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The Herald, 1907-02-15, Page 3Belay Cli4�Q�o XNTERNATrONAL LESSON VIII. -FEB. 245 1907. God's Covenant With Abram. -Gen, xv, It 5-X6, Oommentary I, God's covenant with ,Abram (vs, ,a5). ..1. After these things -The fact that immediately after the battle with the kings there came another vision from God to Abram leads us to think that he may have been passing through a testing time, and perhaps lie evas tempted to discouragement Abram had made. a; long, rapid journey and was weary. He was also disappointed in not a. receiving the fulfillment of the promise God had made him regarding his de- scendants, for as yet he had no child. In a vision -Which supposes Abram awake, and some visible appearance, •or ' sensible token of the presence of the di- vine glory. -Henry. Fear not--1?ear ;. not thy enemies, neither fear lest .my promises fail thee. I am thy shield- -"God was Abram's portion and he is the - i portion of every righteous soul." Ile was a shield, a protection, to Abram. better for Abram to 1 "elf It was hind Jehovah s shield dth ns to take refuge beneath the patronage at the king of Sodom" (see chap. xiv,2.1- 1 23).--C. H. M. Great reward-"Tlw re- ward shall be exceeding great." "There is surely a reference here to the battle and the victory. 1 shielded thee in the . battle and rewarded thee in the victory" -Candlish. When God is ours we have all that is sufficient for defence and re- ward; this promise involves eternal life, -Murphy. In verses 2-4 Abram calls at- tention to the fact that he had no heir. He ,greatly desired a son, for he knew upon divine authority that his seed should inherit the land; he accordingly asked if one born in his house should be his heir, whereupin the Lard. again assured him that even in his old age he should have a son. 5. Look...tell the stars -"The stars in that climate are brighter than in ours. Professor Hall says he has known Venus to shine so bright as to cast a shadow. Brighter than the stars, steadier that their flames Shall be the fulfillment of God's prom- ises' Godpoints to the stars as a sigu to Abram. Whenever he might be tempt- ed to doubt or discouragement he had oniy to look up at the heavens and be- fore him was a constant reminder of God's great promise. To us the stare are a sign of another promise; "They that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness, as the stars for- ever and ever" (Dan. aii. 3). So shall thy seed be -The descendants of Abra- ham included not only Israelites, but the Arabians, the Mid.ianites, the Ammonites and Moabites were a numerous people, and were for more than a thousand years among the most important in Asia.. i At least two branches of this strong stock wet remain -.the Jews, who are found an every part .ef the earth, and I the Ara s who still roc unconquered d over the deeert.-Huilbut. • But the f highest fulfillment was hi Christ. •God's people are, by faith, "children df Abra- ham," and "heirs according to the prom - I Ise" Gal, iii. 7, 9, 29). I11. Abram's great faith {v. 6). 6. He believed -"God speaks -Abram believes, and all is settled and all is sure." Abram believed the truth of that promise that was now made him, resting upon the Mower and faithfulness of God who had made it. See Rom. iv. 19-21. "He is Iandless and childless, yet in the word. of Jehovah he has land and seed," It is a 'very rare thing for a person even in the Christian church to fully believe in the Lord. A real and ungeustioning be- liever is a rarity anywhere. There are a great many Christians who believe in euterurise and hard work, who believe in prudence and good sense, who believe in well -invested capital, who believe iu knowledge, who believe in wise training, w1;3 believe in importunities and eircum- atanees, and who at the same time admit that back of these and over them all is the' Lord. But there are not so nIa.ny who believe in the Lord as apart from and in no way dependent