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" IT is THE LAST TIME: T he Rev. Dr. Talmage Preaches a Timely Sermon. A dispatch from Washington says:- Bv. Dr. Tulmage preached from the following t,xt:-'ll is tb, last tun"." -I. John ii. 18. Jobu is here enforcing certain truths by the cmiaid.-i.it inn that tbe |M-,-I>!<' tu wluim h,- write* line >mti to the cliMing dispensation of tin- -wr!d, aud says, "U is tbe last time." 1 am standing in tu. last Service ol tbe Sabbath of the last month of iba year. r'our more ringings of the city clock and the year, with all us joys. (I,, ia, aud achievements, "ill IH- It ia th-.- last tinw, aud sol shall speak to yuu of last things. 1 My In ,iers are coining nearer th.-ir last busm.-sa da> . \uu uim . rout.ii u rise (at seven o'clock, breakfast, stari f..r lu, .-i.-n-. enn r your c,uut ing-room, r* id NOUI U-tti-r-, aud give ciiuaetiueul Orders. Vet a day IB u,A tui distant which to b.- lik* all the ulh--i*. bj. Ml ill be that of tii II n ! -. Hi i *>" I* You will go lo i.u.-, in tbi- calendar ai rii-riui>, i marked s day as though it bad no twilight ; as though > , hciur Ihe sky rung s '.. null; as though faces looked out from th cloud*; as though in- . oioea; aa though ev.-r) hour .n i shot past your stor.- dooi. It itl b your last business doty. l : n- kuowo and uuczpeoted by youitteif, >ou will i-imlujle. ail your i.UMUess engagement*. You will stut your w*n-aia,cis, will close your portfolio, will nl , ul shut lue lu'tU' ) afe, mtlt tske your hat and go out. Nothing thul evr haupeiui in ihe store n l ,~ >L.U Luck uaiu. Uood-bye I ii . I Guo.l-bye to all >oui businasa (ru-ixU ! It js the last tiun- U I i- in irk that m n ,- iniug i lul ninful auiuseiu-'in. .im-ry of life is so delicate tli.l il w ill iu> - u l ar in act, 1 1 ..' I iu^ . AH > b hfr,lui.in ihrowsa p>-ck ul com HI II, HW.II. Ml. Mil 1,1 ..C < I ,1- ilirowum Ik,, bodies ;ind souls of ui.-n, by t l.-i , r H int , Hi', ini-v ul ,1 1.1 >u Hi- > n, ink U, -v ".in fti.nl uiK" 1 carcmal ; ,,.- as w.-ll ,iti-,li".l t' M-'ir.- nl "lie ... " - lt l ' " '' mglit ; f eel J safe in dl .nking w wat.-r; w-ilk w.u. -n m| uncti-.n will, it it,. I* '..ounh I'M' 1 l ' ' ' "i*' 1 *. w '"'" |lh flush, d count. -n .1, w '" turll - -ii t h- Ki" "f ' ' "' reeling from thr n,,dii,gli" -h. and. wr-M-pirnc ' ibout v It li sin Baa ,tarroent, wi l itiirf- g ,, r ,,.|, Htiiknu H. ' i ' IKuili-, 'I, '" ' " ; Ur " " v ' u ' '" .I,,,,-, will 1,11 fl" >"'" '"" HI. Vu.l, I i in 'ik- ""' ""'" " com i '" ' ll "' r '"" : u. in,- Ilk- i lU'd toeing, to-Hiim; U,- -..M,.,tli like a putli i-tit tlii-'ti^li it. w Ii TI- w I- walk dry h,xl. <!d lil'inir h'i hmd anal,. * "" " ur ' flood. Wln-i-e riid yo-u n*M your nnyrmnd Sabbat hi ' ' W " H ln " lih ch ,|w-l, nr Hi i.ity i-lniri-h. S >m li-iw ,'\'i him-," llwu. >, lay I ' 'I H ,-* n i H. nin . * go M en J - ' - day more >. - Bf n, , < uggrr.tiv; mid i.li>ugh you f--pl. ...d. Unit n. > i'V "' - have been w '">'. - ^w. -t. SiiM.-i h ' ' M.'-.'.-n^' i ti'.in <joi ' I'.ii ' .". w ii Ii to | at ';. Ing head! I)<iy :,.>, H ,f all . 1 1,,.,. : ' I V. Again, we roiur n.-.i tin 11 life. Tii" ..rl-l six tlwxu-.siHl y<-,i~ "Id. "- ili.u8.iiid years muy y<t ooui". nd -. anni limy w-in int , i nun ii.l-- I, ill ,ur own i I.. -ii'M *<. ' lily \ off. Kiftneu IniM-lM'il ,,n I r , was n in. nn- <n >l Lutli"! di.-d. |-:ix'it'-a l.iu.ii, v.l .in-l fifty-Uv. ' k< '' y*r. l> . In it ln. I \Vi-!liii|ft HJ du-d. Kmli,. .