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CURE t Cothartic ldren. ES, $TH M A PliOn 94. 1900 ptions ABLETS LLS PANY, SYRUP 61 1% v4 think, certa enough for lon of win #allons . w ,‘»\ten. But J " them 30 gal gallons and and 130 gal It ds just | en the 1 scale. Doe forth to ma by the who the fern or them 30 gallons and 40 gallons and 50 gallons and 70 gallons and 100 gallons and 130 gallons of the very best wine. It is just like himâ€"doing everything en the largest and most generous scale. Does Christ, our Creator, g0 forth to make leaves? He makes thein by the whole forest full; notched like the fern or silvered like the aspen or broad like the palm; thickets in the tropics, Oregon forests. Does he go forth to make flowers? He makes plenty of them; they flame from the hedge, they hang from the top of the grapevine in blossoms, they roil in the blue wave of the . violets, they toss their white surt in the spiracaâ€" enough for every child‘s hand a flowâ€" er, enough to make for every brow & Washington report: A remarkable iWustration of the ubiquity of English speaking people is furnished by the requests that have reached Dr. Talâ€" mage in Northern Europe for & serâ€" mon in out of the way places where he did not expect to find a single perâ€" son who could understand him. There, as here, he presents religion as a fesâ€" tivity and invites all the world to come as guests and join in its holy merriment; text, John #i., 10: ‘"Thou hast kept the good wine until now." This chapter invites us to a marâ€" riage celebration. It is a wedding in common life, two plain people having ha th ha b The Sympathetie Christ Always Does Things in Abundance and Will Never Fail in Direst Extremity. OME LESSONS FROM THE SAVIOR‘S MIRACLE AT CANA it does things in abundance. I : a small supply of wine would made up for the deficiency. I . certainly, they must have had zh for half the guests. One galâ€" of wine will do; certainly five ns will be enough; certainly But Jesus goes on, and he gives W nds Th having com e joy is not AT in for the less n. In future cup on party as Christ himself. He was the chief of the banqueters. When the wine gave out, He supplied it, and so, T take it, He will not deny us the jJoys that are positively festal. I think the children of God have more right to laugh than any other people, and to clap their hands as loudly. There is not a single joy deâ€" nied them that is given to any other people. â€" Christianity does not clip the wings of the soul. Religion does not frost the flowers. What is Chrisâ€" tianity? I take it to be simply a proclamation from the throne of God of emancipation for all the enslaved, and if a man accepts the terms of that proclamation and becomes free has he not a right to be merry? Supâ€" pose a father has an elegant manâ€" sion and large grounds. To whom will he give the first privilege of these grounds? Will he say: "My children, you must not walk through these paths or sit down under these trees or pluck this fruit.. These are for outsiders. They may walk in them." No father would say anyâ€" thing like that. He would say, ‘"‘The first privileges in all. the grounds and all my house shall be for my own children." And yet men try to make us believe that God‘s children are on the ‘limits and. the chief refreshments mmm‘fi life are for outsiders or own children. It is stark atheism. There is no In‘uoomm ‘om«\ too _ for God‘s child to * tho_a :'-""'.'u robe. too â€" costly "for . him wear, there is no hilarity toc great for him to indulge in and no house too splendid for him to live in. He hilarity. T in that ro there was so much f party as C heaven for all, comfort gathered u some day, s we will lift . that it be fil Does Jesus provide redemption? It is not a little salvation for this one, a little for that and a little for the other, but enough for all. ‘"Whosoâ€" ever will, let him come." Each man an ocean full for himself. Promises for the young, promises for the old, promises for the lowly, promises for the biind, for the hbait, for the ontâ€" cast. for the abandoned. Pardon for all, comfort for all. Not merelyfam all. comfort for