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'.if5r)f, Supposing-a man steps out on this faith. that this is an orderly world, s-ea-ite, universe, where in the end F This means to take our lives in terms of rational development, to l accept the universe as a, part of the P%proeess of growth, to believe that . the highest, hopes that have thrilled the breasts of men, hopes for free,. dom, justice, love, and right, hopes for ft, nobler world and a larger, it eer being have been but our faint - discernings of a glorious and divine purpose that, runs through all. '-, Sir Robert Perks Says That a Company Has Been Organized to Build Them. That faith plants its feet on as- certained facts; it can conceive of no conflict between truth in one form and truth in another, but it discerns between our descriptions of the truth we see in childhood and that open to the clearer eyes 'of manhood. That faith would ra- ther be lost reverencing the fact than saved by some contract or cre- dence in a pious fiction. The faith for the open mind holds that it is better to spend our days seeking out the enlarging, clearing vision before, even though now it seems far off, faint, and dim, than to wear them away in faking Plas- ter casts of the footprints of t OUR YESTERDAYS; it believes that if we will find the Lord of all life anywhere it will be in the. living present and the vital future rather than in the dead past. SHORTER HOURS, HIGHER PAY There is It religion for the open ,mind. It is found in full faith in truth, in cot1fidbnce that truth is larger than any of our moans of measurement, greater than all our definitions; it gives assurance and ope that life has an ever increas- richncss of meaning which be- omes Out'8 as, we face forward in- to truth. It believes in the right and best that is coming to be. Demand of Men in Building Trade 7“ Germany. A despatch from Berlin says'. The offieers of the Government; are "io- ing what they can to avert the threatened strike in the building trades. Some 350,000 men, mem- bers of the Socialist Federation of Trades Unions and the Christian Trades Unions, including builders, carpenters, masons, bricklayers and laborers, have rejected the wage scale offered by the master builders, The men seek shorter hours and increased wages, and in-. sist that the new wage tariff shall be drawn up by an equal number of representatives of employers and employed. The master builders have declined to agree to a mutu- ally decided wage scale. There is no Shorter Road to High Faith Than _ Love of Truth and Hatred of a Lie "I have chosen the way of truth."--Ps. cxix. 30. No man ought to be robbed of the pleasures of religion for his own liie simply because he finds himself unable to accept the limitations of certain other minds. No man needs to believe that the truth for all men must of necessity find its way through the smallest mental spigot amongst them. Truth cannot be thus confined. [Discovery in Western Ontario Brings Rush of Capitalists. A despatch from Chatham says'. The discovery of a vein of hard coal, seven miles north of Wallace- burg, has created great excitement. Representatives of American capi- talists are on the. scene leasing farm lands for prospecting purpos- es, as fast as the signatures can be procured. The leases involve, a royalty to the farmers of ten cents per ton. (iNll] iillillilli& EEYBISKS Another Sensation Sprung in Pitts- burg Graft Scandal. A despatch from Pittsburg, Pa., A despatch from Ottawa says: Canada is to have two immense 'iii) docks. One will be built at Levis, and the other at St. John. They!, will not be less than 900 feet long? and 100 feet wide, and will have a? depth of 35 feet. on the sill. It is? probable that in connection with1 the St. John lock a steel ship-l building plant will be established.3 The government. bill provides a: subsidy of three. and a half per cone. i, fo1",35 years on drydoeks of not, less; than 900 feet. i' COAL N EAR WALLA GEE URG . Sir Robert, Perks, the London BIC BANKER INDICTED. MPH M THE OPEN MIND right and truth, justice and honor will not fail, does it matter to him then who wrote the book of Job or that of Daniel? The thing that matters is that he has found a sim- ple programme of action and sees a new and glowing ideal before him. He can get aid out of Job while in doubt as to its author. No man can walk life's ways with confidence who has based his high- est; hopes on foundations that he dare not examine. A religion that is afraid of facts results in a char- acter without stability because based on a philosophy of conjecture or' deceit. Somehow to those who set, them- selves in absolute obedience to truth, who walk with the open mind waiting her word, who follow each day that enlarging light, there comes a wonderfully