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10 120 Nt 6 °0 to operate a clain | Colored Patients Under Xâ€"Hay Treatâ€" of cotton mills in NXorth Carolina by ment Change Color. tenement dwoellers of this city, taken Philadelphia, Jan. 4.â€"The anciert there and traincd by a few skilled workâ€" } and honorable belief that an Ethiopian ers, is being evoived by men here interâ€" | cannot change his skin has gone the ested in the cotton business. road of other ancieut and honorable Reraoonie axioms relegated to oblivion by the Philadelphia.â€"The U. S. auxiliary | dictum of sciense. For in this twentieth eruiser Dixie sailed from the Leagy»a | century of wonderful_truths the darkâ€" Island navry yard toâ€"day en route for | @St l-.t_hugpxan‘c'an change the darkest Colon, mrr'\'i;;g two battalions of mar. | hue of his epidermis to a pure white ines, including 600 men, and five months‘ | by means of the Rontgen or Xâ€"rays. living and fighting supplies for 1,000 | , This effect of the weird light of thel mers, ‘ w? t Crookes _ tube is voucked for by Dr. Henry K.. Pancoast, resident physician New York.â€"Charges of fraud have l°f the _ University Hospital, who has ht by Sterm Bros. & Co. and | b¢°m comstantly experimenting with the been broug s * e I Nâ€"ray as & treatment for cancer an‘l Jos. Frankels‘ Sons, two wholesale diaâ€" tuberculosis of the skin during the last mond dealers, against Adolph Peabodv; 1 ty years. * a former diamond merchant of Maiden / «a$; ; colored patients I ‘have. Lane. â€" The amount of the alleged frau! &reated," said Dr. Pancoast in a discusâ€" is $60,000. * sion of the subject, ."huqal:at. the dark Portland, ‘Oreâ€"After failing to inâ€" came urder the influence of the m: d.e.thodi-tfictattomytoiumn ini:et.thclkintunled ectly e. warrant for the arrest of the man| * all the cases &-d.mfi m:.ammmn-w. one, it stayed white, too, and even affections. David Van Houten, a farmer, that case it remained white for a year. went to a saloon and without warnâ€" m&lflnnym'g‘ fmg shot and killed Albert Young, ome |a bleaching agent and beautifier New York.â€"Charges of fraud â€" have been brought by Stern Bros. & Co. and Jos. Frankels‘ Sons, two wholesale diaâ€" mond dealers, against Adoliph Peabody, a former diamond merchant of Maiden Lane. The amount of the alleged frau! is Q@th nfi eruiser Dixie sailed from the Leagus Island nary yard toâ€"day en route for Colon, carrying two battalions of marâ€" ines, including €00 men, and five months‘ living and fighting supplies for 1,000 men. New York.â€"A plan to operate a chain of cotton mills in North Carolina by temnement dwollers of this city, taken therg ar‘\d. trained by a few skilled workâ€" Globe, Ariz.â€"Two sheep men near the Gisela settlement have been killed as a result of a feund between cattlemen and sheepmen. The victims were a young man named Berry and a Mexican. New York.â€"Pr. J. M. Otto was found unconscious early toâ€"day on the sideâ€" walk at 5th avenue and 35th street. The back of his skull had been crushed in, and he died soon afterward. To all apearance the doctor was the victim of a highwayman, who had been frightenel off before he had time to search the dying man‘s pockets. Church Club of the Diocese of Long Isâ€" land Prof. G. T. Ladd, of Yale, has declared that the greatest curse of this gountry is the terrible greed for gold. The trade classes, he declared, _ are so tightly drawn at the present time that a break is bound to come soon. Chicago.â€"T. P. Shonts, President of the Indiana, lilinois & Iowa, was elected President and General Manager of the Clover Leaf Road (Toledo, St. Louis & Western), in place of Benjamin Norton, resigned. New York.â€"The latest news from Kishineff, says a Times despatch, preâ€" sents the Russian population as threatâ€" ening, and the Jews as approhensive of further disorder. Pittsburg.â€"The â€" eightâ€"storey _ brick warehouse of Haugh & Tanen, used for the storing of furniture, was damaged by fire toâ€"day to the extent of $100,â€" Pittsburg, Pa.â€"Oraers have been reâ€" eeived to put in operation eight blast furnaces of the Carnegie Co. at Duâ€" ,\IQSRQ- escaped, quctor on an "Owl" car, was shot ani probably fatally wounded toâ€"day by a atranger. The men had quarrelled over the issuance of transfers The atranger agoanaA New York.â€"A special cable to the Sun from Berlin announces the death of Jease Selligman, formerly a partner in the wellâ€"known Selligman banking house of New York, at Frankfort. New York.â€"In an address before the Trenton, N. J.