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of this Act for any person, partnership company, or corporation to assist or encourage the importation or immi- gr ation uf any .ilii-n or foreigner, who resides Ln, or is a citiaen of, any for- eign country to which this Act shall apply, by promise of employme-nt i In-.. ugh nilverti.--rment3 printed or DOMINION _PA_RLIAMENT, Soles of the Proceedings in the Canadian House of Commons, BIUTISU Yl'KOX RAILWAY CO. U IX til. " LI 11 IVV/*^ A\- :!-*'***'*" ,. . . ipublUiied in such foreign counlry.and Mr. Fraior. of Guysbnro, Introduced nn _ guc j, U n en or foreigner coming CONTRACTORS' LIENS. Mr. Leys introduced a bill to extend tho time for tbe registration of alien by a contractor or eub-contractor from 8U t.i (10 days after the completion of the contract. FIS1IEKY OVERSEERS. Mr. Joynt wa.s told by Mr. Latch- ford that 1!2 fishery overseers were 1>1 I i i'i */J I 41 * a sWH*| **** va*u **. ui v*w , t - not empower them to build their lines b (bij Acl i mimge j 8 hall be applic- of 0** old "fficera are retained. beyond White Horse, and tbe object ab le in such case. Nothing in this maximum salaries of ovtrseers is GOO , . of the rre^ent bill is to enable them Act contained shall be held to af- <" - "m to extend the road from White Ilorse lo Daw.sou City. THK piu:ri:iu:NTiAL TARIFF. of Brovision of the tcrri . terspii that under tLc regulations gov- organisation erning the pnfen otial tariff uianu- pressed for its adoption. i,; The bili was read a first tune, facturetl gcoiii entitled to be admit- . ted to Canada under the preier.-ncc j Ll-jrim l\ llli: YIKON. mu,t be finally manufactured in Great ^ Mr. Sifto, ; Drilain or one ot the British posses- > , lt -',' I1> j.,' r -'^'' l _. ue (|( p ,. nilits to ions i..r n-'I in the Act, on I there , ,|j,. ii liuu r int.> Hie Yukon, It pro- mast nave entered into tne production vides that hereafter ]>er:uiis sinll lie ..f such articles British labour to the "'''' >y the f.iiiiinLssiom'r of the ....... minimum 9-J- The total f^Vtorcontrolthe"GoTernment of Can- "mount paid in salaries last year was 911.949.99, and the total revenue de- rived up to December 31st, 1900, frum fishery licenses was 931,595.82. UNCLAIMED BALANCES. Mr. Carscallcn moved the second for the l.i-i n^inj,' of persons in charge ! tories in respect of promoting immi- ! gration. This last amendment tons been in- Mr. Clarke was informed by Mr. Fa- scr t e( j a t t nc suggestion of thn labour who have strongly I of illation i ry bollUI and engines, for I tbe protection of lifo and property, Islands over until Mr. Dryden's bill to _ amend the Factory Act comes down. don's amendments would cover some points advocated by Mr. Carscallen. INSURANCE RETURNS. Mr. Carscallen has given notice of f Yukon, ni.ste.i.l i.f l.y the Minister of a motioii for an order of tbo House >xtfiit at least of two per cent. i , h( . lnu . rl( , r 11S f,, ri , ier i y , Permits maining uncHimed for over five years Ihe value. Exporters of such articles ,,1,.^; b< we\n, be granted only ti, Ue said he would not be surprised if to Canada are required to eign accr- IV.-iiM'd wholesale dealers*, wl. i.ill a ^'""1 'lial over J1UO.OOO was in tbo Uficate ti'tting forth that the condi- dispn.se of it in i|iiant ities of not less ' hands of loan companic-s which should T _ . than five gallons or one iloj.-n bottles, find its way into the pockets of the tions have been complied with. In and only t<> lic.eiiseii retailers. heirs of deceased persons. certain cases where doubt has arisen ] -j-),,. f,.,. f,,, ,.,,,.1, u | 1( ,|, .,.,],. m-ense ; The Attorney-general said enquiries enquiry has been made through the ; s f^coo, and f..: ea<-b gallon of liquor bad been made, and it was found that High C'ouimissioner'a office as to the imported $J. Tin- fee for eaci. pi- unit in only f.our or five loan companies in proportion of British and foreign la- ^ $10. An onler-in-Council of the 5th : the province could it be said that de- bour and material represented in the O f March iiiM., makes provision for ponits had been lying- for five years, articlej. Quite a large proportion of enforcing tin- licen-e laws of tli- Yu- the manufactured articles imported ton and prohibiting illicit distilling, under tbo preference are entirely 'n,,. ri v< nue \\ II belong to the Yu- grouped 'n respect both to material icon. After further discussion, the bill went to tbe Legal Committee. LICENSING OF ENGINEERS. Mr. Ourscallen's other bill providing reading of his bill requiring all in-t j- tutioos receiving money on deposits to publish a list of all deposits re- th.it the inspector of insurance and and M asuros Act as to provide a ' ag Inay to open tn it under the law to registrar shall hereafter cause to be standard sin for fruit packages, was obtain an authoritative declaration of published in his annual reports the and workmanship. FRUIT PACKAGF.-S C.P.R. LAM) EXEMPTION. Mr. Davis. Saskatchewan, gave no- The b.ll offered by Mr. Smith, of , ,.,. ,( ;l i,,,,ii,, n to the effect that the Wennvortb, to amend the Weights i; vi-i iiincnt bhould take such fcteps FORTY BOERS SHOT. They Mistook an Armoured Train for Horse Transport. A despatch from Cape Town says:. The bodies of forty Doers have ')een found near Roodeboogte, as a result of an engagement with an armored train. It appears that a borse train lefl Roodeboogte and proceeded for some di.