refreshing sense of the reality of things divine, a sense of a universe great enough to take into itself all the best that men have dream-ed coneerning. THE MOST HIGH. To the travelers on that way comes, too, a sense of fellowship ssith all who have lived for truth, a, consciousness of the onward press- ing of this great company into larg- er living, into a richer world, a. nobler heaven and earth, so that the way has more light before than behind and the best is yet to be. Here is a faith wcrth while, to believe that there is moving us all, working through us all, the great spirit; of life, that which leads us all on into clearer views of truth, better knowledge of the ways of life, clearer sight of the faces of one another, deeper love and nobler liv- ing until we shall attain to that for which in ourselves we know we were born and meant to be. This is to believe that this is a world of orderly progress, that here all things work together for this great and far off good, not for petty prizes of the present alone, to be confident that this living of ours is a highway and not a fool's maze, to take life in such divine terms and to yield ourselves to its high and heavenly purposes.. says: The grand jury on Wednes- day recommended the indictment of Frank F. Hoffstot, president of the Pressed Steel Car Company, and one of the most prominent business men in the city, on the charge that he paid $52,500 to Chas. Stewart, a former select councilman, as a bribe to be used in influencing councilmen in passing an ordinance naming a's city depositories three banks in which Hoffstot was inter- ested. contract" now in this country, 133.34 that a company to build the idrydocks is being registered. “011 lthis company," he said, "Harland " Wolff will be represented by Lord lPirie; Canadian Pacifle by Sir Thos. iSizaughnessy; the Allan Steamship l("0. by one of that firm; McArthur, ;Porks & Co., by myself, and there mm also be as incorporatotv, Mr. imhen of Quebec, Mr. Davies' of iLevis and W. E. Foster of St. John. RVs will be prepared to begin com isetutetion work soon after the dry- ;decks' aid measure becomes law." Population of the City and Dish-lot of Montreal. A despatch from Montreal says: A statement was on Thursday morn- ing submitted to the Board of Con.. trol showing the population of the city and district of Montreal. Mayor Guerin stated, though it gave but an approximate idea of the popu- lation, it was as exact as could be furnished in any other.way than by a strict census. The population of the city proper irs given as 530,- ooo, and the suburbs as fl2,000, making a total population of 592,- 000 . Mal-oh Statement Shows Increase in Imports and Exports. _ A despatch from London says: The March statement of the Board of Trade shows increases of $30,, 534,500 in imports, and $12,43i,000 in exports'.- The principal increas- es in imports were in foodstuffs and raw material, and in exports in manufactured goods. BRITISH TRADE GROWING. OVER 1I1LF A MILLION. HENRY F. COPE Verse I. This verse belongs not with what follows, but with the pre- ceding chapter from which our les- Sm: for last Sunday was taken. 2, When John heard in the pri- son :chsides being a, fortress, it had sowed as a palatial residence, first to Hand the Great, then to the present Herod, Autipas. The a.p- parently free access of the disciples to their leader indicates some in- dulgence in the tetrarch’s treat- ment of John. His disciples proved their loyalty in many ways (com- pare Matt. 9. 14 and Mark 6. 29), We can imagine with what eager- ness he received their tidings of the urnversally discussed works of the Christ, 3, Art thou he that tromeeh?---A question asked in the true spirit of the Hebrew prophets. Some have attributed it to the despair nabur- all; arising from the long impris- onment. But this is to overlook the heroic mold in which the Bap- tist, was cast. His difficulty was, not that he had formed an imper- feet conception of tho Messiah. He was not one of those who looked for regal splendors and conquests. But, he did look for the "ax" and the "fan" of the reformer (Matt. 3 10 and 12), and the sacrificial acts of the "Lamb of God" (John I; The acts of which report was brought to him, on the other hand, were performed at the height of the popularity of Jesus, and bore no marks of a reformer or a suffering Messiah. His question, therefore. was not equivalent to a denial. but. one of impatience. He wanted to have all uncertainties settled as to whether his work had been for no- thing, and they were to look for another, or whether this was actu- ally the Messiah of whom the pro- phets had spoken. 4. Jesus answered-Reference to passages like Isa. 35. ii, and (31. 