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i} i % y 1. [ _orooore â€" C Wak ne x narkicte larly jovial zmood, as he bad but reâ€" cently returnet from what he declared to be a very successful catt‘o buying trip. ‘The police say he had probably On Sunday night Mr. I panied the young woman much devoted to on a s then to ctrarch. He was larly jovial zmood, as he ugr serves me rignt,‘ grunted Walmsley, dejectediv, to the Central prison keeper, whenr he was finally brought in, ‘for I said them guys down at police hesdquarters that call themâ€" selves detectives couldn‘t go to a cireus ard pick out a clown, and here I am." When the captured crook learned it was not due to the detectives, but to his own recklessness that he was put beâ€" hind the bars, he was correspondingly elated. It is one of the weaknesses of the average crook that he likes to imâ€" agine himself too smart for the "bulls," as the uniformed officers are contemptâ€" uously termed by the craft. But it was a "bull" that collared Charles Hazâ€"â€" mt. cattle buyer ana ladies‘ man, finâ€" y. pamed young womenr "Nay, serves me «5 a fRenuieman, an ideal b the boys he was a "joliy g not too free with his money be didn‘t buy wire nor pla; little game of draw, but he ° eral spender when it came hi he had any reason to fear from the "fly bobs" he dids any rervorsness o+ chnreh ar It was at the fashionable boarding house that he became acquaisted with a youug woman. He accompanied her to church anrd was invited ort in an excollent circle. With the young woâ€" men of the set he established bhimself as a gentleman an jdeal hasw â€" Wikn ~touch" just about that vaccilated between the two maintaining. eoat were in keeping with his display of lavish wealth. Got Another Room. ‘ About the same time a fashionable boarding house on Dundas street was‘ visited by a wellâ€"dressed boyish lookâ€" ing fellow, who said his name wasl Hazleit. He wanted a room, and sincc} he was away much of the time he | would pay for his meals as he ate , them. _ His big diamond pin, heavy | gold watch chain and fine clothes woreg a pledge of good faith. He could not | give any reference since his firm was | located in Chicago. { HP ie m t ie ce ind hn WAE > eniatada s k brakeman grabbed as he leaped into the darkness. How Did He Escape Detection? Just how the reckless chap _ eluded the authorities in his perniless condi-‘ tion is one of the mysteries of the | craft. In spite of a careful search | and _ continued vigilance _ Walmsley | simply dropped out of sight. The bailift wont on to the prison with his other’ fire prisoners and delivered the comâ€" j mitnmient for Walmsley without thei man. _A month aiter the whiteâ€"faced young man plunged from the trlinl and _ scampered across Hyde Park in the darkness, a tall stylishlyâ€"dressed young man of most gentlemanly â€" apâ€" pearance applied for room and board in & very modest private residence on , McCaul _ street. He finally ‘agreed to take a room and his evening meal.“ for which he would pay $2.50 per week. _ He was Charles Hazlett, a‘: catile buyer, travelling much of the / time. _ His deportment was excellent, } It was roticed that he carried _ little bazsagze, only a suit case ard an extra smit, but there was a diamond scarf | , pin as bg as a thimble, and his exâ€"[, pensive watch chain and furJlinad aear. | ard his life. He had slipped his wrists from the steel culfls clasped _ upon them. In the exciting race down the car aisle the escaping prisoner lost his hat and his coat tail, which a vigorous wh ol the Jekyl and Hyde romance in the carcer of Alfred Walmsiey, the profesâ€" sional pickpocketi captured on Sunday night white attending church with his sweetheart in the wost end, says â€"the World. It is one of those contradieâ€" tions in real life, whicn found in fiction, are declared too improbable to contemâ€" plateâ€"the creation of a fervid imaginâ€" . Toronto, March M.â€"Tlx_ero of the Jekyl and Hyde rom carcer of Alfred Walmsiey, stonal picknocke?Z eantnurai Distinct Flutter Caused in Parkdale by His Arrest. l Discovered ~With His Best| Girl at Church. ' Pickpocket Who Posed as a Gentlemen. WALMSLEY LED UOUBLE LFF Got Into a s" hbe didn‘t exhibit . church or the theaâ€" veral times â€" accomâ€" ey had made a good t that time. He the two rooms he was Mr. Hazlett accomâ€" ivelling _ much of thc} rtment was excellent,} that he carried little | suit case ard an extra was a diamond scarf . thimble, and his exâ€"! ain and furâ€"lined overâ€"/ man that he was a special call and Good Set. s money, at least nor play even a but he was a libâ€" came his turn. If ized to this same | away on this trip , small service, "as | In the language of! stablished himself ideal beau. With "joliy good sort," detection I is a flavor * Finally, after many other remedies had been tried, we were advised to get Lydia E. Pinkham‘s Vegetable Compound, and I am pleased to say that after taking it only two weel:s, = wonderful change for the better took place, and in a short time I was in perfect health. I felt buoyant, full of life, and found all work a pastime. I am indecd glad to tell my experience with Lydia E. Pinkham‘s Vegm table Compound, for it made a difâ€" ferent girl of me. Yours ve truly, iltll” M. Cam;r.znol, 533 White?xll St., anta, Ga."