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t s hss Agndirpcrvin m ce agedit cvin t# > epine. opy > & CBRETLEN Â¥/%3% II. Mary anoints the Saviour (v. &). A poundâ€"This was a Roman pound of twelve ounces. Ointmentâ€"By the ointâ€" ment we are to understand rather a liquid perfume than what we commonly know as ointment.â€"Schaff. | Spikenard â€"â€"An aromatic herb imported from Arabâ€" ia and India. Very costlyâ€"It was worth three hundred péence or denarii, silyer eoins worth fifteen to seventeen cents each:; hence the ointment was worth beâ€" tween fortyâ€"five and fifty dollars. ‘This would be equivalent to ten times that amount at the present time. Anointed the feetâ€"The perfume was in an alabusâ€" ter bottle, or flask, which was made with a Jlong narrow neck. Mark says ""she brake the box." or the neek of the flask. "The seal which kept the perfume from evaporating Lad never been removed; it was on this occasion first opened." Matâ€" thew says she poured it on his head." "There is manifestiy neither contradicâ€" tion nor divergence here between the evangolists. Mary poured the ointment over his head and then over his feet. John notices the anointing of the feet, not only as the act of greatest humility, and the mark of deepest veneration, but from its unusual character, while anointâ€" ing the head was not so uncommon. She who had so often sat at his feet, now ancints thei, and alike for love, reverâ€" ence and fellowship of his sufferings, will not wipe them but with the hairs af ber head "â€"Eldersheim. ‘The anointâ€" Bunday School. a long narrow n« brake the box,." or "The seal which k evaporating Lad n was on this occasic Commentary.â€"1. Jesus entertained at Bethany (vs. 1, 2). 1. Six days before the passoverâ€"Six days before His cruciâ€" fixion. He probably reached Bethany about the beginning of the Sabbath, as the Jews reckoned from sunset to sunâ€" o it nsb Avemill Seactoi) walv en P P wasâ€""It may have been in honor of bis restoration to life that this supper was given, in gratitude for it that our Lord was anointed." 2. Made him a supâ€" perâ€"In the house of Simon the leper, and had prabably been cured by Jesus. "According to a tradition Simon was the father of Lazarus; according to the feast, and the risen figure at this entertainâ€" ment. Martha seems to have had the entire supervision of the feast, and the risen Lazarus was almost as much an object of curiosity as Jesus Himself. In In short, so many thronged to see Lazâ€" arus, that the miracle which had been performed on his behalf caused _ many to beliove on Jesus."â€"Farrar. Lazarusâ€" At the table. The supper was probably the next day after Jesus‘ arrival, after the close of the Jewish Sabbath, which ended at sunset. It was the special fesâ€" tive meal of the Sabbath. The words seem to indicate that the meal was a public one, as if the people of Bethany had combined to do him this honor, and so share the privilege of attending the feast. â€"Edersheim. How long _ he lived we do mot know. set. Bethany.â€"Bethany means "House of Dates," or "House of Comfort." It was a village beautifully situated about two miles southeast of Jerusalem on . the eastern slope of the mount of Olives. It was often visited by Christ and it was here that He spent several nights of the memorable passion week. Where Laum: INIEiINATIONAL LESSON NO. I1IL APHH. 161H, 1905 â€"Mark says the woman, and th were also a redl because he had "How often does for eavetousness oellllâ€"s hP PRP FEWC â€"J.. F. & B. "Was treasurer of the yolâ€" untary offerings of friends and disciâ€" ples who desired to do something for their master." 7. Let her aloneâ€"This was the language of sharp rebuke. Christ: was indignant at the hypocrisy which made a pretended consideration of the poor an excuse for attacking and conâ€" demning an act of love toward himself. â€"Abbott. "Why trouble ye the woâ€" man?" Matthew xxvi. 10 indicates that Judas and the others had uttered their complaints to Mary, and that she was troubled by what they said. Against the day of my buryingâ€"It. is not for nothâ€" ing, as your reproaches suggest, that she has poured forth this perfume. She has embalmed me beforehand.