â€"A grac wages from 1 to 20 per c at the Trenton plant of Bridge Co. The men hay the reduction. Cleveland, Ohio.â€"Two tugs, which were imprisoned in heary ice two miles from shore in Lake Erie all day yesterday with twelre men, have been released. Des Moines, lowa.â€"The Cud ing Co., of South Omaha, is in a rush order for 1,000,000 poun« mess meat for the Russian (in Chicago.â€"Jose Dries, 50 years old, con Perham It is stated that an enormously rich strike has been made by Louis Cardinal, of Ottawa, and others about ten miles across the border in Alaska. Cardinal starts toâ€"morrow with a ten thousand dollar outfit to work the new strike, which is at the head waters of the White River Cardinal states that the ground goes from 80 cents to $3 per pan, and is not near bed rock. It is feared a s.ampede will occur, although Cardinal made every effort to keep the matter quiet. Cardinal worked for the Canaâ€" dian Government, locating the boundary line between Alaska and the Yukon. He believes it will prove an cnormouslyl rich district. low as 13 below zero only the past week, and range to two above, with no win Dawson, Y. T., Jan. 4.â€"The weather has been singuiarly mild for the past Woman Who Murdered Her Husband to be Hanged. RICH GOLD FIND IN ALASKA h pytl o sou. C ooofy Teugh 420M , the selfâ€"confessed accomplice of To be Hanged. J.â€"A grade reduction of 1,000,000 pounds of ;xtra he Russian Government. 20 per cent. took effect _ of the American have submitted to The Cudahy Pack for ],000 g (.',- , He id â€" have ?f Co. and ‘c' sale diaâ€" | {, Peabd", 1 tw Maiden : _ . d lnul ye + ‘3.':1 to inâ€" :an issue a in | °e man * s wife‘s | one farmer, | tha receipt of from zero to bring the matter 'tt;"tch: attention of the Natal (nâ€"~ Lord Strathcoma, in a letter to the Minister of Agriculture toâ€"day, says that ho learns the American business men have taken hold of the shipping or cattle to South Africa in a most systematic way. _ They have agents everywhero in South Africa, and in this way havea groat advantage over Canadians, of whom vyery few send representatives to look up buslness, The Americans make contracts on the spot and are thus enabled to control the trade. Sir Walter Peace, Agent General for Natal, Lase inform 4 Lord Strathâ€" cona that the director of agriculture for Natal, now in England, purckasâ€" ing cattle for their experimenting farms. Lord Strathcona bas informâ€" ed Sir Walter that Natal can proâ€" curo far more suitable cattle for their purposes in Canada and Sir Wa{fe:r ln‘g(msequenoe. has promised lon : Intelrvew s 0 oys â€" So > ’Lord’s Day Alliance Wants [ *Dominion Legislation. An _ Ottawa report says ; Rev. _Pr, Potts, of Toronto, President of tho Lord‘s Day Alliance, and MP. Shearer, Secretary, are in the city and had an interview with the Minâ€" ister ol Justice. They aro asking for the introduction of a biil next session dealing with the question ol Sabbath Ob#gervyanco. The Judiâ€" cial Committeo of the Imperial Privy Council had declared that the proâ€". rinces has no power to deal with the subject. What the Lord‘s Day Dominion Alliance now| asks is Doâ€" minion legislation touching Sabbath observance. The churches largely support this, as do &lso the Trades and Labor Congress. What is deâ€" sired is to have Sunday as a day of rest. It is also likely that cerâ€" tain legislation, â€" which will fall within tho jurisdiction of the proâ€" vinces wiil also be asked for in this connection. Some of the older proâ€" vinces have now! certain laws upon the subject, Tacoma, Wash.â€".hcky Smokalama, a widelyâ€"known Siwash Indian, has killed his wife on the Puyallup _ reservation, either by the use of his fists or with a stick of wood. The woman‘s chest and face were beaten into a ulp. The only witness was a l2-yw-ofd daughter of the couple. The Indian remained in his shanty with the corpse for 24 hours, when news of the crime became known, and he was placed under arrest. _ Chicago, II1.â€"A despatch to the Triâ€" bune from Hermosillo, Mexico, says: The Seri Indians, who occupy Tiburon Island in the Gulf of California, have gone on the warpath, and according to the inâ€" formation received by the military auâ€" thorities the savages are raiding ranches and committing depredations on the mainland. ‘The Sertis are said to be cannibals, and are known to be the fastest runners in the world. TURNS NEGROES wiite St. Petersburg.