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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1908-02-14, Page 3LESSON VTI.—FEB. x6, 1908. in wklieia has gory is best promoted, and our eternal interest is secured.,—Clarke. The word• .spoken --Before this he be- lieved in Christ's power to ()eal, now he believes in His word and acts accord- ingly, IV. The nobleman's faith rewarded (vs. 51-64), 51. Going down—Free). Cana to Oapernaum, Met him—"While the father was descending the hillsides with trust .and peace, they were ascend- ing, them with glad news." 'lei ly sen liv- eth—Meaning the same that Jesus meant when He used the same words —that he would recover from his siek- ness, with the prospect of lengthened life• 52.—Then enquired he—His faith was rewarded. He had +believed bhe word, and received its fnddilment. It wee his de-, light to cosasider the works of God, and to note the beauty and harmony be- tween His word and -His work, At the seventh hour—Definite time, definite work. This was either one o'clock p. m•, according to the Jewish reckoning, or seven o'clock p. m., according to the Raman reckoning. 53. The father knew —Everything was e+lear to his under- standing. It was while be was beseech- ing the Saviour that his prayer was answered, though at the time he knew it not. Men can tell more of what they have experienced than they can claim by faith, Himself ..Whole house—Believed in the divine claims of Jesus. This is the earliest mention of "houauh.oi d faith." The mother, the sista s, brothers, servants—the entire family --'had. shar- ed in the anxietp, and now aceeptedthe claims of the Messiah. Faith is graci- ously contagious.—Plnbpit Com. 54. Se- cond miracle—Not the second miracle Jesus had wrought (chap. 3. 2; v. 45), but the second in Galilee. Practical Applications. Faith is the link which unites the human with the divine. God always honors the faith of every man. The nobleman from . Capernaum whose son was sick is an illustration of the steps of faith which lead to perfect victory. He, 1. Believed Christ could. "When he heard he went unto him and be sought him" (v. 47). He who could turn water into wine (John 2: 9), and drive the buyers and sellers out1f the temple (John 2: 15), and other "miracles"( John 3: 2), could surely heal his boy. Faith cometh by hearing (Rpm. 10: 17). To know whan at Jesus his dencouragementtoeothers for believe he will do the same for us. II. Believed Christ's word. :`The Jesus hadB spoken" (v.believed 50). Notice, 1ht The noble man did not trust his son in what he had. done. He had done much; given Ms son all attention; used all skill, taken the long journey; found Jesus out; flung himself before him; but 2100 in these did he believe. In the matter of salvation risen are apt to grasp at what they do. Consciousness of having complied .with every condi- tion, of having obeyed every direction, will encourage faith in God; but, faith in our prayer, our honesty, our effort, is not the faith that brings .blessing. 2. He did not trust to his own feel- ing. How he felt had. nothing to do with it. George Muller says: "Faith is confidence that God will do what he has declared in his holy word. It is reliance on God's word, through thy assurance that he will act truth- fully. It is based altogether on his character. Faith is not an impres sion, feeling or emotion. It has nothing to do with probabilities. Faith begins where probability ends, Many are under a cloud who might be in cleat light, because they weigh prob• abilities or look at their own im- pressions or feelings. We believe be- cause God has spoken, and not be- cause we have impressions, feelings or emotions." III. Believed Christ slid. "He went his way" (v. 50), A beautiful illus- tration of walking by faith (2 Cor. 5: 7). "Our actions demonstrate our faith surely and strikingly. v Hanging m g uneasily around a person who has made us a promise. may be unwelr come proof to him that we doubt his word. Importunity is an offence, when a synonym for doubt. Perhaps you have done everything else but•,. go your way believing God. Do that and your faith will be honored, Too often do we fall under Christ's sad reprehensions, `Extent ye see signs and wonders yet will not believe' " (v 48. TV. Relieved and obeyed. "Jesus saith unto hint, Go thy way...he went his way" (v. 30). Obedience' is the. condi- tion of confidence (T. John 3. 22. Ar- thur T. Pierson says: "In thirty years of ministry T never met a case of spir- itual darkness not associated with a snirit of disobedience and doubt, if only the spirit of complaining" "Faith com- eth...by the word. of Cod" (Rom. 10. 