HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1909-01-01, Page 2LESSON 1, -,JAN. 3, 1909.
The Ascension of Our Lord Acts
1:1-14.
Commentary. -I. Jesus alive from the
dead). (vs. 1-3). 1. the former treatise
',Phe former "history" -the gospel writ-
ten by Luke. Luke was also the author
of the Acts. 0 Tl7heophilus Nothing is
blown of this person, 'but he was no
doubt a person of rank and perhaps a
Roman officer who had been converted
to Christianity (compare Luke 1:3).
began -What Luke had written concern-
ing Jesus was an account of the begin-
nings of Christ's work up to the time of
the 8escension; this treatise would relate
what Jesus eontinued to do after the
ascension. to do and teach -"He did
first, then he taught" 2, until the day
-The fortieth day after his resurrec-
tion, through the Holy Spirit (R. V. -
tion. through the Holy Spirit (R. V.) -
Jesus spoke by the power of the Holy
Spirit. had given commandment (R. V.)
-This is understood by Meyer, Hackett
and others to refer to the great com-
mission as recorded in Matt. 28:18 and
'Mask 16:15, 16, which from its memor-
able character, Luke assumed to be fame
liar to his readers. apostles -The
twelve generally called disciples in the
gospels are in the Acts spoken of as
apostles, or "those sent forth."
3. passion -Sufferings on the cross.
infallible proofs -The single Greek word,
translated "infallible proofs," denotes
the strongest proofs of which a subject
is capable, an irresistible proof. -Schaff.
.being seen of them -The disciples saw
Jesus repeatedly after his resurrection.
Be walked and talked and ate with
them. forty days -This was the time
between the resurrection and ascension,
and during this time there were ten. or
eleven appearances. kingdom of God -
This expression has several signifies. -
tions, but here, as in Mark 1:14, it in -
eludes the whole Christian dispensation,.
its message, progress and economy. -
Cam. Bib Jesus instructed them con-
cerning the organization and establish-
ment of his church.
II. The promise of power (vs. 4-8). 4.
being assembled -With the disepiles,
quite probably on Ascension Day. com-
manded them -The last commandment
given by the Lord to the apgstles direct-
ed them to await the gift of the Holy
Spirit in Jerusalem. not depart from
Jerusalem -The coming of the Spirit
was to be at the next great feast after
the crucifixion. Jerusalem was the cen-
tre of Jewish influence and at that time
strangers would be reached from all
parts of the world. They were not qual-
ified to go until after the Spirit came
upo nthem. wait -Many run too soon.
"'Tarry • at the' promise till God meets
yon there;' -D. L. Moody. ,proxolee of.
• .cafe j<ather•-•!I,'htou h` the prophets the
gift of the Spirit had been promised ley
the Father (see Isa. 44:3; Joel 2:28, 20;
compare Acts 2:17, 18). heard of nhe-
This..proniise is found in John 14:16;
35:20. Reference is also made to it in
Luke 24:49. The Holy Spirit was pro-
mised to the church through Christ.
5. John -The Baktist, the forerunner
of Christ. With water -John's baptism
was, 1. A. baptism unto repentance: 2.
A type of the baptism of the Holy Spirit.
John pointed to Christ who should bap-
tize with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
Shall be baptized -This was the promise
of the Father; it could not fail. " The
gift of the Spirit is here termed a bap-
tism, and is thus characterized as one
of most abundant fulness, and as a sub-
mersion in a purifying and life-giving
element." -Lange. With the Holy
Ohost-Ghost is Old English for Spirit.
