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K.-"' PR 5;»' in ctéansing the temple. II. The nobleman‘s request (vs. 46, 47). 46. Again into Canaâ€"Where His disciples witnessed the first display of His power, and where their faith in Him as the Messiah was confirmed. _ Very likeiy he was again entertained in the home of Nathanael. A certain nobleman Literally, "one belonging to the king." Herod Antipas was king at this time, and this man was probably some high officer of Herod‘s court. Some think he was Chuza, Herod‘s steward or clhamberâ€" lain, whose wife. Joanna, ministered to Jesus (Luke vii1. 3). The miraculous healing of the nobleman‘s son resowbles the healing of the centurion‘g servant (Matt. viii. 5 and Luke vii. 1), put must not be confounded with it. Sonfwas sick â€"Very sickâ€"awith " Ya d Di ease~and" Hesayaif n cCn m low. ‘TROfC is misu. tw nalnnne ue Wolk x Lo. Ameard oi D Te in pouels i trimery t pedaves se woell northwost ‘(.‘o'm‘t.“i‘:"a“m_‘\ > ?n‘the Boon after t.};ii Je-n}'he P e '?f i Aati hi« h C * * made Capernaum is home. mateatni) Satst t P AAW Cl K. &0 second year, April, A. D. 28, just after the Passover, when He visited Nazareth amd was there rejected by His own kinsâ€" men. His "own country," then, meant Nazareth, where He had grown up. Read Luke iv. 24; Mark vi. 2; Matt. xiili. 57. 45. Into Galileeâ€"The country of CGalilee. He had accomplished His journey from Judea. _ His stop in Samaria was for two days only. _ Received Himâ€"This does not mean that none rejected Him, but where He went He was welcomed. His first miracle there, nearly a year beiore, was still in their memory} and it was only a few weeks after that when tlfose same countrymen met Him at the Pyssover, and there witnessed other miracles and a display of His authority pains to get heip for his great respect to . himsolf, when he mig vant: and he besoug man in authority, so: might have ordered J groatest men, when must become beggars Sunday Bchool. Introduction.â€"In this lesson w the closing event of the first ) Christ‘s public ministry. Aifter 1 ing two days at Sychar ?(_ & Introduction.â€"In this lesson we have the ciosing event of the first year of Christ‘s public ministry. Aiter remainâ€" ing two days at Sychar of Samaria teaching the people and making many disciples, Jesus continued His journey nortnward, as He planned when He left Judea, and came to Cana of Galilee, where ten months or so before He had wrought a miracle at & wedding, and where was the home of Nathanael. While here He healed the son of a nobleman. The next three months give us no record of Jesus. According to Andrews, the disciples departed to their homes in Galâ€" ilee, and Jesus lived in retirement until March, when He attends the Passover. Then began His second year. Commentary.â€"I. Jesus received as a prophet (ve. 43â€"40). 43. After two days â€"The two days mentioned in verse 40. Caliieeâ€"The centre ol life and activity in Palestine at that time. It contained three millions of people. There was a large foreign population, and the Jews were more ready to receive the Gospel than in the south. 4. His own country the Saviour of sinners. It is this selfishâ€" ness of spirit that Jesus now rebukes. The words of this verse are, as it wore, an ejaculation, a thinking aloud of Jesus. He sees that to awaken this man he must more than heal his son; he must do that siga and an additional wonder. He must so heal him as to arouse the man to reflection, ard then may come a true faith.â€"â€"Whedon. 49. Come down, etc.â€"This discussion of faith was as loss of time to him. He cannot stop to answer the rebuke, to argue the ease or to defend his character. It is his son alone that fills his thoughts. But his earnestness shows a *bolief in Christ‘s power, which will soor cause him to acknowledge his child‘s Saviour as divine. 