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Ory. Takin Dominion. M4 atmentâ€"= 1 stages of ns, Mental nts, all of akil{4. Remedy. 1e DiO€ ites ar consult .‘%’g al IAL il‘. I fou®e repared all known TY, A i â€" M Sash, ifferâ€" ting. AL C ind F4 un ping bathe ay & tuwel em for five e bloodshot tos are yelâ€" ryt wWaYy® ~f orders 14 them for Ti{cess 810. uke of George D d Fi wear Queen #4 5 r â€" but ff« rvr: sures the e be« 1%4 / July 1N® tha erâ€" Three convicts who were returning on Wednesday at Dartmoor prison from outside labor made a desperate atâ€" tempt to esceape. One was shot dead, the second was wounded and captured, and the third got off The St. James Gazette says the Queen will personally dictate and reâ€" vise a biography of her Majesty which will appear in 1897. Col. White and Col. Grey, two of the Transvaal raiders, were released from Holloway gaol on Baturday, their term of imprisonment having expired. The London Chronical on Monday conâ€" mned & long interview with Capt. han, of the United States navy, reâ€" tired, which is eulogistic of the British navy and its long service system. The Hamilton Police Magistrate fined James Shaw $50 or a monith in g’_‘ail for keeping a gambling bhouse at 15 Macâ€" nab street north. i!is counsel intimatâ€" ed that he would take the case to Toâ€" ronto and have a test made of it. The gmes against ten young men found in haw‘s room by the police were disâ€" missed. l NDTptix "neiuindl uin Brdictncinainisad d lc t na s to change the headqua;ters from Toâ€" ronto to Hamilton, and to sanction the agreement with the C. P. R. Lo Feng Lun, the new Chinese Amâ€" bassador to England, is very popular in London. The Hon. George Edwin King has been Ezened British Commissioner for the hring Sea arbitration. It is stated in London that the proâ€" posal that the Imperial army should be recruited from the colonies is coldly received. The Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Railway Company is applying to Parâ€" liament for an act to authorize the iasueL of dehc:ntqnas and preferred stock, FTom Mann has tried to start another dock strike in England. Another attempt on the part of the United States to further restrict the rations of the Canadian sealers in m Behring Sea is anticipated, and aecordin to information in Ottawa derived %rom a Ministerial source, this wdi;l be resisted on the part of Canâ€" ada. Dr, Geikie, treasurer for the Armenâ€" ian fund in Canada, has requested the cooperation _ of _ the teachers and lchnla{s of the Public schools and colâ€" leges in his efforts to aid the suffering Armenians. The appeal has been corâ€" dially received and approved by some of Ontario‘s leading educationists. If the Dominion Government decide upon the enlargement of the St. Lawâ€" rence canals at the coming session of Parliament, it will mean the addition of two steamers to %m fleet of the Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Comâ€" Mr. W. W. Ogilvie, of Montreal, who has made an extensive tour through the Northâ€"West, says that he has never seen business better than it is toâ€"day in Winni egv and throughout the enâ€" ttiro E’;Jortfi- est the farmers are conâ€" nted. Hon. Sidney Fisher, interviewed on leaving Washington, expressed his satâ€" isfaction at the arrangements made with Secretary Morton for a modificaâ€" tion of the cattle quarantine regulaâ€" tions with the United States. The Grand Trunk Railway Company has offered to convert the Victoria bridge at Montreal intoa doubleâ€"track structure, with a track for a trolley service, if the Dominion Government assists it. The Minister of Agriculture and Prof. Robertson will attend Ontario dnlr{nm-n's «onventions in â€" Brockville, St. Mary‘s, and Brantford during Janâ€" :m.ry, and wiil deliver a series of lecâ€" ures. The Dorminion Government is being asked to adopt a new ballot for the Doâ€" minion elections, as it is said the Do The Department of Trade and Comâ€" merce is confident that next season vessels will undertake the voyage from Montreal to Australia for the carriage of Canadian goods. rocher bailot is not such a success was anticipated. Mr. Richara sryan of Merritton fell from a Grand Trunk train breaking his leg. He lay out in the cold all night and was badly frostâ€"bitten. The Rossliand Record published a list of 50 mining properties in the immeâ€" diate vicinity of Emla.nd. The _ estiâ€" mate foots up