17). Carrie Judd Montgomery says: "Faith is the eye that gases on ,Jesus, the hand that leans on Him. The secret is in knowing God speaks, and in doing as ITe says beceatse you believe His word. God says, `What things soevt;r ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them. and ye shall have them' (Mark 11, 24). This faith is exercised by a soul abiding in Christ. In Bine, yielded to His will, He reveals His will, and we are able to claim Ilis will, and stand with unwavering confidence upon His word of promise. We receive whet we desire because wn desire only Tris will. We make sure of His will, and then, by a violence of faith which pleases Cod, we take the kingdom by force (Matt. 11, 12). This is no earthly force, but en- tirely heavenly. '('lee do not force heaven to comply with our requirements, but the heavenly force dwells within us. and energizes us to comply, with God's re- quirements. Lack of faith hinders Cod and grieves Him, but strong faith ac- cepts His gifts and uses them for his glory. As Whittier said: © "'The steps of faith Fall on the scenting; void, and find I l'beneath. Jesus heals the Nobleman's Son.—John 4; 43-54• Conaneatary•--L Jesus received as a prophet (vs. 43.45.) 43, After two days —Tile two days' mentioned in verse 40, which he had spent in Samaria. He then carried out his original plan (v. 3.) Galilee—The centre of life and activity in Palestine at that time. It •contained Wee millions of people. There was a itarge foreign population and the Jews were more ready to receive the gospel than in the south. 44. His own country —This proverb was repeated later when he was at Nazareth (Mark 6, 4; Luke 4, 24) ; then Natzareth was "his own coun- try." To what country does he now re- fer when he speaks of "his own coun- try?" Various explanations have been suggested: 1. That having first gained recognition in Judea he will now return to bis own people, where he is not over popular, and endeavor to reach them. 2. Whedon. says, "From foreign Samaria, Where he was honored, Jesus departs to his own country, where he was without honor." 3. That Jesus regarded Jerusa- lem and Judea as his country, it being the place of his birth, the place of his Father's house and kingdom, and the centre; of the Jewish world. Jesus had not been enthusiastically received in Judea (John 3, 25; 4, 1, 2) and now de- cides 'to labor in Galilee until later, when he would make a last and strong appeal to them. This may be the cora red explanation. 45. Into Galilee—The country of Gali- lee. He had accomplished his journey from Judea. Received him—This does not mean that none rejected him, but where he went he was welcomed. His first miracle there, nearly a year before, was still in their memory, and it was only a few weeks after that when those same countrymen met him at the Pass- over, and there witnessed other miracles and a display of his authority in cleans- ing the temple. H. The nobleman's request (vs. 46, 47.) 46. Again into Cana—Where his disciples witnessed the first display of his power (John '2, 7-11), and 'where tbefr faith in him as the Messiah was confirmed. Very likely ho was again entertained. in the home of Nathaniel. A certain nobleman—Literally, "one be- longing to the king." Herod Antopas was king at this time and this man was probably swim high officer of Herod's court. Some think he was Chuza, Her- ocl's steward or chamberlain, whose wife, Joanna, ministered to Jesus (Luke 8; 3.) The miraculous healing of the centurion's eerva•nt (Matt. 8; 5 and Luke 7; 1), but must not be eon - .founded with it. . Son was sick Very eiek with a fever (v. 52.) Disease and Meath come. a1iko to high and Slows ri There is -misery ii places AS 'well as in hovels, Cape,aseen —4. city on the northwest comet of the Sea of Galilee. Soon after this Jesus xnade Capernaum his home. 47. When he heard—Proba- bly through the reports of those who had been at the Passover, if he hate not himself witnessed the miracles there. Capernaum wns not more than twenty miles from Cana, and the stews would quickly spread that Jesus was again come to Galilee. Went unto be- sought—Here we see his tender affec- tion for his son; 11e spared no pains to get help for hien. We also see his great respect to our Lord: lie, came himself, when he might have sent a servant; and he besought him, when, as a Man in authority, same would think he might have ordered his attendance. The great- est men, when they come to God, must become beggars. Point of death—`This would show the urgency in the case, the difficulty in affecting a cure, and the reason why Jesus should go in person. "Times of •sorrow and deepest need lead us to Oheist. When no earthly power can aid us, we turn to the One who has all power and love. :\luny a one has gone to Christ from a sense of want and conscious ltelplessnese. It would seem, that a certain shock is needed to bring us in contact with reality." IH. The nobleman's faith (vs. 48-50). 