J\ | m fe d banches polities. . woes ecaused by the "Nothinc can be f "Nothing can ! thns wrong." w they that answers the ab« t] vus as to call forth a constant and IONG~ svontinued ery of anguish."â€"Grady. who hath contentionsâ€""Nineâ€"tenths of all the brawls and fights and quarrels and misunderstandings _ are . traceable . to drink." "Strong drink first maddens, and then unchaing the tiger. It excites tougue and brain. What quarrels, fightâ€" ings, and even murders, are constantly growing out of the drunkard‘s contenâ€" tions. Strong drink inflames the pa# sions and at the same time removes the restraint of conscience and will."â€"Mereâ€" dith. who hath babbtingâ€""This refers to the tendency of atrong drink to foolâ€" ish and incessant talking, revealing seâ€" wÂ¥cte Â¥ile comversation aud nolsy deâ€" wncemmeon for meln 1(0 COmbMNNM AM I drunken debauch for days and _ even weeks at a time. they that goâ€"To the satoon and to haunts of vice. to seek mixed wineâ€"Wine, the intoxicating powâ€" er of which is incvreased by the infusion of poisonous drugs. "Methods of rectiâ€" fication have greatly increased the evil reâ€"ults of liquorâ€"drinking, and modern methods n(&oiwmms adulteration kave multiplied them to an incalculable deâ€" gree. ~If, before the world knew anyâ€" thing of brandy or whisky, or gin or rum _ drunmkards had woe and sorrow and contentions and complaining and wounds without cause, what immeasurable misâ€" ery have they now! And what misery have their wives and children! And what awful evils do they bring on the community in which they live! And to what a degree does that community ToL. ts ~she â€" veunomsibility of thel Is 1 Th Wi th /"‘-{‘".\‘{"" C m 4° â€"“)\ “‘.‘A\{ ‘@# fall of many. We showid nasten 10 close our eyes to that which we ought not to see. Heart shall utterâ€"When men or women indulge in the use of strong drink they let down the hars to every sin that follows in the train. ‘The heart is the centre of lifo, and from it spring all evil desires. In a st~te of drumkenness men utter things out of reason and contrary to decency. Vehen a man is under the influence of liquor his character is bad and he behaves badâ€" Iy. Alcohol makes criminals. A large per cent. of the inmates of our penal institutions are there through the efâ€" feets of rum. IV. Strong drink leads to folly (v@. 34 LESSON XIII MARCH 29, 1903. Temporance Lesson.â€"Prov. 23: 29â€"35 32. At the last I1 be attended : ins, when it W n in thy veins : ses as hard to .'â€l.“hll"l‘k‘ te to its pleas when it spark tv harm the 6 â€" traveller in the drunkard‘s broad d to death bears a great bundle of â€"s. _ Among them «re losses of time, alent, of purity, of a clean conscience, â€"»lfâ€"respect, of honor, of religion, of soul. The saloon darkens the family, tructs business, arreats industry, im« es progress, deranges plans, estranges tners, lowers personal standing, deâ€" ches politics. Such are a few of the = caused by the saloon.â€"Boardman. Whine cam h« richt to one who is ath tovate drinking id tomptation. + person who « insost eertain 1 which th SUHC. ~~ othly (R W n tra n in the cupâ€"4 brigchtness, 0t rives it ev1 that is _ onk that tarry longâ€" e aiestions W This verse It is not n! . And g on the And to mmtunit y xi their Aleokol and the nervous system: The same authority «ays: "Aleohol is _ unâ€" questionably a direct and powerful poiâ€" son to the nervous structure. It not only temporarily impairs and prevents the activity of nervous tissue, but in a measure, though at times very minute and almost imperceptible, every dose of it permanertly disables the functional ‘ 1 222 T M matndiol tuting | hoalthy activity of those organs, We sum up the | "I w direct ‘and indirect effects of aleohol | of t so far as they pertain to the nervous | trut system as follows: 1. The loss of moral | pear and ethical sense. 2. Insanity of jealâ€" | rate ousy. 3. Delusional insanity with hallueâ€" | of a inations. 4. Delitinm tremens, 5. Epilep | dece sy. 6. Paralysis. 7. Various inflammaâ€" | feet tion= of nervous tissue. | the "Alcohol is one of the most powerful | in=in agencies engaged in the effort of deâ€" | his grading. depressing and weakening the | to d With conscience seared and selfâ€"respect wone, he boasts of the things which should make him blush with shame. Have beaten .... felt it notâ€"*"Angry companions have done their worst to end my life," says he, "but their blows did not affect me." Wil seek..again Rathr, when shall I awake I will seek it again.