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43 18. As it had been scalesâ€"There is a difference of opinion as to whether litâ€" s°°0., ""pect for him and an interest in his salvation. Appeared unto theeâ€" This would encourage Saul‘s faith; it was a confirmation of the reality _ of what he had seen on the road to Damasâ€" cus. Math sent meâ€"It would also euâ€" courage Sau! to know that Jesus had counted hirr of sufficient value to dirâ€" ect some one to help him. Sight . . .. Holy Spirit (R. V.)â€"Ananias br t _ two great Norcilfi- to Saul. 1. Sight. 2. The wift of th« Holy Spirit. The receiving his sight was a striking emblem of the spiritwal light which he received. Lo. 222200 700 TEace qoerel ~â€"Compare Paul‘s own words in chap. 20: 23 (see also chap. 14: 19; 2 Cor. 11. 21.98). 17. Ananias wentâ€""‘How beautiâ€" fully childlike is the abedience of Anâ€" anias to the beavenly vision !" Brother Naulâ€"Knowing that the Lord had chos en Saul to a sacred office, Ananias felt a great respect for him and an interest in his salvation. Appeared unto theeâ€" This would encourams GanHe souk " . 10 CENSWem, and was trusted by them. In a visionâ€"Saul was prepared for the visit by a vision, and by a vision Anan is« is told to go to him. 11. Straightâ€"Main thoroughiare â€" of Damaseus ; soâ€"called from its ruuning in a direct line from the eastern to "the western gate. It was a mile long, a hunâ€" dred feet wide, and divided by Corinâ€" thian columms into three avenues.â€"Leâ€" win. He |»r|yoth~â€""l’reathin‘ out"" no longer "‘threatenings _ and slaughter," but straggling desires after life and light in the persecuted. One. 13. Mave heard, etc.â€"This hesitancy on the part of Ananias to visit Saul does not prove that he was cither fearful or inclined to disobedience. He was merely exercis ing due care . he desired to be sure about the matter. Thy Saiotsâ€"The Christian converts were probably called "saints,"" that is, **holy persons," soon after the death of Christ. 15. Goâ€"This brief, exâ€" pressive word of the Lord (1) cdemands implicit obedience, (2) puts the doubts 0 a weak faith to shame, (3) contains a promise of the Lord‘s aid ard blessing. â€"Starke, A chosen vesselâ€"Oze whom in view of his fituess as a man, Jesus had chosen for a great mission. To bear | My name, etc.â€"Paul was the great aposâ€" | tle to the CGentiles (see also chaps. 25. 23; 2% ; 1.32; 27 : 24). 16. He must suffer , â€"â€"Compare Paul‘s own words in chap. | , NJ s fums ULis siiss "EBO en oo acd NCR 117. Pho Conversign of Saul (vs, 10â€"19) 10. Anoniasâ€"We know nothing of this man except wuat we find in this lesson and in chap. 22, 12. lHe was a dovout man, in good report amon« the Jews, was in communication with the brethren at Jernsalem. and was trustod hy $lam "" i0 Of It‘m who had arrested him in | "not his blind eareer, with the econsent that | visic he would be obedient to all his diree | men vions. Ariseâ€"Until now he had conâ€" had tinued prostrate on the ground. . (io leade Into Damaseus, to be instrueted by ons | a ch whom he was on his way to destroy, going i. Mearing a voieeâ€"In chap. 22, 0 we homi are told that those with Paw! "heard Chris not the voice." "What is meant is clearâ€" was ly that they did not hear the words | neith as wordsâ€"could aitach no meaning to | jjpy | the seunds." ~Plumpire. We say tRA | po €10 a person is not heard, or that we do not cutio hear him, when, though we hear his a wih volee, ho speaks so low ar indistinetly days that we do not wnderstand him. ~Hackâ€" Tt t he etl. 8. Suw no maneâ€""Saw nothing,"*â€"â€" surre; K. V. ‘The dazzling brighiness ol the Fsrael liwht had made him totally blind. The L t Â¥ Y (3) n led himâ€"God can quickly humble His $:5p; enemies whenever He sees fit to do so,. :."",.”' 0, Neither did eat, ete.â€"IWis anguish | =~**/* was so great that he had no desire for tood. ‘This was, without doubt, a time SE 6i great mental conilict, of deep poniâ€" teonce, In darkness and alone the «trug gle went on. "Could he give up all his ambitious hopes? Could he leave raumk, ri'e wealth, honor, friend=* Could he enter the service of one so despised, and s I fer â€"reproach, and anger, and _ death And all ior what? CGradually the eanâ€" fliet ecased, and lightdawned into his St. J sout," & ing son HNHL The Conversigh of Saul (v«, 919. Ehas no 10. Anoniasâ€"We know nothing of this feared man except wuat we find in this lesson | !°@"° wind HB chom WB Ne _ IÂ¥e omse : c Aas es Pn | m Lons. . Arisc tinued prostr Into 'hmnd(-" “hflm M was i. Mearing q ire told that T MepppeiP cem Ighromiagafine s 5.. "Paul was kicking against the goads (1 by refusing the kinydom of God; (2 by resisting the Holy Spirit; (8) b; striving against the new impulses tha were being awakened in his soul; (4 by opposing the goodness of (God; (5) by destroying (Clod‘s people." 