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!INTEiiNAT1ONAL LE6801'4NQ. VII,
AUGUST 12, 1906.
The Parable of the rrwo ,Sons. -Luke 15;
11-82.
Commentary, -L Leaving home (vs.
11143), 11. A certain man -The simple,
}unpretentious beginning of the most
.) laautiful of all the parables. The anan
'i; here the image of Gad. the Father -
'Lange, Two sons -The two sons may be
amid to be representative of mankind,
dor "we have in then examples of two
.great phases of alienation from God.--
ithe elder is blinded by self-righteous-
ia1ess, the younger -"He represents open-
!ly wicked persons, such as the publicans
wand sinners." He also represents the
ihoughless, careless youth. He was over
tionfident and could be easily deceived.
Ive me -It has been a custom in the
'east for sons to demand and receive their
;portion of the inheritance during the fa-
ther's lifetime. --Clarke. "The rqes
t
showed (1) selfishness, (2),
;(3) self will, (4) a determination to deo
wrong, (5) undutifulness, (0) narrow
vision." It indicated a state of mind
from which every kind of sin takes its
arise -the desire to be independent of
'God and to enjoy a liberty which is only
another name for license, Man often
thinks he can be happier to yield to his
unrestrained lusts and desires. He di-
vided ..his living -The yielding to the
;request strikingly sets forth the permis-
sion of freewill to man, and also the
fact of God's bestowing many gifts up
'on even the unthankful and disobedient.
Man's will is supreme in living his des-
tiny.
13. Not many days -He bad decided
upon his course and hastened to be--gone-
"This shadows forth the rapidity (T) of
national and (2) individual degeneracy."
-Farrar. Gathered all together -"Sin -
eters who go astray from God venture
their all." Took his journey -He was
weary of his father's government and
desired greater liberty. As soon as the
bridle of restraining grace is taken off,
we are soon gone. -Henry. The journey
'the prodigal took represents the sinner
lin his departure from God. He entin-
and
to a "far country," far from truth
'virtue. Wasted his substance -So dinners
'waste .the gifts God has given thein.
The worldly life is always a wasteful
;life. It wastes body and soul, life and
health, time, talents and all that is
precious and valuable. "Sinners waste
itheir Bibles, their Sabbaths, their relig-
ious training, their heavenly inheritance
and get nothing in return." With riotous
`living -In verse 30 we see how low he
fell. His body, mind and soul were de-
based.
II. In deep distress (vs. 14-16). 14.
Spent all -He did not stop until his last
dollar was gone, His passions reigned.
;This represents the sinner who has
"thrown away the mercy, favor endlove
of God, and has wilfully rejected the sal
,vation of Christ. It seems that he .spent
all very soon; the enjoyment of sin is
:brief" A mighty famine -The soul liv-
iing at a distance from God, and shut
out from intercourse with Him, will
t
very soon. feel its own utter emptiness.
'',A mighty famine will follow. In want -
Real want is soul want. The prodigal
now felt the effects of his dissipated
course. The steps downward were "apos-
prorligacy, penalty" See Prov a son of God by recreation the teaching
=iv. 3.4 The soul has many cravings is the
o. take the lowest place in it.
IV. The return and the welcome (ve.
20.24).
20. He arose -He immediately 'did all
of these things that he had decided upon.
Great way off -die was coming slowly,
in rags, in disgrace, questioning about
his weleomme. Father saw him rhe fa-
ther was ever watching for his return.
So God knows when we start toward
.Hien. Sin ,has made the distance great,
but as soon as the lost one starts to
return the Father has compassion. And
ran, 'etc. -This represents the readiness
with 'which God receives returning sin-
ners. 21. The son said -He makes his
confession; he abases himself. All true
penitents feel their unworthiness. They
are conscious that they deserve nothing
but death, and their only hope le in the
mercy of Christ.
22. But the father -The father did not
wait until he had finished his confession.