all, merely for all, heaven for all. Not merely a cupful all. comfort for all, mercy for all, wathared un into Clod‘s bottle, and chaplet, enough with beauty to cover up the ghastliness of all the grave. Does he go forth to create water? He pours it out, not by the cupful, but by a river full, a lake full, an ocean full; pouring it out until all the earth has engugh to drink, and enough with which to wash. 0, I take it, oys that are I think the nore right t TH er a thatched roof. further, from this miracle, : has no impatience with otherwise he would not ted the invitation to that He certainly would not that which increased the here may have been many m who were happy, but not one of them that did )r the joy of the wedding ar friends, do you not children will have trouble eir own after awhile? «Be nnot appreciate all yours. he cup of bitterness from r‘s lips. When your head ie grass of the tomb, povâ€" ne to her, betrayal to ber, to her. Keep back the sor. _ as you can. Do you not hat son may after awhile rt broken? Stand between harm. You may not fight ng. Fight them while you not the chill of your own over his soul. Rather be vho came to the wedding xn grief and kindling the yhouly E ave day efore the throne, f delight and ask the wine of heayâ€" ise. â€" Hush How can w around has been iey make eful and s to ruin hk ie it in h This . morning being the Queen‘s Birthday, the whole of the troops under Col. Plumer‘s command, gave three cheers for Her Majesty, and marched past the flag. Col. Plumer‘s force is now engaged in watching the railway from the north, to faâ€" cliitate the bringing in of supplies, of which â€" the people of Mafeking are still sgadly in neoed. P s The Canadians are represented with the relief coumn by C Battery, Royal Canadian Field Artillery, commanded by Major Hudon. With Major Hudon are Captain Panet and Lioutenants King and Leslie. Together with the Queenslanders, the Canadians covered an immense stretch of country to be in at the relie{. Marandellas, in Maâ€" shonaland, was left on the 5th May, The 300 miles by coach to Bulawayo was completed by the 8th. Twentyâ€" four hours stay in Bulawayo was‘ followed by three days‘ rallway trayâ€" elling to Ootsi. Thence during the three following days the men were marched across country seventy miles, via Plumer‘s Camp» to Molopo, whe! the southern column were met. On the banks of the Molopo River they had their second rest of twentyâ€"four hours duration. The next twentyâ€" two hours, including four hours‘ fightâ€" ing, were spent in traveling twentyâ€" five miles into Mafaking. _ There will be wine enough at this wedding; not coming up from the poisoned vats of earth, but the vineâ€" yards of God will press their ripest clusters, and the cups and the tankâ€" ards will blush to the brim with the th A South African Paper on Canadians With Col. Plumer. The special correspondent of the Cape Times, with Col. Plumer, in the issue of June 6th, says, under the heading, "The Canadians Great March‘": The wedding scene is gore now. The wedding ring has been lost, the tankards have been broken, the house is down, but Jesus invites us to a grander wedding. You know the Bible says that the church is the Lamb‘s wife, and the Lord will atâ€" ter awhile come to fetch her home. There will be gleaming of torches in the sky, and the trumpets of God will ravish the air with music, and Jesus will stretch out his hand, and the church, robed in white, will put aside her veil and look up into the face of her Lord, the King, and the bridegroom will say to the bride: ‘"‘Thou hast been faithful through all these years! The mansion is ready! the face of her Lord, the King, and the bridegroom will say to the bride: ‘"‘Thou hast been faithful through all these years! The mansion is ready! Come home! Thou art fair, my love." And then he will put upon her brow the crown of dominion, and the table will be spread, and it will reach @across the skies. and the mighty ones of heaven will come in, garlanded with beauty and striking their cymbals, and the bridegroom and bride will stand at the head of the table, and the banqueters, lookâ€" ing