â€"The consensus of unâ€" official opinion among those associated with the Government, but not responsiâ€" ble therefor, is that the Czar is so peaceâ€" fully disposed that née will make such concessions to Japan as are necessary to prevent war, providing that no unforeâ€" seen events force the ilndl of the Govâ€" ernments concerned. of the proprietors. â€" Wan Honten caped. struck by a passing train and thrown into the ditch, where he had lain for some time in a semiâ€"conscious condition, and then crawled along the snow about a hundred yards before being found. As the thermometer was well below zero at the time, it is a wonder how he escaped being frozen. IF whhoPinzas Smss ad d wlculuu,. The cathédral is the first Roman Cathâ€" olic cathedral that has stood in the Metropolitan Sâ€"e of England since the Reformation. It is situated half a mile west of Westminster Abbey, and is a _ magnificent structure of the Byzantine style, with a great campanile of red brick, banded with Porttand stone, three hundred feet high, and crowned with a metalâ€"covered dome, surmounted by a double cross of bronze. The expenditure on the entire edifice up to the end of October was over a milrion dollars. Struck by a Train. ‘ Jroquois, Ornt., /an. *»Thos. Morin, a teamster, was found on the High School grounds this morning in an exâ€" hausted condition and with & leg broken and otherwiso injured He had been CATTLE FOR AFRICA, i d ELCE a2ECImY AVC T. Francis Bourne, Roman Catholic Archâ€" bishop of Westminster, was enthroned in the new Cathedral of Westminster this morning with impressive ceremony. "The matinkArac® Ln 4t Bock ow C d prisonment. ogers, was sentenced to life imâ€" nent. Archbisbop Enthroned. "2er to the special Natal Government. _ _ 4.â€"The â€"anciert that an Ethiopian skin has gorne the ent and honorable > oblivion by the or in this twentieth Most â€" Rev. t Seven insurance money, gubscriptions and from the sale of sebentures.‘ The out. look for the college is very gratic fying. The attendance at the preâ€" sent time is 107, the largest in its history. V o e o .. 10r, & rogro. He kept his promise, and tho funeral was delayed two hours. _ He waited unt! the pailâ€" bearers bore the boiy from the bouse. They had almost reached the bearse when ho saw that they were negroes. *"‘That don‘t go," he salid, "I‘ll not drivo a nigger, dead or alive." With this remark he brought the whip down on his horses and sped away, leaving the pallbearers stan‘. ing with the coffin on the pave. mont. When he reache‘l his stable Ryan told bis troubles ard was orâ€" gered back. He refused to go and} lost his job. Builalo, Jan. 4 George Ryar, vorn in Ireland, wnen ho ‘was sent on Saturday with a ber?rsa to thoe funeral of Chas. Tay. J0¢, & rogro. He kert his nranmild~ Jrish Hearse Driver Delays F for Ewo Hours, Philadelphia, Jan. 4. â€" "p frive a nigger, dead or alive," Georza Ryar, vorn in Ireland DREW THE LINE ON NEGROES Condemns Transfoming of Church Services Into Concerts. Roane,J+3 i,~.TBa Obserratoirs Ro. mang prints a long letter from the Pope o Cardinal Respighi, â€" Vicarâ€" Gecerai of his Holiness, expressing & desgire for reformation in church music. The Pontiff{ is especially digâ€" satisfied with the musical parts of the masse and vespers. He says that lovg musical compositions have been substituted for the devout psalmody of the clergy. They resemble old theâ€" atrical cpers, and are of little worth, only serving to feed the curiosity of people of minor intelligence. His Holiness enjoins strict observance of tho rules of his predecessors pre. scribing the use of tho Gregorian chant. 1 Ho condemns the transforming of church services into concerts, â€" and says that the organ is to be used only to support, not to drown the singers. Long organ preludes and intermezrzos aro not to be allowed. The piano must never be played in church, nor any other "noisy, friv. olous insatrauments like the drum, cyinâ€" bals, or belis." A BUFFALO HOLOCAUST. BISHOP RIDLEY COLLEGE. F sand appin dn dnditiets cA ell t ># : Sss 2s d astern, with a tremendous roar, tkrowing up the wator with a great eplask. =, i " L P MOp O PPR CCCE AAOPTO UICOTSE on board steamed toward Ler, and the British naval men shouted exâ€" citedly : ‘"You aro in great danger. Rigkt before you is a submarins mine. For God‘s sake, go astern full speed. Captain Heintzor, realizsing that his vessel Lad too much way to stop quick1y, steamed akead. hoping to get over the danger apot. Auddenly the mino oxplo:iad abovt two lengtks mt amn Lol4r, L w3 8 German MailSteamer Barely Escaped Destruction at Singapore,. Victoria, B. C., Jan. 4. â€" The steamer Bkinano Maru, whien arrived toâ€"day from Clina and Japan ports, brouglt a remarkable story â€" from Alngapore, which is vouched for by Staaghai papere, of the narrow esâ€" cape of tle German mail liner Pring Heinrick, from being blown up by & mubmarioe mine. When the seteamer was leaving Singapore, a steam launck with a larg‘?