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Two Central Office Illell were geartling the entrance to Tat:1(1150n Kiplare Garden one night a few years ago when a crook known to the pelice ao Jimmie the Dip at- tempted to go in. He wore fash- ionable clothes and he was looking forward to enjoying the pleaseres of the French Ball. Ile had often before been decayed ot the privilege or entering placce of public resort, owing to his propen- sity for mistaking other people's property for a common fund for the needy. But this night lie liael an air of confidence and smilea patron- izingly on the two detectives' when they stared hard at Notwithstanding Ids confidence they were not inclined to aeltnow- ledge Jima:" as a member of their eeelal set. Insteaa of meeting his advances* In a friendly spirit one of them tapped liim on the shoulder and seta menacingly : "Well. don't you know enough to keep ;away from here ?" On previous occasions jimraie bad listened with a cringing air and de- jected mien to that same qtrestion, but now he looked at the officers with that half -pitying, half-ineig- mint expression which had mans, Ulnas stood bhn in good stead when a victim had grasped his hand and demanded: "How dare you, sir, at- tempt to purlOitt my purse?" "Gentlemen, may I ask to be in- formed as to this unseemly conduct on your part ?" he asked. One of the detectives finally caught hie breath and recovered from the surprise caused by his answer. He promptly gave Jimmie a violent yank that landed that worthy in a corner of the lobby end blurted out: "Well, you crook! You've got the nerve of a wardman 1" "ear," Jimmie replied, "you are mis- taken. I am a A Legitimate Business Man solely bend) oti the enjoyment of the evening." "You in legitimate business ?" said the detective, increduleusly. "What business?" "The green goods business, gen- tlemen," replied Jimmie, with exul- tant anticipation of the total col- lapse of hie captors. Within a, half hour Jimmie was us- ing his crush hat as a pillow on. one of the hard benches at Police Head- quarters and wondering what they expected am old crook to do in order to be classed as a. legitimate busi- ness man. , Jimmie we only one of a large class of crooks, 'who, after having earned a precarious living by pock- et picking, burglary, and other forms of thbevery br which tbe remunera- tion was small in comparisen with the desperate chances taken, had drifted into tb.e safer mode of ac- quiring money easily. known an the green goods business. In this call- ing they got money so easily that they could not classify it as steal- ing, and many of them like Jimmie actually believed they were in5 le- gitimate business, aud again like jimmio many of them met with cur- ious setbacks in their prormerity. There was the ease of Poodle Hatia, another ex -pickpocket, who had re- eelved a diploma, from James McNal- ly to act as one of his agentar ro- box an the street anti tits -covered that he had been robbed. Ile then drew a gun, and, walking into the refs- taurent, Shot Martin In the Head. Martin died shortly afterward. The two suckers lay in jail for a' lOng tittle, but were linally acquitted. " Coffee end Cakes went out fisliing some time afterward in a small cat- boat teltil some friende. The boat upset and he was the only one drowned. 'That shooting scrape pat a damper on the 'spud business,' as it was called among the boys, for quite a. widle ; but almost the first men we tried to beat when we started again same near meting serioue trouble. They can thank the police if they are alive , to -day. This' is how it happened: "As I was ono of the confidential men connected with ticNally I was generally esut after big fish. We re - caved a wire from Indiana stating, that ono of our prospective cus- temern desired to Invest $2„000. Seeing something good, I was sent after him. "No sucker wae ever brought di- rectly into the city. Ha was in- structed to go to some town within easy distance of Now York. Ties was done so that in case be didn't seem deeirable the steerer could drop him and he would never see the goode. "This particular sticker was in- etrueted to go to a hotel al Long Branch. Because of the amount he wished to inveet we figured out that he was a business man of gen- teel appearance. I went early to Long Branch, in fact, a day before he wee due, so that I would not by any (thence miss Idea, and to head off a certain class, of people we call- ed cheaters, who followed the buei- nese of stealing Suckers, That is, they never sent