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THE WORLD IN BRIER Happenings of a ta Wook in Many Lands OULLED AND OU? FOR THE BUSY, CANADIAN. | Renfrew's new waterworks system passed a suecessful test Join" Williams, of Ruthven, commit- ted suicide by shooting himself with a Mr. Alex. Halil, a Blenheim merchant, was attacked and robbed of $200 by foodpaxis. Rev. Michael Mackie, one of the old- est priests in the Archdiocese of King- ston, died at Belleville. Mr. A. J. Small, Toronto, has leused the Ro. yal Opera House, Guelph, and will take possession ut once At the municipal elections in Win- nipeg Mr. A. J. Andrews was elected Mayor by over 600 majority. Dr. Shaw, of Keene, was nominated T by "the Conservatives of East Peter- | bore for the Legislative Assembly. A 14-year-old daughter of Mr. Ed- ward Smith was drowned near See- ley's age on her wny to school on the ice It is expected that the Molsons Bank of Montreal will exten business: by opening a branch at Van- couver, oe Mr. W. Dempsey, of Ameliasburg, wus adits ated for the Legislative As- sembly by the Conservatives of Prince Edward County It is stated in Montreal that the Minerve, which suspended publication a few days ago, will be resuscitated us wim evening paper. Mr. W. W. Ogilvie has sent a cheque for $500 to St. Boniface Hospital, in addition to giving $1,000 te the Win- nipeg General Hospita Mr. Thomas Bleznurd, uM. P.:P. again chosen as the Liberal date for East Peterboro' by the con- vention held at Norwood. Rev. Wm. MacCunig is suing the , of Montreal for $6,500 damages delay in removing a smallpox * patient from his hospital. A despateh from Magantic, Que., says that Ledouceur, the game poach- er, has bee Arrested, havine. two caribou carcasses in his possession. Assessment Commissioner Fleming has submitted a report to the To- routo Board of Works recommending the extension of Queen street into High Park. . A despateh from Washington inti- mates that President McKinley will urge on Congress the early -- of the claims of the Canadian alers awarded by the joint mnotusionion. Three bye-elections for the Quebec Legislative Assembly resulted in thie return of three Libera! candidates. In Yamaska Mr. Allard had 56 majority, in Levis Mr. Olivier's majority was about [00,and Mr. Clapperton captured Bonaventure by about 200. All the Roman Catholic Bishops of Canuda have been invited to attend am anniversary funeral service on January 4th for the repose of the soul ef Arehbishop Fabre, and it is the general impression that Mgr. Bruchesi will take advantage of the gathering to promulgate the Pope's Sciwaliont on the Mnnitoba Schoot question. UNITED STATES Representative Johnson, of } Dakota, says it cost the United States Government $224,514 tomake an unsuccessful claim for damages be- North fore the Paris tribunal on the seal fisheries. Miss Leila Herbert, daughter of the ex-Secretary of the United States Navy, committed suicide at Wash- ington by jumping head foremost from the third story window. of her father's residence, At Boston Mayor Quincy 'Demo- crat) was re-elected in the 'comisinal election by a decreased plurality over fx-""Mayor Ourtis, his opponent of two years ago, and the city is again De- moecrat by about 4,000. Twenty persons were injured at ercssing on the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Kailroad between Passaic and Delaware, N. J. They were in a stage, Which was struck by a train. Those fatally injured are Wm. Crane, Wm. Moran and Charles Swenkie, all of Passaic. GREAT BRITAIN. Owing to the objection of Right tion. Joseph Chamberlain the reduc- tion in.postage on letters from Can- ada to other parts of the British Empire has been postponed. eee to a despatch from Ber- the London Daily