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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1897-7-22, Page 7OUR OTTA%VA LEYFEIII TARTE'S NEW-FOUND ADMIRA- TION FOR SIR RICHARD. hoping to Irorco Out Tarte--Tarte as a Boodler--Dismissed a Dead Man --Con- t servatives Must Work --Sir Wilfrid's 1 Speeohos in England. • (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ottawa, July 13. -Down in Montreal there is a soared politioian, Israel Tarte, once the king -maker of Liberalism, is running for cover. While Sir Wilfrid Laurier was in Canada, Tarte was the power behind the throne. Tbe Minister of Public Works pulled the strings and the Prime Minister did the dancing. Laurier acquiesced in Tarte's Drummond County railway deal, for, bad be made any objection, the 'tireless Israel was ready to remind. bine, that the province of Quebec had been carried last general eleotion by Tarte and by Tarte alone. Since the Premier's departure we in Ottawa have heard sundry rumors of trouble in the Government. Angered , beyond measure at the Senate's action in deolining to permit the Government to carry through a scheme which would bring hundreds of thousands of dollars into the pockets of Messrs. Greenshields & Co., Israel Tarte went to Montreal and, through La Petrie, clamoured for the abolition of the Upper House. Sir • Richard Cartwright, wbo is an honest man, never looked with favor on Tarte's !plan, nor, for the matter of that, on ` Tarte himself. The Minister of Public Works, conscious that he is handicapped , by Sir Richard's antagonism, now comes out in a Petrie editorial, as the firm friend of the Minister of Trade and Commerce. No words ars too strong to express his newly -found admiration for Sir Richard. The expedient will not prove successful, for Sir Richard is a iI man of fixed opinions. In this he differs Ii very materially from the gentlemen who ran the Globe. the party organ In On- tario Only a few months ago, before it had received instructions from Ottawa, The Globe strongly denounced the scheme for having another railway between Montreal and Levis. Snob a line, the .organ contended, would never pay ex - Ipenses. It was at great pains to prove this, and prove it it did. Now, though, l The Globe shouts for the construotion of the line. It loses sight of, or conceals, the fact that the country would have to spay interest on the sum of $1,505,000 in order to oblige Messrs. Tarte and Green- sbields. It fails to tell its readers that the ninety miles of road post only $400,- 000 in private funds. it does not mention the fact that $648,000 of public money t was granted in subsidies to the line. Thus the country is asked to pay twice i for a great part of the line. Mr. Tarte ' still hopes to have the deal consummated ' next year, but his expeotation is not go- ing to be carried out so long as the ma- jority of the Senators remain true to tbeir trust. They can stand the misrepre- sentations of The Globe as well as they can ignore the threats of La Petrie. It is all nonsense to talk of abolishing the Senate. The Imperial authorities, in . whose hands the responsibility would lie, would bo certain to endorse the action of . the Upper House in the present case. Most of the honest Liberals in Canada ' believe that Tarte has been served right by the Senators. Blair is nissatislied be- eause he has his private demand yet to make, and Blair never has been modest • in his requests. Doping to Force Out Tarte. In the Cabinet all is not peace. The Ontario ministers are boning for the day when Tarte shall be forced out of the Government. It is not probable that their wishes will be granted, for the French- Canadian element rans this Government. Tarte is prepared to hold on like grim death to what he has got. In Ontario the little Minister isnob well known, for be has done nearly all his "smooth" work amongst his own people. Ever since 1872, when Tarte became the right-hand man of Hon. Thomas McGreevy, he has been a power in Quebec. I am told by a vet- eran politician of Montreal that it cost McGreevy $40,000 to keep 'Tarte and Le Canadian, his newspaper, afloat during the Mackenzie regime. At that time McGreevy had the North Shore Railway contract, and Tarte was liberally paid by the oonta. Icor for keepinghis eye on Messrs. Cit pleata and Seneeai, who were suspected of having designs on Mr. MoGreevy's contract. Governor Letellier 11 dismissed the De Bouohervills-Angers administration and a dissolution follow- ing, Tarts was a successful candidate in Bonaventure, Mr. McGreevy having gaalifiod him and paid all his expenses, which