in his true character. Christ was @FAARM probab‘ly asked to worship "rot by an extormal act of homags, but by : n OOC° ARNJUDS D general view could tehad of, the | which sick vi"omen courtry. Sheweth . . « . kingâ€" Her gratitude to M doms of the wor‘dâ€"The root of the Compound is so ttird temptation lay in the suppoâ€" great forhertotfl rition that the kingdoms of the | is it sai work1 were the devil‘s kingdoms and / Trm M that he cou‘d dispose of them. 0. Pound is curir Worship meâ€"Here the devil appears Set this when some IV. Tho third temptatioa (vs. 8â€"11) 8. Erceeding high mountainâ€" Some high moustaia in Jitea where a his promisos, instead of'w,r;xit'ing' p tiently and trausting." 111. The second tempiation (vs. 5â€"7), 5. Pinnacle of the templeâ€" Tho score changes from the wilderâ€" noss to Jerusalem. "Some well known pinnacle must havye been inâ€" tonded, probably the royal porch on the southern side of the temple." 5. Cast thyself downâ€"In his first reply to tho dovil Jesus had shown his unboumded confidence in God. Now Hitan takes him at that very point. If thou bo the Son of God cast thyâ€" we‘ll from this pinnacle All the workl will wonder at so grand an expsoit. . This was a temptation to prosumption, or as Farrar says, to eviritea! pride. For it is writterâ€" The devii has a RBible, but he misâ€". quoias and misapplies. Give his ange‘s chargeâ€"A mutilated quotaâ€" . tion of Psa. xei. 11. 7. Temptâ€"Deut. ] vi 16. "To tempt God is to put him to the proofâ€"to demand evidence of his powor and of his will to fulfit | worlkd will expsoit. 7 presumptic épiritua‘! p: The devi quoies and ange‘s cha tion of Psa Â¥i1 16. "To 2. Forty daysâ€"Moses, Clijah and our Lora could fast forty days beâ€" cause toey were in communion with xt and fiving a heavenly â€" life.â€" Clarke. Luke says He was temptod during tse whole forty days. *"The struggile was power{lul, personal and intensely real. Clhrist for our sakes met and conquered the temptet‘s utâ€" mssc sireugt..â€"Farrar. Afterwardg an nuogeredâ€"After the forty days were enaed. 3. Tempter cameâ€"How Batan appeared to Curist we do rot know, but 1! be came in bodily form it must nave been as an angel of light. If thou beâ€"Beware of temptation that comes with an if in its mouth.â€" Parker. _ The Sson of Godâ€"The conâ€" sciousness ol H s divize Sonship may Low in a measure have been withâ€" held Alone in the wilderness and weak and wors from fasting, Satan saw Ins chance. Stones......breadâ€"You are hauugry ; now, if you are the Son of God, use the power you have to supply your necessities. and thas prove your divinity. _ "In this first iempilation satan tempts our Lord, as he 4d Eve, by the bodily appetite. Me appeals to the animal nature first. By this avenue he approaches and conquers t‘e great ma_ority of mankind. Coreath this temptation of bod:ly appet‘tes all giuttons, drunkâ€" ards and debavchees have fallen, and becomse the devil‘s prey.â€"Wheâ€" dono 4. It is writtenâ€"Dout. viii. 3. â€"Jesus answered the dovil by using the ewwrd ol the Spi.rit. No: I‘ve by bread l aloneâ€"Haman support depends not on bread, but upon "God‘s unfailing word ol promise and pledge of all| nee«liul providential care." 1 II. The first temptation (vs. 1â€"4). 1. Thenâ€"immediately â€" after His bapâ€" tism. Suecs are the viclent alternaâ€" tions ol numan experience ; baptized and tempted ; approved of God and handed over to the devil."â€"Parker. lad upâ€""Our lives are so ordered that we are carried into places where the metat of our religion is tried." Of tke epritâ€"Luke says He was "full of the spirit" ; Mark says, * The Spircit drivetn fiim." A divine infiluence led lHim on. iato the wildernessâ€"Tradiâ€". tion nhas tixed upoun a high ridge caliâ€" ed Quarantania, neat Jericho. Mark says fie was with the wild beasts. To be temptedâ€"Ciarist begins His work with a personal encounter with Hatan. _ To tempt is, literally, to strete"n out, to try the strengin iof. emptation is the testing of a perâ€" won. Tuere are two kinds; 1. God, rests men to see what they are fit tor, witn a desire that they stand the strain. See Gen. xx.i. 1. 