1, will convince anyone that, though Jesus did not say directly. _"I am the Messiah," John would be sat- isiied with the truly Messianic char- acter of the works. The things which ye see and hear ---r-, is to be remembered that these disciples broke in upon Jesus while he was engaged in this very kind of work (compare Luke T. 21). THE SUNDAY SCHOOL The Question of John the Baptist, Matt. 11. 1-19. Golden Text, John ii. 36. The poor have good tidings preached to them-In the syna- gogue at Nazareth Jesus had men- tioned this as the first of his min- istries as Messiah. 6. Blessed is he-Happiness lies with those who let no uncertainties as to Christ's Kingship stand in the way of fullest allegiance to him 7-11. Concerning John-The ques- tion sent by John would no doubt set the tongues of the multitude wagging. They would say the We- straint and hardship of the prison life had worn down his spirit. But Jesus shows the injustices of such thoughts by recalling to them the kind of man they had gone out into the wildernese to see and hear. Surely, he was no vacillabing reed shaken with the wind, then. As for cowardice, look for that in Kings' houses (Maohaerus. for ex- ample), but not in him who was clothed in the rough raiment of eamel's hair. And, if you are questioning as to whether John is worthy to be classed as a prophet, remember that he is more than a prophet. Not only did his prophe- tic teachings approximate most closely those of Jesus, but he was the forerunner of Jesus, and his baptizer. There hath not arisen a. greater --Jesus did not overlook the limita- tions of John, but, in saying he that is but little in the kingdom of hea- ‘ven is greater than he, he showed that the greatness of John belonged to an epoch of preparation, and hence outside the realized kingdom of heaven. To be one of slight ini- portanee in this ki.n,gdom was to 5. The dead are. raised up-Luke piaces these events directly after the restoration of the son of the widow of Nain. exceed in greatness the greatest of the old order. 12. This is open to various inter- pretations. It may mean that, not men who entertain uncertainties about his Messiaship, but men of toreetul,eonvictit who storm the gates of the kingdom like an army besieging a city, are the ones who, from the days of John the Baptist, tht d always, will take it. 13. Luke reverses the order of these two verses (Luke 16. 16), and makes it clear that Jesus means to say that before John all was pro- pbecy of the kingdom, and John marched it as a present reality, no longer to be prophesied, but to be entered by violence. 11. This is Elijah-Jesus followed tlw prophecy of Mal. f. 5, and in- sisted that John was th ' Elijah of Jenish expectation. Apparently, they were not willing to accept that av, true. their reason being that the; Ptgiecbvd Elijah personally to return (Matt. 17. IO). But if their INTERNATIONAL LESSON, APRIL 17. Over 60 Per Cent. of Western Terri- tory Uncultivated. A despatch from Ottawa says: The Department of the Interior has issued a new homestead map of the prairie Provinces, showing at a, glance the d's"posal of lands already taken up and the amount yet avail- able for settlement. Out of a total area. of 334,894,320 acres, the sur- veyed area, is now 145,249,985 acres. The total area. under homestead en- try, including patented homesteads, is 44,0f27,000 acres. Railway grant lands total 31,864,074 acres; school lands, 7,948,500 acres; Huds,on's Bay Co. lands, 6,565,000 acres, and lands otherwise disposed of, 11,490,- 10-) acres. The total area under grain crop last year was 11,960,000 acres, of which the area under wheat was 6,878,000 acres, Produc- ing 147,000,000 bushels. The total area cultivated is only as yet about one-fifth of the total surveyed area, considerably less than one-third of the homestead land, and about one- twer1ey-eighth of the total land area. hearts were prepared for such spir- itual truth, then they would hear and believe. 16-19. This generation -- Jesus compares them to children playing at weddings and funerals, in the market places, and quarreling over their games. It was with as little earnestness as this that the Phari- sees accepted their religious obli, gations, and complained of those who would be their leaders. John's severe hermit life they condemned as an evidence of demon-possession. Then, when Jesus adapted himself lo the more joyous experiences of the crowd, they swung to their other extreme and condemned him as gluttonous. Wiodoru is justified by her works --This is tho practical test to which Jesus had put his Messianic claims, in the message to John. As he said to Philip on one occasion, "Believe me for the very works' sake." Whatever this perverse generation thought, both John and Jesus were vindicated by results. Honwetezrd Entries for F'ort Chin'- chii! District. A despatch