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The post arrived at Mr. Archer’s? in the middle of breakfast, and formed a. welcome interruption to the stagnation which was apt toI settle on that rcpust. It is not easy l lor a tutor to make conversation, l, day alter day, for three young gen-i tlemen over whom he is placed in] authority, and who are therefore lit- l tlo disposed to assist him in his efâ€"l forts to set them at ease. Mr-l Archer could not forget that, under! all their assumed respect, he was} still “Nobs” directly his back \YuS{ turned: and a. man's spirit must ln‘l‘ deed be vigorous to flow unchecked by the consciousness that all he says and does will nilord material for subsequent ridicule and carica- ture. _Also, there are but few sub- jects in common betWeen three Wild, hopeful boys. not yet launched in the world, and a grave, disappointed, middle-aged man, who has borne his share of action and of suffering, has thought. out half the illusions oi life, and lived out all its romance. 11 he talks gravely he bores. it play- fully he puzzles, if cynically he do- moralizes them. 'To sink the tutor is subversive of discipline; to prt.h nerve that character, ruinous to good-fellowaahip; so long and weary silences Were prone to settle over Hr. Archer’s breakfast-table. reliev- ed only by crunching of dry toast. applications for more tea, and a. o L---â€" Or. The Maid of the Minâ€"w b9)»»9§»¥»999999)9)99»9>3! PTER X. ‘ “Don't you jzuv A..-‘..,..o¢ lplied indignantly. n-nmw-. _. -firrt,, Glancing {or the hundredth time down the laurel-walk to the green gate. he pushed his plate away With a. prolonged yaWn, nudged Gerard, who sat beside him, with an energy that sent half that young gentle- man's tea. into his breast-pocket and burst forth as usual in misquoted â€".r_se_.e, hearty consumption of broiled bacon and household bread. or the three pupils. Dolly Egermont suflcred these pauses with the most. impatience. be traying his feelings by restless con- tributions on his chair, hideous gri- maces veiled by the tea-urn from Mr. Archer’s eye. and a continual looking for the postman (whose arri’v'al could be seen from the dining-room win- dOWS), unspeakably suggestive of a. cheer-less frame of mind described by himself as suppressed bore. Do you know, sir. I think this “weak and Weary post. bareheaded; SWeat- ing. knocking at the tavems,’ must have got drunk already, and is not coming here at all." Mr. Archer could not help smiling. "How you remember things that are not of the slightest use, Eger- mont.” he observed. “May I ask if you expect any letters of unusual importance this morning?" "It's not that, sir," answered Dol- ly. "But. a. Government functuary. particularly a postman, has no right to be absent from his post. Mine is essentially a. genius of method. I cannot bear anything like irregular itv.” “I am very glad to hear it." re- plied Mr. Archer drily. “I should not have thought it. I confess." “It's been my character from childâ€" hood," answered Dolly gravely: "though 1 must allow both Jerry here. and the Dandy. give me many an anxious moment on that score. Not to mention the postmanâ€"- I hold that. man the Worst of public Words, He rose from the table, and the others rushed on to the pupil-room, overwhelming their companion with questions, ‘congratulations, and "When musk you go, Jerry?” “Ale you to joinvdircctly, or will they give you lent-fig?!» “Don't you funk being spun?">"‘,fir‘ls it a. good regi- ment? How i ":to dine at mess, every day!” “ .Qloylldn’t like to be a. ‘Grabby’ thot'h" '(this (tom the Dandy); “and. MterTnJIpI’d‘ rather be a private in .gthe cavalry than an officer in the refining“ of feet!" It was obvious..that Granville Bub ton’s range of Mango had never included subltâ€"‘dntyhand that he Was talking of that Eek-dew nothing “She said the day is dreary, He cometh not, she said; None or us seem very cheery. And I wish I was in bed! "dead AinsHe felt the’ esprit dc corps already rising strong within §<4<<¢<<<< ¢<¢<€<£<<<< Service." "101‘ mined 9. ,things Ltion. in- again :6. short” .30“ W in an in- ‘have a 3133 mm better ipt to anf‘thing name 119* own: 7:: er. I Any , _-_.