to nearly $13,000,000. It is rumored that the C.P.R. are closing a deal for all the steamers of the Columbia & Kootenay Navigation Company. This year nearly 91,000,000 bushels of grain passed through the Soo canal, an increase of 36,000,000 compared with last year‘s movement. ency William Curran, sentenced one year ago at Regina to five zea.rs for arson, has been released by Executive clemâ€" The building permits issued in Hamâ€" ilton during the year amounted to $414,455, an increase of $117,385 over the previous year. Francis Robinson is under arrest at St. Catharines charged with improper use of the mails. Mary Matuska, aged three, was burnâ€" ad to death in Brandon on Monday, durâ€" ing the absence of her parents. Mr. A. Person, of the C.P.R. bridge department was drowned in a well at Virdes, Man. Capt. Sinclair, Lord Aberdeen‘s secâ€" retary, will leave for England toenter political life. Thomas Hall, a Hamilton moulder, attempted to commit suicide by taking laudanum. ston Miners near Rat Portage â€" recently ‘l:o:lébod a surveyer sent out to survey St. Catharines ministers object to Bunday funerals. Rossland objects to the immigration into the town of any more Chinese. The penitentiary commission is inâ€" vestigating the recent escapes at Kingâ€" wl se interesting Items About Our Own Country, Oreat Britain, the United States, and All Parts of the Globe, Comdensed and Assorted for Easy Reading. THE VERY LATEST FROM ALL THE WORLD OVER. t NHS N A NBR GREAT BRITAIN CANADA Chamber of, Deguties at â€" Rome symâ€" pathizing with the Cuban insurgents. The condition of the sugar crop in the West Indies will be enquired into by the English Government. Floods are reported in Greece, which bave destroyed a large amount of proâ€" perty and caused some loss of life, Mr. Cecil Rhodes is on his way from South Africa to England to give eviâ€" dence on the sgsubiject of the Jameson raid Matters are tranquil in Hayti at present, but it is stated that a revoâ€" lution is bound to come later. Berlin police raided a number of Anâ€" archists‘ lodgingâ€"houses and made sevâ€" eral arrests. Work will be commenced early next year on the canal that is to make Brusâ€" sels a seaport. It is stated that Spain is making acâ€" tive preparations for a possible war with the United States. Admiral Beranger, Spanish Minister of Marine, denies that the Government is purchasing warships. Jamaica is trying to transfer its fruit trade from New York to the London market. The commercial outlook in the United States has been for some time past none too good, and at this sâ€"uson of the year we do not look for activity, but the average business has been considâ€" erably dulled by several serious failures, among whiech the Bank of Illinois has been prominent, not only for its actual commercia‘ position (which was a good one), but for the financial institutions which are wrecked with it. It is said that nearly all; educated Cubans sympathize with the insurâ€" gents, The Sultan has granted ammesty to 2,000 Armenians convicted of crime. Signor Crispi‘s daughter has eloped with one of her servants. Spain taxes English and _ South African visitors to the Canariss. Fire on East 83rd street, New York destroyed property valued at nearly a million dollars and rendered 100 reoâ€" ple homeless. Four buildings, includâ€" ing Sohmer‘s piano warehouse and the New York Polyclinic Hospital, were destroyed. Secretary Olne! and â€" Sir â€" John Pauncefote have finally agreed upon a draft of a treaty providing fora genâ€" eral system of arbitration of disputes between the United States and Great Britain. % Mr. Dingley on Monday, speaking of his Tariff bill, said that protection is the great ;it;rpose of the bill, and that all the protection which is needed will be given. The Trades and Labor Council of Buffalo are working for the passage of a bill that will prevent migratory Canâ€" adians from working on (.?nited States Government contracts. Conrad Eppers, one of the eight boys who was bitten by a mad dog a month ago in Baltimore, and was afterwards treated at the Pasteur institute in New York, died on Friday morning of hydroâ€" phobia. Representatives of the lumber interâ€" ests of the United States Northâ€"West met in Minneapolis on Saturday, and made arrangements to agitate for a duty on Canadian lumber. New Zealand has raised a contribuâ€" tion of $800 for ‘"Harris,""‘ of _ Mrs. Stowe‘s "Uncle