The Holy Spirit was about to be given
them in greater fulness than ever be-
fore. At this time their heart would be
cleansed and they would be filled with
love. Not many days -About ten days
hence,
6. Were come togetlinr- At the Mount
of Olives (see Luke 24. 50). Dost thou
at this time, etc. (R. V.) Is this the
hour' when the Roman yoke is to be
broken from our necks and the king-
dom of the Messiah estaalishecl? "In con-
sequence of Christ's assurance that a
great blessing was waiting for them,
they unitedly inquire whether the res-
toration of national sovereignty to Is-
rael is included in it. Unenlightened
as yet by the Pentecostal illumination,
they speak more in the spirit of Jewish
patriots than of heavenly -minded; Chris-
tians." 7. Not for yon to know -Christ
always avoided giving his disciples a dir-
ect answer to questions which could only
satisfy their curiosity and be of no par-
ticular benefit. In His own proper-
"Authority."-R.
roper-"Authority."-R. V. The word rendered
power here is not the same as the one
so rendered in the next verse. It should
be noted that Jesus did not disapprove
of the question asked in verse 6, but, as
Lange safys, "He rather confirmed it by
declaring that the Father had fixed the
time." Lange adds: "Jesus withheld
from them and from us a knowledge only
of the time, but did not leave the fact
itself involved in doubt, The Old and
New Testaments establish the truth that
Israel may look forward to a future con-
dition which is full of promise."
8. Shall receive power -The word
• power oomes from the Greek word
"diu>nmin," which is translated by our
word "dynamite."' They were to receive
spirituel dynamite. It is not the power
of logic or eloquence, but "the power of
e Iiving union with a living God." "This
power has its source outside the church
and. . human life altogether. It is to be
received as a gift; not generated from
Within; not attained by straining pre-
sent powers or enlarging present eapac-
itq" Bib. Mae. They were given
joys-. 1. To become the sons of God
(J'obn J : 12). 2. To overcome the world.
0; To work miracles for the purpose of
provingtheir divine mission and estab-
lishing the truth they preached. 4. ':Co
lead men to Christ. 5 To overeoaue all
their enemies Is come upon you-- The
Holy Spirit • gives:' 1. Knowledge and
understanding Faith. 3. 13oliness,
4. A spirit of prayer. 3. Courage. 6.
Steadfastne:is. 7. Zeal. Snail be wit-
nesses -They shall not merely bear wit•
uess, but be witnesses in their owe
persons. --Lange. ',rimy were to he wit-
nesses to a crucified, a ripen, and a
;coming Christ. lir Jertsaleui, cte.--
TheY were to begin at home, with the
Jews and gradually reach out until the
glorious gospel reached the whole human
race.
Ili, The ar.:tension (v.9). 0. Ilad
spoken -from Luke 24: 15 we learn
that lie was blessing tient. While they
beheld --The disciples did not see hint
rise out of the grave, because his resur-
rection could be easily proved by their
seeing Bina return to heaven, as there
would be no other way to prole it.
Taken up -The ascension waw not an
imaginary, a visionary affair, but a real
passing of the risen Jesus from earth to
the unseen world. Stephen,_ Paul and
John all saw Jesus after his ascension.
A cloud --"Perhaps it was like the fiery,
cloudy pillar, the symbol of God, that
led the Israelites through the wilder-
ness; or Eli;jah's sterni elhaariot; or the
bright cloud of glory that overehadewed
Christ on the .Mount of Transfiguration:"
IV. The promise of Christ's return (vs.
10-14).
10. Were looking (12. V.) --Wondering
what it all meant. Two men --Angels in
the form of men. White aapp:treI-See
Matt. 2S, 3. The white garments were an
emblem of purity. 11. Shall so come -
The seeoud ar final coming. This will
not be in obscurity like His first conking,
but He will come in power and. glory, in
the clouds, and with 1 -lis holy angels
(Matt. 24, 30, 31; 20, 64).
12. Olivet -Frequently called the
Mount of Olives. Sabbath day's journey
-About three-fourths of an. English
mile. 13. Come in --That is, into the city
from the country. Into the upper cham-
ber (R. V.) -Probably the upper room
which had been used by our Lord and
His disciples for the passover feast. -
Cam. Bib. \\-here abode --"Where they
were abiding." -11. V. "This does not
mean that this ).vas their present habita-
tion, but they remained there for the cre-
scent of the. Holy Spirit.' --Barnes. 14.
