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he all ed .h’ 18 ed in the battlies of this life. Text, Joshua i., 5: "There shail not any man be able to stand betore thee all the days of thy life." A Washington report: In his disâ€" course Dr. Talmage follows Joshua on his triumphal march and speaks enâ€" couraging words to all who are engagâ€" JOSHUA‘S VICTORIOUS _ MARCH OVER CANAAN Talmage Reviews an Old Bible Campaign That Is Analogous to Lord Roberts‘ Invasion of South Africa. rude musical instrument and make a great deal of sweet harmony for the Moses was dead. A beautiful tradiâ€" tion says the Lord kissed him and in that act drew forth the soul of the dyâ€" ing lawâ€"giver. He had been buried, enly one person at the funeral, the same oue who kissed him. But God never takes a man away from any place of usefulness until he has someâ€" one ready to replace him. The Lord does not go looking around amid a great variety of candidates to find someone especially fitted for the vaâ€" cated position. He makes a man for that place. Moses has passed off the stage, and Joshua, the hero. puts his foot on the platform of history so solâ€" idly that all the ages echo with the tread. He was a magnificent fighter, but he always fought on the right side, and he never fought unless God told him to fight. He got his military equipment from God, Who gave him the promise at the start. ‘"There shall not an; man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life." God fulfilled this promise, although Joshua‘s first battle was with the spring freshâ€" et, the next with a stone wall, the next leading on a regiment of whipped cowâ€" ards, and the next battling against darkness, wheeling the sun and the moon into his battalion, and the last against the king of terrors, deathâ€"five great victories. But this is no place for the host to stop. Joshua gives the command. "Forâ€" ward, march!" In the distance there is a long grove of trees, and at the end of the grove is a city. It is Jericho. That city was afterward captured by Pompey and once by Herod the Great and once again by the Mohammedans, but this campaign the Lord plans. There shall be no swords, no shields, mo battering ram. There shall be only one weapon of war and that a ram‘s khorn. The horn of the slain ram was sometimes taken, and holes were puaxcâ€" «tured in it. and then the musician would put the instrument to his lips, and he would run his fingers over this As & rule when the general of an army starts out in a war he would like to have a small battle in order that he us come through and kept them partâ€" ed to let us go back if we are defeatâ€" ed"" My friends, God makes no proviâ€" sion for a Christian retreat. He clears the path all the way to Canaan. To go back is to die. The same gatekeepâ€" ers that swung back the amethystine and crystalline gate of the Jordan to let Israel pass through now swing shut the amethystine and crystalline gate of the Jordan to keep the Israelites from going back. Victory ahead. but water 80 feet deep behind, surging to death and darkness and woe. But you say, "Why did not these Canaanites, when they had such a _ splendid chance, standing on the top of the bank 30 or 40 feet high, completely demolish those poor Israelites down in the river?" I will tell you why. God ‘had made a promise, and he was going to keep it. *There shall not any manm be able to stand before thee all the days of thy may get his own courage up and rally his troops and get them drilled for greater conflicts, but the first underâ€" taking of Joshua was greater than the leveling of Fort Pulaski, or the assault en Gibralar, or the overthrow of the Bastile. It was the crossing of the Jordan at the time of the spring freshâ€" et. The snows of Mount Lebanon had just been melting, and they poured <Jown the valley, and the whole valley was a raging torrent. So the Canaanâ€" Ites stand on one bank, and they look across and see Joshua and the Israe!lâ€" Ites, and they laugh and say: "Aha, they cannot disturb us until the freshâ€" ets fall! It is impossible for them to reach us." But after awhile they look across the water, and they see a moveâ€" ment in the army of Joshua. They say: "What is the matter now? Why, there must be a panic among those troops, and they are going to fly, or