6. Trembling, etc. A true descripiion of a sinner who sees the wick=dne«s oi his heart. What wilt thou, etc.â€"Conâ€" vineed that he had persecuted Chri«i, and that his religions views and charae ter were wrong, he swbmits himseli tc the will of Him who had arrested him in his blind eareer, with the econsent that h*e would be obedient to all his dires tions. Ariseâ€"Until now he had conâ€" known, august persan. Â¥ am Jesusâ€"He takes the rame which was the object ol Jewich haie.â€"HMurlbut. Thy enmity is against me and my religion. He whom you perscente is the Lord of life and plory, not simply poor, fugitive disciples, It is hard, ete.â€"This clause and the first part of v. 6 are omitted from the Rovised Version, but they belong to the account, for Paul himseli utters them in chap. 26: 14. Kick against the pricks â€"Or goads; as stubborn oxen did, thus wounding themselves the more deeply. "Paul was kicking against the goads (1) by refusing the kinpdom of God; (2) by resisting the Holy Spirit; (8) by Com. a. Who art thowâ€"Jesus Saul before Saul knew Jesus. I Used to denote respect for som known, august persan. Â¥ am Jesu so that he included himseli among those who had beheld the Lord after his resurâ€" reclion. 4. Fell io the earthâ€"The whole company fell to the earih (chap. 26: 14). HMeard a voiceâ€"In the Hebrew tongue. ‘The voice was clear and distinct to Saul, but to those with him it was only a mysierious sound (see on v. 7). Why persecutest thou meâ€"Canst thou give any good reason for it?! Must I afresh he erncified by thee?t ‘Those who perâ€" secute the saints persecute Christ himâ€" sell, and hbe takes what is done against them as done against hirasoeli.â€" (,'mu.‘ Com. 5. Who art thowâ€"Jesus knew | sn was shining so there could be no deception. Lightâ€"It was "above the brightness of the sun" (chap. 26: 13). It was "in the midst of this glory" that Christ was seen by Saul (I. Cor. 15: 8), [20° 0 "€ nesired to be sure about ter. ‘Thy Saiotsâ€"The Christian were probably called "saints," **holy persons," soon after the w ts se OW w2‘ 1 the missionary zeal of Philip, and the persecuting zeal of Saul. Saul~â€" The same as mentioned in the story of Steâ€" phen. His name in Hebrew was Saul; his Roman name was Paul. Yetâ€"Up to this moment his blind, persecuting rage against the disciples of the Lord burned as fiereely as ever. _ Breathing out threateningsâ€"Persisted in â€" persecuting the disciples with increasing violence, as if he could not breathe without utterin, threatenings against them, or would, if . able, have slain them with the breath of his lips.â€"Seott. Uuto the high priest â€"â€"Hle devised plans for fully exterminâ€" ating the religion of Jesus, and was ready io carry them into execution to the uimost of his ability. 2. Damascus â€"â€"This is the oldest city in the world, sitwated one hundred and forty miles northeast of Jerusalem. in Paul‘s time it contained about forty Jewish synaâ€" goanes, and between 4?000 and 20,000 Jdews. At present it if under Turkish rule and has a population of about 150, 000, chiefly Monammedans. thap. 22, 12. good repar d ommminicatior alem, and wa ionâ€"Saul wa a vision, and id to go to The Conversion of Saul.â€"Acts 9 1â€"19. If. Saul arrested and convietcd (vs ). Suddenlyâ€"About noon (chap, 22: ; at midday (chap. 26: 13), when the LESSON 111.â€"APRIL 18, 1909 visit Saul does not is on hi tra te 14: 19; 2 Cor. 11. ‘ntâ€"*"How beautiâ€" abedience of Anâ€" pMFC,. We say that d, or that we do not hough we hear his low or indistinetly erstand him.â€"Hackâ€" n=â€""Saw nothing."â€" * brighiness ofi the totally blind. They quickly humble His ear the no mean Spnt; (a) by w impulses that n his soul; (4) « of God; (5) by + do so anguish sire for a lime P 1@ n ent trug N his . Lordâ€" some un Berlin, â€" April 12.â€"Negotiations for a commercial treaty between Canada and Germany have entered a favorâ€" able stage. Canada declares herself willing to grant reductions on imports from Germany, such as high class textile products, dxu{s, books, soaps, artificial flowers, eathers, _ wines, spirits, readyâ€"made clothing and porâ€" celain, while Germany would grant Clanads reduced duties on ..aritlenm:.l; al implements, typewriters, cattle a agrienltural and horticulinral proâ€" duee, l8 Basis for in the nineteen counties of the State which voted "dry" _ at yesterday‘s election. In the cight counties which the liquor interests carried there are about three hundred saloons. Washtenaw county, with the Uniâ€" versity of Michigan vithin its borâ€" ders, rejected prohibition by 800 ma. jority. Detrot, _ Mich., April _ ] of six hundred saloons a eries will be forced out SIX HUNDRED saloons Will be Forced Out of Busines Michigan. Detrot, Mich., April 12. Upy be abar broken steamer tion. ___bince March 21 the steamers Bella Venture, Bonaventure, Beothic, Vir. ginia Lake, Adventure and Newfoundâ€" laud have been held fast in the heavy icefloes, and they ara drifting slowly towards the shore at the mouth of Notre Dame Bay, Toâ€"day the Vip. ginia Lake was in such bad shape that it was feared she w ould have to be abandoned, as her shaft had been broken by the ice, The other five‘ steamers were in a dangerous posiâ€" , Tram ing soason in the Guli of St. Lawrence has not been an utter failure as was feared when thd sealing steamer Harâ€" law arrived here empty on Sunday last, but the St. dJuln‘s .