Rev. Dr. Talmage Compares Our Present State and the Life of the World to Come. ‘Again: The nan of the text made |» muddenvaxit: Taee -wai no Tobe a leading up to this event. The warning which he got last night, It was not a. gradual My text introduces us into a fine| wasting away, but a shook—and all farm-house. The occupant has been| W@5 over. ramoval from: this. y, wonderfully successtal. As far es I] Worll is’ always sadden. I have can tell, he was an honest, industrious,| heard of rare cases where persons said, “Such a day of such a month’ will be my last,” and it wagso. But | the man of ines text was not more amazed than most people. tie cane acinemaiCoriivla EXPEO! TO GEL WELL. A despatch from Washington say! —Roev. Dr. Talmage preached from the following text: “This night thy son} a be required of thee.”—Luke xii. were full, and the men and oxen tug- @ed away at other loads, The matter erop, you want some place to put ie Enlargement -is the word. I see him calculating, by the light of a torch, how much extension of room is need- ~ ed. So many loads of corn, so many of wheat. It must be so many fect _ front, and so many feet deep. He says, “When Iget the new building done ~ Ishall have everything. Nothing then cines, or a new style of doctor, or a! change of climate will help them. It delicate bowl of life was broken at the fountain, Our life is of such delicate mechanism, so finely poised, so hair-strung, that the least colli: sion is fatal, ‘The wonder, is that.| yh exquisite machinery, ae pivots do not oftener slip, and spring break, and all the works in- stantly erash. the first man in all this county It was the voice of God! “ Thou fool, Hie ie thy soul shall be requjred What was the malady that took bim amathaaty away—I know not. what had been the | _ that night he expired. He never built gece PY te last day that this ae extension. Before the remaining| man of the t eaves xt had lived—vhether | sting | it. was ARSE or rainy, intere: or dull; butl know about the nigl It was a ae a tremendous xt comes rushing through the darimess, he drops . He forgets his bi his unsheltered crops. thy soul shall be required of thee.” But the most remarkable thing on his barn-door, an epi- taph of es Ietters—*Fool.” That the divine epitaph was correct, I infer fro, om the fact that this man had liy- prepared for it. Tt wi of brain that kept him in unprepared- ness. Now a man who knows enough to do business, knows enough to save many years and made no pre-| his soul. ~ All of the idiots wil] be ‘paration for the future, and because | saved at last. oe was not an idiot. But, alas! how wise for time, and {ool for eternity! y know enough, when they sell a thing, to get the worth of it, but they barter away an immortal sout for n haye everything they are titles good They are oe care are those who THEIR DAY'S WAGES. eaven. Prosperity is like salt water; the more you drink of it the thirstier you | Pl#ations to God. ‘They pall down e. “Soul, take thine ease!” Ant qia| thei? barns ant baild — greater, man ever give ease to his soul by| ‘2, Hold the inexeasing crops. auch a pr the soul is a spirit,| DU have no shelter for their - Can material things be expected to feed it? Can the soul eat wheat, = ; OF ef This man “ thought only of the three or Sina Sr tc ee yards of human life, and regarded not! 5+ 1 gat they allaw Satan to swindle the millions of furlongs stretobing out “tym out of into the infinite. “\ * rt 2, Iwish to make two or three remarks. AU. THE RICHES OF HEAVEN. about this man’s exit from the Neither was it lack of time that ushered the man of the text It was in strong contrast with his nee the last hor ar life. His surroundings were as bright as could be. We lmow more about his vid tate’ to beds oreredity ftie-wark s than his house, but I judge of men. mth the ais of his house from that of about that place, I know he looked his barn. Men do