Continued -During the ten days they
waited. With one aeeord-With ono
mind. There were no schisms, no divided
interests, no discordant purposes. Sled
fastly in prayer (R. V.) ---'['heir prayers
were earnest and persistent. With the
women -This probably refers to the wo-
men who followed hint from Galilee, but
it may mean merely; that women were
present. Mary -This is the last mention
in Scripture of the mother of Jesus. His
brethren -The brothers of Jesus at first
rejected Him (John 7, 5), but now they
believe in Him and are present at the
Pentecostal outpouring.
PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS.
e, Christ'ss.•-Aseeusion.and Return.'
To th•
e dia'ciples Jesus said, "Ye have
heard how I said unto you, I go away,
and come again unto you" (John 14, 28).
He ascends "to His Fathers right hand
to receive the Ringdoil;'"to enter on. His
work of intercession; to send the Holy
Spirit for the gathering and forming of
His church; and to await the hour when
His feet shall stand again upon the
Mount, and His enemies shall be made
His footstool, and the rejeced and cruci-
fied One shall be Ring over all the
earth."
I. The ascension. "He was taken. up"
(v. 2). "Christ's return to the Father
was the ending of his visible walk
among alien; of his doing and teaching
on earth, but not of his operations in
the midst of his redeemed people." Ile
ascended, and is now at the right hand
of God as our Advocate and Priest. Je-
sus was "taken..out of their sight" (v.
9), but not out of reach of their faith;
not away from their love, not beyond
their hearing, not where he could not
still be touched with the feeling of their
infirmities (Heb. 4:15). He was taken
out of their sight, but they were still in
his sight. A mother sent her son. to a
boarding school, where the rules per-
mitted her to visit him once in two
weeks. This could not satisfy her long-
ing love, so, all unknown to the boy or
his teachers, she rented an attic over-
looking the school. Often she sat in
that upper room and watched him as he
played in the yard or studied in the
school room. He thought her miles
away, but had he wept or called her
name she would have come quickly to
comfort him. This is a faint picture of
the watchful, unceasing love and care of
our great High Priest, who guards our
every interest.
The ascension of our Lord directs our
thoughts. "1. To the work which he fin-
ished, the blessings of which we are to
extend to others. 2. To heaven, into
which he was taken up, and where he
has prepared a place foe us. 3. To his
second coming, which we are to await
with a devout and submissive spirit."
We look toward our ascended Lord, "1.
By diligently searching his ` word. 2.
By earnestly seeking those things which
are above. 3. By having a strong desire
that he should draw us to himself."
Christ said at his demister'. "Lo, I am
with you always" (Mat 2S:20). "He
is with us, 1. In the scriptures. 2. In
the holy affections of ous souls. 3. In
the persons of those who bear his
image."
II. The return. The angels said, "This
same Jesus. , . shall so come.. , .as ye
have seen him go" (v. 11). "He will
coarse 'in like manner as he went into
heaven; lass glorified- wounds, the marks
of his humiliation, will shine forth on
that day in the sight of his people and
of the worlda then Will hie people. be
comforted, seeing that their Savior hes
'obtained eternal redemption' (Heb. 0:
12) for thein; but unbelievers and all
the enemies of the cross shall he filled
with terror; they shall look upon brio
whom they hav `pierced, and all shall
mourn.(Zech; 12,10), Jesus is coming
again, coating Mem 1.1 y, Vi blv, person-
a lly, certainly. The !-1.1110 ).cane who
said. "1 go," seal oleo, "1 hill t -nib,'
again" (Juin). 14:1, 3). ile went away
promising power (v i) ; ile \till totne
with power (Math e':3C) He Well 1.
0ll8y ill a cloud?' (1 9); he is' solni17'i
again in "a eloua" ()rule 21:97). Nr:
went away into heaven" (v, !1; Leine
21.51) ; lie is coaling again from bca.y-
eon (1 These. 4:16), 1-1e went "from the
mout. vaned Olivet" (v. 12) ; be l i eom
ing to the "mount of Olives" (feels 19:
4), The last prayer iu the Bible is,
"Even so, come Lord Jesus" (Rev. 22:
20). A. C. 1.1.