_ party of Britist naval officors Thousand Sheep Burned at the Stock Yards. German OOR en CPme RT Hme Veudte a thickening of the blood vessel walls near the surface. "So it is not probable that there will be any Xâ€"ray blondes to vie with the peroxide blondes. The bleaching effect of the wonderful Xâ€"ray will remain a scientifically curious and bizarre feature of the already remarkable pbhenomena of the light from the Crookes tubes ani r sfpatgedihe + Sunte+ from radium." Ne ELA --v-yvluu- The rays‘ effect on healthy tisue is not desirable, and often barmful, producing a condition of the skin not unlike that following a bad skin burn. It also causes [boeomc popular and take its place with peroxide and complexion paint is doubtâ€" rul. The whiteneuf prc:lduced in ‘l eol;:red person‘s skin is of a ead,fhuty charâ€" acter that is not at all desirable, and is, it is said, altogether unnatural in appearance. p“ Then, again, these white spots hitherto produced by the ray have been where the skin covered diseased tisue, such as a cancer or the like, which had been treated by absorption. AWikies : netoee t oc e in Lti s s h uce s 4 POPE ON CHURCH MUsIC. uvommunmegyripig y o ud + ol â€" nsP P C ons SHIP EXPLODES A MINE. +Oâ€" "I‘ll not alive," saig TORONTO uncral t P 1 PPEA ARCUCE â€"UoeB been undertaken by an English comâ€" pany. According to advices policles are issued covering appendicitis risks at the rate of $1.25 a year for every $500 The holder. is guarâ€" antged all the expenses of a medical, surgical and nursing character up to the facs of the policy in force at the time of treatment. _ Coroner Dr. Logie found a letter, in which the man stated that he had comâ€" mitted the rash act as a resul of domesâ€" tic trouble. It was decided that an inâ€" quest was unnecessary. A peculiar feature of the case is that no hint of domestic trouble had reached the neighâ€" bors, but Boyd had fréquently coinâ€" plained that his work in the tunnel, where he was employed as inspector, was telling on his health, and he freâ€" quently acted strangely. ’called for help, and, on entering, the _neighbors found Mrs. Boyd lying in the kitchen, where she had evidently been enâ€" gaged in washing dishes. She was breathing her jast, and erpired before anything could be done. A bullet wound from a 38â€"calibre revolver was in her head, and the ball had passed completely through. The husband was fonnd about ten feet away, in an inner rooin, and held a revolver in his hand. He had shot himself through the head, and the builet passgl out through the window. Imura.peeA against f s . f er. ANote the following leading chas ‘ .S:?rma. feport. As a result of domes neteristics of his preaching; 1. i tic infelicity, probably accentuated by | was stern, like that of Elijah: > illâ€"health, Joseph Boyd, aged about | Jt was absolulely dauntless. 8. It fifty, this morning murdered nis wife, | FhOows remarkable insight into the hi lif o needs of the peopie of every class and ended his ow.n ife a n'foment ?...t.er. 4. It was intensely practical. 5. It Boyd and his wife have been living, rrophesies of the dawn of the kingâ€" with their family of five children, on , dom Otf‘ (31!:51:- fl‘lfldmcslaig'; was ; ll. Davis street, where he recently erected ;‘i‘:fi m:l .‘"3. ltl)ghl:l‘(;gtl‘::lgmheg'fv e(?od'? a home, and was supposed to be perâ€" | In the wildernessâ€""John preached in fectly comfortabie. This morning sounds | the wil(é, t{h:;:lyJinl:jnblteddroEioxly lvé o t lng west o e Jordan and the Dea of quarrelling v.e-re heard. followed by Sea, as far north of Enon, two.thir is a sound of breaking glass. One of the | of the way to the Sea ol Galilee, children then camé to the door and | ard on both sides of the lower Jor.