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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1908-11-06, Page 7tel 0i LESSON VL-NOV. 8, xgo8. David Grieves Over Absalom. -a. Sam. z8: x-33. Commentary. -I. The battle array (vs. 1-8). "The region whore the battle occurred is still oevered with' thick oaks, tangled bushes and thorny oreepers, growing over rugged rocks and ruinous precipices. Altxialom'e army must have been very much larger than David's, fol 20,000 men were slain, besides the many that escaped. But they had no such dis- cipline and organization as David's ,'troops, and no, `Old Guard' like David's band of 600 heroes." David's army was. divided into three divisions under three able generals. This was done to prevent Absalom from concentrating his force and thus crushing David's army with one .blow. Il. The defeat and death. of Absalom (vs. 9-17). "Absalom met the servants of David" in battle and was defeated. In his flight Absalom rode upon a mule. "Roe hiiu to ride upon a mule -perhaps David's own -was a mark of royalty (1. Icings 1, 33, 38), His head caught in 'the forked boughs of a tree, and he hung there, stunned and helpless. Perhaps his long, thick hair got entangled, but there is nothing to support the common idea that Absalom was suspended merely by his hair." -Cam. Bib. Josephus says that his iw'e.ir was "entangled." Then Joab took three darts and thrust them through the heart of Absalom. He alone felt strong enough to disobey the Icing. He did the net for David's own sake. "Doubtless he thoroughly believed that Absalom's death was the only effectual way of ending this most guilty and per- nicious insurrection, and so preserving the country from ruin. Absalom living, whether banished or imprisoned, would be a eonstant and fearful danger . Absa- lom dead, great though the king's dis- tress for the time might be, would be the very salvation of the country."- Blaikie. Joab held back the people from further slaughter. .Absalom's body was cast into a pit and a great heap of stones thrown upon it.. III. Tidings from theatt b le vs. 19- 32). Swift runners brought the news from the battlefield to the king. 24. The two gates -The heavyfortificationsns had probably an outer and a.n inner gate at the base of a baktlemented tower, in whioh was a "chamber" (v. 33). On the flat roof of this tower, but shaded from public view, David waited to hear the tidings of the battle. The outer gate was level with the city wall, and the gateway would leave some space between that and the inner. Compare Eli going out and sitting by the wayside, watching for the coming of some runner from the• field of war (I. Sam. 4 -13). -Hurlbut. "The gates and gateways of eastern cities anciently held, and still hold, an important part, not only in the defence, but in the public economy of the place. They were used as places of public re- sort, either for business or where people sat to converse and hear news; as places for public deliberation, administration of justice, or of audience for kings and rulers, or ambassadors. They contained chambers over the gateway, and prob- ably also chambers or recesses at the sides for the various purposes to which they were applied." -Bib. Die. Watch- man -Every gate and outpost of the tower would be guarded by vigilant watchmen at such a 'time. Roof -The flat roof of the gateway on the side of .the outer wall. "The picture of the anm- ious watcher at the gate of Mahanaim gives us a faint insight into the heart of the Father above. The world is full of Absaloms who have risen up against their heavenly Father." 25. If he be alone -David judged that if the man was running alone he was bringing news from the battle. If the army had been routed, many fugitives would have been coming together. 