HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1897-1-28, Page 7OUR OTTAWA LETTER
MESSRS.,FARRER AND CHARLTON'
VISIT THE AMERICAN CAPITAL
Greenway and Laurier Great " Economy'
'Thin ---The Wicked Partner -'rhe Bye-
Electio n s.
[From Our Own Correspon:rerti .
Ottawa„ Jan. 19. -Since the general
election the Government newspapers
have not ceased to assure us that Mr.
Laurier would lose no time in seeking
reciprocal trade relations with the United
States. Major MpKinley and Congress-
man Dingley, whose party is now in
power,and which soon will see its success-
ful presidential candidate inaugurated,
have said that Canada must cherish no hope
that she will receive any concessions. The
thing that sticks in the American crop is
our British connection. The Secretary of
State in the Cleveland cabinet, Mr.
Olney, voiced the sentiment of his people
when he said in his first despatch to Lord
Salisbury concerning the Venezuelan
boundary question that "Permanent
political union between a European and
an American state is unnatural and in-
expedient." With this view Mr. Edward
Ferrer, who, with John Charlton, is in
Washington on tariff business, agrees
entirely. Messrs. Ferrer and Charlton
have been in the American capital for
more than a week. They have been re-
ceived as representatives of our Govern-
ment, and are fully qualified to repeat
Mr. Charlton's action of three years ago,
when he wrote to Secretary Carlisle,
showing him how he could most effect-
ually put the screws on Canadian lumber-
men. It is known that Mr. Ferrer is an
annexationist. As for 1lfr. Charlton, who
is an American born, he does not seem to
have lost his love for the land of his
birth. In Washington these two gentle-
men have had many conversations with
leading United States politicians and
have in every way comported themselves
so as to convey the impression that they
acted by and with the sanction of the
Ottawa Government. Canadians heard
with no satisfaction that Messrs. Ferrer
and Charlton were in Washington, and,
in order to offset this, the Ministers
here in Ottawa have announced that
the pair are not in the United
Greenway and Laurier may be carried
out, but that is how the affair stands.
And now, while Mr. Greenway has been
given an earnest of Mr. Laurier's good-
will, he is told that condign punishment
awaits him if he does not proceed to carry
out his part of the bargain.
Great "Economy" This.
Having assured the people that they
intend to continue their efforts to secure
a reciprocity treaty with a country that
exports nearly one-third of its cereal and
animal products, the Ministers renew.
their protestations of determination to
save money in the expenses of Govern-
ment. They do not seem to have made
any more in that direction yet. The
financial returns for the first five rnonths
compared with $11,618,500 for the cor-
responding period in the previous year,
when the wicked Conservatives were in
power. While the expeuditures.increase
by almost half a million of dollars, the
receipts fall off by nearly $250,000, or
from $14,954,142 to $14,7.43,918. The new
hands at the helm do not seein to be
any improvement on their predecessors.
A curious feature of these returns is,
that even with the wholesale dismissals
from the Civil Service the cost of con-
ducting the country's affairs has gone up.
Not until next session, when the Minis-
ters will be compelled to show just how
many of their friends they have inducted
into good positions, shall we know how
far their pursuit of economy has gone.
But, the Liberal record in regard to ex-
penditures is a bad one. A few years ago
a number of Liberal Premiers from the
different provinces of Canada met in
Quebec under the leadership of the late
Count Mercier and committed themselves
to a resolution which was subsequently
subscribed to by Mr. Laurier. That reso-
lution called for increased subsidies,
amounting to $1,721,476, from the Dom-
inion to the provinces. Mr. Peters, the
Premier of Prince Edward Island, who
now has a lucratie , appointment from
his friends here in Ottawa, boasted that
Mr. Laurier had promised him that
Prince Edward Island would be given
$70,000 annually by the Liberals, Where
does the economy of the new Government
come in?
The Wicked Partner.
Sir the second week in February the
datario Legislature will meet. Premier
Hardy, the Wicked Partner who has
succeeded Sir Oliver Mowat at the head
of the Adlninistration, told a Toronto
reporter the other day that he expected a
short session. Concerning that Mr.
Whitney, the leader of the Opposition,
will have something to say. It is known,
in fact it is the boast of the Grit leaders,
that the Administration is making every
effort to induce the Patrons in the
Legislature to stand by the Government
in all things. The Conservatives found,
in the two previous sessions, that the
Patrons had minds of their own, and
that on many questions they were heart-
ily in accord with the Opposition. Mr.
