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The Exeter Advocate, 1897-3-25, Page 3NEW SPRING COLORS. ALL THE SHADES OF BROWN ARE EXTREMELY POPULAR. The Beautyof Brown Costumes --Three Symphonies In That Color -Tans, Drabs and Light Biscuit—ruddy Red -A. Tak- ing New Costume. 1897,b the Author. [Copyright, y ] Among all the colors presented this season there is none more beautiful than brown, and none where such a variety of truly elegant effects' can be produced by nothing but brown brought together in different shades. By different shades the list includes everything from ivory and cream to the darkest seal, and that is closely allied to black. Bluee, greens /and heliotropes are among the fashion- able colors, and different shades of them are brought together with good effect, but nothing cau approach the browns. colors to bo used together in different shades I should not omit gray. Shades of gray of light and dark tints always blend with excellent effect, ,and, while not so warm looking as brown, it is still a most refined color, useful for some Purposes for which the most carefully ()boson brown would not do. Quite a novel result has been obtained this sea- son by trimming some of the grays with.. brown in the way of velvet'or fur. The newest and prettiest of the out- door gowns for spring were shown me today. Among them; I found one ele- phant gray broadcloth with a smooth, plain skirt. The waist was plain, both. bank and front, and was'quite round at the bottom. There were three bias folds, each 1g inches wide, at the waist in form of a girdle. There was a medici collar lined with champagne colored taffeta, This was carried down the back in shape of a round collar and down the front to the belt in that of a novel revers. This had a ruffle of the taffetaand a cravat frill of the same.. One bias silk band overlaid the center fold of the belt. The neat little cuffs were ruffled with the silk. A short cape had a lining of this taffeta and a very full rose plaited ruffle of champagne colored silk mull. I saw the hat that was chosen to wear with this. It was a flat black velvet brim with a crush crown of the cham- pagne colored taffeta. ` There was a half wreath of crush roses around it and three dark gray empire plumes. There was a very taking gown of bis- cuit colored drap d'ete, the skirt lying in smooth, even folds without ornament. The corsage was a queer combination of cape and bodice. It was of stone gray satin duchesse, thick and heavy. The under portion was a snug waist, ending at the belt under a fold of olive green velvet. There were close sleeves reach- ing the wrists and bordered with stone marten fur. The high tudor collar was likewise bound -with fur, and two straight lines went down the back from the shoulder to the belt. There were large caps at the shoulder simulating a nape, and these were edged with fur. Where they fastened both in the front and the bank there were trefoil bows of olive velvet, with a pink chrysanthe- mum sewed in the center, The combina- tion was startling, but very pleasing, particularly when the hat was shown. This was a toque of olive green velvet, with a wreath of pink chrysanthemums in place of brim. A couple of gray em- pire plumes and a gold buckle finished it. Gray plumes are much liked this spring. They look softer than black. A pretty new color is called. ruddy red. In cashmere or anyother plain wool it is extremely beautiful. One gown made of this had four rows of mordore -velvet ribbon au inch wide around the bottom of the skirt and four rows around the bottom of the waist. The upper part of the waist was trimmed with gold passementerie. The very high collar had a full frill of cham- pagne colored silk mull. .A dainty little bonnet of violets and their leaves had a quintuple bow of mordore velvet. This was a very swell gown and a becoming one. EntinreTTE Roussnio. This season the browns run more to the woody tints, and the chestnut, walnut and hazelnut browns follow closely the satiny or velvety tints of nature. There is also a brown resembling spruce gum, 'with a faint suggestion of pink, and there is a mushroom tint in another, showing the soft underside of that edible fungus in its dye. The havana or to- bacco leaf shade and the perfecto are others. Still another is like the inner bark of an oak tree. In fact, I do not believe there is a possible shade of brown left out of the list. ` The materials in which it is produced are quite as diverse as the shades. The standard favorites thus far have been the smooth faced stuffs, like double cashmere, venetian cloth and broadcloths. Much of the beauty of these brown costumes consists in the combining of • the proper shades. There was one prin- cess shaped thess