-rin... , when the sentinels of the engine discerned some Boers in an umbush. The borse train b:irke<l to a siding, and the pilot notified ihe engine driver of an armoured train, l.i. Marled forward at once. Tin- l!uer> ivi.lently thought t lie armoured train, wa-. the horse tr.iin returning, and allowed it n. .MM. wit bin clow range before opening fire Tben the aruiourcd train i-enl iri hot fusillades on the Boers, who fle.l in great haste. Many of them threw away their rifles in their anxiety to escape. MARKETS OFJHE WORLD, Pricei of Cattle. Chaasa. Grain, & c In the Leading Markets. read a .second time and referred to comm It- .. DRAl ,AUE ACROSS RAILWAYS. Mi. 1C l> bill respect ing drain- age, on and serous tho property of railway < > r.pauits, was read a sec- ond tin 1 -, and referred to tbe Rail- way Committee. ALIIvN LABOUR LAW. At j>r- . nt proceedings for the de- portation of aliens under this Act t jan only lr- taken up.>a the sanction of the Attorncy-Oenej-al at Ottawa, but as this does not s-'em to meet with general approval, this bill will au- thorize 1 1,. |.i\v to be put in forre up- on the authority of tho Atlorncy- iM-iirj.il nf the lioni.nion. the Attor- neys-General of the proinvces, or any judge. Tb labour men. ileaire to have th- right to go direct before the magistrate and scure orders for the deportation of any foreigners brought into Canada under contract, but the Ministry considers it desirable that this provision should be maintained. CAMK 1'RESERVATION ACT. Mr. Sift nn introduced a bill to amend the Unorganised Territories Gamo Preservation Art of 1891. He explained (bat tbs objeet was to change the clause which now pro- vided that articles confiscated shall the meaning (if the contract with the Cattail, in I'M fi. Railway Company in relation to t In- exempt ion of land from taxation, and that the patenting of lands earned ly railroad companies be proceeded w.th all imssible epeed. fl.l.i: ,i .. i'i>Mi'\AV. The- i t ' r tb" I IcTRUe Iron and N.i-ki-1 >t-4-l f ..iniKiny tJ Canada for a I) .n '111. .:i \- ! at IIH-III IHI: .itiiin : to the convicting magis- Tho Government have come belong trate. to the conclusion that this orrange- rn*nt i* not in accordance with good policy. SCHEDULING CANADIAN CATTLE Mr. I-'iaher. answering a question by Mi. Bii-kerdikc. eaiil that the Govern- ment bud dona its best to secure the repeal of the Imperial statute .schedul- ing Canadian cattle Imparted into the United Kingdom. Mr. Fisher ndded that he hoped to proceed to \ rali.y by the tst:iiul- Ctxiiioiit tr- this luorning. 'I be )*- tition co\--r ture at near <J to limits, aii-1 to manufac- Sie. Marir, Ont., at cr ..nl !. i- .-. l-i ,- in t lie mine.s, timber siu.rce< of fuel sup- ply, and to ojx '.it.- .sti.nu-.li pn. tram- u..j.s, t<N(.'iipl. anil lelcplionc lines. ONTARIO LEGISLATURE, What the People's representative Are Doing at Toronto. Mr. 'Whitney introduced a bill to amend the Ontario Elections Act. Clause 1 substitutes for section 9 of the Ontario Act section 5of the Do- minion Art. This m ikes the time for petitioning 40 days after the holding of the poll instead ot 21 days after the receipt of the return from) the re- names and places of residence respec- tively of thn president, vice-president, directors, and general manager of ercry insurance company and insur- ance corporation of every nature transacting business in the prov- ince. COUNTY COUNCILORS* Mr. Joynt, Leeds and Grcnville, moved the second reading of his bill to abolish the double vote in the County Council elections. Mr. Joynt criticised tbo working ot the present law, showing that in bis own county the warden, had to be elected two years in ' succession by casting lots. Tbe now Act had also injured the Township Councils, as responsible men did not care to be candidates /or them, but preferred to run for the County Council. Hun. Mr. Davis asked Mr. Joynt to leavu the matter In abeyance, as there would bo another session of the House before the next County Coun- cil elections, and a further consen- sus of opinion could be obtained in th* meantime. The object of th* double votn was to prevent political parties obtaining control of elec- tions. TO ABOLISH TRADING 6TAMPS. A deputation, numbering 150 of the Retail Merchant*' Association of the province, waited on tbe Government and asked that a bill permitting the municipalities of the province to pass by-laws prohibiting tho use of trad- BLOODY ENCOUNTER. Five v.i.i s r ,, M ,,,, , ., : ,_., ^rar . d. \ de.sp.iicb from Halifax. N says : Lawlesszueas is not ccmplen ly atment fro<m Novii ^:'cotia. A vhkk sale shooting melee occurred in broad daylight < 11 Sunday near Shni>i..i- r.il.<-, 40 milca from this city, en the line cf the Intercolonial railway. There boa bvon an old quarrel be- tween thu l~intz brothers on the one side, and David Emack and Molrcse Ki ' :nger en tho other. Kmack and Kl linger staled that hety would get evt-n with the Laiitz brothers at the first cppc-rt unity. They armed thcm- wlves, and carried their weapon-* < n (Sunday as well as on week days. Sunday tbe three brothers went to church, attending tbe Anglican ser- vice. ICiuack arul Eltinger knaw thia, und waylaid them en tb--n i-.i,| It nu'-. At 12.30 the |>,irt.