26. Unto the porter -One stood on the top of the tower, and the other was below to attend to opening and closing the gate. 27. A good man -David had had proof of his fidelity during the progress of the war, and was sure that such as he would not be chosen for the thankless work of bringing bad news. 28. All is well -This, in the Hebrew, is one word, "Peace" It was the usual word of greeting. Fell down=An act of homage to the king. Delivered up - Literally, "shut up," restrained and con- fined Within bounds, instead of leaving them at large. 29. Is Absalom safe ?-There is a tenderness in the words which reveals the yearning of the fatherly heart. He seems more anxious about the welfare of the "young man" than about the issue of the battle. David was thinking of the ominous word's, "The sword shall never depart from thy house." The sword had devoured one sen; was it now to claim another? And where would it stop? Ahimaaz saw the king's distress, and gave an evasive reply. -R. Payne Smith. Is the young man safe? "This is a 'question every parent and every friends of young men should ask. Is the young man safe from inteniperanee, from bad companions, from lead books, from dis- honest conduct, from bad habits? Ts he safe in Jesus Christ? Is he safe in a good home and among good influences? Is he safe for this world? Is he safe. for eternity? Ask yourself, also, what are'you doing to make'him and keep him safe. Ts the young man safe? No. 1Vhy not? Because he has begun to taste intoxicating drinks, Because he has given up his life to regular money -malt- ing, Because he is reelcless .in his way of handling money. Becauee his thoughts are not pure. Because he has a lot of opinions that are false. Because his parents do not set him a good exam- ple. '--Sehrtufflee. xam-ple"---Sehauffltn'. 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If the thousands of Christian voters in our land would all do their duty on elec- tion day the legalized saloon would be overthrown and the temptations which confront our young men would be largely removed. 30, Stand here -He has given his mes- sage, and is thus dismissed to rest after the toilsome running. He is, howevea allowed to place himself near, that he may hear what further tidings the Cush- ite brings. 81. Cushi-An Ethiopian slave in the service of Joab. Hath avenged- Hath pronounced a favorable verdict in his cause and delivered him out of the hand of his enemies. 32. Enemies of my Lord -"The Lord hath done then justice on thy enemies." "lie answered the ques- tion about Absalom indirectly, yet so as not only clearly to make known his death, but also to express condemna- tion upon his hostile attempt against his father and king." IV. David mourns for Absalom (v. 33). 33. Much moved -Seized with violent trembling blin g and grief. The chamber- An apartment ie. the upper part of the tower of one of the gates; the nearest Pisce vh1. re he could 1d be alone. Wept -Loudly lamented. 0 my son Absalom - There is not in the whole of the OId Testament a passage of deeper pathos than this, The simple beauty of the nar- rative is exquisite, and we are irresis- tibly reminded of him who, while he be- held the rebellious city of Jerusalem and thought of the destruction it was bringing upon itself, wept over it (Luke 19. 41)! ---Cook. Died for thee -"So Moses (Ex. 32. 32) and so St. Paul (Rom. 9. 3) would have sacrificed them- selves, had it been possible, to save oth- ers. His wish to die in Abs'aIom's stead was no mere extravaganee of grief. Dav- id knew hit, own peaoe was made with God; he could die at any time. If Absa- lom were spared. he might yet repent" Causes of David's grief: 1. Love of Ab- salom. 