. issued by the Amnesty Associa- tion, addressed to Irishmen in the Unit- ed States and, Canada, making an appeal for aid in coniiinuing the agitation for the release of the Portland prisoners. The Prince of Wales. wearing: a Rus- sian uniform. Prince Nivholas of Greece, and the majority of the members of the diplomatic corps in London. were pres- sent. Friday morning at the requiem "UM" A“ ”m anniversary Of $116 death The. Prince of Wales. vn sian uniform. Prince Nivht and the majority of the m diplomatic corps in Londo sent. Friday morning at mass on the“ annivrexgary. , “no: of the late Czar of Russxa. It is stated in London that. investi- gations have been made of the operation for ten years past of Germany's law for- the insurance of lahurers against, .sikzknessL accidents, and old age, with the View, possibly, of adopting some- thing Similar in Great Britain. Referring t0 Senator Chandler's pre- dictions of war between the United States and Great. Britain, the London Standard says Senator Chandler may excite enthusiasm. among the riff-mff of the great. towns. but his prophecies will ' -* 'AL =_.I:......H.m and disgust. Standard says Deuulvux yummw. , . excite enthusiasm. among the riff-ruff of the great. towns. but his prophecies will he received with indignation and disgust. by the great. bulk of. the people of the United Squ‘gsf; , nun cm A "I‘C‘Q L'Illbcu uuuu v.3. ‘ UNITED STATES. California has .produced a sweet- scmntcd vxolet the sxze of a large pansy. Mgrf Satolli, Papal delegate to the Unitgd States, has been made a 'Cdrdmal. ‘ , 7 A_-..t . u r. of cvuntry tvyenty I broad near Yorkton Theodore Durant. of San Francisco, charged with the murder of Blanche La.- mont‘ was found guilty on Friday of murder in the first degree. Mrs. Elizabeth Graham of Buffalo has recovered $2,000 from the Niagara Falls (Ontario) Park Commissioners for injuries received through a defec- fective railing. Mrs. Harriet Keller has been found guilty, at Oswegn. of murdering Albert 'empthorne, a Canadian, in August last, and was sentenced to Auburn prison for life. ' ‘ 2‘ -_ -Aamaa .4», Ex-Senator Doiph.’ prairie fire hanged , -4... “\Ilnn (ed that the projectors of Hamilton. and Buffalnrail- : for a bonus from Hamil- DOO to build the Toronto CANADA. of Russm wm sentenced to 1rr_1ed over a. tract mules long by two in an address at Portland, Ore., on Monday night, said that the United States must either abandon the Monroe doctrine or enâ€" force it, with the sword, if necessary. Miss I’lagler, of Washington, daugh- ter of General Flagler, whose shooting: and killing: of a. negro boy who was stealing fruit. several months ago. created a sensation, has- been indicted for manslaughter. ’ The Masons of Mississippi have made a'rule that, “no Mason, either as prin- .ctpal,_agent. employee. or in any'other icapacny, shall sell intoxicating liquors ‘to be used as a beverage, and the pen- ialty thereof shall be expulsion." : Senator Morgan said in an interview {on Frida that if Russia and China ;have ma e the treaty reported in the :London papers. the United States. iwhose interests are antagonistic .to gthoso of Great. Britain. should not in- ! terfere. - : A. . 77.14 uqu ...--V_. _ ,, ' Advices from the two chief commercial‘ aagencies in New York as to the condi- .tion of trade in the United States in- dicate no decided change either way. yli anything, the volume of general 'husiness has been rather smaller, !thought there is better demand for 'many manufactured products. and the ‘retail demand is fair. The report of ‘lworks in different parts of the United 'States closing is by no means unusual let this season of the year, which in 'trade is always a time of comparative luncertainty. Cotton has made anoth- §er decided advance, and the mills are imported to’ contain only moderate :Sllx‘ks. There is increased activity in I iron and steel. though some grades are 'weak in price. Minor metals are also i a shade lower. Some shoe factories are Senator Stephen B. Elkins and exâ€" Senator H. G. Davis have renewed the proposition made by them four years ago to the Presbytery of Lexington. \V.Vat. The proposition, which has keen accepted. contemplates the found- ing of a Presbyterian (‘nlloge at El- kins, \V.Va., to which Messrs. Elkins and Davis will give $30,000 in cash and land for the site. provided the Presby- tery raises a like sum. . - 7A4“. closing GENERAL. A little rebelliori is reported in Hag-ti. The King of Corea has chosen an- ot‘lfer Queen to replace his murdered W; e. The German Asiatic fleet has been ordered to concentrate at Sevalon and Amoy. ,7, The ex-Queen of Hawai to have puychased wmter restdences m Italy. Gen. de Camposr has_ decided to sus- pend military operations in \Vestern Cuba whlle the rain lasts. Mr. J. B. Patterson. formerly Prime Minister of Victoria. is dead. His Min- istry resigned September 25th, 189-1. An extensive anéi-foreign outbreakis expected at Canton. Four hundred braves. enlisted at. Hong Kong by the Viceroy, have gone to Canton. Travellers arriving at New York re- port that all is quiet in Venezuela, and the feeling is that. the boundary dis- pute will he settled without trouble. 