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I 1 j I nw III?ATTIQJIIP Ul\ MAln bulr Cable Steamer Arrives at Halifax With Victims of Titanic A Despatch from New York says : message through Sable Island. Tho Two hundred and five bodies of thci bodies of John Jacob Aster and victims of the Titanic disaster have boon picked tip at sea by the cable steamer ilackit.v-Hennett, and were brought back to Halifax. Bodies arc floating upon tho sea- many niilfs east and west in latitude 41.35 north and longitude 48.37 west, mv> the wireless from tho "death ship.' Isador Straus have been identified and embalmed aboard the cable steamship Mackay-Kennett, accord- ing to an official wireless despatch received by the White Star Line offices on Friday. The news of the identificatiog of J. J. Astor and Isador Straus came in a wireless despatch relayed by I ,. 111 .1 V> ilVH.T,-.-3 UUDUVOVVU l*,ll*\^\* w, following dam** was re- , Bt< . am8hip Caledonia to the cr.ved ,,u Thursday Jj the V jhito J{ ^ , t u Tt Star Line through the Capo Race ' (MM.) vin-lr-s ttation : "Drifting in dcriH 1 fut; since noon Wednesday. Total picked up, 205. Bodies are in latitude 11.35 north, longitude 48.37 west, extending many miles east and west. Mail ships should give this a wide berth. Medical opinion is that death has been instantan- eous in all cases, owing to pressure when bodies drawn down in vor- tex." Of the. 205 bodies re-covered by the Mackay-Bennett, only 43 have been identified, leaving 162 unidentified dead on board. HAYS, ASTOR AXD STRAUS. A despatch from Halifax, N. S., nays : The cable steamer Minia ar- rived alongside the Mackay-Bennett near the scene of the Titanic disas- ter at midnight Thursday, and on Friday morning at 6 o'clock recov- ered the body of Charles M. Hays, late President of the Grand Trunk Railway. This is the first body picked up by the Minia. These par- ticulars reached here in a wireless simply read. 'Further F. Button, names William Ale ; J, Stone, Philip J. Sl.-kes, Kdwin H. Petty, William Dashwood, W. Hanton, Thomas An- derson, A. Laurence, J. Adam, A. Boothby, Ragozzi Abel, J. Butter- worth, A. Robins, C'has. Lojich, Ol- sen F. Penny, Charles Chapman, Albert Wirz, Achille Wallens, Carl Asplanade, J. S. Johnson, H. Allen, W. Anderson, H. P. Hodges, J. P. Talbot, J. M. Robinson, K. A. Hell, J. W. Gill, A. Johnson, AT. Lilly, Ed. Barker, G. F. Bailey, O. S. Woody, P. Hewitt, P. Connors. "Following been embalmed C. C. 'Jones, Isador Straus, Reg. Bul- ler, H. H. Harrison, T. W. Ncweil, John Jacob Astor, Milton C. Jx>ng, W. C. Dulles, H. J. Allison (Mont- real), George Graham, (To/onto), Jacob Birnbaum, Austin Partner (Ottawa), F. F. White, Pyroll \V. Cavendish, Hendrick J. Zillner." This makes ninety-two bodies identified. PRICES OF FARM PRODUCTS REPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES OF AMERICA. Prices of Catlle, Grain, Cheese and Other Produce at Home and Abroad. BRKADKTUFFH. Toronto. April 30. Flour. Winter whoat, 90 JKT cent, patent*. $4.00, at seaboard. and at 84.00 to $4.10 for home consumption. Manitoba flours First patents. $5.70; sec- ond patents. $5.20, and strong bakers . (a. on track. Toronto. Manitoba wheat-No. 1 Northern. $1.- 111-2. and No. 3 at S1.071-2. Bay ports. Feed whoat. all-rail. 74 to 77c. Ontario wheat No. 2 white, red and mixed. $1.01 to $1.02. outside. I'IUH No. 2 ihipplnj peas. $1.25, outside. Oat Car lots of No. 2 Ontario, 49 t" Me, arid No. 3 at 47 to 48c. outcide. No 2 Ontario. 