Mail, the sities of the Hamburg fire brigade, in the course of a report on the recent great fire in the Cripplegate district of London, condemns the London fire brigade | as "inadequate and anti- quated." Lord Salisbury, in reply to an jn- quirer in Manchester, has written that ad not heard thereport that the Duke of Norfolk,' the Postmaster-Gen- eral, had approached him with the view obtaining the admission of Cardinal Vaughan into the House of Lords. Lord Salisbury adds that the report fs absolutely' unfounded. GENERAL. S asserted that Emperor Nich- elas il visit the Paris Exposition of Conflicts between the yi Christians have been resu Crete. The former attacked van near Armiero and killed tonite Christians. Parsons Pasha Mussulmans i E. and other officers | the town to Pars | Chamber of Deputies a was eandi-, | several times. Twice the steamers adrift. On -- bere was a 1 sensational Ha ght, which girl bull f es be chs he ring on kille killed the bulls ike poet professionals. Bi t experiments show a remark- able Aatieoticis of the magnetic needle over an immense region in Central | Russia, the needle sometimes pointing West instead of north and | Sate. The tian troops have arrived at Kassala, and the Egyptian flag has been. hoisted over the fort by the side of the Italian. de: formal cession of Pasha, the Brit- ish officer in aan of the Egyptian forces, will take. place.on Christmas see when the Italian troops will de- pa The initial step has been taken in ' the long projected demolition of the fortifications of Paris. General Billot, Minister of War, has introduced in the bill provid- ing for = razing of part of the forts on the west s "4 the city, and for selling the sites. It is estimated that the land will rise 150,000,000 franes, 60,000,000 of which will be devotec to the 'construction of a short rampart further out. The remainder of the pro- ceeds will ll ex a pemniod on artillery. THE DIARY OF A 'SUIOIDE, tramped Looking' for Work but Met a Pitiless World. MOPHINE COULDN'T KILL HIM. New York report: A iman who re- gistered as Edward Irving, but whose proper name is supposed to be Ed- ward J. Epstein, committed suicide to-day at the Mills Hotel by drink- ing chloral. He was about 46 years of age. On the table in Epstein's room was 2 letter written in a bold, masculine hand. It was addressed : "To one who cares to read ua haura facts." {t began: "December 18.-- Anyone ean work if hé wants to. it Sashes nothing to make this remark. 'Tho sands are tri unping nround uritil ciel lust penny is gone beesuse employ- ment is not to be had, W riting of his wife and boy," the suicide asks: "Why was it not. vouchsafed ane to live with them as other husbands do--to enjoy the society of. my wife; to watch the daily development of my child'? No, ever this must net be, and never was n man blessed with a more patient, dutiful, loving wife than I, Now that * ne more, her rich relatives will few "angelic _~ not see her want. "To-night 1 seem so weak I[ .can hardly stand. An occasional milk punch las been my one nourishment sinee December 10t! Here ure the last e1 : "Dec, 19.--Well, I have. live through but I must burr the night, world! W hat will The public} the be their verdict "Coward ? Lunatic? "Never was man possessed of 1 more perfectly balanced mind than mine to-day. "Sunday, the 20th.--Is it ordained that I can't even die ? Two full grains would not do it "Y feel sleepy, "that is all, but I will try it again to-night. 