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113.0% r. Ffe' The western crops are again in need of um. Pierre Poudrier is Receiving Con- gratulations of Bis Friends. A despatch from Quebec says: Pierre Poudrier of St. Alexis des Monts was congratulated on Thurs- day on the birth of his thirty-hrst child. Mr. Poudrier is 63 years old, and has been married three times. (irtytrtrchifdren were born from his tirid marriage, fifteen from his sec- ona, and from the last nine Of these 31 children, 23 are still liv- ing, and the eldest is 45 years of age. We. Poudrier appears :20 old- er than his eldest son It may be truly said that it is not alone the large fact of life which is a trust, but the small de- tails of life that are trusts, too, and the smallest and least lovely task can acquire a dignity by the fine and enthusiastic, performance of it. A great deal has been written about the beauty of patience, but it may well be asked, Is it not a mere step- ping stone virtue, and one which leads down rather than up the hill oi progress? Not patience, but en- thuisiasm, expectancy, pride in work, joy in the morning's 0ppor- tunity, appreciation of the night's rest, are the things which sustain within us the spirit of youth and the power of doing. And, mysteri- ously but unquestionably, sucha zestftil attitude towards life brings its own reward. It is like capital placed out at interest; its value accrues. The pessimist may doubt this; he may say that for him there) is nothing but heavy toil, and that1 "the sooner it’s over, the sooner) to sleep," but he will find that if he can shake off his torpor and dis- couragement life will open new av- enues before him, and that a use will be found for those talents which he had thought in his self-doubt and gloom were to rust for lack of use. - A few years ago a writer wrote something on this point, and, look- ing at life in a large manner, he came to the conclusion that all in- davidual work is insigniheant. "There is hardly anything to show for any lifework when a few years or centuries have passed," he said, tadding:"'So it seems, and yet, if we' knew better, we would certain- Is reverse that judgment. The ex- acter eyes of-God are over all his works, and in their sight is no hu- >man action that is insignificant. The deeds are waiting our doing them, and God has trusted us not to fail. To take our labor thus is to pass from being artisans and to become artists under the Master Worker; for the real distinction be- tween these two has nothing to do with the kind of work, but withf the, snirit in which it is done and the thoughts that lie behind it. The crucial question is whether we shall do our day's work as mere drudg- es, whose main interest is in count _ ing the hours till evening, or as! those whtrare, C'flling a high com- misses.” muscles and my brains. It is the evidence of my faithfulness, the certificate of my power." Their in- dividual labor is swallowed up in some aggressive and successful commercial organization, and even their fellow workers hardly know when they come and when they go. In the face of such conditions, where are men and women to look tor sources of comfort and reassur- aneet Not, it is evident, in exter- nal things. Their riches must con- siso of treasures of the mind; not in precious jewels, but in precious thoughts; not in plate, and pic- tures, and tapestries, but in sieren- ity, and self-respect, and hope. l The large majority of men and women in this workaday world are engaged not upon tasks of their selection but in doing the labor that lies next to them. The stress of life has been too great and the press of need too immediate to per- mit them to consult their tastes and talents, and to select the ap- propriate and aggreeable occupa- tion. They are not even given the privilege of ,building up a work monument for themselves, and, though they may live to be old and may never have faltered in their industry, still at the end of life they are not able to say: "This struc- ture is mine. I built it with my NOTES AND COMMENTS FATHER or, THIRTY-ONE. A despatch from Saskatoon, Sask., says: Hearing noises in his shack on Friday night, and having been troubled with someone trying to get in before, Charles Davis, col- ored, opened fire with a revolver on the figure he saw in the dark, only to find he had shot his own wife, who had got up through the night. He immediately went to the police and gave himself up. On Saturday he was arraigned on a charge of manslaughter. Davis appears to be grief-stricken, and his story is gen- erally believed. One Per Cent. of Alberta all That is Under Cultivation. A despatch from Calgary, Alta,, says: Although over a thousand plows and probably twenty thou- sand teams have for the past sev- eral months been steadily at work for 12 to 16 hours daily, breaking prairie and back setting in Alberta, provincial government reports show that only one per cent. of the total area, of the province is now under cultivation. This statement, which is most striking in