FREEZING IN SHACK
Two Italians Suspected of
Rock, N. B., Mur
Plaster Rock, N.
big i11 a shack wit\,
frozen, the two It
seeeeenagenoeseeevseeennesn
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LD CROPS
1908
as4nne;esseneesrye..asee-seeten,ne1.,ienegww.
((Interne thee1:1ui(n1 of Agriculture.)
The, lel o rig gives the areas alr1:•
yielia of the arineip,al field crops of
. l r
Ora to for 1008. The areas have been:
corm cl f ^oat individual returns of far
an:ar d the vieltts 1x4 a special staff of
tides. te in each tovin.Kliip:
We t-•37Deti Sere; .yielded 16,-•
liaahels, of 24.e bushels per acre,
"red with 1,.5 3,491 and. 23.0 in
g
and Tony Arasha, ec dill
the charge of mineeering 4robbing
Edward Green, lanolin as Paddy Green,
paddler, last Sunday morn*, were ar-
rested by Chief of the O. 'l)j P. Police,
A. R. Foster, on the right t way not.
more than two miles from t e seine of
the crime.5.
Alex. Panarskey, the iew who was
also shot at and narrowly'esdiped elate
ing Green's fate, has identified the mere,
and they are now in custody at BIShoo
Hotel. They will be taken to Andov
for the preliminary investigatiohl b
Commissioner Ferris to -morrow
ing. Only a few (tellers were
the men when arretited, but it ' e e1• -
ed they made off with about $;:400 and
forty watches, after kette * r'reen and
rifling his peddlers box. itresarch for
the missing booty :sent be mach to -mor-
row.
Wheat -119124 acres yielded
busbele, or 15.5 bushels per
ontpayed with 2,473,651 and 17.1
y
h-734,029 acme yielded 20,888,-
;liens. or 28.5 buebd'is per acre, as
red with 21,718,332 and 28.3 in
h4l,
(ht is e17c4;254 7 r as yielded 96,626,-
419
6,626;tla bullela Or -14 8 bushels per acre, an
ret). • \l IL) ` net,524.301 and 28.5 in
;dverage yield for 26 years.
• 35.8 bushels per acre.
•there-87,9t11r',` Beres yielded 1,453,610
t , a s! els, or I(.5 b r. hats per acre, as l'olal-
Parted with-1,03e,e 1, and 15.5 in 1907.
he !lurk wlle;it-110,605: acres yielder 3,-
,)68 bushels; eir '`%3.u" bushels per here,
compared with 2,541;,408 anti 29.5 in
`07.
Peas- 3)6,642 neves yielded. 7,401.330
.0 hell, or:18.7 bushels per acre, as com-
pared with 7,303,036 and 21.6 in 1907.
Beans 4n385 acres yielded 783,737
bushels, 01 16.() bushels per acre, as com-
pared with 790.269 and 1(1.6 in 1907.
Potatoes ---106,974 acres yielded 18,-
517,04'9 bushel.;, or III bushels per nem,
• as compared with 20,037,675 and 113 in
1907
gels --65,685 acres pieided 29,S70,-
ushels. or 435 per:tere.
errots-4,050 teeres yielded 1,I20,143
u,hels, or 275 per Sere.
Sugar Beets -17,453 acres yielded 7,-
' 001.748 bushels. or 401 per aere.
l'urnips-1.90.990 acres yielded 41,210,-
189 bushels. or 311,bushcls per acre, as
(100'o0n pared with 45,205,603 and 392 in
7.
Mixed Grains -450.019 acnes yielded
15,354.350 bushels, or 33.7anbitshels per
acre. as compared with len202.511 and
32,1 in 1907.
('ort for Husking-efinalln0 acres yield -
e323„601,122 bushes tin the oar). or 78.8
bnlahel5 per acre, 115 (simpered with 21,-
899,466 and (34.7 in 1907.