59. o thy wayâ€"This would be a great test to the man‘s faith, but he was ready for it. Thy son livethâ€"The healâ€" ing is granted, but without Jesus leayâ€" ing Cana. Until new the father had believed on the testimony of others. Now his faith is to rest on a better supportâ€"on the personal contact which he has just had with the Lord himself. INTiHRNATIONAL LESsON NO. VIl FEEBRVUALY 12TH, 1905. Now his faith is to rest on a better supportâ€"on the personal contact which he has just had with the Lord himself. â€"GCGodet. The man believedâ€"This is an instance of the power of Jesus to conâ€" vince the mind; to soothe doubts; to confirm faith,. and to meet our desires. â€"Barnes. Had our God gone with him as he wished, his unbelief could rot have been fully removed. God always bestows his gifts in that way in which his glory is best promoted and our etoznal interest secured.â€"Clarke. _ The had believed in Christ‘s power to heal, now he believes in his word and acts word... . > . + The Se n 11 t test men, wiaen , become beggar es of sorrow a; o Christ. Whe rid us, we turn xower sand love to Christ from cous helplessn« a certain shoe cont ecoud Miracie in Canaâ€"John 4: 13â€"34 ud disc ousi 41 spokenâ€"Before this he 311 CH SERcH ons en es he Sea of Galilee. made Capernaum '."P“"*Ah!y through ho had Pan at the t himself WItuâ€"aad ‘apernaum was not N & wa l aordi us of LWDSs our need of which must Sha River. Noâ€"!DS W A . person whq’ has m times during t}¢ eventful week, assured ‘the _corre Majesty was 1ggs concern! pied Sunday ahd Monday Mitke befors goritical « th IV. Faith rewarded (vs. 51â€"54.) going | downâ€"From Cana to Capernaum. Met himâ€""While the father was descending the hillsides with trust and peace, they were ascending them with glad news." Thy son livethâ€"Meaning the same that Jesus meant when he used the same ::;dsâ€"that he would recover !irom l:ehis ness, with the of lengthenâ€" ed life. 52. T!u.gl enP;:.irPeedctbeâ€"â€"}lis faith was rewarded. He had believed the word and received its fulfillment. It was his his delight to consider the works of 53. The father knewâ€"Everything was clear to his understanding. It was while he was beseehing the Saviour that his prayer was anrswered, though at the time he knew it not. Mortais can tell more of what they have experienced than they can claim by faith. The diliâ€" gent comparing of the works of Christ with His words will be of great use to confirm our faith. As the word of God, well studied, will help us to unâ€" derstand His providerces, so the proviâ€" dences of God, wellâ€"observed, will help us to understand His word.â€"Com. Com. Himself..Whole houseâ€"Believed in the divine claims of Jesus. This is the earlâ€" iest mention of "household faith." The mother, the sisters, brothers, servants â€"the entire familyâ€"had shared in the anxiety, and now accepted the .claims of the Messiah. Faith is graciously conâ€" tagious. â€"Pul. Com. "The miracle preâ€" served the blossom and hopes of the family; this affected them all, and enâ€" deared Christ to them. This was a nobleâ€" man and probauvly he had a great houseâ€" hold; but when he comes into Christ‘s school, he brings them all with him. What a blessed chance was there _ in this house, occasioned by the sickness of the child. This should reconcile us to afflictions, we know not what good may follow from them." "1. Note the progress and growth of his faith: (1) He had faith in Jesus as a worker . of miracles. (2) He had faith to seek Jesus for relief for his son. (3) After secing Jesus he had faith in His word. (4) He had faith in Jesus as the Messiah, so strong as to openly confess him. 2. Note the quality of his faith: (1) It was faith overcoming many obstacles. (2) It was V‘ Butkh navamntenit faw athors. {(3) It was Whistied a Lively Air Before Sizhi!\g A 4 Ukase 4 A London, Jan. 30./â€"The _Petersburg..CQrâ€" respondert of the e! says that if the Czar has chan s resifence several times of latc®* Jlely out of consideration for from a sep af personal Jusvt y ____; _ amg toâ€"®"." Skase ADU!!""~ ing the %p"_,"v::vbrs\‘uf-%@a"lumlnlstmt!on and appointing _ Generai Trepoff Governorâ€" General, His Majesty was whistling a lively air in his apartments in the palace while writing remarks on the loyal addresses, which continue to come slowly in. The reigning Empress is, according to the corresâ€" pondent, equally brave and supremely indifâ€" ferent to all interests, being wrapped up in the Imperial baby, whom both its parenis positively adore. a faith exercised for others. (3) It was a reasonable faith, based on facts. (4) It was a faith that led to an avowed discipleship." 