1 have taken three fuil grains--enough to kill six men, "Were I to go to the Kiondike mines. would no longer produce but brass. My touch: is fatal. "Morphine will not kill. I must change my diet. To-night Iwill try ehloral." the gold, FANNY McPHERSON MISSING. Young Canadian Woman is Sought by Friends and Relatives. Miss Fanny and highly Me- edu- Chicago despatch Pherson, a refined cated Canadian young woman, has disappeared from her home, and her brother is said to be in Chienago look- ing for her. The young woman is believed to be in Chicago, and with the hope of discovering her where- ubouts her friends inserted the follow- ing advertisement in a morning paper: Personal-- Miss Fanny McPherson born in Whitby, Canuda, will learn something to her advantage by ad- dressing Wickett & Bruce, No. 1,114 Chamber of Commerce. When seen at his office Attorney Bruce said he had inserted the ad- vertisement at the uest of the managers of Hull Frouse, and that the information embraced in the printed notice was the sum total of his knowledge concerning the matter. At Hull House great reticence was inmaiutained in regard to the case. Both Miss Jane Addams and Mrs. Stevens refused to. discuss' much of what they knew aaa the young woman or her frie 3 2 case © n brother becom- ing separated from a loved and cher- ished sister," said Mrs. Stevens. "The young. woman is xaceomplished and finely educated, and her sensitive soul would be slroocked beyond measure by any exposure of her family troubles. That is all I feel at liberty to say." WITH A BROKEN SHAPT. A Disabled Steamer Brought Safely Into Port. London cable The British steam- @r Appomattox, Captam Foall, from London for Newport Neywse, before porterl with shaft bee. 504 ee wed into ~ the British steamer Le grag Captain agli from Lopdon Boston. The Vir- ginian answ ont the distress signals on the night a the 14th. The Ap ort . broke her shaft 12 hours pre- The weal was stormy + last and the hawsers broke broke the second on the lifeboat from the Virginian, re- turn with a new haweser, capsized t the boat was THE LEGAL MILL. | Places and Dates of th the Sittings of the P: High Court. BOYD. 1--St. Catharines Gee. Monday, aie by. 5--Parry Sound (jury and non-jury), Thursday, 2nd June. --North Bay (jury and non-jury), Monday, 6th-sdune. --Pembroke} (jury and = non-jury). Thursday, 90 June. FERGUSON, J. Toronto (Winter Assizes), Monday, 10th January. --Peterborough (jury), Monday, 7th Mz arch. (jury), Monday 21Kt Toronto (non-jury), sixth week, Mon- day, 28th March. 3--Brantford (nou-jury), Monday, 26th Apri i--Chatham (non-jury), Monday, 16th May. y enon (non-jury), Mouday, 30th reas a (non-jury), Monday, 6th June 7T--Ottawa (non-jury), Monday, voth June. ROSE, J. Toronto (Winter Assizes), second week, Monday, 17th January. 1--Goderich (jury), Monday, 7th March Toronto (non-jury), fifth week, Mon- day, 2lst Mare] 2--Brantford (jury), Monday, 2th March. 8--Picton (jury day, 12th April. 4----Napanee (jury and non-jury), Tues- and non-jury), Monday, 25th Apri 5-- Woodstock, (non-jury), Monday, 2nd May. Toronto (criminal), firat week, Mon- Gay, 16th. May. 6--Cobourg (nonu-jury), Wednesday, 25th May. \ ROBERTSON, J. London (Winter Assizes), Monday, 10th January Toronto (non-jury j, third week, Mon- day, 7th March. ee (jury), Monday 21st Mare oS. a (non-jury), Monday, 28th Mars . f--Walt« foton (jury), Monday, 4th April. 4--RBarrie Mmon-jury), Monday, 25ti April. 5--Cay nga Gury and non-jury), Tues- fay, rd --W nity * iunys, Wednesday, 25th --_-- Stun, third week, Mon- day, 30th Ma 7---Hamilton (non-jury), Monday, 20th Jime 1 FALCONBRIDGE, J. ' Ottuwa (Winter Assizes), Monday, 10th January. 