‘....‘ In. he. sfl keg}; Ital. ”Oh. yes, sir!" he said. after a. Three .pause, and added, brightening up, ,0 for “I should like to come and see you inslie. again, sir, when I've passed. and :ed up wish you goodâ€"bye." andi Mr. Archer was not an impression- nciay'gablc .person, but he . was touched; enve- neithei' was he demonstrative, still magi be grasped his pupil's hand with artant unusual cordiality. vice.” "Tell the servants to pack your ad a. thingy” said he, “and come to me I. in- ‘again at six o’clock for what money h'ort‘y 'you want. In the meantime, if you an in- Ihave any {areWells to make, you had ; m1better set about, them. I have no- to “filming further to detain you on my .9 hgiowxz account." "Don't you jaw, Dandy," he' re- plied indignuntly. “You’re not, in the service at all yet; and I’ve al- Wuys heard mine is an excellent regi- ment." "How do you know?" laughed Dol- ly. “You've scarcely been in it. a. quarter 91 an hour. Never mind, Jerry. wé shall be sorry to’ lose you. This old pupil-room Will be uncom- ‘mon slow with nobody but 3m: and Dandy to keep the game alive. The 3Dandy has not. an idea beyond to- EbacCoâ€" ' Ive: it shall beâ€"I shall Iowa to his 7 icvel day by day. All that's fine W course by smokin .v. “.3, All that's ”fine 'wizhin me growing course by smoking pipes of clay." “Pipes, indeed!" exclaimed Burton literally. “I don't believe any folâ€" low in the army smokes better weeds than mine. You told me yourself, Dolly, yesterday, under the willows. that, you never enjoyed a. cigar so much as the one I gave,youâ€"” "Yes. you have a certain glimmer- ing of intellect as regards the Vir- ginian plant, but I shall miss old Jerry awfully, just the same,” re- plied Dolly. "So will you, so will ‘Nobs,' so will Fanny Draper. Don't. blush, old man. She looked very swwt at you the day before yester- day: and though the Dandy here had thrown his whole mind into his col- lars. he never made a race of it from the time she caught, sight of you till the finish. Look here! We’ll all go down together, and you shall wish her good-bye, and I‘ll have an improving conversation and a. drop of mild ale with Gritsâ€"â€" In yonder chair I see him sit. Three fingers round the old silver cup: I see his grey eyes twinkle yet At. his own jeSt- A bad jest. too! I say; can’t one of you folloWs quote something now? I've been making all the running, and I'm blown at last.” “It's about time you Wore.” ob- served Burton, who had some diffi- culty in keeping pace with his volu- blc companion. “You get those odds and ends of rhyme mixed up in your head. and when you go in for examination. the only thing you'll pass for Will be a. lunatic asylum!" .1, __ “Not half a bad club neither!" to- sponded Dolly. "I saw a. lot of mad fellows play a cricket match oncchlncurable Ward against Con- valescents. The incurablcs had it hollow. Beat ’em in one innings. I never knew a. chap so pleased as the mad doctor. Long-stop was very like ‘Nobs'; and they all be- haved better at luncheon than either of you fellowg. do. Jerry, my boy. you'll come and see us before you join. 1 say, come in uniform, if you can.” The propriety of following out this original suggestion might. have been canvassed at. great ‘lcngth, but. for the apparition of Mr. Archer's head at the pupil-room door summoning Ainslie to a private interview in his sanctum. “You will have to start at once." observed the tutor. looking keenly at his pupil, and wondering why the natural cxultation of a. youth who has received his first commission should be veiled by a. shadow of something like regret.