52 to 52 l-2c. on track. Toronto. No. 1 tdtra W. C. feed, 51c. and No. 1. V>". P.ny ports'. llarlcv 48 pounds at 88 to 90c. outside. IVirn No. 3 American yellow. 67c;. To- ronto frciKlit. and kiln-dried at 90c. Kyi- 1'rin-s noniinnl at 90c. Bookwheal 70 to 72c, outHide. Urun Mai:itli:i lirnn, (Z.S. in bags, To- ronto freight. Shorts, $27.00. COI'STKY PKOIHTE. Appli-s - $3.10 to JI4.50 per barrel. It' .11 Small lotb of hand-picked $2.65 to $275 i" r buKlu 1 !. llonoy Kztractpil, In tins. 11 to 12c per Ib. CouibH. $2.50 to $2.75. I; ,1. <l Hay- No. 1 at $16 to $16.!>0. on tra<k. and No. 2 at (14 to $15; mixed clover. $11 to $12. Baled straw $9 to $10, on track, To- ronto. Potato*-? Tar lots of Ontarios. in bags, $!''. and Delaware! at $1.90. Out-of -store, $185 to $2. Poultry -Wholesale prices of choice HN'Mil poultry iChlckeni, 16 to 18o per lh.: fowl. 10 U) 12c; ducku. 15 to 17c; tur- key-, 20c. Ijlvn |K)iiltry, about 2o lower tli. i n thu above. IH'TTKR. KCfJH. Butter Dairy, choice, 27 to "9c; bakers, Inferior. 22 to 23c; creamery. 33 to 34c for roll-, mill 31 to 32c fur solid*. IlKir- New-laid. 22 to 23c per dozen in en*-'' lot^. ('hci-i.c New chceiie. 151-2 to 16c per Ib. H0(! PltOIH'CTH. Ilacon Ixmg clear. 13 to 13 l-2c tier lh In rne lots. Pork, (.hort cut. $22.50 1<i |Z3; do., tm-HK, $19.50 1<> $20. HamH Medi- ., , . . - um to liKht, 17 to 171-2C; heavy, 15 to -loi r.illii. 12 to 121-2c; bri-akfuiil ba- fll- . - on. 17 t'i 18c; backs. 19 to 20c l.nrd TiiTccH, 131-4c; ttil)K. HMo, paile. MONTIIKAI, MAUKI:TS. Montreal, April JO. Oats Canadian WeHtrru. No. 2, Me; do.. No. 3. 60c; extra No. 1 feed, 51c; No. 2 local white. 50c; do.. No. 3. 49c; do.. No. 4, 48c. Barley Manitoba feed. 65c; malting, $1.05 to 81.- 10. Buckwheat- No. 2, 74 to 75c. Flour- Manit^ba Spring wheat patentn, fir&ts*. $5.- 80; do., swxindsi. $5.30; strong bakers'. $5.- 10; Winter patentH, choice. $5.10 to $5.35; straight rollers, S4.65 to $4.75; do., in baitc, $2.15 to $225. Rolled oats Barrels. $5.- 35; bag of 90 Ibs.. $2.55. Millfucd-Bran $25; shorts, $27; middling?. $29; mouillie. $30 to $36. Hay No. 2. per ton, car lots, $15.50 to $16. Chccf -Finest westerns, 131-2 to 14c. Butter Choicest creamery, 27c; soconde. 26c. Eggs Fresh, 23 to 231-2c. Potatoes- Per bag. car lots, $1.85 to $1.90. UNITED STATES MARKETS. Minneapolis, April 30. Wheat- May, $1.121-8; July. $1.131-2; September. $1.0.1-4 to $1.053-8; No. 1 hard. $1.153-8; No. I Northern, $1.145-8 to $1.147-8; No. 2 Northern, $1.125-8 to $1.127-8: No. 3 wheat. $1.105-8 to $1.107-8; No. 3 yellow corn. 791-2 1o 80c. No. 3 white oatR, 55 to 55 l-4c. No. 2 rye. 90c. Bran, $24.00 to $24.50. Flour. Mm patents', $5.10 to *1/0; spmmd pat- eritf, $4.75 to $5; first clears, $3.50 to $3.80; second i-lrars, $2.30 to $2.80. Buffalo, April 30. Spring wheat, no offerings; Winter, No. 2 rcil, $1.18; No. J red. $1 16; No. 2 white, $1.17. Corn. No 3 yellow, 831-2; No. 4 -ellow, 82c; N.I 3 corn. 813-4 to 823-4c; No. 4 corn. 60 to 801-2c, all on track through billed. O;itn, No. 2 white, 621-4c; No. 3 white, 611-4c; No. 4 white, 601-4c. Barley, malting, $1.- LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Montreal. April 30.-Choico steers at $7.- 50 to $7.76, good at $7.00 to $725, und lower grades from that down to $5.50 |icr cwt. Choice cows sold at $6.25 to $6.50, good at $5.50 to $6, und common stock a low a H $4.50 per cwt. There were a few choice bulls) offered, which met with 11 good demand at $6.50. ami good ones at $6 to $6.25, and tho lower grades at from $4.75 to $5.75 per cwi. Calves ranged from $200 t<i $8.00 each, nsi to situ anil quality. A few spring lamliB sold at $3.00 to $6.00 each, and nomo yearling lambs at $7.25 to $7.50 per cwt. Sheep brought $500 per cwt. Balloted lots of hogs sold from 89- 40 to $9.50 per cwt.. weighed off rar.'i. Toronto, April 30. - Cattla- Extra choice heavy steers, for butcher and export, $7.