â€"Cook,. Relfâ€"control is all gone, The drumkard is a slave to apâ€" petite. Instead of turning to God for morey, he _ returns to the saloon for more of the poison that has brought him thus far on the way to ruin. Temperance Instruction.â€"Alcobol and beredity: Doctor Podstata, suwperintendâ€" ent of the Northern Ilincis Hospital for the Insane, presents "absolutely positive comparative data." «bowing beyond question the baneful effects of alcolro! on offspring. Two groups of parents were formed of ten families each,. One group contained familie who drank alâ€" coholic beverages, the other group was made up of total abstainers. These iwenty familiea were carefully followed for trrelve years. The group of drinkers had a total of fiftyâ€"«even ebildren, Of theee orly tor, that is 17}4 per cent.. were fully normal. The remainder sufâ€" fered from various dissases and malâ€" developments, all of them pointing to degeneracy. Twontyâ€"five of the children died within the first few months of their life. In the other group there were sixtyâ€"one ahildren. Of these only five died within the twelve years. _ Four of the children suffered Jater from discases of the rervous system and two bad eviâ€" dences of malâ€"devebopment. The reâ€" maindor, that is fifty children, constiâ€" tuting 81.9 per cent., remained entirely wHne Eooo ope e Rs 1 it pfl'm:m?n’,l_\'l disables the functional | _ TV. It makes the drinker untruthful, activity of those organs. We sum up the | "I was not sick" (v. 35). One evil effect direct ‘and inditreet effects of alcohol | of the drink is that it makes the sense so far as they pertain to the nervous | truth in the drunkard entirely disapâ€" system as follows: 1. The loss of moral | pear . "There is nothing which deterioâ€" and ethical sense. 2. Insanity of jealâ€" \ rates truthfulness so rapidly as the use ousy. 3. Delusional insanity with hallueâ€" | of aleohol. The drinker becomes crafty, inations. 4. Delitinm tremens. 5. Epilepâ€" | deceitin‘ and untrustworthy. The efâ€" sy. 6. Paralysis. 7. Various inflammaâ€" ’ feet of drink is not so much, to make tion= of nervous tissue. | the lips lie as to make the inner man "Aleohol is one of the most powerful | insincere and deceptive,. Long after all agencies engaged in the effort of deâ€" | his friends know it and are beginning grading, depressing and weakening the | to despair of him, even when he has had human race. It is one of the worst enâ€" | several attacks of delirium tremens and emjes of mankind and one of the most | is a confirmed . dipsomaniac, the most powerful causes of degeneracy. Degenerâ€" ! that he will allow is that he ras some: aey may manifest itself by various phyâ€" | times taken a little more than is good sical imperfections of bodily . developâ€" | for him." mont, but the real dangerous dey_u-nor-! V. It makes mon impure and insolent noy means permanent disability of the | (v. 33). How intimate is the associaâ€" most highly organized tissue of the | tion between licentiousness and drunmkâ€" lodyâ€"â€"the brain and nervous system in | enness. | Thl‘. 'flul‘ooln .al.llll brothel are inâ€" #4.\In the oro‘s lw«d on He is as one falling asleep _ clasping the masthead, whence in a few minutes be must either fall down upon the dock and be dashed to pieces, or fall into the woa and be drowned.â€"Clarke. A drunkâ€" on man fancies himsef secure when in the greatest danger. 45. Have stricken .. not hurt (R. V.) "This is the incbriates‘ contemptuous answer to the admonitions _ of those who warn him of sickness anl wounds." Here is an exhortation to avoid the «in of drunkenmmess. "Look not thou upâ€" on the wine when it is red" (v. 31). The jnice of certain kinds of wine is red when it ferments and becomes intoxicaâ€" ting. The only safe way is to let it enâ€" tirely alone, not even to look upon it. Its very sparkling, bubbling appearance, ii looked upon, may be a source . of temptation. It is the first drink _ that should be avoided. if we would not beâ€" come drunkards, Once we begin to travel in the downward path by