perhaps they are going to try to march across the river Jordan. Joshua is a lunatic." But Joshua, the chieftain, looks at his army and cries: "Forward, march!" and they start for the bank of the Jordan. One mile ahead go two priests, carrying a glittering box four feet Jong and two feet wide. It is the ark «f the covenant. And they come down, and no sooner do they touch the rim of the water with their feet than, by an Almighty fiat, Jordan parts. The army of Joshua marckes right on without getting their feet wet, over the bottom of the river, a path of chalk and broken shells and pebbles, until they get to the other bank. Then they lay hold of the oleanders and tamarâ€" Isks and willows and pull themselves up a bank 30 or 40 feet high, and hayâ€" Ing gained the other bank they clap their shields and their cymbals and sing the praises of the God of Joshua. But no sooner have they reached the bank than the water begins to dash and roar, and with a terrible rush they break loose from their strange anchorâ€" age. As the hand of the Lord God is taken away from the thus uplifted watersâ€"waters perhaps uplifted half a mileâ€"they rush down, and some of the unbelieving Israelites say :"Alas, alas, what a misfortune! Why could not those waters have stayed parted? Beâ€" cause perhaps we may want to go back. O Lord, we are engaged in a risky busâ€" Iness. Those Canaanites may eat us up. How if we want to go back? Would it not have been more complete If the Lord had parted the waters to let But Joshua‘s troops may not halt here. The command is *"Forward, march!" There is the city of Ai. It must be taken. How shali it be taken? A scouting party comes back and says: "Joshua, we can do that without you. It is going to be a very easy job. You must stay here while we go and capture it." They march with a small regiment in front of that city. The men of Ai look at them and give one yell, and the Israelites run like reindeer. The northern troops at Bull Run did not make such rapid time as these Isâ€" raelites with the Canaanites after them. They never cut such a sorry figure as when they were on the reâ€" treat. Joshua falls on his face in chagrin. It is the only time you ever see the hack of his head. He falls on his face and begins to whine, and he says: "O Lord God, wherefore hast Thou at all brought this people over Jordan to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites, to destroy us? Would to God we had been content and dwelt on the other side of Jordan. For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it and shall environ us round and cut off our name from the earth." I am encouraged when I hear this cry of Joshua as he lies in the dust. God comes and rouses him. How does He rouse him? By compliâ€" mentary apostrophe? No. He says, "Get thee up. *Wherefore liest thou upon thy face?" Joshua rises, and, I warrant you, with a mortified look. But his old courage comes back. The fact was that was not his battle. If he had been in it he would have gone on to victory.. He gathers his troops around him and says: "Now, let us go and capture the city of Ai. Let us us ol Ihe mejuries of the troops The seven priests with the rude musical instruments pass all around the city walls on the first day and score a failure. Not so much as a plece of plaster broke loose from the wall, not so much as a loosened rock, not so much as a piece of mortar lost from its place. ‘"There," say the unbelievâ€" ing Israelites, "did I not tell you so? Why, .those ministers are fools. The idea of going around the city with those musical instruments and exâ€" pecting in that way to destroy it. Joshua has been spoiled. He thinks because he has overthrown and conâ€" quered the spring freshet he can overâ€" throw the stone wall. ‘Why, it is not philosophic. Do you not see there is no relation between the blowing of these musical instruments and the knocking down of the wall? It is not philosophic.