-I. l.ii.i.l- . I mid fiftv ' in-irked year ui il HIIK'I - ! ' ' ' " I . I.UII.Ili'll .Ill'i fifl I meui' ,i nblr year. f->r in il W. : wn> fmi^lit K 10. n hundred and lil- CMUA> in it Millprin-i w-n fought Hill there will l- .,.., ,i,|.- ,vi .,,,-1 il,.,i v. II 1" th y- wtitcli wt> f.rf.'il >u- lilH with (,ni Isjtft .p"i ' ' 'T ** alrfi <-' ta> ^i <1f l" )<( 11." riow M i. ur rrrting-|4aoii; r while the Mini mer grain in falling to tbe sickl, we in o be harveatexl fur another world; or, while the autumnal leaves are fly- UiK in tbe Nuvwuiber gale, we may fa<le and fall ; or tbe driving sleet may cut lli' f H-.-.I of the black ta.s>. I---I .s that (Mill UH out in our laat i -!--. Uut il will Iv lli- year in whiuh nur bo<ly aud soul jirt ; the yeur in - Ii for ut. time iul.- and eternity begins. All ollie-r y.-.ur.-i are asuoth- ilitf The year in whic.li JOM were, I", i n, the year nr whii-sh y-.u marri<- 1. t h.- y,-ur in w nih you l.ii ii,t.s* for yvurM-lf. the y.'ar in wli.rh yr.ur fuller .li-^d all of them are of l>--i mijiortaaoii thin this lust <,f y.nir life. l>uring tbe pa+l >,-.r l,...\ nuny have tftr.'.r into thu next won, I f Aluut f.v. in i!i,n five hundred thou^ainl HOiiU. II wa> their l.ii y,-ir. Some of them m ly huve .-\(-<.tiv| it, but .y of them, if fore- '.v ,uld be tbeir cloning ii^u-d uutrighl and ' ' my 111:1 ^tn.ugf l< not I," i-:in skip, or ,-lviii> ~ lm, or run i Hi in II The d.-lor of the L,i: In n ui ,:i. , UTi - pronounc- l 11.4- M.und. All my friends oongralu- I-iie me oil my h.-alttiy |[.._ with ji.ur.-v. I 1.1.14.;.. ,j I "*' ">? l >" .n I ten!" ', ,-i iv- hundred thou- have gun.-. N . ., ,, n i n ' -i-t Hi. n if ii |,id rirvi-r pul*- ' i"i.i.- l-i - . th'ir hun if u hi 1 alw ly , h-,-ii blind. The earth ita-h ,,n- rfr , it h 'ining lltMia-m-lH. m iii,, n . t,il- I:<IIM. tr.lluM,,, uiLi.lrilli.iM of t h.- '! At every . ,iies. ui 4ii<.tli<-r. I *4a tbe I.,, ^ \s-\n I i. nti'k !h.it m are 01 """ :n,-nt of our l; ' : ' i ' -i i ,rk ii,ra-nt \VI-P-i R , ' "' 'I'' 1. -I two ,11,11 it * of , ur . II b-,' n, ti,,*. |,.ft , ri iiii^ht , w.-ll try to aU-bt on a k ,n !, ,.,,u, .,,,!,, |M.-piro for rt.rniiy u h, n " "t d'KU .ir- in full hlist. " i mi I- start to -. -t y-c.ur '.- -- . /ure ' -- ", vtetem, ..nd W a j> .,r tim t.. ..li.-nipt to pr,- ' r l-itti h-u tli- , ' r " ,ki,iK hill of ii^ MtsJ] f,,r Ih-*- who ,t,y l-e- h '"'l- -li.. r.-.u.r,. of tb-> who '"'* "' morli in i.i.- P .,r -i i ' rved. In t li- ^haunted '''"' " n.. thing is rsp ci- "> -vi-ii-nt Hut I nsj *""' :! t.'rribly, .,nd i r i,- > h..i I 1,,,-k. in I fl ut.-r-. it., winjrs lf i>rl. arhl w i " ' tWBa, .ui-l tri.M I., l,,ll,.r ,, . If Inoa* fn.in. itn pursuvr*. If y,,u . ,.,u,- - |>r,-<-ipic.-, .1,1 | !,,.){ , ho ., i K, ( dixxy und w ml t.. ' f '"' H<. A 1 1, , u;l .,, , h .,,, pr,-p,r. ,1 , .,; f, ,| wh ,, n i; "*' , :- .town "T 1 I I I . .. . ;, ami . f. r . ,r i> iv , i . 1; ... i h - --, . n, .m.l it kn.itt.i ih ii il, ,.. , io ' '"-. I. i, i t, ML . | ( , | )r .,,. ,,., .|f L ; '- UK - ni -,>.-. iii - i,t minii-, I, ..-. -in \ . i in, : pray, f to ri-hi'iira tin- past or to <-r\ f,-r nv-rcy. K,-ryi liiug ,l..,i g . ,!<,n-. Ran I ii i ire u..: I,N. >> > In n l j ,.P' Sli I! I fl.f \\ li . s |,ii|l I ' So tU . . . , i (,. ^'1" -.11 ; h--\ - , Ml.".. ; > U I! Hi - i>n :, : '- Ih, ,i.ll n >i l.low on f,.i ,-v. r CU.I I of I , f.ir off f, in i li - ' Id Mi I , I ffn I-' mi- -- nil 1st ,.f t I. -lull I fouin ..n- of iv -I.-, ,n-l (1 I ( 'r.nu you ' eyr.i. 'l.i .. h -. ' r. u I i i an (h I'- rill un- til tlv nr,- hin t.l .r-.rlin: ,i,tfi-| n iiu. N....II n; w TI! , I hi I ' r III -Mi 1 ll \|>||!II1>- I . . I In- I -Hi I My it .v.i \ ' \ii I I .', ,f I. I'M. ' I V . i i -l S I l.mt liuiW' r I Q : -TN UH The lir i-f nf e>.