view of the agri- cultural expansion and rapid set- tlement of the past four years, is, in the opinion of all, proof-positive that the Canadian west will become in a few years the world's greatest wheat district. Man in Saskatoon Charged With Manslaughter. Great Disaster Had the 2rvpght ContittaciI. _ A despatch from Winnipeg says: "According to reports received from all over Western Canada by local grain men, the late rain came when it would be most beneficial to the growing grain. Little or no dam- age is repo_rted by any of the cor- respondents, although the crop is somewhat small in some of the shady districts. The general state- ments are that, had the drought continued until the end of the week the results would have been disas- trous, but practically every place in the whole belt reported rain. The crops are best in Saskatchewan and Northern Alberta. Manitoba comes a close second, while those of the irrigated districts in the vicinity are virtually heading out, and will be ready for the binder within two weeks, if the present warm weather and showers continue. After the big rain the crops around Winni- peg have grown as though they were in some huge hot bed. l, Faith is the power to determine the outer life by the vision within, to become obedient ourselves to the heavenly vision and to make that vision the dominant factor in all our life. The men who do great things are all men of faith, men who GRATEFUL RAIN SAVED CROPS The programless, purposeless lives are really the lawless ones, for they assume that life is without order or law, the game is Without. rules. They get through by expedi- ents instead of becoming experts ia"the art of living. Each has his own little world to make. The best evidence of faith in the divine is purposeful endeavor to fulfill the, divine plan in your life. It is easy to imagine that you are demonstrating your piety by placid submission to circumstances, that faith in providence means to wait for some breeze to blow you into the heavenly harbor. If the winds turn out to be unfavorable then ycu can only say it is the will of the Lord. But the power of willing, direct- ing, and creating is the work of the gimme. Men are called to a, part 111 Perhaps half the men and WO- men of our day do not live from within; they are pushed around, tossed here and there, poor blind creatures of accident. They depend on the will of the wind to choose their ways, for they have no itiner- ary and no goal of their own. Men either live according to an inner ideal of conduct and charac- ter or they drift and are fashioned according to the whim of chance or circumstances. We either follow an inner light and fight through what- cve1'.0pp.oses or we yield to every passmg 1mpress1on. Faith does not fight facts; it forms them rather than follows them. Things are because men be- lieve that they ought to be. Faith sees the fact as an ideal before it becomes a reality. The world is barn in the heart of man before it is projected into time. ... "Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen."--). xi. l. A Good Man Without an Aim Works as Much Harm as a Bad Man With One 10ilillfis, ?llll?iNlufifi LIFE SHOT HIS WIFE IN DARK. THE CREATOR's WORK. ONLY THE FRIN GE. boarder, had his back badly strained in jumping from the third Sm ry Window. and Albert Taylor, a young man who tried to catch Clay in jumping, had his face badly la- cerated. The building was owned by Barry Steele, and his loss will be $6,000, with no insurance. One Man was Badly Hurt in Bailey. bury Fire. A despatch from Haileybury says: One man was probably fatally in- jured and several others badly hurt in a fire which destroyed the King Edward boarding house on Brown- ing street early Wednesday mor> ing. It was filled with boarders at the time of the fire, who just es- caped in their night garments. The man who was very badly injured was Dave Clay, an Englishman about forty years of age. He is in the Allen Hospital, and the doc- tors hold out little hope for his re- covery. Tom Baily is also in the hospital suffering from the shock in jumping. John Irish, another boarder, had his back badly A despatch from Montreal says: That the harbor of Montreal had applications for 25 per cent. more accommodation than it could give in 1909 is one of the statements made in the annual report of the Harbor Commissioners, just published. The report points out that 1909 was de- voted to the study of plans of de, velcpmenh, which have since been ftuanced and are under way. Big increases in revenue were reported. The amount disbursed on capital account was $878,570. Annual Report Shows Large In- crease in Revenue. Tickers Sons & Maxim Will Also _ Make “Car Wheels. A despatch from Ottawa says: Albert Vickers of the English ship- bvilding firm of Vickers Sons and Maxim, saw Hon. Messrs. Pugsley anl Brodeur on Wednesday with regard to the plans for the new dry- dock at Montreal. In addition to the construction of a floating dry- dcck and ship repair plane, the firm, it is understood, aims to turn