taking the liyst drink, the descent is easy, natural mm swift. If we do not "look" upon it, it is evident that we shall not take the first drink and thus endanger _ our souls. That we may heed the exbortaâ€" tin he calls our attention to the perâ€" nicious consequences of using _ strong drink. } I. It brings sorrow and woe (v. 29). They that tarry long at the wincâ€"cup coon bring trouble and woe to themâ€" wives. This follows just as certainly is does effect follow cause,. The drunkâ€" ard is "content and appropriate languâ€" age is that of lamentationâ€"the piteous cry of pain, the agonized exclamation of ery 14 3i Seccien id n â€"uioatmin udleaPhapicabcie oc al it lt rsmorse." II. It embroils men in quarrels (.20). I+ makes them quarrelsome, illâ€"natured, illâ€"tempered, cross and surly, and causes them to do and say things that involve them in difficulties with others. It is the prolifie source of strife and quarrelâ€" ing, in the perpetual _ atmosphere of which the victim of strong drink lives. "When the wine is in, the wit is out and the passions up; and thence come drunkâ€" en seuffles and drunken frays, and drunâ€" ken disputes over the cup." Personal as saults and murders without number are directly traceable to the quarrels inspir ed by the intoxicating bowl. There are many men, who when seber are kind an inoffensive, but who wnen under the in fluence of strong drink are perfect deâ€" ced by the intoxicating bowl. There are many men, who when seber are kind and inoffensive, but who wnen under the inâ€" fluence of strong drink are perfect deâ€" mons, and will strike down their dearâ€" est friends if they should have a real or supposed grievance against them. II. It brings wounds without cause and redness of eyes (v. 29). _ Wounds received in defence of one‘s country are honorable, and we all do honor to the battleâ€"seared veterans of the war, but wounds received in drunken brawls and in the service of lust and passion are marks of infamy. Not only do they reâ€" ceive "the bruise and the gash which reâ€" sult from furious sparrings or unforeâ€" ween falls, but wounds of the spirit, selfâ€"loathing and shame." It places its blighting curse upon the body, and the eves become bloodâ€"shot, bleared, inflamâ€" »d, the features marred and distorted and the looks deformed, which is the exact opposite of the light and clearness and sparkle proper to the hirnan eye. rACTICAL APPLICATION® meomnimenss s woman‘s organism. It quickly calls attention to trouble by aching. It tells, with other symptoms, such as nervousness, headache, pains in the loins, weight in the lower part of the body, that a woman‘s feminine organism needs immediateattention. which speedily removes the cause and restores tie feminine organisnf to a healthy, normal condition is * For six years I have been doctoring for female weakness, heart and rerves, liver and kidne(r trouble, but in Lydia E. Pinkham‘s Vegetable Compound 1 can safely say I have found a cure. _ In such cases the one sure remedy which speedily removes the cause, Mrs. J. A. Laliberte, of 34 Artilâ€" | smyots FIRED BY JEALOUS COUâ€" leric Street, Qmmc, writes to Mrs | SsIN MAY PROVE FATAL. Pinkham : Pagpovitn **I was continually bothered with the most distressing backaches, headaches, and bearing down pains, and I kept growing more and more nervous. " Lydia E. Pinkham‘s Vegetable Comâ€" pound relieved me of all these distressâ€" ing symptoms and made me a well woman. I would advise all suffering women, young or old, to use Lydia E. Pinkham‘s Vegetable Compound." For thirty years Lydia E. Pinkâ€" ham‘s Vegetable Compound, made from roots and herbs, has been the standard remedy for female ills, and has positively cured thousands of women who have been troubled with dlisplacements, inflammation, ulreraâ€" tion, fibroid tumors, irregularities, periodic paing, backache, that hearâ€" ingâ€"down feeling, flatulency, indigesâ€" tion,dizzincss,or nervous prostration. LYDIA E. PINKHAM‘S VEGETABLE COMPOUND FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN. wOMAN‘S BACKACHE to VIII. It ends in irretrievable woe. "At the last it biteth like a serpent and stingeth like an adder" (v. 82). There is an end to the shameless course, and it comes very soon. It does not takt long for the serpent‘s poison to do its deadly work, and the miserable wretch dies without hope and takes his deparâ€" ture to the place of the damned. _ God pity the poor, enslaved drunkard! Oh, the horrors of the accursed rum traffic! Let us do what we can to abolish it. J. T. Logan. New York, March 23.