out any mall of their* own, but received infor- mation from traitors in our own camp. wIlicia sometimes enabled them to get to the destination of the 6-azker and swindle him before the regular eteerer came along. Our friced from Indiana, arrived on time, but; evben I went up to his room, prepared to meet a gentleman, what was my surprise to see there two raw-boned Swedes, dressed in their working clothes. I Viral able. to get very. little information from them. They spoke very broken Eng- lish, and the burden of tbeir conver- sation was: 'Rave you got the money with you ?" "Suspecting something was wrong I brought them to New York and planted them in a cheap hotel. I then sought my people and explain- ed things to them, adding that the trick didn't look right. But after talking the matter over we decided to take chances, and I was instruct- ed to bring them; to the joint, which I did. "We made the usual piny; the bank- roll was all spread out on the desk, $10,000 of it, and Walter was going along in his sing -song voice describ- ing the merits of the goods and des- canting on the beat way to get rid of them, how to make them look old, etc was watr el: victims, as I was convinced atag our two prospec- that their movements boded no good N'aely was klieg of the green goods to the bankroll. They were watch- men then wad las control of the baseness* would have been classified as another trust, if it existed to- day. In a sheet time Poodle aecumn. lated upward of e70,000 and opened a, saloon in one of the large down- town orate buildings. His businesa flourished, because all of the 'green goods gang patronized his place and spent money freely. But his suc- cess brought a well-developed at- tack of that ineldnotis disease tbat dashed back in his eyes, has caused trouble to many a man "But Walter was not so fortunate. endowed with superior intelligence, He received a goodly portion in both namely, big head. eyes. Walter and my man were howl - Perhaps he had ideas of breaking fag- with pain. The Swede who threw Into soeiety or perhaps his dignity the pepper at Walter made a dash was offended when he heard one of to gather up the money spread upon his old-time friends call out from the desk, but I was upon him too one of the little booths that lined morn. I drew my gun and placed the vii wali, "Here, Poodle, bring an- muzele against his head, but fortu- other bottle." Be that as it may, !lately et missed fire. I then butted one day Poodle Ili a little speeell the weapon with all my strength told the green goods operators fu'l in his face. "In the meantime Scar -faced Jack, who was doing the ringing, rushed in from the back room and fired las revolver at one of the Swedes. The shot brought a crowd to tbe door in a second. I shouted to him to got away through the rear with the bankroll. Re swept it into a waste basket and 'vanished over back fences, loeing Over $S00 on the way. "In a seeond tbe door was broken open and four or ftve citizens with ferieg to sell out, tbree policemen dashed in, while a Ing me and Walter alternately. "Suddenly each man drew both hands from his outeide coat pockets and attempted To Throw Red Pepper in Our !eyes. I saw the movemeet, and instinct- ively threw my bands out to grab tvhat I expeeted to be a gun. My hands struck those ot the man near- est to me, and the red pepper was thnt as he had a good trade alnong respectable besiness men It didn't look well to have them around. This wns the beginnings of the downfall of Poodle, and iiis End Was Sudden. It was not long before he discov- ere3 that the loss ot the green goals trade made a big difference in his receipts ani he put an ad- vertisement in the daily papers of - The greea gotals men discoYered crowd blocked the etreet. Here •is where our quick wit saved us. "I remembered there was a pack of cards in the desk, with which we used to play poker to while away the time wheu things were slack. Hastily securing these, I dropped them on the floor. "The potcemen with drawn revol- vere demanded to know' the troubIe. WitU1 a thaStY glance at the cnrds and a few bills lying on the floor, I ex- plained that we bad been playing seven-up for a few dollars, anu the game, this and sent a man to, Poodle to, buy the place. The place wag fin- ally purchased from Poodle for $22,- 000. Poolle received that amount In !lotus titIP in six months and In- dorsed by a man rated at more Otan $100,000. Before the notes fell rive the man failed, tho place hal been reeold and Poodle never ant a cent. en the meantime