â€" Joseph Boyd Kills His Witeand Himâ€" self at Sarnia. **We have no doubt whatever o! the reliability of our information," said David Livingstone McKay, the "Litâ€" tle David" of, the new Eve â€" House bere. 1 _ ander Dowle, "Eiljah, the Restorer," 'is coming to Detroit and Windsor _next week, according to information received from official sources by members of the Fliying Roll Colony here toâ€"day. The purpose of "Elijah" in coming to Windsor is no less than to make this city the Canadian capâ€" ital and headquarters, "the Zion of the Domlinion," according to the reâ€" port. The purpose of Dowie to leave for Austraila is not affected by this trip to Windsor, for the members of. the EFlying Roll Colony believe it is his intention to first make a short evangelical tour of Canada, accomâ€" panied by Iiis "host" and neavenly choir. Extensive movements of _ eastward have been reported _ Three other ordihances were issuced, relating, firsat,. to the Seoulâ€"Fusan Railway, which is brought closer unâ€" der official control ; second, to the revision of the organization ol the Imperial military â€" headquarters in ’ war time ; third, to the creation of a war council in war time. These orâ€" dinances, it is considered, completely provide for all emergencies. ‘ â€" Russia Getting Ready Moscow, Jan. 4.â€"Twelre batterâ€" los, of the four Grandier brigades of field artillery stationed in _ and around Moscow, have been selected for wervice in the far east. ‘Their early departure is expected, which will place 108 field guns at ‘the disâ€" posal of Viceroy Alexrie{f. It is said here that all the volunteers living | at their homes, who, as graduates of high schools, are privileged to servo only & year with the colors, have been ordered into barracks. Extensive movements of _ troops a view of making sucecesful a maniâ€" pulative campaign in one of the staple articles of commerce. Further War Preparations Tokio, Jan. ¢£.â€"An emergency orâ€" dinance promulgated late last pight invests t:e Government with practi« cally unlimited credit for the purâ€" poses of military defence. Windsor, Ont., Jan. 4.â€"â€"John Alexâ€" It is regarded in financial circles as ons of, the boldest plans ever adopted by a greai «peculator with New York, Jan. 4.â€"Daniel J. Sully, the cotton king who has made $10,â€" 000,000 in the great campaign in cotton futures which yesterday put the price of this commodity up to 14 cents, the highest in 25 years, and which has closed cotton mills al. over the country and Europe, and thrown many thonsands of men ard women out of employment, is raising a fund of $250,000 among the cotton spinners of the United States "to influence the American press and the American people to accept the high prices of one of their greatest commodities as the inevitable result of conditions treated by physical necessities raâ€" ther than by speculative manipuiaâ€" tion," says a morning paper. Mr. Sully has himself subscribed $10,â€" 000 to the pool, and in a letter cirâ€" cular solicits liberal subscriptions to the fund which is designed to be conducted during the year 1904 through four specific channele, as followa: _ First, semiâ€"advertising, ‘"writeâ€"ups" in magazines ol large circulation and influence, Becond, cab service of authoritaiive personal interviews and timely and periinent information. Third, coâ€"operative adâ€" vertising through the dealer to his customer. Fourth, direct argument on thg dealer. ¢ MURDER AND SUICIDE. W NDSOR ZION OF CANADA The Veteran War Correspondent Says War Between Japan and Russia isTrembling in the Balance. BENNETT BURLEIGH ON THE WAR SiTUATION appendicits has "lbungay School. MWant.. a.0 3. __"_0¢) _ ARL08:. BLPAIGNEâ€" This is figurative language. The wiords illustrate the straightening force of the gospel There must be a thorough preparation before God, 2. Repent yeâ€"Repentence includes (1) conviction, (2) contrition, (3) conâ€" fession. (4, reformation, and leads to corvrersion, John, Jesus, Peter and Paul all preached repentance. Kingâ€" Jom of heavenâ€"As Jesus is the Mosâ€" siash that is, the Anointed, the King, ro His goscel is a law, anl His (isâ€" i recsation a kingiom.â€"Whedon. The | kingdom of heaven and the kingcom I of God in the New Testament mean | ore an: the same thing and generâ€" !nlly bave reference to the epiritual | kingdom which Christ sets up in the ! hbearts cf His followers. At handâ€"The Jews expected a great national de. }liverer. Ihe meaning here is that the coming of the Messiah to begin His demilnion on earth, under the Christian economy, is at band. 8. Esaiasâ€"The Greek form â€"for Isaiah. _ Tho reference here is to Isaiah xl. 8â€"5; also see Luke iii. 4â€"6. The voiceâ€"*"The prophecy draws atâ€" tention to the work rather than the worker.‘ . The voice of the prophet was loud and distinct. Prepare yoâ€" The idea is taken from the pracâ€" tioe-qf_l-:utarn monarchs, who, whenâ€" ever they took a journey, sent harâ€" bingers before‘ them to prepare the way. The Jewish church was the ers the people had sunk into a very low ar«d degraded cordition. 