54. Second miracleâ€" Not the second miracle Jesus had wrought (ehap. iii. 2; v. 45), but the second in Galilee. A God, ard to note the beauty and harâ€" mony between his word and his work At the seventh hourâ€"Definite time, deâ€" finite work. "This was either one o‘clock p. m., acording to the Jewish reckoning, or seven o‘clock p.m., according to one Roman reckoning. The latter explains best why the nobleman did not go home the same night. But it is quite possible that he went as far towards home as he could possible that night and was completing the journey early the next day.‘ The Dowager Empress, on the contrary, keenly appreciates the difficulties of tne sitâ€" vuation, and is terribly distressed in conseâ€" Ton Steerage Passengers Died on the Vaderland. ‘ New York, Jan. 30.â€"Ten steerage pasâ€" sengers died at sea on the Red Star Line steamer â€" Vaderlard, which arrived here from Antwerp Jan. 24. The cause of death was given as congestion of the lungs and pneumonia, and the vessel was passed at quarantine. ‘Toâ€"day seven hundred stecrage passengers were not permitted to jland when the steamer came up to her dock, and by order of the health officer the Vaderland was sent back to quarantine. Among the questions which will come before _ the investigating board are; "Were the passengers on the Vaderland properly fed?" "Did the employees of the steamship company sell the steerage passengers food, knowing that the pasâ€" sengers could not eat the stecrage rations*" "Did the steerage passengers receive proper medical attention?" Of the ten steerage passengers who died eight wore buried at sea. Autopâ€" sies were performed on the other two bodies, arnd Dr. Doty has ordered comâ€" plete bacteriological examinations to be made in each case. The Vaderland sailed from Antwerp on Jan. 14. The first death occurred two days later, three died on the 20th, three on the 22nd, one on the 23rd and two on the 24th. _ The ship‘s surgeon and two physicians who were in the first cabin gave it as their opinion that death primarily was due to exhaustion, exposâ€" vre and poor nutrition. HOW CAME THEY TO DIE > Cl czAR KEEPS 6QOL. M’f""“‘ IB"!.llcmm, t# toâ€"WY‘s ukase abolishâ€" powers ‘M’*%"’Admlnlstratian + Generat Trepoff Governorâ€" }{g‘n‘?\g a ARRESTS B) Some Five Thousand Russians Put in Jail. Many Sent Off to Siberia Without Trial. St. Petersburg, Jan. 30.â€"While outâ€" wardly the capital is resuming its norâ€" mal appearance, the shops reopening, the newspapers reapparing, and the troops partly vanishing _ from the streets, there is quiectly going on a stern repression of the revolution by wholesale _ arrests. General Trepoff‘s agents, working at night, raid the homes of those _ whose names are marked down in the Governorâ€"Genâ€" eral‘s bureau, and seize the occupants even from their beds. It is believed that some five thousand persons have been thus transferred to prison, a large number being of _ the professional class. More than 150 of them _ are women, many of them ladies of refineâ€" ment and education, who were surâ€" prised in their beds. They were comâ€" pelled to dress forthwith and accomâ€" pany the officers, a hundred of the prisoners are lawyers, who were inâ€" stantly started for Siberia without the pretense of a trial. It may be assumâ€" ed that these wholesale seizures _ are not only for the object of intimidating the people. but also, if necessary, to furnish the Government with hostages in future contingencies. A. a‘tl‘ikji hag qlso begun at the wire works. Men singf‘.Lg songs and â€" blowâ€" ing trumpets, went from â€"factory to factory, ealling owt the workers. Some of the mills aresgtill working. A gendarme was shot dead toâ€"day while in thef@ct of wresting a flag Keep Emperor at His Post Almost by Force. London, Jan. 30.