Tom‘s Cabin," who is at Lexington, Ky., destitute. The big Dupont powder mills at Carâ€" negie‘s IgJint and (gribbstuwn, N. J., are working night and day to fill darge orders for the Government. Trouble exists between the president and employes of the Boston Street Railâ€" way company, which is likely to result in a serious Strike. . _ Mr. E. B. Mackay, professor of Greek in the Sioux Falls, N. D., Baptist Colâ€" lege, _ committed suicide by hanging himself on Wednesday. Speaker Reed is of the opinion that the House of Representatives will not ;lpfls% tgx: Cameron resolutions in favor uba, » At Littletown, W. Va., a falling bridge let 40 persons down into a creek, when two were killed and a number in jured. . _ The 276 anniversary of the landâ€" ing of the Pilgrims at Plymauth Rock has just been celebrated at _ various places, Thirty men employed on Government work at Sault Ste. Marie, Mic.hiE:.n. have left to fight for Cuban rebels. . It is said that Hermann, the mafiio- lan, made $600,000 in the last twelve gi‘&lill‘fl, yet he died without leaving a ollar. A motion will be introduced into the About half of the four thousand minâ€" ers employed in the coal mines of St. Clair and Madison counties, Illinois, hbave struck for higher wages. There is great distress in Buffalo, and hundreds o% men out of employment are on the verge of starvation. A serious race war is in progress at Mayfield, Keutucky, arising out of recâ€" ent lynchings of colored men. At Buffalo the body of Jerome Kelly was held for debt, but finally released and sent to Michigan for buria). Twentyâ€"five cavalrymen â€" at West Point have been seriously poisoned by eating head cheese. James Scrift, 63 years old, a Crimean veteran, died last week at Grand Raâ€" pids, Michigan. Miss Frances Willard, President of the W. C. T. U., is seriously ill at Castile, N. Y. The late Henry L. Pierce, exâ€"mayon of Boston donated $533,000 in charitable bequests. ( At Guthrie, O. T., Fred Hornela, 16 years old, killed another boy to get his money. Tuberculosis is reported to have inâ€" fected every herd of cattle in the State of Maine. It cost New York $60,000 to clean away the snow fall last week. A bill to protect aerial navigation has been introduced into Congress. The Masonic hall at New Brunswick, N. J., has been burned at a loss of $400,â€" The port of Boston has been opened fO:nthe export of Canadian and other cattle. Earl Russell‘s residence at Maidenâ€" head, on the Thames, was gutted by fire on Monday morning, and there is strong suspicion that some one connectâ€" ed with his libel suit against Lady Scott is guilty of incendiarism. UNITED STATES: The National Bank of Illinois in Chiâ€" cago has failed. GENERAL Corn is now used for fuel in some of the farming sections of Nebraska. Landladi,â€"How do you like your oysâ€" ters, Mr. Piplyt The Springhill mines have been the scene of several calamities, the most serious being that of February, 1891, when nearly 120 men and boys were killed by an explosion. _ The escape of all the men workirg in the mine when the present fire broke out is reâ€" markable. Had an explosion followed immediately the loss of life would have been great. Measures will be taken at once for the relief of the families whose â€" breadâ€"makers have been thrown out of work. Some hunâ€" dreds kmay be deprived of employâ€" ment for montls. New boarderâ€"Not more than a dozen in the dish and well seasoned. ‘The total loss from the fire cannot be estimated at present, but it will reach a very high figure. s great danger while performing this work, and the peril finally became so great that they had to be called away. AN EXPLOSION FEARED. It was feared an explusion would ocâ€" cur. So far, however, there has been none, but a most disastrous one may occur Rt any moment. ‘ lt is stated that the east slope will be unworkable for some time, and may even have to be abandoned. At times flames shoot one hundred feet into the air from the main opening to the mine. _ The disâ€" aster will be a terrible une to Springâ€" hill, a town of 6,000 people, supported wholly by the men working in the mines, which are owned by the Comâ€" berland Coal and Railway Company. Ma;)uger Cowan is at present in Montâ€" real. a raging furnace. Flames are issuing from every opening to the slope. Two cupolas were burned down, and a bankâ€" head had to be torn away. _ Efforts were made to prevent