â€"Godet. Wheâ€" ther Mary ::‘dentood Ch‘:i't’l SW"; intended it so, We canno oo y d upose it and thereby .what he The Supper at Bethonyâ€"John 12: 1â€"11 1 has so frequently told them régarding it. Too often our words of esteem are not. uttered until the time of the Mh while the discouraged ~soul has been obliged to plod on through life without so muchk as a "God bless you" _ â€" _ 8. The lHoor alwaysâ€"This act 01 Mary‘s will not interiere with your care for the poor. You can do good to thcm1 at any time. ‘The more we do for Christ the more we will do for the poor. It is not the want of money, but the want of love, that allows the poor to suffer. The more we give for Christ an any line, the more love we will have, and the more we will continue to give. . "It is the succesâ€" sors of Mary and not of Judas who really care for the poor." Me * * * Not alâ€" waysâ€"Christ‘s bodily presence was about to be removed from them. What they did for him must be done quickly. This act of love performed by Mary to her Lord brings here before t{e entire Chrisâ€" tion world (Matt. xxvi., 13). "The meâ€" morial of this woman was to be ire- served, not by dedicating a church to her, or keeping an annual feast to her honor, or preserving a piece of her broken box as a sacred relic, but by mentioning her faith and piety in preaching the gospel." â€"Henry. The way to anoint Christ toâ€" day is to help othersâ€"those in prison and distress should have our earnest attenâ€" tion (Matt xxv., 31â€"46). IV. Curiosity and Conspiracy (vs. 0â€" 11). 9. Of the Jewsâ€"John, who was a CGalilean, often gives the title of Jews to those who were inhabitants of Jerusaâ€" Son of Cornelil‘s President in a Blackâ€" smith‘s Shop. TIthaca, April 3.â€"Wileding a heavyy sledge in the blacksmith shops of the Groton Bridge Company, Groton, and scouring jrons which are newly brought from the moulds, Robt. Schurman, Corâ€" nell ‘06, son of President Jacob Gould Schurman, of the university, is working side by side with the other employees of the shop to earn a li'{ingz C + The young man‘s troubles commenced when lie entered upon his course at Corâ€" nell. He found difficulty in devoting his time to books, and was decidedly averse to "digging." His scholarship dropped accordingly and he found trouble in passâ€" ing his examinations. His sophomore year found him more averse to wrestle with his studies. Reâ€" fusing at first to heed the counsel and finally the orders of his father, he found himself hopelessly stranded in his work at the end of the first term and no helpâ€" ing hand was extended to guide him past the troublesome examination week.. lem.â€"Clarke. Knew that he was thereâ€" "Large caravans would be coming up for the Passover from all portions of the country, and the news would â€" spread quickly through the shifting crowds that Jesus and Lazarus were in Bethany. These, incited by curiosity, went to see the â€" wonderâ€"worker, and the man on whom be had wrought this marvelous work. The result was that many of them believed. The facts were so plain, so completely proved, that they were compelled to accept Jesus as the Messiah. 10. Lazarus also to deathâ€"As long as he lived, they saw an incontestable proof of the divine power of Christ; therefore they wished to put him to death, because many of the Jews became converts to Christ through his testimony. How blind were these men not to perceive that he who had raised him after he had been dead four days could raise him again, though they did slay him.â€"Clarke. 11. Pelievedâ€"The resurrection of â€" Lazarus convinced many that Jesus was the Mesâ€" siah. What was it impossible for the one to do who could raise the dead ? President Schurman then determined to make an example of his own son, and young Schurman was forthwith expelled from the university and told to earn his own living. K According to his own statement to his fellowâ€"workmen, young Schurman wanrâ€" dered around the country for a short time ard then applied for a job at the Groton Bridge Company‘s works. He was inexperienced in every line of the work, but when he was told he could begin at the bottom of the ladder, the need of money was so great that he gladly acâ€" cepted the job at 75 cents a day. Seanman Arrested in London Confesses to the Crime. London, April 3.