8> God often tests our [aith. 2. Satan deceptively golicits men to evil. 11 this sonse the word means to ectice, solicit, or proâ€" voke to wn. . God does not "Lempt® men (James i. 13â€"17); but He often changes the temptations of Satan ard wicked men into trials for our uPrrramey? dsn csi4n i Auiness t s B ca d lt i ic c t ce 22). 17. My beloved Son â€"Jesus Christ is the Son of God from eternity. He never begsan to be His Son. ; well at the yery outset. Fullil all rightcousness â€"To leave nothing unâ€" done which would be honoring to the requirementts of God.â€"Morison. He sulfered Him â€"The same modesty wlich led him at first to decline the Lomor Christ offered him now caused tim to perform the «ervice Christ enâ€" Join«d vpon tim â€"Henry. , 16. The heavens were opened w Limuke eays that Jesus prayed as soon as lHo was baptizea, Luke iii 21. "Here is the {first recorded prayer K Clrist and its answer. Ho sawâ€" Clrist saw it (Mark i. 10), and John saw it (John i. 33, 34), and it is probable that all who were present s«aw it, for this was intended to be His public inauguratioqn. â€"Henry.Like a doveâ€"There hius been a difference of opinion as to whether this was a real, literal dove. Luke says it was in a bodilly ahape like a dove (Luke iii. ] et to the law, and that He was counccted with bumanity by the ties of blood, of euffering and of love â€"Lange. 141. Forbidâ€" Earnestly and pressâ€" ingly opposed inm.â€"Clarke. I have Bowd, eic.â€"Although John was filled with the Holy Ghost from His birth (Luke 1. 15), yer He needed the bap tirm o the Holy Ghost and fire. 15. Bulfeor it to bo «o now.â€"These were theo fimt words of Christ‘s public minâ€" l Wtry. In this Jesus humbied â€" Himâ€" be "knew nim not," which may mean that John did not know Jesus to bo the Messiah. To be baptized â€" Auy conmiession of sin was of course our of the question. There was only a profession on tke part of Jesus, that as an Israclite He became subâ€" The Baptisin and Temptation of Josus, . | Commentary.â€"IL The baptism (ve. | 13â€"17). 18. Cometh Jesus â€"So far u‘ we know this was his first public act, sinco Lo was twelve years o(' age. To Jordan â€"Probably at Aen0e } near to Halim, (John iii. 2, 3), day‘s Journey from Nazareth. â€"Cam. mb.l Ufto Joia â€"Aithough John was bis , cousin we are tod, John i. 33, that ‘ Surday School. INTERNATIONAL LESSON NO. iII JANUARKY 17, 10904, Uâ€" Note the result of Mrs. Pinkham‘s adviccâ€"alâ€" though she advised Mrs. Hayes, of Bosten, to take her medicineâ€"which she knew would help herâ€" her letter containcd a mass of additional instruc»â€" tions as to treatment, all of which helped‘ to bring about the happy result. "Dear Mas. Prixcra1m:â€"Sometime aq) I wrote to you describâ€" ing my symptoms and asked your advice. You replied, and I followed all your directions carefully, and toâ€"dzy I am a well worman. " The use of Lydia K. Pinkham‘s Vegetable Compound entire{{ expelled the tumor and strengthened my whole system. I can wa miles now, . «* Lgdia. E. Pinkham‘s Vegetable Compound is worth five dolâ€" lars a dron â€" T aiAwic, .11 ~ . ~exâ€"DIId P P ront med ie »40b +4 .. irs. Hayes‘ First Letter Appealing to Mrs. Pinl:ham for Help: "Drear Mrs. Prxcrar:â€"I have been under Boston doctors‘ treatâ€" ment for a long time without any relief. They tell me I have a fibroid sumor. I cannot sit down without great pain, and the soreness extends ap my spine. I have bearingâ€"down pains both back and front. My abâ€" domen is swollen, and I have had flowing spells for three years. My apâ€" petite is not good. Icannot walik or ha ay 1 s7 7z ATRC yCars. â€" My F nb eeea Te 22 00 oP LEPRICT AZL UEEOG FUTLE: 1 nesite is not good. I cannot walicor be on my feet for any length 0 "The symptoms of Fibroid Tumor given in your little bo ‘zu'atclï¬dcscribe my case, so I write to you for advice."