not take better care after bis own business, and had plenty of their horses-and cattle than of todo. But might he not rather have huis The house was full of Bad fifty bushcis of wheat less than be ‘comforts and luxnries. When the ta- caught in the last hour in such am's- le was spread, there was everything erable Dredicament ? Yor, be bad time on it to administer to his appetite. eN0vsh, as every man has, to prepare When visitors came to that house,the himself for a tutere Bee master no doubt would take them out though in ee See Pee Gael Bab Taare apactiventy acres of OEE EOE strait ‘they must have a rain ; ten acres of corn, fifteen acres Ont OF @ Year to go and sit down, w | to eat, or sleep, or think, has time to oa Hise saved, Yet that man died unpre- megranates!” Abundance of res | pac. Bie Stel age es & thing: Plenty to eat, plenty to ear, | & and plenty to congratulate. Yet, semi all that, he dies! What then? Is elegance of sur- their wealth and boast esis in! that Ros ioe ‘The eae of soe te multitede of their ¥ichés—none of ean than you bers, as keagh it were go, the stupendous in despe: eae ee wear out, for the latest ages Byen | the King’s They expect some new effect of medi- |little finger, nt (Have you done all that you can to about the exit was that he was un-/ anthem ras not a lack | then, there came hig ears “This night thy sou! shall be Fegulred of thee f, between, Shik ead: five ar ae oe to-morfow morning, the same voice should accost our souls, Would it find us likewise disconcertad? No, I say for many of you. You are not s0 Well dressed for sar + as you are r beaven. That dress ve on Senco eel aM teahidee io LY the robe of Christ's righteousness will of heaven wear the same. pattern as the ee Ido not mean to say that a aré-sinless; but Christ has made te allright. He has made a transfer of | your sius and: pollutfon,. 60. that you ‘ought to think of leaving this world only as you think of going to a wed- laing. It is isa petding Whe marriage of THGird abl den neat ust ae goad man? Not so much as the tip of his They who, in letting !you down into your last resting-place, shall be scratched in the hand witha ae Shall be more damaged than ‘ou, by death. The grandest place on mechs aie ae softest pillow? and ‘coverlets, THE CHRISTIAN: 'S GRAVE. If there is anyone on earth-that is man who dies Bot uot that way do all men will aot be confounded, and so what they have honestly earned be not Beattered among those who have no @ right to it. If the sudd= fe them for heaven Could you feel atever I, as father or mother, jeould do, I haye dome. ‘They will re- member how I prayed for them and talked with them; and when they loo! my picture, they will say, “Chat sa Chrisiian parent.’ I want to the same way, and guin the same heaven!” ‘The keys of an organ may be twelve feet from the organ-pipes, but Fespoin the eternity, of their children. If they play an mow, it will an anthem It they play a dirge now, it will be a dirge tor But, most of atl, pr wank Gc kaon required of thee.” at then? Into what scenes would you be introduced? Would you.go where your children, tonight just where he was ee hundred years ago. Thousands of Gospel calls have been Gitecal gins then. He bas not heard one of them, He has beet gathering in his crops ever since, but it is a harvest of Perhaps, like the mam of the text, you are about to build larger barns. You ar planning for worldly a¢- cumulation. Do not forget to project a plan for eternity. You acknow- ieee yourself immortal, where, then, say that by aus ee Where will you'be a million of years from nowy A bil- lion of years? A trillion of years? A quadrillion of years A quintillion a hundred as rs are nothing; a billion of years aehothing atrillion of years are nothing; a quadrillion of years are nothing; a quintillion of years‘are nothing— COMPARED WITH ETERNITY. So I ask you, Where will you spend