“I have a. letter from your great-uncle, desiring you should proceed to London, to-night. if possible. It is sharp practice. Ainslie. but. youtare‘going to be a soldier. and must accustom yourself to march on short notice. I recol- lect in India,â€"well, that's nothing ‘to do with it. Can you‘be ready for the evening train?" “The evening train!" repeated the ‘ylad; and again a. preoccupation of [manner struck Mr. Archer as unusu- EMany mdream had he indulged in iduring those oft-repeated Walks to .and from the presence of his Indye- Howie, but. thewisions had never. been so bright, so life-like, and so Impe- ful as to-day! . : He was no longer. th_9_mex:e sghodl- Any farewells to make! or course he had; One farewell that. rather than forego he would have forfeited a thousand commissions with a. field~ marshal's baton attached to each. He thought his tutor spoke mean- ingly, but this on reflection, he argu- ed, must hch been fancy. How should anybody have discovered his love for Norah Welby‘? Had he not treasured it tip in his own heart, making no confidants, and breathing it only to the water-lilies on the marshes? Within ten minutes he was speeding across those weil-knbwn flats on a. iieeter foot than usual now that he had. news of such im- portance-to communicate at 'Marston Rectory. The exercise. the sepshine, the balmy summer air sooh raised his spirits to their accustomed pitch. boy running but during play-hours to worship in hopeless adoration at the feet of a. superior being. He was a. soldier. coating a. future. worthy of her acceptance, to the womag ho s<£<<<<¢<§<§s<¢¢ 9399999999)§)§; He drinks it up. club neither! ’ ’ ro- l l l I Can. _, her colors exultingly to death; he was a man who need not be ashamed of offering a man’s devo- tion and a man’s truth to her who should hereafter become his wife. Yes; he travelled as far as that be- fore he had Walked a. quarter of a mile- To be sure there was an im- ‘mcnsc deal to be got through in the Way of heroism and adventure indispensable to the working out of his plans in a becoming; manner. worthy of her and of him. One scene on which he particularly dwelt. rep- resented n. night-attack and a storm- “mg party, of which, of course, he was destined to be the leader. He could see the rockets shooting up across the midnight Sky; could hear the whispers of the men. in their great-coats, with-their white haver- sacks slung, mustered ready and willing. under cover of the trenches. He was formingthem with many a goodâ€"humored jest and rough word of encouragement, are he put himself at their head; _ and new, with the thunder of field pieces. and theerat- tle of small-arms, and groans and‘ cheers, and shouts and curses ring- ing in his ears, he Was over the parapet. the place Was curried, the enemy retiring, and a decorated col- onel, struck dOWn by his own sxvord. lay before him,’ prostrate and bleed- ing to the death! A tableau‘, bright and vivid, if not quite so natural as reality. And all this in order that, Contrary to the usages of polite war- fare. he might strip the said colonel of his decorations. and bring them home to lay at Miss Welby's feet! It was characteristic, too. that he nev- er thought of the poor slain officer, ' nor thewoman that may have loved him. Altbgether, by the time Gerard reached the wicket-gate in the Par- sonagewall, his own mind was made up, that crc a. few minutes elapsed he would be solemnly affianced to Norah, and that their union was a. mere question of time. Nothing to speak of! Say half u. dozen cam- paigns. perhaps. with general ac- tions. wounds, Victoxja Crosses, promotions, pond. r-__V Why did his heart fail him more than usual when he lifted the latch? Why did it sink down to his very boots when he observed no chair. no book, no rickety table, no work- basket. and no white muslin on the deserted lawn? H It. leaped mto his mouth though when he saw the drawing-room win- dows shut. and the blinds down. LVen its outside has a wonderful faculty of expressing that a house is untenanted. And long; before his feeble summons at the door-bell pro- duced the cook, with her gown un- hooked and her apron fastened round her Waist, Gerard felt. that his walk had been in vain. “Is Misglliélby at homo?" asked he, knowing perfectly Well she was not, and giving himself up blindly to despair. _v_.,_.-- . “Not at home. sir." ansWorcd the cook, profierixgg fox: the expected card a. finger and ihumb discreetly cowar- ed by the corner of her ‘upron. She knew Gerard by sight. and was slightly interested in' him, as “Mr. Archer's gent. what came after our young lady." She Was sorry to see him look so white. and thought. his voice strangely.husky when he de~ manded, as a. forlorn hope, if he could see Mr. Wclby? “Not here. sir; the family be gone to London." she answered resolutely; but. added, being merciful in her strength, “they'll not be away for long, sir. Miss Welby said‘ as they was sure to be back in six weeks." , Six weeks! He literally gasped for br ath. The woman Was about to offer a. glass of water, but he found his voice at. last, and muttered more to himself than the scrv ant “Surer she would write to me! I Wonder if I shall get a. letter?" ‘4 .