from Winnipeg says: Homesteads are now open for entry in the Fort Churchill district, and the vicinity of Hudson's Bay. The Winnipeg land office has just been authorized to accept, entries for lands that have been. surveyed there, giving due regard to the claims of squatters and others whose right of entry has been I'e- cognized by the department. W. Bcach, the first white settler to lo, cam inethat country, who has been living t Fort, Churchill for some years, as the first to be granted an Quilt; for a homestead there by tho l)',,)?;',]', Government. All mineral 'tighe? are reserved by the Government for the present, no mineral locations being accepted. A New British Battleship Takes the Water. . A despatch from Clydebank, Sectland, says : The Colossus, Great Britain's ninth battleship of the Dreadnought type, was launched hero on Saturday. The vessel has a displacement-of 22,000 tons. The keel was laid nine months ago. The Colossus is the first British batele- ship to be built on the principle of rising inner turrets so that the guns can be traincd over the uftermost main armament. Ten twelve-inch guns will be so placed that six can be trained ahead, eight astern, and all ten on either beam. Farm Labor of All Kinds Wanted in the West. A despatch from Winnipeg; says: The, famine of agricultural laborers cvntinuess, and it is estimated that nearly twelve thousand men could fnri immediate employment in the three prairie Provinces at wages running from $180 to $275 per an- num, according to experience. There are also openings for four hundred married couples at wages of 8350 to $400;g)'er annum. The immigration auth'orities have sit- nations availalgfe for eight thow. sand men. .59 Forty-Ono Tramps Turned Out of Ontario. A despatch from Toronto says: Forty-one undesirable citizens were deported from Ontario during March, which is a. larger number than in the two months previous. Most of the undesirables were tramps from the United States. They hang around freight yards and manage to get across into Canada by stealing rides on the cars. Most of the deportatious were at Wind- sor and Niagara Falls. The Do- minion authorities deport the uri- desirables, but most of the work is done by the provincial pulicu. Thaddeus W. Tyler. the orignni of Longfeilow's “Villag? Black- smith," is dead at Lynn, Mass. KANE UREA D NOUG HTS NOW. LAND FOR ALT, (commas. f Ji DESIRABLES D EI’OR’I‘ED . STRE’TUHYNG UP NORTH. HELP BA D LY NE E D ED . A. despatch from Detroit, Mich., says: After a series of experiments covering many months Dr. o. Henry Nowak of Austin, Ill., an- nounced on Wednesday that he has discovered a preparation of skim- med milk which if used as a pre- sservative, exercises a wonderful ef- feet upon almost all matter which is ordinarily subject to process of decay. If rt dead body be immersed for a few minutes in the prepai-n.»‘a pres tiou of skimmed milk, which isiprvpar known technically as "Galo," it worth will remain preserved, the inven- sively tar claims, for not less than him may b centuries of time, and perhaps in- c-oncrc definitely. So peculiar: is the effect tegrat: produced by the immersion thatlpresse the various stages of development ivcry, and decay in the cells of the bodylthe m are brought to an abrupt stand- comes. still and the condition in which tlmlIn ma body was when first immersed in its [gives bath of "Galo" remains its condi- things THE WONDERFUL "ihM' Four Months for Selling Without License. V A despatch from Niagara Falls, Ont., says: For selling liquor with- out a license at the Queen's Park Hotel, W. D. Dashney, proprietor war, on Thursday afternoon sen- tenced to four months in Welland Jail by Magistrate Fraser. . He pleaded guilty. Four months ago he was cfmvicted on a similar charge and fmed $100. Frank Kass, Dashney's bartender, was fined $100 for breach of the liquor law He pleaded guilty to the charge, laid by Inspector Mains. A. New Preventative Discovered By An Illinois Chemist. OEseially Denied That His Majesty Has Had Iafiueuza. T A despatch from Biarritz says: Sir James Reid, physician-in-or) ary to King Edward, who accom- panied his Majesty professionally to this place, said on Wednesday: "The King has not had influenza. Therefore he is not suffering from its after-effects. Be is leading his usual life here." The weather con- tinues stormy, even Wintry. Corr. senuently the King is outdoors less than he wishes, but the alarmist stories about his condition are ab- surd. Is Able to olfieiate at a Public Re- caption. A despatch from St. Petersburg says: Empress Alexandra fyrnish- ed the best possible refutation of the recent reports that she was in serious ill-health when on Wednes- Fix Weeks Earlier Than Has Ever Been Known. A despatch from Regina, Sash, says: Seeding is