up, will wonder ard admire and say: . "That is Jesus, the Brideâ€" groom! But the scar on his brow is covered with the coronet, and the stab in the side is covered with a robe!" And ‘"That is the bride! The I wonder if it will be so in our very last extremity. We shall fall suddenâ€" ly sick, and doctors will come, but in vain. We will try the anodynes and the stimulants and the bathings, but all in vain. Something will say, "You must go." No one to hold us back, but the hands of eternity stretched out to pull us on. What then? Jesus will come to us, and as we say, "Lord Jesus, I am afraid of that water; I cannot wade through to the other side," he will say, ‘"‘Take hold of my arm." And we will take hold of his arm, and then he will put his foot in the surf of the wave, taking us on down deeper, deeper, deeper, and our souls will cry, "All thy waves and billows have gone over me." weariness of her earthly woe lost ir the flush of this wedding trlumph!" Come hom love." An her brow t the table w Trouble came. You were almost torn to pieces by that trouble. You braced yourself up against it. You said, "I will be stoic and will not care. But before you had got through making the resolution it broke down under you. You â€" felt that all your resources were gone. And then Jesus came. "In the fourth watch of the night," the Bible says, "Tesus came walking on the seas." Why did he not come in the first watch or in the second watch or in the third watch? I do not know. He came in the fourth and gave deâ€" liverance to his disciples. Jesus in the last extremity! has a right to the joys of earth; he shall have a right to the joys of heaven. Though tribulations and bardships may come unto him, let him rejoice. "Rejoice in the Lord, ye righâ€" teous, and again I say rejoice." I remark again, that Christ comes to us in the hour of our extremity. He knew the wine was giving out before there was any embarrassment or mortification. Why did he not perform the miracle sooner? Why wait until it was all gone, and no help could come from any source, and then come in and perform the miraâ€" cle? This is Christ‘s way, and when he did come in, at the hour of extremity, he made firstâ€"rate wine, so that they cried out, ‘"Thou hast kept the good wine until now." Jesus in the hour of extremity! He seems to prefer that hour. In a Christian home in Poland great povâ€" erty had come, and on the week day the man was obliged to move out of the house with his whole family. That night he knelt with his family and prayed to God. While they were kneeling in prayer there was a tap on the window pane. They opened the window, and there was a raven that the family had fed and trained, and it had in its bill a ring all set with precious stones, which was found out to be a ring belonging to‘ the royal family. It was taken up to the king‘s residence, and for the honesty of the man in bringing it back he had a house given to him and a garden and a farm. ‘ THEIR GREAT MARCH. i ot ot it 26. What is aâ€" man profitedâ€"The question implies ‘that there is no jprofit. Gainâ€"Succéed in obtalnlng. The whole worldâ€"Its honor, wealth, and the enjoyment of all its pleasures, PRACTICAL &SURVEY. The time is near the close of Christ‘s mission. In hbls early ministry many were rendy to confess him as ‘the Christ. Now, however, it m 3'- 14) there were few who |â€" In 19. The keys of the kingdom of heavenâ€"‘"Keys are a symbol of pow. er and authority." Peter and the other apostles were to be the repâ€" resentatives of Christ‘s church on earth, and they were given power and authority to organize and estabâ€" lish His Church after His death. Peter actually unlocked the kingdom of Heaven to the Jews on the day of Pentecost, when three thousand were converted, and a little later to the Gentiles, Bhalt bindâ€""This is an explanation of the gift of the keys." "To bind meant to forbid, or to deâ€" clare forbidden; to loose meant to allow, or to declare allowable."