=euling fleet has had a rough time, according to the first reliabie news from the fleet which reached here toâ€"day. ‘The catch reported by these advices totals about 136,500. Five Caught in Heavy‘ Ice North of Newfoundland. ANOTHER TRADE hagkte. * 1 a" 3 foo _1 _ . CC CIEME, MS perseâ€" eution of the holy ones; he saw the awlulness of his sin. Saul passed three days in darkness as Jesus lay three days in the grave. There in the darkness he surrendered pride of (1) birth as "of Israel;" (2) ancestry as "of Benjamin ;" (3) nationality as "an Hebrew" (Phil. 3:5); (4) position as "a Pharisee" (Acts ad . +\ 1 $ S SEALERS IN PERIL. "I am Jesus" (v, 5). Not, "I am the judge whom thou persecutest who hath power not only to smite thee to the earth but to sink thee to hell." He says, "I am Jesus whom thou persecutest, the gracious, tenderâ€"hearted, forgiving Savior; the sympathizing, unchanging Friend. 1 will receive you, heal you, reâ€" , storr you, rejoice over you." Not, "You | are wicked, obstinate, ungenerous!" He speaks in a parable; he uses the simile ol the wilful ox kicking against the goad which drove the sharp thong deepâ€" er into the flesh, He does not say, "It i< hard for my people to bear thy cruelâ€" ties." He does not declare, "It is hard Sbor me, and 1 will pour out my wrath upon thee." No. ‘Tenderly Jesus says, "It is hard for thee; thow art hurting thy soul; thow art losing joy and comâ€" fort; thou art sowing for thyseli the seeds of sorrow: it is hard for thee.‘ "Whom _ thou _ persecutest." "Every stroke given to the weakest member of Christ‘s body reaches the living Head, and every wrong to his little ones is an injury to himseli. When we sin against tae brethren wo sin acaingt Ohrice® ar answer trom his heart, "Thy face, Lord, will I seek" (Psa. 27:8). "Why proseâ€" eutest thou met" "What wreng hast thou suffered that thou doest these things?" "Why persecutest thou me?" "You thought you were persecuting a company of weak people on earth. Sureâ€" ly if you had known you would not have persccuted the risen Christ. I felt thy blows at my people in my heart here in glory, more than I felt the sharp wounds, in my hands and feet, on the cross," Jolhn‘s Commercial Agreement With Germany, PRACTICAL APPLICATIOXN®, The Savior and the Sinner. I. Words of the Savior. "Saul, Saul" (v, 4). Jesus spoke first. He always does (Rom, 3:11). Sinful man dare not first approach a holy God (Gen. 3:8,9). A lost sheep caunot find the shepherd (Luke 15:4â€"6). A wandering Prodigal cannot turn back to his father‘s house till drawn there by the memory of his futher‘s love (Luke 15:17â€"20, \When God says, "Seek ye my face," man should answer from his heart, "Thy face, Lord, H cral scales fell from his eyes. There is no question, however, but that the restorâ€" ation of his sight was _ supernatural. ‘‘The nature of the injury we cannot deâ€" termine, but it is certain that the reâ€" covery was instantancous and comâ€" plete.""â€"Hackett. Arose....baptized â€" From this we see that he was immedâ€" intely baptized, before he had received meat, or food. may receive the approving, me" (Matt. 25.21), conversion _ and _ consecration rost simultancous. His surrenâ€" immediately tested, but he was Nild, April 1 \pril 12. Upwards cons and ten brew. sd out of business unties of the State "C~ â€" t yesterday‘s ght counties which April 12.â€"â€"The sealâ€" Guli of St. Lawrence utter failure as was ‘ toâ€"day. ‘The catch idvices totals about of Business in TREATY. t M Vancouver, April 12.â€"Five men ocâ€" cupying three boats were yvesterday Ewept over the British Columbia Elecâ€" tric Railway Company‘s dam across the Coquitlam River. They were resâ€" cued with great difficulty. One of the men was carried under a boom of logs. Only his skill as a swimmer enabled him to keep aflont until asâ€" sistance recche':i him. ‘The men vere] engaged on the improvements now beinq carried out by the company, 6o Do aeeree ud cordemned to infamous punishment exâ€" cept by a jury. CGovernor Smith took up the case, and the Prison Commission i=â€"ned an order that no woman prisoner was ever to beâ€"shaeckled hereafter, 14= EDE CE EmCU sbackled and chained day and night, as desperate men conviets are, Her treatment became public when an Aitorney asked for a writ of habeas corâ€" pus, on the ground thit no one can be cordemned to infamous punishment exâ€" cept by a jury. CGovernor Smith took utp the case, and the Prisom Cnmmaiact.