air from enterâ€" ing the mine, every opening being closed, but so far this has been ineffectâ€" ual in staying the work of the fire. 6 The men were placing themselves in the machinery becoming overheated. A large gang of men were at work at the time. At the first indication of danger they made a rush to escape, and all reached the surface safely. The flames spread quickly to the 1,300â€"foot level, which it has now converted into The great work, great A Raging Furnace Below Groundâ€"Fortun ate Escape of the Minersâ€"The Fire Caused by an Overhcated Steam Pipeâ€" Hundreds of Men May be Out of Emâ€" ployment for Months, A despatch from Halifax says:â€"A serious fire started on Friday in the east slope of the Springhill mine, and threatens its destruction. While the fire has not got a foothold in the west slope, it is raging so fiercely alongside of it that it is feared it will also sufâ€" fer seriously from the conflagration. It is considered that it will be a â€" hard fight to save it, but the miners, are working desperately _ to keep the flames from spreading further. The other slope, the north one, is not in immediate danger. THE MINERS‘ ESCAPE. The fire originated in an 800â€"foot levâ€" el, and was caused by the pipeâ€"way carâ€" rying steam into the mines to operate A BIG COAL MINE ON FIRE SERIOUS DISASTER AT SPRINGHILL, NOVA sSCOTIA. A special from Paris says it is sugâ€" gested that Great Britain, France, and Italy offer their mervices in the Cuban question, in order to prevent a conflict between Spain and the United Stat»s and to terminate the revolt. Fresh proposals of reform have been presented to the Sultan of Turkey, and the Ambassadors at â€" Constantinople have been inrusted to act in unison If the Sultan refuses to comply, force may be employed. A regiment of Turkish troops being conveyed from Yemen to Constantinoâ€" ple mutinied on shipboard for arrears of pay. The men were determined enough to force the Vali of Brousa to provide them with funds and _ new clothing. It is reported that the body of Huâ€" bert Crackenthorpe, the English auâ€" thor, who mysteriously disappeared in Paris during the month of October, givâ€" Ing rise to the suspicion of foul play, has been found in the River Seine. The native rising on the Tamgis reâ€" serve in Bechuanaland is developing serious proportions. A parley has been refused. Fighting has taken glg.ce and the British forces have been o liged to wait for reinforcements. The State Department at Washingâ€" ton has received information which leads Secretary Olney to believe that Gen. Gomez and other insurgent chiefs %rebawilling to accept automony for uba. It is asserted in Rome that the abâ€" dication by Don Carlos of his pretenâ€" sions to the throne of Spain in favour of his son, Don Jaime, is only postâ€" poned until the terms can be arranged. ance, became insamne on Wednesday evening, after a performance, and was taken to a hospital. E000E EOME PROIPVIOH HOL UIRIIN C2 documentary evidence. . At Santiago, Cuba, several large calâ€" ibre Krupp guns have just arrived,and are ‘being péaced at strategic points to defend that port against a possible atâ€" tack from a foreign enemy. Gen. Gallieni, the French commanâ€" derâ€"inâ€"chief in Madagascar, says that the insurrection is virtually mastered, and that only a few remaining bands are hiding in the forests. Succi, the Italian faster, who has been giving exhibitions of his endurâ€" . An explosion occurred in a confecâ€" tionery manufactory at Casino, in the Province of Caserta, Italy, killing sevâ€" en persons. It is reported that Juan Fernandez, famous as the fabled home of Robinson Crusoe, has been completely destroyed by volcanic action. The Czar bas sent to King Menelek, of Abyssinia, a grand piano, an organ, & complete sct of wind instruments, and a band of musicians. fat The Epoca, of Madrid, declares tha together with the reserves, the Spanâ€" ish army is fully capable of maintainâ€" Ing an international war. Brazil makes the claim that the terâ€" ritory in dispute between Great Britain and Venezuela belongs to her, and tlh‘at she can establish her claim by Many lives have been lost by the capâ€" slzing of a ferry boat in the River Dnieger, in the I;rovince of Ekaterinosâ€" laff, Russia. EXPRESSING HIS CHOICE all the streots and houses of the neighâ€" borhood. this sound "as of the sound of to ancient civilization was without Jews. Far