-..._. 0' - “It's Mr. Ainslie, isn't it?" said the cook, who know perfectly well it was. “I do think. as there' 3 a let- ter for you in the post-bag.1'll' step in and fetch it." ‘ ' as», .. â€"_ e V, , So she “stepped in and fetched it." She ' was a kind-hearted woman. Long a 0 she had lovers of her own. Perhap , even now, she had not quite givcn‘ p the idea. She was not! angry, though many women Would haVe Keen, that Gerard forgot to thank! herâ€"seizing the piecious des- patclf, and carrying it. off to devour it. by himself, without a Word: on the contrary, returning to her scrub- bing‘ and her dish-scouring. she onlv oszrved, “Poor young cfiap!” 'com- paring him, though. disparagingly. with a former swdin of'hfer (5)711. who vv ‘v-n ._ .vâ€"_-- _” Was in the pork-butch'éring line, had a. shock head of red hair, and weigh- ed fourteen stona. . Out of sight and hearing, Gerard oncncd, his letter with a. beating heart. Ifs contents ‘ afforded but. cold comfort to one who -ha.d been lately indulging in visions such as his. It was dated‘ late the night before, and ran thus:â€" “Dear Mr. Ainslie,â€"In case you should call on us to-znorrow. naps desjrcs me to say that we shall be gn our Way to London. We are going to pay Uncle Edward :1 visit. and it is very uncertain when we return. ' “I think I caught a. glimpse of you fishing at Ripley Bridge vest”- dav. and hobo you had good sport. Yours sincerely, It was hard to bear. Thoixgh he had n'ow a character to support as an officer and .a. gentleman,- I shouldn’t Wonder if the tears came thick and fast into his eyes whila souni‘celing! And that last sentence seemed‘ the cmcllcst stroke of all. Poor boy! A little more cxvcrience would have shown him how that last sentence explained the wholeâ€"Would have taught him to gather from it. the brightest auguries 0! success. Unless oflended, 3115 would never havo written in no abrupt a strain; and why should "she be 'oflcndod males} she» cared for him? It was likeâ€"«a Woman, not to resist inflicting that last hgmhrust; yet to a proctised “may" it would have exposed in" warmest-.11“! opened Up her whole east Durham and Vic‘mria Eaézanaam and so on: to corres- MILLBROOK, ONT.. FRIDAY; DECEMBER 4. 1903 "L. VWe‘lby.” guagd. But Gerard was no Drac- tised adversary, and hé carried a very sore heart back with him across the marshes. The only con- solation he could gather Was that. Miss Wclhy had gone to London. and hv would find her there. In this :11- so he betrayed ,thc simplicity of youth. He had yet to discover that London is a very large place for a search after the person you are most dcsirous to see, and that. when ‘i'mmd, the person is Iikcly'to be less interested in you there than in any other locality 9n the face of the earth‘ Not everywhere do the boys do the wooihg. Among the gypsics of Moravia, for instame. none will dare presume to coflrt a maiden until she has notified the young man of her choice her readinéss. This she» does by using a cake as u lovu letter, baking therein a coin, and throwing it within his tent door at night ‘whon he is alone. He. of course, is not bound to accept. But if he does How Courtshipr Is Cénducted In Some Countries. it behooves him to be faithful. Then} Romany of Hungary knows naughci of breach of promise suits. Instead‘ the r'lations and friends of tho jiltied maiden wait upon the inconstant lover, argue with him, plead with him. Then, if he still remain obâ€" durato, he is maimed by a. shot in the leg or arm. By ancient Romany custom, too. the slighted gill has the right to be present and to (let-roe in which of his limbs he shall be wounded. In practice. however, srhc usually elects to stay away, thereby leaving the fearful ohoice to him.