® Athens, Ga., April 12.â€"Kate O‘Dwyer rF.:-l night broke the shackles that foreâ€" ed ber to work on the chain gang and escuped by sawing the bars of ber cell. The woman had been sentenced to the gang for 12 months for disorderly conâ€" duct, but the sentence was suspended on condition that she leave the country | and never return, She returned a month ‘ ag0, and was arrested. She was ordered sbackled and chhinat Aaw uq e ie n ive 19% Bursts Her Shackles and Saws Ears of Her Celi. s es d 9 dn oiny » Hmmy . land and Wales in July. ‘The contest is confined to Canadian Iligh Schools and Collegiate Institutes, and consists in seâ€" curing votes for subscriptions. _ Itord Roberts‘ dinner party to the successful boys will be held probably in London, and will be an "early" function, Toronto, April 12.â€"Ficld Marshal Lord Roberts has conveyed by cable an invitaâ€" tion to dinner in England to the Canaâ€" dian High School boys who win the Standard of Empire free trip to the old Country contest. ‘Ewelve bays, picked from each Province, will sail 1or a three weeks‘ tour of Eneoland Iraland Gan+. To Dine Canadian High School and Collegiate Boys. Athens, Ga SWEPT OVER THE Dam ’ Kingsion, Ont., despatch: An English woman residing on Charles street, was charged in the poli¢s court this mornâ€" ing with assaulting a neighboring woâ€" man‘s boy, _ She azamitted the assault, which, she said, was the result of great provocation, and was bound over to keep the peace. ‘The boy was in ecourt and his face was a series of scratehes. "Did you bite?" asked the magistrate, "No,) was the answer. "Yes, you did,". asserted the boy‘s mother. "There‘s the marks of her teeth over the child‘s eye." "I didn‘t bite him," replied the defendâ€" ant; "my teeth are too rotten." CHAINED WOMAN Woman Bound Over to Keep the Peace at Kingston. Men Rescued With From the Coquitiam Democrats earried Oshkosh _ in the mayoralty contest, J, C. Voss defeating Mayor John Bandero, Republican, _ by 500 majority. John Barnes, Democrat State Supreme Judge, was _ reâ€"elected without opposition, Milwaukes, April 12. Mn tions were held in a large cities throughout Wisconsin the issue of "license" or "no ing the issue. License carric jority of the towns and citi heard from. Wisconsin Favored Licenseâ€"A Democrat Mayor. I EP CETTHTY EETTCT nu). She said that women from the counâ€" iry are much easier to teach scientific management of the home and atiriâ€" buted this fact to the desire to know about their husband‘s business and be more of a helpmate to him. The city women do not do, she said. management and pointed out that toâ€" day it is as important for a woman to know how to run a home on business principles as it is for her husband to conduct his business that way. Oe ns m on El O 4s ol ie o & - Ithaca, April 12.â€"That the {farmers‘ wives are more apt pupils in learning how to manage a home on business principles than the wives of city men and they are probably better helpâ€" mates were the declarations of Mis: Martha Van Rensellacr, lecturer ow home ecozomics at Cornell University, to an audience of city women toâ€"day. She di.â€"(‘llsned‘the science of home Lecturer Says Farmer Girls Make the Best Helpmates. LORD ROBERTS The storm partly wreeked several houses at Aberdcen, Miss. Six bodies have been recovered. All were buried beâ€" neath the. depot debris. The tornado struck Buntyn, a Memâ€" phis, Tenn., suburb, at 3 p. m., damagâ€" ing the new Mossick High School, stamâ€" peding the 300 students, but none were seriously injured, Special despatehés indicate the wind played havoe with small towns in the southwest and middle west. A gale which swept the lower Ohio River Valley this afternoon wrecked the gasoline steamer Augusta and cargo of iron, blowing it ashore at Evansvilie, Ind. St. Louis, Mo., April 12.â€"St. Louis beâ€" eame the centre of a storm of cyclonie nature this afternoon. Wind and bail followed the wind. A man was blown from the roof ofi the McLain building to the pavement, 65â€"feet below, and sufâ€" fered injuries that will probably prove fatal,. Several other peopie were inâ€" jured. _ _ Lives and Property Lest is Smail Towns in the West. STRUCK BOY. COUNTRY GIRLS. ~CYCLONE SWEEP. issue. License carried in a maâ€" the towns and cities thus far England, Ireland, Scot WON. large number _ of Mumnicipal elce sin yesterday no license" be _ Paris, _ April 12.