beyond the limits of the Roman empire they had gone, and were everywhere known for mental force, for the Powet to produce wealth, and for intolerance of faiths other than their own. 6. When this was noised abroad. Betâ€" ter, "when this sound was heard." Not only within four walls, but through D it io s t o Nes oo oys Pc2 enc oetiP t 5. Dwelling at Jerusalem. Foreign reâ€" sidents are here mentioned, in _ addiâ€" tion to sojourners who came up to the feast. Devout men. This phrase in its New Testament use does not refer to Christians, but to devoted men, mer thoroughly conscientious in their adâ€" herence to the Mosaic ritual. Most of them, doubtless, having lived in forâ€" eign countries, had planned to die and be buried near the fiol City. _ Every nation under heaven. 13 o region known 4. They were all filled with the Holy Ghost. ‘That is "all," like the "all" of verse 1, and the "each" of verse 3, inâ€" cludes all the believers in Christ that congregated at Jerusalem is made plain by the attitude of Peter and the eleven verse 14, who defended the rst against the charge of drunkenness, which they would hardly have done if all had not been speaking with _ tongues Other tongues. See Mark 16. 17. We have no very clear conception of what the miraculous endowment of â€" "tonâ€" gues," so often alluded to in the New Testament, was; but verses 8 to 11 very clearly state ‘the peculiarities shown on this occasion. Later referâ€" ences show that the gift of "tongues" came to be valued chiefly as a sure manifestation of the power of the Holy Spirit, and that they were used on ocâ€" casion in pronouncing "mysteries," 1 Cor. 14. 2, more often used in prayers, i)salms, blessings, and thanksgiving. ‘aul seems to have understood _ that they were sometimes "tongues of men" (foreign languages) and sometimes "tonâ€" gues of angeis‘" (languages of heaven). 8. There appeared. â€" Bishop Hervey calls attention to the gradation of the revelationâ€"they first hear the sound, then the tongues of fire appear, then they feel the Spirit working in them. Cloven tongues. _ Betiter, "tongues partâ€" ing asunder." The plain meaning of this seems to be, not a tongue cut in two, but that from one center many tongues of flame seemed tosever themâ€" selves and to settle one upon each of the disciples. The idea of a tongue cut in two, fiowever, has fastened itself on the tradition of the Church, and from this comes the peculiar shape of the crown, commonly called a miter, given to Roman Catho‘lic bishops. Notice that these tongues were not of fire, but like as of fire; jus‘ is the sound was not the sound of, wiud, but like as of wind. Each of them. Each one â€" of them, that is, of the one hundred and twenty. 2, Suddenly. Without warning. There came a sound from heaven. That is to say, downward. As of a rushing mighty wind. Bettet, "as of the rushâ€" ing of a mighty wind." Filled all the house. See note on verse 7. no respect of persons, and that God‘s children on earith should be united in sympathy and plan. PRACTICAL NOTES. Verse 1. When the day of Pentecost was fully come. See General Statement ‘"‘Now" is better than "fully." They were all with one accord. They were all together. The Greek does not speâ€" clally indicate their harmony, though doubtless they were in perfect agreeâ€" ment with each other. In one place. In what sense they abode together we cannot certainly say. This meeting was probabky for the purpose of united prayer, see Acts 1. 14 ; and, as we shali presently see, the hour for public prayâ€" er_and sacrifice was close at hand. him, and now ten days have passed since his ascension, during . which they have waited, for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. One of the first things that we note in the story is that the disciples were together when this reyelation came. One common impulse had merged their separate existences ; and homes, business callings, indepenâ€" dent plans, were all ignored so that they might all be in one place. Not one of them felt himself quite sufficient to himself; each needed the others. This gathering was not only helpful to those who came; it must also have made a deep impression on outsiders. If s solitary man had told the story of the resurrection he might have been set aside as a fanatic, but twelve leadâ€" ersand one hundred and twenty followâ€" ers compelled respect. They felt themâ€" selves members of one