â€"(Signed E. F. Hayes, 259 Dudley St., (IRoxbury) %oston, Mass, Note the result of Mrs. Pinkham‘s advice M Tamrscele: wihaw. lly ces _ in e 2 C A distressing case of Fibroid Tumor, which baffled the skill of Boston doctors. Mrs. Hayes, of Boston, Mass., in the following letter tells how she was cured, after everything else failed, by Lydia E. Pinftham‘s Vegetable Compound,. ‘@he Fa her‘s go dness af#r/led. The insinuation is subtle as it was in the case of the temptation in Eden.â€" Gen. iii. ;â€"51 "He endeavored to beâ€" get in our first parents a notion that God forbade them the tree of knowlâ€" elge because he grudged them the benefit of it; and so here he insinuâ€" ates to our Saviour that his Father had cast him off and left him to shift for himself." "Did God acknowlâ€" odge Thee as His Som, and has He now loft Thee to famish with hunâ€" ger? How mmconsistent, how inconsidâ€" ‘ erate. I would endure it no longer, but ‘command that these stones be | the . work Gray‘sSyruporRed SpruceGum using force and establishing a tomâ€" poral kingdom." 10. Get thee henceâ€"Jesus parleys with him no longer, but with authorâ€" ity commands him to go to his Sen s ae P i. S PmA P MOTHERS RELY . wvv‘inur ansolute z‘ “.m l. are affdlicted with tumors or Meoo 2ooo m Oe ABCTY Some lessons. 4. Sevoral tests freâ€" auently follow an unrsual outporing of the Spirit upon us. Elijah upon Tempted to idolatry (vs. 8â€"10). "I am the god of this world. You want to win it. The way you have chosen is a hard one. You need not go that way. By one act of worship acknowâ€" ledge my right to it acnd all is ’yours." Christ repudiated him â€" and his claim. Satan in the acknowledged god of this world (2 Cor. 4, 4), but he is a base ursurper and ultimately the rightful Lord wili be recognized (Phil. 2. 9â€"11) Often the saints are temptâ€" ed to try to find an easier way, to bow down at some mandate of the world or worship at some shrine of sell or mammon. At all such . times only one answoar should be given ; "It is written," etc., (v. 10). gottton and forsaken thee. Assert thine own power." made bread.‘ The Father hath forâ€" 19 L ols o w ie c t for any length of time. in your little book acâ€" id vice."â€"(Signed) Mrs. P P ice 3+ L‘:{; &7 .7.‘,:.( At all such times should be given ; [G.; {y. 10). Several tests freâ€" unrsual outporing TORONTO i o eE rir0â€"tnfitie: Auls s .2 A 23 j . â€" 7 1ncal_covered with cream amw! sugar, â€" The same with coffee, whichk is not so very bad for the . wcman who wants a nice complex. | ion, providing it be taken clear with a little lemon juice, but with no syu. 1 gar or cream. aci The habit of taking fugar with ov. ; erythirg is a habit, pure and sim. Cle. and one that can be overcome, The giri who bas been in the habit of sugaring her coffee, sweetening hep Sa u2 9+ C ~Ou | _ 5 , Pâ€"~Ion can indulge in corn bread, \ginger bread, graham bread, whole wheat bread, and most oi the soâ€" called health breads. What Shâ€" Can Eat. She can also eat the cereals, but rrelerably without cream or sugar, usitg a liitle of the juice of ftesh frcit inrstead. Oatmeal weil covered with siiged oranges is better by far ‘an catmcal covered with cream aml sugar, â€" The same with cofl’ee,, whichk is not so very bad for the | WCMAL who wantkte _""_ i0 ESE EERTU °8Egs act almost like a the digestive orgai. The woman who is gco periectly pure and porfec complexion can Cat ste Srapes, raisins, baked &nges, figs and prese sweets, she can take maple syrup. but should about cating candy. Te woman who is out complexion can indulge in ginger bread, grabam b; wheat bread, ‘and mast luere are olive sking which arso exâ€" ceedingly beautiiul, and amng theso can be couuted the skin ol the Spanâ€" ish woman, which is almost a red brown, but which is clear and pure, , The oliveâ€"hued beauties blush exquisâ€" itely, for the carnation mounts up under the skin, and shows a charmâ€" ing glow. Tue blonde, on the other hana, blushes a rosy red, and her skin lsoks like the brightest tone which the peach ever knows, \ To make the complexion clear there is a cetary which forbids pastry, salt fish, pork, veal, and goose. It als> torbids nuts, pickles, cheess, miik and new bread. Fa LC%, Tere are many pcr-sons who canâ€" not take spir.tuous iquors