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sizes. Boils vack handig ac Rlot. cooker ie ite quick. onto, Ont. cecning. _ i% a, cures wim o Marrhcom. OMBINED ‘amer pation gents N >nted ife Assurâ€" ronto, for insured at experience CO. 0. RS " without rder. Sell Oakvilie, good pay; ulars, adâ€" RS ARE thing. PENDING lar salary canvaseâ€" Box 240. to sell MIXER akes of Limited, 1904 St and up Cloa ks 1COTT ”'.'o ie; two ng and on mile For D bt 3t 20. The next dayâ€"After the testimony of John to the deputation from Jerusaâ€" m. Seeth Jesusâ€"The fact that John isnew Jesus shows that the baptism and temptation (Matt. iii 13 to iv. 11) preâ€" eeded the events of this lesson. Lamb of Godâ€"There is no reasonable doubt that John gave this name to our Lord because hbe was the true sacrifice for sin, the true antitype of the passover lamb, and the lamb prophesied of by Isaiah (Isa. liiil,. 7) â€"Ryle. The daily sacriâ€" fice of a lamb was continuaily before the people, remirding them of their need of ar atonement for sin. Without doubt, John. who was the harbinger of Christ. eoniessed the : them up on t} was sent to Christ‘s takin« ar atonement for sin. Without John, who was the harbinier of was enlightered beyond others : snect to Christ‘s office and miss saw in him the great s sings of the whole wor â€"Or "bareth away," : On the great day of ato confessed the sins of t Joins answer is very pertinent. My baptisim is the symbol and procuror of a real baptism by the great Baptiâ€" zeer.â€" I bid. There standeth oneâ€"It is not ncessary to suppose that Jesus was standing in the crowd at that time, but He was living and abiding among the people, and He was unknown to them. 27. See R. V. After meâ€"John was the forerunner to announce His coming. Not worthyâ€"A proverbial expression. _ The work of unlacing and removing the sanâ€" dals belonged to the humblest servant, and in comparison to Christ John says he was too inferior to do even that. The desire to exalt Christ and abase himself is ever uppermost in John‘s mind. 28. Rethabaraâ€"The R. V. has _ Bethany. (This was not tue Bethany _ on the Mount of Olives.) _ Both names have negrly the _ same _ meaning, Bethany sometimes signifying "boat house," and Bethabara _ "ford _ house," _ or"fetryâ€" houge," Probably these were the names of two villagers or districts near _ toâ€" gether, of which the name Bethany, the nmall:;\nl the two villages, faded out. Or John may heve been baptizing _ in a place betwee\t:: two villages, and henee sometimes @alled by one name, and sometimes by the other." . _ 24. Phariseesâ€"The Pharisees _ held most strenuously that no prophet, after Moses, had a right to introduce any new sacred usage, rite or ceremony among the Mosaic inteitutions, except the Mesâ€" gsizah himself. The question then in the following verse. Why baptizeth _ thou then? was a very preemptory one. â€" Wheedon. 26. I baptize with water â€" Jojns answer is very pertinent. My baptisim is the symbol and procuror 23. The voiceâ€"He was not the "word," but merely a "voice." He was called a voice because. 1. He was uttering God‘s thoughts. 2. The importance lay chiefâ€" ly in the message, not in the messenger. 3. Although weak in himself yet He produced a great commotion. Cryingâ€" Heralding, proclaming. In the wilderâ€" nessâ€""The world was, indeed, a morâ€" al wilderness when the time drew near for the coming of the King." _ Make straight, ete.â€"See Isa. xl. 3â€"5. The idea is taken from the practice of eastern monarchs, who, whenever they took ‘a journey, sent harbingers, before them to prepare the way. Before our king will come to us there must be a thorough preparation for his coming. j xi. 11; John v. 85. â€"Â¥Yet here he abases himself, declining all flattering titles, and exalts Christ. The greatest saints in all ages have been men of this spirit, who have not sought their own honor, but who have always been ready to decrease if Christ might only increase. 21. Elias â€"Greek form for Elijah. I am notâ€" That is, not in the sense you have in mind. They were speaking literally, and John was not Elijah returned to earth again. When Jesus said that John was Elijah (Matt. xi. 14) He was s aking figuratively (comp. Luke i. 17). 