â€"The meeting of the } French Episcopate is to be held in Rome on April 18, on the occasion of the bea tâ€" ification of Joan of Arc, is expected to result in several important decisions, especially with regard to the future political attitude of French Catholies, It is reported that disciplinary measures are contemplated against Mgr. Amiette, the Archbishop of Paris, for a passage . in a diocesan address counseling respect for the laws of the republic, and against Mgr. Mignot, Archbishop of Toulouse, and Mgr. Fuzet, Archbishop of Rowen, for modernist views, French Prelates to be Disciplined at the Beautification. ‘The debts of the "Sam* lewis of the Austrian capital amount to 15,000,000 kroner ($3,000,000). and his assets to 6,000,000 kronoer (£1,000,000). Tt is said he forged promissory notes to which he attached some of the hest known names P se Lc â€" OL OBJECTS To sTUFFY courts lafée sums to memher racy, Vienna. Aoril 12.â€"The sensai day here is the disappearance â€" rich Belcher, one of the best figures in â€" Vienna life, the moneyâ€"lenders," ever readv in The King of Vieuna‘s Momey Len ders Disappears. GONE WITH MILLIONS y ) ; ; _ _4A0Md pass me on the street, 1 refrained from doing anything until my time with the local church had ex. pired. Sunday was my last day with the church. J sincerely regret that 1 was compelled to act as I did, but patience, even with a preacher, ceases to be a virtue, especially when a bully who has made a reputation for ‘cussâ€" ing ,(’)ut' neople. continually _ hounds you. In a public statement the pastor says: *‘The male member of the firm managing the Lliano Hotel has made a practice of cursing and abusing me :\'hon he would pass me on the street: According _ to eyeâ€" preacher gave the man ing. l Fort â€" Worth, Texas, April 12.â€" For two years A. C. Parker, pastor ©f the Christian Church at Midland, Texas, has had a desire to chastise a hotelâ€" keeper of the town. On Sunday a week ago he preached his last sermon, and was then for a few days at the district Christian missionary convenâ€" tion at Colorado City. Returning to his home town, he met the man with whom he had the diificulty, and in front of the Midland National bank th(:y hm_i. words and action. the dual mona rehy The reply of the I indicated that it wou! in such an event, Caracas, April 12, via Willemstad,Curaâ€" coa, Apric } â€"The Venezuelan Governâ€" ment has sounded France to ascertain whether or not difficultics would be encountered if exâ€"President Castro were arrested on board the steamer Guadeâ€" loupe at a Venezuelan port. m " is the Gaudeloupe, on bog‘d which Casâ€" tro and his party sailed from France on March 26, came into Fort de France late yesterday evening.*" While at â€" Point Pitre, on the Island of Guadeloupe, where the steamer touched yesterday, Castro was informed by the British consul that the British Government had decided not to permit him to disembark at Port de Spain, Trinidad. Consequently _ Castro decided to leave the Guadeloupe here, The decision of the British Governâ€" _ment, acting on a request from the Sigte Department at Washington, not to let him land at Trinidad, was unofficially communicated to Castré a second time this morning. ‘The former President of Venezuela expressed himsel as excecdâ€" ingly angry at this «lecision. He charâ€" acterized it as a violation of the rights of man. Te is furiously angry with the American Govermment and the French steamship company.~ The latter has reâ€" fused to let him continue on board the Guadeloupe to Colon. Castro also proâ€" tested against the beliicose intention with regard to the existing political sitâ€" uation. exas Preacher Whips a Hotelâ€" keaper. JOAN OF ARC. â€" Renor Castro‘s wife will continme on board the Guadaloups to La Guaira. The American eruiser North Carolina came into port this morning. / The Gaudeloupe, on bogd which Casâ€" Fort de France, Martinique, April 12â€" Cipriano Castro, in a rage against the British Government and the State Deâ€" partment at Washington, left the steamâ€" er Guadeloupe at this port toâ€"day and bas taken up quarters on shore. Finding all ports in the West Indies, excepting Fort de France, barred against him, the present course was the only one left open to the former Venezuelan dictator. And the States Because He Could Not Land at Trinidad. la a Rage Against the British Government CASTRO FURIOUS. "CUSSED" HIM MAY ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO aisappearance of Fried 1 the French Government it would make no protest Colon. Castro also p}-é; the _ bellicose _ intention the existing political sitâ€" ARREST HIM The sensation of the _ the best _ known life, the "king of ready to advance ers of the aristocâ€" eyeâ€"witnesses, . the a good thrash ® Detroit, Mich., April 12 despatch says that ,I‘mk the Firemens‘, Oilers‘ and ers‘ Association, has seat all parts where the work STRIKE ORDER. : Trouble Alu;â€"_tle Docks Fe;red at Quebec, April 12.