without bearing the mark thereo{ on the comâ€" Blexton, and there are others to wiom pess, beans and â€" hardâ€"boiled C888 act aqlmost like a poison upop LC LICREIY i cvmcan is 1 T i2 € «2200 »sut to take the things in their orâ€" der, as the girl of 1904 w.li sureiy do, tho complexion comes first. Tuis should be very clear, no matter what the type of beauty may â€" be. The blonde can expect to have a comâ€" plexion of peackes and cream, whiloe the brunette cannot do more thas make zser skin clear ust. it is a pure olive. very oiten a whully to th missing, and . supplied the â€" again., There is, by the way, will deform the face 3 than a missing tooth. \ Gone from one side of mouth will twist itself and the whole face will 21 2770700 E1ace 0i movement, grace of carriage and grace of manner,. The giri of 1904 who is goling ia to ba beautilul will take sitock oï¬ herâ€" seil and lind out wherein she is lackâ€" ing in these things. Ten to one she wuil dfind that she is â€" deticient in them 31!, for there are very lew peoâ€" ple who are porfeet in compierion, contour, figure and grace. ‘ The few people who are periect in these respects are the prefesâ€" sional boauties who are so exquisite in every manner that they are justly renowned the world over, but the majority of women are delicient in every way, for they lack something in correctness of facial contour and & grealt deal in figure. whe girl of 1904, then, will look out for these things and wili write them down in her notebook in this onder : Compilexion, shape of the {ace, hair, ligure, grace O course, in addition to these, she will look after her teeth, for these make or mar any face. But teeth are included in the shape of the face, tor, without good teeth, and a full supply of them, the cheeks wili be hollow and the mouth crooked. With One Footh Gone. _ In the list oi beauty‘s requisites sho counts five things. â€" First, a good complexion; secord, a ehapely contour of face and chin; third, full luxuriant head of hair; fourth, a nice figure; fifth, a fuli supply of grace. In the last there may _ be mintioned grac» of movemeni, grace of carriage and grace of manner. P ETT ETT ETV 4072 her,. She realizes that beautly is powâ€" er _ and she intends i6 enver upon her fuil estate. _ _ (By Mme. D‘aArcy.) Tho girl ol 1904 will perior boauty feats methodicaluy. No hazu.x\‘i beauty system will de BEYCND A DOUBT, Allen‘s Lung Balsam will overcome the most persistent cold and stave off consumption, The cough will cease and the lungs,will be sound as a new dollar. _*"You bet. I was sick a ‘week." The Time pC His Life. New York Herald. "Well, Johnnie, did you have a good “n.l‘e at'the children‘s party ?" M . OR budk L o emnsr s Bright‘s Diseaseâ€"Insidious! deâ€" ceptive! relentless ! has foiled hundreds of trials by medicinal science to stem the tide of its ravagesâ€"and not unt!il ~Bouth American Kidney Cure proved beyond a doubt its powers to turn back the tide, was there a gleaim of anything but despair for the victim of this dread form of kidney disease.â€"54 Mt. Carme!l faced Aliab, the priests oi Baal and backslidden Isracel with triumph and exultation, but only a few days later he aat under the juniper tree and prayed for death (1 kKkings 18,19). 2. Temptation does not aiways involve solicitation to do i that which is directly evil. Under other crrcumstances Jesus did not creats bread (Matt. 15, 32â€"39 ; John 6, 14). The wrong here would have ; been in the circumstances under : which he acted. An:act right in itself| | performed urder improper conditions i may become sin. 38. The enemy know our weak points. He knew the Lord was phymcally weak through â€" his long fast and assailed him at that ‘ point first. If thene.isâ€"a weak point in one‘s experience or character he may expact repeated assaults at that point. 4. The only place of absoâ€" ; lute security is in the pathway of duty (Prov. 8,5, 6 ;4,, 14â€"18). 5. A sure weapon with whichâ€" to resist temptation is the word of God "rightâ€" ly handled" (2 Tim. 2,5; 3,16, 17; Eph. 6, 17). 