on these , agencies. Abram believed in God when, i :to all human appearances, God's pro- ! Melees; Were not possible of fulfilment 1 Trumbull. Counted it Abram's trust in God's 'simple word is stamped as rights- ,, oneness, because such faith is the root of all virtues, it is the central source of „the godly life, without which all out- ward works are as plants having no root. --Newhall. "His faith itself was not his righteousness, but it brought him iinto connection with the righteousness of I God." It was the act by which he ae- eepted God as. his all, the supply of his 1 morale spiritual.' :;end temporal needs. Y(,rr ;salt; •is the instrument not the ground +�!.justification •tute for complete h itl It is not in itself meri- j t�briel ' 'substitute c or a'su 11 . plate obs- j lienee -to God's law. It .justifies because it is the act which receives and accepts !: God's promised grace." -Green. III, The covenant ratified (vs. 7-18). 17. 1 am the Lord -The promises of God , the very broad, very high, and very long. They look far down the future, but we Idaay reineniber that there is omniscience 7n their ' utterance and omnipotence in 1 their fulfillment.-= Hurlbut. 8. Whereby ; shall I know -That is, "by what sign shall I be assured that I shall inherit I this land?" 9. Take me an heifer, etc.- ; The animals prescribed are of three kinds 1 afterwards allowed by the .law for Ben- i rifice; and the birds are those repeatedly mentioned in the law as those to be brought for offerings. The ,animals were I to be each three years old, denoting the I perfection of their species. -Alford. "God •t was ,now giving to Abram an epitome of that law and its sacrifices which he in- 1tended more fully to reveal to Moses" 10. He took all these -Abram fol- lowed to the very letter the directions i God• had given him; so we must obey God fully before we can have reason to expect him to fulfil his promises to us. Divided them, etc. -The manner of rata lying a covenant was to divide the ani- • teals lengthwise, as nearly as possible in two equal parts, which were pieced. oppo- F site each other a shoat distance apart; . the eomaantiug parties 'would thee meet CsomtfsaltD r Wlarrp9LslYr.Pa•ap,aerww,e in the centre and. take the eust oath, As there were two birds, they tt pace could be separated so as to make a s y of One Here Added to the Lord,List of Cures Eflfected lair Paychine. s in between them, without the necessit their division, It was afterwards mended in the law not to di -vide bird sacrifices (Lev. is 17)'. 11 •Came down --»Having made re the sacrifices, he waited for the fir Gad to ;consume theta, which was the ual token of acceptanee. While he t cd, ravenous• birds of prey, which upon dead .bodies, "mune down" to sume the sacrifice. Haw often do into ing cores, like n uelean binds, seize pon time , and those affections w have been .given, to God! 7.2. Was going down -About the of the evening sacrifice. A deep sloe Not a common sleep through wear: or carelessness, but such a sleep as caused to fall upon Adam. --- H. Great darkness o "Wb ieh God design to be expressive of the affliction misery into which his posterity silo be brought during their bondage in Fes„ as the next verse particularly stat 13. Four hundred yeatta--There some difficulty in the chronology 1 It seems probable that this in r . numbers includes the tune from the bi of Isaac to the entrance into Cay. Front the tints God called Abram Haran it was 430 years before Abr descendants carne' into possession of tri own land (Ga. ill. 17); but the, dren of Israel were actually in Ege only half that time, or 215 years. It probable that "the sojourning" Exod, xii. 40, has reference to the ti from Atbram's call to the entrance i Canaan. Twenty-five years, after call Isaac was born, so that from birth to Canaan would be 405 years. 