‘ And I suppose there were many wiseacres who stood with their brow knitted and with the forefinger of the right hand to the forefinger of the left hand arguing it all out and showâ€" ing that it was not possible that such a cause could produce such an effect. And I suppose that night in the enâ€" campment there was plenty of caricaâ€" ture, and if Joshua had been nominâ€" ated for any high military position he would not have received many votes. Joshua‘s stock was down. The second day the priests blowing the musical instruments go around the city and again a failure. The third day and a failure, fourth day and a failure, fifth day and a failure, sixth day and a failâ€" ure. The seventh day comes, the climacteric day. Joshua is up early in the morning and examining the troops, walks all about, looks at the city wall. The priests start to make the circuit of the city. They go all around once, all around twice, three times, four times, five times, six times, seven times and a failure. There is only one more thing to do, and that is to utter a great shout. I see the Israelitish army straightening themselves up, fillâ€" ing their lungs for a vociferation such as never was heard before and never heard after. Joshua feels that the hour has come, and he cries out to his host, "Shout, for the Lord hath given you the city." All together the troops shout: *"Down, Jericho! Down, Jeriâ€" cho!" And the long line of solid measâ€" onry begins to quiver and to move and to rock. Stand from under! She falls! Crash go the walls and temples, the towers, the palaces, the air blackened with the dust. The huzza of the vicâ€" torious Israelites and the groan of the conquered Canaanites commingle, and Joshua, standing there in the debris of the walls, hears a voice saying, ‘"There shall not any man be able to stand beâ€" fore thee all the days of thy life." people. That was the only kind of weapon. Seven priests were to take these rude, rustic musical instruments, and they were to go around the city every day for six daysâ€"and then on the seventh day they were to go around blowing those rude musical instruâ€" ments seven times, and then at the close of the seventh blowing of the ram‘s horns on the seventh day the peroration of the whole scene was to be a shout, at which those great walls should tumble from capstone to base. ju n Look out when a good man makes the Lord his ally. Joshua raises his face, radiant with prayer, and looks at the descending sun over Gibeon and at the faint crescent of the moon, for you know the queen of the night someâ€" times will linger around the palaces of the day. Pointing one hand at the deâ€" scending sun and the other hand at the faint crescent of the moon, in the name of that God ‘who shaped the worlds and move the worlds, he cries: ‘"Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon, and thou, moon, in the valley of Ajaâ€" lon!" They halted. Whether it was by refraction of the sun‘s rays or by the stopping of the whole planetary sysâ€" tem I do not know, and do not care. I leave it to the Christian Scientists and the infidel scientists to settle that quesâ€" tion, while I tell you I have seen the same thing. ‘‘What?" say you. ‘"Not the sun standing still?"" Yes. The same miracle is performed nowadays. The wicked do not live out half their day, and their sun sets at noon. But let a man start out in a battle for God and the truth and against sin, and the day of his usefulness is prolonged and prolonged and prolonged. But it is time for Joshua to go home. He is 110 years old. Washington went down the Potomac and at Mount Verâ€" non closed his days. Wellington died peacefully at Apsley house. Now, where shall Joshua rest? Why, ha is to have his greatest battle now. After 110 years he has to meet a king who has more subjects than all the present population of the earth, his throne a pyramid of skulls, his parterre the grave yards and the cemeteries of the world, his chariot the world‘s hearseâ€" the king of terrors. But if this is Joshua‘s greatest battle, it is going to be Joshua‘s greatest victory. He gathâ€" ers his friends around him and gives his valedictory and it is full of reminâ€" iscence. As he lies there he tells the story two or three timesâ€"you have heard old people tell a story two or three times overâ€"and he answers: "I go the way of all the earth, and not one word of the promise has failed, not one word thereof has failed. All has come to pass; not one word thereof has failed." And then he turns to his famâ€" ily, as a dying parent will, and says: "Choose now whom you will serve, the God of Israel or the God of the Amorâ€" ites. As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." But