amounted to $4,000. Tarte took his seat, and got control of the news- paper L'Evenement. In • this sheet be championed the Liberal pause at Quebec, while he backed tip the Conservatives at Ottawa. He promoted the Lake St. John railway, secured large subsidies, and got a rake-off of $50,000. He also was pall $16,000 for his services in • connection with the Baaie des Chaleurs railroad. When the Riot ,movement began Tarte was one of the most strenuous ohampions cif race and revenge. Tarte'as a Bood1er. At the memorable Champ de Mars m6sting, at which the effigy of Sir John Maadonaticl was burned by infuriated French Liberals, Tarte made a speech that transcended in violence that of Honore Mercier himself. After the meet- ing Tarte went to La Presse oTce and toned down -the speech very . materially. He know that the English newspapers of Ontario would. translate the speech, and he always bad an eye to the main chance, The bloody war which he shout- ed. for on the Champ do Mars found no place in the newspaper report. After this: he stumped Quebec, organized and agi- tated ;everywhere—and finally returned to the fold. The way in which this was brought about was ,thus; A gentleman occupying a high position ofacially and politically made Tarte a present of a Tetter. of credit for $4,000 with whichbe was to purohase a press, The gift or bribe was accompanied by a proviso that Tarte should subside. Ho subsided, and Yet the Biel business go hang: We all re- member his connection with the Mercier scandal. He was and is 'the firm friend of Mercier and the Langeliers. The Hen. Chas. Langelier awarded him a printing contract for the Mercier 'Government and gave bim a Tetter of credit for three thousand dollars months before •wort was done. As a matter. of faot, Tarte cashed the letter of credit and farmed, out the oontraot. At the time Tarte did not own a printing press or an ounce of type. `.Che ease was another one of bribery.. When Ernest Pacaud bagged $10,000 roc Contractor 3. P. Whelan the former swore that he gave half of • it to Tarte to keep "the boys" straight. It was sworn positively that these "boys" never got a cent. Tarte clang to the five thousand and threw his friends down. And this is the man who, next to the Premier, has the most important post in the Gov- ernment of Canada. • His Is the great- est spending department by far. His methods are like Sam Weller's know- ledge of London. They are "extensive an'd peculiar," He has been Laurier's firm friend, and he tells the truth when he says that be put Sir Wilfrid where he is. The Premier cannot get rid of this Old Man of the Sea, Ile is firmly planted on his shoulders, and Laurier cannot throw hire off, • The Ontario Ministers may protest as much as they like, but they cannot induce Laurier to dismiss Tarte. The Minister of Public Works knows too much about the inside history of the Liberal party, and he is just the man to make things unpleasant for any man who may Dome into antagonism with him. He knows that he is suspect- ed, and he is determined to make the most of his opportunities while they last. Dismissed a Dead Man. Once more have we had a terrible case of offensive partisanship on the part of a Government official. Readers of this correspondence will remember that, in the first weeks of its incumbency of office, the Liberal Government announced that offensive partisans would be dis- missed upon requisition of any Liberal member or defeated .Liberal candidate. It was Mr. Blair who made the first an- noiuicelnent. Since then all of the other Ministers have followed the lead of the Minister of Railways. No iuvestigation is made. The complaint is lodged by the friend of the Government and the head of the official rolls into the basket. Down in Bonaventure Mr. Lefebre, a Conserva- tive postmaster, received an order from Hon. Wm, Mulook to resign incontiuent-1 ly. The manifesto in which this order; was embodied recited that the wicked Mr. Lefebre had been guilty of several _acts of partisanship during the last fed- eral eleotion in Bonaventure, wherefore he was directed to resign and to hand over his office to the Liberal heeler who had secured the post. And here comes in Lefebre's awful contumacy. He did not resign; ho did not even answer Mr. Mu - lock's letter. in the Postmaster -General's eagle eye gleams of rage and vengeance were discernible. He despatched a courier to Bont:venture to demand the treason of Mr. Lefebre's silence: Tho emissary re- turned with the news that there was some excuse for Lefebre's neglect. The fact was that the postmaster was dead; had been dead