Hardy's hope that the gentlemen who
are led by Mr. Haycock will become the
camp -followers of the Government is ill
founded. They cannot but see that in
many respects the Liberal Administration
has been characterized by outrageous
extravagance. When Sir Oliver Mowat
became Premier of the Province -there
were about nine hundred civil servants.
Now there are three thousand, most of
there gentlemen who are expected to act
as organizers for their party at the time
of provincial elections. The Government's
course in respect of railway subsidies
and annuities has cost the province
millions. The most valuable asset of the
province, her timber, is being sold off, in
many cases to friends of the Administra-
tion. And still Provincial Treasurer Har-
court every year brings down a budget in
which he shows, to the satisfaction only
of himself and his supporters, that the
province has a surplus. Who of us, being
in business, would be foolish enough
annually to take a large sum out of our
capital, use it to bring the balance on the
right side, and then triumphantly assert
that we had done a good year's trade?
And yet that is just what Mr. Harcourt
does. The people of the province at an
early day will become acquainted with
the Local Government's plan of doing busi-
ness. And then the reckoning will come.
Mr. Hardy already sees that something
must be done to reassure the people. He
talks largely about developing the min-
ing resources of the province; but is un-
able to formulate any policy to that end.
The other day, with some petulance,
he asked the newspaper men who have
chided hint for his inaction; to devise
a policy for him. That is his business.
He is paid a large salary for guiding the
administration of the affairs of the prov-
ince, and he should earn that money.
Doubtless he will ask Sir Oliver, now
that the old gentleman is a Minister
at Ottawa, to persuade Mr. Laurier to
grant an increase in the annual subsidy
to the province. And then our friend
Fielding, with a four million dollar
deficit staring him in the face, will have
a word to say. The gentlemen engaged
in the liquor interest may well look
with apprehension on the prospect of an
early election in the province. They have
a vivid remembrance of what they have
had to do in the days gone by. Sir
Oliver kept the temperance people in
good humor by granting them a plebi-
scite, while he kept his thumb on the
liquor dealers. The temperance advocates
are beginning to ask what Mr. Hardy
intends to do regarding prohibition. They
have been stayed with pledges and com-
forted with promises. Before the next
election they will insist upon getting
something tangible or else the adminis-
tration will have a new and doughty
opponent to fight.
States capital as commissioners from
our Government. The granting or
withholding of the term "Commission-
er," is a :natter of no moment. It is an
undeniable fact that these two prominent
Liberals are in Washington on business
connected with the proposed reciprocity
treaty. Mr. Farrer,despite his annexation
beliefs, is a well informed journalist,
who is capable of doing good service to
]anada if he will bo content to work for
le benefit of the Dominion, instead of
.endinghis talents to the sorrybusiness
of injring our country. t is to
Charlton's presence in Washington that
the strongest objection must be made.
The member for Norfolk is a leader in
his party. He has not a record that should
entitle him to the regard of his party -
mates, for he has never been reluctant to
sneer at Canada and to extol the great-
ness of the United States. In his inter-
view with Major McKinley a few weeks
agp he was reported to have said that
the Ottawa Government had a plan for
the adoption of a treaty that would give
many United States manufacturers
w acf:ess to the markets of Canada. Doubt-
less Mr. Charlton got his idea from his
Arm friend Mr. Fielding, who always
has been an advocate of closer trade rela-
tions with the United States. But how
are tfie Ministers at Ottawa going to
avoid discrimination against England? It
bas become their custom, since they
obtained power, to protest their loyalty
to the Mother Land. And yet they go to
Washington to sue for favors at the
hands of men who believe and who say
in state documents that Canada should
cut the tie that binds her to Great Bri-
tain! Lip loyalty is worse than no loyalty
at all. Not two per cent, of Canadians
are opposed to English connection. Why
should their rulers take a course that is
at best liable to misconstruction?
Greenway and Laurier.
The week that is past has shown Mn
Taonras Greenway to be more diseased
regarding his close political friends than
he is in respect of the Government at
Ottawa. Doubtless the Premier of Mani-
toba is piqued at Mr. Laurier's utterance
at the Montreal banquet. Readers of this
correspondence will remember that 'the
First Minister, addressing an audience of
French Canadians, stated that, if Mr.