'IP;e proâ€" phet (R. V.)â€""The well known prophet of Deut. xviii. 15, who some thought would be a second Moses, others a second Elijah, others the Messiah." Noâ€"John knew that ‘the prophet" to whom they referred was the Messiah. His answer is abrupt. 2. After exhausting all special names, they press John to give a full deâ€" scription of himself, that they may be. able to give a proper answer to the Sanâ€" hedrin. Messiah, or are you a opht! "Two things are plainly taugr; in this verse: One is the great sensation caused by John the Baptist‘s ministry. The other is the state of expectation in which the people were at this time." 20. Not the Christâ€"The form of speech in this verse implies a very positive and unmistakable assertion. We have in this and the following verses an instructive example of true humility. John the Bapâ€" tist was an eminent saint of God. Few names in the Bible stand higher than his. Jesus spoke highly of himâ€"see Matt. Commentary. â€" I.~ The “?ony of John the Baptist (vs. 19â€"28). 1 , This is the witness (R. V.)â€"The sentence means This is the testimony that Jelhin bore. The Jewsâ€"This teotm in John‘s gospel commonly means the nents of Christ. "The Jews" are to gim not his fellow countrymen, but the persecutors and murderers of the Messiah. The name of a race has become the nameof a sect. He uses the term about seventy times, almost always with this shade of meanâ€" ing.â€"Cam Bib. â€" Priests and Levitesâ€" "The combination, ‘priests and Levites‘ occurs elsewhere in the New Testament. Together they represent the hierarchy." This was a delegation from the Sanhedâ€" SUNDAY SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON NO. II JANUARYX 8. 10905 Witness of John the Baptist to Jesusâ€" John £~19â€"34. Who art thouâ€"What do you proâ€" o be?t Do you assume to be the $2. â€" The tc?ony of . 19â€"28). ~19, This is â€"The sentence means 1â€"Oi n . @ way margin. e priest ind laid of the k reâ€" , and r the it Nrs, Airey is a modest little woman, and the tales of her deeds woere obtained from members of the crew. 8 During all these days and nights of terror Captain Airey‘s wife played the part of a heroine. She rot only encourâ€" aged those at the pumps, but took her turn 2lso in the eifort to keep the vesâ€" sel afloat. . Helped to Save Ship When Half Subâ€" merged. Philadelphia, Dec. 26.â€"The Austrian steamship Lucia, Captain Zaevich, arâ€" rived here toâ€"day with nine men and one woman, rescued tive hundred miles off the Spanish ecaost from the sinkine threeâ€"n five d had be When Cape Rouge was reached the ice was packed into a solid mass, but the Montcalm simply went through it, cutting ice in places 10 and 11 inches thick without any diffiâ€" culty whatever, or causing any violent vibraâ€" tion on board. The triple expansion engines worked beautifully, and the Minister of Marâ€" ine and Fisheries, who remained on deck durâ€" ing the trip, and took a keen interest in every move made by the ship, was extremely well pigsed with the new Government iceâ€" breaker. Quebec, Dec. 26.â€"On Saturday morning a practical demonstration of the power of the new iceâ€"breaker, the steamer Montcalm, was made in the iceâ€"covered River St. Lawâ€" rence, and everything went to show that the vessel is a valuable aid to winter navigation. The Montcalm, under command of Captain Koenig, left the wharf at 1.30 o‘clock on an official trial trip up the river, with the Hon. R. Prefontaine, Minister of Marine and Fisheries; Lieut.â€"Col. Gourdeau, Deputy Minâ€" ister, and a large number of prominent inâ€" vited guests on board. She went through fields of ice eight and nine inches thick with perfect ease, that did not even in the least impede her speed. She sailed at the rate of about 12 knots, passing the Narrows at the Chaudiere, which were choked with ice as far as St. Augustin. Test of the Steamshin Montcalm Quebec. safety to the rest. She paused a moment, drew a long breath, kissed the children quietly, gave them the basket of food and bade them guard it, and said, "Goodâ€" by, dears. Say a prayer for sister, Rob. When you see father and mother, tell them I took care of you." The next day the father found the tub in a syecamore tree. The children were frightened, chilâ€" led, and in tears, but safe. Afterwards, floating on the water, with her brave, childish face turned up to the sky, they found the "little mother" who sacrificed herseli that she might save others. 