In this we see the great affection of the
father and his willingness to forgive
Said -to his servants -The father's joy
is full and he instantly issues orders to
celebrate his return.-Wilicock. Bring
forth quickly (R. V.) - Let us show at
once by our actions that the wanderer is
fully forgiven and reinstated. Put a ring
on his hand -A sign of affection and that
he was a free Tuan. There is no license.
given here to adorn the body, as sone
have vainly tried to show. The true
standard for such adorning is given by
Paul and Peter (1 aim. 2, 9-10; 1 Peter
3: 3, 4).
23. Be merry -Be joyful and happy.
The Bible gives the childeen of God li-
cense to shout for joy. When Christ re-
stores the wanderer there is general re-
joicing and he is immediately treated as
a son . 24. Was dead -"Lost to all
good, given up to all evil." Is alive
again -Here was special cause for rejoic-
ing . Who would not be partaker of
this joy?
V. The elder brother (vs. 25.32). S.
He was angry -Our Lord now holds up
to the murmuring Pharisees a likeness of
themselves. .As the elder brother is an-
gry at the joy which welcomes the pro-
digal home from his wanderings, so have
these men murmured at the mercy with
which Jesus has received the publican
and the sinner.-Whedon. Intreated hint
-As Jesus was then entreating the cap-
tious Pharisees not to spurn the repent-
ing. outcasts. 29, 30.. In these verses
Jesus gives, in parable, the substance of
the Pharisaic murmurings: We are bet-
ter than others and should have great
respect and deference paid us; but you
have left us and interested yourself in
thtese publicans and sinners. 31.
thine -All is within thy reach. If fou
do not enjoy my bounty it is because
you will not. Notice that the parable
leaves the elder brother on the outside,
stubbornly refusing to enter. "After the
parable has thus fulfilled its immediate
object, it may be applied to a great vari-
ety of equivalent cases. We may truly
then say that the elder son is the Jews
and the younger the Gentiles; and that
the return of the prodigal is the restora-
tion of the Gentiles to the church of
God."-Wedon.
This "pearl" of the parables is a most
beautiful portrayal of the Father's pity,
tenderness and love.'Whether we look
at the prodigal as an unsaved sinner, a
son of God, by creation, as was Adani
(Luke iii. 38), or as a backslidden sinner,
same, the love of the Father. In
and the p the parable we see a young person.
'this world can never satisfy it. I. Discontented. "Give me" (v. 12.)
15. Joined himself to a citizen -The
same wicked life that before was mepre-
sseatted by riotous living is here repre-
sented by servile living, for sinners are
perfect slaves. The devil is. the citizen
•of that country; li.e is both in city and
country. Sinners join the'ms.elves to him
`Ito go at his bidding (John viii. 34), and
ere dependent upon him for their living.
.-,Henry. 'Do feed swine -This was doub-
ly'degrading, and especially so to a Jew.
"The degradation at the end of a course
of sin is here represented" "Shame,
,contempt and distress are wedded to sin,
and tan never be divorced."
16. With th husks -The 'husks were
not the pads of soene other fruit, nut
"the fruit of the carob -tree, used for
feeding swine." Be'was driven to the
',extremity of trying to satisfy 'his hunger
.with the food that was fit only for
swine. So sinners endeavor to satiety
ights, No o anon soul with rthly anal sensual de -
nave to him-�T`4hos
lig„<
in'h
Ewhoen he bed called his, friends now de-
serted him. They ]tad taken his money
and then cast him aside. Satan's agents
do the same to -day. The salo.onkeepe'r
twill rob a man of his money, health and
character, and then. kick him out of the
,book door to die.
EL The decision to return home (vs.
1'19).
17. He came to himself --Sin dethrones
the reason. A state of sin is a state of
!folly and madness, but the mnaduess is
'in the lueart (Feel. ix. 3). Isis lack oe
jreasnn is *eau, 1. In that he called for
his money. 2, When he left home. 3.