â€"A private cableâ€" gram from Paris was received in this city toâ€"day announcing the death "in Switzerland" of Gregory Gerschunin, the head of the "revised Russian terrorists," whose escape from Siberia in a water cask in November, 1906, furrished a startling and sensational story in bith Europe and America. Man Who Escaped From Siberia in Water Cask is Dead. The back is the malm-fling of oman‘s organism. It quickly calls A FAMOUS REFUGEE makes men inseâ€" a description of a brain. _ "When w not what they < or do." Their ‘HUMMEL RELEASED. ONTARIO ARCHIVEg TORONTO | _ Miss Hancock ran from the house | to the home of a neighbor, Mr«« William ! Kent, where she fell unconscious. Dr. Smith was called and restored the girl ' to consciousness, but failed to locate the i bullet imbedded in her chest, She was | unable to be removed from the home { of Mrs. Kent, where she lies in a critical | condition, Her recovery cannot be asâ€" | sured by Dr. Smith this evening. New York Lawyer Gets Out of Penitentary Toâ€"day. cas>, was releas~l from prison toâ€"Gay. His term was reduced to ten months by the allowarces of good behavior. Humâ€" mo‘l Lad been notified that _ he coud leave the island on the workbkouse boat at 7 o%clock this morning, but he chose to wait until the regular _ boat would make a special trip across the river for make a him Dressodl in dark clothes, of the latest siyle, which he bad ordered in anticipaâ€" tion of his release, Hummel!] entered the boat in the company of his _ nephew, Abraham H. Kaffenburg. Arriving at the pier of the New York shore, they made a quick dash to a waiting automoâ€" bile, and were whirled away before any one could put a question to Hummel, it is said that arrangements _ have been made by Hummel‘s friends for him to sail for Europe within a few days. lis health has been very poor since he has been in the penitentiary, and it is in the hope that it may be restored that the proposed Europcan trip is to be unâ€" Yorng Girl Who Objected to His Atâ€" tentions Lies Critically Wounded â€"Quarre!l Over Valentine Led to d Olean, March 28.â€"Chloa Hancock, the 1%â€"yearâ€"old daughter of Mr. and . Mis. William Hancock of No. 1213 Washingâ€" ton street, was shot twice by her couâ€" sin, Pacy Hill, of Galeton, Pa., this afâ€" ternoon, Jealousy is ascribed as the cause of the deed. Hill has made his home for the past six years with the family which recently came bere from Upon entering her home about 5 o‘clock this afternoon, she noticed the absence of a valentine recently given her by another young man, and | asked her brother, who sat in an adjoining room, where it was. He told her to ask Hill, who made a reply which she did not understand. When accused by the girl of throwing away the missive, he arose and advancing toward her, fired two shots from a small revolver. The first shot inflicted a flesh yound in the left hamd, and the second pene: trated her _ chest. Her brother Bert grappled with Hill as the second shot was fired and was burned by the disâ€" charge of the weapon. Patrolman French, who was passing by, was attracted by the girl‘s cries and entered the house. He seized Hill and handcuffed him, and then found that Bert bhad disarmed the wouldâ€"be Ontario Hospital Association Organâ€" | ized by Hospital Delegates. _A Toronto despateh: «At the coneluâ€" | sion of the reception of the deputation | of hospital authorities _ by _ Hon. Mr. \ Whitney, the representatives held _ a |\ meeting, at which the Ontario Hospital Association was formed, with Mr. 4. A. ‘ Hutcheson, K. C., of Brockville, as seeâ€" | retary. _ Tne delegates who addressed | the Ministers were appointed a commitâ€" | tee to appoint officers for the associaâ€" | tion. â€" Rev. Dr. MeLeod, Barrie: G. Y. \Chown, Kingston; W. C. Rundle, Toronâ€" | to: Father Label, Sudbury; Dr. F. | Ginest, St. Thomas:; Wm. Martin, North | Pay, were chosen as the Executive Comâ€" | mittee, 1t was decided that individual members of the association should use | their influence