â€"Morâ€" ison. Bound in Heavenâ€"Shall receive the authority and sanction and apâ€" probation: of God. They were to be guided in the organization of the Church by Christ and the Holy Spirit. v 18. Thou art Peterâ€" "Petros," the Greek word for stone or a plece of rock. This name had been given him by Jesus when Jesus first met him. John i, 42, and upon this rockâ€"In the Greek this "petra," or rock in mase. 19. The keys of the kingdom of heavenâ€"‘"Keys are a symbol of pow. er and authority." Peter and the 20. Tell no manâ€"The time had not come yet to proclaim Him publicly. 21. Began Jesus to showâ€"Heretoâ€" fore He had spoken obscurely, but He now speaks plainly. Of the eldersâ€" "The detailed enumeration of these parties proves that there wasa genâ€" eral conspiracy on the part of all the Jewish authorities." 24. Will come after Meâ€"Will follow My directions and be My. digciple. Deny Himsel{â€"Christ â€" shows the apostles the nature of His kingdom. They must "abstain from all indulâ€" gences which stand in the way of duty." Take up His crossâ€"Whoever would follow Christ must be ready to endure affliction and even death for His sake. 17. Blessed art thouâ€"Peter and the apostles were blessed because they had broken away from Jewish prejuâ€" dices and had really accepted Jesus as the Christ. Barâ€"Jonah (R. Y.) â€" The son of Jonah. Bar means son. _ Flesh and bloodâ€"No human being hath reâ€" vealed it unto thee. Such knowledge does not originate in the human mind. But my Fatherâ€"God only (‘-an reveal Himself. 23. Get thee behind Me, Satanâ€"Saâ€" tan means adversary. "Jesus did not call His apostle a devil," but He saw in this suggestion a repetition of the old temptation by which He was ofâ€" fered the glory of the kingdoms of the world without His coming to the cross. Commentary â€" Connecting _ Links. Leaving the "bordera" of Phoenicia, Jesus made a clreuit to the southeast. He crossed the Jordan and sought se clusion in Decapolis, southeast of the sea of Galilon Here He healed a deaf man (Mark vii 31â€"17), and fed four thousand with sevon loaves and a few fishes. Matt. xv. 32â€"39. From Decapoâ€" lis he crossed the sea to Dalmanutha, supposal to be a few miles south of Capernaum. _ Almost immadiately His enoamies met Him again (Mark vili. 10â€"13), and He left them at once, croseâ€" iIng the sea to the northeast and landâ€" ing at Bethsaida, where he had fed the five thousant On the journey He warned them of the doctrine of the Pharisees. Matt. xvi. 5â€"12. At Bethâ€" salda he healed a blind man. Mark vili. 22â€"206 He then journeyed north to Caesarea Thilipp‘i, near which city the events of this lesson took place. _ 13. Caesarea Philippilâ€""A city three or four miles east of Dan, near the eastern source of the Jordan River," Whom do men sayâ€"Christ did not ask this question (1) for information, or (2) beca‘use He desired the appla use of men, or (3) because He intended to form His course according to the reâ€" ply, but (4) because "He desired to ground His disciples in the deepest {faith." The Son of Manâ€"This was a title He frequently applied to himâ€" Rel{, but it was never applied to Him by the apostles. It exprossed His huâ€" man, visible side.â€"Peloubst. 16. _ Simon â€" Peterâ€" angweredâ€"He | spoke for all of the apostles. Thou art the Christâ€"The Messiah. The Anointed One. Messiah is the Hebrew and Christ is the Greek for "anointâ€" ed." Jesus was the one who was anâ€" ointed by the Father as Prophet, Priest and King. Son of the living Godâ€""God is here styled the living God, because He is the author of all life and existence ; hence, selfâ€"exisâ€" tent, eternal." . I 14. Some say, etc.â€"People held difâ€" ferent opinions . concerning Christ. Some said John the Baptist returned to life. Some Elias, who was to be the forerunner of the Messiah ; others, Jeremias, "in accordance with the tradition that Jeremiah was to come and reveal the place where the sacred vessels were concealed ;" and others, one of the prophets. 15. Whom say yeâ€"This was the deâ€" cisive moment in which the separaâ€" tion of the New Testament from the Old Testament theocracy was to be made. The hour had come for the utterance of a distinct Christian conâ€" fession.