he had triot to blossom out as a stock speculator, and awoke one morning to the fact that his roma* rent was lite and that he bad no money. Ile then triel to break into the gang again hut failel. When last elearel of he was working in the ellailIttg,. trade for the State, steady work for four years and eight montio: being aesurel him. He se - curet hie employment by trying to fial out the time on another man's watch, -There were many curionte incl - ./rate in the green graele businese," eel 1 a former operator. "The death of Tony Martin was due to the graze earele.senese of a Man we ;lad with us tele: haft acquired the a:briquet of Iedfee :kw] Cakes, ow - bee to the fact that that diet ivag the only one any of the boys ever gall, 111112 eat. lie was very avert - clime. and 'would not trust hie own mother where money was concerned. "Tony Martin had eteered two vic- tim -4 from Penneelvania, awl .an they were both harti-loolting enetomere it liPetlfq to leave one in a mail re steer:lee. in Marge of Martin, while Coffee, and Cakes took the Alter te tho joint to tratimet busi- neee. After the hushiese had bein trees:cad, Coffee' and Cakee W.718 to ;Tort the victim beck to the reetaur- ant, GO aCI tO SOO that he did not open the hos nail Martin got away. " Instr,ofi ot ashes title eziffee and Cale.e het hie man two or three balsas from the restaurant while he himself hurtled awito fa search (4 Welter, who had done tho turning :Led had nrmcv, fli) aneloacs wan it. to get iliq share. "'rlie sucker no Forster found iilta- aulf alone than ile broke Open the Broke Up lit a Fight. Waiter, who was not badly injured, look up the cue; the Swedes were Inc Fenrel to speak at all, ani the way Walt or and I !apt firing, con stories into those ooppers was a ce utlon. "In the meantime eoar-face Jack had giat away to headquarters with the bauk-roll, anl McNally, always quick-witted, rushed to the joint. Taking in the situation from what he heard as he worked his way to where' we stood, In a. little group, he dashed up to the policemen and, ap- spitently excited, exelaimed, pointing tte the two trembling Stvedee: '"Officere, these two men are my feiende, and they have been robbed at anvta by these two men,' pointing at 'Walter and me. "The poor Swedes were too scared to sptak and stood trembling In a corner. At McNally'e denune.hellon the e,oppere turned their attention to Walter an1 rae. In the meantime, Mc- Nally* took advantage of the -melte- silent and Ituetled the two Swedes! away in n. cab, drove them to the railroad eta,tion ana shippe e Mon home, laving to pay their fares, as they had about $3 between them. They had pIannel to get the bank roll and gee to Sweden, 'With it. Tide they Wu/tided to McNally, Witte or:aired them he woe a detective and wonel •'etitl, for them When otir trint came "Waiter ana I were leaked up over Meld, but when we WONT erraignol In the meaning the polleemen couldn't r.rmlueo the clog:ace:end we Were diG- Plorgett" 4++4++++++++++++ +++++++++*++++++++44++++++++++++ 4+44++ THE BUSY LIFE OF A BANK CASHIER. ++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++4++++++++++++++++++ ++44+44+ The functions Of a bank cashier aro perlutpia leer, understood by the general ,pr even the banking public Guar those of most of the other offi- cials of a financial concern. Tile title is not particularly explanatoree for the et -wirier has much else to do than to handle the melt, even when he does bandit) it, which is the case (ally ill Mail banks. Ite does, indeed, con- trol only the cash, but only in theory does lie beadle it, for the tellere and other Orrice do tlint. In feet, the function::: of a bank cashier is to supervise, to regalote, to control and to anticipate the busi- ness of the bane. In large banks his duthee aro manifold, complicated anti made exacting by the eonetant, never for a moment emeing fluctuatton of its busatiesa There is under the law a certain finanolal Status, or " re- serve," which national banks are bound to maintain. There is some- times a great and unexpected demand for money, and thus the reserve is jeopardized or affected, brought be-, low the legal limit. /t la then tlie caebler acts by calling in loans, or otherwise proieding for las cash re- serve. If the dernaad affects many banke or all, there Is a stringeney lu the money market and stock prices suffer, It Is the duty of the cashier to keep lautselt conetently acquainted with the condition or the aecounts of the various customers, and in the case of large accounts to know