1--Cobourg (jury), Monday, 14th arch. --Milton i and non-jury), Mon- dug, 2lst M 8--Cornwall (non-jury), 28th March. Monday, Toronto ona j, seventh week, Monday, 4th Apri Toronto (non ory), tenth week, Monday, 25th A wen Sound ; a day, 15th June 5--Sault Ste. "Marie jury), Monday, 20th June. 6--Port Arthur (jury and non-jury), es. 28rd June Wednes- Gury and non® --Rat Portage Gacy and non-jury) Monday, 27th June. M"MAHON, J. Toronto (Winter Assizes), third gg od 24th January. ronto (non-jury), first week, Mon- 2ist February. eee Sound (Gury), Monday, Fe nae ary. Seon aay, 28th ae (jury), Monday, 14th : 3---Stratford, ijury), Monday, 21st reh. tae ped agg (non-jury), Monday, 28th Mare 5--L' Gheha ! (jury and non-jury), igre Ain = April. ae a (jury), Monday, 18th April 7--Berlin err), Monday, 2nd Ma 8--Kingsto on-jury), MoAey, 16th May. Toronto (criminal), second week, ay, 28rd May. : STREET J Hamilton -- Assizes), Monday, 2--Brampto m (jury i is first week, 1 Wactinek Gay), Monday: Dat | and non-jury), 4th April. gloronte (jury), fifth week, Monday, © Steationd (non-jury), Monday, 1 25 r EB den pany and non-jury), Mon- | a asa (jury). Monday, 2nd May. day, 2 | 5--Cornwall Gury), Monday, 9th S tineey Seon Monday, 28th | May. ya | §6--London (non-jury), Monday, 16th habe Gus, ¢ivil), third week, Mon- | May. ae 40) pri y | Fi Toronto "(oonesary), eighth week, ae aaa uesday, 12 pril Toronto | pte gel Ssgpicts week, iiniston hie), Monday, 18th | Monday, h . - April. 1 Bertin Hits dung Monday; 7th 5--Sandwich (mon-jury),, Monday,25th | Maire pril. 2 Whitby (non-jury), Monday, 28th 6--Peterborpugi (non-jury); Monday March. 9th May. 3--Orangeville (jury and non-jury), fey Ite (non-jury), Thnivedat" pa 4th April. 12th May. . aig (jury), fourth week, Tues- ARMOUR, C. J. soa hagernt rse ts AG 4 > ow PE 8 '4 MHLY Sth 1--Brockville (jury), Monday, 14th Aga ee (jury), Monday, 18¢ oh Me 5--St. Thomas (jury), Monday, 9th 2--C peat (jury), Monday, 21st May. i-- Walke = ) @s a' a teronto (jury An second week, Mon- aire au rton (non-jury), Tuesday, uy. 28th Mare au ere Re Toronto eee: ninth week, Mon- TORONTO SITTINGS--CIVIL. , 18th April. Winter Assizes, 1898--Jury and Non- 8--Sarnia (jury), Monday, 2nd May. | Jury. 4--Belleville (jury), Mouday, 9th First week-- chad 10th Janu- May. ary, Rego aC, S--Guelph | (non-jury), Monday, 16th Ss id week-- Monday, 17th Janu- May. ary, Rose, 6--Lindsay (non-jury), Wednesday. Third week--Monday, 24th January, "ou M MaeMahon, J. --St. Catharines (non- -jury), Monday, Yourth week-- MnaY) ist Jan- 20th May. uary, Meredith, C. J. C. MEREDITH, C. J. ' JURY. Toronto (Winter Assizes), fourth First week--Monday, 21st March, Week, Monc 3ist January Meredith, C. J. C. 1--Sarnia (non-jury), Monday; 14th Second week--Monday, 28th March, March. Armour, C Toronto (civil, jury), Monday, Vist "Third ae Monday, 4th April, the March. Chancellor. 2--Guelph (jury), Tuesday, 12th 'ourth wee *k--Tuesday, 12th April, pri. Meredith, J, 8--Perth (jury and non-jury), Mon- Fifth week--Monday, 18th April, day, 25th April. Street rade Bon ie and non-jury), NON-JURY. First week --Monday, 21st February, MacMahon, Second Be k--Monday, 28th Feb mea i Meredith, J. 7 abies Monday, 7th March, Robertaba ch, week-- Monday, 14th March, Street, Fifth " Wweek--Monday, 2ilst March, Rose, Sixth Week-- Monday, 28th March, Ferguson, Seventh week--Monday, 4th April, Falconbridge, J Righth week--Tuesday, 12th April, the Chancellor. Ninth 'Wweek--Monday, 18th April, Armour, C. Tenth week--Monday, 25th April, Falconbridge, SUNDAY SCHOOL. INTHBRNATIONAL LESSON NO. I. JANUARY, 2, 1888. Jesus and John.--Matt. $ 717 Tinmw--A. D. 26 and 27 Vince.-- Bethabara, in the Jordan valley near Jericho. Persous.-- Jesus. Jolin the Baptist, Pharisees and Sadducees. The mul- titude. Commentary.--Explanatory. --- John the aptist began his ee in the thirteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Emperor ig Rome. Pontius Pilate was in tiie JSirst year f his reign as governor of Judea. Herod Antipas, son of --lierod tlre Great, was governor of Galilee and Perea, nowt in the thirteenth year o} his reigu. Herod Philip was goy- ernor of Trachonitis, Idumea, and the northern regions beyond Jordan. 