Greevay did not carry out the terms of
the ool treaty, the Ottawa Govern-
ment ould ask Parliament to pass a
remedial bill. Mr. Laurier spoke in his
. mother tongue, and Mr. Greenway,
though present at the banquet, was in
ignorance of the purport of Mr. Laurier's
statement until a few hours afterward.
W1 e quite naturally regarded it as a men -
e to him and his Government, and
returned to Winnipeg none too well
pleased. It is hardly possible, though,
that Greenway will dare to refuse to
grant the legislation promised to the
Catholics. He has an immigration
scheme, in the execution of which he
hopes to in
a substantial cash aid
from tho0Ottawa Government. He has
received already an earnest of the Ottawa
Government's good feeling towards their
Liberal friends in Manitoba. At the last
session of Parliament the Government
brought in and passed a bill to erect
another judicial district .in Manitoba.
It whs pointed out at the time that there
was absolutely no necessity for the ap-
pointment of another judge in tho prov-
ince. To those behind the scenes the
reason for the Government's action was
very plain. Mr. J. E. P. Prendergast
wanted his reward. And who, it may be
asked, is Mr. Prendergast? He is the
most `influential French Canadian in
Manitoba. He opposed the Greenway
Government in its school legislation and
pointed out in the local legislature, that
both Messrs. Greenway and Martin had
promised the Catholics that their schools
would not be interfered with. i3efore the
school difficulty Could be settled Mr.
Prendergast had to be "squared." And
squared he has been by making him a
county judge, paid, of course, by the peo-
ple of the Dominion. It is a curious state
of affairs when the nation has to paj
cash in order that a deal between Messrs.
meeting in Brantford the othar night.
Se, showed that Mr, Heyd had offered
money to certain Indian voters on con-
dition that they would swear that in
June last they had been attempted to be
bribed by Mr. 'Henry.
Mr. Henry had the men pre: ent at the
meeting, ready to prove teat Mr. Hayti
had, spent his Sundays on the Indian
reserve, trying to induce the redmen to
perjure themselves and ' to injure Mr.
Henry's character. The malicious ria-
ohiue.tious of Mr. Heyd will do him no
good. He has shown the people of South
Brant that he is by choice the Sort of
roan whoso presence would do credit to
no parliament or no party. In Jun' hast
Mr. Henry defeated Hon. William Pater-
son, a rnau who is head anal shoulders
above candidate Heyd. In the present
campaign everything seems to point to
another ictory for the Conservative can-
didate.
Charlton Interviewed. .
As I close this letter I read that Mr.
Charlton has been interviewed in Wash-
ington by an agent of the United Asso-
ciated Press. The member for Norfolk
has a singular faculty for choosing the
most ignoble part in any transaction in
which he may happen to be concerned.
He knows that Canadians are in favor of
closer connection with the Mother Lan 1,
and yet, according to the interviewer,
he believes that Canada's interests are
in the direction of annexation --commer-
cial. if not political. The abler members
OI the Government may nota out the
prospect of Imperial consolidation in
order to bunco the Americans into giving
Canada an equitable treaty. Charlton
believes that Canada should throw over
everything but the United States reci-
procity scheme. His eye is on Washing-
ton. To him London is an unknown city.
British connection undesirable; union
with the United States something to be
wished for and worked for. And this is
the man who has presented the views
of the Ottawa Government to the Ameri-
cans. No wonder that there is indigna-
tion in the minds of some Liberals.
The Bye -Elections.
The Liberal newspapers jest now are
claiming credit for the Government be-
cause it has caused the writs for the
bye -elections in North Ontario, East
Simcoe and South Brant to be issued
for the same day. It is hard to see where
the credit for this piece of work comes
in. The campaigns will take place simul-
taneously; in fact, are now on. The Ad-
ministration has a well:equipped staff of
speakers and workers who have been
working in the three constituencies for
weeks. The Conservatives, on the con-
trary, lack both men and funds, and
have not, as the Liberals have, the horde
of Ontario Government officials to aid
them. The Government.has done nothing
brit make it impossible for the Conserva-
tives to meet them on equal terms. The
Opposition candidates, nevertheless, have
the, brightest prospects in the three rid-
ings. In South Brant Mr. Henry has
shown Mr. Heyd, his Liberal opponent,
to be a most undesirable man to have as
a member of Parliament. Mr. Heyd'a
political resources, like Sana Weller's
knowledge of London, are "extensive and
peou1iar." The Conservative candidate
made some serious' charges, which he
eubstantiated, against Mr. Heyd at e
SWORD -FISHING.
