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I¢ 4 L 44. The chiefestâ€"*"The only superâ€" lority here to be sought is a superâ€" lority in labors and euffering for the common good. If any would be great let him be the greatest serâ€" vart." 45. Came......to ministerâ€"Jesus points to Himsel{ as an example for them to follow. He was not a selfâ€" seeker and "came not to be minisâ€" tered unto"; but He came to minisâ€" terâ€"to serve. This was the charâ€" acter of His life. "The Son of man ministers to the sons of men." To give His lifeâ€"The Son of man showâ€" ed Himself the greatest of all by enâ€" during the greatest eufferings and making the greatest sacrifice of all. A ransomâ€"The literal meaning is a‘ price paid for the redemption of gaptives. Christ died in the place of If1. A Jeegan in Tu"®‘:‘‘ly (vg. 41â€"435). 41. "ha 18!â€"‘The other ten apostles. HMeard itâ€"Heard of this bold request made by Salome and her song. Much displeasoedâ€""Moved with â€" indignaâ€" tion."â€"R. VÂ¥. "The sons of Zebedse rad been in a better social position tian most of their brethren, and this ettempt to secure a preâ€"eminence of bonor kindled a storm of jealousy." «‘am. Bib. 42. Saith unto them â€""Our Lord soothed their jealousy by asâ€" «uring them that in His kingdom there were no lordships." Accounted to rule, ete.â€"That is, those who are in a position to exercise authority and dominion, such as princes and governors, use their power to gratiâ€" fy their worldly ambitions and their love of ruling. 43. Not so among you (R. Y.)â€"The principles of My kingdom are entirely different and are peculilar to themseives. There are to be no ranks and no highâ€"sounding titles. All are to be on a level â€"the rich, the peor, the bond ,the free, the learned and the unlearned. _ Will be greatâ€"There is a holy ambition which every true Christian should possess, an ambition not for place, but for ability to serve. Ministerâ€"A servant. The original word is deacon, a word meaning a servant of any kind. Preachers of the Gospel are called ministers, because they are the servants of God and the church. â€" Barnes. 5, 22â€"30). For firhoim.........prepared. The ’true'?vnning' is that such disâ€" tinction could not be given except ito those "for whom! it is prepared." And for whitn is heavenly honor preparedl? Not tol every one whio saith Lord. Lord ; but to the holy in heart, to the "Iaraclite indeed," teof the truo #irenmeision (Rom. 2, 29 ; Phil. 2, 0), to the one who enâ€" ters in at the "straight gate" (Matt. 7,13, 14) and who prosses "toward tha mark (Phil, 3, 14). ; 11L A Jeséana® ta~‘‘ *T (vs 41â€"43). 40. Nt mine %a give. As a specâ€" lal Tfavor. This gaust not be underâ€" stoo«dl to mean that Christ does not reward his folloAwers, for such a statemert woull be at variance avith the uniform! testimony of the Beriptures (Matt. 25, 31â€"40; Johrn 30. We can. Whis ‘was the decision | of the two prothers. "The hall unâ€"|! copsciopus ‘yet presumptuous reply, was no «oinbt mttered under the imâ€" pression ithat tha !sfinurggle was tal Lake Place 8t (‘"rsnioum, in w(hich,' peiwaps, they wiore (to fight by his side, and ‘they fReclare themselves reawdly for ‘the trial." Ye shall, inâ€" «dleed, ete. You phall undergo sufferâ€" ings pattermed after imine. "They had ‘yet to dearn hoys| serious their grords were; alterwards they were enabled to drink «x‘ that cup and to be baptised with «hat baptism." II. Christ‘s reply (vs. 38â€"40). 38. iÂ¥e know nolt» "You do not know the nature of your request nor what it would involve. {You suppose that i# granted it ¢rould be attended only arith honor and fhiappiness ; whereas, it would require.fwuch suffering and trial." *"Yow ofter is it that our «dlecires and jperhaps even our prayers, wouldl ruin us if granted." The cup. To jrink of a cup often, in the Scriptures, signifies to bo af. flicted ; or sometimes to be punishâ€" ed (Isa. 51, (17, 22 ; Psa,. 75, 8). That I drink. The cup from which Jesus wias to drink ‘was one of affliction. The baptism. This means about the same as "the cup." "Raptism is familiarly mused in the Scriptures to. «dlenote n person being overwhelmed with calamitics. The baptism with / awhich Thrist was to be baptised was ‘ that of a ¢ruel and ignominious death. . | Right hand. Left hand â€" ‘X.._ Jewish Jorm of _ expres. wion for being next to the King in honor.