Body, and so evidently did God regard them, for they were "all filled with the Holy Sptrit;" that is, upon each of them came diâ€" vine power. This endowment of power shared by all tended greaily to merease their unity of will and purpose. Their voices were many, but their theme was oneâ€"‘"the mighty works of God." _ A year‘s study would hardly exhaust the teachings of this passage. On its surâ€" face it shows that with God there is was made, lasted for only one day ; but thousands of people, some of them from very remote places, crowded inâ€" to Jerusalem to participate in it. It was celebrated on the fiftieth day counted from the "morrow after the passover Sabbath," and the word "Penâ€" tecost" is Greek for fiftieth. The Old Testament name, "the feast of weeks," bas a similar origin, for just seven weeksâ€""a week of weeks" â€"passed beâ€" tween passover and Pentecost. The early traditions of Christendom made this particular Pentecost fall on a Sunday, and modern calculations, as we have seen corroborate this tradition. But we must be careful not to take such data as certain ; for, in the first place, there is doubt as to which of two days the fifty days are to be calâ€" culated from ; and a chronological difâ€" fulecty arises also from the limits of the Jewish day, which was measured from sundown to sundown instead of from midnight to midnight, as with us. On ‘"the passover Sabbath" Jesus lay in the grave; early the next mornâ€" ing he arose; during forty days the disciples had had some association with * The Holy Spirit Given." Acts 3. 1â€"13. Golden Text. Acts 2.4. GENERAL STATEMENT. â€"Our Lord‘s ascension is usually dated on Tuesday, May 18, A.D. 30. The Holy Spirit was given ten days later, on Sunday, May 28, A. D. 80 (as we beâ€" lieve). The annual feast of Pentecost, during which this wonderful revelation INTERNATIONAL LESSON, JAN. 10 IHE SUNDAY SCHOOL. RIO ARCHIVES TORONTO Yes, madame. The prescription calls for a é)llper of tacks. Doseâ€"Two tableâ€" spoonfuls scattered about the floor beâ€" fore retiring, Cold, Steele & Co‘s?ft _ Why, that is not a drug store. It is a hardware Dr. Highpriceâ€"It can be cured, maâ€" dame. Take this prescription, and have it filled at Colde, Steele & Co‘s. A SURE CURE. Iady Visitor, at office of eminent physician,â€"I have called, doctor, to ask if therse is any cure for sleepâ€"waking. I have ‘had the habit for years, and lately it has hecome worse. f sojourners at Jerusalem, whether Jews by race or proselytes;" but it is proâ€" bable that we may refer it to the enâ€" tire passage, as well as to the Cretans and Arabians afterwards mentioned. So the crowd was made up partly of forâ€" eign Jews and partly of Jewish proseâ€" lytes, whose mother tongues are indiâ€" cated by the nationalities enumerated. 11. Cretes. Inbabitants of the island of Crete, where Jews were many. Araâ€" bians were neighbors of the homeborn Jews. It is probably true, as some asâ€" sert, that (E)r(wk was spoken in both Crete and Arabia; but noute that the word "tongue" which Luke uses refers to dialects rather tnan to languages. Wonderful works of God. _ "Mighty" instead of wonder{ful. 12. Were in doubt. Wers perplexed. What meaneth this? "What will this bet" as if they oresaw it in the foreâ€" shadowing of some great result.. 13. Others mocked. _ Contemptuous rather than curious. _ These men are full of new wine. "Sweet wine." Men who are incapable of appreciating the enthusiasm of God are apt to attribute them to unworthy causes. _ So Festus said, "Paul, thou ari mad." "They that are born after the flesh do persecute them that are born after the Spirit " R Cl 03 052 PPug uC 42000UNGSS _ LHG Jews who had lived for centuries in forâ€" eign lands had a knowledge of Hebrew very similar to the knowledge which Jews no whave, who think the German or in English, according to the country in which they have been born, but who for rehflous purposes have a somewhat unintelligent verbal knowledge of Hebâ€" rew. We are to remember that Galilâ€" eans did not speak pure Hebrew, and that when the Bible was read in the synagogues it was translated sentence by sentence into the Aramaic of the common people. The miracle was not performed on the ears of the hearers but on the tongues of the speakers. 