â€"News â€" from _ all parts «of Russia indicate a universal spread of â€" revolt, but the populace nearly everywhere is learning the terâ€" rible lesson of the impotence of _ bare fists against guns and sabres, and that revolution in the form of street deâ€" monstrations against he military | has failed, as fail it must. This is no guarâ€" antee for the security of the present despotism. On the contrary, all posâ€" sessing real knowledge of the situaâ€" tion take a gloomy view of the outâ€" look. Grand Duke Viadimir Blamed for the Trouble. Minister of the Interior Sviatopolkâ€" Marsky has promised a delegation of editors who called upon him that he will investigate the arrest of several prominent writers who are now conâ€" fined in the St. Peter and St. Paul fortress _ and secure their release as soon as possible. r In the â€" meanwhile the strike _ is spreading to other industrial centres. At Libau, a town and seaport of Rusâ€" sia on the Baltic Sea, with a populaâ€" tion of about 30,000, the workmen were compelled to leave the factories _ and mills by the more militant faction of the strikers, The telegraph lines were damaged. It is generally conceded that t'h:*‘.'n! mdey sHu0L UOWHe soon will be a brief period of apparent Riga, Russia, Jan. 30.â€"The strikers on calm. Then will come the real strugâ€"| the suburban factories here toâ€"day atâ€" gle. It will be the struggle of despotâ€"| tempted to enter the town, but were opâ€" ism, and there will be no compunclion | posed by troops, who fired, killing or in the solection of means to the end it wounding many persons. The strikers view. _ Plots take time for preparation : were dispersed. and execution. _ There are millons ofi The encounter occurred near the conspirators in Russia at the present Tukkum railroad station. The strikers moment, and hundreds of plots are attacked the troops and attempted to already hatching. _ The St. Petersburg disarm them when the order was given editors told Prince Mirsky the truth to fire. Thirty workmen were killed or yesterday, when they declared the time wounded, and a subâ€"chief of police and was at hand when the Government no two soldiers were mortally wounded. longer would be able to rely on the All the workshops and factories are troops. _ Thousands of propagandists closed. The strikers paraded the streets are now sapping the allegiance of tre and forced all workmen to join in the military. procession. European students of the situation are devoting their attention to the disâ€" eovery of the reai object of the Grand Ducal coterie in creating Sunday‘s crisis. It is the general belief that (Grand Duke Vladimir and his associâ€" ates deliberately sought a collision with the people instead of seeking to avoid it. _ Few credit the monstrous stupidity of the assumption that any group of men would seek to terrorize 140,000 others by the shooting of a few thousand in the belief that the reâ€" mainder would then become loyal subâ€" jects. So we have toâ€"day elaborate stories ascribing to Grand Duke Vhadiâ€" mir the ambition to usurp the throne. Vladimir Not Ambitious. These reports may be rejected withâ€" out hesitation. Vladimir‘s life, if he succeeded in seizing the Crown, would not be worth six weeks‘ purchase, and be knows it. He is not a clever man, but he is too clever to resort to such a form of suicide. He could have reached the throne by other means beâ€" fore the present crisis had such been his ambition. _ It is a matter of almost common â€" knowledge that the Czar, more than once, wes desirous of abdiâ€" cating before the present crisis and before the birth of an heir. _ It is well known also that his younger brother did not desire to succeed him, and the unpopular Vladimir comes next. The truth is that Grard Duke Vladimir, Grand Duge Serge and other members of the Imperis' family have kept Nichalos at his post almost by force. 1f current rgwort in St. Petersburg may be believed they are doing so toâ€" day. _ Vladimir‘s appetites are sensual, and it is his amusement to be the power behind the throne. He has no desire to curb his debaucheries by the restrictions of imperial prominence. WHOLESALE. ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO | "As you see the city .is perfectly tranâ€" quil. _ There has been no disorders since Sunday, and there will be noune, ‘in spite of the exaggerated alarmist reâ€" ports with which foreign countries have been flooded. I am in a position to guarantee the peace and safety of the city. _ The workmen have already begun Ao return to work, but it is hardly posâ€" ; sible for a general resumption of work | to occur before Monday. You have read I my proclamation. The vast majority of ; the workmen were deceived into assoâ€" ciating themselves with . a political movement. The Government intends to | do everything possible under the daw | to see that they receive justice." l "What of the future ? People talk of a revolution or an era of bombâ€"throwâ€" He is contented to remain a robber of the public fuads, and to indulge his passions with th» proceeds. _ ___" _ ~ Grand Duke t‘erge is less brutal, but he is likewise a thief, and lover of tyranâ€" nical power. ‘Thsse men and their assoâ€" ciates are contented with the situation so long as they «re able to control the sovereign. Danger of loss of this control would drive ther: to any crime, however atrocious. His danger actually arose a month ago when the Czar decided to grant the essential features of the Zemstvos demands. The decree was even in print whep Serge arrived from Mosâ€" cow, and ig association with Vladimir and others of the family interfered. The situation was the same as when Alexanâ€" der deciaed to give a constitution to the people. _ Alexander refused to yield to his extourage, and they killed him. Nichâ€" olas, who is weakly, gave way, tried to compromise, and became so erratic that his mentors apparently determined to commit him irrevocably to a policy of repression. They perhaps believe now they can make him a scapegoat if the situation becomes desperate, and probâ€" ably continue to control the empire through a regency. They would be able also to use the situation as a g:‘:text for stopping the war. Whatever may be the real object of their policy they beâ€" lieve that it can be turned to their adâ€" vantage to prolong their influence as the power behind the Russian throne. It is a policy of desperate adventure, but they are desperate men, and are utterâ€" ly lacking in ordinary human compuneâ€" tions. Confident That Crisis is Over and Proâ€" clamation Will Have Effect. St. Petersburg, Jan. 30.â€"Governorâ€" (Gieneral Trepoff, in an interview . this afternoon says : "There are stories of wholesale arâ€" rests *" it was suggesued. "‘There have been no arroests since 1 assumed the Governorâ€"Generalship yesâ€" terday. â€" The Government cannot perâ€" mit conspirators against it to plot and agitate as they please." "Is Maxim Gorky under arrest ?" "He is not in St. Petersburg, which is the extent of my jurisdiction." "Where is Father Gopon ?" "I cannot tell you." In concausion, Governorâ€"General ‘Treâ€" poffi said the Government had nothing to conceal. He was ready at all times to answer proper queseions. ing." t Kovno is calm. Some of the factories were reopened this morning, but they were closed later. _ The street cars have stopped running. _ Troops _ are patroling and bands of workmen are parading the streets, but there _ has ben no disorder. Thousands of persons gathered at the railway station toâ€"day at Helsingfors, to welcome seven persons who returned from banishment under the decree perâ€" mitting exiles to reâ€"enter Finland. ‘Iwo others, the Counts Creutz, father and son, did not arrive, having been arrestâ€" ed on the wav. The encounter occurred near the Tukkum railroad station. The strikers attacked the troops and attempted to disarm them when the order was given to fire. Thirty workmen were killed or wounded, and a subâ€"chief of police and two soldiers were mortally wounded. Strikers Attempted to Enter Townâ€" Many Shot Down. All the workshops and factories are closed. The strikers paraded the streets and forced all workmen to join in the procession. Riga is a seaport town of Russia, sitâ€" vated on the Gulf of Riga, 360 miles. southwest of St. Petersburg. In populaâ€" tion it is the fifth city of the empire, having about 200,000 inhabitants. Oneâ€" half the population is German, the reâ€" mainder being Russians and Letts in equal parts, with nearly 5,000 foreignâ€" ers and 2,000 Esthonians. Riga is a great market for the export of timber and. flax as well as for all sorts of cerâ€" eals, especially oats, and is the capital of the Government of Livonia and the seat of the Governorâ€"General. Swinburne‘s Warning to Czar. London, Jan. 2;.