2. Bitterness that Absalom had come to such a sad end. 3. Conseio)rsness that this own sin was partly the ceruse. PRACTICAL APPLICATION'S. "Absalom hanged in an oak" (v. 10) . Thus died the son of a king who was not trained "in the way be should go" (Prov. 22. 6). Absalom was not punished for the wicked murder of his brother except by remaining in self-imposed ban- ishment (2 Sam. 13. 19-39.) When will parents learn that "justice is not fatal to love," that "the rod is as much an evidence of affection as the kiss," that "to hold the child by the firm grip at authority may be as profitable as to fold him to the breast," that God says, "Train up a child in the way be should go; and when he is old he will not de- part from it?" "Is the young malt Absalom safe?" (v. 32). No, for he knew the commandments and he despised them. The young man is not safe who "despiseth the word" concerning obedience to parents (Exod. kti 40 4J f ' t 's W M ti G• kp 0 )! for $5r 00, in a neat tp 0 a r; case, make an ideal 0 „ `. present for the mis- co i tp i; tress o f a home. . Y�� ' ° We will send $ ( #ate) them prepaid to any address in t, i 0 err Canada. ' 4, e No. 3, 294 Send for 0819' ca- hr"9 si o . 9 talogue too. - 9 io t / LSTABL.ISIHED 1+40. ye y 396 Yonge Street, Toronto, 0 Le OPP.Y.M..0.A. 0 ao 4C kd w" l''s -, pomp,_ :+izrr•r 20 12). Those who have investigated tell us that the large -proportion of young men in oure penitentiaries and prisons began their .° d4Wjwatrd career through disobedience to -'parents•. The young man is not safe. who "deapiseth the word" concerning "the way of the ungodly" (Pea. 1. 0; Prov. 1; 15), who keeps bad company. One friend met another in the street and began to upbraid him for his drinking habit. They' stood near a sa- loon. The one reprimanded invited the other to go M. there, and he listened to hits. They went in and sat down among those who were carousing. The result was that about one in the morning beth were taken home in separate car- riages, wholly liitoxieated, The young man is not safe who •'deapiseth the word" concerning "pride" (Prov. 16. 18; 29; 23), and is proud of his personal ap- pearance, or lris aceoaiplishments. "The king...wept" (v. 33). It is said that Henry the .Second "never smiled again" after "the bark that held the prince went down." "The enemies of my Lord be as that young man is" (v. 33). Every thought. word or deed is .a seed. We reap +that we sow. "They, that platy iniquity, and sow wrckecne s, reap the stone" (Jab4. 8), If we have judged others. judgment waits for us (Matt, 7, 2). If we have 'considered the poor;' we shall be "delie- eied in time of trouble" (I'sa. 41, 1) , and shall "inherit the kingdom" (Matt. 25, 34). To •sow righteousness is to reap mercy (Hos. 10, 1.5). To sow the wind is to reap the nhirleeihd (llos. 8, 7). Law is inexorable, (id's government never changes. 3Vt'. treed s e God in govern- ment as well, vis i:: rate, God in grace forgave David far being "unequally yoked" with a heathen woinan; God' in. government permitted the issue of that unrighteous marriage to rise 'up against his father and attempt to 'take his crown. God in grace forgave the steal- ing of the "one ewe lamb"; God in gov- ernment took 'away- the tiny babe the loving father held in his arms. God in grace forgave the secret sin; God in gov- ernment inspired the record .which hag exposed it 'to the gaze of the world for three thousand years. God in grace for- gave the murder of t riah; God in gov- ernment permitted the secret resentment of . Ahitophel, the grandfather of Bath- sheba. God An graee forgave the weak father of the fond indulgence of his boy; God in government punished wi'c,h a hor- rible death the son who transgressed oh account of his father's laxity. God in graee says, "Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow" (Tea. 