- A marriagcable Burmese girl as soon as she has completed her nous- seau places in her window the “love lamp," and according to whether its intorjocting beams, carefuny duh:- ccted from behind wiLh her own tiny toilet, mirror, shine on this hut or on that the gallant, “ithin knons that somew hcxe o. lussic 9 heart is in- clinod towal ds him. When one of the cigarnmkcrs of southern Spainâ€"who constitute a. :cpo.ra.tc class by thcmsclx'csâ€"castts her eyes 1ovingly on n. likely lad she forthwith twists her powder puff intu a pompon for his hat. If he wears it at the next bull fight it, is considered a match. The Andaiusian peasant. gill sends a. .puunpk'in pic to’thc particular swain she afl‘ccts. If he éats it, well and good: she is engaged. If not she tries elsewhere. pie following pic. until success is arrived at. “AA Swiss maidens go uâ€"wooing not always and anyhow, but at stated intorvalnâ€"the eyes of the weddings of their friends. Then is held when. is known as the "feast of the love gar- lands." All the unmarried girls who can claim acquaintance with either bride or bridegroom assemble at sunset at the latter's house, dance sing, and make merry. Then when the dawn is gray they take their departure, each girl bearing away with her a. poSy gayly «locked with rihhc'm. This she hanks on tho "say hnmz‘ upon tl‘c door knob (I the house where raffles the youth of her hearts (1min: or flings it through the open basement of his bozlchamhor. Ste may select who she will on 1120'»? occésior.s,, prmidud she does not stray beyond the limits of her own canton. For this latter is, accord- ing to Swiss ideas, unpardonable. Shbuld she be suspected of it, a straw puppet is left danglingâ€"prosunmbly as a. l‘int of tho fate that may befall horsoliLâ€"outsido her chamber Window, while the young men of the village whom she has jointly and mvm‘ully slightéd conslirc together to wuyluy and tout the unlucky stranger whoa-c offense and mifortune it is to have been the Object of her wayward choire. . _‘ Helen : mos-t the ing." uuvu‘. . "Oh, she's afraid the man‘ she is going to marry may love her more for her money than for'hm'sol'f." EHfiqrd: “.What was about ?" “Whv chtrude hasn t any mom; to speak of: I 7 _. '-I. ....l;.,‘ LU Dyna.“ v. , “I know; but she has a rich relar’ tive somewhere abroad, and shc thinks he may leave her something." “But dces her fiance know of this rich relative ?" “0h, sh? hasn't any fiance yet; 77-h ».‘ “I‘A she’s thinking will have one.‘ Dame Fortune's fickle ways have been illustrated Once more by the case of a. vagrant reported from Vienna. . A vagrant named Stoeller was found last January half frozen at, Budaâ€"Pcsth. He came _from Agram, ‘whem he had often been puninhed for miSdcme-anorS. and ul- timately he was expelled from Buda- Pcéth. There has. however, arrived Icahn. ‘Iwav ....., _,- . from Agram an advocate to,ask on behalf of Stocllcr that the order for his expulsion be canceled, as 110' has inherited a. fortune of $150,000 from an uncle at_ Snkburg. Stoellcr begs to 'be allowed to settle in Bu'dpL- Posth and promxscs to conduct h'im- 8e)! properly in future. GIRLS DO THE WOOING. a...“ Avâ€"-.o_.,, complain of that flour you sent me;' Grocer: “What, was the matter with it ?" Mrs. Young-bride: “It was tough. I made a, pie ivith it. and it was as much as my husband could do to cut it." The acme oi politeness has proba- bly been reached by :3 me manager in Natal who has" ‘ihis notice at tho mouth of th'e {pit :“'Plea.so do' not tumble down the shaft. 'f A ' “Ah; how do I Miyou this mornâ€" ing ?" “My hm“? doctor‘y is get- ting much 311014:er ““01”; don't worry; 1'“ “0'91;th {'59 v Mrs. Youngbridc_: ”I've come to TRAMP Gm‘s FORTUNE. m: "Gertrude lay awake al- the whole of last night. Worry- v-w.--v , she hasn't any fiance 3"ct thinking of the time when she MAIDEN'S TROUBLES. .(To _be continued.) she worrying Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese, and Other Dairy Produce at Home and Abroad. Toronto, Dec. 1.â€"-Wheutâ€"â€"The ’ mar- ket continues to e steady, al- though ofierings $67110“: liberal. No. 2 White and :3? 