of havana brown cloth. It was close in the back to the waist line, where there lay fan shaped plaits fas- tened with an arrow point at the top. These were formed by the slant of the seams and laid under. In front it opened to the bottom and had a plastron of ivory white cloth held at the waist line with four flat gilt buttons. There was a simulated belt of mordore brown vel- �., vet reaching from the under arm seams. Upstanding cuffs were at the wrists of the coat sleeves, and bias sprung folds were at the shoulder. Above these was a fulled cape collar of the brown reach- ing around the shoulders to a bib front of the ivory, which was fastened at the corners by two enameled daisies. There was a choker collar of velvet and a high medici collar at the back of the ivory cloth. The whole effect was tasteful and elegant. Another costume quite as refined and artistic was made of perfecto brown doubled cashmere. The skirt was trim- med with three corded bias self bands around the bottom. The bodice was round and piped with a narrow cord around the back portion. The front was out away at the bottom to show three bias folds similar to those on the skirt. The rest was plain, save for a scalloped ornament made of seal fur. Above the center of this was a double raffle of ivory silk mull. The sleeves were me- dium gigot shape, with a band of seal fur carried around each near the shoul- der. The choker collar was of the dress material, with a half way ruffle. The prettiest one of these three exam- ples of symphonies in brown was of spruce brown venetian cloth. The skirt was entirely plain,but beautifully made. The waist was gathered French fashion in the back and arranged in full sur- plice drapery in front. There was a wide swiss girdle made of "butternut" brown velvet and a quaint cravat bow of the same at the throat. The points tr'eached down and were hidden in the surplice folds. Around the neck was a fluted collar 12 inches wide made of Ivory faille. The dog collar was of vel- vet. In front was a small bow made of the faille. There were cuffs to the leg o' gotten. sleeves of faille, with narrow hemmed soft ruffles at the top. A dainty little toque was zoade with a rolled brim of brown astrakhan, with a Tam crown of the dross material. In front. there was a gold ornament holding a panache of stone gray plumes and a gilt aigret. Capes of velvet, of silk or of the material of which the dress is made. are often furnished with these suits. The same general idea is carried out. In mentioning the browns I should not omit from the list the tans, drabs and light biscuits, for they all come Un- der that head. Next to the browns as WOMAN'S RIGHTS. CHILDREN'S COLUMN DIGGING THAT PAID. How Grandpa Gray Fixed tlp a Surprise Our Young Industry. "I am going to try 'em," said Grandpa Gray, and kis eyes wore twinkling. He meant his three small grandsons— Hal, Herbie and Had. So at dinner grand- pa said to grandma: "I wish I had time to take that rock out of the yard there. It's a real eyesore tc me." "Can't we, grandpa?" asked the boys. "Well, yes, if you want to," said he, "and I'll be much obliged to you. So, directly .after dinner, they set tt work. It didn't look like a very large rock. But it was a good deal larger than it looked really. "Pooh!" said Herbie. "I'll take it out in no time!" And he got a stout stick and tried to pry up the rock. But the stick broke, and Herbie got a fall, from which he jumped up red and angry. "Mean" old thing!" said he, and he put bis hands in his pockets and watched Hal and Had tug at ,it until their faces were red too. Then all three lifted together, but it wasn't a nfite of use. "Let's get the hoed" said Had, "And the littlest crowbar!" said Hal. "And the shovel!" said Herbie. So Had hoed around it, and Herbie shov- eled, and Hal pushed the crowbar under the rock and bore down on it with all his might. The afternoon was very warm, and •the three little scarlet faces needed a great deal of mopping. But the boys wouldn't give it up. "Poor little fellows!" said grandma, looking out through the vines. But just then a great shout announced that the work was done. And there—there where the rock had lain—were four silver dimes, one apiece and ono for good luck! "Hurrah for grandpa!" cheered the boys, and at that very minute grandpa walked out of the house. • "Pretty well done!" said he, giving each little head a pat as he came to it. "Pretty —well—done!" And now the boys are anxious to dig out another rock, but grandpa thinks maybe silver dimes won't grow under the next one.