Corn for Silo -933,73 'acres yielded
2,729,265 tons (green) 01: 31.68 tons per
nein, as compared with 2,029,457 and
10,13 in 1907.
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WAVES 70
SO SAID THE Plc
VENCE AT.
But the Passeng;
170, They Asset
ter ia Affecte•
French Liner a
e
and
New York, Dec. 2
who arrived to -day 1
narcler Campania
Provence were mo
with the hysteria o
more than one-fifth
company reported;
the liners lost in
save& provisions.
Theepurser of 41
at quarantiu
were 70 feet xiioi. 'The passengers said
he was without a 'propar eatianate • gun;
their greatest height was 170 feet.
La Provence shipped. a few big grey-
backs, one of which curled up the after
part of the heavy steel hateheover for-
ward as if it had been just tin. A lofty
invader of the tapper deck of the Cam-
pania carried away the bell forward and
knocked. out the bridge semaphore.
Only twelve persons reported for
meals in all the seven stormy days in
the second cabin of the Campania, and
the chief one of these was the biggest
British grenadier who ]las ever crossed
the sea in a twin-screw ship. He is to be
the first real "conimissaire": like those
seen at the entrance of British play-
houses to open the carriage and: auto-
mobile doors, that New York will have
the honor of patronizing for the next
three months or more. He is Sergeant
McCullough, and it is suspected from
his name that be is not entirely an An-
glo-Saxon. He is six feet eight inches
tall, weighs 258 pounds, is 30 years old
and has a soft, juvenile voice. He
wears a medal for bravery in the South
African campaigns,
ted
Not
,ship's
what
up in
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THE ITALIANS.
Ambassador Says Few Are Coming
to Canada This Season,
Montreal, Que., Dec.. 28. -Baron May-
or Des Planches, Italian ambassador at
Washington, is here on a pleasure trip.
During a tack 011 immigration ho said
that he did not think Canada would be
bothered much by Italian immigrants
next year, as was the case a couple of
years ago. The Italian immigrants come
almost entirely from, Southern Italy,
end Canadian winters are too cold for
them. The people of ,Northern Italy
would be better suited for Canada, but
they seldom immigrate.
GERMAN SAMOA,
Chiefs to Appeal to Great Britain
and the States.
Auckland, New Zealand, Dec. 28,-
Certain chiefs of the native tribes in
German Samoa are tlai•eatening, trouble.
They are preparing to hoist an inde-
pendent Samoan flag whe?i the parlia-
ment of the islanda reassembles and con-
template appealing to.Grea:t•.Britain and
the United States to decide whether
this action is justified, The chiefs non'
aider that they lost power and dignity
when the old Samoan Parliament was
dispersed and maintain that when Ger•
many took over the Islands she beeante
their protector and nothing, more,. Vin -
Zonae is not anticipated, but the chiefs
will probably offer passive resistance to
the German authorities.
-3,253.141 acres yield).:
1.42 tons per acre,
891,863 and 1.18 its
ores per Ser...
There are 3,336.169 acnes of clearer).
land -devoted to pasture. 3'26.550 acres in
orchard and small fruits, and 11,675
acres in v ine nrd.
STATISTICS OF LIVE STACK.
The numbernumberof live stock on hand on
July 1, 1908. were as follows:
1 orses-720,471, against 723,666 in
1907.
?Milch Cows -1,113,374, against 1,152,-
0/1 in 1907.
Other Cattle --1,711,485, against 1,774;
105 hi 1907.
Sheep and Lambs -1,143,895, against
1,10106,083 in 1907.
wine -1,818,7 63, against 2,049,606 in
0S7.
Poultry --12,285,613, against 13,425,-
676 in 1907.
The numbers of live stock sold or
slaughtered in the year ending June 30,
1908, were as follows:
Horses, 71,214; eaaetle, 708,062; sb.eep,
545,320; swine, 2,129,944; poultry, 4,-
108,750.