1, 18); God in government says, "Be sure your sin will find you nut" (Num. 32, 33). God in giuce says, "I will remember their' sin no more" (Jer, 31, 34); God in government says, "What- soever a man soweth that shall he also reap" (Gal. 6, 7). "My sen, my son" (v. 33). In David's lament there, is not one hard word. Ice forgets the rebellion; he only remembers that the rebel was his son. "Would God I had died for thee, 0 Absalom, my son, my son!" (v. 33). The love that covers is in the wail of Daviel. "While we were yet sinners, Citrist died for tie" (Rom, 5, 8). During the French revolution a party of prisoners were taken to tear guillotine to die, . The last one to be beheaded was a young than, Just as he was. abont to step upon 'the platform an n' < to of him e t c.Ll front old man stepped p 9 Y and was guillotined The number of peo- ple called for -by the list the executioner had -in his hand had been put to death, - so the young man Was remanded to pri- son, and it was decided by the authors• ties 'that he should. be liberated, as some one had died in his place: He hurried to his home, happy in the thought that he should_ see his dear old father, his one relative, with whom he had always lived, The house was deathly silent. His fa- ther's room was empty, On the table ]ay a letter addressed to him 'telling him that his father had died in his stead. ALFONSO NEARLY DROWNED. A Steamer Bumps Into theRoyal Barge at Barcelona. Barcelona, Nov, 2. -••While King Al fonso and queen \rietoria, ' acompanied by Prime Minister Maura and others, Were proceeding* in •M ]Munch yesterday to visit the cruiser •Cmttttlonia, they were nearly drowned, A small pasRenner atearuer ran into the launch with .a violent •shock, but owing to the alertness of ,tiro. crew of the )auneh, who fended the steamer off dex- trously, praetically no damage was done. The steamer was. trying to cross the launeh's bow,. CHIPS FROM CULLINAN. King Edward Will Have Them Sold for Charity. London, Nov, 2. --From Amsterdam it is learned that 1111. 5t11,,,1 t... • ...- which have resulted from the eutting of the big Cullinan diamond are in. great demand by souvenir hunters, and it is said that twenty times its value has been offered for a chip, provided that it is authenticated as being a cutting from the famous stone. King Edward having heard of these - offers has, a Freu,h journal says, con- ceived the idea of turning them to the profit of charities. Ile has given orders for the chips to be acrid•--•crie alone said to be worth $50,000 ---•-to the highest bidders. with the proviso that they are not, to be sold to buyers in trade. DR. HUNT'S BUST DEVELOPER Will develop your bust from tic" to three inches in a very short time. ABSOLUTELY HARMLESS. Price 81.00, express prepaid. The Edward's Medicine Company. 611 Bathurst street, Toronto, Ont. • SUFFRAGE MARTYRETTES. Mrs. Laurence Thinks History Will Glorify Their Prison Livery. London. Nov. 2.---llrs. Pethick Lan- renee, ;+peaking yesterday at a meeting of Suffragettes at Queen's 1ia11, said she could not forget that the founders of the movement were sitting silent in solitary cells. garbed in than livery of dis- grace. But the verdict of history, she said, would reverse the ,haute, as it' had' done before, and would turn into glory the symbol of woman's disgrace, which would one day stand for woman's de- liverance. TOOK COAL OIL SHAMPOO. Woman Then About to Apply Torch to Her Hair When Police Arrived, Kingston, Ont., despatelt: Louise Mea- kin', an English lmm:grant, went sud- denly insane here and had to be taken in charge by the authorities. She soaked her head with coal oil and was just in the act of applying a match when her rash act was discov- ered by people in the house. $3 ;,io