The Joke (Clerical.
Whether the clergy make .their ` own
jokes or others manufacture and appl;,
them to divines no one koow's. Io The
Speaker there is an article entitled "A
Lawn Gag," from which the following
extracts are taken :
Trollope presumed that bishops upon
their consecration lost the powor to
whistle,
"I remember," says Spurgeon in bis
lectures to his divinity students -most
admirable lectures they are -"I remem-
ber hearing an aged minister, who had
succeeded on the platform a younger
brother.that had broken down utterly in
an extemporary prayer, open his petition
to the Almighty talus, 'That it might
please Almighty God tomakeyou young
man's heart as soft as his head.' "
While Spurgeon himself -in the same
teeth re, we think -said that he had once
observed to a friend of a Methodist min-
ister they had just heard preach, "Al,,
that's the stuff of which martyrs are
made!" "That stick!" exclaimed the
friend. "Yes. He's so dry he'd burn
well t"
Montaigne, with the happiest effect
of humor, closes a long historic list of
kings, queens and great men who owed
ti11 to fortune with the burlesque in-
stance of. "him of old, who, throwing a
stone at a dog, hit and killed his mother-
in-law." But our Chrysostom, Jeremy
Taylor, having this passage from Mon-
taigne obviously in his mind, applies it
pouderously thus, "He that threw a
stone at a dog and bit his cruel step-
mother said, that although he intended
it otherwise yet the stone was not quite
lost, aud, if we fail in the first design,
if we bring it home to another equally
to content us or more to profit us, then
we have put our conditions past the
power of chance."
D is a Dangerous Sport. But Has Its Charm
for the Keen Sportsman.
Now that the world is beginning to
prize the flesh of the sword -fish, the in-
dustry of catching these armed sea -mon-
sters is growing in importance.
Every fishing schooner has a little iron -
banded "pulpit" on the bowsprit. In
this the harpooner, weapon in hand,
takes up his position, and cautiously
approaches his prey.
With a sure and accurate aim he hurls
his spear into the monster's side. Half
mad with rage and pain the sword fish
darts wildly away, carrying an iron
dart with him, to which a floating keg
is attached, and fathoms of rope.
Within an hour he utaally becomes
exhausted. It is now time for the har-
pooner to deliver his final stroke, and,
embarking in a frail yawl, he cautiously
approaches the dying monster floating
on the water.
He may in reality have no more
strength in him, and in this case the
hunter has merely to plunge his sharp
spear into his heart or brain, or to deliver
him a crashing blow on the head.
Frequently, however, he will be feign-
ing death. Then, as his foe comes
nearer, suddenly, with incredible speed
and ferocity, he will dart forward and
dive beneath the surface; there will
come the sound of the rushing of waters,
and the ripping of timbers, and a long,
slender, black rapier is driven clean
through the boat from side to side.
If the sword -fish has any luck, he will
impale the man as well, like a chicken
on a spit.
It will readily be believed that sword -
fishing is a fascinating sport.
Music in Politics.
D is suspected that Mr. Hanna brought
Charles Gates Dawes, of Evanston, to
Washington with him to add an
aesthetic feature to the combination and
assist in relieving him from the pressure,
to which he is subjected by office seekers
and their congressional friends. As
everybody in Evanston and some of the
outlying wards of Chicago knows, Mr.
Dawes is a most accomplished musician
and performs upon the pianoforte with a
grace and skill surpassed by only a few
such men as Paderewski, Rosenthal,
Rubinstein and the Abbe Lizst. There
is no piano in -Mr. Hanna's apartments,
but there is an excellent one in the par-
lors nearby. 'When Mr. Dawes is invited
by those who know his skill, he cheer-
fully complies, and no sooner do the
notes begin to fall from his accom-
plished fingers than Mr. Hanna's rooms
are emptied of politicians, who throng
around Mr. Dawes and listen breathlessly
as long as he continues to play. By this
simple and polite maneuver Mr. Hanna
is relieved of a great deal of annoyance
and is allowed to select the men he
wants to see, while Mr. Dawes plays so
sweetly that the others forget what they
came for and go away hypnotised.
Apollo, with his lyre, was no more
effective in charming the birds and beasts
and sticks and stones than Isar. Dawes
the politicians. -Chicago Record.
Something Like a Dog.