for three months before the date of his alleged unlawful partici- pation In polities. The Liberal nominee, of course, got the post, and • the dead man's brother-in-law, who had been at- tending to the duties of the office, was dismissed: As a sample of the efficient administration of the Liberals this is worthy of being recorded in letters of brass. Conservatives blast Work. The other• day Hon. A. S. Hardy was entertained by the • Liberal faithful in Brantford. The Provincial Premier was at great pains to convince his hearers that the general elections will not come off for months yet. He did not promise that there will be another session of the Looal House, but be hinted as nnuoh. It is to be hoped that the Conservatives of the province will not be misled by this semi -choral statement. None knows better than Mr. Hardy that Mr. Whitney has scored au unmistakeable succus in his tour through Western Ontario. The new leader's frankness; his complete knowledge of the affairs of Ontario, and his youthful energy, have commended i:iiia to his thousands of hearers. Doubt- less Mr. Hardy will postpone the elect tions for some time in the hope that some of the effect of Mr. Whitney's tour may wear off. In the meantime the Liberals have been working quietly. Oragnizers Dawson and mirth, assisted by half a dozen paid men have been touring the province. Their movements aro not chronicled by the Liberal press; they hold no meetings. Their object is to do as much work with as much secrecy as possible. In every electorate district in Ontario the Conservatives must be up and doing. They have a strong organi- zation with a weak cause to fight against, The Conservative cause is strong. If a complete organization be effected victory is sure. The candidates who have thus far been nominated by the Opposi- tion are capable and earnest mien. On his tour Mr. Whitney received assurances of assistance from many gentlemen who, hitherto, have taken little interest in politics. They are convinced that the Hardy Government is inefficient and extravagant. Their efforts, combined with those of the Old Guard now representing the Conservatives in the Legislature, should put Mr. Whitney in the chair of the Premier. Sir [Wilfrid's Speeches in England. The daily press has ,kept us apprised of the movements and speeches of Sir Wilfrid Laurier. The Premier will have many pleasant memories of England -- the more pleasant wben he comes to find that Canadians by no means bold with some of his utterances during his tour. Sir Wilfrid has been at pains to convince the English people that Canada desires no preferential treatment at their hands. He still talks of the school of Cobden and the English Free Traders, although the followers of that school are losing influ- ence nowadays. The Free Trader of to- day differs greatly from the men who were followers of the Manchester' phil-' • osophy. As; far as Canada is ooncerned, the Premier erred egregiously when he told his hearers. that . there was a: strong Free Trade sentiment in the country. The events of last . session showed that the Liberal Government 1s afraid to take any deoided step towards the goal at which its members aimed when in 'Oppo- sition. The overwheliuing..majority of Canadians believe in protection. They know that protection has'- built up this country; they know that withoutprotee- tion our factories would be depopulated, our meohanies, starving. When Mr. Laur- ier, in the exuberance of the moment tolls Englishmen that Canada is not desirous of getting favored treatment from tlxe Imperial Government, be mis- represents the Domuinion. England, after years of development, found that she could do bettor under Free .Trade. That epoch is now drawing to a close. Ger- inany is underselling her in he own markets. The Imperial Parliament has been 'eoinpelled.' to pass a law enacting that all articles of German •mantifaacture shall be stamped "tattle in Germany."' Why was this done? Simply as an appeal to British. patriotism. The tins will come when an absolute protection •will have to he given against goods of con- tinental nom ufacture. The law• prevent- ing the "importation of Canadian and American stook cattle to be fattened in the tented IKingdom is nothing but dis- guised Protection. The Imperial authori- ties h uthorities. have been shown conclusively that no disease exists amongst our cattle, Bat the farmers of England and Scotland have to be protected. !lir. Chamberlain's idea of an Imperial Zollverein is one which must commend itself to the great majority of• our people. The movement in this direotion has been