9. Parthians, and Medes,and Elamites. Jews, of course, but residing with these races as Jews born in this country might. be called Americans. It was to Parthia, Media, and Elam that the earlâ€" iest captives from the Ten Tribes had been taken by the Assyrians. _ The boundaries of the three provinces variâ€" ed much during the centuries, but they all were absorbed in the Persian emâ€" f_lm. Josephus refers to the Jews who ived in this region as ‘"a numerous multitude, not to be estimated by numâ€" bers." The dwellers in Mesopotamia were probably many of them descendâ€" ants of Nebuchadnezzar‘s captives. Why Judea is mentioned here it is not easy to say. Cappadocia was a Roman proâ€" vince of Asia Miner, Pontus lay along the shore of the Black Sea. By ‘Asia is to be understood, not the continent & k. 22 q 206 220 HCYTOL DUCCH LCOR M the burr or brogue of their own tongue may have still asserted itself. But a more pleasing cause for this question may be found in the probability that "the house where they were sitting was aâ€"if not theâ€"Galilean synagogue, There are indications that in Jerusalem at this time the people of each province had a s{:agogue to themselves; and we know that in Galilee the doctrines of Jesus had been received more gladly than anywhere else, and if there was a Galilean synagogue it could hardly helptbeing largely Christian in sentiâ€" ment. s e e o e e n en 7. Amazed. Beside tnemselves with wonder. Are not all these which speak Galileans. This seems at first a strange question; but doubtless the nationality and provincialism of the disciples were easily discernible; very likely by their features, for the life of antiquity was far more provincial than ours; very likeâ€" ly by their dress, for, though the Galilâ€" ean garb was not different from that of Judea, there would be little touches by which a Galilean might unconsciousâ€" ly distinguish himself, just as in our times, though Englishmen and Ameriâ€" cans imitate the same patterns of clothâ€" Ing, a newly arrived Englishman in Chicago or New York, or an American in London, might be promptly picked out by his dress; then, too, the Galilean accent was peculiar and well known, and is not beyond belief that, while the Spirit gave these men facility in lan%w ages which they had never been taught, & m&fimighty wind" had made itâ€" self heard, and people ran outdoors in alarm. . Hastening in the direction from which it came, they found themselves,A nervous, curious erowd around the doors and on the staircases of the house in which the Christians were. Were conâ€" fog.ndt:d. Were thoroughly perplexed. _ INSURANCE IN ONTARIO. own ya tongue. _ Doubtless the Roasted neanuts are sold by the pound at Sacramento, Cal., the price now being 10 cents, Johnnieâ€"Oh, gurty good. I eat a jar of glums yista fv. and she blamed it on the hired girl. Preacherâ€"How do you like your new mamma, Johnnie ? _ ROYAL ACADEMY‘s PRESIDEXT. Sir Edward John Poynter, the new President of the Royal Academy,tkough an Englishman, was born in Paris. He is 60 years of age, bui looks older, proâ€" bably on account of his grey beard. His first success was made when he had just turned 890. His election was followed by the conferring of a knighthood upâ€" oh nim by the Queen. Sir Edward is Director of the National Gallery, with an ammual salary of $5,000. As Presiâ€" dent of the Royal Academy, he will have a salary of nearly $5,000 per anâ€" num in addition. His wife is one of three sisters who are all married to disâ€" tinguished men. She was a Miss Macâ€" donald ; one of her sisters is now Lady Edward Burneâ€"Jones, wife of the celeâ€" brated preâ€"Raphaelite artist; while anâ€" other is the wife of Lockwood Kipking, once of the education department in Inâ€" dia, and now head of the art schools of Bombay and Labore. She is, thereâ€" fore, the aunt of Rudsard Kipling Szechuen Province, where there has been a prolonged rain, causing floods, which have spread over vast areas of country, destroying almost the entire rice and vegetable crops. The inhabiâ€" tants are dying by scores from starâ€" vation, and a large portion of the city situated on a biuff at a bend of the Kinsh River was carried under the flood by a landslide, and about 3,000 of the starving Chinese were drowned. The flood had undermined the base of the bluff, and a portion of the hill, about five acres in extent, fell into the water. A severe famine is reported from western China,. It is particularly seâ€" vere in the City of ghu:mxung. in Szechuen Province, where there has The steamer