eternity? Ob, prepare for Leave it not] until the last hour. Leave it not un~ til you get siok; you may never be Leave it not until you get more | of thee. And suppose, in ribet moment | fy you should say, “Wait so} # box will hold about 20 pounds i. epent.” Death would o'r late to re say, you perish. “O Israel! how shall give thee up?” By youg By what impassionate appeal may I move youg rT lo nothing more. in the hands of that Saviour who died to redeem you. I leave you to that ns for cae or ers of'm Vtaee die my best to call them im Into thy hands I commit their | immortal spirits. sense BRBBBSBE e ¢ 4 On the Farm. bie é o s0eeeeeee —Eeeve TO PACK GRAPES. Pick when dry. Cut the stems with a sharp hooked knife; pick off all de- fective grapes, then pack in boxes, light and strong, a foot by a foot and ahalf im size five inches deep. Such properly packed. “Set the box on of convenient height, having the back or four imches by placing something under it,” says a ie ees “then the end ni you pressing them together gently, mot hard enough to break the ber- ries, “When the bottom of the box is covered one layer deep, commence at the front again, put in’a second, lay- er, placing the larger bunches in the low places and se ibe: Niet Ula this mammer until as bunches to fill up cavities ig not good practice. as large bunches sell best. “The boxes thus filled should be al- lowed to stand until the stems of the grapes are wilted and become pliable which will take from six to twenty- eis) hours; then take a board’ and cover; then set the box on) end, hold- ing the securely in its place with one hand, them shake or jostle the grapes until they settle compact- ly together, h is easily accom- plished after the stems are wilted; ihis will cause acavity at tha up- per end of the box, which should be carefully filled with’ grapes that have had stems wilted, in order that they may pack closely. “Great care should taken avoid rubbing the bloom off rapes, as to the it injures their appearance, & +} and it is thought they willl not keep so well. Care should also be taken to hide the stems of the} last layer and have lowed to stand im the sunshine, after they are gathered.” Por grape keeping, pick the fruit oe into box at veotiatsy lett ‘or chamber for two or three weeks to let shallow boxes or drawers, only two “Too ut of Him, I what argument shall I address 1 Ve: I leave you God before whom ee must at last | oo end of the box elevated three a off any defective berries, and pack in | layers in each, with a ‘ayer uf cotton batting between and on the top. Dry sawdust will answer ag well as cot- ton, but it is more diffioust to remove entirely from the fruit. Then keep in a cool chamber until danger of apeakag, and afterward in ae dry cellar. { 2 COUGHING SWINE. Swine are very prone to coughing. ry of ilments off pi ‘ipation, of and an examination is needed. When coughing becom a herd, nd es common in ae first to the cougtiee wine. It they seem to have fever, turn them out, if Dossible, om dry ture. all 8 the conditions are improved amd health is restored the coughing. will decrease. ie coughing h is always aherd in which there are radical errors ip feeding, housing or general manag ment. SHEEP SHEARINGS. When you have alot of pumpkin seeds which no o all the young leaves as they ee the ground. Furthermore, “he es md compact the soil con- eS Sais thus lessening its absorbing capacity. id ion in mever loosened by cultivation. QUALITY AND PRICE. Clerk—Perhaps you'd like to look at some goods @ Tittle more expen- sive than these. Shopper—Not necessarily, but I would like to look at some of better quality. eS Ee AN INJUSTICE. The fact that you ‘were disguised makes the case against very dark, said the magistrate. to the prisomer. Your honor, replied courteously, you was disguise. I wae ete traveling ineog. the prisoner, HAVE YOU _ A severe caseof Chroni Srase s Syrup of