<-< mt" tbr fracas began, by Emack striking the ytungest Lanti with a stick. Th-s was quickly followe<l by t IK- dr.'L'wing of a revolver by Lantz. Ihe other two brothers were not idle while this was going CD. nor wai Ki- tbnger. Everybody took to shooiing. ajid it did not cease until Emack i. 11 wounded, fh-t w;th throe bullets, one i f t liem in his stomach. Kiting. again thia spring, and would make it his business to press this matter with the utmost insistence upon the Impcr- tal authorities. ALIEN LABOIl LAW. Sir Wilfrid Laurler introduced a 1 ill to amend the. Act to restrict the im- portation and employment of aliens. lie said : "The leading feature of the amend- ment which is proposed, by thH bill xincfin.t t bet bird section of thcprc- icnt Act, which provided tor a pen- alty tor violation of thia Act, of gl.OUO no more and no Leas. Tha object of the ' nt b to make the penal- ty mat more than $1,000 and not loss than |50, giving the judge, ili-.ru li n to apply the penalty according to the offence. Then it is stated in tbo Acl that the penalty is to be M <.M M only by the consent of the. Attorncy- Qcnsral. We propose, to modify that tection and to provide that the. penal- ty shall be recovered with thn consent either of thn Attorney-Ccneral of tho province or ot tbo judgn of uny court in which (he penalty is nuo<). amendment concerns "Tho second section 5of I !. Act, have not the turning officers, as at present; so in*r stamps be put through the House that in tbe event of delay on the part j tni f. of (be returning officer time may be allowed tbe party Buffering by ,111 1 was th" youngest reason of such delay to get Lis peti- tion in. If there is bribery subsequent to that time the petition can be filed 80 days from the time of such corrupt practice, but if so the sitting mem- ber has 15 d.iys tuj file his petition against his op|>ocent. A second r nue adds to tbe Ontario Acl section 1!) of tbo Dominion Act. This provides th.it v, lien no corrupt practice li i , In committed by the candidate prison illy, and the acts complained of uein committed with- out his sanction or connivance; and ubere tho candidate has taken all reasonable mi"in to prevent corrupt 1. 1 .KM ires, mi! where the offences ire of a invi.il m,| limited charac- ter; unit uln-re in all other respects, so for as disclosed by the evidence, the election li .s b--i n free from cor- rupt pr.iciii'e ly ihe candidate and Ins agents, the cl iti.ni shall not bj rs.ison thereof be held void. MR. Cllisovs MEASURE. Hon. Mi. ti I -LII introduced R bill TIMBER SALE POSTPONED. The Ontario Government's timber Rule, which was lo have taken place March' 15, baa bee.n postponed sine li-. The reason 'therefore is the irevalence of smallpox in the Algoma egion. This bu-s prevented prospec- ive bidders from obtaining estimates, especially in view of the fact that the quarantine at Curlier, the chief station of the timber region, b espeo- *l.'y strict. IMPORTATION OF TREKS. The Ontario liovrrnmrnt is M'lul- ing oAlt notifications to those inteiet- d, that the se.is us for iin]xvrtlng trees frotm the United States are, by the Dominion Covcrnment's order-in- On-uneil, from March 15 to May 15. and from October 7 to December ' of each year. to amend election. It in effect Act before, me, but section 6 provides that a settler, that is to Bay, an in- tending settler, tnny bring with him a relative or a p-r.ional friend. Il has been found in practice that this phrase 'personal friend' U too elastic for practical purposes, aiul that it may be made an occasion for evading the law; therefore., we propose to strike out the words 'personal frii-n-l.' "Section fl of the said Act provides lhat if there li.-is been a violation of the Acl, tho parly who has been intro- duced into thn country illegally hball be sent biok 'nt tho expense nf the person previously contracting for the - tin- li\\s applying to tbo im- , i nation uf votiTs extended to those who fraudulently impersonate a de puty returning officer. Tbe penalty in |200 fine ml imprisonment for not more thnn .six months. It also imposes penally of 6;MO on deputies who wil- fully iiii.-ri-iini ballots or render a f.iUe Htntru ent with reference there- to. TO PREVENT APPLE STEALING. Mr. M ili !i i introduced a bill to provide that no school site shall be selected within one hundred yards ol nn orchard, garden, or dwelling-house without consent of Ihe owner. TO DLSTHAIN ON PROPERTY. Mr. Cialiiini introduced an nmend incut t > the Municipal Light and lien _ , _ A I & HHII I V ' ' 1111 111 U I I I* I II >l I 4-4IHM* It 1114 <!. services.' It is proposed to strike out Acf wher(>b ,,, nnd citica owning these words and to substitute in lieu mnnioipn , p t ants maj ii jtra i n ,, the thereof :-'At the expense of the pe. pr(pperty snd chnlteU of consumers In ' l.unU, who received a bullet us the h |>. With the two assailants' -wounded, tbe battle wa.s over, Tbe two l.ant* u I.. ucrc uninjured went to a Shubenncadu! justice cf the peace, l:"re they offered to give t hem-elvo up and await trial. Th' mugUt r:it<- docluncd to accept them as prin.-M.i-. Haying he knew nothing of the affair. Kmack's injuries are exceedingly serious, au<! tin- doctors fc.ir he "ill not rectwr. Ettingcr'a wound wan net no serious, nor was the injury to young Lantx considered particular- ly dangerous. DE WET AGAIN ESCAPED. With 400 Men He Eludes the Pur- suing British. A despatch frum London says "lines publishes the following despatch roci Aasvogelkelp, March 9: "lien la Wet has escaped northward by u breed march with 400 men. ILs ob- ective is believed to be the vicin- ty of Kroonstadt. "Four other Boer leaders are still n the M'UI |I-IMS!CI u put of Orange liver Colony. "No\v that Gen. DC Wet is back in .