33. He that sent meâ€"John was conâ€" scious of his divine mission. He was sent of God. 34. The Scen of Godâ€"The Messiahâ€"the Christ. John here declares that Jesus was divine. PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS. Sacrificed. "The Lamb chat was slain" (Rev. v. 12; xiii. 19.) The Lamb of God stands for submission, suffering and death. Under law, in a figure, the sins of a guilty soul were transferred to the white, innocent lamb ere it was slain. Under grace, in fact, the sins of "all" guilty souls were "laid" on the Lamb of God ,ere He was sacrificed for us (Isa. liii. 6). He took our place. He died in our stead.. He became our substitute. On the banks of the Mississippi lived a little maiden of thirteen, the oldest of four children, whom ner parents called "little mother," because she was always so quietly thoughtful and helpful. One day her parents went away, leaving the children in her care. _ "Be mother‘s litâ€" tle woman," the mother said, as she kissâ€" . ed her. "We leave the children in your care," the father said. Two days afterâ€" ward the Mississippi broke through the levee and flooded the little town. What should she do? _ "Oh, if I only had a boat," she cried. Running out to look for their colored mammy, she stumbled . over a large, oblong, oldâ€"fashioned tub. Here was her boat. The water was sevâ€" eral inches deep. She half floated, half dragged the tub into the room. She lined it with a blanket and prepared some bread and meat. She dragged it to a large window and set it where, when the water rose, it would float out. She flung open the window and made Rob get into the boat, and put Kate in, and laid baby Rose in the brother‘s arms, and, taking the basket of food, went to get in too, but there was no room for her with | iv m III. How John knew Jesus: (vs: 32â€" 34). 32. Bare recordâ€"John now proceeds to tell how, fortyâ€"two days before this, at the time of Christ‘s baptism, he learned that he was the Messiah. I saw â€""I have beheld."â€"R. V. John had been an eyeâ€"witness, and was not reporting from hearsay. Like a doveâ€""That the spirit of God should descend as a dove is in accordance with the emblematic character of the whole transaction. The dove represented an undefiled (S8. of S. vi. 9), harmless (Matt. x, 16), gentle, meek character (8. of 8. ii. 14). It was the emblem of peace (Gen. viii. 11) and of beauty (Psa. lxviii. 13). It was the only bird allowed to be offered in sacriâ€" fice by the Levitical law. It was, like the vine, a popular symbol of the chosen nation, and, so far as this manifestation was made known abroad, it would doubtâ€" less mark Jesus in public opinion as the ideal, typical, representative Israelâ€" ite, and, therefore, by implication, the Messiah. John understood the marvel to indicate this." ment was complete, W’wnffiefi out, but all may be saved‘if.they will accept the provisions made. 30. After me, etec.â€"Jesus came after John i point of time, but he was preferred before.him in <dignity and (xmw Was before meâ€" This refers to Christ‘s preâ€"eternal existâ€" ence with the Father. 31. Knew him not â€"I was:not previously aequainted with him, and there has been no. private colâ€" lusion ‘or arrangement between‘ us. But others think that as John was a cousin of our Lord, he must have been acâ€" quainted with him, and that the expresâ€" sion here means that he did not know him as to his nature, office and mission until the time of his baptism. Therefore am I comeâ€"John here declares that the great end of his ministry was not to‘ form a sect in his own name, but to make Christ known to the Jews. . have here one of the many expressions which declare the great scriptural truth that Christ‘s, death was a vicarious sacâ€" rifice for ‘gin. ‘The sinâ€"All the ging of all the efi:}en of Am- The qtqne- ment was complete, no one was left have world is borrowed from this act. We A WCMAN AT THE PUMPS. ICEâ€"BREAKER A SUCCESS. aisted those on( ner Stewiacke. For aboard the