A TIE PIN always forms a most suitable gift to a man -especially if it be from " Ryrie's." The one shown here is one of our newest and most popular styles. It is made in a heavy weight of solid 14k. gold, and will be found a most ser- viceable pin. Engraved with "his" mono- gram,• complete in suitable box the price is LIMITED � 4.136.138 Yonge Lt. TORONTO ,les15&" azv tfisl TORONTO MARKETS. Farmers' Market. The offerings of grain were larger tee day, in spite of unfavorable weather.. Wheatfirm, a load of fall selling at 92c. Oats easier, 600 bushels selling at 43c. Barley unchanged, with sales of 1,200 bushels at 55 to 58e. Buckwheat easy a load selling at 55e per bushel. Hay quiet to -day with receipts ail owing to rain; l.5 Tssa loads sold at $13 to 215 a ton. Straw firm, a load of bundled selling at $16 a ton, and a load of loose at' $8. Dressed hogs are firmer at $8.50 for heavy and at $!8,75 to $9 for light. Wheat, fall, bush . , . - $ 0 91 $ 0 92 Do., goose, bush . , .. , 0 87 0 88 Oats, bush .. 0 43 000 Barley, bush . 0 55 0 56 Rye, bush .. . 0 79 0 80 Peas, bush. , .. 0 $5 0 00 Hay, per ton , . .. 13 50 15 00 Straw, per ton .. 15. 00 10 OQ Dressed hogs .. 50 0 Butter . .. . , . 08 26 09 300 Do., creamery . , 0 20 0 32 Eggs, dozen 0 '27 0 30 Chickens, dressed, lb .. 0 11 - .0 12 Ducks, spring, Ib . , , . . , 0 10 0 15 Geese, lb .. 0 10 0 12 Turkeys, lb 0 15 0 16 Cabbage, per dozen .. „ 0 25 0 35 Onions, bag .. , , . , 0 90 1 00 Potatoes, bag , , , . 0 65 0 75 Apple, bbl . , , . .. , . 1 25 2 26 Beef. hindquarters .. .,8 00 9 00 Do., forequarters .. . , 4 50 6 0(i Do., medium, carates 5 00 6 50 1.)o., choice, carcase 7 50 S 00 Mutton, per ewt . , 0 00 8 00 Veal, prime, per ewt , 7 50 10 00 Lamb, per cwt , . .. 8 00 9 00 Live Stock. Receipts of live stock at the City Mar- ket were, as reported by the railways, tie carloads -.1G18 cattle, 111 hogs, 1810 sheep and lambs, with 71 calves. Very few good cattle were offered, and nes choice, the bulk being common and s'ed'um, Trade was slow, although there was a light delivery, with tlprti ces easy at quotations )even below. Exporter --None were offered, unless it was L few out picked of loads of bt nhers. Good to choice export steers• are worth 11 can 64.75 to $5; bulls, $3.75 to *4.2:ih. l]utcrrs,--Steers and heifers, $63.30 to 44.25 ; can's, fusel b o 1 l s u t: 1 t$02.2$52 to per cw43.50;t . eanne rs Feeders and Stockers. -Messrs. Murby bought -100 rattle at $3 to $3.85 for 'feed - leo steers, and $2.75 to $3.25 for stock- ers. Milkers and Springers. -Between 40 and 30 milkers were on sale, and prices relig,hg at from $30 to $62 each. Veer Calves, -About 70 veal ca1mwe mere on sale. Prices ranged at from •$3 to $0,30 per ewt. Sheep and La.mbs.--Tteceipts of sheep and lambs were fairly large ---over 1,800. Prices were steady at $3.25 to $3.30 per cwt. for ewes, and 22.50 to $2.75 for rams; lambs at $4 to $4,50 per cwt. Hogs. -About 1.100 hogs were report- ed from all solu•ree. Mr. Harris reporte- the market easier, at 26 for selected fed and watered, and $5.75 for lights. OTHER MARKETS. Winnipeg Wheat Market. Following are the closing quotations on Winnipeg grain futurce: Wheat -October fPe bid, December 941-4e. May 983-4e bid. Oats-Oetober 371-2e bid, December 3tic bid. British Cattle Markets, London. -London cables for cattle are steady at Ile to 133.1c ler pound, dressed weight; refrigerator beef is quoted at 11 to 1114e per pound. New York Sugar Market. Sugar -haw steady; fair refining 3.50e; centrifugal,9ti . tc' t, 4.00e; mo - hisses sugar, 3.31e; refined dull; No. 6, 4.70c; No. 7, 4.C3e: No. 11, 4,(i9c; No. 9, 4.30c; No. 10, 4.45::; No. 11, 4Atk'• No. 12. 4.35c; No. 13. 