Li distrensing pore easily confused with ot ae ‘othe: ees vieti yy an in- ing is accompanied bys loud wheezing: ae ee aco are keenly ; “pen tense. pee in the eRe eae breath- ASTHMA? c Asthma, which would yield to no other treatment cured by Dr. nseed and ed ee 3 sak, In most cases, howeve: is found advisable to combine the two remedies: ‘s Syrup of Linseed and Tur- con a Nerve sic face becomes ‘spi he sthma se of two | teenie remmecie snd. Turpentine Food. Ast! nd the: syTUp_0 and pe iter ant Eby the use on ‘Dr. jinseed Turpe! by the use qe by the teal © $2.75 for 90 per SitD patents, in buy- The Boer Ex-Pres a Warm Welcome. A despatch from Marseilles, aoa Ex-President Kruger, of the Trani ~waal, landed here at 10.45 Bes ehh he held in his right hand, Gelder- ae thanking the oom) morning from the steamer land. The weather swan beautiful and the }.a: crowded with people. ger spoke in Duich and in a low voice. ae he accompa! ident Is Accorded nied his words with hat, At committees for the mth of the reception accorded him ne express the getic movements of his = ver surren d_to fight te the at extremity, an ff the republics e Transvaal and nge Free soto lose. their indo- pendence, it will be because they have lost every man, woman an il MARKETS OF THE WORLD Frices of Cattle, Che Chesse, Grain, &¢ in the. peor a Markets. BREADSTUFFS, ETO. a No, 2 Northern, 701-20; No. 8 T , Nov. 27.—Wheat.—Prices in| ing g45-80, Corn —38 a Western markets were a shade bet-| 531 4 to 936, ter, and local prices were steady: Busi] “arinneapolis, Nov. 27. — Wheat — ness, however, is very dull. Quotations ed winter, 630; and middle freights; goose middle freights; No. 1 spring wheat, east, 650; Manitoba, No. 1 hard, old, g.i,t,. 986; and No. 2, at 89¢; No. 1 hard, afloat. Fort William, 820. Millfeed—Searce. Ton lots, at the mill door, sell as follows:—Bran, $12 to $12.50, and shorts $14 to $14.50, rt. 6. Steady. No.l American yellow ‘ sd, 460. 5] Corn: 47, on track here; and mixe Canadian corn here, 440. Peas—Higher; on export demand values have lifted about 1-2c pt sh. New as, car lots, middle freights, 60c; and east, 64 arley—" firm, No. 2, middl middle freights, 88¢; and east, 390. Rye—Easy. New se 460, west; and Mle, east. Buckwheat—Quiet. Car lots, west, at 48. middle Croats, are selling at 25 1-20; Li and east at white oats and ixed oats, Fae ans west, 23c. Flour—Dull and yy. Holders ask and ex- ers’ bags, middle freights; $2.05. se porters bid Special sell locally from 10 to 200 above figures. PRODUCE. Py s—Prices and conditions about as aa UT to 18c; pickled, 15¢ limed, 150. Po es of chickens, tur- Yi follows :—Chickens, per pair, 25 to $50; ~ ducks, per pair, 40 to 60c; turkeys, . 7 to 80; geese, per Ib., 5 to $2.50 to 5 1-20. Potatoes—Firm. Car lots on track here, sold to-day at 20c. Sales, out of store, are made at 850. Field produce, etc—Turnips, out of: store, 80c per bag; onions, 60e bag; carrots, 400 per bag; applesper bb, 50 to $1; sweet potatoes, per bbl... 2.50. | Dried fruits—Dried apples sell at 8 to 31-2; and evaporated at 412° to 5c. Beans—Ordinary white beans, bring B120 to $125; choice hand-picked beans are quoted at $1,10 to $1.45. Honey—Dealers 91-2c per Ib. for 5, 10, or 69-1b, tins, — according to the size of the order. Comb ‘honey sells at $2.25 to $2.75 per _ a se Choice timo- 5, $950 to $9.75. two-ton lots, alieacen’ Sell at $10.23 to $10.50. Baled straw—Car lots of oes straw are quoted at $5 to $6.50, on’ track; and ton lots, seleereds at $6 to $6.50. | ‘Hops—Continue dull. New t quoted here at 14 to Io. and a year Tings at 9 to 100, DAIRY 3 ey ee was light, and prices ruled "| ea and some choice veal calves are want- as! og. ro receipts lately “tons; Oo. Cattle. sea Soh ae cw « $400 $450. 