'inter quoted at 77;} to 78¢, low rcigh‘ts; No. 2 Spring is quoted at, 73c east, and No. 2 goosu up‘ 70 to 71¢ east. Maniâ€" toba wheat unchanged. At upper llake ports No. 1 Northern is quoted Mt 85c, and No. 2 Northern gt 82430. THE WORLD’S MARKETS REPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES. “vb Cub, uuu «nu. . .nv- -..-.-, T‘ , _ No. 1 hard nominal at 90c lake ports. For grinding. in transit quo- tations are Go higher than above. Oatsâ€"The market, is quiet, with the feeling easier. No. 2 white is quot- ed at 2821c west, and at 29c low freights to New York. No. 1 white 30c east. Barleyâ€"The market .is dull, with the prices steady»! No. 2 quoted at 43c middle freighté'. N0. 3 extra at 40c, and N0. 3 at 38 to 39c middle heights. " “ __!A‘_ Ryeâ€"The market is quiet, with prices steady. Cars are quoted at 52 to 52§c middle freifihts. Peasâ€"Trade is dull, and prices unâ€" changed. No 2 white sold at. 61c middle freights, and at 62c east Cornâ€"The market, is quiet, and prices steady. No.2 yellow Ameri- can quoted at 53%, on track To- ronto; No.3 yellow at 53c, and No. 3 mixed at 52c. Toronto. Buckwheatâ€"The market is firm, with fair demand. No. 2 quoted at 42 to 430 middle heights. Flourâ€"Ninety per écnt. patents are steady at $3. 05 middle freights, in buyers’ sacks, for export Straight rollers of special brands, for domes- tic trade. quoted at $3440 tn $3.50 in hbls. Manitoba flours are steady; No.1 patents. $4.. ‘35 to $4 60; No. 2 fiatc‘nts. $4125 to $4.30. and strong bakersf, $4.15 to $4.20 on track. Toronto. Millfccdâ€"Brun steady at $16.50 and shorts at $18 50 here At out- side points bran is quoted at $1". :‘0 to $14,112“! shorts at $17. 50 Maniâ€" toba. bran in sacks. $18, and shorts at $20 here. Applesâ€"The market is quiet, with prices steady. Winter fruit quoted zit $1.75 to $2 per bbl. in car lots, and at $2 to $2.50 in small quantities. Beansâ€"There is a quiet, trudc. with prices steady. Prime beans are quo- ted at. $1.65 to $1.70 per bush. Dlied Applesâ€"The demand is fair, with prices umhungc-d at; 4.} to Sc per n). - Hopsâ€"Tho, market is firm at 29 to 30¢. Honeyâ€"The market is quiet at 6 to 73 per 11). for bulk and .111: $1.2 5 to S2 for comb. Choice clown honey. 7 to 750 per 1!). Hayâ€"Demand is fair with rvcoipts )nly moderate. N.o 1 timothy quoâ€" ted at $9.50 on‘g‘ack ’l‘oiouto and mixed at $6.50 to $7 Strawâ€"{rho nmrkct is quiet. at $7 per ton for car lots on track. Potatoesâ€"The market is a trifle firmer. with receipts light. Cars on track are quoted at 58 to fine per bag? for good quality. Poultryâ€"The demand is fair, and offerings modm‘uto. Turkeys are quoted at 10 to 12c per Ib., and geese at 7 to Sc per 11).: ducks, 9 to 10¢ per 11).. or 85 to 90c pcg‘ pair. Chickens, 8:} to 90 per m. or 70 to 85¢ per pair; old hens. 50¢ per pair. Butterâ€"Trude continues fairly good, but the supplies of choice qual- ities are limited. Prices generally are firm. We quotc'â€" Finest 1â€"11). rolls, 19 to 20c; choice large rolls. 16 to 1733c; sclcctod, dairy tubs, 17 to 17:50: secondary grades, 13 to 14c; croumcry prints, 22 to 23c; sol- ids. 19 to 200. Eggsâ€"Market, firm. We quote:â€" Strictly new laid, 24 to 250: fresh storé gatheréd‘, 21c; cold storage, 19c; limed, 18c. Cheeseâ€"Market quiet but steady. We quotc.â€" Finest, 11 to 11%c. the latter for twins; seconds, 10; to JORC. Smoked meatsâ€"‘Hamsr light to me- dium. 13 to 135m do.. heavy. 12 to 12%c; rolls, 10% to 110; shouldvrs, 9} to loge; backs, 14 to 15c; breakâ€" fast bacon. 14 to 141cc. ‘ Dressed hogs are unchanged. with offerings liberal. Sales at $6 delivâ€" cred here.~ Cured meats unchanged, with a. fair demand. Wé quote:â€" Bacon, long clear. 10c in ton and Case lots. Moss pork, $17; (10., short cut, $19 to $19.50. Lard-The market is quiet, with prices steady We quotczâ€" Tiex'ces, Sic; tubs Sic: para, 9c; compound, 8 to 9c. Montreal. Doc. 1.â€"â€"Munitoba wheat is steady at 79c for No. 1 Northern, Fort William. The local demand for outs is slow, and there is noun :it all for: other grains, so that quotn- tions are nominal. The Choose Murâ€" ket continues dull and prices un- chaaiged. The Buttor Market. is quiet, with a fair local dvnmnd. 