when unusually acexty druf lei may be ex- pected. He provides tor the loaning of inoney when there ie a surplus to be loaned, and le personally in charge of the collateral depoeited as secur- ity. In board meetinghis advice is valuable and Indeed almost final as to the advisability of discounts. Ile must know every morning bow the bank "stands" with the clearing bousa etliether the balance of ex- change Ls against it or in its favor, and how ruurh. Ithowing this, he must regulate his action in loaning money on collateral, according to hie knowledge. He mast keep hiraself eonstantly in touch with the, Stock Inalket, and at any time alien quota- tions fall so ea to narrow the mar- gins on his collateral he must call for mora Re Is with the president respoubible to the Dominion Government for the accuracy of the reports rendered on the standing of the bank. He, as welt ae the preahlent, eigne the eur- rem** notes which go to make up the bank's elroulation, and in law his 'word represents and binds Ids bank. The bunk's eyes anti ears aro the eashier'e. The presiaent pros:dee; the cashier eeee and acts. What all this paeans in times of financial emergeney may easily be imagined. The etrain fails on the cashier. Me must seek Investments for the bank's money wheu there is a surplus lying kite; luo mut be as right and inflexible an a statue when anXione borrowers besiege him for extenelons of time or increased loans on a tailing market. He must maintain the reserve, whatever the temptation:re to loan at unueual rates, the businees of the bask is con- trolled ay !ter customers after all, these duties are by no menus light or easy. The majority of banks have a knowledge of the probable de - mandril of their elder depositors, both ao to amount and the time when the money will be drawn. But there le Always a large assortment of ac- counts which are subject to. any Sort of fluctuations, though in real- ity few dt them aro affected at the time, and experience demonstrates that the lam:ease in ono lot or ac- counts is a.pt to offset the &flea in another. So that the actual var- iation Is rarely very great or very sudden. When it is very sudden, and, tett the mune time, very great, there comes the time of panic. This, first and foremost, affects the stock Market, because stocas are largely dealt in on money borrowed of the banks:, and when the banks no long- er lend it or call it book when it has been lent the result Is a col- lapee in prices. , In brief, the eupervision of the en- tire business of a bank, touched at alletointe by demands and diffieul- tie% is upon the ea -shier. The respon- sibility for millions of dollars is up- oc one man after all. Directors may approve or disapprove, the President may advise and suggest. Somebody must act -some one man, after ail, is the right hand. 'That man is the caelaer. So the reeponsibillties and work of a bona cashier are great the poet- -Lion' is one ;which the community re- spects, and the men who annually handle millioes are content if their pay be a few thousands. Sill/daY SeizooL 11(1ERNATIONAL LESSON NO. VII AUGUST 24, 190'2. Report of the Soies.-Ntun 13: 1-3; end 13: IS to 14:1. Commentary. - Explanatory. "Ev- eratheng was now ready for taking possession of Ca,naan, provided the people ban 'Me necessary loath and eourage. Accordialgy, Moses com- manded them in the name of Jeho- vah (neut. I- 20, 21) to go up and take rossesslon of the land. They only needed to truet in God and go forward, and en 1.05E1 than two years from leavIng Egypt tbe land would have been theere. The God who had delivered them with a mighty hand, who bad made a path through the am, who had raenteci aread from hea- ven, and brought water from a rock, and spoken from S!,nal and entered into eovenant with them, and was leading them with His vielble pres- ence-thie God bade them go up and take eosseesion of the land of prem- ise. They should have trusted and obeyed." 2. Send thou men -The people were afraid to go forward and had asked Moses to send spies to search out the land. Dent. 1. 22. Although It would have been better for them to have had faith In God and to 110.V0 at once entered upon their promised eossessions, yet in order to satisfy the people tbe Lord ordered Moses to send the spies. 01 every tribe.... a mane -Moses selected twelve load- ing men, "everyone a prince," in or- der that tho best poseible results might be realized.-Peloubet. 4 -24 -In. verses: 445 wo have the names of the s-ptes, an verses 17-20 Moses gives them epee:MI directions. 