-:i H,,- lx!i -H in the left column c.n -> h > * 11 > i ti.il- inre a.-* .lolm t;il:-i:i hi u -If ;uired i r. 1 h 'tn'n by o-. ,i-<a. but rith^r du ^inl fur ki--;>ii-if "wi --ven; not a the bl ick . -i 'in tin- I icc-t riiuini! : in . l I. HI. I th- ai lie : i-* U|> I lii- > liif- fon 1 1 1 . fon- bor'lsrol -. 1 roin t lie I . sibl" ji.-ki-t -.vi:h the e: yoke, aii-1 tlw I .ce. bow, .m.l I. im-i- ty new i It- jkirt of I Iiu h ur. I iurt in tlv uoliinui on <li, til" li'tle U - .1 ;ii baviot, trinun"! very .-inii-ly with i . ;iiX It is in i.etp l\ :>. and is n with a dr.tued hilt in I'liie relvet an I corded r. --M uid l>l u- .>i K Nei meiit, wit i in nious effort ue is o! f.n In own cloth, with ini'ni- velvet un ter the :iv, ml tiay gilt bun i.it i, h'd I tin- vripn. I li' -MI: in- hit ill fornvel of f..l L< of tit- rlnib witli < lii-iiilli-. .in I it i fuiiiK-i eni- bellished n Ii .1 dull rfilt bit- -wl.-. i nd 1'iiia ! ; - I k I ea.ro In a w<bole y*ar. JVrhn tells (W I-liirily that the. proposition to glv it to the poor WM hypocritical, for Judas w-a a tale/. The measure of a rana'a. buncflcenoe Is not to what ob- >'<nt hd! gtv, but from w**if motive. Oaly a loving hmrt can properly e*- tiimlt- anrjtbj-r heat' expression ot lov. 10. Wby tr-.uM-. ye the wumunf M.irk aays they were Utterly re- ilrii/ h*-r. Brr sensitive aoul c-lirnik fr.im the imiiutation of un- rthy motive and silly p-rf'>rman<-. "It tnulrloj J rout thut his friv-od *- tr.ubl-<l." She hath a goud work upon me. "A girau* work, not measured utility, but by tbi feeling it i-x- pgaaa-jd." -n,i,-l ramarka that mot PM! clutxla .-<; ejther greater or lese tbin tU- do-r (hJnks; "Here was no at all no waste as regards the ;> -i . for tbure were abundant oppor- tun^tiea tc h -Ip tbenv no waste aa . ' la tb>- dia-iples, for they could bv!p th- p >r at any tune; no waata ua r.-(fur L the woman, for this deed wiKil i if toll fi>r a mr-inoriil of her; . . i .rir.la tbx Lord, for he -.\.:i v' 1 '' tj r-gard it as a burial BJft." 11. Ye hove (hi- p or always w.'h ;. On Lurd Aa&tumeji the honesty ot th critica; like Judas he uses a , .be u>Dinp.<jgr- 1.1 \. 'a \\ii-. .1 p nd oil, itunrjy, be < ie no. t.ucti ilia we uir-.Bt alwayg hj\> 'bu On. socteLj, , . .illy obvi^ OUH faoi. Me ye tbvi\t.- udt alway*. 'IJi :t i-i, ni^ -.1 a cuculiiion wbieh yi/ua- ii- . i-r thus .. uj:ht; "UrdJnary :, . mi LV" orjr i Mf deeds find rare oo- left. U. In ,hat ^he hth p\*Kred this on my body, ah* did it- fca- ur Lord means ' , i.. .... ti-.i h*r ruf>r th . futur lin.i ni-JB' of the dicii-lea un- rl a. u. huve feared Uut our I. i ... ' "'' ' ljr ! h,\ " , , ; , . r-r- l.arril vru '>'-'"" lld l i : V " 1 shall v: . . lkur ld. That 1 ' " m ^ 7' I: all men may wli.-h Is -.iliMri. .-.'lui.l . * ri-i hand love. ,r,. n ,h .. ,,M (h ;[ ,1, THE S. S. LESSON. INTERNATiON 0>), J \N 6. "Jr. n i.illiii.l ll ll.-HilMJ." Wxl. TS. I K. .-, lirn T, M. ':. . I f. *. rit.\rrfc \i l \,-is 6 \Vli.-n .lemiM a- in H t Ii in\. p i i ~,t ^ SH hi- Ii ,'l , rtnl lii.iarit-. Th* Ti,. I, .us ,.( .- ;. -n 1 1'- Ispar. \ "i i> I . :, -in \s I k -. '. ^,111 .1, Mini >li II .1,1 ..Ill-'Ug t)l J-\\H .lollll I . : i-d ill a Itoua. v. ii ' a>1 >l l lint at 1 ,!,! \ l !, Ii in I l. I M ill.', I., .,;- nd v this . 'n our I raining ' I, << -i in in. M.in l Ii.- >. : i <-! I.,/,inua. It i.s li.-inl. 'I'.ii M-i mid M.I i k did ii<" n mi 'it 'thii oin ni, whu h, I John .llll-M II. k to -it-lv fai 1 :- i I. family .it II lliivn> . ' alii.. v. ii .: M.I i In. and Mury Vrvri> all I ouaoililm nl >n il-^k lii.