When he went to live with harlots. 4,
When he nndertook to satisfy his elm-
ger with swine's food. But be now ba-
lms to sense has condition and see his
;'folly. Those who have once known the
.Lord cannot derive satisfaction. from the
world. Bread enough and to Sparc-
!.Phe lowest in my father's house has
bread to give to the poor. God's pea-
lele are abundantly reepplaecl with good
things. I perish -,Sinners will not come
to Oiliest until they see themselves
ready to perish. 18. I will arise -lie
bad left borne by his own free will, and
rime :must return in tete same way. God
eompels,no one to do right. And. go-
; Following
o-.IlFollowing the decision there must be an
otfort put forth. In returning to God
there le something to do. I have sinned
,«-The first thing to do is to makea ftill
cose±ession of our .sins, (L Jelin i. 0; Jolt
(**li, 27, 28). Against heaver --against
herds Every sin is a sin against God.
heaven" (vs, viii, el. He acknowledged
he was without excuse. Not a word of
"faults" or "failing" or "wild oats." Ho
called his wrong doing by the right
name. It : was sin. When 'man takes
his place as a, sinner the Father can re-
ceive him es a sae. "If we confess our
sins lie is faithful and just to forgive us
our sins" (I', John i, 0).
VIII. Contrition, "l. .am no fore wor-
thy to be called thy son" (vs, 19,21.) To
repent of sin is to be humbly conscious
of deserving all punishment for sin.
IK. Conning to the Father. "And be
arose, and. came to his father" (v. 20.)
He came to himself, then to his father.
Thought should end in hetion. David
says, "I thought on my ways; and turn-
ed my feet unto thy testimonies" (Pea.
exix. 5T) Repentance is leaving the far
country with al that pertains to it. "De-
parture from God is the essence of all
sin, returning to' God is the essence of
all repentance."
Y. Conciliated. "Rohe .... put it on
hirer" (v. 22.) "The robe of righteous-
ness" (Isa. Ix. 10.) As C. H, McIntosh
says, "Sonship being founded on resur-
rection, stands connected with perfect
justification; stands connected with per-
fect justification, perfect righteousness,
perfect freedom from everything that
could in anywise be against us. God
could not have us in his presence with
sin upon us. The' Father could not have
the prodigal at his table with the rags
of the far country upon him. He could
fall on his neck and kiss him in those
rags. God in Christ bas stooped to the
lowest point of a man's moral condition,
that by steoping,he might raise man to
the highest point of blessedness in fel-
lowship with himself." -A. C. M.
pleasures, riches and honors o
THE PEACE
CONFERENCE.
Market Reports
-OF--
The Week.
Toronto Farmers' Market..
The grain market is very dull with re-
ceipts nil and prices nominal.
Hay in better sup -ply, with prices firmer;
and oats $15 sold
4$17 $for olto d. 6 Stra ton
d for at
$11 a ton for one load.
Dressed hogs are scarce and firm, with
$10.
ligh65t quoted
10.75. at $10.85 to $11, and heavy at
Wheat, white, bush. .. ......5 0 81 $ 0 00
Do., red, bush. .. .. .... .. 0 81 0 00
Do,
Do, spgorose,ing, busix... .. .. 0 76 0 78
bush,
Oats, bush... .. .. 00 76 00 0 4176
Barley, bush ... 0 48 0 60
Peaa, bush. .... .. 0 72 0 00
Rye, bush. .... 0 65 0 00
Hay, new, per ton ,.., .. 9 00 10 50
Do, old, per ton .. .. .... ,15 00 17 00
Straw, per ton .... 10 00 11 00
Dressed hpp,10 ,,...... , , 10 65 11 00
l5ggs, d 0 oreti.. 0 21 0 2422
Butter, dairy .... .... .... 0 17
Do, creamery.. .. .. .. , 0 22 0 25
Chickens, alive, per lb. .. , 015 016
Rens, per lb. .. 010 011
Turkeys, a,er lb. .... .. 013 015
Potatoes, new, bush .. 0 85 1 10
Beef, hindquarters -- .- ,. 8 00 9 50
Do, forequarters ... . 6 00 6 50
London, July 30. -The conference of
the enterparran ee tary Union after a
peolonged debate this morning adopted
the following resolution:
"The Interparliamentary Union now
assembled in London, expresses the view
that the second Hague conference
should:
First. By treaty define contraband of
war as being restricted to arms, muni-
tions of war and explosives.