â€"The following poem by Algernon Charles Swinburne, entitled "Czar! Louis XVL! Absit Omen!" apâ€" peared toâ€"day in the Pall Mall Gazette: Peace on his lying lips, and on his hands Blood, smiled and cowed the tyrant, seeâ€" ing afar His bondslaves perish and acclaim their Czar. Now sheltered scarce by Murder‘s loyal hands Clothed on with slaughter, naked else he standsâ€" He flies and stands. Not now the blood red star That marks the face of midnight, As a Tyranny trembles on the brow it brands, And shudders toward the pit where deathless death Leaves no life more for liars and slayers to live. * Fly, coward, and cower while there is time to fly. Cherish awhile thy _ terrorâ€"shortened _ breath, 4 Not .;i thy grandsire dide, if justice ve Judgment. but slain by judgment thou shalt die. TREPOFF OPTIMISTIC. RIOT AT RIGA. plies. _ Specifications for finished proâ€" ducts are said to be coming in very freely. Anthracite coal is in good deâ€" mand. and bituminous is firmer. ‘There is clained to be some subsidence of the long continued eager demand for copâ€" per. bui that melal and tin are actually firmer ou the week. The strength and activity in the leather and shoe trades is practically country wide,. CANADIAN FAILUCDES. Insolvencies in the Dominion of Canâ€" ada during the year 1904, as reported by R. G. Dun & Co., were much more nu: merous and involved a far heavier inâ€" debtedness thar the preceding year or 1902. Carrying the comparison back still further, it is found that there were more failures in every year of the preâ€" ceding eight, and liabilities were larger in five years of the previous decade. in other words, the commercial mortality in Canada was something below the ayâ€" | erage last year, which is particuilarly | gratifying when some allowance is mad~ ; for the gradual extension of business inâ€" to new territory and the normal increase in population. Manufacturing insolvenâ€" eies were 307 in number and $4,136.908 in amount, against 227 failures for $3,â€" ‘ 043218 in 1903; trading defaults numâ€" | bered 914 and involved $6,577,788, comâ€" |pred with 725 for $4,243.543 in the previous year; other commercial failâ€" \ ures were 25 in number and $679,421 in | amount of defaulted _ indebtedness, as |mim§ 26 failures for $255,033 in 1903; DPressed hogs are latter for light. Detroit .. Duluth ..« St. Loulis . Toledo .+ Mew York .â€" . AALWO TCU" U haa?t uo “b:{lg o:’. IJ:!::nper lb.; retfl(er:tor bget. ye to 9%c per Ib.; sheep, 12¢ to 18¢ por lb. Toronto Live Stock Markets. Recel) of live stock at the City Cattle u"k,gp‘:ere 65 car loads, composed of 748 cattle, 1,1«Dhogs. 1,092 sheep and lambs, about 70 calves. "'i";o quality of fat cattle was fair, but trade was the worst of the season thus far. Prices for both oxpomtars; m:: butchers‘ were 15 to 20c per cwt. lower. ml)?.nx‘porteuâ€"'rh;t”c was only a limited numâ€" ber of export cattle ofered. . Prices ranged from $4 to $4.90 per ewt.; export bulls sold at $3 to $4 per cwt. Butchersâ€"Picked lots of butchers‘ sold at $ to $4.25 per ewt.; loads of good at $3.85 to $4; premium at $3.25 to $3.50; common, $2.50 to $3; inferior," $2 to $2.50 per cwt. Milch Couâ€".:l;o,\)lth.;ssmflg:. cows and ingers sold a + ea "5... (;;lvesâ€"â€"a‘e:enty veal calves sold at .50 to r cwt. “sheep nr Lambsâ€"Export ewes sold at $4.9 to $4.75 per cwt.; bucks at $3.2% to $2.15 per ewt.; lambs at $5.50 to $6.50 per cwt. Hogsâ€"About 1,200 hogs were bought by Mr. Harris at an advance of 20 per eent. Selects sold at $5.30 and lights and fats at $5.0% per ecwt. Bradstreet‘s on Trade. Bradstreet‘s says: The holdingâ€"off tenâ€" dency hitherto noted in the cotton goods trade still continues, but in woolâ€" len goods, fall fabrics have been opened at a notable advance; the shoe and leaâ€" ther trade show increased activity. Hardâ€" ware and groceries are being sold freely, and lumber is strong at higher fn‘l&? t.hap last year, and with manufacturers active, though ultimate distribution is curtailed by seasonable influence. With the exception of the south and portions of the southwest, where low priced cotâ€" ton affects collections and clouds the future, the feeling is one of great confiâ€" dence in the future, and particularly as to the first half of the present year‘s business. Collections are