â€"Thee Belgian trapper Grasset, whose name was connected with a case of cannibalism a few months ago in the country north of Lake St. John and in the neighborhood of Lake Chiâ€" bogamou, arrived in Quebec toâ€"day in company with Subâ€"Chief Lapointe, of: the Provincial police. Grasset is a man of about 20 years and well built. 1t will be remembered that the remains of a guide named Lemieux were found in the wilds, Lemieux having apparently been a victim of cannibalism, (On hearing of the tales that were beâ€" ing cireulated in the country about the case, Grasset inmediately expressed his decision to come before the authorities and declare all he knew of the affair. He walked 300 miles to place himself at the disposal of the Provll;:cinl police and was met by Lapointe at Cochrane, the lust station on the Temiskaming Rail way, 250 miles from North Bav. f Grasset Walked Three Hundred Miles to Tell His Story. pneumonia, plunged into the river and held the boy above the surface till aid came. Only after hours of strenuous work by physicians, nurses and others did the little boy regain consciousness the five and a half year. old son of E. J. Naffl-l, yesterday afternoon while playing on the river ba®® fell into the Thames. His playmates summonded samuel Orr, who, though only recentâ€" ly recovered from a serious attack of pneumonia, plunged into the river and held the boy above the surface till aid came. Only after hours of. Chatham Boy Named Naftel Saved From Drowning. Monteleon, Calabria, April 12.â€" Four men were killed and many others woundâ€" ed in a conflict in this town toâ€"day with the local soldiere The authorities are endeavoring to collect new taxes which are exceedingly unpopular. As a protest the people marched through the streets in procession and invaded the city hall, The soldiers were called out, whereupon the people sounded the tocsin and a fierce riot followed, in which the soldâ€" iors fired on the people with the result 1 above set forth. Soldiers Fire© on Meb in Calabria and Kiil Four. Washington, April 12.â€"The treaty â€"reâ€" latiag to the disposition of the waters ol St. .\lnr_\"'y’fli\'or. between â€" Michigan and the Qanadian boundaries, proving for a disposition of the waters on the basis «wof territorial rights which was ratified by the Senate in an amended form, was toâ€"day the subject of a conâ€" fevence by pepresentatives of the Canaâ€" dian and American Government, A. B. Aylesworth, Minister of Justice, and Geo. C. Gibbons represented the Dominion of Canada; while Secretary Knox, Senator: Root, _ Attorneyâ€"General _ Wickersham, Sceretary Dickinson, of the War Deâ€" partment, and Chandler Anderson, attorâ€" ney for the Department of State, repreâ€" senied the United States, The conference to‘day led to the hope thai a speedy disposition of the controâ€" versy over the treaty will be reached. The Canadians will remain in Washingâ€" ton for several days, but no further conferences have been arranged. A Chatham despatch: Kuyvett Nafted FACES CHARGE. Obstacle at Conference in Washingâ€" ton on Waterways Pact. A BRAVE RESCUE. "My experience leads me to object most decidedly to the wearing of the rew East»r bonnets at communion," he told his parishioners. That in itself is a misfortune, but it is nothing to the discomfiture that reâ€" sults when the rector has to offer the chalice to a pair of dainty lips he canâ€" not see. As he explained to his parishâ€" ioners, he has to guéss where the girls‘ mouths are, and he doesn‘s know wheâ€" ther he is getting‘the cup within two or three inches of the right place, It is most annoving, For the minister has found the latest headgear a great handicap in adminis tering the sacrament, When a row, topâ€" ped with the flower bedecked baskets, kneels at the chance! rail and leans forâ€" wards slightly in the attitude of prayer, the minster, standing on the other side, cannot see the faces, ®@ * *" Detroit, â€" Mich.,. April 12.â€"Girls who have the new spring hats like inverted baskets, with wide, drooping brims that come down over their faces, had better not go to communion in them, at least not to St. George‘s Episcopal Clwirch, where the Rev, Joseph Sheerin adminisâ€" tersâ€"the rite. Detroit Clergyman Down on Inverted Waste Basket Headgear. ST. MARYV‘S RIVER. BARS BIG HATS. ) ApriH 12â€"A Cleveland that ‘I‘resident Stack, of TAX RIOT. well built. 4t will the remains of a were found in the ; apparently been ioront>.â€"The wholesale trade here reports a good volume of small orders coming forward. Dry goods men say spring lines are beg(nning to move well, and that a good Easter trade seems to be assured. Sorting orders are not yet large, but they show an increasine +s m io Hamilton.