â€"g5000 original abdace letter proving ...-....2".:."-'{ up'i'vnec:.’ Miss M. Cartledge gives some helpful advice to young giris. Her letter is but one of thouâ€" sands which prove that nothing is so helpful to young girls who are just arriving at the period of womanhood as Lydia E. Pinkâ€" ham‘s Vegetable Compound. "Drear Mrs. PmcrRax:â€"I cannot praise Lydia E. Pinkham‘s Vegeâ€" table Compound too highly, for it is the only medicine I ever tried which eured me. I suffered much from my first menstrual period, I felt so weak and dizzy at times 1 could not pursue my studies with the usual interest. My thoughts became sluggish, I had headaches, backaches and sinking spells, also pains in the back and lower limbs. In fact, I was sick all over. 18 ’ Women Work ing nn.Clothing for $2 ! and $3 Per Week. | _ Montreal, March 14.â€"The importn-, : tion of Factory girt» from England is | not regarded favorably by _ some| | members of the United Garmentl Workers‘ Union. Mr. B. A. Larger, of | Chicago, Preg:dent of this union, who» is in the city looking into the sw0at-' ing evil and the question of â€" enild} labor, #ays : "Thero is absolutely noi necessity for young women being| brought to this country to work in, lactories. I have made a thorough inâ€" vestigation into this matter, nnd’ every where the supply far exceeds the demand. In Montreal young women employed in the clothing industry are working for $2 and $3 a week. "The conditions are very bad." M f T We tovaiht c nt uin 2t : t ic mnti ic t c s d1A Li ther." ,’ "Oh!" he rejoined, "that being the case, ! I‘ll give you a transfer." t give ) FACTORY GIRLS NOT NEEDED DO ALL MOTHERS KNOW?â€"aAllen‘s Balsam is free from narcot‘e drugs: more use‘ut than when it rlds the of cold and saves the mother‘s anxie makes friends. | _ _Sought My Lifto fâ€"r35 ~onts,"â€" f This was one man‘s way of putting it when ; he had been pronounced incurable {from clhronic dyspepsia, "It was a living death ' to me untll I tried Dr. Yon Stan‘a Pineapple | Tablets, Thanks to them toâ€"day l am well, i and I tell my friends 1 bought my life for 35 cents." 60 in a box.â€"80, y There. was consternation the next s | morning when police officials went to both rooms occupied by Mr. Hazlett °j and searched for stolen property. Then -lthere was more consternation â€" among , the young people when they learned . | that "the mildâ€"mannered boyish fellow | who had posed among, them as a catâ€" " tle buyer and church member was the â€"| daring pickpocket and convict, Alfred + \\'nlmslej,‘. .‘ While the escaned nriennar AlM nat F ECF NE h ols ies atnaihosequte t HOP ds 22 "You love another?" queried the young man in the case, who bappened to be a street car conductor. "Yes," sho answered, "I love your broâ€" $Â¥ 00 ue "Take back your ring," said the fair, but fickle, maid; "I cannot marry you." COXF uts Bscc n t ces Cike Ees jnppo:vr to fear dotection m Toronto, it | is said he maintaired this at his home : [:m.l did ro "work" here. _ In other | i words, he visited outside towns to pick I | pockets _ and returned to Toronto tol f spend the fruits of his skill as a thief. He is regarded as one of the "best" in i his. "business" and a: "good" man to | keep locked up. _ Whilst most pickâ€" | pockets "work" in a "mob." as three or _ more of the lightâ€"fingered gentry _ are termed in police slans, Walmsley _ apâ€" _parently had no confederates and reâ€" duced his criminal calling to a science. | A moment later, Alfred Walmsley, escaped convict, stepped into the hall and .Officers Twigg and McArthur grabbed him. They did not wait for explanations. _ The expensive overcoa’t was thrown over the voung crook‘s shoulders,‘ and he was hustled over to the Central Prison. It was late for reâ€" ceiving â€" guests, but the â€"commitment was there, and the officials thought they would lose no time. the service two. determinedâ€"looking ofâ€" ficers strung out behind. Hazlett _ acâ€" companied the yourg