irregular, beâ€" ing the best in the northwest and cenâ€" tral west,.und poorest. in the south. Iron and stee] in its crudest forms have been rather quiet and weak. The leading inâ€" terest in the trade is now negotiating for a further 100,000 tons of pig for deâ€" livery in the first half of this year, and outside consumers manufacturing their own pig are said to be short of supâ€" Milch Cows springers sold Veal Calves $3.50 to $6 per Fe d o e Ew mt l dot APrainant w s 4 .28 T L a total of 1,24G6 defaults and $11,394,117 liabilities, compared with only 978 f«ilâ€" ures for $7,552,724 in the precedinrg year, As to location, the losses were mzon more numerous in the Province of OQOntaâ€" rio than in 1903, and there was also a gain in amount of liabilities, but the net change for the year was slightl; less satisfactory in Quebec. Liabilitra® in British Columbia more than doubled, rising above a million dollars, while the returns from New Brunswick compared most favorably with those of 190%2, What We Owe the Shark. (Duluth Newsâ€"Tribune.) The smiling shark may eat a man now and thenâ€"though scientists doubt itâ€" but if he does man gets even. He makes tinned soup and jelly of the llnfl.infi shark‘s fins, extracts fine machinery oi from his liver, makes handsome leather of his skin, walking sticks from his backbone, and many useful articles from his jawbones and teeth,. Do you wonder that the shark takes a nip at a man‘s leg now and then? Lots of people are poundâ€"foolish who aren‘t even penny wise, Leading Wheat British lity of fat cattle was fair, NUE the worst of the season thus far. both oxportgrs_’ig_nd butchers‘ were ish Cattle Markets. a. 2%.â€"Live cattle are quoted per lb.; refrigerator . beef, ye .; sheep, e to 13¢ per lb. o Live Stock Markets. live stock at the City Cattle 65 car loads, composed of 748 hogs, 1,09% sheep and lambs, calves. > fat cattle was Tair, but Markets. May. .$ 1.15% 1.13%4 1.13% 1.18% 1.14% July. $ 1.02% 1.02% 1.12% 0.95% 1.01 112%4 Lo e OmE PPOR PEMIP CR itâ€" track and toppled over. The engine ikes was partly torn away and the driver ilj_ns burled off. ‘ oi ‘The engine ran away at terrific speed ther covered several miles. Escaping steam his hctv-urluflymuau‘uunhenn rom and brakeman, who could not reach ols > Phnsmalks a6 ulC I As the men were in such cl« imity to each other, Kaiser c give his arm full play, and â€" | lives of Riley and Webb wo Both men jumped from the cab, profusely, and were carried int 1. Reid‘s drug store, at the « ! Queen and Euclid. _ _____ Why He Favors Refo:m London, â€" Jan. 30.â€"Speaking of his constituents At Manchester, Premier Balfour denied the assertion that he had been vague regarding the _ fiscal x C C PC Mess wMaVAR MPOCC 7 Fey mer OO CE quaestion. Tl his utterances Mr. Morâ€" ley had offered a reward to anybody who could state his fiscal policy on a sheet of note paper. _ He would do it on half a sheet, holding up a sheet of note paper, from which he read: "First, I desire such an alteration of the fiscal system as will give us freedom of action, which is impossible while we hold ourâ€" selves bound by the maxim that no taxation should be imposed except for revenue. "I desire this freedom in the main for three reasons; It will strengthen our hands in negotiations by which we may hope to lower foreign hostile tariffs, it may enable us to protect the fiscal inâ€" dependence of those eolonies which deâ€" sire to give us preferential treatment, it may be useful where we wish _ to check the importation of those forcign goods, which, because they are bountyâ€" fed or uriff-promted abroad, are sold below cost price here. “Secoll(lly,t I desire closer commercial union with the colonies which have given that _ policy much support. I think it might produce great and grow» ing commercial advantages both to the colonies and the mother country by proâ€" moting freer trade between them. Such commercial union is beset with many difficulties, but those can best be dealt with by the colonial conference, _ proâ€" vided its objects are permitted to hbe discussed unkampered by limiting in« structions. I recommend that the sub» ject shall be referred to the conference on these term#«. '.