Second; Reassert and confirm the prin-
ciple••that ,neither: a ship carrying. con-
traband of war, nor other goods aboard
such ship not being. contraband of war,
may be destroyed.
Third. Affirm that even between bel-
ligerents private property should be
as sacred at sea as it is on land."
The conference also adopted a resolu-
tion in favor of the discussion by the
Hague conference of means to cut down
the "intolerable expenditure on arma-
ments"
Another resrhition provides that each
national green shall apply to its own
Government. to grant funds to aid fu-
ture conferences of the Interparliamen-
tary Union.
The decision as to ,the time and place
of the next conference was left in the
hands of the International Council
The conference then concluded its ses-
sions.
It is expected that the next meeting
willtakeplace at Berlin, in 1908.
Be 'demanded a change. He chafed
against restraint. He wanted Itis own
way. He longed to be independent. He
was not contented,
II. Distant. "Son gathered all together
and took his journey into a far country"
(v. 13.) "Far" from the light of the Fa-
ther's smile, "far" from the touch of the
Father's hand, "far" from the joy of the
Father's approval. The life of the wan-
derer is "far' from God. He is 'an alien
in a strange land" (Exod. xviii. 3).
III, Dissatisfied. "Tbere wasted his
substance in riotous living" (v. LI.) The
life of a wanderer from tied is an rater
failure, and the respectable more.] einuer
wastes his substance as really as the pio-
fligate, immortal sinner soonar or la! er.
They both squander all., money. beetle
time, talents, opport nee tee, everything.
They gather "all" (v. 13), they sperm
"all" (v. 14).
IV. Disappointed. 'A mighty famine"
brought 'want" (v. 11. He mens ready
to "perish with hunger' (v. 17.) To him
were fulfilled the words of 1�o1, 'The ,le -
sire of the wicked shall perish" Psa, cxii.
10.) "The expectation of the wiekni
shall perish (Prov. x. '3) Soiomeu knew
Ude by bitter experileice ;Feel. i,. 10-e3.)
Another prodigal, a soldier dying in ,,
hospital, said, "I have tr!e3. war huller;
the pursuit of money, of pleasure, and T
have tried vice, but I hive found sans-
factien in nothing!" It is ever s'. ;ratan
never keeps his word.
V. Coning to himself. '']Ie came to
himself" (v. 17. Ile began to be disen-
thralled from the enchanter's power. He
was aroused from the lethargy of sinful
insanity, he woke. from his dream of
sensual pleasure,- he stepped- out of his
grave.
VI, Considering. 'He said" (v. 17.) He
began to . contrast his present with his
past. There is hope for a sinner who
will obey the command to "consider"
(Hag. i. 5, 7.) . A pleasure -loving young
lady was persuaded to think on her eter-
nal interests. The world was fascinat-
ing, and the life of a Christian seemed
narrow and unattractive, but as she
thought of the future she said to herself,
"I will •decide this matter. Why should
I longer :halt between two opinions?"
Taking e sheet of paper she wrote upon
one page, Reasons why I should serve
the Lord." And upon the opposite page,
"Reasons why f should serve the world."
There were so many more reasons in fa-
vor of Christianity than of worldliness
than she immediately turned her lade to -
ME GRAIN
COMMISSION.
TARGET FOR
BOER BULLETS.
GIANT SCOTCH SOLDIER A VISITOR
. TO NEW YORK.
Biggest Trooper in Army -Carries Seven
Scars of Wounds Received at Battles:
of Majuba Hill and Spion Cop --Says
He Couldn't Run Away.