14. That nation -The Egyptian tion. Will I judge -God brought plagu and •destruction upon the Fgyptia Come out -Israel was redeemed fr borrciage and came out of Egypt with great wealth. This promise was literally fulfilled, but there was a long time of This young`iady, who lives in Browne, ady vile, near W eodstoek, Ont., tells her own e of story in a few effective words of how she me obtained deliverance frons. the terrible valt- grip of weakness and disease. Jowl I have to thank Psyeliinefor.mypresent health. Con- Two years ago 1 was goiug'eito &decline. I could d hardly drag myself across the floor. 1 could not target, u on If 1 went for birch I drive I had to lie down when I came back. If I time i went fora miie 1T_-_ ; on two on my .. Hess wheel I was too weak to lift it God through the gate• Way, anti last enry. tfine I came in ed from having a and sp in I dropppeel Hid utterl holpless,w, from f ague, My Rypt, father would give ea:' menopeacountil I rocured Pey- is cbine,knowing it .ere. W48 excellent for Pond decline er wean nem I moat say rtit the results are Can wonderful, and at my :sopa ee eat lostea 0 Os little, peie, hollow aln's checked. listless, lmelsniefel' girls. Ism to-dxy air full of 'life, ready far Yt , efrh.ride, a skating match, or an evening with anyone, and a ehil- few months ego I could struggle to church, pe 40 reads from my herge, ..i Hare never had the is slightest capes to fear any tuna el the disease. ELL& lli 11EL WOOD, in Brownarille, Ont. me Thousands of women are using PSY- 7ito CHINE, because they:' know from eaper- the fence that in it they have a safe friend his and deliverer. Peythi ie is a wonderful tonic, purifying the mood, driving out na; disease germs, gives rs venous appetite, es aids digestion and aisai'miiation of food, ns, and is a positive and bsolute euro for onz disease of throat, cue- Innegs5, stomach and other organs., I nick builds up the entire system, .ea • ing sick people well and weak people ;Itong. zttng. l5. In peace - . "This verite strongly implies the immortality the soul." 16. Amorites-This was t general name for the Canaauitish trib -Horn. Com. Inignity....not yet full "From these words we learn that the is a certain pitch of iniuity to which n tions may arrive before they are dentro ed and beyond which God will not pc mit them to pass." It wouli the abo 400 pears before, the wickedness of t Amorites would be great enough to wa rant their destruction, ands until th time the seed ef Abraham must be kmout of their possessions. 17, 18. Abram watch. atch was finally rewarded.. G apapeared s ratif ed.on the, some The "leaning lampd. the "°w nil w passed between the pieces was the sailbol of the divine presence. PRACTICAL AP.PLIC ATIONS• L Abram comforted. "The word oof he Lord came sit rug,. brant p;•¶ iYiii- shy sYrielt(W ,; n s o ha er we find the first record 01 "the rd of the Lord came." The first ible, "Fear not." The Bret promise of od as a "shield." '¶'his had been prou- d in the war Abram led against the talons who spoiled Lot. Cheaorlaomer onquered the Jordan and took Lot pris- ner xiv. e li n. - ( 1lz Abram im r edea im (Gen. xiv. 13-16). ieiehtze ek, riest of the most high God, met hire d received tithes from rum and blessed im (Gen. xiv. 17-20). Rut from the orris of encouragement and comfort ith which our lessoin opens we infer at Abram had fallen into a state of spondency. The strongest and bravest re not exempt from such hours. They •e recorded as having come to Paul Acts xviii. 9), and to Elijah (1. kings x. 7), and in each intstance the hour os ed brought the same comfort which as given to Abram in the message of pe spoken directly by God or through he ministration of an angel. Every Kristian life knows .something of sim- r experience; of sore need and bounti- I comfort. The chapter intervening tween the last lesson and this ex- ains them. The hasty and vigorous rsuit after Lot and his victorious res - e was full of excitement and enthus- e. Following such emotions in nat- al reaction came fatigue and depress - n. Abram, though a wealthy sheik, s yet but a feeble antagonist to the werful tribes against whom he had the time prevailed. Should .his ene- es unite against him, his destruction med certain. Temptations to doubt d fear are trials of faith, and we uld take them in prayer to God, who ver ready to respond to the feeblest for help, and has his word of "fear "'with which to answer every sugges- t of doubt or dread. I. Abram confirmed . 