lady home. One of the officers rang the bell and told the servant to kindly tell Mr. Hazlett a gentleman would like to see him at the door. tle man‘s iace and started. He enâ€" quired if he knew him, and was told it was Mr. Hazlett from Dundas street. The gentleman recognized the escaped prisoner, and quictly» weant outside. When the young couple passed out after As the couple came into the church a friend of Mr. Hazlett‘s nodded to him. A man sitting next to Hazlett‘s friend caught one glimpse of the young catâ€" tle man‘s face and started. He enâ€" tion, loot. out on a pocketâ€"picking expediâ€" that netted him a considerable Willing to Oblige Collared at the Door. narcot‘¢c drugs: is never en it rids the children mother‘s anxiety. It unced incurable {from i "It was a living death j . Yon Stan‘s Pineapple ‘ them toâ€"day I am well, ’ 1 bought my life for 35 I Lung broâ€" , 20. Woere filledâ€"Here is one miracle of our Lord attested by at least five ; thousand men, probably ten thousand | pranpe. No one need ever leave Christ‘s tabla hunzry. He is able to satisly every noed of soul and body. He is the bread f life. Fragmentsâ€" Broke:n pleces which remained over. | According to John, Jesus directed | them to gather up the fragments, | "that nothing be lost." Twelve basâ€" ketsâ€"The word translated "baskets" means pockets or wallets. The tweive | baskets were probably the tweive | wallets of the twolve apostles, which | they carried on their journeysâ€"Dr. i Decems. 21. Five thousand mpnâ€"’l‘,herei ‘ must have been ten thousand to feed. "Jesns had arranged thom s> they ; could essily be counted. | _ T Tvents following the miracle | (ve. 22, 23). 22. Constrainedâ€"Comâ€" , poagded. The disciplas seemed unwil}â€" i | ing to go and leave Him alone. "By l the exercise of direct authority He { compelled them to p&nbnrk." Tacy / went towards Capernaum and Boih-‘ } saldia. Whils He sent, ete.â€"The multiâ€" | tudes would not leave while the disâ€" ’ ciples were present. 23. Apart to prayâ€"Jesus was conscious that a | soleiun and aw!lul cris‘s had come. He | perceived tjat the people would take | Him by force and make Him a king | (JJoha vi. 15), and that the disciples | woere drinking in the same spirit. ! Buch a king could casily ovrercome | ' the Roman power. But Jesus reis!ed’ | them and spent the night in prayer, | | Aloneoâ€"Jesus frequently went alone \ to pray. If He needed such aeaoon,‘ muc!y more do we. He remained in the | mountain, alone with His God, far into the night, k x of those who sat at the ends of the ranks with orders to give it to their companies ? ‘There is no doubt but that the food multiplied all along the line. Je@#us handed out to His disâ€" ciples ; it increased in their hands as they! handed out to the multitude, and as it was passed from‘ione to anâ€" other the bread and fish continueg to swell in their hands until they all had enough and to spare. _ _ 19. To «it downâ€""In orderly ranks for the convenient distribution â€" of the food." Mark says they sat by hundreds and fifties. Grass â€" The grass was ready for mowing at this time of the year. And took, etec.â€" "Thus mcting like the master of in family among the Jows, who took the bread into His hands to _ give thanks to God before any at the table were permitted to eat." Jesus had one loai for a thousand men, besides the women and children. Blessedâ€"Josus thus sets us an ex-‘ ample ; we ebould never cat with-l ow ttirst thanking God for our food, and asking His blessing upon it. Il‘ol His disciplesâ€"There has been much discussion as to just how the mirâ€"| acle was porformed. xd the bread multiply in the hands of Jesus, or in the hands of His disciples, or, as some think. did the disciples put a pece f bread and fish in the hands was the sccret. Chrigt was able. wall must centre i: Him. We may have but little, but i#f we will give the little we lavo to Jesus, He will mulâ€" tiply it a thousandfold and pass it buack to us, and grant us the priviâ€" lego of passing it out to the #taryâ€" ing sinâ€"burdened multitudes. 17. We have hereâ€"The nmltitude.’ bad not thought of their temporal | uecossities, so anxious were they to ; see and hbear Jesus, and a lad had | all that could be found. Loavyesâ€" ; fishesâ€"*"The loaves wore rounrd, flat‘ cakes like large crackers." _ Barley | was their poorest food. "The rwn} were small, dried or pickled, â€" and were eaten with bread, like our sarâ€" dines."â€"Eqersheim. _ Andrew rald, "But what aro thay anrong go many ?" Hardly cnough ; "five crackâ€" | ers and two sardines for five thouâ€" | eand hungry men, begides women undl children!" 