schaoner to be ensulfed at 1€ nove Ifn heneath SINKi at When the Italians occupied Asmara in 1897 there were only a few score huts and an Abyssinian fort. Asmara now has a population of 9,000, of whom 1.000 are Europeans. The whites inâ€" clude a few GGreeks and Norwegian misâ€" sionaries, all the others being Italians. The town is in the midst of splendid pastures, and its name signifiee "good place to feed the flocks." Many variâ€" etiecs of trees and not a few European crops are thriving around it. Italy spent two years in building the It lies scarcely above the surface of the Red Sea, while Asmara is 7,800 feet above sea level, with a climate that is scarcely surpassed anywhere. The temâ€" perature of Asmara hardly ever rises above 88 degrees Fabrenheit, and the minimum temperature is apout 14 deâ€" grees Fabhrerheit. This is freezing weaâ€" ther and the natives down on the coastal plain could not endure it. But the hardy tribes of the great plateau, well wrapped in native cloths and imported cottons, thrive in this fine air. None of the diseases which afflict the tropics can gain a foothold here. is .t ©, Asmara is only sixty miles from Masâ€" sawah, but a greater contrast than that Letween the two places could scarcely be imagined. _ Massawah has been a pesthole for the Europeans «ettled there. The death rate among the thousand Europeans has been very great. T .# 4 j § All the Government offices, located here since Italy entered the country, are now to be moved. ‘The Governor of Eriâ€" trea, Ferdinand Maurtini, has induced the Italian Government to transfer the capâ€" ital to the salubrious heights of the inâ€" terior. Asmara, a mile and a half above the sea, is the city selected for the honâ€" or. 60 Specialists on tha Case.â€"In the ordinary run of medical practice a greater number than this have treated cages of chronic dyspepsia and have failed to cure â€"but Dr. Von Stan‘s Pineapple Tablets (60 in a box at 35 cents cost) have made the cure, giving relief in one day. These little ‘‘specialists‘‘ have proven their real merit. â€"12 Italians Establish a Fine City in Their Colony on the Read Sea. The Italian colony of Eritrea in Afâ€" rica, fronting on the Red Sea, has a new capital. The distinction has been taken from Massawah, which is centrally situâ€" ated on the coast, but is one of the hotâ€" test towns in the world and has a very unhealthful climate. I a 4.: t F«LÂ¥ddl â€" Rich, Deticious;, Pure There is no evidence, according to Dr. Greene, that Japan is becoming exhaustâ€" ed. ‘whe rice harvest of this year is esâ€" timated to be worth 130,000,000 yen more than the average, and is the best for twenty years. Prices range high, but otherwise there is no sign of serious strain. Private enterprises, like electrical railways, are being pushed forward withâ€" out serious loss of vigor. Government work is being restricted, but railway exâ€" tension is still to go forward, though more slowly. Dr. Greene further stated that if one should add to this the fact that in sevâ€" ertal provinces of China there are miliâ€" tary schools with Japanese instructors, "It is not difficult to see that when peace is restored, Japan is not to stand alone in her purpose to prevent a new invasion of Manchuria on the part of Russia." â€">~OF MANCHURIA BY RUSSIA. Boston, Mass., Dec. 26.â€"The American Board of Foreign Missions made public toâ€"day a report from its oldest missionâ€" ary in Japan, Rev. D. C. Greene, D. D., of Tokio, in which Dr. Green states that there are now 1,000 Chinese students, inâ€" cluding 500 military cadets, in Tokio unâ€" der the auspices of the Chinese Governâ€" ment, and 1,000 more in the city indeâ€" pendent of the Government. WILL PREVENT A NEW INVASION CHINA BACKING JAPAN. Ceylon ‘tea is sold only in sealed lead packets to preâ€" serve its goodness. Black, Mixed or GREEN. By all ocers. "RECEIVI‘EgE HIGHEST AWARD AND GOLD MEDAL AT ST. 