4,80e; No, 14, 4.25ee confectioner A, 4.90e. Montreal Live Stock. Montreal. -Forty-five carlccido of five ::tock were offered for sale at the East - end. Abattoir to -day, consisting of abont 1,100 heed of blathers' cattle, 20 flinch ' cows and springers, 200 calves, 700 sheep and lambs, and 82.3 fat hogs, There was only one lot of prime beeves on the mar- ket; they sold at about aeee per lb., but were not extra. .Some of the other cat- tle brought oyer 4e per lb., but the larger numbers sold at less than 3e per 11e,. while thin canner, :old at front 111 to 194e per lb. :13alny of the cattle will rot be sold to -day. Mich co„e sold at from $30 to i30 each. (;rays fed calves sold at 234 to 33ec per lb.; gond reals of 4 to 31' per lb. Sheep sold at about Sep per lb.: lambs at 41 , to .ie per lb. Good lots of fat hogs soldat (34 to,6%e per lb. The Cheese Marltets, Campbell ford , Ont. -Tu -dee. 1,095 of- fered; al sold at 19r, Wall Street Werra. Spot', enlic,r' iii London is higher at tel 84 0d, and futures es 3d higher at CO2 10-e. :\tehi, oe's gross rix nliigs rapidly ap- p:rnaching l i t Yitati g mark. tr1<. .h.tr ompali4 and St. Paul surplus equal to 2.7 per cent, on preferred stork. Manefacterers in rca,iugly twilling to take orders contingent on Taft's election, Promertn ed improvement in cotton mill conditions in New Englaed lu past few weeks.. =tn� Lvyt�.ii=S. i 'rf tit• 3t �' s i - �. ) h v. ,Wi ZI,L ) DR. HUNT'S BUST DEVELOPER Will develop your bust from tic" to three inches in a very short time. ABSOLUTELY HARMLESS. Price 81.00, express prepaid. The Edward's Medicine Company. 611 Bathurst street, Toronto, Ont. • SUFFRAGE MARTYRETTES. Mrs. Laurence Thinks History Will Glorify Their Prison Livery. London. Nov. 2.---llrs. Pethick Lan- renee, ;+peaking yesterday at a meeting of Suffragettes at Queen's 1ia11, said she could not forget that the founders of the movement were sitting silent in solitary cells. garbed in than livery of dis- grace. But the verdict of history, she said, would reverse the ,haute, as it' had' done before, and would turn into glory the symbol of woman's disgrace, which would one day stand for woman's de- liverance. TOOK COAL OIL SHAMPOO. Woman Then About to Apply Torch to Her Hair When Police Arrived, Kingston, Ont., despatelt: Louise Mea- kin', an English lmm:grant, went sud- denly insane here and had to be taken in charge by the authorities. She soaked her head with coal oil and was just in the act of applying a match when her rash act was discov- ered by people in the house. $3 ;,io A TIE PIN always forms a most suitable gift to a man -especially if it be from " Ryrie's." The one shown here is one of our newest and most popular styles. It is made in a heavy weight of solid 14k. gold, and will be found a most ser- viceable pin. Engraved with "his" mono- gram,• complete in suitable box the price is LIMITED � 4.136.138 Yonge Lt. TORONTO ,les15&" azv tfisl TORONTO MARKETS. Farmers' Market. The offerings of grain were larger tee day, in spite of unfavorable weather.. Wheatfirm, a load of fall selling at 92c. Oats easier, 600 bushels selling at 43c. Barley unchanged, with sales of 1,200 bushels at 55 to 58e. Buckwheat easy a load selling at 55e per bushel. Hay quiet to -day with receipts ail owing to rain; l.5 Tssa loads sold at $13 to 215 a ton. Straw firm, a load of bundled selling at $16 a ton, and a load of loose at' $8. Dressed hogs are firmer at $8.50 for heavy and at $!8,75 to $9 for light. Wheat, fall, bush . , . - $ 0 91 $ 0 92 Do., goose, bush . , .. , 0 87 0 88 Oats, bush .. 0 43 000 Barley, bush . 0 55 0 56 Rye, bush .. . 0 79 0 80 Peas, bush. , .. 0 $5 0 00 Hay, per ton , . .. 13 50 15 00 Straw, per ton .. 15. 00 10 OQ Dressed hogs .. 50 0 Butter . .. . , . 08 26 09 300 Do., creamery . , 0 20 0 32 Eggs, dozen 0 '27 0 30 Chickens, dressed, lb .. 