1t had beer four hundred years since they bad heard prophetic warningswhen sudderly John appeared on the scene. Johin the Baptistâ€"So named by Mark ard Luke and by Josechus, who menâ€" l tions his great influence, and speaks _of the crowds that flock to hear him breach. Preachingâ€"Heraiding, â€" a word sugresting the roclamation of a king. John was a great reformâ€" er. Note the following leading charâ€" acteristics of his preaching; 1. it was stero, like that of Elijah: 2. 1t was absolutely dauntless. 8. It rhows remarkable insight into the veeds of the peopie of every cla«s. 4. It was inlensely practical. 5. It krophesies of the dawn of the kingâ€" dom of Christ. His message was ; 1, rerent ; 2, the kingdom of heaven is The Preaching of John the Baptist. CCOMMEN~TARY.â€"L. A calh to reâ€" Leutance (vs. 1â€"4). 1. Im those lays â€"The time is defined in Luke iii., 1. I1t was a time of moral dearth. Ail Ilsraci had bccome a barren wiiderâ€" bess. The Roman empcror was Jdesâ€" polic and cruel. Herog and Pliate were little better. The priestnood was Tiked with corrupt men, and evâ€" en Caipphas, the hbigh priest, was coarse and brutal. Under such leadâ€" INTERNATIONAL LESSON _NO. 1 JANUARKY 10, 1904. been swept away in speculation in the last year. Mr. Chickering was a Civil Engineer. He surveged and laid ou‘t most of the race tracks in New York and other cities. It was when Lo retired from his profession and undertook speculation that his forâ€" tune was swept away. and France take if â€" dieturbances break out" Great Britain and Amâ€" erica should be prepared alwo to seoe that if Japan wages a successful war she is not prevented from reaping the fruite of victory." + Died in Poverty. New York, Jan. 4. â€"The New York American toâ€"day eays: Having lived life for more than his three score and 10, Okie Clickering died in poverty in EL. Vincent‘s Hospital yesterday, Lis fortune of about $60,000 having are eager to engage the enemy in Manchuria, but the real key to the seriousness of the situation is in the | questbon, ‘will there be further trouâ€" ble, outbreake against foreigners in China‘? Or in thoe equally dangerous probem, what steps will Germany "It is agroed, andi plain despatohos s#how that the Chinese Imperial auâ€" thorities are on the alert, and will attack Russia. Their bost generals eaye: War trombies in the balance, | it Lase not already, tilted the scale, | for report affirms that Russia on | Aaturday, declining Japan‘s neque-t.' Diplomacy is terrified as to what| will happen in China if there le war botween Ruemia and Japan. _ Dr. Jas. M.. Buckley, editor of that journal, sougut to disprove the claims which Dow.e made to conversions in | New York, and quoted a letter from Mr. Merritt, in which the latter disâ€" avowed aliegiance to the Reslorer. Dowie called his Cabinet to a counc.l, in Zion City, and then it was that Merritt was formaliy excommuniâ€" _cated. Tue edict, as officially pubâ€" lighed, is in part as follows : "In the name of the Most High God I deliver James M, Buckley and Stephen Merâ€" *ritt unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, thet their epirits may be saved in the day of Lord Jesus. May it be that ere their boudies perish they m@hall truly repent and be saved. 1 they wili not repent ali men and anâ€" gels will say their damnation is just." War is immianent. Kew York, Jan. 41â€"A epeo.al cable from Lomuon to the New "York HMerâ€" ald toâ€"day, saye: Mr. Bennetit Burâ€"| leigt, in a cable message from ‘Tokio, | ) Excommunicated by Dowis. y ! New York Jan. 4.A speoal from. ! Chicago to the New York World toâ€" . day say s: ‘The Rev. Stephen Merâ€" | ritt, one of the trustees of the John | Street Methodist < Church, in New York, bas been excommunicated by John Alexander Dowie, because of an attack on Dowie in the New York Chnstian Advocate. CS xd HUnw a¢ [ 152 pierced hand of the Eon of God ope'x)u! the door, and Mllflal! enters, or closes it against his own soul!. The final conâ€" summation of» the kingdom John beâ€" l;oeldn::en "aâ€"great multitude, which could n and _ ; °12 "U4mber, of all nations kinedn», ;. C,_ O [}/Uman consent, this kinpdom is destined to break â€" into pleces and consume all other kingâ€" doms, and it gshall stand forever." The _ kingdom is comprehensive, "Ask of Me, and I shail give thee the heathen ror thine inberitance, and the uttermost parts of the carth for thy possession." "The isles shall i'odtcmr. ll;‘!. law." See also Eph. i. i & â€" 11. The pie hand Of "the Kinn ar m % plerced Retesi _2 0s _ IC, es WwWFIII. I£dAAL it contemplates the control ol