1. By the prom - (vs. 4, 5). God represented Abram's thly descendants by the sands (Gen. . 16: xxii. 17), and his heavenly de- ndants by the stars. This promise thrice repeated, and it was now elve years since Abram bad seen any of its fulfillment. He believed the nice, but asked something to confirm God met hint and confirmed his of he es. re y- r- ut he r- at 's yid it eh y - 0t A w B G e n c 0 h p an h w th de a al ( xi ne w ho t ila fu be pi pu cu las ur sic wa pe for mi see an sho is e cry not tion ise ear xii: see was tw sign prof it. fait 2. "W does rath a in fulfi her dove the lamp sant with ant prom wait stre save sick. keep e (,poet: for sale at all dra per bottle, or at D Laboratory, 179 Dr. Root's Ki. permanent cure Disease, Pain in. of Kidney Tronbl dealers. Sts aft' 50c. and $1.00 A. Slocum, Limited, St. West, Toronto. Pinson a sure and heumetism, Bright's e Back and all forms 25c per box, at isil statement that A ram believed God com- ing before his rcciuest for signs;."shows how confidently he tru,stecl lied for the fulfilment. A'bra-4, Live in en age when. there was n0 written lute, The law was not given till ilioees (T7ealt ,v„.7. � ':''-, en were coffin ,t i~; ods h. By signs. In answer to his question, hereby shall I know?' (v. 8), which not necessarily imply doubt, but er an acceptance of the promise and ere question as to tate sign of its 111ment, God answers, "Take lne an fer...a she goat...a ram, ..& turtle ; and a young pigeon" (v. 9). "When 5011 went down, , ,behold a. ,burning ...between those pieces. In the e day the Lord made a covenant Abram" (vs. 17, 18). Every coven - is an agreement between two. Every ise has its condition, They that upon the Lord shall renew their ngth; they that believe shall be d; the prayer of faith shall save the If we fulfill our part of the agree- His part of the covenant A'"�4,,KET EPO ..y wrw..v.. TORONTO Ic'ARMLTilS' MARKET, The grain receipts ' o -day were small, consistdng only of 300 bushels eS ,barley, which sold e4, 55c a bushel. Prices of other graina nominal cut quotations. I3ay is unabaanged, with sales el 30 loads at $18 1.a $14.60 a ton for timothy, and one cad cut 315, whiic $10 to 312 was pall for 312•ed. .34:$1.5:2,4:. traw steady, two ]wade selling at $12 to 313 .a ton. Dressed bogs ars firmer, with Iigbt quoted at 30.50, and heavy at 39.00 dta 39.'25, Whoa., white, hush. ., „$ 0 78 $ 0 74 De„ red, bush. , , 0 72 0 74 Ao. Spring bush. .,. 0.70 000 Do„ goose, bush.... ,,, ,,, 0 67 0 00 Oats, huh. . ... 0 41 o 411 Barley, bush. ... . ... .., 0 54 0 Go Peas, bush, .. 0 78 0 00 Hay, timothy. ton 13 (10 14 50 I)o., .nixed, don .. .. .,10 00 12 00 Straw per ton .., 12 00 13 00 Seed:- .Alslko, fancy, bulb. , 6 76 7 00 Do., No. 1. 'bush --„ . 6 00 6 25 Do. leo, 2 bush. . ... 5 75 5 85 Iced clover, new ... .., ,. 8 00 8 2-a Do., old 7 00 7 25 Timothy, tush, , . 1 25 1 60 Dressed bogs ... 9 00 9 50 Kgete, new laid, dozen ... . 0 30 0 85 Butter, dairy ,., .,. .,. 0 25 0 28 Do , creamery . 0 30 0 32 Chickens• dressed, lb. ... 010 012 Ducks per lb. ..- .,. 0 11 012 Turkeys, per R. ... 014 016 Aropies, per bbl. 1 60 n 7-0 Potatoes, 'per bush. ,. ,,. 0 70 0 75 Cabbage, per dozen ...... ,., 0 36 0 50 Oufons, per bag• - e5 0 Beef, hindquarters 6 60 8 00 Do., forequarters ... ... , 4 50 5 50 Iso.. ebotce earcase .,, , 6 75 p 00 Do. medium, carcase .•, ,,, 5 60 6 00 Mutton, per cwt. ... 9 00 10 00 Veal, per cwt . ... ... ... 