-li \ ,, ,i l-v.. |i. n h.'in-.r Ihe l.*i -I in.l brow, miik: t.. fmi.h in I < '* ,,. lll< k lon K en,l uf :.- -I rfU ' . ' hl1 |.n-.- U the .. .-.,- m la mt b.M^'i'. r.mim'-l K>. ,> i i.-v-cn of gen .-,.,!, i% '!>* ,. i I, ii- t> i>''- mtlmm with "n-l th bi-ai- velvet , jn^aityof bi hat. '-..ant l ll ..1-..- ,- -. -. ''' ' ... . ' \\i:)i ..p.-. ''" * ' _ ot tts t ' -v 'o** f ri '' - ' - - ,, . brilliant M -i.i.-t it- kn.-.n as slabs- ull ., h u . . ,.:it. The oontpitti of ttu- ,, ri ,bsbly. th-r-fore. mmi-'di lU-ly aft, wen- .-vi.l.-nUy lii|iuJ iK'rfume. .. an alt ,r, or fragmut oil. \< i ~ " r.-fl-^t'"" * luxury -\n h ' t 1 ' h' 8 h o!i>f piieats, h f th only wl,n t In > . seeking a roan brokl , .ludas now sought trunslal-s a clauw of Jlirk J4 5 '"> nim - l>rL i > .- tii a i .ru-ient A . -u- ti - . \ like-Ill,-' 1 1 of -., [.r.-i-i-nH an :irl a on : . uil> ' -', thr y. .111 ! tii il 'i w. ..r ,t,- I -.( if !!> ' the ;i\ uii hi< i > .! tin tIN ii> . !, ' t - V , i, - .. i- - 1, - 1 -i In ,l.,tiii I'J \ t!> n HL nun lag i Atlni-i.mil In ,: I. , 'l-.i'i .li-r.id.^. w ith.iitl tt\<- 1 niMtiv^i df the tr were m-\ easUy sway .1 - II.MI-,! ,,!i,J Jim ui II- -\ , wick- il ; tkt .lohni 17 t ! in l.'-i.l ..<'il ivrdi 9. 1 Miivit ini^ht ha,- tv,-t, l vt Mini . M >, k and .'ohn tll iw ho\v nui. I, ibvf- bmmircd .! * 1U\*. '. i- - li >>i{ utan . 15 \\i, , . . in r'.very mai . , ireakneM - 1 ..f in., ivy. Thirty .v.-r. M . i The nxact sum r ? r,-tii|'-'nsation for 4 i atom A sordid in :\d f<rr a uth and !hut tim.< h.- wiutfht ni^xir- lutut raj bun. Oiipftrt unity in rnu - tuy l*>), y,-u ar>- on r, | v\hlt thai i -...-.- .lu . ->u know what you 'TV III U t ..... -Jilt r >rr<ro it all ti. v. n - ~ I - . -y it. Km. I. VVX10US. Hv j-o-.i f,iunnel the wiudow*, dear ( nhr ask>- 1, -i they were about to lotird for th ci.ulil No I Whr th* UfS I I pivi- yu (lie. lait .lollu I h. 1 to buv that new -i hut, and ,' nei-.tn't f.r ruirg*- 'hrv might ait down on lh bat you know I 'A .VERY TIGHT CORNER. British Force Mistook Boers for British. MARKETS OF THE WORLD A despatch from London, aaya ; | and wounded. Fr ces 0' Catt',3. In the Leadln; Mar.-.. BREABSTUKF3, ETC. Toronto, Dec. SI. Wheat The local market was very alow again to-day. Quotation* are as follows: Red win- Ur. 83 !->, and white, 63 l-le, middle freight* ; spring wheat, east. G6c; Mani- The news from south Africa U frag- j It U reasserted that the Dut-h col- toba, No. 1 hard, old.g.ut^ 62 l-2e; No- Boer Commandant Abandons His Maxims and Carts. A despatch from London says: The through -t rydenburg They ir being Evn understands followed up.' that the -n 1 1 :: .u of \-umanry which It would a|>paar from Lord Kitchen- mentiry, and add* little to the know- { onUts continue to hol-i thi-maelves 2 at i-7o; No. 1 hard. North Bay, 91c. ledge of the aituntion. Gen. Kitch- i aloof from the invader.-*, and although Millfeed Scarce ; ton lota, at the. v,.^ fj,tr ijpe<i and captured by the ex's despatch-* th., B->er com- ner hAa lft Naauwpoort and gone the prince of the latter in the Cup* mill door, cell as follows: Bran, 112 Boers, whom they were following from jnifldoes axe being driven toward th un- Colony rendera the position serious. to fli.30; and shorts at 111 to 914.50,. Britatown, w-ts relieve! ifter the men Orange river brdr. confidence U flt in the final result. , west. had been relieved of their horses and A despatch from Burgberadorp Mr. Duplesaia, a member of the Corn Ea_ty ; No. 1 American, yellow, i otner ^qujument. TV-n of the Veo- states that Colonel tir-nfeli continue