—Little Sower. The Bight to Vote and the Bight to Breathe. Why will some women speakfor "wo- man's rights' when they will not make proper use of the God given right to all living creatures—namely, the right to breathe freely? Some years ago I attended a lecture on woman's rights, given by a pret- ty girl with a very weak voice. And it needed but ona glance at her figure to understand the cause. She wore a pink silk waist, which appeared as if she had been molted and run cold. It was as un- yielding as a plaster jacket—not a wrinkle in the dress and seemingly not a movement within the body of the girl. How she succeeded in 'drawing her breath is a mystery. The lecture became a secondary matter. I saw by the rigidity of her figure that the corset was well boned and the silk firm, Would she drop dead, and, if so, would it be called heart failure? No doubt the pause for many a death has been given this name when it should have been called death from general displacement of the vital organs, caused •by tight lacing, tight bands and heavy skirts dragging from hips and bank. A strong man would soon break down un- der this daily torture. How can women endure it? Why will they endure it? The sympathy I felt for her poor, mis- used body diverted my attention com- pletely from her lecture. I remember not one word of it, but the memory of that nearly voiceless body will never pass away. Months later I heard another lecture on the same subject, given by a plain looking, middle aged woman, who was in the same "ironclad" condition, but I felt no sympathy for her, but rather contempt. She was old enough to know better. What can we expect of our girls when our women will set such an exam- ple? HSN Crain NGS. He Was Too Friendly. He made friends with the fishes As they swam in the sun, And they came at his beckoning One by one. A Decided Innovation. A decided innovation was made at the repent dinner of the Fine Arts federa- tion in New York in having ladies pres- ent. This invasion of the gentler sex was due to the fact that some women who are members of some of the constituent societies, andas such received invita- tions, wrests to the dinner committee to know "if any who were not men could Come." There being no valid reason for a negative answer, the news spread rap- idly, and the result was, that two long, transverse tables on each side of the cen- tral one which were set apart for wom- en and their escorts were soon filled, end later comers of the fair sex over- flowed to the tables in the less impor- tant side galleries. The innovation was voted a decided success,! and as the menu bore the inscription, "Annual Dinner," it is probable that the new customhas come to stay. Publicbanquets at which both men and women are present, how- ever, though new in this country, have been a feature of English social life for three or four years.—New York Letter. He spoke not their language, Nor wrote them by sign, But he got a sound whipping When he dropped them a line. —Chicago Becord. A Good Game For Fun. "Who's got the whistle?" is a game with no end of fun in it. Most of the party—at least all who do not know the game-- should ame—should be excluded from the room where the fun is going on. Blindfold one of the girls or boys who haven't learned the trick and place hila in the center of a circle, in which all the other players are sitting, just as if "hunt the slipper" were to be played. While the blindfolding is in progress let some person slip up quietly and to the whistle by a long string to some part of the dress of the blindfolded one. The game consists in getting hold of the whistle and blowing it while the blindfolded player tries to guess who has it. Of course he has the whistle himself, and until he discovers the trick the fun runs high. When he has found the whistle, another player can be called into the room and blindfolded and the trick played again. OUR OTTAWA LETTER THE GLOBE AND THE CROW'S NEST PASS DEAL. The South African 'Alining CoinpanY-- Greeiiway and the Orane Lodge --The Papal Ablegate-- "Our friends, the Americans." [From Our Own Correspondent.] Ottawa, March 16. -Here in Ottawa the Administration is having no easy hours. The feeling of the country regard- ing the proposed surrender of the. Crow's Nest pass has become so evident that even Messrs. Jaffray and Cox, the two Globe directors who are also C. P. R. stockholders, meet with difficulties in their work of getting the franchise through Council. Messrs. Blair and Mu - look are the only two members of the Cabinet who are out and' out opponents of the proposed surrender. The others are waiting to see how the cat jumps. In the meantime the hair of Editor Willison, of The Globe, is turning gray. For more than eight years lMlr. Willison has been at the editorial helm of The Globe. For seven -eighths of that time Mr. Willison was in opposition, and was allowed a free hand iu directing the policy of his