-.in country, it will toe alino.it iiu- >oeaible to cpvr;itc ;iRaint him Just ia soon as li in pressed, his com- mando dissolves, to meet again a few days later. Only a few bands ot I BREADS'! UFFS, ETC. Toronto, March 12. Wheat Rod wheat, low freights to New York. sold at G61-2c, and white wheat at Co 1-4, middle freights, to go to Portland. About 20 cars sold, Mani- tobas steady. Quotations arc as fol- lows: Red wheat, 661-ic, white, C01-2c; an dgoooe, 661-2c, low freights to New York; re- 1 and white, middle. freights, 051-4 to 65 l-2c; Manitobas; No. 1 hard, do. g.U., 93 l-2c; No. 8, 94 l-2c; No. 1 hard, North Bay, 97 l-2c; No. 2 hard, 93 l-2o. MJ 11 feed Scarce and firm. Ton lots, at the mill door, Western Ontario points, sell as follows; Bran, U to 914.50; and shor's. |15. Corn IJsy; American, No. 2 yel- low, on track here, 40 l-2c, and No. 3, 451-ic. Pens Steady; No. 2, middle freights, at C3c; an.1 cast at C3 l-2c. Barley Prices are steady, ami de- mand still continues. Prices are as follows :-Nc. 2, G. T. R., east. 43 1-ic; C. P. It., east, 43c; and middle freights. 42 to 42 l-2c; No. 3 extra, C. P. R.. east, 421-2c; and 42c, G. T. R., east. Rye Steady. Car lets, 49c west; an 1 50o east. Buckwheat Quiet. Car lots, west, are quoted at 51c; and east at Me. Oats Steady. No. 1 white, C.P.R. east, 291-2'-; No. 2 white, north and west. 28c. Flour Export agents continue out of the market to-day. Holders of 90 par cent, patent, buyers' bags, mid- dle freights, asked 92.6J per bbl; while exporters say, on to-day's cables, they could not bid morn than |2.55. Oatmeal Car lots of rolled oats, in bags, on track here, are quoted at 93.25 per bbl; aud in wood, nt 93.35 per hbl. Buffalo. March 12 Flour Steady. Wheat Spring dull; No. 1 Northern, old, carloads, 84 l-4c, in store ; do., c.i.f., 83 1-4. Winter wheat Offer- ings light; little demand; closing bids. No. 2 red, 77 l-2c; No. 1 white. 7G l-2c; mixed. Tie, local billed. Corn -Steady; No. 2 yellow. 44 1-2 to 44 3-4c; No. 3 do., 44 l-4c; No. 2 corn. 44 l-4c: No. 9 do., lie, through billed. Oats Quiet and easy ; No. 2 white. SI 1-4 to 31 l-'-'e; No. 3 do., 39 1-2 to 30 3-4c: No. 2 mixed, 28 3-4 to 29c; No. 3 do., 28 1-4 to 23 l-2c, through bill- ed. Barley Unchanged; to arrive at opening navigation quoted at 56 1-2 to EC; spot. 58 to 65c. Rye No. 1 in store. 58c, No. 2 on track. 63 1-2 to A FLYING COLUMN. Men Are In the Llpjhest Possible Marching Order. A despatch from Cape Town says: A British column has left Uosine.nl with the evident intention of driving tbe II M-I inv I'U'ia from the Zuerberg fastnesses. , Qen. Uorrine.-'j flying column covers a lot of ground with remarkable r:i- pidity. Tne men are in the lightest possible marching order. When their horses become exhausted from hard riding they arc shot and fresh mounts commandeered. __j, partnership, company, or corpor- ation, violating any of thn provisions of sict ion I of this Act." Then it is |>ropoM<d to repeal see- i,,-n Huf Hie Act altogether, and to ubirltut'i tv f (lowing aiotlon there- tor : : lhat it shall be deemed a violation if payment. HAWKKIIS AND PEDLARS. Mr. Tucker presented a bill to bring thosn who solicit orders for merchants in the country under provisions of the Act relating to hawker* and ped- BOER POSITIONS, President Steyn Reported to Ee at Smlthfleld. A despa'ch from Aliwal, North, Cape Colony, say-: The Boers are occupy- ing positions at Rouxville, 25 miles north of here In tho Orange Free State, Dishmenskop, and elsewhere, in parlies of from BOO to 400. President Steyn is reported to be at Sinithfield J. miles north-west of here in the Orange l-'ree State. General Ilruce Hamilton's column U here, preparing to advance. Me. Minneapolis, Wheat-Cash. March 12 -Closed :- 74 8-8c; May. 74 S-c; are left In Cape Colony." MALAYS MAKING TROUBLE TwrBlr-Tna !> ilh ml let fawn I'l l^lll- 111 I ,l|.r TOWII. A despatch from Cape Town says: 1'he official reports regarding the pro- gress of tbe bubonic plague in t'.i- Town say the outlirrak shows a to- tal of 22 deaths and 102 cases. Tn, fathered tc-'getlifi nn Siiiuliiy to oppose the removal of :\ Malay who had been attacked by the and of several p-rsont who bad xiine into contact wilb the vn lim. The polii-c \\ere overui.u ami the persons who had come into contnct with the Malay made ili-'ir e-<apc. In tho event %f a repetition of this experience it will lie inr.^vuy to employ nn armed force. More inm Mo is nuicipated. REMARKABLE OPERATION. A M.in'4 M.MIH. I. I ill . I ,,i ,M,I i:, .1 , .1 10 II* I ..nil. r l-la. -. A despatch from New York nays : Lewia J. McKenna, a clerk In an in- surance company is in St. I.ukc's hos- pital, recovering from a surgical op- eration, one of the rarest known to modern science. Tbe operation ia Iknown as gasl ro anterostomy, and consists ot remov- ing the patient's stomach, rutting away the pyloris, and several m.i!i nant growths in its vicinity, and re- storing the stomach to its former place. ' , July, 73 J- to 75 8-4c; on track. No. 1 hard, 70 -8c; No. 1 Northern. 74 S-Pe; No. 2 Northern, 87 5-8 to 70 5-8c. Flour and bran Unchanged. Milwaukee, March 12. Wheat- Steady ; No. 1 Northern, 75 1-4 to 76c; No. t do.. 71 1-2 to 73 l-2c. Rye- Higher; No. 1. 52c. Barley Steady ; No. 2, 57c; Bample, 48 to 52c. Duluth. March 12.