northward. known. An unofficial Hits destination U report from Cape Town aays that s squadron of Yeo- manry who were pursuing the Boers who retired ambuscaded from Britatown. were Afrikander Bond and of the Cape ;45e, on trick here, and nvxed at 44 m inry, the paper <*dds, were wounded, in touch with Krur.i.nger's comman-lo Assembly, has sent a letter to the l-2c. electors of Cradock expressing sym- Pcaa Steady; No. 2 sold, middle by the bur^b- ra, and pithy for the Boersi, but urging the freights, at HI l-2c; ind east at Me. Barley Very dull at preaent; >f 2 Lvrd Kiti-hn-r cables the Wir Of- of 700 men, who are carrying off the fioe: .-.h prisoner*. Krnitiingr ha-' "The Boera eastern column in Cape ab;in<ldnl on Mixi.mj and carts. Aa that several were kllle.l and wounded Dutch o>/kmits to remain calm and and the reat captur U. The War qu : t . t . ,, n d no t to forget that they *t, 41c; ml m.d.lle fr -ighta, )0r; No. our troopl arjout ruaport* spruit and Kru:t jinger's f the ar e UritUh subjocta. I extra. 3 l-Sc. east; and l-i-. mid- <lriTen in tne di rec tion of Venterstadt. rul-. Office denio* any knowledge of affair. There ia a report that a British force mistaking 3OO Boers at R,x>i- poort, near BurKher*i'>rp, for Brab- ant's Horse, withheld th.-ir fire, *nd abort ly found thrioaelvea in a very tight corner. I'h- r commander ex- Gen Clementa' success against the die freigDts. Boers in thu lUgaliesbun? r<-gion is Rye Easy. New rye, (Be, west; and doubtful, the last despatch reporting fk, east. that "it waa considered -idvls.iMa Buckwheat About steady. Car lets. not to force the Bo.-rs from tbtir posi- weat, are quoted at 48c; and east at tiens." The Daily Mail, which nvikea a Colony has been apparently Leaded by attempt of the 9th Lancers to turr fL-ir.-: igilt casualties among thi Lori The Buera' western column is reported Lancers, to have gone north In two portions. Blaekwvod. son of the Marquis of Duf- one towaxda Prieeka and th* other ferin, who was wounded. sellers, through u.l d Oits Qui-t; N... i wt.^ft, 2J l-4c, No. 3 white, 2f Oats In fair demand; Na. 1 white, 1-lc; N .. J m_i^l. I'-i J-l-j; No. 1 do.. trxated them with th, loss ot one . -tron* appeal to the Government to east. ,-7r; N,. 2 whft*. .ortb ,nd west. ^J^.thro^hW led oat rick. riaoner and one man wounded. The "face the faoU an-1 *-nd Lord :tch- tOe. British lost six horses. It U sUted ener more troops," wys;-"! Flour-Doll. Holders ask that tbe Boers ktat a number of aor*-a, and had several men killed for W a real rUk in bfin* lull-J to sli-ep per cent, puten's, in buyrs bif, m -!- ! choice . 53 to 56c. Rye Nonuual; No. 1, N i. i, 5oc, on track here. by carefully censured messages." die freights, and ex oners l i 12 Special brands sell locally from 10 to 30c above tbea figarea. Newsy Itma Aboat Ourselves and Our Neighbors Something of Interat From Every Quar- tar of the Globe. C XNAUA. 6ix automobiViu hive reached Daw- an, and will be used on the run to tbe creeks. Discoveries of rich quarts mines have iieen uuide on Bon 11131 and else- where in the Klondike district. The proposed addition to tbe Bank of Montreal in Montre-il will cost be- twe"n $*MICt,000 und |l,0),000. v nie-sij- bust of Sir li-org,- Burton, former Chief Justice of ihe Court of Appeal, haa been presented to the u, Law Association by Hon. J. r. i^on. Wilson. malroS of the Brock- lie nsral Uuspilal, h i- received a cfexiuo fr 91.UU4J from a resident of the United ><ate who was a patient at the hospital last summer. M:in<K->-r \Vhjt of the Canadian R. H. Ingram. uvaurr of the Cen- tral Vermont Railway, will b. secre- tary fir I'rvsitent Hays, of the !