25. Returned, after forty days - Forty days were sufficient for a jour- ney of 230 miles a.nd the return. 'The spies could rest six Sabbaths and travel 300 miles, going at the rate of less limn fifteen miles a day. It is not probable that they went in a body, but eingly or by twos. -Steele. 26. To leadesh-liadesh means holy. Showed them the fruit -They had brought back grapes, pomegranates and lige. T,b.e bunch of grapes was earn I urge. By careful culture lunches weighing nearly twenty pounds bate been produeed.-Steele. 7. Floweth with milk and honey- Thie 13 a poetical description of a country rieh. in pasturage and pro- duce. Time Inc the reports of the spice agree. Taey all commend the richnees and fruitfulness of tho soil. 28. Nevratbelees-The report was given publicly and It was artfully ar- raeged to begin with commendation, in order that their subsequent elan - dere Might receive credit. -J., te B. Tide word Introduces the godless ma- • jority report; there is in it no refer- ence to Jehovah. It le an Infidel docu- ment. -Steele. Strong -Large and trained to war-Clties are walled - Well fortified. The Israelitee bad no Meane of warfare by which they rould be teken. Children of Anak-"Longe necked, &moms giants, &wend:rate from Arlie, founder of the oity of He- bron. The ernes were terrified Jrt sight or them:" 29. The Aranlekitee, etc. -Thee pert - plc had already attacked the Israel- ites once- Pg. xvIL 8-16. Tae Hittites ware a strong, warlike, people. The jebusites held the region about :lent- ealent. The Amoritee were mountain - °ere 30. Caleb -The epy trom the tribe of judale 115 begine the minority repert with an tillWavering truet in God. jorilnut also joined with him. eav. 6, ao. Willed the people -A bit- ter wall of despair was going up from the met throng of people. Let as go up at once -Genuine faith graeps a present Got and an instentn,neoae salvation. There is no better cure for fear than tuition. 31. We be not able-Thie had not been asserted before. The telt epics aro inereeteing in their opposition. AC. Evil report eateth up -How unbelief growil AO Met it wan only a :Algol:Hon (vs. 28, 20), then it be - 00 Itesertion eV. Olt, then it as.nunied 1110 torm of an "evil re- port." an. S0410 or Annic-Anak ritivany eignitiell long necked. The vont: et Anak Were a Vine of giants: in etrength. /1 eeeirie to be a root that in primitiee tinier; there were men or groat 'stature. AG gratieliep- Vera ete.-"Tho feare of the 'India Having kpiea Magnified their feta" 1. MI the eongregaileil et There were a few noble exceptions, how ever. Wept that night -Thee° lotto wettings, resounding by night from tent to tent a.nd from tribe to tribe, spread the contagious despondency through the whole camp. - 2. 3. Better to return, - Thee murmured agatnet Moses and Aaron and svished to return to their for mer life of servitude. "In their dread of the eVila before them they overlooked the greater evils behind them." 4. Make a captala--They repude ated Moses and Aaron and .tehosali According to Nehemiah 9, lItthey ac- tually appointed a captain to lead them back to tbe taskmaster's lasb In Egypt. TEACHINGS. We should be very careful about followIng the advice of those who do not have faith in God. It is possible for God's people to enter the Canaan of perfect soul rest at oace. • PleteCTtCAL SURVEY. The incident of sending -out tht spies to view the promised land, al' though the disastrous outcome woe known to God, is only another strik- ling illustration of the kindly dealings of our merciful heavenly Father with his wayward and ungrateful cheldrert. Explicit heetruotione were givee the eptes as to the foots they were to learn, namely, "See the land, what it is, and the people that dwelleth theretn, whether they be strong or weak, few or many; arid what the land is that they land in, whether It be good or bad. The report was not unanimous In all particulars, There were, in faryt two keports; a majority report and a minority report. Tho majority report, as might naturally be expected, was ac- cepted by tae people. With their eyes closed to all that God had done for them in the recent past and with their hearts full of unbe- lief, no wonder "the peoplo wept that night." The more they conald. erea the matter the worm did their condition appear. Gol's fearful punishment upon them, although Ile declared "Alt the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord," gives us an idee, of how hateful to Him is the siu ot unbelief. "All from twent years old and