18. Bringâ€"to meâ€"â€" Here| ed Philip was for the purpose of proving cr testing him, for Jesus knew what he would do. Give ye themâ€"Philip‘s reply to Christ‘s question, that two hundred pennyâ€" worth, about $32 worth, of bread would not be sufficient, has caused many to believe that this amoun‘t represented the total resources Christ and His disciples; and it would certainly seem unwige â€" for them to use their last penny‘ forn this purpose. II. The miracle wrought, vs. 16â€" 21. 16. Need not qgepart â€" Christ had fed their souls and healed their bodies, and now, He â€" proposes to _ feed their bodies, and thus _ show that He is able to provide for all their necessities. John says that the question He askâ€" go and buy this great amount of bread (Mark). Jesus rophed, "How many loaves have you ? Go and gsee" (Mark). Tuey replied that there was a(lad there (John) who had "five barâ€" ley ioaves and two smali fighes.‘ be sulticieat for them (John). ‘Then | Lhe disciples urged Him to "send the‘ multitude away" that they | might | purcuase fvod. Jesus said, "Give ye: them to eat," whereupon the disciâ€"‘ ples in dismay asked if they should | been ibout as foliows : "Whence shall we buy bread, that these may cat ?" (Jonn.) Piulip replied that "two hunâ€" drea pen:ywort: of bread" would not 15. Eveningâ€"This was in the alterâ€" | nuo:, "when the day began to wear! away," (Luke ix. 12.) Tue Jews had tw evenicgs.° The iirst began at! three o‘clock, the second at six| o‘clock. In this verse tho first evenâ€"| ing is measit ; in verse 23, the second. | Disc:iples cameâ€"By. . combiviag the | accounts of the evacgelists the conâ€"| versalion may be supposed to have} yanday School. lake Jesus was out of the dominion ‘ oo the murderor of John, anua within | tho tetrarchy of flerod Ph.lip. The: peopleâ€"From Joimm vi. 4 we see that | the Passover was just at hand, and ; there were throngs of people gomg | up to Jerusalem. On footâ€"The people, | watching the sailing of Jesus across the northern end of the lake, ran around the northern shore so rapâ€" kdly tuat, agcording to Mark, they | "outwent" the boat, and "came unto Him" as te lawded. _ Tho citieeâ€"At ; this time the western and northern shores were populous with cities and | villages. 14. Went forthâ€"From the | boat. _ Compassion â€" Jesus walked , among the people, teaching them ; many thiogs and healing their sick. ‘ f Commentaryâ€"1. The multitude and its great need (vs. 13â€"15). 13. Heard of itâ€"The death of John the Baptist. Departed . thenceâ€"Le{t â€" Capernaum. He crossed to the northeazatern shore of the Lake of Geriessaret. Across the INTERNATIONAL LESsON NO. XII MALLCH 20, 1904. Jesus Feeds‘the Five Thousand. ONTARIO ARCHIV TORoNTO "We hear a great deal about forâ€" o‘gn missions. Peter Coopar founded a lome mission. He first pointed the way which some day all millionâ€" alres wili follow. Ho proclaimed that princivle that surplus weaith is & sacred trust which the possessor must exercise in his lifetime for the good of the community from whonce it came. Peter Cooper was one who practised _ what he preached, and rone knew better than his Reverence the Bishop here the difference beâ€" tween praclice and preaching. Poter Cooper set up here A& livin= mnnn_ meat." **Whonu he was an apprentice he resolved to make a fortunae that he might use it for the good of his felâ€" low apprenticos. Whoen a millionaire makes money he ought to use it for the class to which he belongsâ€"I had almost said for the class from which he sprang. I co not admit any adâ€" vance over our original class. five labor unions and been in good standiny. He could have made the same reply if asked if he were afâ€" filiated with laborâ€" that Brigham Young did to the question ‘Are you married 7‘ that is, ‘More or less.‘ , The Scotch ironmaster was in a radiant mood, and the chidings of fB:sl‘.op Poiter could not repress ns exuberance, even when the Bishop threatened to ordain him. "Perer Cooper had the blessod hepâ€" itage of horesty, frugality and inâ€" dustry, and e got it from a good Bcotch mother, »ad don‘t forget it." This was grected by applause. "One of the keynmotes of his life," Mr. Carnagie said, "was that he was a real working man. He knew five frndcs and might have hbe‘ouged to *"*The world will not make any proâ€" gress," Mr. Carnagie continued, "ex. cept under that law of Christ, that 12 mad may reap as he sows. It is written that man must work out his own destiny under his own vine and fig tree. There was laughter and applause at this. Mr. Carnagie smd; "The distribuâ€" tion of wealth is the greatest probâ€" lem of the age. I care rot how great an individualist a man may be, he must realize that that protiem must first find solstion. No man has better reason than myself to know how great are the unequalities in the distribution of wealth." New York, March 14.