A fat old gentleman was bitten in the
calf of the leg by a dog. He at once
rushed to the justice of the peace and
laid a complaint against a man in the
neighborhood whom he supposed to be
the owner of the offending cur. The fol-
lowing was the defence offered at the
trial:
"L By testimony in favor of the gen-
eral good character of my dog I shall
prove that nothing could make him iso
forgetful of his canine dignity as to bite
a calf.
"2. He is blind and cannot see to bite.
"3. Even if he could see to bite, it
would be utterly impossible for him to go
out of his way to do so on account of ,his
severe lameness.
"4. Granting his eyes and legs to be
good, he has no teeth.
"5. My dog is always muzzled and
chained in the yard.
"6. My dog died. six weeks ago,
"7. I never had a dog."
Remember.
"Remember for what purpose you were
born, and through the whole of life look
at its end:; and consider, when that
comes, in what will you put your trust?
Not in the bubble of worldly vanity, ib
will be broken; not in worldly plea -
saxes, they will bo gone; hot in great
connections, they cannot serve you; not
in wealth, you cannot carry it with you;
not in rank, in the grave there is no
distinction; not in the recollection of a
life spent in giddy conformity to the
silly fashions of a thea ehtless and wick-
ed world; but in that of a life spent
soberly, righteously • nd godly in this
present world." -Bishop Watson.
.HEART
FAILURE,
cal EAT ` DANGRR 1NTO,GYED
WEAK HEART ACTION.
IN
The TMIA tali Can be Cured, and Mr. D. A.
Bullock, of Georgeville.Poiuts Out the
Road to Renewed Health.
From the Diagog, Que., News.
Mr.. D. A. Bullock, boatbuilder, of
Georgeville, is well and favorably known
to all the residents of that village. He
has passed through a very trying illness
from which his friends feared he could
not recover, but he is once more happily
enjoying good health. To a correspondent
of the Magog News Mr. Bullock recentlj
gave the particulars of his illness and
cure, saying that he would be very glad
if his experience wonid prove heplful in
enabling someone else to regain health.
He says: "There is no doubt in my mind
that Dr. Williams' Pink Pills brought
me from the horrors of death to the glad
cheerful world. Some years ago, owing
to over work and trouble I was reduced
to a weak state of health, wherein the
heart failed to do its work properly, and
not unnaturally the 'stomach became in-
active. I had visits from three doctors,
but without beneficial results. The medi-
cine given by one of them caused a nerv-
ous shock that prostrated me for several
weeks. The last one who treated me
gave me a preparation of strychnine
which upset my kidneys to such an ex-
tent that I was confined to the house
and daily growing weaker. I had to keep
stimulants constantly at my side to keep
the heart at work; and even with this
artificial aid its action was very faint.
Then I began to try advertised medi-
cines, but still without any good results.
I lost strength, flesh and hope. I was
advised to try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills
and that reminded me that I had a box
of them at my place of business, which
had been lying there for more than a
year. Without very much confidence in
them I decided to give the pills a trial.
The result I must confess seemed to be
almost magical. I had not taken the
Pink Pills long when I was able to rest
in my chair and take good refreshing
sleep, something that had not taken place
for months before. From that day with
the use of the Pink Pills I continued to
gain in strength, and am to -day a strong
and healthy man. I believe that even
Pink Pills should be assisted in their
good work on the system, and that assist-
ance is exercise, and this exercise I took
from the time I began to regain my
strength. I have now every faith in this
medicine and believe that if those who
are sick will use it, health will be the
reward."
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills strike at the
root of the disease, driving it from the
system and restoring the patient to
health and strength. In cases of paralysis,
spinal troubles, locomotor ataxia, sciatica,
rheumatism; erysipelas, scrofulous
trouble, etc., these pills are superior to
all other treatment. They are also a
specific for the troubles which make the
lives of so many women a burden, and
speedily restore the rich glow of health
to pale and sallow cheeks. Mon broken
down by overwork, worry or excesses,
will find in Pink Pills a certain cure.
Sold by all dealers, or sent by mail post-
paid at 50c a box, or six boxes for $2.50
by addressing the Dr. Williams' Medicine
Co., Brockville, Ont., or Schenectady,
N. Y. Beware of imitations and substi-
tutes alleged to be "just as good."
A Life In His Hands.
A story has lately been told by an old
soldier of the French army as a souvenir
of the Crimean war. In one of the at-
tacks of the French left wing upon the
Russians in the neighborhood of Sevas-
topol the retreat was sounded on both
sides, and the Russians retired to their
fortress, the French to their trenches.