Wool -The clip of wool was 4,150,510
pounds,. from 635:528 fleeces, or 6.53
pounds per fleece,
Bees -Apiaries on Ontario farms are
valued at $1,025,509, there being 179,685
hives.
CAB STRIKE.
Chauffeurs and Cabmen Out in New
York City.
New Toric, Dee. 2$.-A general tie-up
of all stables and garages owned by
members of the Livery Stable Owners'
Association was slated for to -clay by
the cabmen and chauffeurs on strike in
this city, whose lenders have ordered
out the 1,000 men still at work in fif-
teen stables. This means that 2,600 men
will be on strike and 45 stables badly
crippled or idle.
Both the employers and strikers are
confident of victory in ibis second big
cab strike in New York city within
three months.
• A large force of strike-breakers has
been sent to the stables of the New
York Cab Co. ane. the Executive Com-
mittee of :the Livery .Stable Keepers'
;Association has decided to employ it
still larger force to ta,lte the places of
its striking employees. A thqusanrl
strike'-brealceh•s a]l told nave already
been engaged.
So far there has been practically no
disorder, and the extra police stationed
near the affected stables have made
but one arrest, that of a striking eai,b-
man, who was fined $5 for alleged in-
terference with a strike-breaker,
Edwin Gould, secretary of the Liberty
Dawn Benevolent Association, which is
managing the strike, .said to -day that
the chief thing the Men wanted was
twelve hours off etaeh day and a. salary
of $15.a week.
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TORONTO iifi RKETS,
FARMERS' :1I4.RKET.
.'1'h•e offerings of gr'a.into-day were
snsnIt, and ;gaits steafty. 'NV seat is
uuenatnged, 11'1t11 sales of 200 businnes of
Doll at t;3e, and 100 •bttsllels of geese: at
JJe. pats steady, 500,. apsliels selling at
42e per bushel.` No barley offered. Foul
-
try seam gnat ).higher.
Hay is nnehan.ged, with sales of 90
loads at $12 to 1313.50 a ton for No. 1,
and at $7 to $1Q for mixed, Straw is
nominal at $12 to $1) a ton.
Dressed hogs are .steady at $8 to .$8.23
for heavy, and at 113'nj,for light.
Wheat, fall, Bush , . i ..$ 0 93 $ 0 00
Do.. goose, bush .. t . 0 90 0 00
as, h .. .. .. 0 42 1) 01)
BOaitler, busbush .. .. . 0 48 0 53
Rye, busji .. .. .. 0 70 u 72
Peas, bush . .. .. .... 0 87 0 00
Nay, per ton .. .,.. . 12 00 • 13 50
Do., No. 2.. .. .. .. 7 00 10 00
Straw, per ton .......12 00 14 00
Dressed hogs . .. . , .. 8 00 I: 50
Butter, dairy .. .. . , - . 0 28 () '30
Do., creamery . .... 0 30 0 33
Eggs, new laid . .. ... , 0 45 0 50 '
• 10 , Ercall,.. , . .. .... 0 30 0 35
Chief cart, dreeeed, lb.. 0 13 (1 14
Docks; 'spring, 'lb., • .... 0 11•-' 0 13
Geese, 1b.. . .. . . 0 11 0 12
Turkeys, lb.. . .... 0 16 0 18
Cabbage; per dozen .. ... 0 30 0 50
Celery, dozen .. .. .... 0 30 0 40
Onions, bag .. ...... 0 SO 9 90
Potatoes. bag. .. .... 0 65 -0 75
Apples, barrel , 2 50 3 110
Beef, hinduarters .. ... 8 00 8 50
Do., forequarters .. .. 4 50 0 00
Do., choice, carcass .. 7 50 7 73
Do., medium, carcases:. 5 00 6 50
Mutton, per cwt .. , , .. 6 50 8 00
Veal; prime, per cwt.... 8 50 10 00
Lamb, per cwt .........8 50 ,e5 50
HIDES, TA LLOW. ETC. .