â€"Cooper Union was Crowsed io its doors last aight by men and women from ali party of the c ty who hasa com» to ‘participit» in a mas#‘mecting to honor the inâ€"mâ€" ory of Peter Cooper, Andrew Carâ€" rogie was the chie! speaker. He adâ€" mitted that nobody knew better than he did how unequally money was disâ€" tributed. i 4 Distribute Surplus Wealtha Among Those Who Helped to Acenmulate it. After Jeeus had supplied the neeesâ€" sities of the muliitudes through His disciples, He sent away iâ€"st His di ciyl>s an< then th> m« l1 ude. As the darkness clossd saround we fird Him at the place for which He started, on the mountain, alone, in prayer.â€"J. Emory Coloman. ‘_ O‘ the important truths breught | XOLpe 1 che l P 8 .00 fout in this wonderiul mlrw-ll.),-“f.‘ll::ll:: , Trade at Montreal has again been seriâ€" are _none, we think, so important | ously interfered with this week b th as that o‘ Choistian activhiy. Spir | snow storms. The conditions of y the ltxml life is at a low ebb in ho / 28 reported to Bredstrect‘s n ore sould: church of our day. The average ; Domestic, staple @and im O*L,edarzoaound. church member gives of epiriiua}l: Armly held. The volumé) f Cns bus, IM~|p1ul'.‘ess' pl‘.’lcticaily nuthln" ‘ ness done so far is very ? _flpnng b'uu- "Christian testimony‘"‘ means 1 11. | considered. Paym nig Tiag: Te Spres. ol m:tx;u than a few words to a o:nykx'(\‘_ | have been fair ybtf: ttfinco:bfinrm p’npcr L :on very l‘\r,(‘l“, comy sb o s s » ness of reâ€" Christian prodoss(l;rg. SO-\"thl,l‘f;((:‘h’u x‘t:)k; | :;utenttrd;;' e;ne dthe country has to some work, at_ito: best," is aonfined __ 10 1 Hiphs: the outside trade relaâ€" the Bunday school, the proyer mceiâ€"| _ At Toronte th ing and the Class meetingâ€"when | zard at th e o nepiey peaty bile. they stlll existâ€"and to epecial Goin.| a e opening of this week caused miftee work. This is all right and | and trade has again been agvelsefy we good erough in its place, but i+ n[ ; and trade has again been adversely afâ€" 11 coifined ‘within â€" such â€" cireu 4 fected. The annual spring milliner rcribed and well defined limits thz.lé openings this week bprought in m‘nl thoee classes most needy are not fpeon 1. buyers and . house sales h"i reached 2t all. Can it b» said of any PCM large both in millinery and in d community in Americsa, "And thay goods. Payments on maturing obli o 91,1‘1":,;]“ r%x &’(‘1‘1 were filed" with ‘hz gops thfis week have been v‘iryo flfl.r i read ?" i , Prices i 1 here in the wo,llfl ?not 19 “‘m“”‘""-é frm. * _ staple and imported goods lre] The way to isecrease divine gil‘s is to give to the needy. "Freely ye have recsived, (reecly give." After all weoere fed each disciple had a ba:ket full, although there was less than & loul apiece to start with. Readâ€" or, are you giving enough to the spiritualiy husgry around you :0 that Go« can increase your supply? l Herod, like many another man, wasi ; beguiled into a fooilish vyow by the j | witchery of the beautiful form and graceful movements of~ a "society ; belle" at his court. The wily quega | took advantage of her daughter‘s ! conquest and secured the head of her | tormentor. Jesus beard of it. This | great preacher had beea unjustly imâ€" ,prl,g;oned and ruthlessly slaughtered. | The outlook for rightcousness was, to | say the least, Gark. In such an hour Jeosus naturally sought a place of seâ€" | lusion, to mouutrn, to meditate, to | pray. "He departed thence by a boat isto a desert place apart." The popâ€" vulace followed him into the Gesert | place. The seclasion the Saviou sought | io his sorrow is invaded by the throng, |â€" The exigencies of a lost world lea\'ei‘ little: or no time for persoual sorâ€"| their sick." ‘ row. "Let the dead bury their dead."