9 00 10 50 Lamb, per mvt. 10 00 1150 'FLOUR PR1CS, Flour-Ma.nbWbe patent, $3.75, track, fro- rooto; Ontario, 90 per cent. patents $2.G2 bid for export; Manitoba patent special brands, 34.60: strong bakers', 34. TORONTO SUGAR. MARKETS. St. Lawrence sugars are quoted as follows: Granulated, 34.30 in barrels, ane No. 1 golden, 33.90 in barrels. These prices are for de- livery here; oar lots 5e 'less. WINNIPEG WHEAT MARKETS. 'Winnipeg. -Furfures closed today: Feb. 75e bid, May 78e, 3uly 78% bei. LEADING WHEAT MARKETS. New York ... May. July. Sept. Detrol, ... ..+.i3 80;;3 ,.,. Toledo . .. 8:• 81 34 Minneapolis ...... .., ... 82 81;a 85 St. Louie 78a;g Tr81ee 74 78 77j2 BRITISH CATTLE ,MARI{Erre. London. -Liverpool and London cables are ,vteady at lle to 12u per lb. dressed weigbt; rerfri,gera.tor beef is quoted at ieee to 9?/31 Per pound• MON'CREAL LIVE STOCK MARKET. Montreal. -About 800 bead of ,butchers' cattle, 20 leech cows. 60 calves, 30 sheet, and sale , more precious than gold, ambe, and 200 fits hogs were offered for ALL SICK WOMEN SHOULD READ MISS SCHWALM'S LETTER In Ali Parts of Canada Lydia 1?. Phsehamee Vegetable Compound Has effected Similes Cures. 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I found that in a few short months there was no trace of female weakness, my strength gradually returned and in a very short time I considered myself a perfectly well woman. I appre- ciate my good health and beg to assureyou that I am most grateful to you for discover- ing such a wonderful remedy for suffering woman." The testimonials which we are con- stantly publishing from grateful women establish beyond a doubt the power of Lydia E. Pinkhani's Vegetable Com- pound to conquer female diseases. Women suffering from any form of female weakness are invited to promptly communicate with Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass. She asks nothing in return for her advice. It is absolutely free, and to thousands of women has proved to les do -day. There were no really prime beeves j ••• on the .market and •trade was slew, with no ebange to note in the prises paid. Pretty ?-a-e-e-o 4'e-e•-o+.p.. w m • • � •,•„ys; good cantle sold at. from 4 to near ec per lb„ end ,the common clack from 23,e •to 2yyC; do., m.ilch Bowe sold at 3i0 to $50 each. Calves sold at 33 80 37 each. Sheep sold at to vac, and Lambe at about 6e: per lb. :l led _ /lots of 'fat hogs sold at 7 to Tele L' end,on.- There seems 'to be' soma doub here as to the actual socks of Canadia cheese held bene or in Montreal. The be lief le tbat if C nndians are not keeping bac there will be a further advance on alread ,high prices before the June make arives in Eafiland, TORONTO LIVE STOCK MARKET. netts a c f live sto • p v stock at the city markN, as reported by the railways, since last Fri day were 78 car loads, composed of 1,278 cattle, 1,059 Logs, 346 sheep and lambs, 84 calve* and 20 horses. These were several loads of fairly good cattle. which were soon picked up, but the bulk were ef <. oomnion, half -finished class that 401 net seli so readily. Exporters -One or two small lots sold as high as 35.40; one load ,, 1,3.50, one load at 35.2e and see -oral los . 34.50 to 35.15 per cwt. Bulls sold at 34 to 34.40 per cwt. Moro fleeshed cattle would hew- sold. ]3utchers-Choic'e lots ee butchers sold from $4.t:0 to 34.70; good at 34.25 to 34.40: medium mixed at .let to $4.1212.; common to me- dium, 33.50 le 33.7e: <•owe at 33 to 34; canners at 31.50 d0 324(1 per cwt. Feeders and eetorker:•-Harry efurby bought 60 feeders, 560 lbs. to 1,02e lbs. each, at 53.75 to 34 per cwt. Milch Cows -Not maty good caws were on sale. Thirty or forty, some of which were little good, rola all Vile way from $20 to 370 each. The t ulk e'old at 336 to 350 and we only beard o. one or two selling at 350 and $70 each. Veal Valves -Veal calves sold all the way from $3.69 to 37 per cwt. :lore geed calve: are wanted. Cheep and Lambs --First quality lambs sold at $6.00 to 37 per cwt., common lambs at 34.50 to 35.50 per cwt. l6sport ewes sold at $4.50 to 30.26 per cwt..; culls and rams, 33.50 to 84.25 pee cwt. Hoge -Mr. Harris adcaneed pricee 105 per cwt. Selects. 