7dâ€"__‘JI~ rh-vv v. _ The Turkish Government demands the immediate withdrawal of the Amer- ican missionaries from Sassoun, on the around that Vif they remain they may grehnd that if they remain they ma be massacred. Dr. Lueger. leader of the anti-Sem- ites in Vienna. has been elected burge- master of that city. Vienna. is the first of the capitals of Europe to be ad- ministered by an anti-Semite. The King of Ashanti has rejected the British ultimatum. ~ He says he will fight and that he is prepared for the struggle. A British expedition will be sent against him in the middle of De- cember. There is a strong feelmg agamsr Lne rule of the Sultan in many parts of Turkey, and it is believed that there will be a. fusion of the Mussulmans and Arlmenians to overthrow the present. ru er. It is learned that. Lord Salisbury is dissatisfied with the Sultan's verbal guarantee of Armenian reforms, and the four great. powers favour an early European conference on the Turkish qu_e§tion. um ,, A: 4L- fi-..-nuv:+nh Ia quuauuu. The condition of the Czarcwitcb is steadily growing worse. He is now continuously confined to his bed. and remains in a, comatose state. not even yf‘cognizing members of the Royal fam- 1 y. A _ . . Y News has been received that. the J apol, anese have captured the inland town of l Katchi. in the Island of Formosa. The position of the Blackflags is said to be‘ desperate. and the Japanese demand their unconditional surrender. The south of France has suffered from a huge railway job, and as the attitude of the Government was re-‘ garded as attempting to shield thel guilty. the Rihot Ministry has been de- feated in the Chamber of Deputies. AnOLher terrible massacre of Armen- ians, accompanied by the outraginz of women,is reported to have takenplace lquite recently in the district, of Bai- lmrt. The Turkish authorities say the Armenians provoked the outbreak. China have captured Lau-Tcheonâ€"Fu. the capital of the Province of Kan-Soc. on the Yellow River. They are de- feating (he Chinese troops in every diâ€" rection, and they intend to form an in- dependent kingdom. \ The Mohammedan insurgents in Gen. de Campos says that. a policy of ‘ leniency towards the Cuban insurgents must prevail or one hundred and fifty | thousand troops will be necessary, and even then seventy-five thousand of them would perish. He thinks the United States would recognize the in- surgents as belligerents before they could be conquered. The St. Petershurg Novoe Vremya publishes a. despatch saying that the strpng fieeling against the ,__AA A: of Hawaii is reported 5d wmter and summer CIIAS. W- British squé, on of warships in the far east has; 11,: ncentrawd at Foo- Chowgand adds L at, Great Britain is zealously! meeting a pretext for de- ciaring war nponMChina in order to counteract ’Qhe"éumss of Russia and r'esior’é ‘ber‘shatt‘e'i‘ed prestige in the Pacific. ' A Claim That It I!” Been Unusually Rapid , ‘ ("Slime Tears. In no vocation has there been a. more rapid- advance than in medicine, during the last-half cehti'iry. and it is signi- ficant that the major part of this ad- vance has been due, not to the obser- vation and' experience of the routine practitioner. hut to. the researches of scientific' mé‘nl'"€x"rho"'have been sneered at as theorists, and who have brought ‘to bear on their~~pro£essional work the results' of scholastic training, entirely foreign to the-:scope of instruction in medical schools a generation ago. What, for example. could seem farther removed from the domain of practical surgeryihan the investigation of lit- tle moving plants that are found in de- composing, animal and vegetable mat- ter? Xet the. study of the habits of growth of these microscopic weeds. of the‘soils on which they thrive, and the poisons which prevent their develop- ment, ,has revolutionized surgery. and has almost, banished from the operating room the fear of suppuration, of gang- rene. of erysipelas and other forms of blood-poisoning. The recognition of the role of vegetable germs in the pro- duction of these untoward results surgical interference. and the developâ€" ment of antiseptic methods of surgery have rendered it possible to operate on the brain. spinal