Jushua was not quite through. There was time for five funerals before the sun of that prolonged day set. Who will preach their funeral sermon? Masâ€" sillon preached the funeral sermon over Louis XVI. Who will preach the fuâ€" neral sermon of those five dead kings â€"King of Jerusalem, King of Hebron, King of Jarmuth, King of Lachish, King of Eglon? Let it be by Joshua. What is his text? What shall be the epitaph put on the door of the tomb? "There shall not any man be able to But this is no place for the host of Joshua to _ stop. "Forward, march!" cries Joshua to the troops. There is the city of Gibeon. It has put itself under the protection of Joshua. They send word: "There are five kings after us. They are going to destroy us. Send troops quick. Send us help right away." Joshua has a three days‘ march, more than double quick. On the morning of the third day he is before the enemy. There are two long lines of battle. The battle opens with great slaughter, but the Canaanites soon discover something. They say: ‘"That is Joshua. That is the man who conquered the spring freshet and knocked down the stone walls of Jericho and destroyed the city of Ai. There is no use fighting." They sound a retreat, and as they begin to retreat Joshua and his host spring upon them â€"like a panther, pursuing them over the rocks, while the catapults of the sky pour a volâ€" ley of hailstones into the valley, and all the artillery of the heavens, with bullets of iron, pound the Canaanites against the ledges of Bethhoron. "Oh," says Joshua, "this is surely a victory!" But do you not see the sun is going down? Those Amorites are going to get away after all, and then they will come up some other time and bother us, and perhaps deâ€" stroy us. See the sun is going down. Oh, for a longer day than has ever been seen in this climate!" What is the matter with Joshua? Has he fallen in an apoplectic fit? No. He is in prayer. stand life." Another very interesting horologiâ€" cal novelty at the s#same exposition was a clock in which the hours were announced by a phonograph, inâ€" stead of being struck on chimes. The clock exclaims, "Attention. Listen well! It is 3 o‘clock," or whataver the hour may be. While thi@ idea has been suggested before, the acâ€" tual construction of such a clock is worth special notice. On a moving cylinder of wax there is registered at intervals, and at suitable distauces the words to be repeated, which are articulated in a strong voice without any nagal twang. Any charâ€" acter of phrase can ‘be substituted or added. There ig very little change in the clockwork. It remaing@ as ueual, except that the bell moveâ€" ment is replaced by a phonograph, put in movement by the aid of a weight, which is wound up at any time desgired. A stem, actuated by the minute wheel, receives an . imâ€" pulse every half hour, to be transâ€" mitted to a catch, on which depends the stoppage of ~the movement of the cylinder. on a rockâ€"I see his locks fiying in the wind as he points his spear toâ€" wards the doomed city, and that is the signal. The men rush onut from behind the rocks and take the city, and it is put to the torch, and then these Isrhelites in the city march down, and the fiying Israelites reâ€" turn, and between these two waves of Israelitish prowess the men of Ai are destroyed. city. The men of Ai come out with a shout. The small regiment of Isâ€" raelites in stratagem fall back and fall back, and when all the men of Al have left the city and are in purâ€" suit of these scattered, or seemingly scattered regiments, Joshna stands Among the black hunters of kanâ€" aroos in Western Australla A&re 27 omen. It is a professional business, Woman Hunting the Kangaroo. before thee all the days of thy A Phonograph Clock. 52. Go thy wayâ€"Go now and earn a living for yoursel{ and beg no more. Thy faith hath mado thee wholeâ€"His faith was the imedium through which tho blessings of God were brought to him. It was not hls earnestness, or h‘s prayers, but his faith in Christ that was commended ; and yet earnâ€" estness and prayers are also importâ€" ant. And immediatelyâ€"It was not necessary to wait a long time for a gradual healing, but instantly he saw. Matthew says that Jesus had compasâ€" sion, and touched the eyes of the blind man. ‘Followed Jesusâ€"None follow Christ blindfolded. He first, by His grace opens men‘s ,eyes, and so draws their heart#w after Him. Bartimeus fo;â€" lowed Jesus as H‘s disciple, to learn of Him and to bear testimony to Him and to His power and goodness. ‘The best evidence of spiritual illumination is a constant, inseparable adherence to Jesus Christ as our Lord and leader.