36.85 and lights and fats at 56.00 .per owt. IBIRADSTREET'S TRADE REVIEW. Winnipeg -Despite contradictions there is doubt the snow blockades in most parts the 'Weston, country bene greatly interfer- 1 the law, azul, were t «unit ti giteo-as� only as they obeyed theniaw tied; e i tiaucd to observe the cereareadies Of the ,av, When Jesus on the troselexelaimed t,:is fin- ished" (John ah5.. 30), the vagi ''a f the temple was rent zli'; twain fi•orir the top to the bottom (Matt. xxvii, 51.); Froar1 the time of Moses tam one :was allowed to enter the holy of holies except the high priest- and. he only. once a year. (Heb. ix. 24, 25). Now thatitlie veil was rent, all could see into e , enter the most holy place. Lentil the',oross . for the common people there tt no possible way of entering anti 'the wt. lace ev- rept through priests s4erifi.<'es. When Jesus said, `It is finished.", He 80100nt that the way to the t place of the Most High was no lo+ ,• , to be • through priests or sacrifices. (t <c ix,.12, 28). but alone through Hinh teho said. "I am the way, the truth and the life: no man cometh unto the 3•;athela brit by Me" CP FELL DOWN .FLIGHT OF STEPS. PROVED ZA1Y1-BITK BEST IN THREE DIFFERENT E1FIEltGENCIES. One of the most valuable 'points about Zam-Buk, the herbal balm, is the. pliedvariety of uses to which it can be ap- . Mrs. A. Liverncis, of 331 ;ydenbam. street, Toronto, says: '•"1 have used lam -,Link for colds on •,the' ehest and found when rubbed ,ue11 in it gave almost instant relief • to the "tight- ness" and "stiffness." " One day 1 slipped when <lescendingm•the stairs and fell to the bottom. ldyyfg,ight arm was terribly discolored and swollen and be- came quite stiff. As I still had a supply of Zam-Buk I rubbed some on the bruis- ed limb and it was really 0ur,prising bow quickly it removed.; the( dieeoloration, cured the sitffness, and,restorcd the arum to its proper form. 'Si* that ' time .1 have had occasion. to use Zam-Buk for rheumatism, and 1 have found it equally good•' Zam-ltul: is so unifornrly good be- cause it is composed 'of the finest her- bal balms, essences, and juices known to medical science, •coanpounded and refined in a special andepeculiar way. It has such, high gerni;killing power that it is unequalled. esti au • antiseptic. Its healing virtue eta three great and as a household balut Zane:Bile is ab- solutely unique. It is a sure cure for ezcema, itch, blood poison, 'Ulcers, chronic sores, ringworm, children's rashes, spots, etc. It also cures etas, ,bairns, ;,bruises,, chapped hands, enfarged V itisepi,ie, and all diseased or injured co#ditions of the skin and adjacent tissues. • All', drug- gists and stores 'sell at 00e. alio; or post free from the Znln uk Co., a'o- ronto, for price. `6 boxes, ent,:for 132.50. Send. one cent for dainty;'trial box. ' Experiments in Fruit Growing. nf444.4.44.44 For a number of years,extensive e var- -I• k hety tests with fruits have been carried y on at the Ontario Agricultural College and they various Fruit Experiment Sta- tions in the Province. These tests have a. given bgood idea of what are some of • no of ed with trade. Deliveries of all lines are slow nnd uncertain, Country retail trade has also been affected. Wherever possible tbcre ie a geed demand for goods and it may be supposed that when the roads are once again clear business will be all the more brisk on account 0f the temporary sus- pensiop. It is very evident, however. that spring trade is going to be the heaviest on re an fro V act be exp the tea spr vin sho shi tim ruts at tur les chs dist in abr suss very ing forward and ordena compare' very favor- ably with 'those of last year, ,Retail trade is fair to good. Dntarlo collections are geed while those from the West are in0lined to be I n little slow. London --Wholesalers ere mostly busy seendlbtti out )pring goods, Tho drygoode trade is beery wbile other lines of business are moa 011.44 . O�tta•we-General trade conditions here are cord. Orders for goods are very large, 4, despite adverse conditions, tallections m most Gnarls are fair to good, ancouver and Victoria -•Coast trade keeps eve in all lines. Wholesalers who have en stock -taking recently Say all agree in ceasing satisfactMn with the business of past year. 