out seven-eighths of the wheels re- quired by the Canadian railways. Shipbuilding will also be carried on and it is not improbable that some of the smaller ships of the navy will be tendered on. A frnal agree- ment, however, has not yet been reached. When one has the confidence that God is on his side, that the law of this universe is the law of progress, that all its forces fight with the true and good for the best and the bet- ter day, then nothing can long op- pose him, he fears no foes, no clouds oppress him for long, for He matter what the world without may offer how dark the way or hard the fight. there burns clear within this confidence that all things do work together for good. This is faith and this is religion for us all: To cherish this ideal in our hearts, to hold fast to this, that our lives are not drifting wrecks, that life is not a lonely struggle against impossible odds, but that for every one of us it may be our glad participation in the divine programme, our co-operation with, the infinite, the setting of our be-; ing in the tides of eternity so that) we may find our striving, bearing‘,l toiling, all to be part of the sub/ lime story of the coming of the new heaven and the new earth. FROM GLORY TO GLORY. Your idea of the law of movement in the universe finds its reflection in the progress on stagnation and decay of your own life. What your life will be really, es- sontially, is determined not by the outer world of circumstances but by the inner world of your hope and cc11fidences, by what you cherish in Four heart and highly determine within you as the way and end of life for you. The inner light con- quers all outer darknesis. Men who have come from the bottom up have not been forced forward; they have followed the light of their faith. The growth of our own charac- ters, the development of ourselves, depends on whether we have the corEdemce that life is truly a for- ward movement, a process of de- ’velopment, whether we have the faith that the world grows better and man is called to go on from stage to stage, are able to see the things that are not yet realized and so to hold them before their eyes that they press steadily to their realization. BOARDERS HAD TO JUMP. II ONTREAL HARBOR. DRY D 00K PLANS. HENRY F. COPE. 45. A merchant seeking-He le- piesents the man who devotes his Buyeth that field-lt is easy to ask foolish questions in the inter, pletation of a parable. Here, for example, one may ask: "Can one purchase membership in the heav- enly kingdom? Was it right for the man to hide the treasure before go- ing to buy the field I' No parable is to be interpreted to the remot- est detail. Certainly, salvation is not a commercial commodity, and if the man's conduct seems like shrewd practice, it is only on the fringes of the story. The essential thing is, that he was eager to act toward that treasure as any man ought, to act in the presence of great spiritual opportunity-he joy- fully parted with what was of small account in order to become owner of what, comparatively, was of in- finite account. Selleth all-The man who is keen enough to recognize the unrivaled worth of salvation will experience only joy in paying the necessary price. The test" of sincerity, in ew. eryone who comes face to face with the truth, is simply whether he is willing to give all he has and is in ordqp to make it his own. And surely, that which alone fully satis- furs the longings of the human heart, and fills up the whole mea- sure of being, warrants the sur- render of all those things which do m t, and never can, satisfy. A man found-His coming by sheer accident \upon the treasure, without seeking at all, is true to liie. Many a man finds himself suddenly confronted with a noble t, nth, in the Bible or out of it, and is obliged to take an attitude to- ward it, either of receptivity or of refusal. 44. A treasure hidden in the field --In the East it was not unusual for men to conceal their wealth in this way, because of the uncertain tenure of property. Often, because of the vicissitudes of life, the wealth would remain unclaimed in its hiding place. Till it was all leavened--This took place by the influence of the leaven, first upon the particles near where it was hid, then, through these. upon all the rest. Such is the persuasive influence of true Christianity upon the life of mankind. Beginning with Christ, it has spread through the apostles, then through the early achurch, gra- dually working to transform the entire mass. The meal IS the whole complex life of men, art, commerce, letters, religion. The Christian disciple must bring to bear upon all these the force of his leaven- ing faith and love, and penetrate them with his ideals . int: SUNDAY SUHUBL Three measures-No significance attaches to the number. The seah was the recognized unit of mea- surement, especially in the case of dry substances. It was equal to about one peck and a halt, 33. Leaven - The fermented dough, lightens it. Scientists have discovered that this effect is pro- duced by tiny living organisms spread through the leaven in large numbers. Inasmuch as leaven gives a, disagreeable taste and odor to the bread, yeast is now much more commonly used. The birds . . . come and lodge-- An Old Testament expression for the spread of a great kingdom, giv- ing shelter to many (Ezek. 31. 