â€"A seaman named Edward Kelly confessed to the police that a reward of $300 was offered for his arrest in Canada for stealing three mail bags and their contents from the strong room of the steamer Monarch last Sepâ€" tember. He said that during the voyage he managed to get possession of the key of the mail room. He had two confedâ€" erates. T f Two bags were thrown in the IUTME®C for fear of detection. Kelly‘s share of the other was $75. Inquiries are being made as to the veracity of the story. He told the police he was tired‘ of carrying the secret about with him. The Motor Takes Their Place in London Streets. % London. April 3.â€"At one: of the reâ€" cent spring farm sales in the rorth of England there was a heavy fall in prices of cart horses, A prominent horseâ€" breeder, asked the reason of the drop, replied that he attributed it to the inâ€" creasing use of motor vehicles for town work. The motors are affecting the horseâ€"breeders in many ways. Canadian breeders, if they have not already felt the effect of the motor invasion, are sure horseâ€"breeders in many ways. Canadian breeders, if they have not already felt the effect of the motor invasion, are sure to do so, as the omnibus companies are among their best customers, and very soon the horseâ€"drawn ommnibus will be scarcely seen in London streets. Strange Case at Prince Albert, N. W. T. to be Investigated. Prince Albert, N. W. T., April 3â€"â€" Samuel Butler, a deaf mute, about 35 years of age, who camped with three companions, also mutes, near the railâ€" way track for several months past, dropped dead while smoking a pipe. _ It is supposed that nicotine tr)immg was the cause of death, but the Northwest Mounted Policae are not satisfied and empanelled a Coroner‘s jury to inquife into the case. The mutes arrived here from London, England, last summer, and since then have been existing in extreme poverty, picking up a living at odd jobs of work. STOLE MONARCH‘S MAIL BAGS. HAS TO WORK FOR LIVING. HORSES CUT OF BUSINESS. MUTE DROPS DEAD. were thrown in the furnace he Modern Method!_ * Philadelphia, _ April 3.â€"Five constitâ€" vent companies of the Tabard Inn Corâ€" poration have been placed in receivers‘ hands, John H. ‘Sinex, Charles Megargee Levis and R. Thornton Eaton being apâ€" pointed to take over the business of the Tabard Inn Press, the Philadelphia Book Store Company, the Tabard Inn Druggist Specialty Company, the Tabard Inn Food Company and the Tabar® Inn Shops and Studios. it is asserted by Seymour Eaâ€" ton, president of the corporation, that the Booklovers‘ Library, the Booklovers‘ Magazine and the Tabard Inn Library are not directly involved. Two Torento Men Under Arrest in Butâ€" falo on Serious Charge. Buffalo, N. Y., April 3.â€"As Detecâ€" tives Devine and Henafelt were walkâ€" ing along Main street toâ€"day their atâ€" tention was attracted to & couple â€" of young men standing in front of a jew* elry store. When the men entered the store the detectives followed. The young fellows went to the counter and offered for sale an ingot of gold, â€" weighing nearly four pounds, for $500. "We are not buying any gold toâ€"day." said the jeweler. The detectives then interrupted. 1 PeC * o O d en 9 eA ud Buffalo, 2 tives Devine ing ‘nlou;: M tention was young men & "Where did you get LNAt §UN+ . S00° Devine. "I bought it from a man in St. Louis last suminer," said the man who had the ingot. 1 kicdst ids slra The Bookicvers‘ Library S P Iavolved. At headquarters the . prisoners sX they were Sidney Bowers, 21 years old, and Philip Scott, 18 years old, both of Toronto. _. When separated they had conflicting stories to tell as to the ownâ€" ership of the ingot, and Jater confessed to stealing the gold. Bowers â€"admitted he was a smelter and refiner, and up to last Monday was with the Ray Watch Case Company in Brooklyn. â€" He said he had attempted to get away with a gold ingot several days before he finally succeeded. _ Durâ€" ing the dinner hour last Monday Bowers scized a chance and made off with the swag. â€" He met Scott, and the two came to Buffalo together on Tuesday, spending â€" the night in an Exchange street hotel. Being without money, they thought to sell the ingot here. The bar of gold is valued at about $1,200, Chief Tavlor has notified the Brooklyn police. Y This embalmed gi remains of Beaupre, Canadian, who was Louis Exposition, AI As it saves worry and eneures satisfaction. SB:ack, Mixed or Natural Creen. 