'The drygootis and grocery des have been particularly gond, elle ing trade is getting on hell and it miser to be exceedingly heavy. All pro- offal industries are very busy and the rtage orf labor is still a big factor, The Aping trade at Vancouve.: is good for this e of the your. Collections are good, uebec-T1•ade as a rule is repotted quiet, Rated to teary roads anal the demand the moment is snore of a soaking -tip na- e, Collections are only fair. Shoe factor - are busy and the price of leather is un- nged. Tbere bas been no failures In the t riot to ;peal. of. Activity is noticene c the lumber ozmps and the demand from oad for Canadian wood the coming season on is likely t0 be large, emilton•-The trade conditions teere are t satisfeetory. Spring shipments see go- i the best varieties Sor the sections where• the tests have been made. The following list gives the names ef a number of these, which are now offer- ed ffer ed for ro-operative testing. One of the • objects of this co-operative testing is to distribute these leading varieties more widely that they may be tested in evert- township very township of the Province and that each grower may select for himeelf and grow more extensively those which give the best results on this own farm. Over 2.- 000 : 000 experimenters are already engaged in tlmis work and are profiting because of AS practical and educational value. The co-operation of all who are interested in fruit growing is invited. Any resident of the Province who wishes to take part in this work may select any one of the experiments in the list, and the plants for the same will he furnished free of cost. All we require is that. each applicant must promise that he will try to follow the directions each year on forms which will be furn- ished 4 for the purpose. The experiment selected should be indicated by giving its number in the list. • Experiment No. 1. Strawberries -- Splendid, Fountain, Ruby, and Parsons -12 plants of each, Experiment No. 2. Raepberries-Cuth- bert, Golden Queen, Marlboro'. and Col- iimbian-G plants of each. Experiment No. 3. Black Raspberries - Gregg. Kangas, Palmer. and. Older- 6 plants of each. Experiment No. 4. Blackberries - (Adapted only to *Southern sections of Ontario) Agawam, Eldorado, Kittatinny, and Snyder -G plants of each, Experiment N. 5. Currants -Fay, Rei Cross, Victoria, and White Grape -2 plants each. Experiment No. fi. Black Currants •-•-- Champion, Tees, Naples and Black Vie- toria-2 plants of each. Experiment No. 7.--Cooseberriee - Downing. Pea:•l. Red •racket. and White - smith -2 .pla•nts of each. Experiment N. 8. Grapes -(For *Sou- thern Ontario) Concord, 'Wilder, Niagara, Lindley, Brighton, and Vergennes- 1 vine of each. Experiment No, 9. Grapes -(For Nor - helm Ontario) Champion, Worden, Win - hell, Delaware, Lindley, and Moyer -1 Vin's of 00011,. Experimenf N'o. 10. Apples -(For *Sor- hern Ontario) Primate, Craven.atein, Me. ntncet, Blenheim, Rhode Island Greene ihsr. and Northern Spy --.1 tree of each, No, 11, :�pplea--.(For. *Northern Ontar• of l'ran:�>iarent. T?leih . 'Wash, Sena's 'Winter, and Hyslop Crab o•f raoh. a'1 his division of the Province into Orth and South may he approvimately made ,by a. line running from Coiling. ass, Wealthy, Me - moderately so. Local industries are busily � gad, Collections are generally good, wood to Kingston. When a woman earn f'there'e no • et9. , tetra* stood, Retail trade is on the Mee,, ITT. Abraham's confidence (v. 6). The talking') she' .loculi res � v ziaery it >; ' time ±aUUratee.oueeneetior reifairt .good. ligrieule tea; all College,tl'Gueto 1ph. L. TItttt,