paper. Now, though, the Liberals are on top and Messrs. Jaffray and Cox are looking for their reward. J. S. Willison has • to aid them in their quest, and has to write what he does not believe in order that he may please his masters. The Globe, under the new man, has taken high moral ground for years past. Of course, it is easy to advise and to critieize. If The Globe had done only that it would have conte in for much less adverse criti- cism than is now its lot. But The Globo spoke from a pinnacle of rectitude. Brother Willison's ,stock of lofty senti- ments concerning the proper sphere of the great newspaper was never low. And now Brother Willison is finding out that Proprietors Cox and Jaffray believe that the proper • sphere - of The Globe is to make money for them and to aid them in their enterprises It is a pity that a good newspaper should be degraded into being the donkey engine of two self- seekers like Cox and Jaffray, but they A,. Boy and His Mother. Many a boy fails to rise from his ohaiz when his mother enters the room, while he would get up at once if a stranger en- tered, and one would suppose that his mother, who is more to him than the rest of womankind put together, should, tc say the least, have from him the same marks of courtesy as strangers. In fact, you can tell a boy's character pretty acou- rately by the way in which he treats his mother, for as a mother has probably done and will do more for her son than any other woman -with perhaps one exception —will ever do, so he ought in return to treat her as his most valuable possession. His courtesy, his chivalrous and knightly bearing toward her are never thrown away.—Harper's Round Table. Bobby's Politeness. "I'm so sorry, Miss Ethel, but I could only get one plate of ice creamfor myself. Shall I bring you some lemonade and a sandwich?" -Brooklyn Eagle. His Mammals Part. Baby Fred has an auntie that he loves very much indeed, but of course no one can quite equal mamma in his estima- tion. The other day he was asked the fa• miller question, "Whose boy are you?" "I'm mamma's and auntie's," be answer- ed, "but," be added quickly, "my bead be- longs to mamma 1" -Youth's Companion. are in politics for what there is in it. For years they carried The Globe at a loss. Nowthey are utilizing their prop- erty to aid themselves, and, it is to be feared, to hurt the country's interests. The South African Mining Company. But this Crow's Nest pass deal is not the only unfortunate piece of business that The Globo has to defend these days. James Pliny Whitney, the Conservative leader in the Legislature, has unearthed a startling state of affairs. The provincial government has given the South African Mining Company a three years option on 64,000 acres of land, or one hundred square miles of territory. The Ministers id the Queen's Park buildings have en- deavored to minimize the importance of the deal by stating that the property has beenegone over and found to be less val- uable than many others in New Ontario as the Northwestern district is called. The gentlemen who compose the South African company are not novices at their business. They know what they are after and they seem to have got it. The effect of the concession will be to injure the mining industry in the northwestern country. Prospectors will lose valuable, thee by finding, as some of them are certain to do, that their: discoveries are the property of the South African cor- poration. In addition to this, an immense territory is to be tied up for the space of three years. The people of Ontario, to whorl there lands belong, are to have no opportunity to exploit them until the rapacious and astute gentlemen from South Africa have had the first look in. If the men from the land of Cecil Rhodes find that the property is worth holding to, the people of Ontario will be frozen out. And if the expected mineral wealth is found lacking we of Ontario are wel- come to resume possession of a property which will never be of any use. It is a case of "Heads I. win; tails you lose," for the South African magnates. I should like to: meet these gentlemen; in daylight, preferably. They seem to have executed a most completely scientific bunco game on the Wicked Premier and his coterie of saints and sinners. I am not surprised to find Hardy, who is ninety-nine per cent. wind and pompousness, hoodwinked by these South Africans, but how do Ross and Gibson come to be the victims? If they were not deceived they must have agreed to the deal with their eyes open, They have had no reasonable explanation to make of their conduct further than .to assure the people that there are plenty of lands remaining. Nothing that the Lib- eral Government of Ontario has done for years will