‘. *"Jesus went forth and saw a great â€" muilitude, and was moved with com passion toward them, and he nealed â€" 0 tR otmed EAUCAME, ABITUE INS: PTCARTCU The evening drew on. The circiâ€" plos were anxious for the welfare of the great tlrong, in a certain rense, dependent on them. They ak«l the M.ster for auhority i0 fexd them away. His reply surpris s them. ‘‘They need not depart; give yo them to gat." At onee they beâ€" gan to plead their inability. _ "We have here but five loaves and two fish=s." How much of gosp:l work goo«: undone toâ€"duy b cause "the cisgâ€" ciples" plead inability. ADVICE TO MILLIONAIRES. John the Bap:ist, by his preaching Lad mightily stirred the whole naâ€" tion. Everybody knew him and knew about his dooatrize. A proud, ambitious woman, that she might be the "first lady of the land," had deserted her husband and married Herod. Such un ’wemly conduct in the court was doubtless the subjzsct of general comâ€" mert. John, the dauntlcss hberald of rightcousness, did not hesitate to deâ€" rounce such an outrige against decâ€" ency in high places. Irritated by a corsciousness of her own wrong doâ€" ing, and smarting under the public rebuke of the great preacher, this wicked woman could not rest until John was in prison. Siill, ill at case, | because "all counted John a proâ€"‘ phet," and he might yet cause her downfall, she seized the first oppor» tunity that came to have him be-i headed. i up here a living mogauâ€" PRACTICAL SURVEY. Miss Vida Goldstein, the lady ca: date for the Australian Commonwe; Nenate, polled 50,000 votesâ€"considers more than the political prophets all ed her. Between thirty and forty th eand more were needed to make he Federal legislator, but she may | gec them at the secornd attempt. At the time of Mr. C]xambérlain'al departure for Egypt British newsâ€" | papers said that no letters or comâ€" | munications having the remotest! connection with politics or business : would be forwarded, as it was tnâ€"| tended he should take a com-plete‘i rost. ) a | A Startl n& Rumor Regarding HMis ; Mental Condition. ' London, March 14. â€"Considerable | AMXiely i Cgiarduag Mb. Jusepiu Chamâ€" ‘iberlain‘s condition is being maniâ€" fested on account of the circulation of reports among members of the _ Rouse of Commons thai he is sufferâ€" ing from an incurable mental trouâ€" ble. It wus whispered about toâ€"day that he was in the incipient siages _of softening of the brain. (Where this report originated eould not be learned, nor was it possible to obâ€" tain information â€" either confirming : the report of destructive of ii. I.IL‘ finds little credence among the | friends of Mr. Chamberlain, although they are disturbed by it. ‘Those | who are opposed to Mr. Chumber-i lain‘s â€" figcal policy‘ seemed more | ready to regard the report as withâ€" } in the realms of probability. Some | sald if it were true it would explain | why he went off to Egypt right in | the middle of his fight, leaving his | tariff reform campaign practically without a head. ‘The suggestion is{ beard that Mr. Chamberlain‘s proâ€" | sent condition is probably: the soâ€" ; que! to the cab accident in the cor-l onation year, in which he was ser-‘ lously in jured. " / $2.10 ; do., red clo J $6.85 ; do., timoth 0 to $3. Apples, bbJ 8 dressed bogse, $6.7 * | new laid, dozen, 2 â€" | dairy, 18 to 22e ; ©, to 26¢; _ chicken: 0 | geese, 10. 12 to 1 k / to 14c ; turkeys, Ib. * | toes, bag, $1 to $1 | 50 to 60¢ ; caulifio 8/ $2; cclory, doz.. 4 In Winnipeg there has been fairly good buying this week by the retailers. The travellers are meeting with a satisfacâ€" tory demand through the West. Prices are firm. The outiook for a further large influx of settlers is encouraging. Wholesale trade at Hamilton has been fairly active, but the shipment of goods has been much hampered by the snow blockade. Values are firm. Trade conditions at London are satisâ€" factory, and while the spring trade has been a little slow in a good many deâ€" partments. Payments have not been especially good, owing, doubtless, to the state of the country traffic. Ottawa trade is in a sound, h eondition. The volume of sprin summer Business so far has been factory. At Victoria, Vancouver and other Pacific coast cities the spring trade is fairly good and orders are coming forâ€" ward in fairâ€"sized volume. Trade at Quebec, although not quite as good as expected, all things considâ€" ered, is fairly satisfactory. Shoe manuâ€" facturers continue busy, and many have orders abead. 12CV J°ZUUp,. QJ w qJUGOU; mutâ€" i ton, ewt., $7 to $8; veal, ewt., $8| to $10. | â€" _ § °2 C waut , GO.,. CPCAINCTY, c to 26¢ ; chickens, lb., 11 to 13¢ ; geose, 10. 12 to 13¢ ; ducks, 1!b., 12 to 14¢ ; turkeys, Ib., 18 to 202 ; potaâ€" toes, bag, $1 to $1.10, cabbage, doz., 50 to 602 ; caulifiower, doz., §170o to $2; cclery, doz., 40 to 50¢ ; _ beelf, hindgBurters, $7 to $9 ; forequarterse, $5 to $6.50; choice, carcas, $7 to $750; medium, carcas>, $6 to $6.50 ; lamb, yearling, $9 to $10.50 ; mutâ€" L Mietitn t PP delr vipa i P s Auths Sss ce h 1 timoiny,. ton, $11 to $12.50; _ do., clover, $7.50 to $9 ; straw, 810 to $11. . Seois, alsike,. bushkel, $14.20 to $5.75 ; do., red clover, bushel, $6 to $6.35 ; do., timothy, 100 lbs, #2.25 to $3. Apples, bbl., $1.50 to $2.25; dressed bogse, $6.75 to $7.50 ; eSEE, new laid, dozen, 27 to 30¢ ; butter, t}mr.)y 18 to 226 do., creamery, 23 SHE POLLED 50,000 VGTES iiressed Logs are unchanged at $675 for heavy, and $7,25 to $7.50 for light. & Following are the quotations : Wheat, wiliite, bushcl, 98 to 9%¢ ; red, 98:; epring, 94 1â€"2¢; g.ose, 86 to 88c ; oats, 39 to 39 1â€"¢; poas, GS fo TOc; barley, 47 1â€"2 to 48¢; hay, °__1Vv} Va&riey, 44# 1â€"2 to . !