â€"Henty. In the wayâ€"True Christians naturally follow their Savâ€" lour in "the way" of life. Where He leads thy follow. H‘s ways are ways of pleasantness and peace. Luke adds to this account that "all the people when they saw it ga‘ve praises unto God." Luke xvylil. 43. Teachings.â€"Spiritual blindness is the worst kind of blindncss ; those who are thus affected fancy they have a very clear vision. ‘"Blindness d‘%‘ is a, disorder of which men > i cz: plain, or from which they seldom deâ€" sire to be vielivered." A successful prayer must spring from tha heartâ€" must be born of soul need. ce 47. That it was Jesusâ€"He had eviâ€" dently heard of the fame of Jesus, and how He couwld heal the blind. Began to cry outâ€"It is the chance of a lifetime, there is no time to lose, in a moment he will have passed. Opportunities lost are always to be regretted, but can never be recallâ€" ed. Son of Davidâ€"With the Jews this expression was applied to the Messiah. Have mercy on meâ€" The case of this blind man illustrates well the condition of a sinner and his efforts in coming to God. Commentary.â€"46. They came â€" Jesus and his disciples were making their last journey to Jerusalem. They have crossed the river Jordan westâ€" ward since our last lesson. Jerichoâ€" City of the moon, or place of fragâ€" rance. This was the largest city in the Jordan valley. It was about sixâ€" teen miles northeast of Jerusalem, and in Christ‘s time was wealthy and flourishing. Josephus called it "a little paradise." At present the place is a foul Arab gown of only about 200 inhabitants. Biind Bartiâ€" meusâ€"Matthew â€" says there were two. If there were two there was one, and Mark mentioned Bartimeus by name, probably because he was well known. _ Blindness is very comâ€" mon in Palestine. " While in this country there were, in 1870, one blind‘in 1,900 population, and in Euâ€" rope one in 1,094 population; there were in China on in 400, and, acâ€" cording to Dr. Geikie, one in 100 in Egypt. "Blindness is common in Palestine to a degree which we in Western lands can scarcely realize. There is probably no country in the world, except Egypt, where this afâ€" fection is so prevalent. At Gaza, for instance, it is said that oneâ€"third of the population have lost one or both eyes, and our observation would agree with the statement."â€"Trisâ€" tram. _ "The causes are the sudden changes in temperature and light, the intense brightness of the sun, and the fine dust in the air of those sandy countries."â€"Peloubet. _ Beggingâ€"All the roads leading to Jerusalem, like the temple itsell, were much freâ€" quented at the time of the feasts, by beggars, who reaped a special harâ€" vest from the charity of the pilâ€" grims.â€"Geikie. 48. Many charged himâ€""Many reâ€" buked him.‘"â€"R. V. Wrenever a soul begins to cry after Jesus for light and salvation, the world and the devil join together to drown â€" ite cries and force it to be silent. But let all such remember, Jesus is now passing by, and if they are not saved by Him they must perish everâ€" lastingly. Hold his peaceâ€"Remain quiet. He cried the more a great dealâ€"1. He wans in earnest, and opâ€" position only caused it to increase. 2. He persevered ; hindrances did not stop him. He wsed his voice. It was not necessary to urge him to pray, he called with all his might to Christ. He was determined to overcome the rebukes of his friends and the confusion and noise of the crowd, and attract the attention of Jesus. 4. He cries to the Raviour in real faith. 5. His request is humble. 49.