â€"Cam. Bib. In thy! glory â€" Matthew uses the expression ‘"in Thy Kingdom." "Our Lord bad just , promised His disciples (Matt. xix. 28) | that they: should sit on twelve' thrones,, judging the twelve tribes. They probably understood this literâ€"| ally and came to request the chief' dignitics in this new _ government. â€"Clarke. l 36. What would yeâ€"He could not promise in a generai way) to grant their requescs;, they! must state deâ€" finitely what it is they desire. Here is an argument in favyor of special prayer. 27. Grant unto usâ€"‘"Thig reâ€" quest, 1. Displayed their ignorance of Christ‘s plans. They were lookâ€" ing for a kingdom of this world and a temporal Mcessiah. 2. Was marked by forwardna=ss and presumption. 3. Was characterized by! worldliness. It apparently looked no further than the present life." Commentary.â€"I. An ambitious reâ€" quest (ve. 35â€"37). 35. James and Jolinâ€"According to Matt. xx. 20, they made thie request through their mother, malome. "he was one of the constant aitendants of our Lord, and now Tailing on her knees, made her â€" request. Novhing coulid have been more illâ€"timed than this selâ€" fish peticion â€" when He was going forth to liis death."â€"Maclear. sons of ZLebedeeâ€"*"The father, though named, never appears in gospel hisâ€" tory afiter their disciplesnip, from wluch it is inferred that he was eiâ€" ther dead or of an insignificant charâ€" acter." Mayingâ€"However fauilty the conduct oi Sulome appears on thig occasion, she manifested a true, unâ€" dying love for the Maviour in the most trying times of His subsequent sufferings. . Masterâ€"Matthow says that Satlome came worshiping him. Bhe recognized Him as the divine Kingâ€"ths Moessiah. l INTERNATIONAL LESSON NO. VIIL MAY 22, 1904. Sunday School. Jesus Teaches Humility,â€"Mark 10! 35â€"45. inish. | , Whe aspiring one, to \whom | a >That failure to reach a place of ‘digmty Jesus and authority is a great trial and Ction griel, is surely not the one for the it thé place, and would probably "iord it l s over God‘s heritage," had he the " JS | opportunity. Shakespeare said to °s to | Ccromwell, "Cromwell, I charge thee elmed | fling away ambition.‘ By that sin with | foll the angels; how can man then, l Was | the image of his Maker, hops to win MOUS | by it ?"" It is a serious mistake for . ; 3 | one to regard the sacred office of 809 i the Christian ministry as a genteel, f unâ€"} respectable and remunerative proâ€" :(‘i‘:'l‘y, fesgon, where there is little to do the T. Rev. C. E. Methodist }» fraterrity must follow, fiimilion, who said that fromthe point of view of the Baptists union was rot practicable at the present time. The question of the rite of bapâ€" tism would prove an insuperable barâ€" rier. Tleose remarks elicited : from Rev. J. L. Gilmour, the First Paptist Church, f« Hamilton, who said tha point of view of the Bapt wias rot rraptinahla a+ +1 Discussed by the Ministers at Montreal. Montreal, May 16.â€"Ain informal disâ€" cussior of the proposed union of the Protestant â€" Evangelical denominaâ€" ltions in Canada took place here this morning at a meeting of the Protesâ€" tant Ministeriai Association, and as a result it was decided to hold a pub lic meeting at an early date to furâ€" ther consider the matter. The disâ€" cussion was incroduced by Rev. Hugh Pediey, of _ Zion â€" Congregational Church, who referred to the resoâ€" lution that had been passed at Toâ€" ronto, declaring the proposal both deâ€" sirable and practicable. For himself, he felt that the plan must move along the line of least res‘stance, and that might possbily exclude such derominations as the Anglicans and Baptists. but "run the church" and hgve the entire flock as his servants, to obey Lis every whim and keep his deliâ€" cate hands from being isoiled : by toil. + _ The truest exaltation is reached by the path of bhumility ; we descend to ascend. All of our efforts to eleâ€" vate ourselves in the eyes of God by any other means must fail. "Is it so great a thing ‘to be tittle, that, uuless it were done (by thee, who art so great, it could not posâ€" sibly be learot ?" "You « will go Ligher as you faithfally fulfil the duties of the lower sphere." We must be Lelpful, not helpless, not waited upon, but a servant; . yea, "the servant of all." ‘Tthere must be rulers in church