A New York despatch says one of the
most conspicuous figures of the war be-
tween Great Britain and the South Af-
rican Republic, in more senses than one,.
was Pipe -Major Roderick Bain MacKen-
zie, of the Gordons, the crack Highland-
ers regiment, an organization that saw
two years of the most strenuous fight-
ing that was known during the entire
unpleasantness with the Boers,
Major MacKenzie, who led a band of
bagpipers that marched at the bead of
the Gordons, was, and still is, the tallest
man in the military service of His Ma -
Do, obgice„ circa a 760 8 00
Do, medium,. carcase .. 6 00 6 50
Mutton, uer owt. „ .,., .. 9 60 10 50
Veal, per cwt..... .. .. 8 50 10 00
Lamb, per cwt. .. .... .. ... 12 00 13 00
Manitoba Wheat.
At the Winnipeg option market to -day the
following were the closing wheat quotations:
July 7970c bid, Aug. 80c bid, Oct. 77%e'btd.
Leading Wheat Markets.
New York .. ,- -- 83/4 83% 85% 88
Detroit .. .. .. -. ,. 7630 77% 803/x, -
St. Louis , . - . , .. 733/4 743/4 77% -
Minneapolis .. .. 76% 76% 77% -
Toledo -. ,. .... -. 763,1 7734' 803/4 833/4
Duluth ., .. .. ., .. 783/4 77 7730 -
British Cattle Market!
London.. --Cattle are quoted at 1034e to 12'4c
per Pb.; refrigerator beef, 9%c to 9%c per
Ib.; sheep, dressed. 14o to 15%c per ib.
Toronto Lrve Steck.
Trade in fat cattle was dull, only the
good• ones finding ready sale, while the
market was decidedly dull for common to
medium classes. Several lots were re-
ported as left unsold at the close of the
market.
Exporters. -There were few shipping
cattle offered and they were of common.
to medium quality, selling at $4.50 to
$4.60 per cwt. Export bulls sold at $3.50
to $4.65 pee cwt. Had there been some
choice shipping cattle they no doubt
would have brought a better price.
lautchers'.-A very few picked butch-
ers' of prime quality were reported as
having sold at $4.50 to $4.75; fair to
good at $4.1231 to $4.35; common to
$3.50 to $3.75; cows at $2.50 to $3.50;
canners, $1.75 to $2.
Feeders and Stockers. -Harry Murby
reports trade easy at following prices:
Best 900 to 1,000 lb. steers, $3.80 to $4;
best 800 to 900 lb. steers, $3.00 to $3.80;
best 000 to S00 Ib. steers, $3.25 to $3.60;
medium stockers from $3 to $3.25; com-
mon stockers from $2.10 to $2.50.
Milch Cows -There were a few farm-
ers looking for some good cows, but there
was not enough to supply them. One
extra fine cow sold at $70, another at
$54; the balance at $30 to $45 eacb.
Veal Calves. -Prices ranged from $3.50
per cwt. for "bobs" to $4.50 to $0 per
cwt. for good to choice.
Sheep and Lambs.-Evport ewes, $4
to $4.40; bucks, $3 to $3.60; lambs, $7.25
to $7.75 per cwt.
Hogs. -Mr. Harris reports selects at
$7.90 and lights at $7.65 per cwt.
Ottawa, Ont., July 30. -(Special.) -
The order -in -council for the appoint-
ment of a royal commission to investi-
gate matters in connection with the
grain trade provides that the allowance
of the Chairman, John Miller, of Indian
Head, be $15 per diem and each of the
two commissioneru', McNairMessrs, cNadr end
Goldie, be allowed $12 per diem. in ad-
dition to this, they are to be allowed
such contingencies, travelling and living
expenses, as the Minister of Trade and
Commerce may deem necessary, The
commission has been instructed to take
into consideration all ntattere• connected
with the grain inspection and the Mani-
toba grain Act, and is given power• -.to
visit grain growers, elevators all over
the wheat graining area, to enquire into
the methods of handling the grain at
the various stations, farmers' elevators
as well es companies' elevators, distri-
bution of cars, methods of the grain
dealers in Winnipeg, Toronto and Mont-
real, and the system of Government in-
spection and collection of fees, selection
of grades, and the methods of handling
the grain at For,t William and Port Ar-
thur, and the lake ports at neantreal,
St. John and Halifax, and also. the eons
ditnens existing as to the spanner of
handling th•e grain upon its arrival in
England.