6; Dan, 4. 9-18). The application of the parable is self-evident. From a period of precarious life amidst persecutions and toils, the kingdom of heaven has gradually enlarged its sway till it has become a world- wide protector of the poor and op- pressed, and a power that can no longer be neglected in any of the councils of men. During the nine- teenth century the number of the adherents of Christianity increased mere than in all the preceding cen- turies of the Christian era. 7 Greater than the herbs-ft tow- ers' above the pulse, parsley, and mint ("ten feet high, drawn up amongst brushes, and not thicker than whip-cord"; "as tall as tho horse and his rider"), so thah, to all intents, it has the appearance or a tree. When it is grown-The impres- sion is not of rapid development, but of the contrast between the in- significant origin and the mature product. The Christian believer can afford to wait until the seed is grown. Verse 31. Mustard seed-A pro- verbial emblem of an exceedingly small quantity. Not the timber tree, but the black mustard, a gar- den herb, sown annually, is refer- red to. 32. Less; than all seeds-Not, of course, literally so; rather by po- pular estimation, since in ordinary gmdening no smaller seed was ever sowed. - "Small as a mustard sesd" was a common Jewish say- ing, in which was exercised the poetic license often found in the proverb. Lesson I. Pictures of the Kingdom Matt. 13. 31-3, 44-52. Golden Text, Rom. 14. 17. INTERNATIONAL LESSON, JULY 3. The C. P. R. trainmen and the company will hold another confer- ence before taking further steps on either side. Savant Announces Discovery to the French Academy. A despatch from Paris says: Dr. Vincent has informed the French Academy that he has discovered an anti-typhoid vaccine, and gave pmof of its results. A despatch from Cobalt says: Thirty thousand dollars' worth of ore were staolen from the Lucky G(dfrey Mine by employees. The ore was stripped from the vein matter and refuse and placed in bags. The theft was disclosed up- on the arrival of a shipment at a smelter. Phenomenal Strike of Zine Ore at Iialso, B. c. .A despatch from Kalso, British Columbia, say": Phenomenal strike of rich ore has been made on the Lucky Jim Mine at Kalso, the rich Zinc mine. The present strike on the big fissure is 33 feet wide. It in of phenomenal richness, exceed- ing fifty per cent. green ore, such as is found nowhere else on the the continent. The directors have purchased a tramway giving direct access to the railway and ship- ments will begin immediately. A large concentrating plant will be erected at Kalso, the city giving liberal tuuneesisions in tax exemp- tion and free water, and a large number of men will be employed. Lucky Godfrey Mine Lost Thirty Thousand Dollars" Worth. A' despatch from Pontiac, Mich., says: Alexander Wiley, forty years of age, who came here from Canada a short time ago and married a widow, became angry at her on Tuesday night because she would not untie a string from about her Leek which held a bag containing her savings of 875, that he might buy more drink. He shot her in the head three times and then fired a bullet into his own head with, a thilly-eight calibre revolver after he had slashed her throat with a, knife Both are in the hospital. She will die. He may recover. The tlagedy occurred in the presence of her fifteen-year-old daughter and teu-year-old son. Alexander Wiley Shot His Wife in Michigan. Most of It Has Been Left to Cory. nell University. A despatch from Ithica, N. Y., says: Cornell University will re- ceive the major part of the estate of Goldwin Smith, who was prom- inently identified with the early history of the university. Arr. nouncement of the bequest was made by President Schurman to the Alumni Association on Wednes- day. Its value will not be known until the executors file the petition for probate next week. The will says: "I make this bequest to show my attachment to the university, to pay respect to Ezra Cornell and to show my attachment as an English- man to the union of the two branch- es of our race on this continent and with their common mother." The estate, it has been estimated, will total around $1.000,000. 52. Every scribe-By his use of parabolic teaching Jesus has shown how the disciples may become tea- chers and give apt instruction in the things of the kingdom. Like a householder, who takes. out of his chest old things and new, so they are to present to men not only the old truth in the old way but both old and new in a new way, like their Master presenting all truth tlnough the vehicle of commonplace facts and experiences of life and nature , 49. The end of tlie world-As in the case of the tares, the angels are the agents of judgment. 