â€" Spring retail trade opened out well during the past and the general tendency is toward provement in all lines of business, W salers report things still a little . and no doubt they will continue so after Easter, In dry @oods the ou for summer business js good, and hardware trade reflects a better der for seasonable lines. ‘Trade in the rounding district is quiet, but collec are fairly satisfactory, Tobont 9â€"The) aphatsnors o4 on ‘nenec.â€"Reports from trade are to the effect that up of couniry roads has i ments, uidciurers are busy, \’anoouver.~Wholenale ness holds a good stead y the coast. i"" peets encomraging. ‘There cations that improved values lines will stimulate buying, Co mba abreedsant n c Montreal.â€"The gene trade is toward con While in some parts spring business at ret well, in others there i and the sorting trade tent evident. Dry goo out with sorting lines prospects encomrasin P ww dubdraad 22 :: head were bought at 5 1â€"2 Ib., but outside of this th slow, A few picked stcers The ofierings of spring lan _head, for which the deman: and sales were made at pI from $2 to $8 each, Calves were very plentiful trade was done in them at 82 to $10 each, as to size :; The demand for hogs was go there were 100 head, and firm at $7.90 to $3 per ewt, lots, weighed off cars BRADSTREETs‘ Quebec.â€"R I PR ETV OBE D } sheep met with a fair sale at 4 Calves were a glut on the marlk most of them were common, pri low. The choice stock sold at & good, at 86 to $8, and the lows at from $1.50 to $5, Mogs were searce and in good sales of selected lots heing made to $8 per ewt., weighed off the « At the Montreal Stock Yard End Market, there were 100 cal1 dition to those Jeft from Mond as the ugality was good, there w demand from exporters and o §2) silme . 5 Laster trade, A fow ve lamb« sold at $8 each, the sales were made at B acuve trade was done in butchers gencrally wanted i "_ 5 3 "NU UUNS, at J to o 1â€"2¢ per Ib. There was increased supply of sheep and lambs, and especially of the laiter, for which the demand was good, and an l MONXNTREAL LIVE STOCK. Montreal.â€"At the Canadian Pacific Live Stock Market this morning the ofâ€" ferings wore 400 eattic, 300 sh ep ana lambs, 100 hogs, 1.500 ealves, There was no important change in the condi tion of the market for cattle, except that the demand was very slow, as buyâ€" ors generally â€" had ample supplies on sand for their Easter requirements, and although the offerings were small, they were ample, and the undertione to the market ruled about steady, Choice steers sold at 534 to be; good, at _ Nâ€"4 to 512¢e; fair, at 412 to b¢; médium, at 4 to 41â€"2¢; good cows, ai 512 to 6¢; common cows, at 21â€" 219 31â€"2%¢; and bulls, at 3 to 3 1â€"2¢ ner Th ers London cables for cattie are stoad at 1334 to 1434¢ per lb. for Canadia steers, dressed weight; refrigerator bra is quoted at 10 to 10 IA4e per h. WINNIPEG WHEAT MA Wheatâ€"April $1.19 12 hid, Ju 14 hbid, May $1.20 bid. Oatsâ€"April 42e bid, May 433 SUGAR MARKET. St. Lawrence sugars are quoted as folâ€" lows: Granulated, £4.80 per ewi., in barâ€" rels, and No, 2 golden, $440 per ewt., in barrels. ‘There prices are for delivery here. Car lots be less. Ia 100â€"]b, bags prices are 5¢ less. @<â€"â€" BDo., Inferior .. > ... Eegs, new laid .. ... Chickens, dressed, Ih. . Powl, Ib.; :« .s+ + â€">4 Turkeys, Ab.. ... Colery, per dozen .. . Potatoes, bag .. .... Onions, bag .. ..... Apples, barrel .... .. Beei, hindquarters . Do., forequarters . 1Do., choice, carcass Do., medium, carcass Mutton, per ewt ...... Veal, prime, per ewt.. Lamb, per. ewt We Straw, per ton ... Drossed hogs .. .. Butter, choice, dairy Do., goose, bush Oats, bus .. .. . Barley, bush .. .. Rye, bush ....... Peas, bush .. .... Buckwheat, bush Hay, per ton .. Dressed hogs are firm at $9.40 to $9.50 for heavy, and at $9.60 to $9.85 for light, Wheat, fail, bush.. .. ..$ 1 08 $ 1 10 FARMERS®‘ MARKET. There was no grain on the street toâ€" day, owing to the bad condition of country roads, and prices were nominal. The hay receipts were only three or four loads at unchanged prices. Straw is nominal at $12 to $12.50 a ton. Do., No. #, BRITISH CATTLE MARKETsS W OTHER MARKETS. 12 PTERY Lass hey will continue so"until In dry Boods the outlook neSul_â€"<£ _ e very plentiful and a good ne in them at prices from ch, as to size and quality, or hogs was good, of which 00 head, and prices ruled to $8 per ewt, for sclected off cars, ‘ made alt &4 to $6, Oid h a fair sale at 4¢ per lb glut on the market and a: ally wanted them for the A fow very cholcs spring $8 each, but the bulk of made at $4 to $6. Oid general _ {endency of continued _ quietness, parts of the country t retail is opening out ere is but littlensmng rade is not to any exâ€" ‘ goods travellers are Cf trade seems to orders are not yet. an increasing tenâ€" linens hold firm, g shown in heavy * look firm orders The hardware and | ock sold at $10 each and the lower grade. $5. : and in good demand, (s heing made at $7.03 shed oifi the cars, 1 Stock Yards, Woest were 100 cattle in ad t from Monday, and TRADE REVIEW h common, prices ruled , and they report &A little quiet Te are indiâ€" ©A in some Cotton manâ€" n the surâ€" collections in 4: 0 Lra sold MARKET, hid, July $1.21 demand this 10 00 13 00 was some over 109 h3â€"4¢ ner hiad â€" Many a man kicks like n kicks like a m out giving it any more though! 