-Closd : -Wheat Cash, No. 1 hard, 75 l-4c; No. 1 Northern, 75 l-4c : No. 2 do., 75 3-4c; May, 78 l-4c; July, 77. Corn-37 l-4c; May 38 l-2c. Oats 26 1-4 to 26 l-2c. PRODUCE. Toronto, Mar. li. Eggs Krsh egg* in free supply and prices easy. New laid 18o and limed at 12 to lie. Fresh gathered are quoted at 16 1-2 to 17,-. Poultry Receipts light. Prices for bright stock are as follows : Tur- keys, 11 to 12c; geeae at 8 to 8 l-2c; chickens at 40 to 60o; and ducks, at GO to 80c; cold stored turkeys and geese are quoted 1 to EC a Ib under bright stock. Potatoes Steady at 28o for ear loti on track here. Sales, cut of store, are made at 8V. Field produce, etc. Turnips, out ol tore, Ste per bag; onions, 70c per bag; carrots, S3c per bag; apples, per bbl, 81 to |2 ; sweet potatoes, per bbl. 92.50. Dried apples Dried apples sell at 3 1-2 to 4c; evaporated at 5 to 5 l-2c l),in-4 Steady. Ordinary white beans bring $1 Gn, choice hand-picked beans are quoted nt 91-70 to 91-75. Honey Firm. Dealers quote from 10 to 10 l-2c per Ib for 5, 10, orCO-lb tins, according to size of order. Comb honey sells at 8.-'. 50 to 92-75 per dozen .section*. Hops Quiet. Choice 1900 growth are quoted at 14 to 16c; and yearlings at 8 to9c. Baled hoy Steady. Choice timothy on track here, 910.25 to 910.50; two- ton lots, delivered. 911 to 911.25. Straw Oir lots of straw, on track her. 93.50 to 96. DRESSED HOGS AND PROVISIONS. Toronto. March 12. Dreased hogs continue firm, and In good demand. Car lots, on track here, are quoted at 98. On the etreet prices are firm at 98 to 98.50. Provisions aro firm, and in good demand. Quotations for provisions are us follows; Dry salted shoulders. 8c; long clear bacon, loose. In ear lots, lOc; and In case lots. 10 1-4 to 10 l-2e; short clear pork, $20 to 920.50; heavy mess pork, 919 to 919.50. Smoked meats Hnnn, heavy, 12c; medium. 12 1-2 t . 13o; light. 13c. Toronto, March 12. Hogs arc un- changed to-day, but with a decided downward tendency. "Singers" arc now quoted at l-2c per Ib., r-< light and fat at 60 pel Ib. - STANDS BY HISPEOPLE. Rev. Dr. Talmage Says God Always Fulfills His Promise. A despatch from Washington says: Rev. Dr. Xalmage preached from the following text : "There shall not any man be able to stand before tbee all the days of thy life." Joshua I. 5. Moses was dead. A beautiful tradi- tion says that God kissed him. and in that act drew forth the noul of tbe dying lawgiver. He hn h-ea buried, only one person at bis funeral; the same one who kissed 'him. But God never removes, a man until he h.n ome one read/ to take his place. Ood doei not go around sei-k ; n^ unonR a jrreat variety of candidates gome one to take a vacant position; he ju-,t mak-* a man to fit that particular pl.u-j. Moses had passed cff tbe Sjtage. Joshua, the hero of the I.-T cornea out to take hid j>u -.-. and puts nLs foot so fcolully on th<; platform of history that all ages hir '. t- echo of bis tread. lie was a magnificent fighter, and he al.vays fought on t fa- right side. He never f.mghr for tx-r- aonal aggraudiz j.-iu-nt, :m I r. v.-r fought unless the Lord tuid him to do so. II:-< firm undertaking was to cross the river Jordan in a spring freshet. At certain seasons in th- yir, and at certain point*, that river could be easily forded, anil the water would only come to the knee or to the Kir- die ; but at thia season of which I am speaking, the snow of Mount Leban- on had melted, and they were pouring dowa into tho valley, an I the valley hid become one raging flood. The, CanaanLtes on the other side felt per- fectly secure. They lookc 1 acru.s-th- river and saw th r -> Israelite^ and they said: "Aha? you can't get at us wo re sir* anyhow until thi.-t <prmg freshet fulls." Jlut one day Jo-hui orders out his troop* and tells them o fall into line. "FORWARD MARCH !" ^ries Joshua to bis troops. They pass on toward the river, and it seems as if tht light-armed troops and the pearman and the archers and all 'heir Uaders o.ust be swept down in :he fearful ft md. Th -y reach the bank tnd they pull themselves up its steep thirty or forty feet in height they mil themselves up the >>uik by tbe 4*ander4 and tbe tamarisks and the Ulows until they reach the top. No sooner have they climbed up this high bank than with dash and roar and terrific rush the waters of the Jordan break loose from their strange an- chorage. Why did not those waters stay parted until Joshua and his troop* could find out whether they could cope with their enemies or not? I hear one. of the unbelieving Israel- ites, say: "Lord, why didst thou not keep those billows parted so that if xve wanted to retreat we could go back dry shod, just as wlicn we advanced f AV|> are engaged in a very risk; ex- periment. How if these Canaanites eat u. all up f" Ah I my hearer, God never makes any provision for the Christian's re- treat. He clears the path to Canaan, if we go ahead ; if we go back, we die. It is dry shod on a path of broken hell and pebbles in one direction. It is water forty feet deep in the rear. The same gate-keeper that swung back the crystal and amethystine door of Jordan to lt you pass, hath bolted and barred the crystal and am- ethystine of the Jordan to keep you from going back. I d'dare it to-day; Victory ahead. Darkness, flood, ruin and death behind. But we cannot stop here. It U no place for Joshua's troops to stay. What ia that in the distance? At the end of a grove of paluia eight xniles long, is the chi-f eily. THAT IS JERICHO the great metropoli.