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ERITREA‘S NEW CAPITAL Chatham Incubator without one cent of cash until October, 1905 SpGineds C6 C 20 z8 COMMITTEES TO BE APPOINTED TO REPORT. Toronto despatch: The representatives of the Presbyterian, Methodist and Conâ€" gregational Churches, who are meeting kere have been unable to come to any definite agreement upon organic union of the churches and this morning it was agreed to appoint five standing subâ€"comâ€". mittees, which will endeavor to work out the details of the scheme. These comâ€" mittees will represent policy, doctrine, law and legislation, ministry and adminâ€" istration,. ‘The members will be appointâ€" ed this afternoon, after which it is prob-j‘ able that the conference will adjourn. When the committees have their reports{ ready, which may be several months hence, the conference will be called toâ€" gether again to receive the report. Have you Eczoma ?â€"Have you any skin discase or eruption? Are you subject to chafing or scalding? Dr. Agnew‘s Ointâ€" ment prevents and cures any and all of these, and cures Itching, Bleeding and Blind Piles besides. One application brings relief in ten minutes, and cases cured in three to six nights. 35 cents.«â€"71 While the doctor was attending to M. Grebanval, Police Secretary â€" Laurent picked up the envelope from the ground and very carefully opened it. The enâ€" velope contained a white odoriess powâ€" der wrapped in a scrap of newspaper. M. Laurent was immediately attacked with a most violent headache. On December 9 M. Grebanval was talking in the council chamber with M. Barillier, when an usher brought a letter with a Tunis postmark. M. Grebanval opened the letter and immediately stagâ€" gered and fell in a faint. He recovered consciousness before the arrival of a doctor, but suffered with a headache for several days afterward. M. Barillier was affected in the same way, but to a less degree. It Causes People to Stagger and to + Faint. New York, Dec. 26,â€"A special to the Sun from Paris says: M. Grenbanval, a municipal councillor of Paris, has been the victim of a strange experience which recalls the mysterious poison powder used by the Borgias. The new capital is glready a European town, with fine‘villas for the well to do whites, cafes, a theatre, a casino, a hoâ€" tel, postoffice and fine public and private gardens. Some of the best farming lands of Africa spread away for a preat distance and this lofty part of the Italâ€" ian colony is sure to have great develâ€" opment. k The railroad from Massawah extends to Macatat, not many miles from the base of the wall, and the wagon road fromâ€" Macatat to Asmara is fortyâ€"two miles long. Stages run daily over the road, the passenger fare to Asmara beâ€" ing $5. It takes seventeen hours for the mules to draw the coaches to the top of the plateau from whose edge Asmara is only a mile and a half distant. Italy intends to build a railroad up to Asmara, but the enterprise may not be carried out for years. The cost will be enormous. It winds from terrace to terrace through deer euts in the rock,, through many tunnels, and along the preciitous face of the wall where it has been hewn out of the rock. At many ppints the view for thousands of squa “lea over the coastal plain and sea .ierurpusingly beautiful. ’f‘he road is wide enough for wagons to pass one another and a barrier of hewn timbers has been built aloer(n!g the outer edge wherever safety required. _ wagon road that winds up the face of the mighty wall of this plateau., It ig one of the most remarkagle wagon roads in the world. BORGIAN POISON FPOWDER. CHURCH UNION. Distributing Warehouses at Montreal, 5\.:., Brandon, Man., C-lgnrg Alta., New Westminster, B.C., Halifax, Manufacturers of Chatham Incubators and Brooders, Campbell _ Fanning â€"Mills, and Chatham Farm Scales Derr. 33 CHat:an, Oxt. THE MANSON CAMPBELL €CO., Limitep ONTARIO ARCHIVE A TORONTO 1g4 a £i . â€"â€"{4 *lâ€"ot D. p ' o :g rrFe Z2AnoOrt Terr Q $ | Eum :,' « 49 * e sc ul ? tar i. â€" \ a : 16 Week. |||\«t «on 5V ts ' iB ® bm’ ti ...3 > gipe Mluht. a ~ M Business ‘.in n on the street was ;; fuiet toâ€"day, with prices ?.. rule I:; throt fi'mflflmwzn . Barle; teady, 200 sellâ€" th at 48 to _per bushel. ‘~ Oats steady, ‘bushels selling at , 35%c to . 3%¢ per lvfi Hay is pged, . with of 30 . _| loads at $ aâ€" ton for wh. and | been :z“oz "to‘ $8 for mixed. Straw, $ to 310| in s + ) 4 18 n« Dressed h unchanged at $6.2% to _ | g.75, the in g'uxht_ rl"‘ ko 2 "hem relraiiiis s 4 400 in 4 1 db Bbet # *# ++ #* he Do., spr ‘bushel .. .. 