48, Except; ye see --Not only did they demand miracles, but miracles perform- ed in. a striking manner• ' llib. flus. How totally unlike the Samaritans, from whom our Lord had so lately cone who embraced the divinity of His teach- ings without demanding wonders. Thin nobleman cane purely absorbed in his dying son, anxious for the bodily mir- acle, but thoughtless of the divine claims of the Saviour of sinners. It is this sel- fishness of spirit that .Tesus now re- bukes. The words of tjhis verse axe, as it were, an ejaculation, n. thinking aloud. 1)f Jesus. He sees that to awaken this man he must more then heal his son; He must so heal him as; to arouse the man to reflection, and,then may come a true faith.---`��healon. X10. Come down, ets.-- 1.'his discussion of faith was as inn:, of time to him. I=I•e cannot stag to ans- wer the rebuke, to argue the case or to defend his diameter. 1 t is his son allone that fills itis thoughts. But hies earl/ek wee shows a belief in Christ's power which will soon cause him to ac- knowledge. ilia child's Saviour as divine. 50. -t -Go thy way—This would be a great test to tree• man's faith, but he was ready for it. Thy son liveth —The healing is rained, bet without its being aeccssitry for Jesus to leave. Cann. Un- til now the father had believed on the testimony of others, Now His faith is to rest on a better support—on the per- sonal contact which he has just had Wil�'1 the Lord himself.• --Codec. The ratan beli�evc�d- mite. is un instance of ilxepow- er of Jesus to convince the mind; to soothe doubts; to confirm faith, to met t our desires.—1 aa'nes. Had our Lord gone with him. es he wished, his unbelief could not brave been fully removed, God ellways bentntvs sirs gifts In that way The pleasantest way for, a woman to earn money, according to: Mise Margaret Gear, is by breeding pigeons fort market. Miss Gear lives in the -Pembroke section of Massachusetts between five and six miles from the railroad ;cation and ships most of her birds to Philadelphia. In spite of this distance andthe'added cost of shipping she fields that her business weeks old they are carefully picked over and all up to the nark are prepared for market. Of course you can't always be sure of an item of which you haven't kept particular count, but guessing at it I should say that about one young bird three weeks old out of every fifty is put aside to try another week's fatten- ing. pot's. "Ten years ago I went 'to Boston as a shop girl. To earn promotion.I had to work so hard that by the time the pro- motion came my health was gone. As I had saved a little money when the doc- tor told me I must lay off for a year's rest, I determined to come home and get something that would. kepi me out of doors. Finally I bit oat, pigeons. I read about ,pigeon raising as a': work' suited to women in an English' magazine, I went into town and read all I could find in the library about it, ,questioned mar- ketmen about the prices, and when I came home I had made up my mind to such an extent that T rented an acre of ground from my father: "On this land I built a shed 40 feet long, 6 feet deep and 10 feet high in the back, sloping to 7 feet in the front. I divided the back wall of this shed. into nine shelves one foot apart, and the shelves into spaces of . one foot each. That gave me nine shelves with forty spaces on each, so you will see just how many nests I arranged for. Except the few times that my father lent me a hand in lifting the heavier scantlings of which the frame of my shed was built I did all the work myself. , While •1 was not strong, I knew that the exercise was good for me, so I persevered. "Once the shed was up I marked off my flying yard and set up my posts. This was just 40 by 100 feet and 10 feet high, the height of the back of my bird shed. Over these posts .I stretched wire netting. Having bought a cad of clean straw from a neighbor and had it put in a vacant corner of;; my father's barn, I went into town to inspect the 200 bird; I had ordered. I: picked them over so carefully that when the time came for shipping the number: was treen dairs e gshort t and the dealer willingly .g better birds to take their place. "le in theseand I found that some of loose in my y them had already ?mated, and in a. few days these began, to, 'build their nests. At the end of three months I made my first shipment. It was to Boston and results were fairly good. For some three months T -ec_1r`':.f ' eco -stare: good prices ut sx.J• :saahesaa he moulting for "iii s .