upward," except Caleb and joehua, perished in the wilder - 00811. Three practical lesson. God heir* those tvho help themSeives. He brought his people out of Egypt, with a strong hand," yet every- thing depended on their acquiescing in the divine leading. They were or- dered to "go forward" before, the way Iva a open through the Bed ace The priests' feet were wet in aor- dan before the waters rolled back Canaan was theirs by promise, but they. nmet " possese it." Goa fought their battles, but they must set the battle in array. The Christian wile expects added p;ratte without effort will always, be dieappointed. +44.4t4+444-.4.4-644-4444-4,4444 HALF A DOZEN v SHORT ,TORIIES ,...4+++++++++++++++C-+++++ Charles Steckler tells the follow- ing joke upon himself : Re was taking a short cut through Frankfort street one afternoon a IOW days ago, wheelie Came epee a deal ere itig bitterly. He otoppea to ask what was the matter. "Mamma says 1 can't ever he Pre- eident," sobbed the child. "Well, What if you can't," cou- mien the lawyer. 'There are bets Of other wept of making a 1 ame for I yourself, t e'en If you don't get noose- VP1VS jolt You tan grow up to be a gool man, and that's better than beteg Preeldent. Don't you think 1 "But I can't grow up to be a soot man b" wailed the younteeter In a • fresh outburet of woe. "Nonteneret mei Mr. Steckler. "Of touree yon erne" • Can't, neither :" belhaved the "Why, not. I'd like to know ?" "Cause I'm a little glriP A Sunday school euperlatentlent : talking' to the thildren about cruelty to animate, .fiald: "Only a coward would tibt100 a creature that had no Way of proteeting itself. children," lie sahib "1 once IgliVir little boy who mit off a nag's; tall I Think of it, chilarena-took a knife and (nit the tall right off 1 Can any ono tell me a versa in the /3ible that would have teught title cruel boy that he ehould not bale) cut off the (mire tail?" After a moment's allelic° selaii boy with a "happy-tliought" expres- sion Itela up Ian liana " What is It, my boy ?' asked tile superintentieut, hopefully, ' What Goa hath joineti together Ice no mall put asunder," rave:Ale:1 the small boy. 'rho superintendent Was so im- pressed that iie r.ever breught lan Oltll verse to light. 41. poorly dressed women oat 0,1Q110 in a railway station, Attention was called to her by a man, wise exclaim- ed, Here's a poor ivonin,n who lia no tieket to her destlentIon. In clap lu 10 cents for her. Who') help? Presently he luta a but fel of can And presently announced "She has more thau hor fare, but 110 enough for a shawl. She needs a shawl ; chip in a quarter for that," Agatu niede the rouna and ialogautler announced: "She ought to have a. bonnet. I'll chip in tall a fOr the bonnet." When he made the rounds the third time a new earner entered the station, shook banns hearttly with the woman, and (among to the philanthropist. Brad: "Why, IlLrion, I'm glad to see you and your wife again," "How's this ?" asked one of. tbe contiibutors. "Is that woman your ;;," drawled the plitlanthro- plat. ' "What right have you to collect :lecnvelreril, for your wir° 7" demanded "What right have to collect money for any other fellow's \TIN?' 070.14 the retort that closed the de- bate. 1 megeilf6i,t_emlIrtecwaoliorws'43.110arogorltiy, 000 buseeis of ersdu Zee:deed ola the street .anorkeit Vito amnia.* Prime were erceely foe wheat and rimer tor oats, Nitilea!t--,WEte Steady, two loads of now goon selling at 65 to 68 1-2e pee 1 s Otets-Wera firmer, Oise load, of 110W an -$10 to $13 per, tote eolsltIragaivitwaaissop:ea.bac:towl.sy siciatcla lb.. Spires -sr 47186,tegtPten°210101.11eadepfrn°esitet lug a 811 per too. I, • 1,30er-Was eaeler, blarlemealtere Emile 72 2 to 7 ,es0 Ses 1 20 goo o, twobli:It(1;etr evoe4, 7701. t? ; recto: 1,11,4,(7.71;12t08110tote ;eh lyt67,802nt firwii ;fa et::40,r°61. 441,0,01'v, elo to sa3 ; :straw, $11; buttee 'pound, I roll% 1,8 to leo; orookoi 1.4, to 16e; egge, new laid, 14. tot 16c, ItZu13411Ocilirratrsit:et toe da'Ryeceltyl.Puetriess0t4°Iarge and prices. were !early well maintained. &miles, to :::00 basket. Bananas, per auneh, $/.00 to atel Lemons, $'4,25 to Per box. Oranges, $1 to $1,50 per box. 'California peaelies, $1 to$1.80 peretcrlectillisea.cir ellicrrrrilarei,1411, °p' per bl;ottek8e0ta, 000 to $1. Muskmelons, per (irate, $1.75 to eie.5. Canadian tonatttolnee 25. to 35o per basket. Cucumber% per basket, 20 to 80e. Peas, per baeket, 20 to 25e. Bean% per bas- ket, 10c. Tbizableberriee, 7 to ec per box. Canadian peacbes, 20 to We per basket. Huckleberries, per basket, $1. to $1,10.