steady, but it will suffer a severe set -back because of Sir Wilfrid's ill-jndged remarks. All the Colonies, except Canada, have had repre- sentatives in London who have looked with approval on Mr. Chamberlain's plan and it is most regrettable that the Pre- niier should have gone so far beyond the facts in his public speeches in England. He has told us that he is "no business man." Few will be found to disbelieve l him now. The Imperial authorities have as much as told him that the German and Belgian preferential treaties will not be denounced, Many other countries also enjoy Nast favored nation treatment from Britain. Knowing this. Sar Wilfrid should have gond heart and soul into the Chamberlain plan. He stands aloof, and will have to explain himself on his return. Cameron Wants His Share. Up in Bruce county lives Malcolm C. Cameron, known to friends by the en- dearing nickname of "Ananias." In days gone by Mr. Cameron was one of the most earnest advocates of economy and denouncers of anything that looked like nepotism. He scorned delights and spent laborious days in looking up the. genealogy of Conservative Ministers of the Crown in order that he might find whether they were guilty of the high crime of giving tbeir relatives jobs in the civil service. On one ocmaslon Sir John Macdonald showed Mr. Cameron to be taking liberties with the truth when he said that the Old Man had been giving a post to one of his nephews. Sir John Macdonald never had a relative in the civil service. And now the Liberals of West Bruce are warring amongst them- selves for that Cameron wants the God- erich postmastership for his son-in-law. Brother McGillicuddy, the annexationist who edits the Liberal newspaper in God- erich, conies out with a fiery denuncia- tion of the action of Ananias, to which Ananias makes answer that McGillicuddy wants the job for himself and that the Camerons never let goo i tbings go out- side the family, Civil war is threatened. It would be too much to hope that An- anias would kill and be killed by MaGil- liouddy, . A wearied community won"ld be satisfied by the death of either of those eminent Liberals. The loss of either of them would be a distinct gain to sooiety at largo. Pacaud 1Cichins. Our friend Pacaud also kicks over the traces. In his newspaper, the Soliol. he makes a violent attack on Mr. Blair and, awful to relate, on his .good friend Tarte. Elsewhere in this letter you have read how Tarte and Pacaud worked many a deal togetber. And now Pacaud curses Tarte in the finest Parisian French be- cause he has not compelled Blair to give French-Canadians a greeter naniber of posts in the Department of Railways. Blair has his hands full in keeping his New Brunswick Liberals quiet, and Pa- caud Is likely to get satisfaction from Tarts. The Eiinister of Public Works has fallen on evil days, The Huntingdon Gleaner and the Revell, two Quebec Lib- eral newspapers, have " been denouncing him on account of the Drummond county deal. Tarte rushes around Montreal using mast awful language about his one-time friends. Wheu a lerenoh Liberal news- paper goes book on one of its friends who has money to spend or to get from a con- tract there must be something very noi- some about the deal. Tarte probably de- clined to "divvy up," wanting the whole proceeds of the steal for Greenshields and himself. He will do well to stop further proceedings by handing a cheque to the editor of the Revell. Else we may have the crash that is bound to come eventu- ating before the return of She Premier. To Make Iho Rest Rose Pillows. The roses chosen must be as perfect as possible, all withered scentless petals being. discarded. They are cured much in the same manner as those for jar use. They must in no oass be dried in the hot sun, but spread out upon a board or some other fiat surface, where there is dim light and no intense heat. As in the case of the jars also, they are treated with common salt, which is at first laid in layers and afterward thoroughly mixed through. There is a preparation known as Jap- anese potpourri, which crimes 'at very reasonable prices. A small quantity of this mixed with the leaves imparts a sweet, mystic odor, which, added to the fragrance of summer roses, makes a delicious pillow. It may be, of course, of any covering whatever, but the petals should first of all be inclosed in a lining of thin mater- ial. With a rose pillow in her den any woman is warranted a siesta with sweet dreams.' . She who is insensible to its sweet influence is in a fair way to be- come the inmate of a sanitarium. Paper Rails. The successful introduction