with their local members of the Legislaiture in order to â€" bring | pressure to bear on the Government in | regard to the obtaining of increased \ grants to hospitals. A special deputuâ€" tion from New Ontario afterwards waitâ€" {ed on the Hon,. Frank Cochrane, and | urged claims of the hospitals in that | distriet. Smlamanca, His attentions to the young lady are said to have been objectionable to her. assassin,. Hill is being detained _ at police ; headquarters, awaiting the _ reâ€" sult of his cousin‘s injuries. Police Justice Cobb and Chief of Poâ€" lice Chapman took the young woman‘ deposition at her bedside toâ€"night. The facts of the assault are given as re lated by Miss Hancock in her state ment to the officers. U t U. S. Authorities Will Try to Deport Malcolm Baxter. Detroit,. _ Merch â€"18.â€"+ Superintendent Dolan, of ithe Poor Commission, has deâ€" cided to test Secretary Straus‘ ruling relative to the deportation of undesirâ€" able aliens, and will use the case of Malcolm Baxter, a Canadian, for the experiment. _ Under: Secretary _ Straus‘ ruling a criminal record, even though it be before the arrival of the immiâ€" grant in the Thnited States, can be made the basis for sending him back any time under three years of continued resiâ€" dence. r rbake Baxter, who is 31 years of age, came here from Flesherton, Ont., two years ago. He is too lazy to work and has veen a thorn in the side of the Poor Commission. _ Inspector Jones, of the commission, has found that Baxter was arrested a few years ago in Canada for being drunk and will make this the basis of an appeal to the immigration department to deport Baxter. Assault. TRIED TO KILL. ASSOCIATION FORMED. FE WAS DRUNK ONCE ork March 23.â€"Abraham S hawyor who was sentence d ar in the penitentiary for the Dxls*â€"Morse divoree Live Stock. Receipts of live stock at the City Market since iast Tuesday, as reportâ€" ed by the railways, were 61 car loads, composed of 745 cattle, 987 hogs, 144 sheep and 68 calves. _ Besides this there were 917 hogs consigned to packâ€" ers that were not on the market. _ The quaixt\ _ of _ cattle â€" generally speaking was the same as has been coming for some time past. Trade was a little better on acâ€" count of the light run, and prices were said to be about 10c per cwt. better, but they were certainly not any more. Exportersâ€"A few cattle of export weights were bought for butcher purâ€" poses. One load was reported at $5.20 per ewt., that weighed 1,300 lbs. each. Export bulls sold from $3.75 to $4.40 per ewt. $ s Butchersâ€"We did not hear of any choice picked lots of cattle that l:uught over $4.80 per ewt. Loads of good cattle sold from $4.40 to $4.80 ; medium, $4.20 to $4.35; common, $3.75 to $3.90; cows, $2.50 to $4 per ewt. Feeders and Stockersâ€"H. & W. Murby report a few lots being offered. They report steers weighing 800 to 250 lbs. each as,being worth $3.40 to $3 60 per ewt. Milkers and Springersâ€"About 50 milkers and springers were offered on Wednesday and Thursday, which sold from $30 to $50 each. The averâ€" age price of those sold as the best was about $45. Veal Calvesâ€"Real good veal calves arâ€" scarce, and are worth from $6 to $7 per ewt. Prices ranged from $4 to $6.50 per ewt. _ _ $ Sheep and Lambsâ€"Receipts of sheep and lambs were light, and generally of medium quality. Lambs sold from $8.50 to $7 nos cwt. for medium to vood, and selected e~es and wethers in small lois, $7.25 to $7.50; sheep for export, $4.50 to $5 for ewes; light Hogsâ€"Mr. Harris quotes prices un changed at $5.40 per ewt.. fed and watered, and $5.15 for lights. Farmers‘ Market. The grain receipts toâ€"day were small owing to the bad condition of country roads. Three loads of barley sold at 60c a bushel, this comprising all the grain received. i j * ~.l|cepof ;z;md quality for butched purâ€" poses, $5.50 per ewt.; rams, $3.50 to $4 25 per ewt. _ _ § % WIâ€"{-;‘\'-i'n moderate supply, with prices | easier; 20 loads sold at $19 to $21 a | ton. Straw is nominal at $16 a ton. | Dressed hogs are in moderate reâ€" ceipts, with prices unchanged. Light sold at $7.30 and heavy at $7. Wheat, white, bush. ...$ 0 9 $0 00 Do., red, bush. .. Do., spring, bush Do., goose, bush. Oats, bush. ... .. it rley, bush. ... Hay, timothy, ton Straw, per ton .. 