• aluslasielone, 40 to tiCe ,per baSket. Pears ,30 to 50ti per basket. Potatoes, new, Cana- dian, 40e per bushel. Green corn, 9 to 10e per dozen. Huckleberries, per ease, $1.70 to U490, Leading Wheat Markets. Following are the closiog quota- tions at important wheat centres tokeln,y: Utah, Dec. I Chien o New' bo ... ...... 7-234 7%1, 5-8, ,.. 69' a Duluth, No. 1 Nor s 74.1 1-2 'Vt./route Live Stocit Markit. Export cattle, choice, per ewt, 55 50 to 50 lei Butehers' cattle, picked ddoo motiodwinom 6 Hi to 5 70 6 GO to 5 5tt , ..... 350 to 400 Butehea cattle, choice... ..... 50 to 5 00 Butchers' cattle, fair ....... 3 75 to 50 do common ....... . 3 03 to 4 do ........... ........ 2 51 to 3 25 Feeders, short.keep 4 75 to 5 25 mold:ern:07 Stocker:4,40o to 800 Ws 34 00 tt clo 58 56 3 00 to 4 60 SST:woo cboolly s. c,papocerlrto owNty t 332 0100 toto 534 03.61 2 50 to 2 73 Sheep, butchers', each 2 09 to 3 00 eh 3 73 to 4 30 Hoge atolce, por -tart 7 37 to 0 00 Hogs, light, per 7 12 to 0 00 Regales, per cwt.. 7 12 to 0 00 British hive Stook Markets London, Aug. 23.-eCiattle aro quot- ed to -day at !rob, 1.2 to 13c per lb., dressed weight ; refrigerator peer is 11. to 12e per lb, Cheese eiar trete. CoNvanstille, Qua, Aug. 23. -At the weekly meeting of the Eastern. Town- ships Dairymen's Exchange here to. day 33 factories offered 1,403 boxes cheese; 17 creameries offered 1,990 boxes butter. (Thecae, 0 1-4 to 0 1-2o; butter, 18 3-4 to 10e. Belleville, Aug 21 -at the meeting of the Clueme Board held here to- day there were offered 2,873 white and 280 colored. F011owing were the Magrath 950, Hodgson 535, aWtatok.8111-850.85, Alexaader 4.75; all cold Watertoevn, N. Y., Aug. 23, -On. the cheese board to -day 7,000 boxes ot chew() sold at 9 1-2e for large and 0 5-8 to 9 7 -Be for email. Cornwall, Aug. 23.-11•At the Corn- wall cheeee board to -day 1,908 cheese were boarded, 1,143 white, SOS col- ored and 47 United State. All sold but 172 boxes. The bulk of the col - :erg atijr97-116% 9; 1a-b2oen;thio t f boat' a thonct) white sold for 8-4e and the rest tor 9 7-16e; United States at 0 1-4.o. -- Of course it happened In Chicago, where the general krdiazinefis *I the west is shared by the waiters in the resit aurants. A gentleman prominent in juduelal circles had entered an eating -house, and was Innaediately approached by one of these knights of the napkin, who remarked cheerily: " I have deviled kidneyS, Pigs' feet, and craves' brains," "Rave you ?" replied the jurist, cool- ly. "Wen, wane; are your ailments to Lue ? came bere to eat," • , Among Lincoln's callers one morn- ing lit '82 was a stranger seeking both personal and official aesiet- once from the President, and who brought, with him some letters laud- ing his loyalty that bore the signa- ture of a former Governor of Mary- land. Lineoln received the stran- ger with some warenth that W4.1,5 not 'Shined even When ono of the attaches, who had overheard the conversation, interrupted to ex- plain that the signature must have been torged, for the reason that the Marylander nientioned bad been dead several years. Tho stranger showed guilt in every feature, but Lincoln, suffused with. that pity tor the luckless that was ever his, cheerily observed "Olt, never mind that -never mind it I This is far more interesting 1 I would rather got a lettee from a dead man than from a live one nny day !"-Philadelphla Time. Senator Chauncey M. Papaw can appreciate humor, even Israeli he lareself is welt the author of it. " 8. young ladY acquaLetance of mine conducts a kindergarten purely for the delight she takes in tho work," said the senator vecently. "1 was present not long same on an Go - maim' of showing oft. The young .ady wished to demonstrate how successfully she had tauglat tee aaildren the meaning of words by eppealing to their Imaginations. the had taught them according to a system of symbols, which she 'mad herself arranged. Of course, the little people were...much terrified by the presence of a stranger and re- fused to corruseate for the glory of the ambitious teacher, as usual. it.t last slie resorted to a question which she honed :would retrieve all: '" Trot any of tOe children tell me what happens during the sea- son of winter ?" "The silence was not broken for a long and desperate interval. Then one brave tot blurted out: "'Please, ma'am, me and Willie sleep very close together .when it's winter.' "We, all encouraged him. 