â€"Lange. _ , What is the Central Truth? Christ is the foundation of His church. What is the Topic? The Christ. What is the Outline? L The great confesglion. IL The sure foundation. IIL. Divine authority given. IV,. Christ‘s death foretold. V. Conditions of diwciâ€" pleship, When was the Time? July, A. D. 29. Where was the Place? Caesarea Philippl Who were the Persons? Jesus and His disciples, _ _ M vey. t o Petor‘s Confession and Christ‘s Rebukeâ€"Matt. 16 : 13â€"26, Buptâ€"What is the Goldea Text? Schootâ€"If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his croes, and follow me. Matt, xvi. 24. What are the Parallel Accounts? Mark viil, 27â€"38; Luke ix., 19â€"27.. SUNDAY SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON NO.IV. JULY 22, 1900. o ouaine Mc n d i The Government report on oats inâ€" dicates about 725,000,000 of bushels, or 50,000,000 less than indicated in Government Crop Report. The United States Government crop report, issued yesterday, is bullish in character. It shows condition of winâ€" ter wheat on July ist, 1900, as 80.8, against 82.7 a month ago, and 65.6 on July ist, 1899, and 85.7 on July ist, 18098. Spring wheat condition on July 1st, 1900, 55.2, against 87.3 a month ago. 91.7 on July 1st, 1899, and 95 on July lst, 1898. § Statistician Brown, of the New York Produce Exchange, according to indications reported by Agricultural Department July 1st, estimates crops as follows: Winter wheat, 833,769,â€" 000 bushels, against 296,679,000 in 1899. Spring wheat, 176,589,000 bushels, against 250,624,000 bushels. Total wheat, 510,356,000 bushels, as against 547,308,000, . tm June. In view of the crop p te in Canada, the United Statam!nnd. France and HolJand, prices are not likely to be any lower than they have been for several months past. It is now Apparent that the crop in Onâ€" Winnipeg, Man., July 9.â€"Manitoba farmers are now wearing happy smiles owing to the heavy rains of toâ€"day, following the general downpour of Friday last and scattered showers of Saturday. Every portion of the proâ€" vince has been thoroughly saturated, and crop prospects have improved 100 per cent. in consequence. . The straw is short, but is heading out, and the moisture and strength of the soil will now go into making heads instead of straw. _ Corn condition July ist, 1900 was 89.5, against 86.5 a year ago, and 90.5 two years ago. Fomga °t 9 2, Christ‘s acknowledgment of the confession. "Blessed art thov." True blessxiness (happiness) consists in krowing Christ within, Thou art Paterâ€"petros, a stone. Jesus acâ€" knowledges him as one of the " living stones" of the church. With the exception of places where the grain had been blown down by high winds before it germinated, it took root, and is now growing finely. Potatoasâ€"Nâ€"w potatoes are offering more frgely. While some sold toâ€"day at 50c a bushel, good stock fetches 60 to 80c a ibushel. Old stock is in poor demand and peddles at 30 to 40¢ a bag. Butterâ€"Small race‘pts toâ€"day sold to Eggsâ€"Light offerings toâ€"day sold to a mojerate demand only at 14 to 15c. Poultryâ€"Chickens sold at 50 to 75¢, ducks at 70 to 80c, and turkeys at 90 to lic. Offerings were light and demand rather weak. Wool. The market is very quiet and a number of buyers state that they are not offering for stock. Quotations are steady at 18e for washed and 10c for unwashed. Toronto Fruit Market. Receipts amounted to 3,500 packâ€" ages, all told. Trade good, with prices steady, as follows : Strawberries, b¢ to 8e ; raspberries, 6¢ to 8c ; blueâ€" berries, 99c per basket ; gooseberries, 30c to 40c for emall and 50c to 80c per basket for large ; cherries, 90c to $1 per basket for common, and $1 to $1.410 for sweet ; red currants, 35¢ to 50c ; beans, 15¢ to 25¢ ; poâ€" tatoes, T5¢ per bushel. f Cheese Markets. Utica, N. Y., July 9.â€"Utica Dairy Board of Trade.â€"Chsese, 87 lots of 7,325 toxes sold ; large cheese, 8 3â€"4 to 87â€"8c., a gain of 1â€"8c. over last week. Small cheese sold at 9 1â€"8 to 9 1â€"4c. Butter, 33 packages at 19 1â€"4¢, 130 packages at 20c. AÂ¥x Lindsay, July 9.