Peru brings news that in addition to the smallpox epidemic in Japanese ports, cholera has revivâ€" ed at Hong Kong, and, though there arenot yet many deaths, the plague is mcreasin% and serious results are expected. The disease has made much beadway in many Chinese cities and on the island of Formosa. The Japâ€" anese ports have declared a quaranâ€" tine against all cholera infected disâ€" tricts. Rice and Vegetable Crops of Western China Destroyed. lowed a room to live in, but have to furnish their own food. _ The necessarâ€" ies of life sell at most exorbitant prices. Butter is $1 a pound, potatoes $4 to $5 a bag, beef 30c. a pound, eggs 756. a dozen. _ With such small wages it is impossible to eke out anything but & starvation kind of living, with no hopes saving enough to get back home. The country is teeming with vermin of all kinds, especially flees and ants, which contribute to make life unpleaâ€" impossible to eke out anything but & starvation kind of living, with no hopes saving enough to get back home. The country is teeming with vermin of all kinds, especially flees and ants, which contribute to make life unrlewâ€" sant. _ The letter, which is ver‘y ong, pours forth a veritable "tale of woe," and will likely result in preventing un{ further emigration from Hull to Brazil. Mr. Leferriere is in Santos, about 20 miles from St. Paul‘s. The Emigrants Were Aucitoned Of Like Kla ves. Mr. J. O. Leferriere, secretary of the Public School Board, of Ottawa, bas reâ€" ceived a letter from his son, Mr. Euâ€" clide Leferriere, who with his wife went with the shipâ€"load of Frenchâ€" Canadian emigrants to Brazil a _ few months ago. The letter was written in October, and only reached Hull a day or two ago. Mr. Leferriere gives a bad account of Brazil, and asks his parents to warn others of the undesirability of the country as a place for settlement. He says that the emigrants were alâ€" most auptioned off like slaves, going to the highest bidder. He is now workâ€" ing on a plantation, and only receives $20 a month, and hbas to work long hours and very bard. They are alâ€" ers were in use, and the average spaed was 14,.35 knots, while the coal conâ€" sumption was 2.6 pounds Â¥e,r indicated horseâ€"power. â€" ‘The Powerful was next subjected toa thirty kours‘ run at 18,â€" 000 horseâ€"power. in this case, and in the open sea, the speed of the vessel was 20.6 knots, and calculations showâ€" ed that the engines are capable of deâ€" veloping l."),()b()iome-power at economi«â€" cal speed. _ _ A In the final trial, which was carried out on November 27th, the ship left Plymouth in the morning, and the enâ€" gines develo(pcd an average of 25,886 borseâ€"power for the requisite period of four hours. For oneâ€"third of the duraâ€" tion of the trial the power developed exceeded 26,000 horseâ€"power. The wind was strong and the sea rough, the reâ€" sult being that the speed attained was only 21,.8 knots; but it was estimated that in tolerably smooth water the ship would have steamed fully 22 1â€"2 knots to the bhour. The ship was fully down on her load line during these trials, and drew 28 feet aft. ‘The machinery is now being overhauled preparatory to final acceptance. The Trial Trips of the Powerfulâ€"The aAd vantage of the Water Tube Boilers in Vessels of Large Displacement. ’ A despatch from London, says:â€"The British cruiser, the Powerful, which has quite _ recently completed hber steam trials, is at the present moment the fastâ€" est ship in the Royal navy, and bhas thus fully justified the adoption of the water tube boiler in vessels of large displaceâ€" ment. Her trials began in October, and the machinery defect which delayed their completion until the end of Noâ€" vember may be disregarded as having no connection with the principle in which marine engineers have been inâ€" terested. It was raid that the Admirâ€" alty were doing a rash thing in sup plying so large a cruiser with Belleâ€" ville boilers on the strength of only minor experiments; but the experiment has succeeded, and marks a new era in the history of marine engineering. The engines of the Powerful, as also of the Terrible, were designed to proâ€" duce 25,000 horseâ€"power. At the first trial the ship was run for thirty hours at oneâ€"fifth of her power,. In this trial only sixteen out of her fortyâ€"eight boilâ€" CANADIANS IN BRAZIL. FLOODS AND FAMINE. HIS GRATITUD® FAST CRUISERS,