00 450 Behera, to good. . $25 275 boxes,’ 21 to 220; and pounds} 23 to 2 Cheese—Full cream, July and august make, sells at 11 to 111-20. Can boss Nov. Cash, 75 1-4c; Darembex, 731-2 763-8 to 76 ie on track, No. 1 beds ie 4c; No. 1 Northern, 751-40; No. 2 Northern, 731-4c. Flour and bran —Unchanged. December, 75 1-40; 1- Corn bh, $81-2c; December, 375-8c. Oa ts—Cash, 22 ae December, a A Rye—5le. Clover seed—Cash, in $6.15; ee ea 96.705, ea 70. Oil—Unchanged. 797-80. 2 red, 77e; mixed, 760; No. 1 white, T5c. _Kirm; No. 2 yellow, 42c; No. 3 ms fair to good, 57 to. 600; low grades, 551-2 to 661-20. Rye—No. 1,in store, 55e. Flour—Quiet, stead Detroit, Nov. &7.—Closed: — Wheat, No. 1 an cash, cee No. 2 red, aes , 118-80; May 807-8 sronaioto: Nov. 27.—The cattle Hees d quite indifferent as purchases, and as a consequence the Prices are By: A few good to choice milch cows ‘There wasa light demand for sh ep to-day, and prices are weak at from $3.25 per ewt. Lambs are worth from $3.25 to $3.75 ewt. RDA small stuff was left cng advanced again fons and as have been small, the tendency is still upward. Hogs axe now quoted at $5.50 for the best grades; $5 for fat and light hogs. Hoes to fetch the top price must of prime quality, and scale not be- low 160 nor above 200 Ibs. Pollowing is the range of quota- futeher, Buakere: Export Cows, each. . Calves, each, . + Hog: ce hogs, per sab tenis hog: des Choi Light per nas Dor wks don newspaper: publisher: TscREWS: PUT ON ON THE BOERS! Kitehenor intros ts the system in ze on] Steamship Gee to Pieces on Rocks in Gulf of St. A despatch from London says ae 's have no’ been informed that Gen, Lord Kitch- ener has decided to expel correspond- ents from the scene of war, but thi being Peeve ieee strong pane that he is enforcing in 2 2 a pulsory pacification on which the ex- Sirdar is engaged. The nerve tension which compelled Sir Alfred Milner, High Commissioner of South Africa, to seek a few day's voyage away from g| soerat ae has a more severe since he conclusion of big operations at e war as far off as ever. A frie! anes just returned to England says that Milner has been under fear- ful anxiety for a year past lest the big Dutch pee in Cape Colony should extend to the suburbs of Cape Town. Officers oe through from the front tell him that there will be fighting for three months yet. Uontidants of the Government aware of the outlook in South aiica, Kitchener to any length i only make the country habitable for refugees, reopen the mines, and a the war expenditures, which are still early a million pounds weekly. os DUCK ate ee DROWNED. Tragedy OF rig ee in Which Two nm Pertshed. PN Sane trom Bagh Dover, says} —Fishing tugs returning from Long Point on Sunday evening report, that on Saturday, while H. B. B: C. Warren, and H. Holden, who were n state t of the heavy sea and not having any yawlboat it was impossible to reac themeor rend as the,sea will govaut’ with’ tugs to find bodies. Se MAY WITHDRAW FROM CONCERT Untied eipks ae to Sertous Ste} aay ae a New York , says — According to the highest official ove ority, Says a Herald special Washington, events are ieee rahe United States toa point where, in the interests of humanity and a satisfac- tory solution of the Chinese question, it mast withdraw from the Goncert of Suel would — un- France, but the action’ of Great Brit- ain, Germany and Japan is broble- matical because of their agreement. ‘The pessimistic view of the situation which exists in official cireles-followed the trend of information by the State the punishment of the Boxer leaders. es A BOER LAAGER SHELLED. Bad Been Cccupying a Rridle Path In the Magaltesber: Mee A despatch from ‘Pretoria, says;— Before the departure of Lumsden’s Horse for India Lord Roberts ‘sent a message to the commander ‘regret- ting the fact that he was unable to left, oopted ee on thy Transvaal po- have been appointed ee state ha urless: Gethee now |- ees failed and left the end of | t »| burghers. So far he has killed 22 Boers. a3 BOERS DEFEATED. Thi Be penton ee . ying S| 6 fagaliesberg range. der, of Buluwayo, f . ,000 spring: 2 bata the A despatch from Quebec says .