â€"Victoria County Cbeese Board met this morning ; 1,775 boxes of June and July make were boarded. Highest price paid was 90 3â€"4¢c.; 473 boxes sold at that figure, balance at 9 1â€"4c. e Ii. The cross revealed. Vs. 21â€"26. There had been foreshadowings of the cross before. Mark ix. 9, 10 ;. John ii. 19â€"21. But now He plainly declares His passion. They had looked and were still looking for a temporal kingdom. Matt. xx. 20, 12 ; Acts i. 6 ‘This talk of humiliation and death they could not understand. Peter, with his usual impulsiveness, rebels and cries out, "Be it far from Thee, Lord." Death in life and life in death. V. 25. Sin has so distorted our moral senses that "things are not what they seem." Only he who chooses death to self now will know spiritual life here and eternal life hereafter. John xii. 24.26.â€"J. 8. McGeary. hArd ... ... .. .. .. 08534 â€"â€" Toronto Farmers‘ Market. | Wheatâ€"Two loads of red fall wheat sold 1â€"2¢ higher at 72 1â€"2 to 73 1â€"2¢, two loads of spring at 72 1â€"2 _ to 73 1â€"2¢, and one load of goose at 72c. Hayâ€"Two loads of old hay sold firmer at $12.50 to $13 a toun. No straw offered. As compared with a week ago, the visible supply of wheat in Canâ€" ada and the United States has inâ€" creased 435,000 bushel«; that _ of corn has increased 2,160,000 bush« els, and that of oats has increased 270,000 bushels. him. ‘There were two reamons for this. (1). His own teaching. (2) The enmity of the chief pricats, scribes and Pharigees, 1. The great confession. Vs. 16.20. 1. Its source, "My Father in heaven." From the preceding verses we may learn that sensible evidences were not sufficient to convince men that Jesus was the Christ. 4. The security of the church. ‘"The gates of hell shall not prevail." "Hell" (Hades)â€""the unseen." ‘The invisible powers against which the church and the believer contend. Butterâ€"Small race‘pts toâ€"day a [air Cemand at 17 to 18c. Chicago ... New York Milwauke> Leading Wheat Markets. ‘Following are the closing prices at important wheat centres toâ€"day : Cash. . Sept. Chicago ... ... ... ... ... $â€"â€" #0 82 3â€"8 N@W YOTK m. ... ... u22 =â€"â€" 0 86 5â€"8 TOLOUO ... .22 kik ks ki Detroit, red ... ... .. Detroit, white ... . Duiuth, No. 1 nort Duiuth, No. 1 hard Minneapolis, No. northern . Minnea polis hard ... ... Hay Crops of 1900. Visible and Afloat Manitoba Crops. 0 82 1â€"2 0 85 1â€"2 0 84 1â€"2 0 84 1â€"2 0O 81 1â€"4 o mares o 0 86 0 85 0 83 1â€"2 cofupany. But the prospect of the wheat crop is very important to the country at large. The moving of the grain to market employs many railâ€" way, steamboat and elevator laborers, whose wages keep up the demand for farm, garden and factory products» The farmers of the Northwest spend the price of the wheat on clothing, {furniture, groceriese and hardware. Best of all, the wheat of the Northâ€" west is an exportable product, which goes to Great Britain to help pay for imports from that country and to settle the interest on our national debt. We all hope that Sir William VanHorne‘s anticipations of a good m may be more than realized, and, twent .:n" h'o'hum'dl.n in this , y â€"four ‘ ra park of the country. . France‘s Minister of public instracâ€" tion encourages art by an anng@al exâ€" penditure of . $3,600.000. _ This cludes m'rport of the Ecole d-r:\ u-: and ten other schools fine .l‘ B w\ on t i t3 That the Canadian Pacific is not dependent upon the wheat crop to earn a dividend is an astonishing W# of news. It goes to show what a good effect the construction of the branckh road through the Crow‘s Nest Pass hag had upon the fortunes of that "What effect would a short wheat crop have upon the Canadian Paâ€" cific?" Sir William was asked. "‘The C. P. R.," he replied, " is no longer very much dependent on any one crop, and in this case I think the increase in the mining business in British Columbia will quite make up any possible loss i1 the Northwest. During the last hall of last year, and, in fact, up to within a month or two, mining in that Province has been almost at a standstill, owing to the labor troubles. Nearly all the important mines have now started up Activity, and many new ones are coming in as shippers. Consequently, I am pretty sure that the Canadian Pacific will make as good showing. during