25¢, 30¢, 40¢, 50¢ 6Goc per Ib. By all Grocers. Sold only in Sealed 1 Packets. HIGHEST AWARD ST. LOUIS, 1904 kW ABD _0 * _ 0 oooconmmmmmermmennmememeneincesrcecremenemenmnnneeemeeemememtzie pected. It Evangelists Are Pleased With Their Success in London. London, April 3.â€"The Daily Chronâ€" ing. of the TorreyAlexanderâ€" evangelical mission was held. in the west end toâ€" ‘@ay. _ The next attack will be made in the southern suburbs of London, An an interview Mr. Torrey said he estimâ€" ated that he hbad addressed 800,000 persons. There had been . nearly 7,000 enquirers, He was more than satisfied with the result, which had exceeded his previous experiences. C s C pabe Do DP aihbe Ts l)lc‘l\’lfl EmE T OM C anes n In re;}:\ly to the question whether he really thought he had really reached the rich and fashionable residents of the west end, Mr. Torrey said: "I know we have. The letters sent us prove it. Whole families have been converted, inâ€" cluding several that are titied. Some of these are among the highest." "CALADA® Kew York, April 3.â€"Samuel Lillie was killed and several other _ firemen were injured by a cave in in the subway at the 168th street station, which . was burned yesterday. Lillie and four others had been sent into the tunnel to _ wet down the smouldering embers of the fire when a portion of the roof fell and crushed Lillie. The others were â€" only slightly hurt. ragus: <Sntoi M ienne The fire in the subway was still burnâ€" ing toâ€"day, but was under: control. It extended into the tunnel several hundred feet from the 168th street station. All night the timbers supporting the ceiling gave way, and there were heavy fails of masonry at intervals. OFFERED NOBILITY CONVERTED. BODY OF BEAUPRE. TABARD INN INSOLVENT. FIREMAN KILLED. euenet m ~~~~~ > i e ol tss in T Jf buying tea is not t» takefchances on qUs und va‘ue, but to insist on getting TO SELL GOLD. the â€" prisoners â€" said Bowers, 21 years old, 18 years old, both of separated they . had get that gold?" said in Bufâ€" TORONTO President Eaton, while declaring that The Booklovers‘ Magazine is not involyâ€" ed, admits that about $50,000 of the liaâ€" bilities has been caused by its unprofitâ€" able conduct. He blames book publishers for most of the corporation‘s troubles, doclaring they have been enemies of the plan from its inception, Speaking of conditions that have tendâ€" ed embarrass the ‘Tabard Inn Corporaâ€" tions, President Eaton gave three chief causes. These were the flood of cheap fiction that has been sweeping over the country, the Carnegie wave of library benevolence, and the smalipox epidemic hore, with fear oi contagion being carried in books. 118 MERIT $ PROVER The Freat good Lydia E Pinkham‘s Vegetsble Compound is doing among the women of America is aitracting the attention of many leading scienâ€" ists, and thinking people generally. The following letter is only one of many thousands which are on file in the Pinisham office, and go to prove beyond question that Lydia E. Pinkâ€" ham‘s Vegetable Compound must be a remedy of great merit, otherwise it could not produce such marvellous reâ€" sults among sick and ailing women : Dear Mrs. Pinkham :â€" _ [ XPRIE: 4: " Soon after my marriage my health began to decline. My appetite failed me ; I was unable to sleep, and I became very nervous and had shooting pains through the abdomen and pelvic organs, with bearingâ€"down pains and constant headaches, causing me much misery. The mont.hg' ;{riods became more and more painful, and I kecame & burden and expense to my famgy instead of a help and Eh)n.sure. Lydia E. Pinkham‘s Vegotable Jompound cured me within three months, Soon after I began using it I felt a change for the better, and at the tims of my next period L noticed :nfrent diference, and the i)ain gradually diminished until I was well. am stronger and look better than I did beâ€" fore I was married, and there is great rejoicâ€" ing in the house over the wonders your medâ€" icine worked."