*outh- ern Pacific. O.u4 to the cpilenxic of highway robbery io Toledo, Ohio, wonu-n as follows: New laid, 26 to We; cold -ell as men are arming themselves stored. l*c; limd. 15 to I6c, w-:th revolvers. Poultry R. c- prs to~lay wire Urge, Mary Mahoney. of Chioago. has eooaisting nf stock held by country PRODC'CB. Toronto. Dec. 31. b^gs Trade fair, tly in cold stored. Prices are as a new- .scalp, OOU pieces of sk;n hav- itor'-k-'epers over Chrw'mi", Qailily ing rx-.-o grafted on the top of h-r not up to the mirk, and demand waa slow. Turkeys sold at 7 1-2 to 9 m* haaajl - I lier, al- U-- r.xt. Uec 1 mata, cuh. Closed; c, No. i, c.ish and The British War Office Be-riai Re- rorm or ihe Army. A despatch, frum London aiiys; The W.ir Of fire haa b*run the prom' rm of la-- army in a sajua- manner. It haa deasBdxd th December. 77c; May, 79 3-8c. St. Loais, Dec. 31. Wheat Closed r--^jr^t .. n of M.IJ r -ry Henry I- ... am in : Jig an in- 71c; May, 7i DISAFFECTED D1STRIQS. Lord Kitchener Pouring- in Thou sands ot Troops. frum louden. Wednes- tack-i and wounded a sergeant and & ' ducta. at 40 to TOe. four private* with- a bayonet while Pttoes-Firm. Car lots, oa track fren^-a rth Uquor at Wasbmgtoo -" * *!. " of store, are ..d. on Tueoday. A riov wr ia in progre** at Oe- mentv:l!e. Indiana, and aerioos irou- 4 >ted. rhe negroes are arm- ed, and the whitea are keeping- within doors to avoid them. An In.Uan outbreak ut threatened in .-..iki, .Vl.iska. In.- i raiupa wUl build a cruiier for tl- Sulutn of furky. Ihe Pbudelptua A. fteading llail- w.iy C. tupmy w^l re-equip us roud w.Ui uvw cara au I , .oouiulivca at a <X4l of J^,i)iW.OW. MS-.-, i,- a (.'. Jvnfcn-i. , * oi cgo, DAS Jtt bueil a wrdixl $4,lXi< at 4O to 45e Field produce, etc. Turnips, oat at store, 31- D-r bag: onions. 8"e per bR ; * rrots. 40c per bag; apples. per bbl . 0o to $1; sweet potatoes, per bbl. |...V). Dried fru.t-i Dried applea sell at ll-J to 4c. and evaporated at 5 to BeaasO( Unary white beans bring |l..O to chaioe oanl-picked Pacific stales that if th* i>rH.<.-ut rate f or th> , i va ,-aji^ of hT husbn" 1 -u ef n*uditure is maintained, the ro:id, yipi -j t-Vfliniy, In:., three ytsirs ogtx try iji" - n.l of l!> r . will have a bal- j,jia B. Lyjh, a wt-ll-kn n Chi- lasted track and the only one across f^go uj the prairiea. ^ff : The shareholders of the Xicki-l-Cop- ^^jj.^^, ,1 mgeroosly ill with a per Company of Hamilton luve ri . ed s message from the .-udbury nickel mine district that one of their minei Joseph and the \VorthinKton has tuined oul lo i, r ,, t, ,,, k..l-xl -ult of ./ki.'co. he having . -, rs a .1 ly Cor be a bon.inxi, ml iv ihe or.< t).- iu . takeu from it ia worth *J.'KK) ( -r >-,r , u , , h . ._ f , t> u Duvid*on. H-nry K.n two and beans are q*_te 1 it ft. 40 to 11.43. Honey Firm, Dealers quote fr -m 91-1 to Me P.T !b for S. 10, or60-lb tins, .i.-c r hng to the sixe of th>- or-'.er. Coinb h->n-y sells at f-'.W to |2.75 per ituxen section-). Baled any Firm. Choice timothy, on track. flO.JS. Two-ton lots, de- livered. |11. Straw S-.ircf. Car lots of straw. oa track. hvr.>, $7. day, aays; Lord Kitchener is in the heart of the dj>affacte<i uxstru:ts, and p-i - COUdltl -Ui. Maroh he sup.-rv.sixi the sup- preoa.cu of tint; r^ing A'hich occur- red L .. ^t t>r.Ooing liv^^'n t hous anda uf trt-p^ iro.a loje north. Ihe standard's Cape r *n corrt-s- p.,n.l*ut lays the loyal^LS del that rn.irt.al law aiiall bu pr torvu^uoui Cape C.-iuuy, but a .