of railroad railsmade of paper material in Germany and Russia has encouraged American manufacturers to experiment. The for- eign mode of making the rail consists in the employment of molds and powerful pressing machines, the former for shap- ing the rail and the latter for consolidat- ing purposes. Paper oar wheels have been in use for many years, and have given satisfaction. It is not assuming too much to• anticipate satisfactory results with caper rails. • The iron or steel rails now fn. use are by no means free from defects. The metal is always more or less affected by the condition of the. atmosphere, and accidents are; frequently traced to the warping, contraction or expansion of rails. A' Soft Answer. "And youasked her father for her hand?" „Yes,,, "Was he violent?'' "Very. Ho Said I must be an idiot to think of such a,thing." "What did you reply?" "I told him that of °mune he knew his owrx family hotter than I did, brat that i'was willing to take my chances." —Washington Star. PERSONALITIES. Captain Francis Martin of ,Detroit, who bas just celebrated bis ninety-sev- enth birthday, was present at the funer- al of Napoleon. J. Nat Harbin, Senator Hearst's old mining partner, whose --ath was an- nounced 15 years ago, has Aeon discov- ered isoovered alive in Mexico. Judge James W. Weeks of Lancaster,. N. IL, who is in his eighty-sixth year, caught his fiftieth bear in a trap in the eastern part of the town recently. John Redmond, the Parnellite leader, accompanied by Louis Stuyvesant Chan - ler, as star orator, is stumping Ireland in the cause of the Redmond league. Edison thinks that there will soon be a horseless carriage on the market com- bining the lightness and trimness of the bicycle and costing not more than 000. It is expected that President McKin- ley and Senator .Fianna will visit Sen- ator Frye of Maine and enjoy the fish- ing in the Rangeley lake region this summer. The name of Benjamin Harrison ap- peared on the list of those who owed bills to a grocer who recently failed in Indianapolis. The ex -president's debt was 30 cents. It is said that Queen Victoria would, were it possible, promulgate a decree against second marriages, It is believed that the Princess Beatrice has promised her mother never to remarry. Unale ,loo Cannon, who has but re- cently celebrated the sixty-first anni- versary of his birth, is an enthusiastic cyoler. Ho has a fine wheel, and it is said that no wheelman in congress is more expert. The Duke of Portland is at the bead of a movement in England for the abol- ishment of cheokreins, or bearing reins, as they are called over there, and has made several speeches against this familiar method of torturing horses. Miss Bertha Quirin of Boston and Mr. Arthur Buchanan of Montreal re- cently traveled all the way to Stoke Pogis church, .the scene of Gray's "Elegy In a Country Churchyard," in Buckinghamshire, England, for the sole purpose of getting married there. In a recent interview Prince Bis- marck laughed about the sentimental, reports of his loss of interest in life. "My depression,;" he said, "is solely my grant age. Wait till you are 82 and see how you feel, espeoially if you have spent nearly half a century in struggles and anxiety." Governor Mount of Indiana intends to give attention to the grave of Lincoln's mother, in that state, as soon as possible. "I have been at the grave," he says, "and it was in a very neglected condi- tion, weeds growing over it, and the half sore in which it is situated having a weird, uninviting look." FIGS AND THISTLES. Others see our faults as plainly as we tee theirs. We excuse our selfishness by assuming our greater nee& Only the man who looks away from himself has ideas. The devil scores a paint whenever a good man opposes a good cause. Happy the man who finds and re- moves the particular cause of his xnis- fortuntt The preacher who would hear sinners begin to pray must first get his church on its knees. You can never tell what a man will do in a horse trade by the length of his prayer on Sunday. Our wisdom is often handicapped by our cumbersome knowiedpe, like a medimval knight scarcely able to move In his heavy armor.—Ram's Horn. NOVELTIES. For travelers are provided out glass soap boxes with silver mountings. Silver receptacles for tooth and nail brushes come in round, oval and square forms. Out of the ordinary are paper knives having broad gilt blades and handles of crystal decorated with gilt wire. Attraotive Limoges enamels on silver and copper include inkstands, vases, plaques and small cabinet pieces. Numbered with novelties are Lincoln pitchers, so- named because they are decorated with panel pictures of Lin- coln. The demand for bioycling addendais adequately catered for by compact box- es fitted with flask and sandwich case and having a mirror set in the cover.