â€"Mrs. M. A. C. Letellier, 783 Cadioux St., Montreal, Quebec. If you have suppressed or painful menstruation, weakness of the stomâ€" ach, indigestion, bloating, leucorrhcea, flooding, nervous prostration, dizz‘â€" ness, â€"faintness, **don‘tâ€"care" and "wantâ€"toâ€"beâ€"leftâ€"alone " fecling, exâ€" citability, backache or the blues, these are sure indications of female weakâ€" ness, some derangement of the uterus or ovarian trouble. In such cases there is one tried and true remedyâ€"Lydia E. Pinikham‘s Vegetable Compound. Altoona,. Pa., April 3.â€"The â€" operatâ€" ors and miners of the central bitwamipâ€" ous district of Pennsylvania, after being in conference here almost continuougly since March 16, endeavoring to agree upon a wage scale to go into etfect on April 1, adjourned finally. toâ€"day wichâ€" out coming to an agreement. ‘The failâ€" ure‘ to agree means & suspension of work by the 45,000 organized minerg=of the district at the end of the present month. S When the Joint Seale Committee met toâ€"day the operators stood upon ffir proposition for a 10 per cent. reduct'?n for the. first half ofi the approaching mining year, and the present sceale, basâ€" ed upon 62 cents for pick mining, fo: the second haif of the year. ‘The fhinâ€" ers‘ ultimatuim demanded a renewal=of the present scale for the full year, »Ko agreement being possible the Scale Comâ€" mittee adjourned finaly. #» Wher an automobile runs over .. a man, the automobile is never running too fast. Of course not. The man is running too slow. O rAf® 0 w COAL MINERS MAY srRik®. nA QOF A @REAT CERNSINE inent Montreal Woman Tols ;dim K. Pinkbham‘s Vegetable iud Completely Cured Her. Not Directly ty‘ e Lead By Infernal Machine Intended for Spanish Vessel. Remarkable Confession of Gessler Rosseau. Kew â€"York, April 3.â€"That the batâ€" tieship Maine, through an error, was destroyed by a bomb of his manufacture was the statement made by Gessler Rosâ€" seau in the Tombs prison toâ€"day. Rosâ€" seau was convicted yesterday of having sent explosives to the Cunard line nior in this city in May, 1903. He made seau in the Tombs prison toâ€"day. Rosâ€" seau was convicted yesterday of having sent explosives to the Cunard line pier in this city in May, 1903. He made the following statement toâ€"day: "For several years, while the Cuban patriots wore struggling against Weyler, 1 watchâ€" ed the contest with deep interest and sympathy. I decided to go to Jacksonâ€" ville and do what I could to assist the brave revolutionists. I started from St. Louis, where I had been living during the early part of 1897. . _ _ _ l UOWâ€"THE MANE : wis GLIW 0f He Made Machine â€"Which Brought on War. "Several of the leaders of the party are men now well known, and i will not mention their names, although 1 have among my papers a list of them all. "I suggested to them that they use my machines to destroy Spanish â€" warâ€" ships in the harbor of Havana and in other ports on the coast of the island. They readily seized upon the idea,. and when the Destroyer sailed with the filiâ€" busters they took my two machines with them. to fasten one of the boxes to of a ship under the warerline. constructed my machines so t "It was planned to have ® bers of the revolutionary parit Spanish navy, so as to get the aboard. If that failed, it w be exploded under "That was late The next spring stroyed. "Only one of t of the machines e "Only one of the men in the secret of the machines ever returned to Amerâ€" ica. _ I saw him some time after the war with Spain had begun. He toid me he had nothing to do with the boxes after reaching Cuba, but had been told a mistake had been made, "The man whoâ€" had been entrusted with the task of destroying a Spanish vessel attempted to fasten a box during the night to one of Alfonso‘s warships and bilurdered into blowing up the "I was told that the man, immeaiâ€" ately after learning of the error he had made, committed suicide." Rosseau said that he hbad attempted to blow up the statue of Frederick the Great â€" in Washington â€" because he did not wish to see the statue of a king in America. He added that he was not an Anarchist or Nihilist, and that he had made no effort to supply exploding maâ€" chines to the Russians. It Scattered the Pedestrians on New York‘s Streets. NXew â€" York, April 3.