-lu-ft a step is now unpoasiole owing o . u- been sua- to the Uck of. furoa it.' CivJ railway traffic -1 largely .n all paru of. :iie col- ony, and movfjaents of both Uo r .m.l Br.t-sh are almost uukuown in Capv fantry br.jii ;e a i"..hri :.ir. in'i re- cently ooauoBniliivg the 9> _ of th.- routh \frj- ia f >.\* refuses to resign, in. ncrw on hjj wiy to Kn.'l in-i. The : ne>w~ - .- -i th ' qnfjtjrn o/ I'ren - responsi- for thr Yt-om.inry disaster it y. last Hay, wts fully in : by the authorities vhi-n ] r..-a i ut siinun-r '-. . ,'i.ry On comnkanii at i>.brltar -ibec The attitude of the War Office in- dicates that the new regime in Pall r-l Uia*ti AU.- iu-i I.or-l A , r~ -o some -jf tii- r-vent comm ind- -. South A: . like Gvn. il.-h.ii.-n. h.-..- n s great * - . . .> a pronm.-nt . i. ai.n 11' h.i> a mo.it dint Jvm.^.'ksi m bsva been It .- *P'' '" byst . D !io;s VND PROVISION-. Toronto, Dec. 31. Dressed hogs on the dtreot to-day were u.nob.in;red at |7 40 to $7.73. Car lots, oa track here, were quote I firm at $7.10 bid tor mixed lots. Provisions continue in nu-kel alone, lu-l d>.wu in II un !' jn. The lV[.iirtin-'ii! of finance is about to I->UH i new four-lullar note. \V inuipeg exliil>iiii>n dates are fixwt for July is* and Aii^t i. There are DOW 101 men employed in the KmgMon tocouioiive works. Trooper Mutiny, tbe Umd hero of Winchester, has been puid a gratuiiy Of $1,000 from the Patriotic fund. All the sclMxil-t and i-huri-hes h-iv been clotv<l in Boiaford d;.>iiu-t. New Brunswick, to prevent the spread of M S K Krawes, \\ - . i -N African exivrl, .ci-nfirios Mieory thu Northern 111.. ; -> tnn-d. Judge ;i(i iii with i Baker i-f in gool deiain 1 at firm prices. for provisions are as follows; Dry salted sh.-ullo- t clear bacon. I o-*.-, in car lots, im I0f - ;lQl in c - 1 *' ' 1ts - 1J l '* to 10 '- C I i,. .ui **?*!** to I30: he ' TT .id slate of affairs .b orooop. lu.^Ui be rev.-i.- uiiiu attacked ^t-yn-.turg, but waj re- piiiaeJ. and fled from catrvaotuu^ -u tbje muuntttLnd. Auuihrr Ikx-r i^uunin-.o oaptiu- , pirty if poll.-.- at V . i. iL-ont- ea cvlouiil tr.-opi surprusoj 3Jo I3o- rs, 15 m_lo4 from Bur a > ite-rjrp U-^oeia- ber .3, and after a bi.-lc .^ r ..i^ie ef volleys, retired with a loas of two men. Ihe Cape To .vu corr-apoodent of the Cune4 t. I iipoi that > soy lie is) also awell-kn.- n auth- lAjou of his iu.irr.iK">- i stir by going n hja h- .n a balloon. Cape k*ve tlic MUST NOW SURRENDER. The Boer Falders , e e.:ted With Great Loss. -spntch fr>m N'vauwuoort says. iren !>..:-. I.u- j . io -.gir - 4Q.1 his driven taem 1 towar<U Frit~.ka. U M ed to re..d, "I! '' '" be io, -1.1 - " one *"'1'O' uiau - -H im.-. ho.ivy, e lium, 1- 1-J to 131-&; light. ll-Jc b.ic.>n. H t.> 13 l-.'c; of Ciriffin't aat.iWishiu.-nt .u WiuuiiK-g kill pm< in 8 h-vurs aud 15 uiiuui.-s. i ;<- cord for \Veati<i-n C.u. UKK.VT HUH vIN Twi-uiy-twv> fisberui, a h, i . , n slrowncd firm -~; - : ind bents Russian railways uro |>ui\-hasing Th- Cz-ir i . v i '" Kdui ind Bar urn will be tl, i- m i ! v set i Tlie su-.,n : .Miri^HM.-!, from <>ilin-y 010 eove- liv.u.l. liovel ;j> r M . l\i . i .. in ->f Mr. I. U . l9 p onic b>iau. lOc: r. II bacon, lie: *ni -k- c.l hick*. 13c. All meats out of pickle . ^uju-.l for sui.-ke<l u-v ,: -. liic. tubs, 10 to 10 l-4c: D.U-*. 101-4 to 1," l--'c. . Dec, 31. December corn FALSEHOUDS ht<U>I PULPIT. tnuu..-r of waggons, i i tbe -. tCaie i-o I'..-*- -who were captured at How the Burghers are received by - .heir Advisers. n ** tar' A, dt-spatch from Pretoria, aya.- - ' to " ir ; i . iK-rs-.