'l‘ho _stocks of butter nning hold in the city at present are very light for t} ‘ time of your. Western rolls '1 logos of about 30 pounds sell :1 ‘Poultry is still scarce, and the mand continues good. Grainâ€"P035, 3]} to 72¢ afloat hero: rye, 53c e , and 58c afloat hero; buckwheat, afloatf No. 2 outs, 35-} to 355 store, 34c afloat; No.3, 1c. less; seed, $1.15 on track here; No. ,v \ley, 50c“ Flourâ€"Manitoba p 34.60; seconds,‘ 84.30: stron crs’; $4.05 to $4.30; Ontario 5 rollers, $3.90 to $54: in bug. to $1.95: patents. $4 to 3. trey-51.65 to $1.70: rolled 80 per bag. $3.80 DOI‘ Dbl. Ontario bran, in‘bulk,’ $18.50; shorts, $20 to BUSINESS AT MONTREAL THE DAIRY MARKETS COU N'I‘RY PROD UC E. IIOG PRODUCTS. If It Centers 1; Self 11:13 Not 0139 Law of r Its Nature CHARACTER ”T0 _ YQUH LIFE 'A dcspatch from Chicago say-‘1'.â€" Rev, Frank De Witt Talmag‘c preach- ed from the following text: _ Bear ye one another 5 burdens and so fulfill the law of Chxist.-â€"-Ga1aâ€" tians XL, 22. (Entered according to Act of the Pu»: Manhunt 0! Canada. in the you On. Thousand Nine Hundred and Thus. by Wm. Duly. of Toronto, at tho Department 0! Agriculture, Gina's), I take it that no man's life can be consistent or can accomplish any- thing worth while unless lt follows a. law, unless it obeys some principle. clearly understood, firmly grasped, faithfully adhered to. I take it. 1~00. that no man's life is ‘under- standable unless you go beneath the surface and discover this law. It is the law behind the outward life which gives color and character to everything a man does. Now, what was the dominating impulse, the ruling principle of Christ’s life, manifesting itself through everything He said and GM? Add incident to incident, examine inâ€" to each, and what is apparent? It is that Jesus felt Himself standing underneath the burdens of the world into which He had come. As He went His way, meeting people of all sorts and conditions, His quick sym- pathy transferred all their sorrows ‘and cares and infirmities to Him- lsclf. 1n Peter's house, in the house of Jalrus, in the home at Bethany. He made the burdens of the household His own. By Jacob's well He finds a woman who seems to us at first flippant and careless. But our Lordl recognizes that the light laugh dis- guises a deep concern about her spir- ‘ ituul condition and He makes that tomern His concern. Evely yokcl ‘that gelled humanity chafed His shoulders. It was as a buran lheaier that Israels great prophet thought of Him when He said: "The Lord hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all." It was as a burden . ‘bcnrer that John the Baptist spoke] of Him. "Behold the Lamb of God, who beureth {may the sins of the world." The law of Christ was toi bear others' burdens. He came to do the will of God by hearing. ‘ THEE BURDENS OF MEN. When we speak of Christ as the son of man we mean that He is the representative man. When St. John speaks of Him as the word 01‘ God, He means that He is the expression of God's intention for eavh of us. ‘The hill of God for Him, then, must be the will of God £01 us. The law of His life must be the true law oi exerv 1i2'.e Your li.e is fitted, in Gods p1oxidence, to grow and and :Hfl0\\cl and bear fruit only under this law of Christ. Deny that law, ‘evade it, and you must suffer the hut-nah; mutant-e: from broken ‘llaw-a Crim‘ led and 1imited exis- 2tente.B1ing vour life into cmresâ€" pondrnce “it h it and \our life must toba bran, in bags, $18; shorts. $20; beans, choiéc primes, $1.50 to $1.55 per bush., $1.40 to $1.50 in car lots. Provisionsâ€"Heavy Canadian short cut pork, $19.50 to 520; light. short. cut, 818 to $18.50; American short cut clear, $17 to $17.50; Am- erican fat hacks, $18 to $18.50; compound lard, 8c; Canadian lard. 8 to 83c; kettle rendered. 101c; hams, 111.3 to 13c; bacon, 14c; fresh killed fiabattoir hogs, $7.25; country dress- }ed hogs, $6.50; live hogs. 85. Eggs â€"Candled selected, :24 to 25c; lstraight receipts, 21c; Montreal lim- straight receipts, 21c; Montreal lim- cd, 19c. Cheeseâ€"«Ontario, 10 to 116; Townships. 10?; to 102C; Quebec. 95c. Butterâ€"Townships croumory, 21; to 215C; Quebec, 20% to 21c; Western dairy. 15 to 170; Western rolls, 17 to 18¢. Minneapolis, Dec. ‘l.