The relatively small output of 11ids.
this year is keeping the market up,
and business is quite brisk. Tanners
who produce shoe and bag leathers are
busy, but there appears to be no great
demand for harness leathers.. Prices on
all classes of hides are very firma, and
one dealer announces that he is paying
••ixa advance on most of the quotations.
LIVE STOCK.
Receipts of live stock at the Union
Stock .lards were light- 13 carloads,
composed of 200 cattle, 10 hogs, 208
sheep and Iambs, and 4 calves.
• Tho quality of 'w not as good
as usual. for this
:Grade, owing t• -r•, was
brisk,
Prices
by
10 a, cin. ,
Prices were mu ,
tweet"s quota tions
r✓xpore'rs-one oao eep
watas$3re,7ported at $,5.25, and export bulls
0' to ;:,25,
Butchers" -Few choice cattle were on
sale, but the best butchers' were quoted:
at $4,50 to $4.75; medium, $4 to $4.50:
coronion at $3.50 to $3.90; maulers, $1.50
to $2. •
Milkers and Springers -A few minters
and springers sold at from $30 to $30
each.
Vaal Calves --•Only a limited number
of calves were on sale. Prices ranged
at from $2 to $6.50 per cwt.
Sheep and Lambs --Trade in. latmbe
was brisk and firmer at $5 to $5,75 per
ewt.; seep unchanged at $3.25 to $3.49
for ewes, and $2 to $2.50 for rams.
Hogs-Gunns report prices steady at
$6 for selects, fed and watered, at the
market, and $5.75 to drovers 1. o. b.
ears at country points.
OTHER MARKETS.
NEW YORK SUGAR MARKET.
Sugar -Raw nominal; fair refining,
3.90c to 3.23e; ,centrifugal, p6 test, 3.70c
to 3.73c; molasses sugar, $2.95 to $2.98; •
refined quiet.
BRITISH CATTLE MARKETS.
London cable: London cables for
cattle are steady at 124e to 144nc per
11,,, dressed weight; refrigerator ,beef is
quoted at 1:03ne to 1034e per In.
WINNIPEG WHEAT MARKET.
Wheat -July $1.0334 bid, December
9SShe bid, klay $1.017.
Oats -December 365ne bid, May 41e
bid.
BRITISH APPLE MARKETS.
Messrs: Henry Levy, London, says
Tho British apple markets continue very
firm. This is accountable, of eouree, to
some extent to the Christmas trade, but
to a greater degree to short supplies. In
fact, shipments aro corning forward
from. the Dutch and Belgian ports to
cope 'with the demand, and we eonfi-
deahtly look forward to a continuance of
these good markets in all the U. K.
straight away now throughout the sea -
SOIL
London quotations: Canadian -Gold-
en russets, firsts, 18s to 19s; seconds,
15s dd to 16s. Greeninn , firsts, 1$s to
19,s; seconds, 15s to lbs 65. Ben Davie,
firsts, lbs to 17s; seconds, 14s to 16s.
Spies, BaIdwt'ins, Golden Russets (boxes,
firsts and seconds), 5s 'to es.
IIIONTRE.AL LIVE STOaK.
Montreal :About 1,300 head of butch-
ers' cattle, 167 calves, 1,440 sheep and
lambs and 1,180 hogs were offered for
sale at the Point St. Charles Stock
Yards this forenoon. The arrivals of.
live stock here during the week were
2,248 cattle, 285 calves, 2,456 -sheep and
laanbs and 3,254 fat hogs. Butchers hay-
ing bought•hnost of their supplies (luring
lett week, diel not require much more to-
day, and the market wars 51111, with the
prices of cattle ratlher lower, but sheep
have advanced in price. Prime, 41-3 to
5o per lb; pretty goad nnhnals, 31-2 by
41.4e per lb; common stock, 21-2 to
n 14e•' purhlb, • .Calves; sold at freemen to
51:2e per' Ib. Sheep sold at 4 to 41.2e
lambs at 5 3.4 to tic per Ib. Good lots
of fits, bogs sold at about, 6 1.2e per lb.