On the way a French sergeant of the
line encountered alone a Russian ser-
geant, also alone.
The two men were face to face and
enemies.
Their guns were empty. Simultane-
ously they took their cartridges from
their pouches and began to load method-
ically, like well drilled soldiers, but as
swiftly as possible. The guns, like all
others in that campaign, were muzzle
loaders. The cartridges were forced in
place with a ramrod. Simultaneously
the two ramrods entered the guns, and
simultaneously they were withdrawn,
but the Russian, accustomed to inflexi-
ble discipline to do everything in a set
way, put back his ramrod in its place
along the barrel, while the Frenchman
threw his away with the movement that
withdrew it.
This gave him the needed moment's
advantage ever his antagonist. Clapping
his gunlock to his shoulder, he had the
Russian's life in his hands, The Russian
stopped still, calmly awaiting the shot
that should be bis death.
Then the French sergeant dropped bis
gun from his shoulder and put out his
right hand. The Russian grasped it.
The two soldiers shook bands without a
word, for neither knew a word of the
other's tongue, and then both turned
and went their opposite ways.
The French Party Leader.
The trick of the trade in a party lead-
er is to be able to mix continually with
his followers and even his adversaries,
to show himself, to move about daily,
to play continually now to the boxes,
now to the gallery, so as to reach the
level of every intelligence; to discuss
and argue without end, to say the same
things. These are all things of which I
am quite incapable. I Sud it trouble-
some t discuss matters which interest
me little and painful to discuss those in
which I am keenly concerned. Truth is
for me so rare and precious a thing
that, once found, I do not like to risk it
on the hazard of a debate. It is a light
which I fear to extinguish by waving it
to and fro. And as to consorting with
men, I could not do so in any habitual
and general fashion, because I never rec-
ognize more than a very few. Unless
a person strikes me by something out of
the common in his intellect or opinions,
I, so to speak, do not see him. I have
always taken it for granted that medioc-
rities, as well as men of spirit, had a
nose, mouth and eyes, butI have never,
in their case, been able to fix the partic-
ular shape of these features in my mem-
ory. I am constantly inquiring the name
of strangers whom I see every day, and
as constantly forgetting them, and yet,
I do not despise them, only I Consort
but little with them, treating them as
constant quantities. I honor them, for
the world is made up of them, but they
weary me profoundly. "Reoolleotions"
of De Tooqueville.
Presents to Royalty.
Much tribulation reigns in many
parts of Italy, and hundreds of worthy
persons are quite oast down because the
wedding gifts sent by them to the Drown
prince and princess have been "return-
ed with thanks." There is no denying
that most of these were sent with tho
best intentions and were intended so
prove the widespread interest in the
young pair. But, on the other hand,
there is usually so much self seeking
mixed up in this kind of offering as a
rule that naturally no exception can be
made, and royalty has to protect itself.
without being able to regard the feel•
Ings of those who really mean kindly
when they send these presents. Three
enormous storerooms et the Quirinal
were filled to overflowing with a motley
collection of articles, from costly dia-
monds down to knitted comforters, and
much perishable commodities as flowers,
eggs, cakes and no one knows what else
besides. Numbers of the "disinterest
M" donors inclosed congratulatory let-
tere strongly resembling begging epic
nes.-New York Advertiser.
Pale sickly children should use Mother
Grave's Worm Exterminator. Worms are
one of the principal causes of suffering in
children and should be expelled from the
system.
LATEST MARKET REPORTS.,
BREADSTUFF,9,' ETC.
Wheat -.British markets were Wier to-
day. Chicago opened easy, but closed
firmer: Local prices were about steady.
Red wheat, f. o. b., outside sold at 80o,
and white at 81e. These sales were made:
to millers. Exporters are not in the mar-
ket. Manitobas are dull. Holders ask 9130. ,.
for No. 1 hard, g. i. t., North Bay, au'
90c, Midland or Owen. Sound; 94o for
No. 2 hard, g. i. t., North Bay, and 900
for No. 8 hard. Holders report enquiry
dull.
Oatmeal -Car lots of rolled oats, is
bags, on track here, are quoted at $2.96
per bbl., and small lots at $3.10 to $3.15.
Peas -Easy. Car lots, north and west,
sold to -day at 40e, and on a 14o freight
to Boston or St. John 41%c is bid -
Oats -Unchanged. White oats sold. at
20e. 14c freight to Boston, and mixed a$
19c. Car lots of white, north and west,,
sold at 18c.