-i. Take it Joshua must. "Take it Joshua can't," say the unbelievers. This campaign i- planned by the Lord Almighty. There aro to bo no swords, no shields, no battering rams. There is tot be only one weapon, and that is to be a ram's burn. Now tbo command is, that even of the priests should take these rude musical instruments, and for iz dayj they should go around the walls of Jericho once a day. and then on tho seventh day, they should go .round seven, times blowing this curi- ous, rustle, musical instrument, and *he peroration of the whole scene is to fee a great shout under which that froix Ki.se to capstone is to Around the walls of Jericho priests o once, and a failure. Not so much as a p'ere of mortar or plaster drops from the wall; not so much as a crevice open.s, not so much a.s a rock gets IOOHC. Around tbe city secood day. ;ind a failure; the third day and a failure; tbe fo'irtb day. and a failure; around the fifth day, and a failure; around tb sixth day, and a failure. Joshua's stock was down. But the seventh day rime the climacteric day. At last. h'Xir has arrived. The IT . h -si rude miuical instruments go all around the city of Jericho one.- iure. Around the city tv. ii-e, three times, four times, and a failure, iid the city fiv times, six times, ind i failure. There is only one more thing to be done, uri thi' is to give a great shout. Joahua up to his full stature and he - the command. He feeU the r iht raoment has com,*, and he says: - .at for the Lord hath given you th<< city," and the command is h and the people all together cry; l),.wn, Jerioho! down, Jericho"! And !on<f line of solid masonry be- gins tu quiver, and then rruh go the i!L, the temples, tho palaces, until the earth quakea and the Heavens are blackened with the dust, and the shriek of the crashed city and the buzza of the victorious Israelites conv- mingle. r <>ple crocs the ocean to see a ruin You need not go fur. Stand a min- ute and look at ths ruins of this city IKX There is one house that did nut fall. I wander that ono house ntojod while all tbe rest of the city fell. R \I1AB LIVED THERE. Sri- hul been noted for her crimes. 'i .she was saved. Because she b.id been a great sinner? No. because she h nl repented, and to> prove to all tbe ages that there is mercy for the chief of sinners. All the other houses went n but Rahab's h:>u,*e; that stood ! She repented. She trusted in < ' -1 j She was saved. Mercy for the chief inncrs. This is no. place to stop. Joshua , "Forward, m;.rch!" Thcru is i tbe city of Ai to be taken. They got up in front of the city when the ni'-n of Ai came out and gave one yell, and i iy ran the Israelites like reindeer. I see JiMbua coming out thit day of ' hU encampment, and ho look-i up anil { MMS tbe people running, and h. , puts his hand to) his forehead, ! and he says; "Why, I really ' believe those are our men. ] They are running in ret rent .'' A i-l 1 soon tbe retreating army com? up ] They say: "O, Generai, wi- ire all i in to pieces. Tho.*<f men of Ai are awful people. Wa are all cut to I pieces." Joshua falls down DM hi* I face in chagrin. But how di I C.o I ' arouse .lothua ? Did he address him in some complimentary apostroph-f No, he says: "Get thee up. Why lieat tbou thus on tby s:>ui arose, I *upi ose looking uiortili" 1 . but his old courage came back again. He marshals all tbe Israelites, and lie says: "We will gi( up en ovisse, and we will take the city o." Ai." U takes most of his army and be hides it in Ihe night behind a ledge of rocks. In the morning hi mirches up a small battalion) ot troop ir front of the ritjr as by .stratagem The men at Ai say : "Ah ! w* conquer these men very :oon," t IMS people of Ai pursued -.his ! rion, and the Israelites, as though they were fright -in- I, fill ri:iek into the sti.it.i- gem No sooner are all the people ot the rity mailed in i'u suit of that battalion, that JosbiM st mils on a ro-k, and I see his hair flying in the wiul as h? out his speir toxviril the dorvii" ' IM I all the armed men behiml rucks rush for the city and t In-;. capture it and put it to '.he torch, and no sooner is it on fire than those Israelites in the city start down, pui- suing the men of Ai. and the 'iles coming out of the city on one side, aud tha battalion Uin . Cal'en back suddenly, runi'i^ up from the other side, between those two wives of Israeli t ishi couregB, TMK VICTORY \VA< IIAI\ Joshu.i's troops cannot stop yet. "Forward, march I" says Joshua, for there is tbe city of Cibeon It has put itself under the wings of Jo.'bua's protec- tion, ami Josbui must defend It, and the peoplo send word from this city to Joshua : "Coma right away , there are five kings going to destroy us Come right sway." Joshua makes a three days' march in one night. Tbe conflict opens with great slaughter. The Canaanites look up and they jay; "Ah ! it is Joshua, it is Joshua who conquered the spring freshet, and tbe stone wall, aud who took tbe city of Ai. There's no use; he's a terri- ble man; there's no use;" and they sounded a retreat. "Ob." says Joshua, "this ia a victory 1 Jlut it is getting towards sundown and those miserable Canaanites are going to get away from me. and 'hey will besiege us, and perhaps attemp' t . destroy us. Oh for a day twice as long s any we have ever seen in this clim- ate." What is tbe matter with Joshua? His he fallen in an apoplet-uc f it f No, he