â€"Jesus stood stillâ€"The cery for mercy will always cause the Saviour to stop. He takes not another stoep; this is the first thing to be attendâ€" ed to. One has said, "The cry of a bolieving penitent is ‘sufficient to stop the most merciful Jesus, woere He going to make a new heaven and a new earth; for what is the value df all the irrational part of God‘s creation when compared with the value of one immortal soul ?" _ To be calledâ€"He could have healed His eyes at a distance, but this is an iImportant case, and He decides to show his power before this whole company. Be of good comfort â€" It appears that the very ones who at first rebuked him, because of His earnestness now hasten to congratâ€" ulate Him upon His success., Bartimeus Healed.â€"Mark 10; 46â€"52. 51. What wilt thouâ€"What is your request ? Christ knew, but He must know it from him. The divine plan is to ask, if we would receive. Christ says, "What wilt thou?" He is alâ€" waya willing, the only difficuity is with _ us. Lordâ€"*"Rabboni."â€"R. _ YV. This was the highest title of reverâ€" ence and respect he could give, the gradation= being Rab, Kabbi, Rat» ban, Rabboni.â€"Hom. Com. That I wight receive my #sightâ€"He had no trouble to ask for what he wanted. He did not complain for lack _ of words, had no need of a prayer book, and used no vague expressions. INTERNATIONAL LEKSSON NO. X. DECEMBER 9, 1900. 50. Casting away his garmontâ€" He cast aside his outer garment that might hinder him in coming to Christ. He cares not for garments now, it is his sight he desires. This may be taken as a type of the reâ€" moval of the hindrances, of whatâ€" ever kind, that prevent a soul from coming to Jesus. SUNDAY SCHOOL Blindness, _ The physical condition of this afflicted man represents the spiritual condition of the unconvertâ€" ed. Spiritual darkness is dense, and, unless light is found, ends in "outer darkness." . A blind man is not a true type of man, he is not what the Lord wants mean to be, nor as he made man at first; so, true, spiritually, the sinner is not a true reprosentaâ€" tiva of the race. Poverty. Without God we are very poor. The soul naturally desires good. Satan takes advantage of this and offers substitutes. Sinners are unâ€" der the dire necessity of begging. They beg, as one says, of earth and air and sky and sea, of passing events, and of each other, But "the world can never give the bliss for which we gigh." It gives but little of what it has, and if it gavd it all the soul of man would not be filled and blested. Buccess. His prayer is direct and to the point. ‘There is no display of unâ€" necessary words. He comesasa blind beggar and plainly stateas hls need. We are free to spaak of our physical needs, and make nothing of asking for what we want in temporal matters; then let us be freo to make our spiritâ€" ual needs and desires known. Why should we be so reserved, and even ashamed, in speaking of the wants of the soul? He firrt opens men‘s eyes, and draws thoir hearts after Him, then they love to follow Him, and can plainly see to do so. Bartimeus eviâ€" dently became a true disciple of our Lord. He came to Jesus for physical hoaling and received spiritual sight as woll. The Lord always gives liberally to the humble trusting heart. When we ask in faith suscess and victory will attend our effortsâ€"L. H. Mulâ€" Butterâ€"Our market opened firm, with a brisk inquiry for choiceat grades, Th»e were quickly picked up, and by Monday night there was not a great quantity left unsold. Yesterâ€" day there was a quieter feeling to be noticed, and holders did not do so well as on Monday. ‘Thare has been more inquiry for secondary qualities Ausâ€" tralian met with some demand for the first time this season. We quote â€" Choicest Danish and Swedish, 122s, to 126s.; cholicest Irish, 112 to 114s.; cholcest Australian, 108 to 112s.; cho‘cest Canadian, 106 to 110s, . conception of color. The terms white, black, red, green, etc., are meaningâ€" less to them. So sinners are spiritâ€" ually blind and cannot sgeae the beauâ€" ties of the spiritual world. The one away from Christ knows nothing of vrue joy and peace. ‘The love of Thrist, so precious to the Christian, is unknown to the sinner.