'What ;nee ?' beamed the teacher. "The ehlicl thrust his hand into his mouth and thought a while. Then he a flounced triumphantly "'Willie's feet are alway eh cold.' "The teacher wae disappointed, tut am of the opinion that the soungster had the winter season tory aceurately symbolized, indeed." • Here is an episale related by M. Jacquee Xi:mentor, now maitre d'hotet at The Carlton, respeeting his experience at Tho Savoy, says the London Daily Now. "I was tvaiting on the Mice of rife one nIght when his grace iir.10 giving a small private dinner party in the patience room. There was hardly room to pass behind eaeli guest. The soups were Bortch - a costly Russian pottage, made front boilel duck, and served 'with Aar - rel, vegetables and cream: and just tee I was serving it round, an nod - dent bappened. In one hand I 11011 plate or soup awl in the other my cream. The duke was talking earneetty to me and so intently did ileten lane 04: I did not know I Wit 8 dropping all the °ream in a 11111P0110 thick stream down ids back. "I made no fuss, gave no Marin. Tim duke went on talking and laughing, with his gnests, with the back of hie exquisite fitting dress one nurse of thick eratne. gee turt) or Mao soft zierviettes, and 118 tiOr'COa 1118 grace with each (emcee, t gave him a. rub. By the time we bad come Ito the Ice there woe rothing left of UM cream exeept faint trnees, for width I fear hiS grace's Valet 'was unjustly bleated." John De Taking lilacs. Babb' Joseph Xerauskopf, eomment- ng tirren one of the paPers read at the Dreent jewleh diatttanquit In At- :: :die City', sail he was in complete one:meet with the premisee-that pat:entre cannot botoo watchful of the religious epirlt in growing childree. le eitrel eirree of 1.we boys, brothers, ohose family Wite etrietly religions. One of the Pule tumbled into bed vithoUt the prayer, and Weis uldrt setel reprovingly by the other. "Johnnie," the latter "eon Thin% Ray year prayers to -night!" "Ne -s1 deln't1" sturdily lately(' Johnnie, "I didn't Hay am to -night. ain't say nee last rile*, and / !tart ogoing day hot to -morrow. night. Then, if' there ain't nothin' bad hap - tune 10 Illew ann't going to nay 'eta tt all ally Mora" --- Pleladelithia Bradstre ets, on Trade. Wholesale trade at Montreal, hoe been very fair this week for the August holiday season. Values or staple goode are firm. tn Toronto this week wholesale businese has been fair for tide season, but the gen- eral markets have been quiet, as they always aro in August. At Quebec rates are Much about the same as the preceding weele. In the country inquiries- for seasonable goode haye been better'. • Trade at Hamilton has been moderately good for thie season. Tim tone of the trade here, as reported to Brad - street's, Is buoyant, and a good fall buelness 15 tnost departments is looked for. Payments are fair. In London this week there hae been the natal midsummer dullness experience ed in some departments of trade. There hae been HOMO improvemen t in trade °additions at Winnipeg, tie a reeult et the better weather. There in some improvement in trade at Vancouver, Victoria and other Pa- cific Coast points. Payments are Ina moving., Mining on the coaut is re- viving:. Ottawa wholesale trade clr- elee, as reported to Bradstreet', are fairly actiee. , August Failures, IL G. Dua &Oa, report liabilities of eammercial failure thus far report- ed foe August $1,584,089, against $6,050,475 a year ago. Failures this week la the United States are 207 against 196 last week, 196 the pre- ceding week and 205 the corrosive - ding week !net year, and in Canada 30, against 21 last week, 14 the pre- ceding week and 85 last year. Of falluree this week in. the United States 77 were in the ea.st, 65 south, 46 weat anti 10 in the Pacific Slater:. and 55 report liabilities of $5,000 or more. Testing Ms Friendship Street girls -George, although I re- fused to marry you, X Premised to heal friend to you, you knew." George, glootaily-yea "Mei you khow you saki I negla and you said you'd be a friend to me." Ilke"Yrlittsit'.111" , ; t • "Did X ?" "That's good of you Cam 308 yen Mel something "Well, 111 tree?' . +Ware a little time for me now." "A lifetime, if you ask li.'" "No, only a few lionta." ' "Certainly, What is it you want?" "'Iluse hook-noeed old ledy over there IS My chaperone 1 W18Il you'd tako ber off and keep hot. WWI you tho tea of tide (Waning; r want lisianlifti,oniessfi. quiet little 'chat with Mr. DE111111,1 -28th YEAR!, OPENS -end, 1002 L.A.DIE81 ii1F1,:,Iii<F3Atah ';g,1,1: REV. A. 0. DEMILL. GoLLEGE .f. Ont. Menden this DSO&