� ,.,>` y q birds hat t time came on and' 'ice vi g . were scarce I looked for n raise in price. As no raise was forthcoming I began to study the markets of other cities. A week later, when it 'was time for me to make another small shipment, I sent it on to Philadelphia. Jn stead of receiving ere as good as any I3 a dozen for rl have ever sent lta t, 1 got $10. "I have soldsquabs'ae low as $1.50 a dozen in Philadelphia,: but whenf ttime came for the price to go up I g raise. eleven "I always count � getting e inggach pair pairs of squabs a y many instances of pigeons, pair for each in f the twelve there are a p months. When the squabs are three are quoted es follOwst—Evapodated apples, per lb., 71�0 to 8c; sun-dried apples, Ver Y'•, 5',40 to Wee, HIDES, TALLOW, ETC, Hide prices are advanced a Bent a pound, owing to purely local reasons. The mar- kets on the other side are Shifting and un- certain, but buyers are paying n advanced price here. Calfskin;, tips participate' in the advance• eetecl steers and Ruling prices arse Inep count No. 1, 6d 4c to 410 ealfseins, 00 to We; ho hides, 23 No, 2, el.25. clic horse bar-22110 to o 26c. . Tallow—Rendered, 5c to 60. WOOL. 'I've deliveries of wool on the local market are so light that quotations are unchanged, The trade, in fact, is lsractloally in a state of suspense. In the American market sev- eral varieties of wool have been reduced in price, although the ohauge•in the etverage of all domestic grades ;s less than half a cent "In selecting breeders I alt even more particular than in selecting my market birds. I am trying to get my flock all one solid color, gray, and for that rea- son, besides being perfect physically, I try to have all the young breeders that color. I sell breeders only on orders. They are shipped anywhere from the time they are four to six months old. .As they mate when they are six months old, it is best for them to be in their new home at least a few days before that period. The male bird chooses the nest as a rule before choosing his mate, and during the eighteen days of incuba- tion he takes his turn sitting on the nest both morning and afternoon..Tt is not generally known that pigeons mate for life. In several instances I have experi- enced some trouble in getting a widowed bird'to select a second mate. Ill one cane there was a large beautifully mark- ed carrier cock who remained in the state of single blessedness for more than two years. Finally when he did take a second wife he was so unkind to her that I was forced to put him in the pot, and give her another chance. LEAT+IIER• Trade In the West is slow, orders from the Maritime a considerable improvement. SUGAR MARKET. St. Lawrenee�sugarsisrare quoted No as follows: llgolden, $4, granulated, bre rices are for de - $4.1U in barerls. These p live_ v. "My farm is now four tinges as large as it was at the beginning. While I still use sheds built after that first model, which, by the way. was copied from one recommended in a magazine, I have add- ed many little changes which for my purposes are improvements. Instead of building my sheds six feet deep 1 now make them eight, which gives me a two foot covered passageway at the back. In the back of each compartment I now saw a square hole and fix over it a swinging door. I now have only to walk along these covered passages, and, open- ing each door, look into the nests and remove the young birds or clean them out. when necessary. Another and in my opinion important improvement is that instead of leaving the birds totbinto la their nests on the bare shelf I pr each nest space 0 shallow earthen flat bottom bowl. This does not take up all the space, and if any of the old stagers prefer to stick to their old way of mak- ing their nests they are at liberty to but this week's province show JUNCTION HORSE SALE. err, two On account of the stormy carloads of horses that were expected for Monday's sale have not arrived at the yards, although they were expected for yesterday's ed. oust ofywhlch 35 werses of re sodclasses at fair piere fer- ces• One carload was sold to a Northwest dealer. BRITISH CATTLE MARKETS. London.