7.--When he saw----Though Jolin had lived much in solitude he quickly dis- tinguished between the different viasses of people who came tq hear him. The world lay. in wickedness, and he came ap a voice, caling mez to repent and prepare for the Mes- sinh. John was the son of the uged priest, Zasharias, and Elizaoeth. His eos ee and Mary, the mother of Jesus, vere cousins, making John ind Jesus mncnd cousins, Jolin being sit months older than Jesus. Pharises and Sadducees--The tivo principal parties among the Jews. They were opposrd to each other, and both opposed to Christ. Both these parties eriginat- ed in the second century befor» Christ. The Pharisees were the strict Jews, who clung to the letter' of the law, and ing many rites aid cere- monies. Come to lis baptism--Jolin's baptism was a ceremonial vashing, which denoted a profession of repent- ance, or a thorough change of mind with respect to sin. Generation of vipers--The vber was a Venomous serpen This phrase branded them as deceitful ant malic- ious, and deadly te those whom they influenced by thei: teach- ings. " They caine to be baptged, but not. to repent. They were ready for f new ceremonial, but not fo! a new life." Who hath warned yor---If, in- deed, they had been in rardl moved through John's preaching tlen they could not rely upon any self-righteous- ness, but. like the commor people, openly confess their sins ari 'make their vows to live a new life. accept- ing Christ Jesus as yt Rideemer, for of Him John spak 8. Bring forth fruit---Give ufficient evidence of your purpose to lead a new life. This would mean ¢ change of heart. must food be- fore it can bear good fruit. Tie heart must be right, and the life will 'prove - John would put an end o their 10pe of heaven by words onk. Com- rd with the crowds, acceptnug bap- n, or any favor they migit show be the wilderness preacher, wuld not ev idence of repentance. He had said: repare the way of th Lord." 9. We have Abraham--This was the Jewish boast, the Jewish erro: rine preaching hea: false security, Wiierine that God will judge every nan his own stand before Him. God Is able of these t place in Jordan eo into Jordan, twelve oS eager diove...A memorial, one for each tribe. God was not depeauent Bhai the people of Abraham alone the Jewish nation at that time. The influences which would destroy it vee not at work in the nation.--Peloube Unto the root--Not unto the Saaeien to prune, but at the root to destroy Probably this refers to the Santenceion: Je Jerusalem by the Romans, which as not as other judgments had like lopping off the branches, Jeaving the root to sgt ae ea --Com VM. Eeavith ter, eine "Holy CGhost--John coma only baptize with water unto repentance, but the One who is igreater than John baptized with fire. And with fire--The sym- bol of the Holy Spirit, consuming the evil of the heart, purifying the dross from human nature, bringing warmth, life, light, fruitfulness, comfort, purity to the soul. It is immaterial, but of measureless pow fire was rer. The visibly manifested on the day ef Pen cost) as, a. symbol of the perpetual but invisible operation of the Holy Spirit.--P. 12. Whose fan--A broad, ue leet en shovel, with which @ grain thrown up to the breeze, so th at one wind may carry off the Tehtee chaff, while the grain falls to the floor clean. le fan represents the Gospel of Jesus Christ.