work it such injury as will this action. The people will ask to be told why their heritage has been handed over to a gang of outsiders. And, when tho next election comes, Hardy will find that his unsatisfactory answer has helped him towards his downfall. Greenway and the Orange Lodge. From Winni J g I hear that the Mani- toba Graind Orange lodge has passed re- solutions declaring its members to be wholly dissatisfied with the terms of the School settlement, and calling on Green- way to carry out Ms promise of a year ago that the Martin Act would not be interfered with. Mr. Greenway has given us a taste of his quality before, when ho broke this pledge. Now Sifton and Tarte are doing their best to induce him to make further concessions to the Boman Catholics. They may be successful, for Greenway is ready for anything if the "consideration" is satisfactory. You will remember that at Montreal two months ago Mr. Laurier told his French-Cana- dian hearers that the Manitoba Govern- ment had given him much more than, the Conservative Administration had. asked for. Mr. Greenway may go farther still. Be. wants cheaper freight rates on the C. P. R. , The C. P. R. wants the Crow's Nest pass. If the Government wants more school legislation—and Tarte, who is the Ajax of the Cabinet, wants it —the Manitoba Premier may be induced' to ,come into this three -cornered deal. Oi a truth Laurier's conciliation seems to have been replaced by a system of bilging and selling and unstateshnaelike chaffer - in our own:locaities to pay .much atten- tion to what was going on in Quebec. Now the arrival of Mgr. Mery del Val, the Papal ablegate, brings Quebec before us again. The Papal Ablegate. The Liberal newspapers of the province protest that the Government has had nothing to do with the sending of Mgr. del Val to Canada, The statement IS un- true. Mr. Laurier has had to send three agents of Rome to press upon the Vatican the necessity of sending him an assistant from the court of Roine. For months the Vatican resisted, principally because of a desire to keep out of trouble with any foreign state. In answer to this Mr. Laur- ler pointed out through Solicitor -General Fitzgerald that the province of Quebec was far from being a foreign country in the same respect as England or France or Germany are foreign countries. Mr, Laurier reminded the papal authorities that Quebec has a state church in fact if not in nazno. The ' Administration re- joices because of the coining of the dele- gates to Canada, for they hope that the recalcitrant bishops will be brought into line. I doubt whether the rest of Canada takes much interest in this, which is purely a domestic matter. The Laurier- ites are not seeking to diminish the power of the bishops. Instead of wishing for this they are trying to get their lordships to aid them. For many years the major- ity of the prelates of Quebec have been Bleu, and, because they are of a con- servative class, they don't want to change their party allegiance. If Mr. Laurier's friend the Papal ablegate shall be success- ful in his task. he will have shown us that in Quebeo the church is stronger than the bishops, the people or the politicians.: "Our Friends, the Americans." It has frequently been asserted in this correspondence that "our friends, the Americans," as Finance Minister Field- ing loves to call them, have no desire to improve the trade relations between the two countries. The publication of the Dingley tariff bill this week and the mea- sure is pertain to become law after very trifling amendments—shows that Canada has become a target for the slings and arrows of American animosity. Not a single opportunity of injuring any Can- adian industry has been suffered to pass. An import duty of two dollars per thou- sand is placed upon white pine lumber, with a minatory clause providing that this shall' be increased to 25 per cent. if we impose an export duty on saw logs. The truth is that Canada controls the lumber supply of the United Statesor will within a very few years. The Michi- gan pineries are all but exhausted, and in Maine there is not work for the labor - seeking lumbermen. Canada can well afford to impose an export duty on her saw -logs, and it should be the duty of Mr. Fielding and Sir Richard Cartwright to get ready for retaliation immediately, For once we have the whip hand, and we shoui.d not be slow to avail ourselves of the privilege. This country virtually controls, too, the American supply of pulp -wood. Let us clap an export duty on pine and pulp logs and let us then see whether the American Congress will re- main as dictatorial and so offensive to the Dominion. Congressman Dingley also asks that the duty on coal from Canada bo increased to seventy-five