—London cables are steady at. 10140 to 121/.0 per pound, dresed we;gbt; r gator beef Is quoted at 9440 to PO per pound. WINNIPEG WHEAT MARKET. Following are the closing quotations oa Winnipeg grain futures to -day: Wheat—k'eb. 51.07 bid, 6y $1.111 bid. Oats—Feb. 56ys MONTREAL. Montreal—To-day's prices on the cattle market and 30 5i4oe sheep re fairly firm. lambs. eeee t Cattle, e;hogs, 6'/40; code The receipts were as fel- lover. es, 0 at $8. low:,: 400 cattle, 50 sheep and Iambs, 26 hogs. and 25 calves. FINANCIAL ITEMS. Consols continue to show great strength. and have advanced 2% per cent. in the pest etgnt days. blight decrease in number of empty oars in the last week of January. Penna. earning tor Lecemoer, lines east of Pittsburg, decreased $1,051,e10. Per,nsylvanta earniugs ter all lines for December decreased $1,767,000. Bond market still snows advancing ten- dency to high-grade issues. Light demand for stooks in loan crowd. Europeanbourses continue steady and ig- nore Yortugueee disturbance. New Yore banks lost 52,302,000 through sub -Treasury operations since Friday last. Whcat inspections at Winnipeg yesterday amounted 1.0 116 cars, compared wive 11.3• ears on Saturday and 20 cars last year. The grading was ss follows:—No. 1 northern, 1 ear: No, 2 northern, 6 ears; No. 3 northern, 20 ears; No. 4, 14 cars; No. 5, 12 cars; No. 6. 10 cars; winter, 2 cars; other grades, 51 cars. Other inspections were:—Oats, 20 carS, barley. 3 oars; fax 7 cars. MINING TAX REVENUE. From the mining tax it is said the revenue of the province last year was between $90,- 000 and $100,000. This was based on the nuneral production of 1905, which was much less than that of 1907. The lav which lm- posel the tax allows the province to collect 3 per cent. of the profits and a email acre- age tax. It is enderstood that no payments believed and whole house" (v. 53). Iris &redrew Murray says.: "There is a preva- lent opinion that sickness :is better than of health for true piety. In the life Christ and in His work. we see no token of this. Health obtained direct from Jesus consciously as a. gift of redeeming; love, is a wonderful spiritual blessing, a bearing in the body the mairk 11I he hand of Jesus. WARRANT FOR ENGINEER. Responsibility for the Accident at St. Martine Junction. ' Montreal, Feb. 10, -An inquest was held this morning into the death by which Fireman la ,Symonds was killed at St, Martine Junction on January 29. do it, have as yet been made of the "Mixed diet is my preference. It is I mit.erals refined in the province. --- not only healthful, but I believe it pro- duces fatter and. larger birds. My menu for my birds the year around is screen- ings, mixed grain, boiled cornmeal, and two or three tiles a week stale bread, which has been made soft by soaking in water. When it is to be had I also give them sour milk to &rink. They are very fond of this and I fancy might enjoy sweet milk, but unfortunately our sup- ply has never been sufficient to try the experiment Foster Bottomley, engineer of the train that was blocking the main line, admit- ted that he had not taken any precau- tions when he stopped at St. Martine Junction, and gave as an excuse that be thought he had plenty` of time to get his orders from the operator and go on again. Ile also admitted that he knew there wits a train following his very closely, ms tenses Coroner Mc - Under the circa s the ar- rest will isstte a warrant for e rest of Foster l3ottomley on a charge of criminal negligence.. NEW VEIN. Mr. E. L. Fraleck, superintindent taflf the Cobalt Lake Mining Company, President Sir Henry M. Pellatt, tells at the finding of a new vein of calcite in the cross- cut parallel to No, 4 vein, and 18 feet to the south of it. CHICAGO WHEAT. After a decline of 50 during the past week and of 12c in the past month, Chicago wheat has turned upwards again. Opening at 96c, ye terdaY's closing price, May Wheat dipped urly but soon steadied, and finally 'among cosi pints about breed- a cite, e t; g p closed at 97$'sc. Latest reports show a rather unfavorable outlook for the winter wheat crop in the southwest, as damage from in- sects Is feared. Other bull features to -day were a report that Argentine wheat receipts were of retarded 1,750,000bbushels sted tinfiBrad trreet's estimate of the world's visible supply. ing pigeons is that every item produces is salable. Pigeons are the healthiest fowls with which I have ever come in contact: they are the most easily eared for, and the demand for then in the market is always steady and sufficiently above the supply to guarantee prompt sales." TOO MUCH FOR CABINET. London Tines 'Suggests Commission on Colored Irnmigration Question. London, Feb. 10. --The Times, discussing the colored immigration question, points out that the settlements in Canada and the Transvaal are only temporary, and says that surely it is time to establish some body more fully in touch with the various communities and races compos- ing the Empire titan the Cabinet. The question, with its enormous risks, is im- portant enough for the colonial confer- ence, but if that is too much to ask, the Secretariat alight at least pave the way for a commission \which should elaborate rho trade In dried ap les is not very ex- doctors may ma the `:-rays to locate an im Serial sclieine and avert the evil 1 supply havingsbeentlsaidTeWholesaleoprioes the drill. n mpasn'' \*1/4int.... ozau kno tea� ty,yp f� 1t,lihITldln� .4. - TORONTO MARKETS. FARMERS' MARKET. The offerings of grain to -day were all, axtu ,.ric0s were purely nominal. Bay dull, LOU toads sernug at 19 to $22 a ton. Straw nominal at y1�t to 5k, a ton, 11gn.1, and at 51.25 for11Leavy e41 at $1.75 for lhneat, white, bush. .., ...5 0 97 $ 0 OS Uc., red, ouch. ... •.. ... U 97 0 98 Do., spring, bush, .,. ... ». 