cord. stomach. intes- tine and other abdominal and pelvrc viscera, and even the heart. _ Fourteen years ago the best medical and mmical skill could not save Presi- Fourteen years ago the uesn meuxuu and surgical skill could not save Presi- dent Garfield from wieath by blood- poisoning. To-day the most unpretend- ing surgeon. treating the poorest laborer would be severely condemned, if not ao- tually accounted - GUILTY OF MALPRACTICE. if he used the same methods. Thou- sands of women who would have been doomed to chronic invalidism a genera- tion ago are now restored to health by operations attended by an average mor- tality of about 2 per cent.. whereasthe same operations undertaken without ‘antiseptic precautions would result in the death of nine-tenths of the victims. Thanks to the enforcement of rules of health. based on the game'study of bac- teriology, we no longer mtness the de- vastation of such epidemma as were com- a..- "skill; PA.- é'hn 31011.1ka ”Elm-er a Proprietor VaSIrEVlUn UL any“ VH.\.V,._-__ , men even ten year’s ago. while for the first time in medicai history cholera. has been checked in its onward march to the “fest. ... _ A ._ L__J__‘- Lac mun-b- Lne “I can. . _ A very gratxfylng tendency has mark- ed the development oi the medical ro- fession in the last generation. he slough of mannerisms. _ the formal dress. the owlâ€"like solenmlty. have been thrown off,_‘and_'the' physlclan by his own choice, 18 bemg judged more by his actual attainments than by external appearances. Thing". years ago a bald head, a white bear , and along frock coat were as‘muc'h’ a; glut-of the physi- cian's equjpment Es .1315 dlploma. Now, :n ma 3nF1-nn “ant Clan 5 Uqulymvuu _. .__.' ,1 . on the other hand. it .15 no infrequent occurrence for an elderly. man of real ability. and modern 1!}..1115 methods of practice. to lose a. patient through the fear that he may notdae fully abreast of the times. What can be further from the old traditions than a leading sur- geon lounging about .mian outing shirt and blue belt, or a. distinguished physi- cian playing polo? 'Yet these amuse- ments are Simply a relaxation from the tension of professxonal study. One of ,the best indications that eople are learning to judge their me ieal advis- ‘ era by their merits is the fact that the advertisin physxqiansare being driven to the wa 1,. despite 15599: most specious extrinsic ev1dences‘oi success that the shrewdest busmess, .methods can pro- Mounted Ponce 0mm; Inllell by an Escaping: Int“... A Despatch from Duck: Lake. Saskat- chewan. ‘reads: “Last ffqesday an In- dian. with a. companion.‘ was arrested on One Arrow's resetye, on a charge of cattle-killing. A Tfié'y were arrested and brought into Duck'Lake during the night. “"hile Constable Dickson was on guard one of the prisoners, a tough character. effectéd his escape. Surmising that he would'take a. south- éasterly directiom Sergt. Colbrooke. who had made the arrest. started in pur- suit. He was joined by Police Scout J. McKay. and they soon were on the trail, which led‘ in the direction of Touchwood Hills. On the second day. however. they found the culprit had gone towards Fort Lamone. and they followed this trail. \Vednesday night, the news reached here. that. Sergio. Col- brooke had been shot and killed by the escaped prisoner the following morn- ing. No details can be obtained owing to the impossibility of crossing the river. Deceased is a married man. and leaves a wife and one child. The mur- derer has not yet been arrested. Cul- brooke had served with the mounted Am..- _ ”Adana Any-inr- u; van” H. ._ police. sinus: $33: having served am the rebelhon With the column aga Blg Bear. Good-looking women recently passing through the main aireet of Montreuxl, out- side Paris, were subjected to unpleasant attentions by an amorous lunstic. This person went about brandishing a dagger and when he sow a pretty woman he asked her for a kiss or her life. Some of the astonished females so addressed complied with the msdman’s request, and were ab lowed to go on their wsy Without further molestation. Afew strong-minded indies, Linking the lunatic to he 3 practical joker, told him in emphatic hngnuge to go away, and they had narrow escspes from being stabbed. The maniac, whose entice draw is large crowd, was finolly aptumd by means of a h_e_nv_y cool sock. which was , L_. - -L.._-.. SERGEANT COLBROOKE SHOT. Ulcnun v. thrown OVâ€"GI‘nfiiâ€"l End by a nhbpmun. MEDICAL PROGRESS “A Kiss or Your Life." lllB Wu vv --w-.V._, ssibility of crossing the sex! is a matried man. and and one child. The mur- L yet been arrested. Col- served with the mounged 3331 having served durjnc .mn. Hm mlumn against omccr Klllell by an