Rye -Quiet. Car lots, middle freights,
are quoted at 36% to 37o.
Barley -Quiet. No. 8 extra, middle(
freights, is quoted at 25o. Exporters wilt.
pay that for it, and from 22 to 23e far
feed. Malting barley is quiet. No. 1 Is
quoted at 32 to 83, and No. 2 at 29 to
30e, L o. b., outside.
The Hoot of all Sin.
The sin which is going to condemn` the
world is the root of all sin; it is the wilful
refusal of God's priceless gift. A life of
outward sin is the result of an impenitent
soul. The disease of sin bas laid fast hold
of mankind, and while man is not blam-
able for the disease being in his heart Goa
accounts it the sin of sins if be refuses th
sole remedy for his recovery. -"Mr.
Moody's Bible Class" in the November
Ladies' Home Journal.
%n Important Secret.
It is generally conceded that the hand-
somest advertising pamphlets issued by
any proprietary medicine house iu Canada,
come from the office of the Dr. Williams'
Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont., and one
which has just reached us is no exception
to the rule. The cover is printed in colors,
the main feature being a reproduction of
painting from the brush of a famous Ger-
man artist, entitled "An importaut Se-
cret." The pamphlet contains calendars
for 1897 and 1898, together with a mine of
inforrnatiou as to the curative qualities of
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People.
This handsome pamphlet will be sent post
paid to any of our readers who will write
their address ou a post card and mail it to
the Dr. Williams' Mediciue Co., Brock-
ville, Ont.
PRODUCE.
Eggs -Market in about the same condi-
tion. Therm are quite a few inferior
limed eggs offered from outside points
which are affecting the market, and are
being sold` low. For all good stock values
rernahr unchanged. Dealers are selling
held-•fiiOh at 14 to 160, and new laid at
18 to 19c. Sales of cold stored were mat*
at around 14e. Limed were selling at 13
to 14e.
Poultry -Not much selling, but prices
keep firm, and nice dry picked stock is
always in demand. Quotations are as
follows: Turkeys, 8 to 9c per lb; geese,
6 to 70 per lb; chickens, 80 to 40o per
pair; and ducks, 50 to 75c per pair.
Potatoes -Car lots on track are selling
at 25 to 28e, delivered. Out of store deal-
ers sell at 35 to 40c.
Field Produce -Dealers sell small roti
of turnips, out of store, at 25c per bag;
parsnips, at 40c per bag, onions, at -60 to
750 per bag.
Beans -Slow and easy. Choice round
lots of hand-picked are quoted at 60 to
70o, delivered, and some dealers are re-
selling single bags of same at 750. Ordin-
ary beans are quoted at 50 to 60c pea
bushel.
Baled Hay -Only small sales recorded
and at easy prices. Car lots of No. 1
stock, delivered here, are quoted at
$10.50, and No. 2 from $8 to $9. Dealers
quote two -ton lots sof No. 1, delivered,
at $11.
Straw -Car lots of oat straw, on track,
are quoted at $5.50 to $6.
DAIRY PRODUCE.
Butter -Dull and easy. Offerings from
outside aro free, and stooks held here
large. All dairy butter has to be striotly
fancy to bring top prices. Dealers here
were selling in the ordinary way to -day •
as follows: Low grade dairy, tubs, 7 to
8e; rnediunr dairy, tubs, 9 to 10o; choice
dairy, tubs, 11 to 120; large dairy, rolls,
11 to 12c; small dairy, rolls, 11 to 130;
creamery, tubs, 18 to 19c.
Cheese -Firms. Dealers here in the
ordinary way sell summer makes at 16
to 103ec, and late makes at 1032 to 11e.
DRESSED HOGS AND PROVISIONS.
Market about the, same. Dressed hogs
are arriving More freely, in fact there are
too many from the west, and they are not
of desirable quality. Car lots of choice
light weights are quoted at $5 to $5.10,
and heavy at $4.25 to $4.35. Street lots
of heavy are worth $4.50, and selects
$5.60. Quotations are as follows: Barrelled
pork, shoulder mess, $9.50 to $10; heavy
mess, $11.50; short cut, $12 to $12.50.
Dry salted meats -Long clear bacon,
car lots, 5340; ton lots, 5%c; case lots,
6c; backs, 7c.