and in State, to be sure, but he is often best qualiâ€" fied for such positions who least deâ€" sires them, who in his humility preâ€" fers to be least of all, and esteems others better than himsell, he to whom the responsibility is weighty and the position a cross. ‘_ _A strange fear seems to come over the discipies, when Jesus speaks of | His sufferings and death, and as He _ _ eagerly leads the way towards His _ Crucifixion. ‘They: seem to have no _ true conception of the meaning. St. Luke tells us that *"‘They understood none of these things; and this sayâ€" ‘ ;;l‘g) was hid from them" (chap xvili. Absorbed with a worldly and selâ€" fish view of Chrigt‘s purpose and inâ€" : flamed with carnal ambition, they overlook the solemn words just epoken, and begin asking for specâ€" , lal personal favors, which, if grantâ€" od, would give them power and proâ€" ; minence. St. Matthew, says it was their mother, Salome, who made the request ; perhaps they were all inâ€" | volved. Our Lord makes His reply, , however, to the two sons : "Ye know | not what ye ask." How true, for they | bad entirely! mistaken the nature of | "His Glory," and perhaps had little | idea of the true character of t he baptism of which He speaks. In their ; ambition for place and honor, they | think they! can do anything, and. | almost {flippantly| answer, "We can."‘ | That it was not a loving desire to | be ever c‘ose to ‘the Master‘s side.J { but a humans ambition for place and ! power that prompted their request, | is shown by! the solemn lesson which | He proceeded to teach them. Paptists should not woll makin= the rn=ia of the same sorrow and martyrdom that Jesus was baptized with, though John, after much suffering, was perâ€" mitted to die a natural death ; but it was after all such wrong notions of Christ‘s glory| and kingaom had been destrogyed in them by the penteâ€" costal baptism of the Holy| Ghost. | ‘They wer» indeed baptized with the same baptizn o suffering and arank sinnerg. «For manyâ€""This does not mean that all were not ransom»d. ‘All‘ are not always ‘many.‘ All the. great poets of the world are not many. But the persons for whom Christ died are ‘many‘â€"incalculably numerous ; not one has been left out." â€"Morigon. ‘ CHURCH UNION riaias eliticed an opinion J. L. Gilmour, pastor of ‘"aptist Church, formerly of T. ‘uld not be included the urion quadruple, & Stanley founded the Congo Free State, His tact and kindness made him very succeessful in handling the natives, though he showed no hesitation ahoutl fighting them when it seemed necessary, Stanley was married to Dorot"r ~:4â€" A third time he crossed the forest. reâ€" joining Emin in January, 18$89, and they weoent together to the coast. This expeâ€" dition ended Stanley‘s career in Africa, of which he had given more information t» the world than any other man, exâ€" cept, perhaps, Livingstone. He had to hew his way through the forests, and did not reach the Albort Nyanza until December. Of his 398 men only 174 were left, and they looked like skeletons. The next April he found Emin Pasha. Stanley retraced his steps to pick up a detachment of men whom he kad left behind, but few of them were alive. U "Conbail. crvabndains â€" 0e > velalvarnklra‘t Stanley rested for two years, and in 18586 took charge of an expedition for the relief of Emin Pasha, Governor of the equatorial province of the Egyptian Soudan. He reached the mouth of the Congo in March, 1887, ascended to the Aruwimi, and struck out through the wilderness in the direction of the Albert Nvanza. N PulthinObrnret walGasci In 1879 Stanley again sailed for Afâ€" rica on the fiveâ€"year exploration advenâ€" ture. He went up the Congo, making treaties with the native chiefs, carrying bis supplies and boats in sections on the heads of porters around the great falls, building stations and planting gardens. y ooo s t 3 & . 8 I " P unA ud :# s marched into Boma, on the lower Congo, in August, 1877, 999 days after leaving Zanzibar, and after having travelled 7,000 miles. He had lost his three white companions and 170 of his porters. _ After a voyage of 1,500 mfles, in the course of which he twice crossed the equator, he emerged on the Atlantic coast, proving that the Congo and the Lualaba were ore river. Mis party undnc y a r v. & & ! 