6. Satan is subtle (Gen. 3, 1). He awill attack at the time when and the place where we teast expect him. Therefore let us watch and be sober (1 Pet. 5, 8, 9). oJhn 8. McGeary. % :: SERMON ON :: CULTURE OF BEAUTYy uie e e & missing tooth. With a tooth Irom one side of the face the 1 will twist itsell to one side puas" un @10 w 9 iss 7 by the way, nothing that who is going in for a and porfectly beautiful n cat stewed fruits, 8, baked apples, or. and _ preserves, For i â€" take honey â€" and but should be care{ul in 129 .+ LSs ce and chin; _ third, hoad oi hair; fourth, fifth, a full supply of last there may â€" be ace more quickly EM gess 00 N OOE i rtdesde, 26â€"cia0k 4t blush exquisâ€" mounts up ws a charmâ€" n the other for a good look askew, periorm her for nearly To hap- do for is powâ€" angd pu . _ _""4 UCramer, | Herz, Pixis and _ Ramean, Twelive . | equally distinguished in the world of music, lived beyond the canonical aga of thres secore and ton, ‘These were Halle, Heller, Henselt, Hiller, Liszt, Litolff, Moselmlrxs, Potter, Sca.rla.ttl, Schulkoff, Taubert and Clara Schnâ€" ) mann. Of living pianists of fame, who | have alreudy reached 2@ good _ age | may be mentioned Arabolla Goddard , 67, Door 70. Leschetizko 72, Walter | Macfarren Ti Rrost Paver 77, Reliâ€" | necke 79, Saintâ€"Smensg 35 ewi Fan. . 1" D Mirmbne _ 1. PooD OR » _ _ j ‘2 ACl~ WWe\ ns o) ", 100 itâ€"Shens 3*®, 224 Foseph Weinlawski 66. From this list it wipn be at once perceived that a planist has a Yery good chane» of reaching a hale old age, and that tho theories of the sapiecnt Berlin doctors do not rest on a very sound basig, Indecda, the medical men have not a leg left‘ to stand on, while the fatal piano still has four. 7/ 7+CGu to pirno playing are tionally long lhive{. Six famou: ists reached ages between 80 4 ramely, Benedict, Clementi, C Herz, Pixis and Ramean, " cqually distinguished in the w music, lived bevana 11. _ "I° * Musicians Decliare the Abused Inâ€" strument Leads to Longrvlly. The Berlin doctors who declared that plaro practice, especially in carâ€" 1y youth, was fatail to the health of the former have aroused the wrath of a grear number of professiona) Planists. To prove the absurdity of the thcories of these medica} Solons they calil attention to the fact that me: and women whose lives have beep ‘ devoled to niann »i2 °0 0 Pn K "If a wm-xi;m will do loso flesh and grow, gr. eame time." _ine woman who is reducing her «weight can take calisthenies, but she shoux! tako them in the open air. The indoor air is too warm and not e€ufliciently, pure to bonefit her. When sho is ‘exercising indoors in the Leated air, se is unconsciously Easping for breath and the exer. cise doog hor but littls ind ©hl .. L o opac onl 9 TCOe Hol HeLs vraly when one is losing several Poumds daily. One has an awkward fecuing, as though one woere not all j there. Au Wor the Fat Woman. "Léet the woman who wants t grow thin," says he, "rise at 7 ant take a cup of black coffee and th« juice of an orange., ‘Then let he; wiaulk an hour, "&She is now ready for her bearty breakfast, which should consist â€" cf stewed prunes, baked potatoes with salt, and m chop. She should take no buttesr and nothing fried. "For her dinner, let her eat a _ boiled fish, spinach and baked poâ€" tatoos. And for dessert let her wind up with stewed fruit. She can eat ali she likes of this, ut she should ncot add sugar to it. "Sho shou‘d not nap during the day and sho shoulid not sit more than an hour or so at a time. She shoull exercise constantly, for in this way only will she lose her disâ€" figuring pounds. "Tho woman as she gots thin will nced to learn to be gracelul, for it is Gifficu‘lt to confuar‘a, o1 * ,20" 4 Diet and exercise are the two sovâ€" ereign remelies to a too lat Dody, Aud in this connection there is something new| which is advisod by an erxpert. soonr as a woman becomes unshapeâ€" ly, gie losos ail attractiveness, and slre can do nothing to make hersel{ beautiful until she has reduced â€" a little. A good figure is so essontial that there is no argument. ‘The woman ’who is rot of good shape, and who has not a