very general over the three Prairie Provinces, six weeks earlier than the oldest in- habitant has known. Many Ameri- can farmers are, utilizing great ttac- tion engines drawing twelve plows to break the virgin sod. So great is the influx of Americans that traf- fue at the Portal gateway was in a tangle which stopped the trains Modday. The up is unprecedented day she received United States Ambassador Rockhill. If one may judge from appearance her majes- ty had fully recovered her normal cordition. The audience. marked the remmption of the social life of the court in full vigor, which had been suspended practically since the. war with Japan. ' Vice-President of GER. Anticipates Great Future for Canadian West. A despatch from New York says: William Whyte, vice-president of the Canadian Pacific Railway, who is at the Waldorf-Astoria, made a prediction on Wednesday that, within a, very short time the pruv» ince of Saskatchewan will produce more whssat than Terms. "And in fifteen or twenty years." Mr. Whyte added, "it will he Produc. ing more wheat than the windy United Stan-m We had {inn (amp hrs'., year in the three prairie pri"'- inces hf Munitnha. Saskarchpmm an! Alhertt, wheat. with. Lari“ l WAT WEE” ()ini)(ll( -Thev fv‘r that put the an I. and (EZARINA'S HEALTH GOOD. HOTELMA N SENT TO JAIL. KING’S HEALTH GOOD. SEEIPING IN THE WEST. tl, al h hairy; C' -hcd 97w ia 1mm: m sh from the, States l rrrints, fin-"Loom. " a :he position heath r: [tic-n permanently. In the Nowak laboratory hang large pieces of lbeel', a leg of lamb, fish and even two nndissected cadavers, which :were dipped in "Galo" months anew). all perfectly fresh in appear- iaioc'e, the bodies with an almost jlifelike hue, while the beef has the Heeling and odor of fresh meat. Dr. 'Nownk believes his discovery will revolutionize many industries. As a preservative of railroad ties the iprrparation has already proved its worth and is now being used exten- sively by the Santa Fe Railroad. It may be applied to stone, brick and concrete and will prevent; disitt- tegration. Evaporated and com- 1yjty1, it becomes an artifieiat ivrry, which defies detection, while jthe most poms brown paper be- comes. water-tight under its action. lIn many other ways "Galo" also [gives promise of many wonderful Inhabitants of Lanigan. Sash, Worked Heroically. A despateh from Lanigan, Sask., sayrz: This town had the narrowest {escape in its history on Wednesday from almost total destruction by a. prairie fire. The mothers with their babies were placed in the centre of the race track and every man and woman worked to put out the fire. Several of the workers fell axhaust- ed Several shacks and stables were burned, but tho town was saved. Report of Vital Statistics to Nova Seotia Legislature. _ A despatch from Halifax, N. 8.. says: The first report of the regis- trar of vital statistics was present-, ed to the Legislature on Frid f The births during last year Me- bered 12,332, or 24.7 for each thou- sand of the population. The deaths were 6,987, of 14 per thousand. Ontario's rate is stated to be 15 per thousand. Tuberculosis heads the list of deaths, claiming 13 per cent. of the total mortality. Government Has Investigated Pest in Nova Scotia. A despatch from Ottawa says: Dr. Hewit, Dominion Entomologist, has just returned from Nova Scotia, where he has been investigating the extent of the destructive influenee (f the brown-trail moth, which is proving disastrous to many of the orchards of the province. Efforts are being continued to prevent the increase of the area affected. Government Will Erect One to Test Cobalt Ores. A despatch from Ottawa says: It was announced. on Wednesday that the Dominion Government is about to construct an experiment- al ore concentrator at Ottawa. Many tests will be made with ores from the Cobalt district. of being able to purchase more goods and to travel. Consequent- ly the effect tipou immigration this year is bound in; be unol'muus, Last.;, year we had the Iargvsi; immigrabiqif western Canada emf had. We are getting tl great many English, Scctch and Irish-not city bred, but, tbv l,ectvr classes from Hm c'oun- CGNCENTRATOR AT OTTAWA. Anarchists and revolutionaries made a violent demonstration against the French Premier at Saint Chamond, on Sunday. The grossesb carelessness exists in some cases in regard to preserv- ing the milk in the clean and pure condition in which it should be de- livered to consumers Socialists and Radicals held a. most impressive demonstration in favor of Prussian suffrage reform in Berlin, on Sunday. SAVED FROM PRAIRIE FIRE. KAVA GES OI? BROWN-TAIL. BIRTH IND DEATH RATE. U D102 Lt lt Al the seo the eat' S, they st? an settjin I!) ar l (I NEH an ir the Coun O,000. Am shall Me lt' ihipa", K imple man abov the n 6 at in