3 Etanley determined t6 make his way down the Congo and he embarked in November, 1876. He was frequently atâ€" tacked by cannibals, thousands of whom pursued him in canoes. Stanley accompanied Livingstone on part of his later journeys. He returned to Europe in 1872, and the next year the Herald sent him to West Africa to report the Pritish campaign against the Ashantis. * se In 1874 Stanley determined to take up irs work of African exploration where Livingstone left off. He left a place near Zanzibar with 356 men in his caraâ€" van on Nov. 12, He made a boat surâ€" vey of the Viectoria Nyanza and disâ€" covered Lake Albert Edward. His exâ€" pedition became enfeebled by fever and smallpox, but he pushed westward to NXranowe. Stanley started from â€" Zanzibar on Feb. 5, 1871, with about 200 men, and on Nov. 10 met the teeble and almost helpless Livingstone at Ujiji, nursed him back to better health, and, as Livingâ€" stone refused to return to Europe, gave him supplies with which to continue his explorations. _ In 1868 the New York Herald sent him to Abyssinia with the British expediâ€" tion under Sir Robert Napier, and in 1869, Bennett sent to Stanley the famâ€" ous message: "Find Livingstone." ii¢ Was m9#°5 an officer for his galâ€" lantry in swiming 500 yards under fire to fix a line to a Confederate steamer. After the war Stanley left the navy and in 1867 he acted as a newspaper correspondent in one of the Indian camâ€" paigns of the west. ed to his Welsh home. In 1863 he went to New York, enlisted in the Federa‘ navy, was assigned to the flagship Ticonderéga and soog became secretary to the admiral. Stanley _ entered _ the _ Confederate army and was made prisoner at Shiloh, but escaped and soon afterward. returnâ€" Henry Morton Stanley was born in Denbigh, Wales, in 1841. He was the son of Joiun Rowlands, wno died when the boy was two years old. When sixteen he worked his way to New Orleans on a sailing vessel and went to work for a merchant named Stanley, who became his friend and from whom he took his name. a.0ndon cable saysâ€"Sir Honr.y M. Stanâ€" ley, the African explorer, passed away peacefully shortly after 6 o‘clock. He was quite conscious to the last, and able to recognize his wife. Before he died Sir Henry expressed a wish to be buried at his country seat, Furze Hill, Pirâ€" bright, Surrey. The question, however, is being discussed of burying him beside Livingstone, in Westminster Abbey. HMe had been ill with pleurisy, complicated with heart trouble, for some time. H 20 â€" w was mad s he The Great African Expiorer Passed Away DEATH â€"OF[SIR HENRY:M.STANLEY. London cable i cipmets ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO This Morning. Wt "Neiiin nds agesn ce 4 vs nsA **Dear Mrs. Pmnkgax:â€"For two years my life was simply a burden, I suffered so with female troubles, and pains across my back and loins. The doctor told me that I had kidney troubles and prescribed for me. For three months I took his medicine, but grew steadily worse. My husband ther advised me to try Igdia E. Pinkâ€" ham‘s Vegetable ompound, and brought home a bottle. It is the greatâ€" est blessing ever brought to our home. Within three months I was a changod woman. My pain had disappeared, my complexion became clear, my eyes bright, and my entire ww- in good shape."â€"Mrs. PAUQLA EISSLI(TZ, 176 Seneca St., Buffalo, N.Y. â€" g5000 forfeit zo:zlul o(lhu latter proving genuineness carno Of all the diseases known with whick the female organism is affiicted, kidney disease is the most fatal. In fact, unâ€" less prompt and correct treatment is apâ€" plied, the weary patient seldomsurvives. Being fully aware of this, Mrs. Pinkâ€" ham, early in her career, gave careful study to the subdject, and in producing her great remedy for woman‘s illsâ€"â€" Lydia E. Pinkham‘s Vegetable Compound â€" made sure that it conâ€" tained the correct combination of berbs which was certain to control that dreaded discase, woman‘s kidney troubles. Read What Mrs. Weisslitz Says. | Most Perfect Specimer Ever Found to be Secured by Gcvernment. Victoria, . C., Miay 16. â€"â€" Da wson;, j Popors recoived by the last northern 'muil, give the information that the Dominion Government will purchiase | o and take possession of thke perfectly proserved mastodon found recently: in Quartz Crook, frozen solidly, as it has been for perhaps a couple of thousand years. Commissioner Congâ€" don recently; inspected the remaing ‘ and found thom excellently: preseryâ€" ’ ed. It is hopea to have the specimen, M®Mrs. Weisslitz, Buffalo, N. Y., 4 cured ofkidney trouble byLydiaF. Pinkham‘s Vegetable Compound. London.