HAD LEFT HIM.
CARL WILSON A SUICIDE FOR
LOVE.
Detroit,July 30, --Because his sweet-
heart, Miss Mabel. Thompson, had gone
to Toledo, and he believed her love for
him had grown cold, Carl Wilson, aged
23, an employee of . the Wyandotte ship-
yard, and living at 58 Eureka avenue,
committed. suicide Monday by blowing
out Itis brains with a shotgun,
Wilson went to his room about 11
o'clock, and, placing a mirror by the
side of his bed, aimed the shotgun at
his head,
Wilson was an assumed name and.
his brother refuses to give hie right
name, sayingthat the nerd man wag
a deserter from the United States
navy, The young woman with whom
Wilson was in love now lives at 722 -Su-
perior street, Toledo.
,Wilson left a letter saying.,that oig-
1$, No snore :worthy -lie is rready to arettes ceased him to take hie own
'dale himself, De knows that injus- ward God and heaven. life, but it is believed khat the abeenee values hold generally firm. Collections _
We his father could •shut tire door VII, Confession. "I have sinned against of his eweetheart caused *. i'j 3 are fair to good. - - `- clock in the filo„ x
jesty King Edward VI. He stands 7
feet 2 1-2 inches in height, military mea-
surement, which means in his stocking
feet and bare headed. He differs from
most giants, for he is in no sense a.
"freak" and has never been exhibited
as a human curiosity. He is'magnificent-
ly proportioned, weighs about 275
pounds and is as "brew" a lad as ever
came out of old Scotia. As a rule, the
giants of dune museums and side shows
are mentally deficient, but the Major is
a notable exception. His clear, blue
eyes, frank, smiling face and his conver-
sation all show uncommonly bright in-
tellect, and it is worth one's while to
talk with him about his experiences at thea
front, for he is a good talker.
Usually, anywhere from six inches to
a foot and a half are added to the height
of "freak" giants by the veracious press
agents. As a matter of fact, there is
no living man who has attained the
height of nine feet, and none of that
great height has ever lived since the days
of Goliath. The tallest of them ale. is
eight feet or less, so it will be seen that
Major :MacKenzie, with his 7 feet 2 1-2
inches, may be classed as a very big man.
In fact,, as he marches up and dower the
board walk in front of "The End of the
World" show in Dreamland, Coney Is- .
land, where he is engaged to play his
pipes to advertise the entertainment,
he looks even bigger. He wears the fell
regimentals of the Clan Gordon -kilts,
tarean, Cairngorm and all -and his el-
ect, military bearing adds strikingly to
the ensemble -of the picture he makes.
"I have been a soldier practically aI/
my life," said the hfajor, in reply to a
question as to his war service. "I was
born in the highlands of the west of
Scotland, thirty-five years ago, and en- -
listed in the volunteers at the age of'
13. There were never any serious wars
until the outbreak of the trouble be-
tween Great Britain and the. Boers. I
had traveled almost all over the world
and had skirmished in India and Africa,.
but it was play compared to what we
went through in South Africa. Those
Boers. I tell you. weer fighters!
"I can't remember all the battles we
went through: Many of them were small
affairs, but the supreme test cane at
the battles of the Majuba River and
Spion Kop. At the Majuba, I was twice
wounded, and at Spion Kop I got five
Boer bullets in my anatomy"
Here the Major rolled up his sleeves
and displayed the scars that renmaind as.
evidence of General Sherman's terse dec-
laration that "War is hell!" On his left
forearm is a long saber cut received in a
hand-to-hand encounter with a Boer offi-
cer, while on his right arm is the scar
left by a Mauser bullet. Three bullet
wounds in his left leg and two in his
left leg and two in his right bore testi-
money of real fighting.