0 95. to 100 I ne | .Do., gose, 1 .. .. .. 0 88 to â€" 88% n in | Oats, bushelâ€"<.... .. .. .. u;g to 0 3| servi Rye, bushel .... .. .. .... .. 6% to 9@ 0} fron! Barley, bushel=>.... .. ...... 0 4 to 0 49 i ¢ CE\ Peas, bushel .. .... .. .. 0 70 to 0 00| !"Z gh Bugkwheat, bl‘h:l .. .. .. 08 to 56%| been us | Hay, timothy, ton .. .. 9200 to 10 0| In Do., mixed, per ton .. .. .. 700 to 8 00 bee D | Straw, per ton .... .. .. .. 9 00 to 10 00 n he | Seedsâ€" parti er |‘ Alsike, No. i‘bushel s« ) 65800 to T9 ) given 1 Do., No. 2, bushel .. .. .. 500 to â€" 5 75| ©° Y Do., No. 3, bushel .... .. 4 00 to 4 50| Who or Red clover .. .. .. .. .. 600 to 7 00] onel er | :Timothy .... .. .. .. .. .. 100 to 1 35 out â€" h Dressed hogs .... .. .. .. .. 62% to 6 7 € | Apples, per bbl .... .. .. .. 1% to _ 2 50 Co Eggs, per dozen .. .. .... 0 % to 0 30] Czar }g | Butter, dairy .. . .. .. .. . 0 19 to 0 21 with he Do., creamery .... .. .. 0 22 to 0 26 o Chickens, spring, per lb .. 0 ® to 0 10| crim‘ ad | Ducks, per lb. .... .. .... .. 010 to 0 11| marc vo | Turkeys, per Ib...... .. .. 014 to 0 15 a abbage, per dozen .. .... 0 2% to t he | Cabb doz 0 2 to 0 49| Gren Potatoes, per bag .. .. .. .. 0 80 ‘to 100] milit @â€" | Caulifiower, per dozen .. .... 075 to 100| «p j he | Onions, per bag .. .. .. .. .. 100 to 1 35 a op Celery, per dozen .. .. .. 0 30 to 0 40 en Beef, hinduarters .. .. .. 700 to 8 00 Ar 4 | Do., forequarters .. .. .. 450 to 500] of q Do., choice, carcase .. .. 6 T5 to 7 00 in to Do., medium, carcase .. .. 550 to 6 00 ie be Mutton, per cwt. .. .. .... 1_’,!'-0 to 6 50| year ‘ i Veal, per cwt. .. .. .. .. 150 to 8 50 hate be i Lambs. ner ewtb. .. .. .. .... 700 to 1 50 ue Even the automobile has its ups and downs. When it isn‘t blowing up it‘s breaking down. London, Dec. 26.â€"A despatch to the Exchange Telegraph Company from St. etersburg says General Kouropatkin has Petersburg says General Kouropatkin has he has received a report from Chinese wure:eéo the effect that the Russians have ptured 203 Metre Hill at Port Arthur with guns mounted by the Japâ€" Bradstreet‘s advices from Ottawa say there is a better tone to wholesale trade there. _ Advices from Victoria and Vanceuver to Bradstreet‘s say: There is a quiet tone to trade generally, although the movement in holiday goods is and has been active. There is still depression in the lumber trade. Trade at London is in satisfactory conâ€" dition. Money is flowing more freely, and the volume of wholesale busines is Adives to Bradstreet‘s say wholesale trade at Hamilton is of fair volume. The holiday goods are now largely in the hands of the retailers, and they are moving well. The movement of sorting lines is fair, and there is some improveâ€" ment in collections. At Quebec trade during the week in some lines has been more active, especâ€" ially in groceries. # At Winnipeg wholesale trade generally continues very active. The hardware trade, an exception, is somewhat quieter. Country merchants report stocks moving well. Collections are not so brisk as a week ago. _ _ _ & & According to _ Bradstreet‘s advices wholesale trade at Toronto during the past week has been fairly brisk, Throughâ€" out the Province generally retailers are busy, the holiday trade being particuâ€" larly brisk. The hardware men and the grocers are busy, and fairly good sorting orders are coming in to the dry goods men. Bradstreet‘s advices from Montreal say: There is still a fairly large volume of holiday trade being done among the wholesalers here, but much of it is over and business is assuming a quieter tone. Sorting orders have not been heavy, but have been farly well distributed. Many wholesale houses are taking advantage of the quiet period, which is expected to last until after the holiday season, and are busi)l' stockâ€"taking and balancâ€" ing up for the year. The previous year was an unusually busy one, so in some lines this year‘s trade does not compare any too favorably with that of the year Sheep and lambeâ€"There was a fair deelivery of shep and lambs, which sold readily as follows; Export ewes, $4 to $4.25 per ewt.: bucks, $2.50 to $3 per cwt.; lambs, $5.25 to £5.85 per ewt. Hogsâ€"Theer was a fair run