47. A net-The seine, or drag- net, which is often worked by fast- ening one end to the shore and carrying the other end out to sea in a wide circle and afterward bringing it to the starting point, thus inclosing all the fish of every kind, as in the World are men of every type and condition. Until the final disposition of all, the good ond bad freely mingle. 46. Found one pearl of great ptice---The end of all life is to find for oneself this gem of solitary splendor. What was the price? All that he had. Was it too high? It is no less for any of us. Life eter- nal is a jewel of such transcend- ant rarity, that nothing else will match it except the unwithholding renunciation of a human being. Goodly pearls-There is a cer- tain beauty and lustre to other re- ligions, but they have no absolute value; and if a man is in deadly earnest to find the best, he will not stop with them. life to the diligent quest of truth. G OLD WIN SMITH’S E STATE. AN TI-TI' PHOID Th C CINE. RICHEST 0N CONTINENT. BIG ROBBERY Ol? ORE. A CANADIAN’S CRIME. A despatch from Paris says: A series of measures designed to stimulate the birth rate in France, was introduced in parliament on Thursday. It includes the imposi- tion uf additional military service upon bachelors over 29 years of age; making obligatory the marri- age of state employes who have reached the age of 29 years, with supplementary salaries and pension allowances for those with more than thlee children, and the repeal of We law requiring the equal distri- bution of estates among the chil- dren., France Hopes to Increase Birth Rate. A despatch from Toronto says: Over six million dollars is the value of the output of the inetalliferous mines and works of Ontario for the three months ending March 31, ac- cording to a return just issued by the Bureau of Mines. The tabulat- ed return-1 are as follows: ' Quantity Value. Silver, ozs. . . 6,399,927 $3,041,156 Cobalt, tons ... 78* 14,485 Copper, tons .. 2,491 357,074 Nickel, tons .. 5,250 1,131,024 Iron ore, tons... 6,735 15,034 Pig iron, tons . 109,718 1,750,396 PEN A LIZIN G TIIE BACHELOR. Faial Accident to a Man Playing Ball at Dominion City. - _ A despatch from Dominion “City; Mam, says: George Messenger, aged 28 years, a native of Ports- mouth, England, was fatallr,,iniur- ed on Monday while running'hack- ward to catch a ball tossed to him. He fell over a truck, landed on his throat, breaking his windpipe. He died three hours after the accident. Ontario's Aggregate, , Months, Over $6,000,000. A despatch from Ottawa, says: The largest amount of gold bullion that ever came to Ottawa arrived on Saturday from the Yukon. It consisted of 11,151 ounces, valued at $185,000. The gold was collect- ed in the Yukon by the Bank oi British North America, and was shopped down by the bank to the Ottawa, Mint. Its arrival was not advertised, and as a result there was only a, small reception com- mittee. The precious metal was packed in 189 sacks, and these were loaded into an ordinary express waggon, and under the guard of a representative of the bank and one of the Mint was hauled to the coin- age factory on Sussex street, to be turned into British sovereigns. A Valuable Shipment Arrives at the Ottawa Mint. A despatch from Tillsonburg says: Geo. Brown, a young man about 21 years of, age, was driv- mg home from town on Friday night and was about to cross the Wabash tracks when he saw a train coming close by. His horse got un- manageable and ran right in front of the train and was killed instant- ly. Brown was thrown from the buggy a, distance of about twenty feet. The train backed up and took him to the Wabash station, where he lay uneonscious for about two. hours. When he came to he told his name and was removed to his grandmother's here, where a doctor was summoned. It is not known yet how badly he is hurt, but he will probably recover. . ' George Brown Seriously Injured and His Horse Killed. , Prof. Zavitz of the-O. A. C. Ite. _ ceives Reports. A despatch from Guelph says'. "Speaking for the Province as a. whole, I find, from official reports sent to me by our representatives, that the crops are in a very prom- . ising condition," says Prof. Zavitz of the O. A. C. “In eastern Chr. tario the clover crops are proving to be record-breakers, having at- tained an exceptionally fine growth through that portion of western Ontario of which Middlesex county is. the centre. The winter crops, such as fall wheat, are a little ' patchy, but on the whole there is _ little reason for complaint. The 1 late spring, particularly the cold _ weather in May, retarded to some extent the growth of all crops in the Province, but this drawback was compensated by the fact that the germination of all crops main- ' tamed a very good standard, and, consequently, the outlook for the Province is exceptionally bright, and the yield ought to surpass that of last year." _ . $6,309,171 *Only cobalt paid for included. BROKE HIS WIND PIPE. O UTPUT 0F METALS. _STRUCE BY A' TRAIN. GOLD FROM YUEON. CROPS D OING WELL.