â€"The correspondent of the Daily Mail, it is announced in that paâ€" per this morning, has been expelled from Belgrade, Servia, for his severe comâ€" ment on the conspirators who planned and executed the assassination of King Alexander and Queen Draca. T S e t e y the best of its kind ever secured in any part of the world, ready for shipment and exhibition in connecâ€" tion with Canada‘s display at the World‘s Exposition in St. Louis. Naturo Revolts Against High Living and it has set its seal to it by addâ€" Ing to man‘s ailments the scourge of diabetes. Emirent medical men until recently proâ€" claimed it a "no cure" disease, but South American Kidney Cure has knocked down their petfallacy and has proved itself master of kidney diseases in all its forms. Relie{ in 6 hours.â€"110 He wrote How I Found Livingstone, My Kalulu, Coomassie and Magdala, Through the Dark Continent, The Congo, in Darkest Africa, My Dark Companâ€" ions, Slavery and the Slave Trade in Africa, My Early Travels and Advenâ€" tures in America and Asia, and Through South Africa. h ist. _ In 1899 the Quéénmx;fil-(i; ium Knight of the Bath. became a naturalized citizen of Great Britain, and in 1895 entered Parliament for .\’o}'th _ljglmb(jth as a Liberal Unionâ€" QUARTZ CREEK MASTODON J 8+ Vancouver, May 16.â€"Vancouver is wo | now assured of a big floating dryâ€" ®:I | dock to cost well over a million. Mr. ind | Nicol Thompson cables from London the i that construction of _the steel €7 i frame work has commenced. Arâ€" For | rangements _ for financing â€" the but | schoeme are progressing favorably. E. ez | E. Ling, consulting engineer, repre.â€" ke | senting New York capitalists, is in nd | the city preparing a report, He atâ€" | #aiye he is impressed favorably of a ne. | bright future before the city! as a rca | shipping contre, and will recommeng mny | a heavy investment. One million dgolâ€" es | lars is ready! to be devoted to conâ€" od | struction purposes as soon as his 176 | report is received. This, with the teit | Government bonus, insures the early me: | completion of a magnificent etrucâ€" «. _ ture, which will make Vancourer a â€"â€" amaritiime rivat of 2an Frantcmeo, : Tae Structure to Cost ¢( Dollars. are bufi'ing more liberally in hardware and other staple lines, and the outlook generally for trade is encouraging. ‘The prices are firm. There has, according to Bradstreet‘s reâ€" ports, been a somewhat larger demand for some lines of goods in Ottawa this week and the wholesale trade is busy meaking shipments to retailers. Values tire generally firmly held. 27 °C momising. Frices of staple goods are firm. At London there is a fair amount of activity in wholesale trade. Retailers are buging more liberally in hardware and other staple lines, and the outlook generally for trade is encouraging. ‘The prices are firm. The most encouraging feature in Winâ€" nipeg trade conditions has been the fincr weather and activity in seeding opergâ€" tions and the outlook for an increase in the production of grain this year is more promising. The demand for staple goods for eurâ€" rent requirements of trade in Hamilton jobbing circles continues to expand. Shipments have now reached large proâ€" portions and goods are being sent to yarious important centres of the Dominâ€" ion. _ The movement would be even larâ€" ger than it is at present if navigation to the head of Lake Superior were open. Reports from retail trade centres are more promising. Prices of staple goods are firm. __At Victoria, Vancouver and other Paâ€" cific Coast centres, trade, as reported to Bradstreet‘s, is fairly active now. Real estate transactions are numerous an the market is active. _ Active preparaâ€" tions are being made for a heavy saiâ€" mon "take." _ Payments are fair, At Quebec little improvement is ticeable in trade circles over that of receding week. Favorable weather gad an effecet on city trade, which i: ported a little better. Trade at Toronto is showing an inâ€" creasing movement in some important departments. _ The sorting trade is more active now. _ Values of staple and imâ€" ported goods here are held with