of hogs, which sold at $4.75 for selects and $4.50 for lights and fats, fed and watered. The market was inclined to be weak at these quotations. Bradstreet‘s on Trade. _ Veal Calvesâ€"Good to â€" choice _ veal calves sold readily at $4.50 to $5.50, and one or two at $5.75 per ewt., but comâ€" mon to medium calves sold at $3.50 to $4 per ewt. Feeders and Stockers â€"There were few feeders and stockers offered, with a light demand at following prices, Feeders, 1,000 to 1,100 lbs., are worth from $3.25 to $3.60; feeders, 800 to 900 lbs.. $2.80 to $3.15 per ewt.; stockers of good quality sold at $2.75 to $3; inferior at $2 to $2.50 per ewt. ** Milch Cows.â€"â€"About 25 milch cows and springers, of common to medium quality, sold at $30 to $45 each. Butchers â€"There was a very fair demand _ for â€" the _ best butchers‘, which soldâ€" at $4.25 _ to _ $4.40, but there were few _ brought _ these prices; loads of good sold at $3.50 to $3.75; common at $2.75 to $3.25, and canners at $2 to $2.30 per ewt. _ Shipping cattle sold at $4.25 to $4.90 per cwt., with one or two loads bringâ€" ing $5 per ewt. Oats, bushelâ€".... .. .. Rye, bushel .... .. .. .... Barley, bushel».... .. ... P awhess mahel _.. *‘ Hay, tlmothy.‘;.: ton .. Do., mixed, per ton .. .. Straw, per ton .... .. .. Seedsâ€" Alsike, No. “‘:ushel o Do., No. 2, hel .. .. Do., No. 3, bushel .... Red clover .. .. .. .. -'rimoth{ r s TnH s +s +s Dressed hogs .... .. .. .. Apples, per bbl. .... .. .. Eggs, per dozen .. .. . Butter, dairy .. «> .. .. . Do., creamery .... .. Chickens, spring, per lb Ducks, per lb, u... .. ... Turkeys, per Ib.â€".... .. . Cabbage, per dozen .. . Potatoes, per bag .. .. .. Caulifiower, per dozen .. . Onions, per bag .. .. .. .. Celery, per Gdozen .. .. Beef, hinduarters .. .. Do., forequarters .. .. Do., choice, carcase .. Do., medium, carcase .. Mutton, per cwt. .. .. . Veal, per cwt, .. .. .. Lambs, per cwt. .. .. .. . New York .. . Detroit .. ..«%., Toledo :.. .. }. St. Louis .. .. Duluth ;... .. . Minneapolis .. The quality of the bulk of fat cattle was not as good as could be desired, although there were several lots of fair to good exporters and butchers‘ sold. Trade was genera‘ly goods, especially for the best lots of butchers‘ and shipâ€" New York .. .. .. .. 118% 113% 103 Detroit .. ..AE .. ¢.. CLIE 1M‘ ‘_â€"« Toledo «. .. H.... ... 116 ° 1174 1.00% St. Louls .. |.¢ .. (.. / LIM% 112% â€"â€"â€" Dutet®@;.:. .R & .. ... 110 LB ~._â€" Minneapolis .. .... .. 1,00% 113% â€"â€" Toronto Live Stock. Receipts of live stock at the city marâ€" ket were 75 carloads, composed of 801 cattle, 1834 hogs, 1706 sheep and lambs, with about &0 calves. NeR Is Metre Hill Recaptured? Leading Wheat Markets. yb e 1.17%4 1.12% 1.13 1.13% London, Dec. 26.â€"With reference to the resolutions adopted at a meeting of the Irish Parliamentary party in Dublin on Dec. 16, calling upon the Government to extend afd and institute works to afford employment for those in the west of Ireland who have been rendered destitute by the failure of the potato crop, the Irish office here states that while there has been a partial failure of the potato crop in Ireland, Government reâ€" turns show that the distress, if it occurs, will not be acute before the end of January. Meanwhile the Government is taking steps to prevent a famine. CGovernment Believes Distress Be Acute for Weeks. All the farm houses in the path of the slide were submerged and the ocanâ€" pants had to flee for their lives, leaving all their belongings, behind them. Dublin, Dec. 26.â€"A bog calamity is reported from Castlereagh, Roscommon County, west of Irsland, in which much rroperty has been destroyed and many ives were placed in danger. The bog at Cloonshievier suddenly began, to move during the nielst. * 8. hour had covered an area of threeâ€"quarâ€" ters of a mile which had hithertoqbefl dry ground London, Dec. 21.â€"(Associated . Press Despatch.)â€"At a special meeting toâ€"day of the shareholders of the Grand Trurk Railway, presided ‘overâ€" by Sir Charles Rivers Wilson, it was agreed to guaranâ€" tee the issue of £7,500,000 four per cent. gold bonds for the construction Qf"e'(‘xe, Lake Superior branch of the road. _ _ Farm Houses Inundated by Moving Marshâ€"Inhabitants Flee * Grand Trunk Shareholders Formaily Guarantee Issue of Gold Bonds. London, Dec. 26.