is iu prayer. Joshua rises, his face radiant, with prayer, and he looks, i the descend- ing son over the hills of Gibeon, and he looks at the. faint crescent of the moon, and in the- name of the Lord, who spake the world into being, he lifts one band and says: 'Sun, stand thou still orer Cibeon," and pointing the other hand to the moon, he says: "And Ihou moon stand still over the valley o.' Ajalon." And for twelve hours the planetary system halted. It ID not yet quite sun lonvn in Joshua's duy, and wn will h.i-.v lime for fiw> royal furo-r.ih. Where are those fiv kings th.it Joshua took anl whom- armies he destroyed? They .in- there tn that cave the cave of Makkedah, hiding. .lojhua has roll- ed a stone against it and they can- not get out. But before night, be- fore thj very sun which I am speak- ing about goes down, these fi kings are brought oui, .in I according to tho ajir.ent custom, the major generals of Joshua now come up, an, I they put the a- foot on the neck of THE. TERRIBLE OLU KIN.is. an.1 they are buut-adej, and their bodies are put back i.ito th-: same care aad tbe same stoue ^ rolled agaluai it again. Now, it U time for Joshua to go homo. He is an, oil m.in. He is s bun/lred and ten. Now give Jos- hua, the oldest w.irrl-ir of the a^ , chance to rest. No! I b.- gr. bi'tl of all h-s lifetime opeoa. I!e comes out now against the gr.' king on e.iTt h, a kiag who has more subjsrts tai ,L ill Hi- ,, r .. ,. nt popu- :i of the earth. It Is th- kint; of Terrors, the conqueror of thous- ands of years. Now, Jo-hai h.ive your match. No: For if tb: is Joshua's greatest battle it M Joshu.i'4 (jr.'i'.-si \i'try. H gathers h s fri-als .iroun-1 him and s lus v 1 1.- :i. rory. II is a hun Ire I in I :--n years old. Touch him very gently. Stretch out those oil fe.-t thit once walked the dry pith of tho parted Jor t hos" I pi which !>l-,v the blist thit .Ir.ipp'd the walls of .lerVho. Foil that arm, that stretchel out th- sp-'.ir, against the <!coine.| en t,; \,. Fold it across the hoar that exul - el wh-?a the five kings fell. r> wh-re shrill we get the bun: graxute fit to bx; the head- the footstono of thCs greatest of w.irr ori Oh. I b.-: hlnk n H.P.V. I Imagine at his h-a I it shall b- .he sun. thit stool s:.!! ilxiw Cib- eon, anl a* th' foot U shall bv I lie moon tbflt stool .still ovvr th-' valley of \jilon. ATTACK OF NKXT-MOKMV ; Mrs. Si'lldom-H'-M" My husband. :iiaii, was so sn-k thi-i m (rniuu that I was awfully uneisy abou! him. Mr3. CVfrpqucnt \Vii it waj th.' matter with h.in ' Ms. Selldom-ll ;,! I thoujf'..' :t was grip, but hi- tuM nothing but a Might attack of kn z-Mijinim-r. Ue s lys that's French Cm Indigestion, and he'll bo all rigtu HI i day or two. STtl.l. A Sri-'KKKKR. Parke Come ncrne and take dinner will) me. Lane But your wife doesn't expect me, does she .' Park- What of that T I can smooth it over with her liter. Lane, grimly, Maybe you can. But thit doesn't make it any better for me. BEIt CHOICE. . Oh, mamma, innyn't I go to I h.> party the little girl next door is going to ggive ? x my il-ar, u would hardly be the thing, aj you are wearing mourn- ing .' Mi. dear me'? f (link IM n rather ggive up the meurning. THE S. S. LESSON. INTEHNATIONAL LESSOR MAR. 17. J'.n. a u.i rn.iir." i i.u. t.l. ';:. i.iu,-u I- \l. |H.' M. I. PRJU nr\l. NO! V.-rse IS. Pilate. w hen Iv iia.l cnlli ert together the eh - - .m 1 th<j rulers. Cotnpire Ma't. .'7. 15-J3) Mark 15. 0-11. Apparent !y the ~.m- ' hedj-ja or eou . - il. in session; I at least its m,euil*"M ha t aot diapers- I ed. When, I'. hue had striven to throw all th responsibility con- earning Jesua on he .- i nhedrin iL4 members claimed, tout they bad no power to execute judgment. To the. ronver.s.ii .on between Jesuri andi which John re<-'>rd.1 was duo probably the great dusire shown, by tli- governor to vrare the release of Jesus. The wor-U in 1 the peoplo point to this grc-it .U-sire. Pilate .ip-p-als (rain th-' council to > he crow, I, coirfiiU-nt that th>- ' . ,>mmon people" whi "beard him gladly" will support him now. 14. Y- h.re brought thi* man un- to me, as one that p-'rverteth the, pec pi-. Turns them away frum t hj " i h n.it ion or from thu loy- alty to th'- Rom ui uo rnment. I, ;g examined, him before you, hivj found no fault ia this man. Pilate's examination ha I i>r.>r.-,| that Jesus was in anotii-r -i>h--rc of lifo from the rulers. f- 1". Nor y,-t Hero). I'. i horn our Lord I had been sent by I'll--, when he heard that Jesus was a lialilean. In- stead of for I som you to him tho . Revised Version has "fur ha sent him bark unto us." \. li ng worthy of i is done unto him. " Nothing worthy of de:i!h i done by him." Hi. I iv. 11 t her. 'f. ire . 'la-liae him. ml r-.'i*e him. P i " .ri. posed to 1 .'.; liiiu i punislun -nt infl by tbe Roman mav | ' lin COJPS for offenses less than r Thi was said in i -. ik con- ; cession to the ate:ni.i" i .;. since he had alri-i'ly .|.-!ar'il thein- Mcnce of the. ice.: Jews took advantage of ' 17. This verse of th Authorised Version is omitted in tli" K'- 1 alon. It a wan' n. .1 import- ant Gre.-k uianu . In must ' X -d V-rs.,.n. in- u ..II nf I lie ''in woul 1 be of little IM it r-- I i l.s .in hist or..- f i originally wrote it or noi., ml it o-- loogs properly to Mirk 13. fi Su . f iv- or wa nf'i-n shown n "Id tiuje-t on ins of publ-e rejou-ing. I*. 1'iii'd out a \. un- ! unor. \ . i h.s man ml r- le Hi- u.it'i us [; ir i'i i \ man h> wj.