â€"Aâ€" big grey bull running wild toâ€"day made a streak of excitement and panic clear across the city from west to east on the line of 42nd street. He sprang into public noâ€" tice at 42nd street and Eighth avenue by knocking a bicycle ritler down, and he ended his performance by jumping into the East River and swimming out to a reef south of Blackwell‘s Island, arhere he was lassocd and dragegd away by some men in a rowboat. ‘It is supposed that the animal escaped from one of the West Side stockyards, He appeared at 42nd streetâ€"and bighth avenue just as the matinee crowds were gathering, and 1.h(-)'c‘\\'as a rush for shelter. Afterâ€"pverturning a map on a bicycle he 425& tfi‘iugl'xllmfi fqunu, scattering pedestrians right and left, Cabâ€"drivers got their vehicles tangled up in efforts to take to side streets, and the entrances of theatres, hotels and res taurants facingy on the square wore clos ed in a hurry. Aifter holding undisputed possession of the square for nearly fifteen minutes he continued the journey first to Bryant Park and then to Grand Central Staâ€" tion, where he knocked down a woman and a baby carriage. _ Then away he sped down to 35th street, wher» his attention was attracted by a woman attired in brilliant red. She ran for a doorway, but the animal was rapidly overtaking her when a man ran to hef assistance and tricked the animal jinto turning toward him. The rescuer then had a few busy minâ€" utes dodging around the elevated railâ€" road pillars while a crowd of several hundred persons looked n‘ from points i crowd of peorle and children near t)» itairs of an elevated railroad station ind then scattered @nother crowd wait ing for a boat near a ferry house. He then crashed through the ferry gates anc plunged into the river. In the river he swam out to a ledge of rocks south of Blackwell‘s Islaznd and perched there unâ€" til lnssoed and hauled ashore. » Ssalt.y. â€" w hen . the uan !i.au.a, & caped the animal made n dash towar: t M BIG GREY BULL RAN WILD the water. in â€"the fall of the Maine was t the maci it was ded o t . for they m JOLn men mines cided hull [ had could 1897 the New York .. .. .> Toledo .. .... .. Minneapolis .... St. Louis .. Duluth .. ~.. Live cattle are quoted at 10%c por lb.; reâ€" frigerator beef, nZ to 8c per Ib.; sheep, 12 to 13c per lb. Toronto Farmers‘ Market. ‘The receipts of grain toâ€"day were a litâ€" tle larger, with prices a trifle easier in some cases. Wheat steady, with sales of 200 bushels of white and red at $1.00 to $1.07. _ Barley weaker, 200 bushels sotlâ€" Ing at 48 to 49c. Oats also woaker, there beâ€" ing sales of 500 bushels at 47 to 48c. Hay is easier, with sales of 30 loads at 0 to $11.50 a ton or timothy, and at $7 to for mixed. Straw sold at (ll to $12 a tou two loads. Dressed hogs are easier toâ€"day, with s1%»« at $7.75 to $8.25, ‘the latter for a few choice "‘R.‘:g.“‘“" bushel $1 06 to # new. aa o ae oas 0 1 07 Do., red, bushel ... .... .. 103J to i0; Do., tprfn., bushel .. .. .. 100 to 1 0: Do., goose, bushel .. .. .. 0 90 to n 6 Oats, bushel .. .... .. .... 841 to ~0 48 Rye, bushel .. .. .. .. .. 070 to 0 00 Buckwheat, bushel .... .. ..9 60 to _ 0 00 Barley, bushel .. .. .. .. .. 0 48 to 0 45 Vinne Mnunal .. .. .c ..".. 90 o 0 Ti Do., goose, bushel .. .. Oats, bushel .. ... . > Rye, bushel .. .. .. >â€" Buckwheat, bushel .... . Barley, bushel .. .. .. .> Peas, bushel .. .. .. >> Hay, timothy, ton .. .. .. Do., mixed, ton .. .. Straw, per ton .. .. Dressed hogs .. .. .â€" Apples, per bbl. .. .... Eggs, new laid, dozen Butter, dairy .. .. . Do., creamery .. .. Chickens, spring .. .. Ducks, per Ib. .. .. Turkeys, per Ilb. .. .. Cabbage, per dozen .. Potatoes, per bag .. Cabbage, per dozen .. Potatoes, per bag .. Caulifiower, per dozen Celery, ter dozen .. .. Onions, per bag .. .. Beef, hindquarters .. Do., forequarters .. .. Do., choice, carcase .. Do., medium, carcase Mutton, per cwt, .. . Veal,. per ewt. .. .. .