"Did you run after you were wound-
ed?" lie was asked.
"Run h-!" he exclaimed. "Why we -
couldn't run. .At Spion Kop, we were
nearly at the top of the hill when the.
deadly fighting began. Had we attempted:
to retreat then, every man would have -
been mowed down by Boer bullets. It
was fight and win, en die. That battle•
was the decisive one of the war, and
victory meant the breaking up of the.
Boers' strongest points of vantage. I
must confess I would have been glad to.
run, if that would have done any good,,
but as it wouldn't I stuck. On account
of my size I was a mark for the fire,,
of the enemy, and it seemed to the they
were all shooting at me. In addition to.
the bullets that hit me, there were-
more than a dozen that went through
my uniform. Five pierced my bearskin.
cap. Hadthe Boers shot a trifle lower,..
I wouldn? t be here now.
"After the war I returned to Scotland..
Some of the people at home declared I
had displayed great bravery -they dict
not know, you know, how badly I want-
ed to run -and time Celtics, the leading-
Scottish
eading
Scottish society, presented to me this
beautiful Cairngorm." The Cairngorm is -
a handsome disk of silver, about three -
inches in diameter, and set with a large.
amethyst. -
"In some way," the Major continued;..
"our people conveyed word to His Maj-
esty that I was worthy of decoration, -
so I was honored by a command to ap -
pear before the King, who with his owe.
hands presented ins with a splendid dirk,.
in a jeweled sheath, which I now regard?
as my most precious possession, I always,
carry it, and would not part with it for
all the money in the world.
"Last year I visited America, as pipe -
major of Caledonians. I returned to Scot-
land, but came to .America again to ac-
cept a position with a crack Canadian
band, as drum major, A week or two,
ago, 1 eame to Xew York."
Some fellows kill so b uoh time that.
thew aught to be ashamed to look a.
Bradstreet's on Trade.
Montreal. -The general condition of
trade here has shown little change dur-
ing the past week. The movement of
wholesale trade is not heavy, but the
outlook favors a good trade in fall and
winter lines, Heavy shipments in au-
tumn dry goods are going forward and
prices are steady with firmness noted
in some lines of cottons and wools. The
movement of groceries is fair. Sugars
are in active demand for preserving and
prices are firm. Dried fruits are scarce.
and firm, Hardware continues to move
briskly. Some dry goods houses report
between 85 and 90 per cent. of paper
being paid. Farmers are busy haying,
and country trade has a quiet tone. The
business in dairy products continues
brisk.
Toronto. --There is a continued satis-
factory tone to general trade here, the
result of a good business moving
throughout the country. The dry goods
trade reports a heavy movement in gen-
eral fall lines and particularly in ,ready-
ntade garments. The sorting trade for
seasonable lines is active. Values of
linens. woollens and cottons hold. firm.
In the hardware trade there is a heavy
demand for building supplies and farm
machinery. Prices are generally steady.
The grocery trade is moderately active.
Sugars are firm and in active demand.
The pack of strawberries will be light,
and not more than fifty per cent. of
wholesalers' orders will be filled. The
outlooks for other fruits is good with
the exception of plums.
Londen.-Wholesale stocks are mov-
ing fairly well, but most of the trade is
in fall lines,. Sorting orders in light
lines of dry goods are not heavy, but are
well distributed. Country trade has a
quiet tone. The outlook for future trade
is very encouraging.
Vaatcouvcr and Victoria. -There is :a
continued good tone to trade all along
the coast. Wholesale lines are moving
fairly well and collections are good.
Hamilton. -There is a good volume of
business moving in all lines. The sort-
ing trade is fairly active and heavy ship-
ments of staple lines are being made for
fall account. Country trade is fair. Re-
ceipts of produce are not heavy, and