neat waist is no woman at all, from boauty‘s stardpoint. As Hair that‘ is inclmed to turn gray is benelited by rubbing a little olive oil into the roots. Hair that is an ugly browau can be made to blcom by shampooing it with soap and soda and drying it in the sun. Hair can be reddened in this way and can be somewhat blonded. * The hair should be so combed as to frame the face, and unless a woman knows how to do this, she will not be pretty, ‘The hair should be fluifed out or rolled or cojled, so that it makes a little framework for the features, for it is by this means that a woman‘s beauty â€" is brought outy Hoap jelly is the best of all things for the complexion. Spread on the soap jolly and lot it stay on for some mirutes. Then take it off with hot water. 1 1 wh The hair can be kept nice by shampooing it and drying it in the sun. It should be aiways in that state known as flulfy, and unmess your hair is light enough and fluify enough to stay in curl for i day . or two there is too much mols&ure‘ in it. ‘The contour of *he face is a thing to be considered and on this point wmany euppose that nature has set her own seal and that it is imposâ€" gible to change the existing condiâ€" lions. But this is not true. ‘The woman whose face is too fat can thin it down a little; the woman whose checks are too thin can cer~ tainly plump them out. The woman whose forehead is too low or too bigh can sureiy remedy this, whils as for wrinkles, they are as easily barished ae a double chin, which is the simplest thing in the worid to drive out of existence. KMeeping the Skin Nice. A skin specialist of national reâ€" putation, is authority) for the stateâ€" ‘ment that men have better complexâ€" ons than women. The cause, . he assorts, is that men keep the face cleaner. They lather it with eoap and brusl once a day! and in taking oif the lather they use a great many hot waters. T2RX PMALA CCC C PRRD RRTOITIOCC A gla‘;s of v&’nter taken with salt am| not too kot on rising will clear the complexion. And, if one has the courage for it and is sufficiently arxious to be beactiful, a glass of hoi water with lemon squeezed into it will make a very nice substitute for coffee 2t the morning meal. _ | ontmeal, taking a little sugar on her grare fruit and of dipping into the rowdered sugar frequentiy for th« seasoning of other 1foods will â€" fingd thai sho can got along just as weil if the will do without sugar for 3 while. Ar« while on the subject of diet ard while epeaking of the sugar habâ€" it it car be said that sugay can be | forgottem in a very short time. The felrics uds re ces «SipeRopt dz Nee 1( PcC c Re THE ududath <nduths d ds... s l cliin ced i 30 vistint 1 g:iri or the woman who will go withâ€" cut it for a week will at the cod of that time have lost her taste for it. Cofftee and fruits will taste belter without sugar while the complexion wiil improve by the minute. a i ‘ L Fesuif o Wereomricr@TC : FATAL PIANO, nan as she gots thin will ara to be graceful, for it to conduct one‘s self natâ€" cop. | OBE a large Im&‘ln“oagiui-t‘i;(:’;.;l:l.m: vreath and the e.\er-l banks. _ ‘Tho mining news is more but little good. . She peassuring. ue L »indow and | "SpME Jobbing trade at Winnipeg has '(;T::f"' air, no matter been quite active. Much â€" business L s has been done in stocking, . new, a will do this, sho will Paces of business in various lines grow gracyal at the through the Province. Tho Jacing wl‘-’ by the retailers so far havs * Nevrmmmennimmmemmiremme, ol on td eady for her bearty h should consist cof baked potatoes with p. She should take ol professional 0 absurdity of medical Solong _the fact that lives ha Â¥e beep UITETY !n tb â€"*t~-':l~J 27 00 KOG ves hay n Dext two weeks w F ane CuRCm" | Dustnges main" P " Te m {amous pianâ€"! SEAin. _ Prices aro firmiy tn 80 and 9p,! _ The conditions of whole nti, Cramer,| At Ottawa aro msound aft :xr‘x‘. 