—The coasting steamer St. Olaf has gone to pieces on the rocks at the entrance of Seven Islands bay, on the north coast six persons on board the ill-fated ves- sel not one has survived to tell the story of the wreck. A woman's body washed ashore on Saturday, and a mail bag left on the beach at’ low tide were the first indications of the| telligence to this city and since noon been received. The Hudson Bay: official at Seven | day night or early Thursday morning. Aheavy gale from the east was blow-} ing on Wednesday a» * Thursday with | snow. The St. Olaf jsissed Sheldrake | full confirmation of the disaster has AL Lawrence. no Wedn adie afternoon, cae shoulé Thursday. When she failed to appear thonght Fin re such ee vident that she did fula gale EE ES by bay, told the story of the disaster. The St. Olaf was an iron steamship of 630 aces bailt on the Clyde eigh- for ihe Orkney Is- Magdalena Islands. the Otter, wrecked on the eat s nt the St. Olaf well, having ust SIX ‘ BUFFS ” KILLED. _ Roberts Reports Capture of Outpost » on November 19. A despatch from London says;—A Boyes is moving trom Vredé to Har- | rismith, and clearing the country of | —_— Sustain Heavy portant Engagements. ae from London! says:—A pit nti lespatch) from Middleburg. Sears colony, says that in the surprise of outposis of the “Buffs” Ad ers, the despatch added, simultaneous- ly attack a garrison of Fusiliers on the loss of 120 men killed and wound- ed. pee See euT ae THROAT A Chatham: ce Makes a Determined At pt at Suicide, A despa ee from Chatham, oe a ome. ‘The wound exposed the sage: lar yein and the windpipe, but nknife used being bitmt. mised piercing either. Winters came here about two years ago from Seaforth, Two Im- cae Wilge river, but were beaten off with | RETURNING & CANADIANS. j Theatres, Ex Excursions. and a Visit to e Que: troops board the Dry dee eas aue ie oe week, will = lavishly enter- by aprivate committee, of which Lord cry ia fae aes ‘Three hundred seats have been secured at points of interest, spat a prob- able visit. to the Que Lord Grey said to Star skeneaye ‘of the Associated Press;— ‘They will not exactly be the guests of the nation as that is reserved for the five thousand colonial troops whe are coming later. But we are trying o make the short! stay here of these dians as enjoyable as possible, as aslighi token of our appreciation of the magnificent work they have done. It will be carried out with as little formality as possible.” ae TERRIFIC CYCLONE. and Western Sections Colunsbia Swept Aviay. A despatch from Columbia, Tenn.,~ moving. ethern. havoo in its. path, oe sections of the city, populat- ed by negroes, was almost ent satel swept away. per: known to have been “killed, ae ie is feared that this number will ead ar and Evelyn Farrell, Aydolette, wife and one son; another and daughter missing; Miss Kate Forsythe, James Cherry, and six. negroes, names unknown. “The cyclone lasted for about five minuies and its path, about 1,000 feet wide is elearly marked by devasta- pa Wadlieatay? home. A gua aie was kept on he eluded then : The would- ia oes ak cerngret to the hospital, and the physicians ig cut in an effort to ae the knife a her husband. sd any houses, including a large number of negro cabins, were blown oes and many others unroofed and ise damaged. Th: ing jgerrouading the United States was DI but the | Arsena bui the Nashoille, mela Railroad was lifted from the track, but a ed no one was injared 1 | follo. ; was a local Ka affir.” Beas ever —beha' ea es ‘sir re inte SURRENDERED. at the fact that the war has’ come to its erisis induces severer treat- ment, But why is it so? Are the real patriots fighting for their coun= fr; as Boers either have already s' @: pri or are doing that she Bo Se i “of S it tor reaching their fishing ere eons.