1‘%., creameryy ... .. 0 32 Geese, dressed, Ib. ... 0 10 Chickens, per Ib. ... 0 14 Ducks, dressed, lb. ... 0 12 Turkeys, per lb. ... ~.. 0 20 Apples, per bbl. ..... 1 50 Potatoes, per bag ..... 1 00 Cabbage, per doz. ..... 0 40 Onions, per bag ... .. 1 2 Beef, hindquarters ... 8 50 No., forequarters ... 5 50 Do., choice, carcase 8 00 Do., medium, carcase 6 50 Mutton, per ewt. ... .. 8 00 Veal. prime, per ewt. 700 Lamb, per ewt. ........ 100 Winnipeg Wheat Market Do., No. 2, bush. Red clover, No. 1 Timothy, 100 lbs. Dressed hogs ... .. Egys, new laid, doz Butter, daigy ... .. price Following are the closing quotations on Winnipeg grain tuinres toâ€"day: Wheatâ€"March _ $1.10 12 bid, _ May 81.121â€"2 bid, July $1.47 7â€"8 bid. Gatsâ€"March 46¢ bid, May 48e bid. New York Sugar Market. Sugarâ€"Quiet; raw, strong; fair refinâ€" ing, 3.02 1â€"2 to 3.75; centrifugal, 96 test, 1.121â€"2 to 4.25; molasses sugar, 3.37 12 to 3.50; refined, firm; No. 6, 4.80; No. 7. 4.15; No. 8, 4.70; No. 9, 4.05; No. 10, 4.35; No. 11, 4.50; No. 12, 4.45; No. 13, 4.40; No. 14, 4.35; â€" confectioners, 5; mould A, 5.55; cut loaf, 6; erushed, 5.90; powdered, 5.30; granulated, 5.20; eubes, 5.45. l for $8, and Mr. Jos. Richard 'ix)ught five others at $8.50 each. Good lots of fat hogs sold at 6 to 6 1â€"8¢ per 1b, At the Point St. Charles stock yards, Mr. Andrew Burrows, of Smith‘s Falls, bought from a. Peterboro drover six pureâ€"bred yearling bulls, five Shorthorn and one Polled Angus, at $40 each. They are to be taken to Smith‘s Falls to imâ€" Alsike, No. 1, bush St, Lawrence sugars are quoted as folâ€" ws: Granulated, $4.80 in barrels, and o. 1 golden, $4.40 in barrels. _ These ices are for delivery; car lots e less, TORONTO MARKETS. 2 to 4.25; 0; refined ; No. 8, 4 No. 11, 4. British Cattle Markets Sugar Market 19 00 15 00 12 50 0 93 0 28 21 00 16 00 13 00 10 00 10 ON 9 00 12 50 0 32 0 35 0 12 N 16 0 15 0 23 1 10 t 5 | prove the breed of cattle Montreal: The wholesale trade here continues to hold a quiet tone, There is only a moderate demand for most lines and Tor INOME * u13 ) is d a. s ccioniicintiePentcart ue se dn satl ol of dry goods, and nothing in the way of pronounced | improvement is looked for until the retail trade in spring lines is well under way. The spring millinery trado has been fair with an average volâ€" ume of business. Values hold generally steady to firm. Canadian cotton mills have held up prices owing to the fact that they have had orders to cover the balance of the year. The operatives of one company have struck, and the trouble may become general, in which case delivâ€" eries may be affected. The hardware trade is moderate, but there is reported to be a rather better demand for certain lines. This follows upon some easing in prices. The movement of staple groâ€" ceries is brisk. Sugars and teas are firm. Hides and leather are quiet. Country trade is fairly steady, with collections fair to good. w & . l capec (Wtkin prairctlican it : uied Toronto: There has been but little change in the condition of trade here during the past week. Spring gouds are going to the retailer and some reâ€"orders are coming forward. These, however, are light. It has only been during the past few days that the woeather has at all encouraged spring business. Dry goods orders have been fair. The millinery trade has been about equal in volume to that of last year. GGeneral conditions have prevented much increase in this conâ€" nection. Values are steady to firm. The hardware trade is rather more active. Metals are quiect and prices are ©#8Y. There has been some improved activity in the building trades, although its volâ€" ufne i# not up to that of last year. Country trade is brisker. Dairy produce polds firm. Other lines are coming forâ€" ward fairly well and are about steady in tone. Hides and leather are dull, Choice cattle are firm and scarce, and hogs are quoted higher. '-\‘;r;nnp:g Trade holds the brisk tone noted here last week. Wholesale orders are still good, and shipments are going forward well. The millinery trade was good, and peneral business seems to be about equal to that of this time last year. The outlook would favor a very large acreage for next season‘s crop. Colâ€" lections are fair to good. Vancouver and Victoria.