-- 7owelers' Circular. ITEMS OF INTEREST. There are only about 1,000 Germans in the whole of Mexico. Nearly 70 round towers, from 30 to 135 feet high, are found in various parts. of Ireland. They are believed to have been used in the oeremonies of fire worship. A .IKausas City barber has put up a blackboard on which he daily bulletins the fresh local and general news brought in by customers and oaught over the tele- phone. A queer sight was the ladies' eight of a London miorosaopical club, where the guests sat around 104 mieroscopes listening to a lecturer.' One of the onii- osities shown was a chapter of St. John written on the two -thousandth part of a square inch, on which scale the whole Bible would cover just a square inch of own, LATEST MARKET REPORTS. Toronto,. July 19. BREADSTUFFS,ETC. • Wheat—The Chicago , and Liverpool markets were excited and strong to -day. Prices advanced easily and closed strong. In the local market the tone was strong. A good deal of Ontario is being bought for export. Red sold at 68o, middle freights, to -day, and white was held at 69o. elanitobas aro very strong, • No. 1 Bard afloat Fort William, was held 'firm to -day at 75e, and No. 2 at 78e. Flour—Strong; millers refuse to accept last week's bids. • They now ask $3 40, middle freights, for straight roller. Millfeed—Values, Arm and unchanged. City mills quote $10 for bran and $11 for shorts, ton lots at the xnills. Car lots of bran, west, are quoted at $8.50, and shorts at $9.50. Oatmeal—Higher,owing to the advance in oats. Car lots of rolled oats, in bags; au track here, are quoted at $3.10, and small lobs at 33,80 per bbl. Peas—Higher. Holders now ask 45e, north and west, and 47c 'east, Rye—Car lots west are quoted nomin• ally at 34c, and east at 35o. Oats—Firm. Holders ask 240 for white. and .13c for mixed, north and west. Local demand is fair, but exporters see they cannot pay these figures. Offerings light. Corn—Steady. Car lots, Chatham. quoted nominally at 26%o for yellow. Buckwheat—Nominal. Barley—Nominal. PRODUCE. Eggs—Quiet. Prices steady, Ten -oast lots of choice Dandled stook sell at 9Wee and singles at 9% to 10c. Poultry — Nominal. Quotations fox bright stook are: Turkeys, 10 to llc geese, 8 to 9o; chickens, 40 to 60o; and ducks, 50 to 80o. Potatoes—New Canadians sold to-dae at 60 to 70a per bushel, and old at 20 tc 25o per bag, out of store. Tone easy. Field Produce—Quotations are: Sinal' lots, out of store, turnips, 20c per bag parsnips, 40c per bag; and onions, nes tives, $1.50 to $2, and Egyptians, $8.5( per sack. Beans—Hand-peeked white beans bring 65e, less commission, for single bag lots. Round lots sell at 60o, less commission; common beans sell at 85 to 45o. Apples—Dealers quote good stock at to 3Iic for dried, and 4o for evaporated. Honey—Quotations are: 634c for 80 -ib. tins, and 7 to 73Io for 10 -Ib. tine; hones in combs is quoted nominally at $1.40 tc. $1.50 per dozen sections; ton lots of pure, strained, f.o. b , 59( to Go, delivered, Maple Syrup—Maple syrup is quoted at 60 to 65e in large tins, and 65 to 70( in small tins. • Baled Hay ---Dull. Scarcely any trade doing. Street receipts light. Car lots of No. 1, on track, are quoted at $10, and No. 2 at $8,50. Two -ton lots of No, 1: delivered, are quoted at 811. Baled Straw—Car lots of oat straw, on track, are quoted at $5 to $5.50. DAIRY PRODUCE. Butter --The butter market is steady to firm, with fairly good business doing. Quotations are: Dairy, tabs, 11 to 1234o; large dairy, rolls, 12 to 14c; small dairy, rolls, 12 to 14c; creamery, tubs, 17o: and creamery, pounds, 17% to 18es Cheese—Quiet; small lots of new makes sell at 33! to 89, c. DRESSED HOGS AND PROVISIONS. Light, lean hogs are quoted at $6 75 to $7, light fats at 0.30, and heavy at 36 25. The neat trade keeps fairly good and the tone is steady to firm. Lard is dull and easy. Quotations are:— Dry. Salted Meats --Long clear bacon, car hots, 7310; ton lots, Me; case lots, 7% to Mc; backs, So. Smoked Meats—Hams, heavy, 10% tc ilc; medium, 11 yea; light, 12e; break- fast bacon, 11 to 12c; roll, 83 c; backs, 11c; picnic barns, 7 to 80. All meats out of pickle 10 less than prices quoted fox smoked meats. Lard—Tierces, ogee; tubs, Geee; and pails, nee; compound, 5% to 53 o, THE LIVE STOCK MARKET. Toronto, July 10.