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Nationals: Was no disturbance and the | the toe of police on "duty in the ion had a very easy task to i Sow RRB Wado ri nme fRain fell pitilessly the whole broing. + y The » oothall ground. ere. ti he surropmding) of the ve grounds, which i is known locally as Paradise," were appallingly. dio. late. The del uge was Aricéssant, and tl approaches to the marquee 'were aisea of black ooze. The supports and ropes holding 1p 'the marquee "aad strained with the 'weight of the den' canivas; through which the we ter dripped like a shower bath. r. Churehill wag! grested witha runing reception from ' the 6,000 people' gathered within the tent, whose exthusiasm not even the de- pressing surroundings were able entirely to 'quench. A steady shower bath poured through the canvas roof, making the floor an Z incipient marsh. «Mr. Churchill immediately got on Bgod terms with his audience, prom- ng them that the Government in- tended to pass a Home Rule bill which would be harmonious with imperial interests, smooth the path "of the 'British empire, liberate new * forces 'for its service, and for ever do away with the accursed machin- ery by 'which hatred had been man: PRICES OF FARM PRODUGTS| REPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES OF AMERICA. Prices of Cattle. Grain, Cheese and Other Produce at Home and Abroad. BREADSTUFFS, Moronts, Feb. 13.--~Flour--Winter wheat, $0 per cent. patents, $3.70 to $3.76 at sea- board. Manitoba flours--First" patents, $5.50; second patents, 85, and strong bak. ety', 8480, on track, Toronto. ' Manitoba wheat--Nd. 1 Northern, 81+ "15 Bay ports; No. 2 Northern at $1.10} and Noi'3 at '$1.06, Bay ports. . Feed wheat, all-rail,' 73: to 73 1-9. FOntagia wheat--Noy,8 «white, red and mixed, 9c, outside. Beni ied faigpine peas, $1.15 to $s : le § 3 Brgy CORR 6 en Pe Government and the Trish would is {yond ¢ impare, as the Irish t| dahl as font the world weren L0G ill who had in 0 | worked counter to British interests. Mr. Churchill then outlined the pro- posed Home Rule measure, and said | | that the Government is prepared to | fib the 'bill through Parliament. for * fair play from the Unionists. Oh the subject of finance | Myr. Churchill said that under the present system Ireland was entitled to a subsidy of $10,000,000 a year from Great Britain, and this would be increased largely through the maturing of existing legislative ob-}' ligations. The Government would approach the question in the desire to achieve a good. settlement and would provide for prosperity both social and economic, Home Rule would give the Irish Parliament, he said, real responsibility in finance, and it would have complete control of large areas of taxation, and the power within reasonably wide lim- its to supplement its i income by new taxes. The national anthem was sung by all present at the close of the pro- ceedings. Mr! and Mrs. Churchill returned to their hotel in a motor car, and then took a special train for Larne; on their way to Scotland. Oats--Car lots of No. 2 Ontario, 45c bid, and of No. 3 at 43 to dc, outside. No. 2, 48 to #c, on track, Toronto. No. 2 West: ern Canada : oats, 62, and No. 1 feed, 47120, Bay ports. Barley--48 lbs. at 97 to 980, outside. Corn--No. 3 American yellow quoted at 98 1-20, Toronto freight. Rye--No. 2 a) 81.05 to $1.06, outside. Buckwheat--78 to Yio, outside. Bran--Manitoba bran, $25, in bags, To. ronto freight. Shorts, $2650 to $27. mised > COUNTRY PRODUCE. Apples--Winter stock, 8275 to $3.50 per barrel. Beans--Hand-picked, $2.35 to $240 per bushel. Honey--Extracted, in tins, '11 to 12 per 1b. Combs, $2.50 to 82.76. -Baled Hay--~No. 1 at 815.50 to. 816, on track, and; No; 2a 812t0 813. : Beled straw--#10, on track, Roromto. J Potatoes--Car 1 0. | : nd Delaware at $1.90 to $1.85, dressed poultry: sel 13 fo 150 per 1b; fowl, 9 to 100; geese. 13 to. 160; ducks, | 12 to 140; turkeys, 20 to '216. Live poultry { about Zo-lower than the above. Butter--Dairy. cholos, 8c; large rolls, 2 er o- [ Preah, 4 to 805; selested, 38 to #0; Wo. 1] stock, '33 to 360. "Potatoes~Per hag, 'oir | Minneapolis, Feb. 18~Wheat--May, §1,- £07 14; Jur $1.08," Closing * cash--No. 1 ; No. 1 Northern, $107.14 40 NG. 3 Wheat; $1.0514 Xo $0304; Corti, No.3 véllow, 66 to. 67 N. "Equipments," ~the 'only: ;| class at present available tothe Canadian he Shatin: or for. bonds: 'of date. as. "equipme; fact that the general 'Canadia not yét been educated to quality of equipment. ments. For this reason the ory is high. In the case of Cartsdian Northern bonds: of this y| investor--the return varies Trom 412 'per Ib. sacks, 825 to 885.50, | Flour-Wirst pate ents, $6.10 to $5.40; 'do; seconds; $475 to $5; Arse clears; $3.60. to $3.85; doi, sec onds, 2.40 to $2.80. 