cents per ton. The Nova Scotlans will doubtless feel the effect of this, but it will be a blessing in disguise if the Federal Government here gets to work and deepens the St. Lawrence canals to fourteen feet. When that is done Ontario will not have to bring her soft coal across the border. The work of deepening the canals should be gone on with renewed vigor. The Con- servative Government was denounced by the Liberals because it saw that a great canal trade might be built up between Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and the in- terior provinces, and, with that end in view, proceeded to make efforts towards securing a fourteen foot waterway. As soon as Mr. Blair shall have made his peace with his warring colleagues he should give his i'minediate attention to the canal problem. Of course, we have heard the last of Government visits to Washington. When Sir Richard returned after his last trip he told the reporters that he and Hon. L. H. Davies had been most courteously received and that they had every hope of negotiating a reciproc- ity treaty. Alas! the good old gentleman was hoodwinked by Dingley & Co. Sir Richard has always opposed anything in the way of Canadian retaliation for American injustice, and doubtless told Dingley that there was no danger of the Laurier Government taking measures in that direction. And so Dingley proceeds to ask for our saw logs, and to bar out the lumber that has been sawed in our Canadian mills by our Canadian work- men, Let the government of business men, that we have heard so much of, remember that in this country there is a strong feeling against any huckling to the Americans. There is no antagonism, but there is self-respect. Anything in the way of turning the other cheek will !rill our chances of ever making a favorable treaty with the United States. If ever we needed to keep a stiff upper lip, now is the time. LATEST 11LARKET ;REPORTS., Toronto, March 22, PRODUCE, Eggs -The market continues well sup- plied, but demand, owing to the Jowl prices, has enlarged considerably. Prices :t are about the same. Poultry --Very little doing. Bright stook is quoted as follows: Turkeys, 10 to 11c; geese, 8 to 9c; chickens, 30 to,! 50o; and ducks, 50 to 75c. Potatoes—Offerings continue free. Car lots on track are quoted at: 70c, and out. of store lots at 27 to 28c. Field Produce -Quotations are: :Small. i lots, out of store, turnips; 20c per bag; , parsnips, 40c per bag; and onions, $1 to $1.25 per bag. Beans—Quiet. Round .lots of choice handpicked are quoted at 60c, delivered I and single bags of same, 70 to 75c. Or- dinary beans are quoted at 40 to 500 per' bushel, Maple Syrup -Small tins of maple syrup sell at $1 per gallon.' New run syrup is expected in, about a week. Baled Hay—Easy, owing to good sup- ply. Choice to fancy hay sells at $9.75 to '$10 on track here. No. 2 is quoted from $7.50 to $8. Dealers quote two -ton lots of No. 1, delivered, at $11. Straw—Demand slow. Car lots of oat straw,on track, arequoted at $5 to $5.50. BREADSTUFFS, ETC. Wheat -Outside markets were firm, on talk of crop damage. The market here was about the same. Trade was light. Ontario wheat is quoted at 730 for red and 740 for white, west, and about la more east and on the Northern. Mani- tobas are bull and easier. No, 1 Mani- toba hard, Midland,'is quoted at 84c, No. 2 at 82c, and No..3 at 79c. No. 1 hard; g,i.t., North Bay, is quoted at 90c. and track, Fort William, at 740. Flour—Dull; straight roller, high freights, west, is quoted at $3.60, and middle freights, west, at $3.70. ifiilfeed—Xeeps firm. Western mills quote $11 to $12 for single -ton lots of bran at the mill door; single tons of shorts are quoted at $10 to $11. Oatmeal—Quiet. Car lots of rolled.. oats, in bags, on track here, are quoted at $2.80, and small lots at,$2.90 to $2.96. Peas—Odd cars sold at 38e, north and west, G. T. R., and 883Gc, north and west, C.P.R. Same are quoted at 41e, C. P. R. east. Rye—Quiet. Car lots, f.o.b , outside, are quoted at 3232 to 38e. Buckwheat—Quiet; car lots west are quoted at 25c, and east at 26c. Barley—Odd cars of feed barley sold at 21c, high freights west, to -day, and at 22e east. No. 2 is quoted at 28c, and No. 1 at 31c, and fancy at 84 to 850, outside. Oats—Sales were made to -day at 170,. G.P.R., north and west, and at 17%c, G.T.R., north and west. The higher prices were paid on the G. T. R., owing to the oat freight to Britain being obtain- able on bettor terms via Portland than via Carleton, DAIRY PRODUCE. ' In June last we of Ex;;igglish Cag were too much occupied with the 131210 Swallows Flee From Cholera. Respecting the utility of swallows as messengers of inteligence—could we but u nderstana their language and their signs -to