â€"th~atâ€"-DLh combcr, 78%;; May, 80c; on track, No. 1 hard, Slvgc; No. 1 Northern. sum No. 2 Northern, 78“; No. 3 Northern, 73 to 75.5.2. Flourâ€"First patents. $4.65 to $4.75; second, (‘10.. $4.55 to $4.65; first. clear" " ‘ ' second. (30., $9.30 to In bulk. $13,255. â€"‘ Duluth, l,)cc.1â€"\H)C‘0'.L:-â€"'Io arriveâ€"Y -No 1 hard 79.42; No 1 Nonhorn' 772m No 2 Nmthorn,755c;1)occm-' bor 773C: May, 79c. Buffalo Doc 1â€"1‘ lamâ€"Steadv . Whentâ€"Unscttlod; No. 1 Nm'Ltherx ., 855C; Winter, offerings light; No. ' | n‘d 86¢. Cornâ€"Quiet; No. 2 yelloxw! .>2}c; No. 2 com 50 thing dning. Ba â€"No. I in sn- I‘m-onto, Dec. 1.“ chers', eXpoxters' xu f'eedcxs was blisl‘: } Market toâ€"dm, ""61" or than befmc were in good (101123 the nflcrings “clue" ea'rl; o s “an with 1! u to)” rent“ 1y a and (‘h’)' “CF UNITED STATES MARKETS. RICHARDS, Publisher and Proprietor take on something of “the beauty and dignity and pOWer which You find in the life of Christ. When things are uncong-mial. when you cannot get. along with people. when they irritate you~beiorc you find fault with your environment. Llook within yourself. Ask your-sell whether you are fulfilling Christ's law {or your life. Are you bearing the burdens of these people? an "v .__ ._ But that is not the,question. There is no more virtue in bearing burden: you cannot help than in paying tax- es or catching measles. Are you ful- filling this law in the sense which Christ fulfilled it, voluntarily and sympathetically? Penetrate these lives, get at their unknown burdens. Lget underneath them and the chances lure you will find that, God has evi-z dently put you where you are that you might fulfil the law of your life. What gives character to your life is the law that lies behind it. How does your life centre? If it centres iin self it is not obeying the law of iits nature. and your life must be {dwarfed and stunted. Your business Eis dragged down into a. “In a rscnse, I 11111." you say. “They make 1ifc_a. burden for me." 7 .A ”NIâ€"A..- You cannot climb to any high honor that this law of selfishness will not make that honor contemptible. But if your life centres in others, if it obeys the law of Christ, there is no business so poor and little that that. law will not glorify it. If your life is bound to the bench or to the wheel for the good of others, if you Lare. a slave that they may be free, it ‘you are struggling under burdens that their burdens may be lightened, then your dull and uninteresting business is transfigured into a holy sacrament. There is nothing to- nmantic about the blundering, half starved bookkeeper who works for Scrooge in Dickens’ “Christmas iTale." But when vou are introduced to the. little cripple in his home and see how it is for Tiny Tim that old Bob Cratchett is starving and freez- ing and bearing patiently and cheer- fully the liard service of his miserly employer, this poor little man is transformed into a hero. He is bro- ther to the knight Who set his lance in rest. to make the cause of the Weak his own. The bearing of others' burdr-ns is the secret by which we find our own lives. There an- pogple so engross- ed with their om burdens that they 1111‘? no eyes for others mcrc hoav- ily burdened then they. It is a. pity. for to help them boar their burdens would hate lighten their mm. This is Christ's law. “Take My yoke unonfin”â€"the " - ‘c {K otht-rs. thc-ir infirmities aha». .w's and sinsâ€""and ye shall find rest." 930 to 1,100 lbs, $3.50 10 $4; feed (yrs, 800 to 950 lbs, $3.25 to $3. " stockcls‘, 600 to Elf-0 1115', $2..')( $3; stock <‘u1"0.~‘, 41710 lbs up per cwt. 'I‘Jade in SIZCC') and brisk \, m. d Iniws “1n- fix -â€"1-prmt eves, $3.23 W port bucks; $2.. 50 x0 .;..‘.'5; lambs, $3.75 10 $4.; 3 per own, and culls. $2 to $3 emu. Cakes $0141 at $2 to $10 each, and 31} to 53¢ [rel-"lb. 11mm 0.40; OX- - Milch cows Wore firm at $30 to $71 each. The. latter figure was paid by J. Armstrong for an extra fine cow. Hogs were unchanged, but the prospects were that pricos would go lower. We quote tâ€"Selxwts, 160 to 200 lbs. of prime bacon quality, $3.25 to $8.50, and stags $2 to $3 per cwt. 211:5 king 0 of "n of t he pope. MEAN NINE TIMES A KING. 1nd AND SORDID THING..