0 ve U 00 170„ goose, busts. ... .. U 111 u 00 Oar; 'bueu. • , • • • .. 0 s3 0 50 Barley, bush. ,.. ... a ,V V a, xtye. bush. . •..• ... •., 0 84 0 00 Peas, per bush., .. ... U 88 20 00 Jany, Wueta,J, toll •. .., ... 1a tel VJ LO., t:teV e+', too ...., xu et) V V.) Straw, per ton .. •. .. 14 00 15 00 Seeds, Alsiite, No. 1, bur. 8 2ti 8 oU Do. No,2 .. + ) a vu Do., reclover 10 03) 10 25 725 775 Dressed slogs, 0 S6 0 OU Eggs, new end, ao.... 0 23 0 20 DO., Et 1,34e ... 0 23 0 30 Butter, dairy •• ••' ' . 0 Se 0 32 Do., creamery •. • '' 0 10 0 11 Geese, dressed, 1b. 012 014 Chickens, per lb. ••• •'. 011 013 Ducks, dressed, lb. .•• 0 to 0 13 Turkeys, per ia. ... ••' 1 to 3 01) Apples, per bbl. •• •"" 1 9075 3 00 Potatoes, pedux ••: •'• 0 40 0 00 Cabbage, per 0 00 1 20 Onions. per bag • • • 8 0i0 10 00 Beef, hindquarters ., • .. • • 85 50 6 50 Do., forequarters • • • , 8 00 8 50 Do., choice, carcase • • • 8 25 7 00 no., medium, carcase ... .. • 6 25 7 0 Mutton, per cwt. .. • 9 00 11 00 Veal: prime, cwt. ••• 10 00 12 00 Lamb, p • • ` • • ` 513E113, Hating Tooth Fixed. The markets are steady, but owing to the Windsor, !101., Fold, in, -t1 iih a shlt condition of the country roads there is not mutat imprcventent, Following are tho priros paid at outside point+:- AL,L1te, No. 1, $8.50; fancy lots, a 11tt10 higher; No, 2. 57.00 tto $8th timothy, fro, to $i.10. Samples mixed foil Or wheat, "e. to 5c per lb. Rad mover—rimier; No. 1 cleaned, 10.233 to 10.50: ordinary lots, mixed with weeds, from $7.50 to $9,I0 arrtrdiun, to Onality. Louden.—Calcutta linseed. Anril-June, 42s 412 1ba. Bradstreet's Trade Review. General business here continues to hold a steady tone. There has been little increase in the volume of trade during the week, but wholesalers report that prospects for n - the spring healthy tone to trtrade are ade oihwithstere is aud- ing the fact that the movement is inclined to u h- aunable 'weather through- out aro g be light. Vine seasonable out the country is much helping the move- ment of winter lines, This comes one too soon as stocks have beats dragging some- what,ea- thercontinue this is eexpectedhstocksthis will be well cleared up before the time for showing spring goods arrives as the retailers are generally understood to be only moderately well supplied. Toronto: The feature of the woek in trade here has been the livening up of general business in winter goods following upon the arrival of cold weather. Retail business 10 s. UPItoi tbeostow a prea present theses lines have lbeen moving but slowly and stocks in Ontario are said to be fairly targe. Prices generally hold steady within some lines a tendency to- wards further advances. Winnipeg: Trade conditions here are show- ing steady improvement. Retail trade has Picked up considerably and travellers re- port a better tone to trade in all directions. There is an excellent movement of goods. Vaucouver and Victoria: There is still a quiet et tone to wholesale and retail trade here and as a result collections are a little on the slow side, There is a quiet tone also to local industries. Quebec:Trade iu general conditions fairly active, The cold weather has increased the demand for heavy goods, the latter are mov- ing fairly well Hamilton: There is now a rather bettor tone to trade there, Itet:ul stocks arc. being cleared up fairly well and ,,elleetions con- tinue moderately good. Travellers report a moderately good amount of husiltes.' for spring delivery. London: The most noteworthy feature et trade conditions there is the gradual resum•• ption of activity in almost alt lines of in- dustry, Ottawa: Trude continues steady. DENTIST'S DRILL INSIDE HiM. Windsor Citizen Swallowed it While DRIED APPLES. politica steel drill in his stomach, 2tfr. Amines. Motley, one of \Vintlsor's best known eitiZ11P, is musing Mutat gingerly and wondering what will happen next. While in a deuti'l't chair today a small drill 11scd1 for holed; into a. diseased tooth arcane, dctaehetl, and before it could be caught had slipped down Mr. Iiowlby ,s throat and presumably into the sLoenttch, where it now reposes, Tho The roes " bya common uxxderstattcllxt�• V. Believed and led others. "Himself