—The receipts Satur- day and to -day at the Western cattle yards totalled just 70 loads, including 1,000 hogs, 950 sheep and lambs, 100 calves, and a couple of dozen milkers. all:: noticeable feature about the market this morning was the shortness of butch- ers' cattle, which some of the drovers were kind enough to attribute to the prices. For any extra choice butchers' stuff here as much as 3 5-8 to 3 7 -Se, and fox a few very fine selections at 40, was paid. There was a better run of better quality, and business was brisk, as everything worth having in the shape of butchers' cattle was sold by noon. Medium cattle. sold at 3 to 83ea, and comnxon at See to 3c. There is a steady demand for good butchers' cattle; but this does not mean. that all the rough-and-tumble stuff which can be raked together and sent here is going to fetch top prices. Te' realize anything over 3e the cattle must be good. There was a /air trade in ex- port cattle at practically unchanged figures—from 4 to We was paid, while' 4ele was persistently asked, but we could trace no sales at over the half; good shippers are wanted. Wheat, white new,....... 00 71 V, ixeat, red; per bush 00 69 Wheat, goose, per bush..., 00 61 Peas, common, per bush00 44 Oats, per bush..... 00 2S Rye, per bush - 00 83 Barley, per bash.— 00 27 Ducks, spring, per pair,.,, 40 80 Chickens, per pair 30 50 Geese, per lb 0S 09 Butter, in 1-1b. rolls15 16 Eggs. new laid 00 10 Potatoes, per bac 00 80 Beaus, per bush 75 85 Beets, per doz 09 - 10 Parsnips, per dozy 9 10 Apple,, per bbl 40 1 50 Hay, timothy 9 50 10 00 Straw sheaf 5 50 6 50 Beef, winds.............,.. 7 08 Beef, fores - 8 5 Lambs, carcase, per;, lb,... S1 11 Veal, per lb 6 7 Mutton, per lb 8 9 Dressed hogs.— ... . ... 5 50 7 00 UNITED STATES MARKETS. Buffalo, July lin—Receipts, 37 oars through, two on sale; market steady and erne, with all sold; common stock steers, $8.25 to $3.35; stook heifers, $2.90 to $8; fair: to good fat butchers' cows, $2.50 -to $8.25; bulls, $2,50 to e3,50. Hogs—Re- ceipts, nine ears through, 40 on sale; markst about steady; Yorkers, $8.75 to $8.80; light medium, 33..70; nixed, 58.65 to $8.70; others, $8.60 to $3.65; roughs, $3.10 to,. MOO; stags, $2.25 to 32.85. Sheep and lambs--nteceipts, 12 airs through; $ on sale, 34,75 to 36; yearlings, $0.50 to 34.75; sheep, ouils to ;nod wothers, $i 50. to 34.2-6. Mr. W J. Kennedy, liberal, was ^rested to the Manitoba": Legislative As- iembly for Dennis. FRE SUNDAY SCHOOL. LESSON IV, THIRD QUARTER,INTER- NATIONAL. SERIES, JULY, 26. Text of the Jessou, Ants xvii, 22 -24 -mens, cry Verses, 24-57—Golden Text, John•iv, 24 — commentary by the Rev. D. 1 Stearns. .. 22. "Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars hill and said, Ye inen Of Athens, r perceive that In all things ye are too su- perstitious." The B. V. margin says, "R,e- ligious." It was something like much of the religion of today, which is described in Isa. xxix, 18; Beek, =iii, 31; Math. xv, 7-0, a religiousness without any real- ity, without .any forgiveness of sins—all outward formality. The people's time was spent in talking of the news of the day (verse 21); as Paul waited for Silas and Timothy to come to him from Berea (verses 34 to 16) he made good use of his time for Ms Master; both in the synagogue and in the marketplace, and every day preached Jesus and the resurrection: 23. "'Whom therefore ye ignorantly Ivor ship Him deolare I unto you." He said this with reference to the altar to the un- known God, for it would seem that in. their worship of many gods or idols they had an altar for one whom possibly they might not have heard of as yet, but if there was snob an ane, they would like his favor also. Here is the one business of the ehurob, to make known to those wbo never heard of Him the one only living and true God who alone is worthy to be worshipped. 24. "God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that He is Lord of heaven and earth, dwellet s not in temples made with hands." Prophets and apostles dwelt much upon the great truth of crea- tion, and emphasized that He whore they preaohed was the Creator of all things. See Isa. xliv, 24; Jor, x, 12; xxxii, 17; Acts iv, 24. People may know of Him by His works. But no ane can truly know Him except through Jesus Christ, who was God manifest in the flesh (Math. xi, 27; John i, 18; I Tim. iii, 16). Life eternal is to know Him (John xvii, 8). 