which reference was made in an article in these columns recently—Mr. J. W. Whibley writes: "On this point I can give the experience of an English gentleman who served under Said Pasha in Egypt. He observed that a whole col- ony of swallows had suddenly left the town in which he lived, and noted the fact to a friend who had been located there some years.. `Yes,' said the latter, 'we shall have cholera break out in less than a week. Twice before have I seen the same thing.' And so it did on this occasion. Nor did the little winged mes- sengers return until a clean bill of health was apparent. The pestilential atmos- phere must have been scented or tasted by the swallow, who lives in the air." Common Sense Science. In mauy agricultural communities there is a disposition to helplessness in the face of adverses, meteorological: or otherwise. Recognizing this, M. Moline, the French Minister of .Agriculture, has directed the professors of agriculture to suspend their lectures and to go through the rural districts in order to advise farmers to meet the failure of the hay crop by sowing vetches,• maize and other fodder, as also by utilizing oil cake, straw, bran and corn. A Plea for Discrimination. Butter—Supplies are fair, and demand fair. Prices remain about steady; con- siderable quantities are being asked for to ship north to the mining districts. Poor and medium grades are slow. but fancy qualities sell well. Following are the quo- tations: Low and medium grade dairy, tubs, 8 to 9e; choice dairy, tubs, 11 to 12e; largo dairy, rolls, 13 to 14c; small dairy, rolls, strictly choice, 14 to 15c; creamer!, tubs, 20 to 21c; and creamery, pounds, 'el to 22e. Cheese—Steady. Summer makes sell at 10 to 1034a, and fall makes at 113 to 120. DRESSED HOGS AND PROVISIONS. Dressed hogs are scarce and firm. On. the street sales were made as high as $6.60 to -day. Light lean hogs, by the oar, on track here, are quoted at $6.50, light fats at $5.50, and heavy fats at $5 to $5.25, Provisions are firm and in good. demand. Quotations are: Barrelled pork, shoulder mess, $10 to $10.50; heavy mess, $11.50 to $12; short cut, $12 to $12.50. • Dry Salted Meats—Long clear bacon, car lots, 6c; ton lots, Go; case lots, 63ic; backs, 7c. Smoked Meats—Hams, heavy, 10e; medium, 10eec; light, 10340; breakfast bacon, 10%c; roll, 73c;.backs, 10eec; picnic hams, 7 to 73ic. All meats out of pickle 1 c less than prices quoted for smoked meats. Lard—Tierces, 6Xe; tubs, 7eeo.; and pails, 7.%c; compound, 6 to 6Xo. Wheat, white, new 00 76 Wheat, red, per bush........ 00 73 Wheat, goose, per bush.... 00 63 Peas, common, per bush... 00 41. Oats, per bush..... - .. 20 22 Rye, per bush 83 34 Barley, per bush.. ..... 26 30 Ducks, spring, per pair.... 60 SO ' Chickens, ,per pair. 25 50 Geese, per lb......... 08 09 Butter, in 1 -lb. rolls 12 21. Eggs, new laid 11 12 ' Potatoes, per bag. 20 30 Beans, per bush 75 85 Beets, per doz.....,...._09 10 Parsnips, per doz. 9 10 Apples, per bbl 40 1 50 Hay, timothy 11 50 13 50 Straw, sheaf 6 50 7 50 Beef, hinds 04 05 Beef, fores........ .......... 02 Lambs, carcase, per lb.... G} 7 Veal, per ib 05 6 Mutton, per lb 04 05' Dressed hogs 5 00 6 50 LIVE STOCK ¥AR'KFTS. Toronto, March 22.—At the Western cattle market this morning we had a total of 55 loads of offerings. which in- cluded about 1,000 hogs, 130 sheep and lambs, a couple of dozen calves, and 30 milk cows. The market was practically unchanged throughout. Sales were brisk especially at the opening, but business slowed 'up somewhat towards noon. The demand for export stuff was dull, and sales were a bit slow, at from 8% to to a pound. For really good cattle 4r/o was and will be paid, though the demand was dull to -day. Shipping stuff will be wanted on Tuesday next, as there is much space on the boats to fill. In butcher cattle prices, were well main- tained, but figures were ,quotably un- changed. Good' butcher cattle fetched up td 332c, and some small lots of extra choice went a shade higher. Common cattle sold down to 2%c; nothing worth mentioning went lower. Stockers are wanted at from 234 to 23(0 per pound, and for choice selections So p will be paid. ' There is a fair demand for good export bulls at 21c per pound. Good cows are Ho (after' the second act)—Well, if wanted, at from $25 to . $83 each; poor' you'll excuse mo, I guess I'll go out and cows will not sell. Calves are a slow sale, get a breath of fresh air. except they are very choice. Good calves She—If it's the : same kind of breath are worth $8.50 to $6 each. that you went out for when I was hese Lambs were in good demand to -day, at with you before, I'd rather you wduldn'1 from 4% to 53ie per pound. Sheep ars bring it in with you, quite nominal as Mardi priom.