outâ€" | ward affairs, social and civic, is unâ€" | questionable, but it secures this out= | wand triumph by assuming the suâ€" premacy of the purpose, and will through the power of purificd alfacâ€" kingdom of heaven is within you." No more outward loyalty or service can answer here. Devotion to Christ and truth must spring sponitancous {rom the deepest impulses or fail of meeting the standard of divine reâ€" quirement, The kingdom is permanent. This is that which appeared in vision to Nebu&hadnenar. and was interpretâ€" ed and prophesied by Daniel. "And in these days shall the Go# of Heaâ€" ven set up another kinpdom, which shal! never be destroyed." _ Estabâ€" lished without buman consent, this kinpdom is destined to break into pieces and consume all other kingâ€" dO"l.lLi. and it shall stand forevor" * ]| â€" IV. John points to Christ (ve. 11, 12). 11. Unto repentanceâ€"John was a reâ€" â€" | pentance preacher. This was "a bapâ€" tism requiring and representing an inward sp ritual change."â€"Speaker‘s Com. He that comethâ€"The preaching ) | of John was proparing the minds of the people for the coming of ;hehnec- gimh, and t began to ask themâ€" sel ves wlxel?:g he were the Christ. ~| Is _mightierâ€"John clearly â€" outlined the work of the coming Messiah. His baptism will effect what mine is powerless to do. Not worthyâ€"John | ahows his greatress by his scl.â€"abaso~ | ment. His almost unexampled humilâ€" }ity from the first led him to desigâ€" nate his work, which shook Isracl to ! its centre, as merely â€" preparatory, and to subordinate himsel{l at onee to Him who was far greater than he. With fireâ€"Fire is an emblem of the Holy Spirit. _ ‘The fire of the Holy Ghost will dispel the coldness and wiil give new energy and life to the soul. 12. Whose fanâ€"The fan, or the inâ€" strument for the purging, is the FOke pel. Floorâ€"BHis church Wheatâ€"True believers. _ Garnerâ€"The ki gdom of grace here and of heaven bereafter. Unquenchable fireâ€"Nothing will be able to extinguish the awful fipes that will kindle around the feet of the finaiy impenitent. PRACTICAL SURVEY. The appearance of John the Bapâ€" tist marks a distinct and importâ€" ant epoch in the great proces«es of & world‘s redemption.â€"the point of meeting and digression of two magâ€" nificont dispensations. HimsclH beâ€" longing to neither, he slands out im history as the closing eagnal of the one, and the advance herald of another, greater and final. The great truth of the lesson is "The Coming Kingdom." The kingdom is epiritual. ~Jesus Christ when questioned by Plate deâ€" clared both the fact and nature of his dominion when he Bti1, *"*My Ffingdo‘m ls.not of_ this world." That A before the Lamb. clothes _ pefore the Lmamb, clothed _ in 9. Think not to say, etec.â€"The natâ€" ural impulse of the unregencrate beart is to seek out excuses and subâ€" terfuges when the corscience is touched. Out of these hard, unregenâ€" erate hearts God is able to make bearts of flesh and children of Abraâ€" ham. 10.â€"The axe is laidâ€"*"There is an aliumon here to a woodman, who, having marked a tree for exc‘s‘on, lays his axe at its noot, while he lays off his outer garment, in order that ae may wield more power{ful blows." ,ducees and Bssencs, and te handled them with terrible severity. Generâ€" _ation of vipersâ€""Brood" of vipers. "Thie denotes persons deceitful and malicioue." "A terribly exprossive speech." He called them snakes. Who hath warmed youâ€"How came you to think that dby complyin@ with an outâ€" ward gign, you can escape the wrath of God without an inward change? Wratl. to comeâ€"The iniquity of the nation was so great that all mer expectod a speedy and awful judzâ€" mant. 8. Fruit worthy of repentance Jotin did not etop with a mere proâ€" foscion, but they must show the honâ€" fty of their purpose by their conâ€" l III. A thorough reformation deâ€" | manded (ve. 7â€"10). 7. Whien he saw, â€" | "Men tonor a lofty and fearless soul, | eveking mo selfisk object, but braving | all opposition for the noblest ends. Jotn had nothing to loso but his life, and cared for notking but the faitkful discharge of his duty. Prarisoos â€"The name signifies sepâ€" aratists. Thkey held tenaciosuly to ‘ m literal obedience of the written | law, aod an unwritten tradition. | Aadducees â€"Tkey adbered to the ‘ written law lof lLu, but refused to | gire muck weight to tradition,. They 'dld not beijeve in a future life, angele or epirits. Baid unto them.