0 11 - .0 12 Ducks, spring, Ib . , , . . , 0 10 0 15 Geese, lb .. 0 10 0 12 Turkeys, lb 0 15 0 16 Cabbage, per dozen .. „ 0 25 0 35 Onions, bag .. , , . , 0 90 1 00 Potatoes, bag , , , . 0 65 0 75 Apple, bbl . , , . .. , . 1 25 2 26 Beef. hindquarters .. .,8 00 9 00 Do., forequarters .. . , 4 50 6 0(i Do., medium, carates 5 00 6 50 1.)o., choice, carcase 7 50 S 00 Mutton, per ewt . , 0 00 8 00 Veal, prime, per ewt , 7 50 10 00 Lamb, per cwt , . .. 8 00 9 00 Live Stock. Receipts of live stock at the City Mar- ket were, as reported by the railways, tie carloads -.1G18 cattle, 111 hogs, 1810 sheep and lambs, with 71 calves. Very few good cattle were offered, and nes choice, the bulk being common and s'ed'um, Trade was slow, although there was a light delivery, with tlprti ces easy at quotations )even below. Exporter --None were offered, unless it was L few out picked of loads of bt nhers. Good to choice export steers• are worth 11 can 64.75 to $5; bulls, $3.75 to *4.2:ih. l]utcrrs,--Steers and heifers, $63.30 to 44.25 ; can's, fusel b o 1 l s u t: 1 t$02.2$52 to per cw43.50;t . eanne rs Feeders and Stockers. -Messrs. Murby bought -100 rattle at $3 to $3.85 for 'feed - leo steers, and $2.75 to $3.25 for stock- ers. Milkers and Springers. -Between 40 and 30 milkers were on sale, and prices relig,hg at from $30 to $62 each. Veer Calves, -About 70 veal ca1mwe mere on sale. Prices ranged at from •$3 to $0,30 per ewt. Sheep and La.mbs.--Tteceipts of sheep and lambs were fairly large ---over 1,800. Prices were steady at $3.25 to $3.30 per cwt. for ewes, and 22.50 to $2.75 for rams; lambs at $4 to $4,50 per cwt. Hogs. -About 1.100 hogs were report- ed from all solu•ree. Mr. Harris reporte- the market easier, at 26 for selected fed and watered, and $5.75 for lights. OTHER MARKETS. Winnipeg Wheat Market. Following are the closing quotations on Winnipeg grain futurce: Wheat -October fPe bid, December 941-4e. May 983-4e bid. Oats-Oetober 371-2e bid, December 3tic bid. British Cattle Markets, London. -London cables for cattle are steady at Ile to 133.1c ler pound, dressed weight; refrigerator beef is quoted at 11 to 1114e per pound. New York Sugar Market. Sugar -haw steady; fair refining 3.50e; centrifugal,9ti . tc' t, 4.00e; mo - hisses sugar, 3.31e; refined dull; No. 6, 4.70c; No. 7, 4.C3e: No. 11, 4,(i9c; No. 9, 4.30c; No. 10, 4.45::; No. 11, 4Atk'• No. 12. 4.35c; No. 13. 4,80e; No, 14, 4.25ee confectioner A, 4.90e. Montreal Live Stock. Montreal. -Forty-five carlccido of five ::tock were offered for sale at the East - end. Abattoir to -day, consisting of abont 1,100 heed of blathers' cattle, 20 flinch ' cows and springers, 200 calves, 700 sheep and lambs, and 82.3 fat hogs, There was only one lot of prime beeves on the mar- ket; they sold at about aeee per lb., but were not extra. .Some of the other cat- tle brought oyer 4e per lb., but the larger numbers sold at less than 3e per 11e,. while thin canner, :old at front 111 to 194e per lb. :13alny of the cattle will rot be sold to -day. Mich co„e sold at from $30 to i30 each. (;rays fed calves sold at 234 to 33ec per lb.; gond reals of 4 to 31' per lb. Sheep sold at about Sep per lb.: lambs at 41 , to .ie per lb. Good lots of fat hogs soldat (34 to,6%e per lb. The Cheese Marltets, Campbell ford , Ont. -Tu -dee. 1,095 of- fered; al sold at 19r, Wall Street Werra. Spot', enlic,r' iii London is higher at tel 84 0d, and futures es 3d higher at CO2 10-e. :\tehi, oe's gross rix nliigs rapidly ap- p:rnaching l i t Yitati g mark. tr1<. .h.tr ompali4 and St. Paul surplus equal to 2.7 per cent, on preferred stork. Manefacterers in rca,iugly twilling to take orders contingent on Taft's election, Promertn ed improvement in cotton mill conditions in New Englaed lu past few weeks..