â€"The wholeâ€" sale trade is meeting with a fairly good demand for all lines. Retail trade is good along the coast, and general trade has taken a more active tone during the past week or two. The outlook favors greater activity in provincial industries, Collections are generally good. Quebec.â€"Little change is noticeable in the trade situation of the past week. Collections are slow, but wholesalers apâ€" pear fairly satisfied with the outlook. Weather conditions have been favorable to city trade and those engaged in the millinery business are making active preâ€" parations for the opening, which is exâ€" pected shortly. Hamilton.â€"Spring movement is going forward well. Retailers report a someâ€" what improved tone to trade following upon the warmer weather. In general lines trade has a quiet tone. Manufacâ€" turers are only moderately busy, t Would Not Engage Teachers Over Thirty in Toronto. A Toronto despatch: The limiting of engagements on the staff of the "l‘u- ronto public schoo!s to young woman under thirty years of age is one motion which will engage the attention of the Board of Education toâ€"night. Dr, Mawke sent in notice of it in writing on Satâ€" urday last, thus complying with the reâ€" quirements of the byâ€"Jaw. ; es i Dr. Hawke gave Js his reason for this motion that he thought it better for the city to have, say, a hundred teachess twentyâ€"eight years of age than a hun dred forty years old. "A girl is at the best of her powers before she reaches thirty, isn‘t she?" he said, "and if she isn‘t good enough he fore that time she will never be,. Whesw she has had four or five years‘ experi ence in the country she ought to le ready to enter on the work on our siatf and if she wants to, let her apply before she reaches the age of thirty." Another reason the doctor advanced was that the superannuation _ schome would benefit by such a rule, for a girl of twenty entering the city‘s eampoo; as teacher would pay in about twico as much to the fund as a woman of forty before her retirement, "unless," he addâ€" ed, "you are going to place the {and on a basis like that of an insuramce company, with rates graduated accordâ€" inz to age by an actuaries‘ table." Inspector Mughes would make . the limit thirtyâ€"five, as he says some of those taken on when over thirty are among the best teachers on the stafi. Trustee Hawke would not make the rule a hardâ€"andâ€"fast one allowing of no departure in â€" eases of exceptional ability or peculiar cireumstances, as of a capable teacher who has married and become a widow being reâ€"engaged by the board. Saic to be Wanted in Toronto for Jumping Bond. St, Louis, March 23.â€"â€"Two pickpockets trapped _ last night by detectives say they are Charles Arnold and Thomas Dore, just from _ New Orlears, _ The police say Dore is wanted in Toronto for jum;;ing a bond. Four city detocâ€" tives and one from Litt‘e Rock were on an Kighteenth street car wien they saw _ three men, whom they thought were pickpockets, standing on the baci platform. They sct a trap and watched. _ Foon the three suspects _ surrounde| and jostled Edward _ Marshall, taking from him a wallet with $80 and a railâ€" way ticket, The officers captured two of the wen, but the third m-ped. At headquarters Arnold and Dore were reâ€" cognized as two of the cleverest thieves in the country. THOMAS DORE, PICKPOCKET LET NO OLD GIRLS APPLY Bradstfeet‘s Trade Review. in that local | TIED AND ROB2°ED. Thieves Gag and Rob Two i name:â€" ville Res:cocts. A Thamesville, Ont.. c s24te3 ing robbery occurred le.> 4. o‘clock this morning,. _ Mossrs. and Howes, who reside over a . store, were awakened y hoaring at the door. Brooks go: np and, towards the door, spoke in a lo asking who was there, The ans a report from a gun, the bud through the window, after whai men walked in and began to i/ directions. . Howes, gravbing hi hid it under the caspet, and, » dash for the window, tried io but all in vain. limiting the working day in all trades and industries to a maximum . of eight hours. The debate lacked dire and it rather hbindered than heiped the . ob ject of the promoters otf the resoluâ€" tion, The word "all" proved too much for even some of the Labor members, l which the Liberals and Conservatives opâ€" | posed the resolution without exception. RPMEE PRTC 97 ETTE He and Brooks were grabbed, tied and gagged with a sheet from the bed, which the robbers cut in pieces to use for the purpose. The three men then searched for money and valuables, finding eight dollars in Brooks‘ pockets, and Howe=" watch, after which they made good their escape. They are supposed to be Inâ€" dians of Moravian Town, which is sitnâ€" ated southeast from here about six miles OvERWHELMING OPPOoSiTION TO THE SOCIALISTS‘ BILL. i THREW RICE London, March 23.