increasâ€" ing firmness, owing to the recent reducâ€" tion of stocks by the fire and the foar that there will be a shortage of supplies, A good many complaints of fall wheat beâ€" ing winter killed are coming to hand. Building operations are active, Bradstreet‘s on Trade. Wholesale trade at Montreal is imâ€" proving. . This is to some extent due to the cpening of navigation. The demand for staple goods continues large and well distributed, _ The Wost has been buyâ€" ing large quantities, but owing to the late opening of navigation at the headl of Lake Superior the shipments hence are being delayed. not offering. Toronto Horse Market. The horse market in Toronto continâ€" ues quiet for no other reason than the horses required are not in sight. Any number would be taken at fair prices, but they are not to be had. In fact, prices are now so certain and purchasers so apparently present that outsiders at auction sales hesitate to speak because of their fear that others will run up the figures on them. While prices are by no means extravagant, they are undoubtedâ€" ly good for the right kind; and "the right kind" farmers appear to imagine means all kinds. At any rate they are demanding all kinds of figures for very uncertain animals. The real and only feature of the market is the unlimited demand for serviceable secondâ€"hand aniâ€" mals for railroad work. Carriage and saddle horses would command almost thaR own figure if of good size, some qualit;;. young and sound, but they are mak. affrutems Leading Wheat Markets. New York ... ....... .. P2TIL*! Bt. LOUIG ... «. ... ...... I0L 14 i DUnDOR ... sns (hssssccess.s ME LE ; 1 bush., 94¢; do, spring, bush., 90 to 91r¢ ; do. goose, bush., 80 to 82¢. Oats, buxh., 37 to 38%c. Peas, bush., 65 to 66¢. Barley, bush. ,45¢. Hay,timâ€" othy, per ton, $11 to $138; do. clover, $7 to $9. Stmamw, per ton, $10.50 to $11. Seeds, alsike, bush, $4.50 to $7.60; do. red clover, bush., $5.75 to $7.75; do. timothy, bush., $2 to $3. Apples, per barrel, $1.50 to $2.25. Dressed hogs, $6.50 to $7.25. Eggs, per dozen, 17 to 18¢. Butter, dairy, 17 to 19¢; do .creamery, 18 to 20c. Chickens, per 1b., 14 to 15¢. Turkeys, per lb., 16 to 18¢. Potatoes, per bag, $125 to $1.30. Cabbage, per dozen, 40 to 50c. Cauliflower, per dozen, $1.25 to $1.75. . Celery, per dozen, 40 to 50c. Beef, hindquarters, $7.50 to $9; do. forequarters, $5.50 to $6.50; do. choice,. carcase, $7 to $7.25; do. medium, carcase, $6 to $6.50. Lambs, yearling, $10 to $11. Mutton, per cwt., $7.50 to $9. Veal, por ovt., $7.50 to $9. , VANCOUVER DRY Dock CereplenmenB iorinine > â€"A al :mll. Wheat is higher, with sales | of 100 bushela of white at 94c. Oats | are easier, 500 bushels selling at 37 selling at $10.50 to $11 a ton. Dresged hogs are unchanged.llght\ being quoted at $7.25 per cwt.. and heavies at $6.50 to $6.75. : Wheat, white, bush., 94¢c; do. red, Ho.yrfln good supply, with pricea weaker; 30 loads sold at $11 to $13 m ton for timothy, and at $7 to $9 for mixed. Straw firmer, two loads Over a Million that of the r has is reâ€" 86 1â€"4 It is announced at Viectoria, B. C., that James J. Bill, of .the Great Northern Railway, and _ Wiliiam Randolph Hearst, candidate for the Democratic nomination for the Unitâ€" ed Elates Presidency, will start a morning newspaper in Victoria at Lovernor Odell, of New:; York, has signed a bill reducing from 2 to 1 per cent. the tax on premiums â€" of insurance companiee of other coun* trites. ‘This is to meet the Canadian mrate. Fire hkas destroyed the village of Richmond Corner, N. B. It was for years the terminus of the New Brunswick and Canada â€" Railwasy. Fourteen buildings were burned. Revr. Robert Renston, of Sacraâ€" mento, Cal., who had been appointed to the rectorship of St. John‘y Church, Leamington, has declined the position. * * Walter Stewart, rancker, of Daâ€" visburg, Alberta, was _ drowned while attempting to cross the Row ’l‘uver. near Okotoks, Man., on Friâ€" The draft estimates submitted bs the Toronto City Treasurer call for a tax rate of 19 7â€"8 mills, which the Board of Control hbopes to reâ€" duce to 19 mills. Mir. W. T. Stead, in the Review of Reviews sees in Mr. Winston Churchâ€" 11 a coming party leader in view of his appreciation of labor claims. «o vign tpnewats it +7 A Japanese doctor at the Serum Institution, Copenhagen, has discoyvâ€" ered