-ho .re- - , jly woun^'-d .a t::- ^UI>L- -u' Gen. U 11 - ! reucb's marcli to Mu-uaJodorp, an . I - c 1S pmr> have * - n the himis --urn at the Uoers, were scut f Jin t;u.ir i> GiubeUar's farm, tbreo tu.., 3 a.o- tant, where they were met .iu ~''^ fruui ..t into camp Lii ,u iuj u in . Tb men .- were weil ' :-.- , ri-puru ihat it^.u .3 ve.j .N-^.-^u.l- t . , s<-a:ce al Li ill Is \1. ue 1 1 u i , . id OOusa is f.msbed, .a 1 the sup- . c, ns s. of ui . on the A--I.' t 1-J '.o 7 1-Jc lower. . 31. W I- ! t.Tiii.;,^ , 1,-ii.ii riflf-i LJ uij.mii>.>r UOO u. Ihe A.lMU^,.. .,r. ,, j .,._ May< ,3 3 K ._ Ju , y 75< . . ,IK! :. ~ lias U.H uo ^u;i ! i bv resiuedts are kt-yt utterly m tba ji-k I Dutch ini.j ster lasi Suud.iy in- UUT OF FIGHTING Z(WE. quamtiiu-.-i .;' I'udift' The Cheque ftuk of t.on<ton. land, is going into voluntary liquida- tion. J, .rd Kdw.ir.l (.veil is ,i,-ilU,,l ^ th Ihe iiiu-n:: u of writing a book on the Vimstrong, 'i M'ufi-kiiig. \j -rd \Villlaiu i: v Invent ir of llie A i m,i mug ^uii ni.l writer upoit electrical and scientific is dead. finadian exhibits at Paris have shipped they will mvupy j:.rtWs. 1 mr.' feet of space at the May Kxhil I'M i i-.H SI v 1'K- Gr ^I-.-h.. .,ff,-rs Kruger thv f'p-vluiu .f th.- oily. the appearance of ihe bubonic . iin 18^8, -.,.,M)0 ir.iui ihe .Vv l harJ. , - 68 J-4 ti> 09 l-4c. 74 l-4c; No. 10. 2 Northe JTlour Klrst pat- . foim 1 th-m from the pu p.t that I-.--. V. i Sonhero, '?" 11 -" " '-dead, that De \\et had crossed mlo Cane Colony and *" disease have oocurruU LU iiu- M- The livvtTum.'ui of \ .. . ,.,iu.l i drifts i" fill raciici in in South Alrua. ,iod iii add. i ik.il f)orve of ux'i.iiuU uu-u. ttro tolegiaub 1 ne i.-. u Kper.i. ion i,> , i>. nil 0,1 miltvi N uga, whicb in 1,300 uula 100 rn,Ue . v| enis, ft: .-*-. >n.l i-i' n.-s. S ! JO; first o 9-t?o. svcoud clears, fl.SH) to S-. Hran higher; ia buik. $11.75 to 912. Uuluih. Dec. 31. Whent C.i.-h, hard, 7'J 7-8c; N ... 1 Northern, 7(1 \ . \ r.ht-r:j. IH 1-J I., Ui 1-J- \ . I 3 spring. jJ 1-J to 59 l-Jc; to arrive. N .. I hard, 73 l-Jc; No. 1 Nun hero, 71 I-*.-; U*e.niber. 70 l-8e, M i.v Oorn 33 l-2c. Oii 2k 3-4 -.0 Jl i: ; kta, Dec. 31. flour Dull. tho aouthMru line of Lake Tangan- yika. By ti teru* <'f Ihe r.jnru-t ,<f 1899 ;a>e liur muai be fiaishi-J within tire yeara uf :liut dale. \\JX1 1>K\ MA IT-' Sw dan aoivl N rway expvr ! n-i.^-Aej a year. Wheaf^Spring. No. I h;ird. carlonde, old, 83 3-4c; No. 1 Northern, old. carlondo. 80 3-4o; winter, no offerings of spot; No. J i- d closing steady; N . 2 red, 77o; mixed. 76o; N K I white, 75c bid. oo track. Corn Ei.-; r. No. U, 8 yelk.w, 41c. No. 3 do. 411 3 . 40 1-4 to 40 1-Jo, No. 3 do..4,. Briti-h offli'-'i'S Must lemovt I'heir A d,'.-<iM:<-h from C M. .says: was carrying everythiug before b m. and tb.ii Mr. Kru^er wa returu ug ti^-'i's who brouuli ::i ln-s ind from Kur p. , having KI rar.ge,) inter- '" ' ' vent ion, tien. Louis Botha ., th his I staff p.ul tb'-ia visit s f.-w di>.-< ago, ind m-- I inclined to advocate peace. HOrtRlBLE B'.UTALITY. l.ur U VI un Hrr ><! Via, .hip pr Biim.-d In '-rnili. A dep.vch frum New York^ Ays; A ti-1-tfriui !i in S.K . .., n o/ lt.iKhi-B.izouka surround d . ii church \ 1.1-1. and after ssawhing tbe wind, ws set fin- -,, the edilVe. \Vb<>n the worshipp-rs tri.-d bo escape th -y w T- -ln\.- ivu-k intn tike fLaiarts. ,rul tw -nty A ( T^ burned M iay oJt tae Chrutian* and knivaa. h Ira : c n s v k - in - t a. . . wiihiu tb-. 1 figh HKLD UP A TRAIN. th* Re n 'orcements Arr.ved and '.rs Wp'e Off A despatch fr^m L-indon, oars: Kite!-.- ie Boers hi'ld T:> n - ou . r ,| and i loat one killed in.l s. .-n A - n . I Our loss wan nnf k lied ind :'.I,.T- i>unded.