> Lambs, per ewt. .. . Bradstreet‘s on Trade. Montreal trade reports say:â€"Generai business conditions continue fairly satâ€" isfactory despite a continuance of the bad state of the roads throughout the country, and the outlook is bright. The dry goods business has been active and the movement in iron and _ hardware goods fair. Orders for present and fu ture delivery are large. Wholesale groâ€" cers find trade a little quict, but the pros{:fct is for immediate improvement in this respect. In the wholesale trade there has been a good volume of order« for later shipment. Spring activity is opening out ‘)mtty well in all lines of industry. Values of commodities . gonâ€" erally are steady to firm. New cotton list prices have been announced, and conâ€" trary to expectations, prices were, i{ anything firm. Most lines of country produce continue to hold their prices. _ Toronto reports to Bradstreet‘s say: â€"Satisfactory trade continues to prevail throughout the country generally.Wholeâ€" sale trade in all lines is more or less ac tive, and the prospects continue bright for all lines of business. From manutacâ€" luring towns the payments ore prompt and equal to about 90 per cent., . while those from the country towns are slow. At Quebec, the soft weather of the past week has retarded the movements of travellers, but as a rule, orders are well to hand. Remittances show _ a slight improvement. Prices are being we!! maintained and considerable activity i> noticeable in the hardware and groceryy trades. _ No great activity is noticeable in the building trade for the coming Winnipeg reports to Bradstreet‘s says â€"Wholesale trade is fairly busy, there being a good number of orders for im mediate and future delivery. Collections however, show a little improvement, and it is generally conceeded that that the very gencral land speculation of a short time ago is responsible. Immigrants con tinue to pour into this part of the coun try in large numbers and the outlook is very favorable to trade expansion. Reports from Victoria and Vancouver say:â€"Business generally continues a« tive, The dry goods trade is brisk and shows an improvement over that of a year ago, and there is a good trads doing in hardware. The fine woeathor is keeping down prices of dairy . pro ducts and the outlook for business a!l along the coast is hopeful. The lumbe trade is fairly active and hopeful for better conditions. The Provincial indus tries generally are actively engaged Spring trade responds to seasonab weather, and shipments of merchand: have increased so rapidly that railw: facilities are severely taxed. At m« points there is eompflint of car and m tive power shortage, and navigation « lakes and rivers at the north has : opened as promptly as business deman The customary damage from floods h rendered many mills idle, and sove! minor events added to the number 0 : employed, but these temporary advo features are more than offset by th« lumxlt:on of outâ€"door work, especiall: building operations and on the fa» Buyers.are arriving in large numbo W Mr, warm weathor accol atling preparations for Easter ts Manufacturing activity continues, ! best news of the week coming from | iron and steel industry, where new ! ords are constantly established. Texts© fltuu are also increasingly busy. b= ere is frequent complaint of small p" fits because of high costs of production, mrticulu'ly as to raw material and !a r. Railway earnings for the first +« weeks of March were 7.9 per cent. largo" than last {ur. and foreign commerce 3* thh% or the last week shows a c~‘~ of 012 in exports and $175.258 in imports, as compared with 1904. Money marketts are a little firmer and prices of securities somewhat weaker. _ â€" Manager of troupe (indignant!s What, only one dressing room in theatre * That won‘t do. House Manager=â€"Why * Aim‘t crowd on speaking terms *â€"Lifc. Timo and tide wait for no man, but it is said that they just have to #!oW an little for the woman who is t"> 1 td,ggthgf Lat on straight. ¢ _ Tommyâ€"*Pop, what . is _ classica‘ poetry ?" Tommy‘s Popâ€"*"Classical po®t: ry, my son, is the kind everybody thinks everybody else has read, and tb¢J Market Reports â€"OPâ€" The Week. Leading Wheat Markets, British Cattle Markets. 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