â€"The House of Commons wasted its time this _ evenâ€" ing in discussion of a resolution offerâ€" ed by J. R. Clynes, Socialistâ€"Laborite, Eslsc ud F There was a great muster of Lib eral capitalists and large . employers, who, speaking with due sympathy for labor, did not have a word in favor of the resolution. The Government _ reâ€" fused to have anything to do with it. Mr. Samuel, Underâ€"Secretary _ of _ the Home Office, in opposing it, said . the Government â€" would _ nevertheless _ acâ€" tively go on with the Miners‘ Eightâ€" hour Bill, wbereupon exâ€"Premier | Balâ€" four ridiemed _ the _ Government | for secking to curtail the hours of miner=, whose health explained why they lived above the average time, while it Gid nathing for the textile workers, Arthur Henderson, chairman of the Labor party, secing the hopelessness of having the resolution adopted , adâ€" vised Mr. Clynes to withdraw it, it the matter was tamiked out. ANOTHER SETBACK. Stortled the Horses and Bride Now * Under Doctor‘s Care. Rochester, N. Y., March 23.â€"A Wol eott special says: A quantity of sice thrown by an ener getic guest at the wedding of Miss Fan nie Palmer and Gifford Livingston, oi Fairhaven, N. Y., held here yesterday. nearly cost the bride her life,. _ Many friends of the pair united s«ifter . the ceremony in the usual pastime of throw ing old shoes and rice at the newly wedded couple just as they wore driving away from the bride‘s home, Rice frightened the horses, they start ed to rum, the carriage was overtnrne and the bride, pinioned beneath it, was dragged twenty feet beiore the groom who held on to the reios, stopp»l tin team,. The wedding trip was abagdoa»d and the bride, painfully bruis>1, is un der the care of a physician. ight Hours For All Trades Askedâ€" Was Too Much for Even Some of Labor Membersâ€"Balfour Ridicules Inconsistency of Government. Counsel for Defence Has Experts Watchin;:; the Prisoner. A Toronto despatch: T. €C, Robinette, KC., who has been retained to deâ€" fend John Terrace, held at the Brampâ€" ton jail, charged with the murder of William Curry, an aged farmer, Christmas night last, said yesterday that having reviewed the case and seen his client, he had determined that insanity would be the body of his sentence. Mr. Robinette has reâ€" tained medical experts, who are obâ€" serving the young man and have alâ€" ready given a decided opinion that he is mentally unsound. C. P. R. Have Already Secured Wharf Frontage at Three Rivers. Montreal, March 23.â€"As a result of labor troubles among the longshoremen at Quebec there is a strong probability of the C. P. R. Empresses making Three Rivers their port of call during the coming _ season, They have already rented 1,000 feet of acharf frontage from the Bureau Wharf, and unless the uo bee longshoremen are contont to a~ eeopt a â€" reduction in wages ibe boats will leave Quebee and use Three Rivers. Russian Commission on Defence Reâ€" jects Credit. Kt. Petersburg,M arch 23.â€"The Comâ€" mission on National Defence toâ€"day adopted a report rejecting the battleâ€" ship credits for 1908 and accepting the credits for the completion of the baiâ€" tle«hip, tonpedoâ€"boat â€" destroyers and swbmarines now in course of conâ€" struction. The vote was 19 to 14. The report ways that an active fleet is a reocwsity of State, but that it should be built onuly after the ongavization o‘f" tb:h)flnwtn' y o:u!l’:itn. It is likely that report w accepted by the Admirabty, BATTLESHIPS DELAYED TERRACE S INSANE MAY LEAVE QUEBEC ) the reins, s ding trip was painfully brui a physician. noarnng a s vp and, wa‘lk saps, Brool poal }ewe *s, they «tartâ€" is overturned neath it, was S P , stopp=d the as abagiAon»d, ruised, is aunâ€" A Wol ightâ€" Balâ€" for new», lived gic AM&“MI Gold Coin and tor th id THE G ate ern