a positive antidote for the bite of a rattlesnake. ALl New York Hon. Sydney Fisher, Canadian Minister of Agriculture, was clected Viceâ€"President of the Amerâ€" lcan Guernsey Cattle Club. The Manitoba Government is reâ€" ported to have sold 256,000 acres of land to a Duluth company for over $1,600,000. According to reports reccived fully one thousand deer are lying dead in the French River district as a result of the unusasally cold winter. The British Fire Preventive Commitâ€" toee is offering a gold medal and £20 for the best {fable teaching the danâ€" gor of playing with matches or fire. Mr. T. Eaton, of Toronto, was thrown from his carriage yesterday and shaken up, but no bones wers broken. The first election in the newly in corporated village of Chaisworth r« sulted in the return of Mr. Thoma McGill as Reeve. The acreage of wheat in Great Britain last year was 150,000 loss than in 1902. Bir Hibbert Tupper has returned to Ottawa from England. Winnipeg‘s assessment is £48.:000,â€" 000 and the population 67,000. A complany of U. 8. infantry was ambushed by Morog, and two ofâ€" ficers and fifteen men wore killied date The Canadian Northern â€" Railway has also issued a report on the seeiâ€" ing for the week ending May 7. According to a report the seeding Several istations «on the main line, La Riviere and Souris branches, report "Acreage same as last year." Allowing that the report is a fair indication of general conâ€" ditions, a â€" conservative estimate places the tatal number of the acres under crop in the whole Northwest, Manitoba and the torâ€" ritories at 4,300,000. WThe proporâ€" tion would be: Manitoba, ©2,390,â€" the Territories, 1,900,000 acros. reported. . Rouleau, Weyburn and Yellow _ Grass, the remaining ;di~â€" tricts, reoging from 10 to 25 per cent. iA 8 Toâ€"day‘s report is â€" significantly important as giving the first stateâ€" ment on the actual acreage. Figâ€" ures from the district Along the Prince Albert branch are Aladdinâ€" like, the Saskatoon agent reportâ€" ing an increase of 200 (per ceni., while the Average for the whole branch is 65 per cent., a 50 per cent. incrgase along other lines is \ Winnipeg, May 16.â€"The first crop report of the year, compled by tho Canadian â€" Pacifi¢c | Rainlway, »issueg toâ€"day, tells a story of magnifiont prospects for 1904‘s wheat crop, From every station in the grainâ€" growing belt along the main line of the railway, agents amdvise that their districts are showing a maâ€" terial increase in â€" acreage â€" under crop, with only two exceptions, and everywhere weather is "fTine and favorable." The Acreage in the West Has Greaty Increased. FINE PROSPECTS FOR CROPS, Both these are works of art, ang will be «sent to the Archaeologieat Musoum in this «ity. | > Other very interesting finds have been made, among these a portraiy statue of the king, cut in solid rock, and another gimilar to it reopresen;. ing King Aalmanagsar IL, covereq with the «kin of a lion. & x9 3 fis k ‘This palace is undoubtedly ons of those which Sardanapalus had buil; in his capital in the seventh centur, before Christ. One of the palaces which has now boeen unearthed i8 literally covereq with descriptions, describing t»» glorious reign of the famous King of Assyria, the last descendant of Sep,. iramis. A > This last discovery, consisling of five palaces and a large tomple in only: slightly â€" damaged _ condition, will now permit the historian to construct and locate the principal events of the reign of Sardanapalus, of whose history only very little has been known hberetofore, and this j» not substantiated by any proofs. PALACES BROUGHT TO LIGHT. interred at Babyion. Bor.in,May 16.â€"The Society of Gog. man Urmentausts reports that they have made a historicalâ€"dissovery of the grearest interest in the Vailley of the Tigris, where for some years they have been busey exploring the ruins of old Babylon. Five Dwellings of sardanapalus Dis~ progressed very favorably to o t0 F WG* MA# &he was alwa; sought her own 1 been forced upon which she had co take the drawbi ishe found that ly in taking he Dne of the first 1 »d about was th "Shall band . *"That I shall, you too. Lady going; every 0o Je worl Zard on 1 he veilthe ger £4L i1 V not It Violk #.1 8 T this i sw TI mg 1 see m was A O % OiC M M H U it to M H H A H H k\ mi im * emio He H d T 11M W uh