â€"W. H. Wilâ€" We are taught by the incident how to seek Jesus, the Saviour, the "Light of the world." Cheeseâ€"The demand, although still of a handâ€"toâ€"mouth character, has broadened out considerably, with the result that there has been a fair turnâ€" over, althoufh at easy prices, Stocks are gradually being reduced in imâ€" porters‘ hands. ‘We quoteâ€" Finest white and colored, 53 to 54s.; fine white and colored, 49 to 52s, . A copy of the original inventory of the effects of Mme. de Pompadour was sold in a London auction room Promptness. "And whon he heard thit it was Jasus of Nazareth, he beâ€" gan to ery out." It is, no dou‘bt, his {irst opportunity to call upon Christ. He does not delay and aay, Not just now ; there is time enought yet. He is tired of his blindness and beggary, and longs for relie{ and _ sight. ‘Thank God, that although he is blind he is not deat; if he cannot see, ho can h»ar, and he uses that sense to the best advantage. Opposition. Instead of being encourâ€" aged to cry to Jesus he is chided for his out:ry and }idden to ho‘d his pac*; but remonstrance only seems to urge "I have not been in Woodstock beâ€" fore for a number of years and it was a pretty warm reception to get at three o‘clock in the morning," gaid Mr. Robinson toâ€"day. He could not see the man distinctly as he had his hat pulled down over his eyes. He was tall ani slim and wore a moustache, but no further descripâ€" tion of him can be given. The descripâ€" tion as far as it goes tallies with that of a footpad who has been opâ€" erating in Stratford of late..â€"Woodâ€" etock Rentinelâ€"Review. Andrew Clement & Sons, of Manchesâ€" ter, England, report the prices of butter and chsese for th> week ending Nov. 21st, 1900, as followsâ€" _ _ holland. Laid for a Man in G. T. R. Station Yards, Woodstock. WAS FORTUNATELY BEATEN OFF. I%t was very dark when Mr. Rob inson alighted from the train, the lights, of course, having gone out at midnight. He is a comparative stranger in Woodstock, and did not know of the Wellington street bridge. He therefore set out acrose the yar.s and as he groped his way round the end of a box car at the foot of South Wellington street a man jumped out from behind the car and swung his right heavily wpon Mr. Robinâ€" son‘s jaw. The thug, for such he eviâ€" dently was, was about to put on the finishing touches with his left when Mr. Robinson threw up his grip and warded off the blow at the same time kicking the assassin in the pit of the stomach with all the force at his command. A DARING FOOTPAD‘S WORL. At noon yesterday Arthur Robiur son, of Bellevilie, received a telegram to come at ouce to the bedside of his father, who is lying scriously ill at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Thom.s Alienby, 369 Main street, Mr. Robinson took the first train for Woodstock, leaving Belleâ€" ville yesterday afternoon lind arriving here apout 3 o‘clock this morning on the Chicago Express, which is due at 2.18 a. m. The man was evidently badly hurt {for he doubled up and sneaked away between the rows of cars and Mr. Robinson saw no more of him. A bold attempt at highway robâ€" bery was made in the Grand Trunk yards at three o‘clock this morning. Manchester Butter Market. A Relic of a Pompadour. PRACTICAL SURVEY. Â¥2 Narrowest Street in the World. th, th doom :( EI‘I‘Y" mouth, onâ€" the ertem s land, contains a Atrcet that is pu% tho narrowest bailt up street in world. It is known as "Kitty Witches 1â€"2¢ higher at 68 1â€"2¢ and 500 bush els of goose 1â€"2¢ lower at 61 1â€"2¢ t« Barleyâ€"1,500 bushels sold steady to easlier at 40: to 46 1â€"22. New York ... .. ... â€"â€" U T9 Milwaukee ... ... .. 074 sc Et. Louis ... ... ... O 893â€"8 073 1â€"8 Toledo ... ... ... .. 07438 0 78 58 Detroit, red ... .. 0 74,14 O78 12 Detroit, white ..... 07414 â€"â€" Duluth, No. 1 N. O 72 075 1â€"8 Duluth, No. 1 H.. 074 smm Minneapolis, No. 1 Northern ... .. ... â€"â€" 074 1â€"8 foronto Farmers‘ Market. Wheatâ€"1400 bushels sold 1â€"2¢ to 1¢ lower at 67 1â€"2¢: 109 bushels of red Dressed Hogsâ€"Steady and unchang ed, at $7 to $7.40 per cwt.. Butterâ€"The demand for fine pound rolls continues, and they are very scarce. The price is firm at 20¢ to Hay and Strawâ€"Hay was rather plentiful and the price was easier, 25 loads selling at $13 to $14.50 per ton. Straw was also easier and two loads sold at $12 to $12.50 per ton. LCaiting W ivai Matsels, Following are the closing quota tions at important wheat centres toâ€"daytâ€" ; Carh. _ May. Poultryâ€"The offerings are larg*e and there is littlé or no demand, owing to the mild weather. TPurkeys are weaker and are selling at 712¢ to 8 1â€"2¢. Ducks are firm at 40 to 60c. Geese are steady at 5 to 6¢c, and chickens are seling at 30 to [Oc. Eggsâ€"New laid are scarce and wanted. They are selling as high as 238¢, and extra choice lots may even bring a cent more. Others sell from 18¢ to 21c. <4o ntodillt...... .