'I‘Weh‘c, :' flloceur_nl business in . Thim Arsla y uw PTTTOT WE "VTS do rot ‘8is. Indecd, t a leg left fatal piano who wants to "rise at 7 and coffee and the Then let her hair should or cojled, framework is by this beauty is hss sudde ly blunt, you reject "Your ur s4s,,, _ 7MVI0mIe trade has been active up to the present WEeek, and raneowod activity is looked for again in the next twop weeks whon spring pes will . be pushed â€" forward egain. _ Prices aro firmily held. litions of wholesale trado at Ottawma aro sound after a yoar of W_ ul business in almost all Partments. _ At prosent trade is 4 lttlogfl.t,» f branches Advices Coast ar ‘ trade hs the cash ; ments, SE TTEWI EC isÂ¥trdon wholesale trade ha active up to the present wee ranewed activity is looked for tn the HEKt twmy, . . Veeq o ulqn| his took a step forward ‘touchied his arm. A. 10 i fnos P iC streot‘s, has months and tendency in The jobbing trado at Winnipag been quite active. Much busin has been done in stocking, . n Paces of business in various‘ 1i through the Province. Tho wac orders by the retallers so far h; been quite heary, Tho wsual end of the year ope thuqu °,:3 occupying the atteontion fastesr q _ t o CCCR y ie Puyâ€" ments. â€" There is great activity in doectâ€"sea fishing, and the American Company operating at Yancouver, is oing a large business at the halibut banis. _ ‘The mining news is more Inpenietcem #91 is 2s j , . , ; â€" 100K% amongst the differmnt branches of trade looks favorable. Advices of trade at the Pacifia Coast aro satisfactory. Tho hohday trade has boeen langely increasinâ€": the cash salek and improving payâ€" ments. . There is great activity in doetâ€"sea fishing, and the American &mpau'y operating at Yancouver, is Uhir s Hankes in i% finma;,. 3 j3 C CCCUncLdnQ B10 siill firmly held. Oze of the cotto» mills withdrew aome prices this week and in other lines prices were advanced. Ordons calling for dolivery of btaple _cottons later than March 1st are being turned dow»n. There is loss activity in trado this week at Toronto. â€" It is underâ€" stood that stocks carried over aro generally light and renewed activ» ity in epring business, is looko1 for aiter tho first of the year. â€" Prices of cotton and woolien staple goods are firmly held. | "*The general outâ€" look for business is promising. At Quebec the retail trade has been active owing to the semand for holiâ€" day goods. Country remittancos are glow, but an improvement is eapect»â€" ed after the New, Year. The genâ€" eral» outlook amongst the diffemnt branches of trade looks favorablie. Advices of Td M (idne n2 ccbgs s Bradstreet‘s on Trade. Wholesale business has C cdown at Montreal, as is usruai closeo of tue year. Values of o domestic manulacture â€" are firmly held, Onn aof Lo mntin. W. J. Neely bought chers‘, 1050 lbs., at $ 10 butchers‘, 1,025 lbs 40 mixed ceattie, 909 at $3 to $3.50. The milch cows on poor quality, and onl woere offered. _ Prices $30 to $45 cach. RButchors‘ wore strong, and tho price paid for the bast stock availâ€" ab‘eo was reported to be $4.87% por cwt., choice butchers‘ sold at B to $4.50, and fair to pood at $3.50 to #4. ew!l., ant fair to good at §$3.50 to #14. Everything on the market was so‘ld ear‘y and trading in this class showâ€" ed a great improvement over roâ€" cont market days. M understood you maloc4 LC repjeq Standing is replied, "although T ust e c en who‘esale wew Â¥Xork..... ....} . O MCHEO:Hs + ©) Jnees O% P OOIINMO aoneer _ Sisies xssare Duluth, No. 1 N... $6.75 to $7.25, the latter for light Followlni are the quotations ; (Wheat, white, burh 1, 80 1â€"2 ; ; 0 »0, bushel, 75 to 751â€"2¢; red, bush B0 1â€"2¢; spring, bushel, 82 to s3y¢; peas, bushel, 65 to 660 ; oats, buâ€") ) 82¢; barley, bushel, 43 to 460 ; ) iy, timothy, par ton, 810 to #11; hay, clover, $6 to B8 ; straw, per ton #1) ; seeds, als.ke, per bushel, $4 to x5,. 0. seeds, red clover, per bushel, $53.,0 to $6.20; timothy, 100 ibs., &2.25 to $3 ; apples, per bushel, $1 to x2 ; dressed hogs, §#6.75 to $7.25; ogos new, per dozen, 40 to L0>; butuver, dairy, 16 to 2i¢c; creamery, 22 to 25¢; chickens, per Ib., 10¢ ; geose per Ib., 12¢; ducks, per }b., 10 to 12¢; turkeys, per Ib., 14 to 160 ; poâ€" tatoos, per bag, 85 to 95¢ ; cabbage, ’per dozen, 40 to 50¢; caulilowcr, per dozen, $1.50 to $1.75 ; ('n)"!