â€"A fi‘pecial general meeting of the Grand Trunk Roilway shareholders was held toâ€"day for the pnrâ€" pose of sanctioning and confirming the résolution in relation to the lgro.n(l Trunk Pacific passed by the directors at the November meeting. After some disâ€" cussion the resolution was confirmeéd.‘ Another case wak from the Hamilton conference, in which the contingent fund committee discounted an allowance for supply in case of death along with othâ€" er supplies. The appeal was against this action and was dismissed. A minister in New Brunswick was given leave of absence by his congreâ€" gation for a year. Shortly afterwards he resumed pastoral work. The appeal questioned his ministerial standing, and was sustained. So" O taRer t y CCE T C C+ The Methodist general conference il“.‘:' posed a tax of 214 per cent. of the superâ€" annuation fund on the Maritime Provâ€"*~ inces. They questioned the legality of conference in imposing the tax, andy enâ€" tered an appeal, which the court disâ€" missed. Appeals Heard Yesterdayâ€"One of Them a Hamilton Case. Toronto, Dec 26.â€"The Coutr of Apâ€" peal of the Methodist Cg\urch of Canâ€" ada, presided over by Rev. Dr. Carman, after two sessions in the Wesley Buildâ€" ings, on Tuesday and Wednesday, gave decisions in four cases submitted for argument, last night. _ a t Of the total loss, $50,000 is on the Mithof{ building and $100,000 on the stock owned by Krauss and Benham. The fire spread to the stores of the Krauss, Butler and Benham Company, one of the largest carpet and rug dealâ€" ers in Central Ohio, and the Whecler Grocery adjoining. While the firemen were at work on the second floor of the Mithoff buildâ€" ing there was an explosion of gas. Five firemen were injured, but none seriously. Columbus, Ohio, Dec. 26.â€"Fire toâ€"day on High street, near Broad, destroyed $225,000 worth of property in the busâ€" iness district, and in an explosion durâ€" ing the fire five firemen were injured. The flames started in the _ Mithoff building in the rear of the First Nationâ€" al Bank. The second, third and fourth floors were occupied as flats, and fifâ€" teen families resided there, but all were rescued. Terrible Scenes Are Witnessed in Paris, Dec." ©96.â€"Great " precautions ©*‘***** econtinue to be taken in Poland to t: vent the réal situation voked by the Russoâ€"J "ke w, Trom bee ~ > “'l-o'fllui-:;: 'fl public # through official channels, but accordâ€" z to trustworthy correspondence reâ€" ved here by prominent members of the Polish colony the situation is an awful one. 6 More tllll‘..ll 40,000 reservists have just IN A DISASTROUS FIRE AT COLUMâ€" BUS, OHIO, TOâ€"DAY. been: mobolized and sent to the front in spite of their protests that Russia is not their fatherland, and that they r:eler to die in Poland, fighting for iberty and independence, to becoming food for Japanese cannon. In some towns of Poland wives of reâ€" gervists have thrown themselves in front ~of trains which were truufirt- Ing their husbands to Russia, and have been crushed to death. In three provinces the people â€" have been fired upon by Russian recruiting parties. â€" At Goston, when orders were given to decimate the Polish reservists who refused to march, the Polish Colâ€" onel Dewonskowski blew his own brains out in front of his men. Contrary to the alleged orders of the Crzar, fathers of families and widowers with families are taken without _ disâ€" crimination. _ One man, on receiving marching orders, hanged his three chilâ€" dren and then gave himself up to the military authoritiee with the ramark: "I have no one with whom to leave them." Another man was sent for on the day of his wife‘s death. He thereupon killed both his children, a girl of two years, and a newâ€"born boy, with a hatchet, and placed them in _ their mother‘s coffin. In another case a man killed his wife, his children and himself. TO CHECK FAMINE IN IRELAND. FIVE FIREMEN HURT GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC. BOG SLIDE IN IRELAND. MANY PREFZR DEATH, ts oumite N n it uht “EM e Hopl METHODIST CASES. 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