the next twe‘ve months as it did in the past. Even if the woret fears for the Manitonoa crops shoul«4 be realized, that the road will earm its full dividend and more, I have no doubt at all." THE WHEAT CROP. R Manitoba has had some rain â€" enough to justify the Superintendent of the Canadian Pacific at Winnipeg insaying that the late rain had done incalculable good to wheat and other cereals, Sir William Yan Horne was very optimistic in his remarks to the Gazette before leaving Montreal the other day. "I think there is a good prospect for a fair crop," began the Chairman of the C. P. R. Board, "notwithstand. ing the doleful reports that are comâ€" ing down from the west. The wheat crop in the Northwest always looks worse in dry time than it really is, the wheat stalks being short, and the scarcity of the blades making it look thin and light, but short straws usually give long heads, and some of the best crops we have evermfind came from straw which had a dis, couraging look at the end of June. Now that sufficieont rains have come, I am very conlident that we will tario and Quenec will be below aver« age, and the same may be said of the United States The English crop is krown to be short of an averaga, while France and Holland will have a reduced yield. The London Corn Circular says: "Now that a low ayâ€" erage hay crop is protty well assured for the United Kingdomâ€"not a downâ€" right short one, but calculated to yleld only very moderatelyâ€"â€"â€"there is a disposition on the market to hold with increasing firmness Already signs are not wanting, that as soon as present stocks and curreant conâ€" tracts arrive near exhaustion point a smart rise may be estab.ished,for it is found quite impossible to secure furâ€" ther shipments from either France or Holland, except on a basis of value which would necessitate someth l.l.ho.'ntolmltonnddojtoour# figures to show the nece:sary marâ€" gin for _ importers. This strine gency is especially noticeable in re« spect of foreign clover and straw, which are both held with extraordiâ€" nary tenacity, partly because stocks are now most reduced, but also beâ€" cause crop prospects might almost be regarded as bad. Clovers are being cut, and fail to bulk at all satisfacâ€" torily, while the phenomenal backâ€" wardness of the wheat plant remaing@ in spite of some very rapid progres during the past fortnight." , Rain in Manitoba. Manitoba has had a good rain. AU wheat that had life in it will revive, and where it is not too far advanced will probably bear heavily. Until a few days pass it will be impossible to estimate the crop prospects under the new conditions, but it is certain that the situation is so greatly imâ€" proved that the hard times looked for are probably far away. ' Bradstreet‘s on Trade. General trade is quiet at Montreal now that the holiday season is at hand. The movement is moderata in wholesale circles. The improveâ€" ment in crop conditions has had & somewhat reassuring effect in busiâ€" ness circles Fall trade has been good so far. Values show some change this week, especially in hardware, which is lower for some lines. have quite a different report from the Northwest after a week or two.‘ In London this week there has been a fair amount of business done. Payments on July paper was good, and the outlook for fall trade continues bright. Prices are being well maintained. There is much complaint among the oldâ€"established retailers at coast cities, especially in Vancouver, 9% over competition. _ Business ham picked up a little the past three or four weeks. The saimon season is now on, the lumber industry is actâ€" ive. Collections are rather slow. <â€" ‘ Crop damage reports are still hav» ing a rather depressing effect on whulesale trade at Winnipeg. Orâ€" ders are being cancelled by country, storekeepers. It is hoped, however, that the first fears will pass off. Collections are only fair. , Hamilton jobbers @ppsar to be of any weakness Country â€" remittan very fair this w Hamilton jobbers appsar to be getting their share of the fall trade. Values are still firmly mainâ€" tained, and there is no appearance staple have 9 o