“\' pe»® dozen, 40 to 450; Ibreef, hild quarters, $6 to $8; fore quarters, quarters, $4 to $6; choico, carcarse, $6.00 i0 $7; modmum «ca.le â€"<o. s.o.50 to $6.00; Jlamb, yearling, $7 to &8 ; mutton, per cwi., $0.00 uo $6.25; veal, per ecwt., $7, to $9. Leading Wheat Markets. Following are the closing quotaâ€" tions at imporiant wheat courtes to. _â€"_â€" Poronto Farmers‘ Marke offerings ol grain on the siroot & were modern,‘te, with litUe change in prices. Vheat a shade easier, Â¥rith sales of 100 bushels of white at 80 1â€"2¢, 300 bushels of paq winter at 801â€"2¢, 100 busvels of spring at 82 to 83 1â€"2¢, and 409 ‘bushels of goose at 75 to 75 1.2¢, Barley quiet, 100 bussels scling 1« 44 to 46¢. Oatls are steady, wit) sales ol 400 bushels at 32¢. â€" Hay in fair receipt, with prices un. changed ; 30 loads sold at $10 to $11 a.ton for timothy, and at $$ to se for mixed. Straw unchanged, throc loads selling at $10 a ton. â€"Dressed hbogs are unchanged a; "mme trade at â€"Hamilton. there, as reported to Bradâ€" has boen brisk the past two and tho present advancing _ in tho_' dry goods marâ€" ( in c Victory, bought a load of but. 5., at $4.25 per cwt D25 lbs., at $4.30, as e, 900 to 1200 11x ward and gontâ€" A tear was in â€"‘_ Values of goou; B is corroct," gh â€" somewh<t carnot marry to say thait stimalate ti New: Year. only thrée in avity in trade . _ It is underâ€" wrried over are renewed activ» Winnipeg has year operaâ€" sale weore of has quiected usual at the ranged {from 0 pamcing Iar have 91 1â€"4 90 1â€"4 â€" 87 1â€"4 Cath. May, â€" 91 3â€"8 â€" M® 128 e of lixs all all thrilling wifl groen leaves we trees, the hed 311 with hawthora, t In the ficlds, th Ing in great gol fogt of the t {ragrant with t sand esweet 1 glad and bright. wldst of rli this The moath of | in more beautifuo Nor had been nnmindm.:eq Her father |IMJ the milliner‘s given co him; b termined on fete. Mrs. Brow ers, aod Miss tainly be there, Rolfe, and sh suitable to mee A beautiful muslin, rich lace, was provided, w tle hat that see {eathers; and V «he bad never fore. _ Bhe pictu easy soverecigaty. the oaly one she Eve was never Nlirgiation. \ Whe prospect G be spend with â€" He sat np the q aight,so that b; day business mi seemed to him th come whes be 3 with the proud she was hisâ€"all wife; and when poiot in his ref bered how she 1 to his with the have not quite meast nothing ; so sure as YVio o Felix rece I he had know was given to placed it «ander gone twenty m direction ; as it anr unbounded meet Violet; h whole day with her â€" beautiful with the proud Lonsdale, â€" w« again." doing It at tor. "It will we see that . *‘There is ano diplomatic lady let Haye, She is est attraction a fer, and, as th not see how th such an occasic "I shall do it marked the vie: *"*You might a guish between between â€" Tathd the vicar. against the said the vicar, that his Gospe Pease, and th than of mercy, Darey Lonsdal which was la there is a ma "Against *tho not the «on," tended the fe In a field n school _ childr hearts‘ conten age grounds t selves in quee tary band fro pretty white there were e nis, quadrilies dancing, and who enjoyed Chevenix, havi prelty girls i would be the himself, No Huater knew they had kept log to surpri matter of â€"ov Haye was to ter had been i had discussed visability of to Felix Lon He had aire two meetings Lilford, and * tion from Pr. to attent the the echool echi the month of throwa it What had he, as he liked to to do with seat a cheque good vicar to some one havi the clite of t tended the fe When the m.{ round Sir Ower Garswood. Iln‘] ions by not go season. Now proprietor} h« of remainiag with the on #sporting «qui in his orders, expenditure, t Lilford looked lal gift of Pro Ing seemed to to the county. h“v(q were soon * neighborhood .. lum ; and pla contast. Sir Owen Ch came the gres He did not lik like Litford : j at." es And those A mistake ; to be beauti as thisâ€" J woman _ wit} thousand fay man with ¢ I like somet} "It is all v ow‘mo ‘.‘or ‘ la nothln‘ in &A mistake : There I1, that is lail peo 18 the