--Peloubet. In his land--All ready for pes The sift- ingg process is ever goin Purge his floor--** The thiresling-flooe was 2 circular space, either b hard or paved, where the grain was trodden out by oxen. Christ's threshing-floor includes all the land where His Gos- pel is preached. With unquenchable fire--There was danger lest, they had been separated, the should be blown agai among Wheat by the changing of the To prevent this they put fire at the windward side, which on, and never gave. over till it consumed all the chaff. 15. I becometh us to fulfil all righteousness--Our Lord was now at the age (80 years) of the priests at their entrance into office. Num, 4: 5. At this time the Father would open- ly seti His seal of acceptance upon His Son us the world's Messiah, fer hence- forth He * should increase, bat John should decrease." 16. Spirit..tike a symbol of peace, inmocence, gentleness and love. 17. A voice from heaven--This was tlhe inauguration of Jesus, His divine' anointing, and it Was well to have direct testimony from His Father, and from heaven His home.--Peloubet. Teachings--There are several | rea- sons"why we should repent: (1) Be- caiise the Kingdom of God is at 1; (2) because it prepares the y of the Lord: (3) beeause it is way of escape from wrath to (4) because it leads us to for- evil ways; why to heaven eo come ; sake but Sauna re- (6) the Holy come repenting becanse the day judgment -- is coming. PRACTICAL SURV EY. the baptist, herald, the forerunner. we kuow of the history of Jonu for the thirty yenrs previous to this !es- son is contained in one verse, i. SO: The child grew, and strong in spirit, an WrRs the deserts till the day of his show- ing unto Israel. Now <A. D. 26, the time had come call the attention so the people go the Messiah: therefo: John n- tt ly uppenred as 2 prophet) conan: ing the sins and crimes of the> ag and calling upon all to repems. Nuithe dol, voice, a ing is recorded of Jesus, sigice His visit' seventeen years beforejat Jeru- salem, when He reasoned ith the doetors in the temple, excfpt that He lived at Nazareth wit his pa- rents, obedient and growing in wis- dom and in favor with God and man and Shee He Jearned the cafypenter's trad The time his mission a nation. den had when John ente found the Jews For nbout sixty yenrs - been «a Province in ar i Ko- mau Fiapire. While:it might aid that the country was still ig hands of the Jews, the Romans were gathering their forees, which would at last bring to pass the overthrow of the Jewish pation The people were palace Among the nr were three sectsa--thke VPliar- e Sadducees and the Essenes-- TLe Pharibees boasted of their self- Lteousness and ible 'apace ane ry, and believed themselves the Gods care. The § cees the scorning infidels of that title: While they professed to eatinb ty! some parte of the sacred writ- ings, they paid no sda! then. They treated & to God and 6 spianty pee disputable, and therefore did pot pa sider themselves -- amy ja of the Scripture e Essenes oe sidered Ghemeaives basen the need of John's preaching, and therefore ab- sented themselves. Yet with this con- dition of affairs John heralded bee truth, and called loudly upon men repent: When the Pharisees and 5. cest; special eu ies of Sod cees appeared among the multitude of ncaa er John denovneed them as vipers, showing that they were ot coming on the termS which were re- quired ~ baptism = er is 2 ser- pent that coils up t trike, aad is called the Pompe paake: it nges its suit its surro = a these Recortmni: self-<ieceived John fa. a comparison betwean them and the viper. The baptism of Jesus was a crowt- ing' event In the ministry of John. It was his priestly anointing, or his seal r for all His life work. " heavenly benediction which He ere ttiny signified His heavenly and the Father's approval of Him as the One. acess McLaughlin, of Ottawa, who shot and wounded an escap DHA wit tae nena yr -wwith intent, 'has been" ac- (5) because there ita the preacher, a, for the forerunner to" /