-“i;;{l)'; I do not desire to raise home prices for the purpose of aiding home withdrawn. Insane Man Pulled a Razor and Cut His Attendants. I insane a few days ago, and it was feared that he would harm the other inmates, it was decided to remove him to the asylum. He and the men who removed him ieft in a cab, and when they had reached the corner of Queen strect and Euclid avenue Kaiser drew a razor from his pocket and with two eweeps of his arm slashed his two attendants, inflictâ€" inghl serious wound on the neck of each. The engine ran away at terrific speed and covered several miles. Escaping steam and hot water nearly scalded to death the fireman and brakeman, who could not reach the throttle to stop her. The engine did not stop until the steam 'lzru.(ea. **The driver, who dragged by the wreckâ€" z of the cab several as conâ€" m.:t ?'n:l::s:' u:ach the :fl'lv&. fencing crawl on it bhalf a mile Web!l, C. P. R. Adopts Extensive Scheme of Betterments. » Montreal, Jan. 30.â€"The C. P. R. directors propose to spend upwards of $4,000,000 in betâ€" terments this year. The larger part of this great sum will be given over to the wost, and Mr. William White, who has charge of that part of the system, left toâ€"night (or Toronto on the way to Winnipeg. | Before Mr. White left, however, a decision was arâ€" rived at as to the expenditures under his jurisdiction. Stoessel, have had their sympathy turned into derision, believing that a more discreditab!e surrender was never recorded in history. Had the Kaiser waited until he had received the reports from the German and othor miliâ€" tary attaches, he could never have conferre:d the Order of Merit upon General Stoessel. After being. att the injured men ambulance ta 5 Riley was injure Five hundred miles of new standard rails will be laid between Montreal and Vancouver during the year. Bridges will be replaced and renowed, grades improved and terminal facilities increased. In every way possible the intention is to work towards the shortenâ€" ing of the passenger time tables on the main stretches, and to add to the equipment ior handling freight in general ana wheat frowm the west in particular. Most Discreditable Surrender Recorded in History. (Toronto Globe.) London, Jan. 20.â€"The London corresponiâ€" ent of the Times telegraphs a long account of his recent visit to Port Arthur. He is 2t a loss to assign a cawse for the surrondor creditable to the Russians. After a care{il examination of the city, the fortifications an the harbor, he reached the conclusion th»t there was no lack of troops, ammunition, food, nor any ot Rer essential thing. All n« counts, he says, agree in condemning General Stoessel, who, if he had rot been checked by General Kondrachenkeo, would have capitulstâ€" ed weeks before. All accounts, too, agree in condemning the majority of the Russian of(iâ€" cers, who had more fear of a failure of ther comforts than of ammunition. All praise the courage of the Russian rank and file, who were in many cases shamefully commandcd. All agree that no man less deserved the title of hero than Stoessel. Those who have witnessed the condition of the fortress, conâ€" trasting the evidence of their eyes with the astounding misrepresentations _ of General "ISTNAX, N. S., Jan. 30.â€"A train crew on the Dominion Atlantic had a thrilling: escope from death on a runaway engine toâ€"day, The engine, with a snow plow, left Annapolis for Digby this morning. ‘The plow jumped the track and toppled over. ‘The engine cab was partly torn away and the driver was burled off. ‘The contract for the second track of main line from Fort William will not be nounced until Mr. White arrives home. Thrilling Escape From Death of a Train Crew, Halifar, N. 8 BALFOUR GIVES REASON. se w ~< TO SP!A!D FOUR MILLIONS SLASHED BY A LUNATIC A RUNAWAY LOCOMOTIVE. STOESSEL A POLTROON d attended by Dr. W were removed in i . _ Michael‘s Hospit l more severely i m in the Fiscal th h "Yes, he a basket e comes into the foot of "Oh, the stairs out ence, deop! 1 "Yes, ma‘ «tepns, only tbowda y day wl in a hurr) cellar door irto the 1 a little w heard soms thumped as til I was pitying turning na be« LT ige fuli he â€" this "Almost “AIK: M he «a Flore: lost ! 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