â€" Thke three leading religious eects at that time were the Phariseces, SHBadâ€" ver» popular, but popularity had no ellvet upon such as ne. 6. Confessâ€" ingâ€"Confession of sin is one of the marks of truo repentance. See 1st John, 1. 9. must have been enormous. John oold and rain. ‘This mantleo was girded around him with a leather girdle of undressed hide. His food 'Mted of locusts, closely resemâ€" bling our grasshoppers, and of wild honey. All this wias a natural as â€"well as simple mode of living in _those days in the wilderness." Meatâ€" Food. Locustsâ€"Theâ€"law of Moses gave permission to eat locusts (Ley. xi 21(« "Jolhn here represents the symbols â€" of the repentance he preackes, according to ancient cusâ€" toms. The hair or sackceloth, the fasting and the solitude, were the ordinary outward signs of doepest bumiliation." II. Many confessions made (rs. 5, 6). 5. Went outâ€"Left their homes and went to the desert where John was preaching. He was very succoesefu‘, and the heart of the wholo nation was stirred. Even Henod the King heard him gladly ugd “:dld many things" (Mark vi. 20). our King, will come ‘to us. 4. Had his raiment, etc.â€""The apâ€" pearance of John was like that of the great prophet Eiijash in the popular mind. He was clothed in the coarse, rough cloth called sackcloth in the Bcriptures. It was cheap, but admirable for keeping out the heat, y Brockville, Ont. Mothers from all par write in favor of Baby‘s proving the claim that very best medicine for all 6of infants and young ch anteed to contain no opil sents a box at all drugg from the Dr. Williams‘ Weak, sickly babies ar to mothers, They need both night and day, and mother out. Baby‘s lit the cause of most of the very weak, and in . cor easily upset. Baby‘s Ow cure all baby‘s troubles mildly laxative, and give Concerning them,. Nrs. Omemee, Ont., says: "I ha Own Tablets for stomac constipation, from which suffered, and they entir« They produced sound, re and I regard them as in any home where there a; *I could not be, if child," he replied. Her face flushed, a deopened in her eyes. "You have known m ghe saidâ€""have Â¥ou nc "I came to say Mr. Lonsdale," aa that I am here 1 conrage. Promige with me." "I have been â€" nheari he sald. "I did not car "You will live it dow? ed gently; "and tho doubted you will be t ashamed ol their in jus *"You bave never dou!l *"Oh, never! How cou doubt all the world â€" The she rose from 1 knelt down by his side. his hands ~â€"~Mch thin, +â€"in hers, and held the "I came to say some Mr. Lonsdale," said «l Bow could he refus weak and feeble, he ha pletely crushed by cri the girl‘s gimple kindn "I have been nhear he sald. "I did not car "I want to see yo theose," she said. * told me that you at terday." And taki out one by one in gerks, she held them Evelyn took up a purple grapes. It was a pretty j valid lying on his « with ber sweet fac eyen bending ov watching them at handsome son. Ti brightily, the lamps while outside the nor mournfully. came feJ "I knew you wor he said, "Felix, pla her close here by like breathing the f: to look at you, Eve child, something th "Yos, It is true, But it was a visito they were both wel It was Evelyn Leste of grapes and delic for the invalid, an ter still, with the kindness on her aw« wornds of sympathy Felix saw her bend ther, he half wishe that Violet had like thisâ€"had come their distress. himsel{ for wishing other than she was goddess to be . woi a mortal woman. 1 ther‘s face brightes sweet voice soothed chosen words. Ther were alone . »â€"Tor Kate had yone when *he hall4oor #aid, cheerfully : "Here is a visitor "Fow visitors will bave lost a fortune, #ald Darcy Lonsdale spoken a cynical w« Darcy Lonadale Niolet was true t mothing else would t is only a not« ther," he replied ; ; smile on his Tather him. seo â€" for his fa great; he coould 1 her iove for him was As Yervent as his lon *Have you some % Felix®" asked the 1 Tather; and the ne bad reprassed the . Idly mastering him : letter in his hand. There came to j to see her, to care to kiss the lovely j them the breath nrscs, to clasp the In his own, to hoar voice that had no e longing. He read again to see if }« some kindly word, written "my jove." to kimself that the Wwritten _ for â€" her was right to patiest. Aft her he, refle OW R. "Vidlet was," o opinion, as he w deed there was a me scenteod note from linesâ€"to the effect hor father was rig MHe laid the not feeling of burning passionate anguish him. Nothing on e man, should take ) was his own, and | Until lifo was endo to himsel{l that My â€"cruelly right, tha with an invalia fat iness, he could not SICKLY Vj r mwll ted. BAD m no