â€" London, March 9.â€"Live cattle steady at 11 to 113â€"4c per Ib. for steers, dressed weight ; refrigerator _ beef, 81â€"4 to 9 1â€"4¢c per lb. Shosep, 18 to 13%c per lb. | Torontw carmers‘ Market. _ Of{erings of grain were moderate, and prices, with the esception of wheat, ruled steady. Wheat is weakâ€" er, with sales of 100 bushels of white at 98 to 99¢, 200 bushels of red winâ€" Hay in â€" moderate supply, with' prices firm ; 25 loads sold at $11 to $12.50 a ton tor timothy, and at $8 ; to $V for mixed. Straw, »teady, three | loads selling at $10 to $11i a ton. _ Dressed bogs are unchanged n‘t‘ ter at 89¢, 100 bushels of spring at | Qik%c¢, and 200 pushels of goose ay 86‘ to #8c. Bariey is uschanged, with | sales of £00 bushels seiling at 47% | to 48¢. Outs firm, 00 bushels selliog j at 894%c. . MR. CHAMBERLAIN ILL ? Now YOTK ... ... =â€"â€"â€" CRICBGO. ssemee semse «. =â€"â€"â€"~= ‘Tol?d0G ..... .... .. 96 1â€"2 Duluth, No. 141 N .. 94 1â€"8 Following are the closing quotaâ€" tions at important wheat .centres British Live stock Markets. Bradstreets on Trade Lbeading Wneat Markels. )lastern, the lady candiâ€" ustralian Commonwealth 0,000 rotesâ€"considerab} y political prophets allowâ€" n either confirming destructive of it. It redence â€" among the hamberlain, although roed by it. Those 4 .y‘:l;lta.o- 1.:1 .'IOU + OJ L to $12.50; ‘ do., and forty thouâ€" a sound, healthy of spring and secure l itrouâ€" toâ€"day slages (Where not be 92 1â€"2 95 220 20000 @2RRC0CU "n4se and confessedq during the day. At nitht the husband and wife smat around the kitcheon fire and chatâ€" ted, and _ all the family joined in prayer before they sought their beds. It was after a peasefui eveniog of this kind that Menard rose in a bind fury ang attacked his wife with the axe. The tracks of the murderer and his viectim were shown by bloody fooiprints right up to the kitchen door, whore the woman fell and died. A coroner‘s inquest has found that M:*s. Menard‘s death was the result ol blows inflicted by the husband, and the lattor wij be tried for murâ€" cer it he lives, k Tommyâ€"l’op, boats are rows they : Tommy‘s Popâ€"Yes, my s myâ€"Then, what‘s the difference a boat race and a road race? The conductor docsn‘t allow make any difference in his fave. CASR? e C was a good wife." The m curred aiter the family h; for the night.. ‘They had mass and confessed during At nitht the husband and ILrOURE the Eitabma 12. axe and struck her, how it happened more all have oup crazy in suppose this was ann the ni_;,, _ ) NC smariest boy in the parish school,‘ took tho wuod from me. But J got the poker and hit bher, and then somehowm I got the 1NXG niut shmmak 12000 ZTAR @o Ottawa, March 14â€"Joseph Menard, the wretched man who kiiled bis wife by hacking her head off at the Brook or Sunday night, is reporied to be in a critical condition from his inâ€" juries, and may die. The man is Ap parestivy insaue, and labors undeor the hallucination that his wile imed to cut his throat before he retaliated upon ber. After the alleged atiack on his wite‘y pairt, anccording to his owni story, he jumped up and gut o slick of wood beside the stove yod it her on the head. "Bome ol the blood from her fell on me, and I thought it was my own blood. Then ll})' boy Al!enrl. "the smaringt haw in The The guis on the various fleets range lLrom twelve and a hall to ainâ€" gle pounders, and Maxims and Norâ€" ‘denleltu. The 5â€"5 Canet gun is fayâ€" ored by â€"both sides, particularly by ‘the Russlauns. It discharges shelis at | the rate of ten per minute. As against lthc £10,000 ouad for. a sinzio shot from ali the Japanese gunas wexcludâ€" | ing torpodo boat and doestroyers, of icour»e). the £3,210 that ii would cost the Russians for the same thing locks a modest â€"sum, indoed. But they have only seven effectiive cruisers to _the fore, and three of those are shut up io Port Arthur. At the â€" same time, if they fired all their guns orly once, the cost would be £3,â€" 210. The Pobeida (the YViciory) may be takes as the representative cruisâ€" er, for, although the Russian ships are built by varying designs, they are armed more or less the saime. The Pobeida