25. "He givotb to ail life and breath and all things." Giving is His great obarao- teristic, and. His crowning set was to give His only begotten Son, or in other words, to give Himself as a sacrifice far our ales. Having given Himself, He has given all things, for all things are in Him. Tbe un- godly are dependent upon Binn for abs very breath with which they blaspheme His name, and the words of Daniel to Belshazzar are applicable to them—"The God in whose hand thy breath is and whose are all tby ways bast thou not glorified" (Dan. v, 28). 26. "And bath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth," Not only has He determined the bounds of their habitation, but He has done it with reference to His people Israel (Dout. xxxii, 8), for it is His pleasure to make Israel the center and bless all na- tions through them. As all on earth are His creatures and He loved the world and gave Meanie for the world, surely it is. the great business of those wlxo know this to make it known to those who know it not. What else are we here for but to honor Him and make Him known? 27. "That they should seek the Lord." Look at Is�pti. lv, 6, 7; Zeph. 11, 3; Jer, xxix, 13, and Hiatt. vi, 33 on seeking the Lard, and observe everywhere that His great de- sire is to have people turn to Bim, 13y sin we have turned our backs upon Him, and misjudge Him, and misunderstand Bina and think and say hard things of Him. The Scriptures enlighten us about Him and Ieacl us to repent or °bang° our mind about73im, and when we know Him many aro glad to receive Sim (John i, 11, 12). 28. "For in Him we live and move and bave our being." If there is one thing that is not known, it is the goodness and. love of God. Those who bear the name of Christ are not showing forth His goodness as they might day by day, but are too apt to complain because of His chastanings and thus Iead others to think that He is not good. God is good, God is love, and if these truths were mare manifest in His people more would want to know Him, for the goodness of God leads to repentance (Rom. if, 4). 29. "We ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold or silver or stone, graven by art and man's device." For it cannot be that what we make made us. The work of men's hands cannot be man's creator, and yet what xnilious seem to think :;a as they bow down to idols of Wood and stone. ,rise the folly of this fully set forth in Isa. xliv, U-19, and in verse 20 see the reason of simh folly, ".d deceived heart hath turned him aside," 30. "And the times of this ignorance God winked at (R. V. overlooked), but now comment -10th all men everywhere to repent." God never makes light of sin and never passes it by as if it wcro nothing, but He is long suffering, slow to anger, not willing that any should perish (II Pet. iii, 9, 10). How it must grieve Him to be misunderstood as He is, to be thought un- kind and cruel when He is wholly tied only love! Is it any wonder that He com- mands all to repent, but is it not a great wonder that Ho offers full and free for- giveness to all who turn to Him? (Hos. xiv, 4; Rom. iii, 24.) 81. "Because Ho With appointed a day in which He will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom Be hath. ordained." The assurance of this is found in a risen Christ at God's right hand. In reference to this day we must remember that a day sometimes means a thousand years (Ps. xo, 4; II Pet. iii, 8), and from. other Scriptures we gather that the period of judgment will cover at least 1,000 ysaars; the saints and the living nations being judged at the beginning, and the wicked Head at the end of the thousand years. 82. "And when they heard of the resur- rection of the dead some mocked, and oth- ers said, We will bear thee again of this matter." The greatest and the crowning event in the work of our Lord. Jesus Christ, His resurrection from the dead, is that which seems to be the greatest stuxn- bring block I Cor. xv sets forth very fully the benefits of His resurrection and what the results would have been if He bad not risen. 83, 34. "So Paul departed from them. Howbeit eertale num clave unto Him and believed." Thus He went from place to place as afaitbful winless, never expecting to save all in any place, but seeking by all means to save some (1 Cor. ix, 29). Ho understood that it was his commission to bear the naane of Christ wherever the Spirit of Christ should lead hian and be perfectly sure that God's word would always accom- plish His pleasure and prosper in that whereto He sends it (Isla. iv, 11). It is a ]nappy thing for us when we are willing to let one blessed Lord manage His own af- airs and accomplish what He pleases Cath- er than whit we please.. When 'eve• are willing to fall in. with Him in Itis clearly revealed. plans andpurposes and just dwell With flim for Els work, seeking only in all things to be approved of Him.