12 0 0 Q1 0 63 12 50 8 50 [M 0 40 0 85 0 0 0 0 49 the 50 line, as for the 18 13 40 9 is held for murder, ‘and April 13. ‘:hflu reccived by being shoved down basement â€" stairs of the Morkin House, by Jo.l‘(’h Ward, was the verdic! .._!l‘h._ coroner‘s jury toâ€"night. _ Ward London Jury Blames Joseph Ward for Hotel Tragedy. London, Ont., despatch: That Alexan der w"""ltl\ eame to his death from h‘“"“ reccived by being shoved down complaints of duck mrhi:t,'_- last year Superintendent 'l'in~l!~:', of the Pisheric Departmeni, has issued stringent . in structions to game wartens io pus=! prosecution of persons shooting duck= out of season,. This is the migratory period for ducks, and quite a nambe around the Jakes are on their â€" way north . To Prosecute Those Shooting Out The children injured School are still in a m« ditioa, London, Ont, Despatchâ€" Th death in connection with yes storm oceurred this morning, wh liam Tunks, a Westminster farm from injuries received by a larg falling on him, Tunks‘ skull w :::Nl and be sustained internal 11 00 11 50 10 00 w Dupuhâ€"()w.‘..‘ to mauy Farmer Dies of Injuriesâ€" Children Very I!I. 13 50 10 00 12 50 Toronto Despatch â€"The pi a Government railway from i to Gowganda was given a h Legislature this morning, wi Dr. Reaume, Minister of I‘n introduced an amendment 1. iskaming & Northern Oniar giving the commis hon powe, rend the road, Incidenially, Rizr James W mated that the s;mrrnun-n: railways might not end ai ganda extension, or even ai ~ 0 21 0 14 9 85 PUSHED TO HIS DEATH 0 85 DUCK SHOOTING. Government Railway May From Charlton to There. But Dickinson wou!d with his wife, Khe left the court and for him. The police Jey | back door, "Yes, you awill live Dickinson exclaimed, *3 me, You married mo f« and I gotr the worst o| live with me," and M: phatically pointed her i er half‘s face and the 0f little farther away, "I don‘t doubt that v said Justice Loden,. * miss the charge again= you both to go home can‘t get along beiter t We can get along Mrs, Dickinson, "just as izes that I am hoss, Jn to run things then the "I certainly did be: served it," interrupte: "I can‘t live with h clared Dickinson, "I her $4 a week, but her." | Lets Henpecked Husband Escape l' by Back Door For Safety. Wife Arresied For Beating Himâ€"â€" Didn‘t Go Home. "She beat me on ed Dickinson, "and wagesâ€"890.60â€"from me sit in a corner, and scratched my fa STORM VICTIMS. Baltimore, April our house, your K does not do what Such was the de Dickinson to Just ern police station ed on a charge of ; ber husband, Han me Cod tenced, that he Slack had previou & similar crime an« twelve years at Kin: he had served near he was released only the assault on Mrs. LGeorge Slack, the was sentenced to | AMr. Justice Angli after trial and con inal assizes on a c| an assault upon M; Yonge street, on M Slack was placed 5, :F during the _ Davis his counsel, M with a view to â€") confidence in the ij ant, was . aliow Alexander Rose, thi assault on Miss S} store, on Yonge stro now serving a life having hbetween his tion escaped from ja for several months. TO GOWGANDA. since he came elined in hea}: eay that he p; heart. Kingston, O1 the llo-.pital morning after Maintaired His Sentenced For Li( WIFE THE B08$. am innoent 0| Despatch â€"The probability of ," said Slac and to the was innocer SLACK DEap ~ ror l.ifc "e & ‘ Broken Heart, H ippea P W 1) wit h May Ru A} Lh MpDMisQ 1 May W DC tr fra tenti this i“:::"hn Ti\(m “M f a brdkep M\ Davk, af rial on u.’, ion of MpQ #, so help C Was gop. maintained rime. fi la U Ne her assgil. into «coup Ody for an Wellwoog‘s ind ide urry relerned to, 3 15 t nViCted af M Kingst, enced ¢o hich torm A‘s, when m befops the II rl boss ¢ Wikhes ‘ assal PA Lo him OMVio. Arpest lda tities, "Isvas busines first a. the « MClse ery N aik Ler n the # plays atrexm That w1 Lydia E. Pink many women fror Lydia E. Pinid clusively from roc » ‘The reason wh Belleriver, Que. Oo-m:l;d I would and gular peri fered like a mart) two doctors who co and the best doctor I had a tumor. 1 v as the ingredh restorin lh almu have been etable Con either been In the P# taining over women seel their own si by taking L. my cousin« ad vised her. I did so and s« tite came back with eured, Your reme Chatel, Valleyfeld, __ We kn cessful in many gel Vegetaih TY it or ao Comp awe Cow Use of From the H The 13 10 relie