'Buffalo,' Feb. 13 Spring "wheat: Northern, eatlonds stove, $1.751-2; 'Widfer No. 2 red, $1.03; No. 3 red, $1.02; Neo. 2 white, $1.02. Corn--No. 3 yellow, 69: No. 4 yellow, 6734" to Bo, -all' on track, through billed. Oats--No. 2 white, 55346; No. 3' white, 56140; No. '4. white, BA 1do, Barley--Malting, # 2 to' $1.35, LIVE STOCK MARKETS, Montreal, Wéb. '13-Butchers' . oat 86.25 to 86.50; 'do, medium, $475 to $6: do, common, #3 to $4; ¢anners, $2.60 to $3; butchers' cattle, choles cows, $4.75 to 85; do. medium, $3.25 to $4.25; do. bulls, $3. to 85; milkers, choice, eachy $75. to $80; do. com. and medium, each, $50 to $60; springers, $30 to $45," Sheep, ewes, $4.50 to $4.75; bucks and culls, $3.75 to $4.25; lambs, 86.50 to $7. Hogs, fob. $7.25 fo $7.35. Oalves, $3 to 810. Toronto, Feb. 13.--Demand is good for the. right kind of cattl8, but dealers re. fuse to look at cheap stuff. Drovers have been losing money right along on kind, and prices touched rock bo $2 to $4 for the commén butcher cattle, Choice ones: sold from $6 to $6.40, and medium ones from $5.25" to '$5.85, Lambs were advanced to $7, and some even sold as high as $7.50, Sheep wers steady and unchanged. The Hog Market was strong at an advance of 10c., A TROUBLE MAKER. Tea and Coffee - Poison Breeds Variety of 1s, cent. for: short; maturities » pes, for bonds turity. Bonds maturing in time are highly 'convertible, more 'distant ones are onlyiag] 86, Many investors, particular' vesting & business surplus, whol may called. upon 4% any timp, choose short term. equipments--or even those with 8 oF 10 years to run 8g 8 highly 1 nidiand very satisfactory medium in w vest in order to. be able vert their securities 'Into! dash. Tndeed, 2 a 3 the holes' wis' not pared, and it was being Salen o ou to in] readily to oon. |. there is probably no security, : excepting | shares, which possesses a at all times. 'Shares, however, are by no means stable in price." Equipment bonds, on the con: adier market trary. owing: to their short duration, and |. the faot that the security on the longer maturities fncrenses each ) ae--owi fact that one-deith, as a rule, are 're Srod yearly--do not fluctuate in price. It seldom that 'one hears of sales more oe a fraction from the established yiod price of this class of security. As a class they are relatively considerably more stable than other railroad issues. iOwine to the same reasons that renders stable equipment bonds possess a Py. slight chance of appreciating in fod value. The short maturity of equipment bonds, suggested before, render' them parti. arly adaptable for the investment of business surplus or other funds, which may be required at' short notice. Wor ple, suppose an individual, or a firm, "@& surplus of $10,000, 'In the bank he get but 3 per cent. By purchasing | 41.2 per cent. equipment bond with | years to run, at the present time he! d purchase them at about 96.62 which: ould yield about 5 per eent. Suppose at{ Ib is A California woman who didn't {the end of two yesrs it was necessary fe var rn The honds would have but |. know for twenty years what kept her ill, writes to tell how she won back her health by quitting coffee 3} To (Téa contains = caffeine--the same drug: found in: coffee.) "1 am 54 years old," she : "have used elise for 20 years suffe tion and insomnia. year te ran und would sell hs 8 rie t par. would, therefore, ih ly den and' a Fe and. about once a year: got such hold upon ly sick a bec 3 ble, but I am thankful shat ound out the truth. "Then I determined to use, Pos- i g of 'shovel men who in' a lower level tak- ing -- the og dk rock and it 1 the dump cars were mot 50 feet distant when the explosion oceurs | and were not njsred J in One of the men said that as ag they heard the blast go of toon made at once for cover. The sight, he said, was a terrible one, = "We saw Casey hurled over 'our heads, and with the tremendous thund: of the explogion, hejer Shelcrash ot 5a of tailing rocks, and were not, lle es 1 Shots Yao ne- ver forget the said that the amount of i same 8d Ihe ; divTionds to pind 'n raising a strong rer ed Tmiscartinge of er 6X00 that of the year prey y Over a mites. dollars; ite assets creased ure, wl it gaed By 8 its: re uring th in 218, 'xidence of. ers insign the protection of the ir "for d of the oi) wd an holders' interests, Mutuality of the policy: Sr BE Faves, gg hia. over $12.7 gd Bidar ot i mali The liabilities avs all amp} aod for, the reserve i a hi Bat ied A