* a: on i p-i-o:ier and, I pili' [* i r it' 1 ' " < not so much a name as a :uic." "Bar" mi'anvs i .' n "AMn.s" miy b e.th- er t !i ii ,'n "f t he in i :i < f i> hep or it uny I ' i-fi. n M pi e 1 to f> i -vs i' nin- th '* o of i i i There is : Mi". J7 Hi th' mme ",1,-sus Bar;.- 19. J< hn tells in i hit linril'lu - ' her. Mirk -mreeH with Luke 'bit h" ivtn a n t il-l in-Ill re. i-mUt, irul ilia, mu-d-r f .r -,\h.-!i h- u is h. I I reap n-i''l- li i I lien i oinniii ted 'u i 'jr 'h" iipii-in^ I !iis U-en '-i.n- PC lured th.T- li" i ' r of t he m -b \vhi'-h niose \\V--i I'ili'' ruth- moneys. Tb.s m.iy exi l:un hi' popu- ! irity. -3. They were insi.mt with ! u.l '. "They presiMxl upon him u i h 1 u I voice.-. 1 ' "Instant" mean* 'u K'eni." Jl l':!;ite pave .sentenee that it . 1 bx- as they reju red Mitt. J7. o Muk L"). l."i-l. lii.' motive b i' last prevnile.i with Pil.it- M fu'.ly shown in John 19. 1J-1U. He fi-.i:ed thit ili.' .1- A, would ac- uid firm his i M i i- \i 01 1 ion )n- hlil I ire.nl ! he Ci)l|sei|llt>l|i-es. IJat thn very misfortune hi.:h he sought to avti.d ly <-ond.-iunint t lie in did really Infill him ,-iflei- M ml. The .si-x yiviis ,> h s governor- ship of Jud-ea wvre yens of arbi- trary violence, and four \e-irs ifter Lord's deat.h li < wn d.sn- fvi'in hi-- charge. :in-l i- s.-iM :,. have yed hinwelf in b.-it.i =liin.-: Vienn-. in C lul. Jj. Wh.-m they hail desired. wwe cliin>r:af for," was probably taken by the aflM.e.rs a* a, s*.rnn(rer. On Ir.m they laid th* eras*. Thvy did this tp|n re at i y bo- cause our Lord u in unable to bear my li>n,-.-r. TO AVOID FAMINE. . iierniumi Rrpnrl* From HI. I' I .-I liur^li Trll nl lrun I a. I .111 im Nurlk of Bu-.l.. The Ru&sian novemnMtrt reports tell of a prxctise cloiely akin to hibernation among Russian peasant! of the f v norm. where food ia canty in a degree almost equivalent to chronic famine, not having provi- sions enough to carry them through the whole year, they adopt the econo- mical expedient of spending one-half m staep. Thi* ciwtom has exist- ed among- them from time imrnet- murtal. At the first fall of the anw the whole family gathers round the stove, lies down, ceases to wrestle wjth the problems of human exia- U-nce, and quietly goes u sleep. Onca a day everyone wakes op to eat a piece of hard bread, of which amount sufficient to last six months has pro- vuLeatially been baked ia the previ- ous autumn. When the bread ha* been washed down with i draught of water, everyone goes to sleep agaia. Th- members uf the family take- it in uurn to watrh and Itoap the fire alight. After aiz months of thia repixtefu! exj<!en'c. the family wakes up. shakes itself, goes ont to sec if ihe gr:i.*'t in growing, and by and by sou to work u AU.miu-.-r tasks. The country remains comparatively liva- ., the follow oi,r winter, wura again all signs of life diaappo-ir and all a silent, except, we presume, for the snoros of the sleepers. This win- ter sleep H called lotska. 6AVED \Va-n I was sick tho queerest thlngt I douiet jnrs saw at night I A.I 1 <ui-i there wa<s a cat with wings K -|>l couiiii' r'.und to fight ! A:i 1 onct a bi^ burglar t.'i --f \X on the floor \nl onct a monstrous Injun chiei V.' i ^ s andin' in t lie door I A.:! TK-I Itunilil-.l down a well in't neum asleep, A-i i miie* and milea and miie-4 I felL t'jr it wan awful d :ep ' 1 so funny, for 1 tjnught -urr-ly str.k- my head. the bottom I w n , uigUt Ijed I th-y Oaribbw. ^'ti. Spmon, a C>' -11 n. Cyrene v, i. ic.iy in th" niv'th of Africa, where many Ji-~ w -re S,.M;,.,| Simon onns A!e\ inder i n<l Rufus ne nnmnd br Mirk, ni.iy tonv* breti known .i.. a follower of our Lord, but A TO lltl-if 1 >N G If n I i;on t. s, e why th:y hr i 1 i;il cjlaeae an I M- to IK- kisses an I b.e.ti ml h- 1- u. 'A . \Vh> ! U -so I- 'I if ' I 11 1 kl S -S ! far aw iy frjin the cbetue as pusihlu. CON-ilUERKO AS HIM. l->|.vl'K. II i. v do I know ,| -niandod the wo- A horn he lu 1 ask- I fjr .-h.ir-.iy, Lhat yi.u'ro not a i igibond : 1 of a poor roan out of work f H iv Jo I know you've (jot a clear li- -". old dirty e.lotli' s you li iv- in ! Mi' nn, mournfully asked Tuffold . di>n't th/pse c.'t;thes look as if I'l had 21 j -ars' undisputed p)as,-s- >. :i of '.-in ,' A POCNT IN I'liKv'KUKNCK. Mr Marmaduk -! - . i\ovf* a-Jays seems to be made, up of luch 1 lot of people we >li>:i't know. M inn i<luk(-Jones Oh. .lon't jiu' :t that, my 'le.ir; say rather th.it society nowadays ia made up I -ucU a iuk. of people who >li>:i'' know u,j. S RRDWSQ ' RE KAUCII iDi 1 J'i:U MHx-eeil 1:1 fil.llIK my il- lustriou - ini.'storsf Nu, but I scare 1 up a lot of k:n- fi-lk-i that I didn't want to know at all. FHIKNMI.Y KM'Cl HA.IKMCV r 'Simmons Since thinkinn it i.ver 1 have concluded th.i 1 [ii:-iii|>s you ar -pe ire. Timm{M>4 Oh, thank you! Er Hut why .' The actors s:iy Sh.ik.Mpe.ire does not pay. K c -r (): IT. Th.' I'.llh.er .tll'iok 111- he.l I <leel(lt:(V. ly. In all candor, h- n-pl.e.l, I adviae you not to begin stealing th" fun<ls of th- bunk. rh.Tc is very litllo in, it. You will hav to sptTil alxmi ill you link'' for fast h >i - -ujv l>,'t^. .in. I that sort of thing, in <n.ir ni k>'[> t h' Hi'i'i"..- '.oin N"ouiiag -.us>. i m* of j-ou! I li teller w.i -i ii-e|i|\ . I for u w.n i-vilent ta.U hn chief spok* with knowledge. Those who are indBntrinus in my calling are eip.iblc of further bless- ings; whcr-ai the idle are fit for nothing but leinpUUuu. Hi ,hoa Hall.