carries four 10 iuch guns, and a single shot entails a cost of £60. She has eloven 6 inch gans and twenty 3 inch guns «21 pounders). She also carriecs 26 one pounders, the total cost of Tirlag all ber guns once being £544. Bigamy Charged Agninst Mrs. dohn Gaaue. _ These 12 inch guns each cost £6,â€" 000, and every shot cosits £8D. Two whots can be fired in a minute, and thus in a short quarter o an nour the Mikuasa‘s four guus can discharge 120 shouts at a cost of £9,600. But whuile her 12 isch guss are uooming, other guus keep up an incessani lire. Hor fourteen 6 inch guns throw some cighteen shells of 100 lts. weight each per iminute, and, as cach shell cousts £14, the total for sixty socâ€" onds is £C252.qWith her tweuty 3 inch guns she can hurl 240 sholis a minâ€" uto of 12 Ibs. weight, at tho cost of £3 each, 0 £620, in all. A siugle shot from one ol her six 3 pounders costs v0s, while ~that from a #% pounder makes a big hole io 17¢. | Expense to Japan of Firing Warsbins Cannon Once ’ London, March 14.â€"Ths onormous _cosm i mogera naval warilare nas amply d:.ponc:tratcd wy the resent baitles wiâ€"the â€"Far Easit. 04 certain rhips the costliest ringloe shoius have ontailed anâ€"expense To £8Q each. Those are from the 12 iuach guns, and if every guna on tho Jaganese battieships and cruisers was disâ€" charged vut one, the total would amouait to, over £10,000, to be corâ€" roct £10,311 17s 64. Take as an exammple the Milaso, the !‘lo.gshlg ol ~Acmiral Toko. The Miâ€" kasa 15 armed with four 12 inch guss, fourieen 6 inch guns, twouty 3 iuch guuz.ilx 3 pounger guns, and six 24 pounders, THE MENARL MURDER. Crazy Musband Tells BHallucinatton . ELOPED FROM DETROIT BROADSIDE COSTS $50,0090. C _ @170 ‘umuy joined in fore they sought their beds. Iter a peasefui cevening of that Monarq rost in a bind attacked his wife with the tracks of the murderer and n were shown by bloody _right up to the kitchen re the woman feli and died. "s inquest has found that rd‘s death was the result 'll:fllcteic‘i by the husband, im meutte es CCR CCCE O ck her. I dou‘t Inow ed more than this. We crazy momoents, and I was one of mine, Buae Â¥#. . caes allow Lent to s fare. rowed, aren‘t murder ocâ€" had retivred d attended "#, loinâ€" between of #20, Felixi 1 wich 1 ~*%ou still cars for n _It sBeemed some rolie! Wut that she did car Rever varicel you listeon t: "I car not! the shaddor us forget it, m It all, for 1 kno\. tPo you. violt, wretched wook:s Again=â€"you with Ike, I with my « aean whai p h'flll‘iru Imy Yiolot heart tho worklly . persuaded until your @ll confus Al they ; wretche| I could as o( without food, . O youâ€"my jJov« end when you 1 claim. YVioist. \ I have lived on is to bocome « your mind?" "You will for; @he said, rontis Knoaw* how «ienss are my life its and eoul are . bopes havre gro always theich as tihe chogen . Ab, my dGarling the un gone . you kow; I lox thought of !if "Bhve -}'(;v-l“(-'o.':miv Lr __l_le asked, q wou would be a}; the womsn who j to marry a wenll But, in the prid ber beauty, in th ture that seemed ghe would not i1 mot believe it ; alt #gay so to him. "Listen â€" again, tinued, in the «an» slonate voice. "V. it a mere matter mind. Look at it n Of view â€" forget minute _ and 1 I hare loved > ««@h, ome â€"Garlin uan‘ 1 truth â€" t} truth. 1f y marry _ ove that vou wi were limi she da red going to "That lying ii tion. Who» lips falsely, as the i breaks hbor plight -“delAt,\â€"un 60A Jove hor with ew @rilesâ€"who pron forever, ami the says she loves w will you get th Violet, oven if ; m to k(i'i\ your But she 4id not false to hor It says tha herseif ‘linr â€"â€"that sho | with woum> the world i Ligher Pow _ *You ar whe said. @ue piailsc=.. *Yes, 1 know «lo without _ : have had Jove L0t have hoth, ean Bol cali it ehange y min what my misd false *"Violet," | know what m womiih y lover 2 * *"Ko," she "It «avys "No, it W @na ind II()I‘(‘J ghe replied. "You deem wiser, and nobler thay | are hundreds o/ good ays wen in the world who : .lcv-u:d are content wit} of those, Felix ; they a *"No. I m truth. I y things wih« without withoul ha loct I meant to thix hair of whoso tman my own eontent you, V\ Te gosen head droj kim. She was ashamed « she bal to speak, io the saddosi than L" F "BHush!" he cricd ; t such words ; ma &Q the life of i} ‘.M for loss than ; She shrunk back {r uie 110 w\ *No," she fer seen o "Have no 1i OR l il NOX â€" forget y and thi loved _ yo y Aarling, w «learly no ife iteelf ; m are center re grown r( hougrht of y ogen compmi darling, if 1 hone azain. | I love you of life wit} 11% W © th 1 Vio W T Iy i: 1P W 1ra I X NJ WO D I%