Smoked meats -Hams, heavy, 9c; me-
dium, 10c; light, 10%o; breakfast bacon,
1Oc; rolls, 7c; backs, 9 to 10e; picnic
harps, 634 to 7c. All meats out of pickle
lc less than prices quoted for smoked
meats.
Lard -Tierces, 6%c; tubs, 7.30; and.
pails, 7%c; compound, 6 to 634c.
LIVE STOCK MARKETS.
A Matter of Business.
Servant (from next door). Please mum,
missus sends her compliments, and will
ye be so kind as to sing and play the piano
this afternoon ?
Lady. Why, certainly. Tell your mis-
tress I'm glad she likes it.
Servant. 0, it isn't that mum; she's
expecting the landlord, and she wants
some excuse for asking a reduction of the
rent.
It may be only a trifling cold, but neg.
lect it and it will fasten its fangs in your
lungs, and you will -soon be carried to an
untimely grave. In this country we have
sudden changes and must expect to have
coughs and colds. We cannot avoid them,
but we can effect a cure by using Bickle's
Anti -Consumptive Syrup, the medicine
that has never been known to fail in curs
ing coughs, colds, bronchitis and all at
fections of the throat, lungs and chest.
Pressing Him Into the Service.
"You are an interviewer, Iunderstand,"
said the Rev. Dr. Thirdly to a young man
sitting in one of the rear pews.
"`Yes, sir ; can I do anything for you ?"
"If you would be so kind. the time has
arrived to begin service, but the organ
blower has not come. It struck me that,
a person so accustomed to pumping men
might be willing to pump the organ."
Had La Grippe. -Mr. A. Nickerson,.
Farmer, Dutton, writes: "Last winter 1
had La Grippe and it left nae evit]i a
severe pain in the small of my back and
hip that used to : catch me whenever I
tried to climb a fence. This lasted for
about` two months when I bought a bottle
of Dr. Thomas' Ecleotric 011 and used it.
both internally and externally, morning
and evening, for three days, at the expira-
tion of which time 1 was completer men express great satisfaction at the,
cured ^ prospect of a renewal of the trade.
Export Cattle -We had a fair trade,
considering that both the demand and dm;
supply was light; still all that were here
sold at from 3% to 4c per lb. There will
be a better enquiry for good shipping
cattle next Tuesday at the above range
of prices,
Butchers' cattle -Butchers' cattle were
practically unchanged in price, but trade
was brisk, and all the cattle sold at
prices varying from 2 to 3c, and occa-
sionally for a few choice lots, 334c; sev-
eral loads of good average cattle went at
from 2% to 2%o; and for a few loads as
much as 3c was reported to have been
paid. 'While we had no actual change in
figures, the more seasonable weather
(arnong other things) has much improved
the condition of business, and prospects
are more promising. Everything was sold.
Wheat, white, new 00 87
Wheat, red, per bush 00 85t
Wheat, goose, per bush00 68
Peas, common, per bush._ 42 42
Oats, per bush...:.... 22 23
Rye per bush 00 MeBarley, per bush 28 84
Ducks, spring, per pair40 60
Chickens, per pair 25 40
Geese, per Ib O6 07
Butter, in 1 -ib. rolls 15 16
Eggs, new laid 20 22
Potatoes, per bag80 40
Beans, per bush 75 8s
Beets, per doz 09 10
Parsnips, per doz • 9 10
Apples, per bbl 40 1 50
Hay, timothy 12 00 13 25
Straw, sheaf ......... , 7 00 9 00
Beef, hinds 05 yT
Beef, fores 02 d 3
Lambs, carcase, per lb.... 6i i
Veal, per lb 05 6
Mutton, per lb 04 05
Dressed hogs 4 75 5 60
UNITED STATES MARKETS.
East Buffalo, Jan. 25.- Cattle= -Six
cars on sale; market slow and easy at
Monday's values; a few 1,075 -ib. fat steers
sold at $4.05; commission men anticipate
a large addition to the cattle trade on
February 1, when the quarantine with
Canada is abolished... Before the McKin-
ley law went into effect and the quaran-
tine established it was not unusual to
have 75 to 100 cars of stockers and
feeders from Canadaweekly, also light
grades of butchers and bulls and cows,
the heavy beeves being exported. to Eng-
land. Several' Canadian shippers have
sent word that they will have stock here
as soon as the quarantine is raised, and
as the laok of the above grades forced
many buyers who formerly did business
here to other markets the commission