+. >.14}> ’B‘:hc.heu’ nom::on. ver cvt..t..‘ , export. heavy, per cw Bulle, export. light, per owt.. . Feeders, shortâ€"keep ........... Feeders, heavy............... Fooders, HELRL . . . . ..22re«e. ++ Stockers, 400 to 750 lbs......... Milch cows, each... ......... Sheep, export ewes, per cw!. do. bucks............ Shw& butchers‘, each Lambs, each.......... At the Coast business has suffere@ from mild weather in common with other parts of the sountry, seasonâ€" able lines being slow. The lumber inâ€" dustry has been suffering from the scarcity of vessels. The outlook for the December trade is fair. goods. Valucs are firmly maintaine@ for most lines of staple goods. The conditions of business are sound, and with coider weather there would be more activity. oo 4 â€" chickens are selling at 30 to £ZOs Toronto Live stock Market. Export cattle, cholos, por owt. $ 10 to 4 Export cattle, light, percowt... 4 15 to Butchers‘ caitle picked........ 410 to Butchers‘ cattle, choice. ...... 490 to _ Butchers‘ cattie, good.......... 3 16 to do per cww.......... Calves, per head.... .. Hoge, choice, per cwt. Hogs, fat, per cwt... Hog», light, per cwt.. Unfavorable weather continued the past week in Toronto to check the demand for seasonable goods. Wholeâ€" sale firms are certain that a cold snap would creat > a larg» domaind for wiater goods. There has been quite a little business done in spring goods, and the holiday goods are moving out well now. Labor is well employed in the various departments of indasâ€" try. Country remittances are fair. Improved weather conditions have materially bettered trade in the Northwest. There is more farm proâ€" duce being marketed at country points, and retail sales have been larger. Prices continue steady in sympathy with the eastern markets. Sows Bradstreet‘s on TPrade. A fair business is reported in wholeâ€" sale circles at Montreal for the past week. _ The dry goods trade is fairly active. A few houses have commeneâ€" ed to take stock. In hardware there has been a good demand. Pig iron is firmer. Country remittances are improving. At Hamilton this week there hase been a fair movement, considering the poor weather for selling winter _ offâ€"colors and heifers. .. Feeding bulls ............ Light stock bull, per ewt, Wheat Outlook. As we have before remarked, it is curious to notice the great importâ€" ance attached to the prospects of the Argentine wheat crop, but as it will only commence to be harâ€" vested about the middle or later part of January, we may expect to hear contradietory _ reporis _ from bulil and bear sources as the crop approaches maturity. 1t has beep really amusing to follow the reports from Rosario for some time past.~Just as certain as good prospecte were cabled to Great Britain and the Unâ€" ited States, adverse cables would imâ€" mediately be forwarded to the same destinations, to counteract the first despatches. But despite the reports oft. either side, it is generally acâ€" cepted that Argentina will ship more wheat to Europ» un the coming crop than bull operators in Chicag> and New York will appreciate. And again, it will be found that there is more wheat in Manitoba and the ‘Terriâ€" tories, as well as in the Dakotam ani Minnesota, than many people have calculated on. Ontario has also a large winter wheat crop, and there is nothing to warrant the belief that for the next seven moaths‘ consumpâ€" tion of the cereal year, we shall not have ample suppiies. Nor is there anything to cause buyers to anticl pate to any extent their future reâ€" quirements. A very important facâ€" tor to be considered in discussing the wheat question is the action of the elevator ring in Chicago, which is not likely to allow prices to attair anry material advance as long as a considerable portion of the crop reâ€" mains in farmers‘ handsâ€"Montreal Trade Bulletin. M Trade at London this week hbas been moderately active. The weather has not favored any increase in the movement. The grain movement is the country has been light, andi payâ€" ments might be better. Valunes of staple goods are firm. Oatsâ€"900 bushels soid 1e lower at 9 0