- 25; good medium to choice butcher loads $6.40 to $680; mixed light butcher, $5.50 to $6; common. $3.50 to $5.45; canncrs. $2 to $3; choice butcher cows, firm, ut $525 t.i $6.25; ImTlH. $5 to $6.25. Siockers - Nte.-idy dcmnnd lit $5.25 lo $6 for good (juality; extra choice heavy feeders $6 Calves -flood venl. $6.50 to $8.50: bob:..' $2.50 to $3.50. HhM'p Market steady Choice ewes. $5 to $6.50: yearling, $8 to $9: Inn-Its and culls. $4 to $5; sprini- lambs. $4 to $7 each. Hogs - Harkot fini* cr nt $8.75, fed and watered, and $8.JO to *.jj, f.o.b, -*- If you want knowledge you must t/oil for it; if food you must toil for it; and if pleasure you must toil for it. Toil is the law. ABM1IAN Ml ESCAPED Found Boat on Titanic And Threw it Into The Ocean A despatch from Brantford say : David Viirllu^iaii, an Armenian, 24 years nf aM^ODfl of tli(^ sleera ' urvivurs of the Titanic, arriM-il here on Wednesday night to join Brantford friendt, Four of Var- thanian's comrailes, who were bound for Hamilton, wore lont. Vartlmnian was later joined in city by Ashan Krieorian, a patriot, who escaped in the sam boaf as Major IVuchen. Kricoriiin in the man who Major Peuchen an<l the quartermaKter in( i ntioncil as be- ing found crouching in the tmttoin of the boat. Krieorian had a bro- ken arm, nnd when commanded to take an our and row wits of little ii- r owing to his injury, K i ic'ii'ian n chum. Varthnniiin, ll<n;ii)/li nn interpreter, txiltl a tliiilliiiK story of Hi" <li'.-i-l< i frnm t!i( \icMVpoiut <-f the steerage IMS is. who bad just fnii'<lic<l a i in 'Tt be ''ni-p (he ship (struck. ,V;nl\ i.ll had retired, and were awikriicd )>} i-i \ol\er sliotH from the "fli'-i TS. When Varthanian and his corn- rabies got up they were, ordered to remain in the hack part of tho ship and put on life belts. All obeyed orders except a hundred, for whom the supply on Inuid was short. About half an hour lifter tho crash all tho steerage passengers had to move, back, the water gi'.ttinn into their apartmcnte. Varllinnian with a number of other f.ireiirnerR found a boat, and threw it into the water, and Jill jumped. He was Inter pulled in, and there we.re so many different nationalities that none understood each other. The Titimic went down when Hie fnreig:i--r uer ( \ !K>IIT ^0 uirds dis- tant 'The inking <,f tlm bout threw nil the foreigners back into the wa- ter again, but Varlhiinian u is agiiiri fiirluiuile enough to got pick- ed up. The Armenian pent three days in a New York hmpiia!. '-'-cured a new suit of <-!(i|lic, a tii-lc'l f ,1- I'.i-ant ford and till before lca\ii>K. MAX AS STORY TELI.LK. "Tho eternal progre'SiiorJ of tha imperishable Boul," was one of a number of fine phrases let fall in the course of Mr. Max Pember- ton's lecture on "Literature and Travel," given recently in London. Illustrating insular ignorance the lecturer told of a countryman who was shown some kangaroos at the Zoo. "What are these 1" he asked. "Natives of Australia," was the reply. "Oh, heavens!" he exclaimed, "my sister married one of them I" An American lady who professed Millie SAFE INVESTMENT!! PROSPECT OF APPRECIATION IN IN- DUSTRIAL STOCKS ONLY REASON FOR BUYING THEM. This is Creatast Just After Industrial Depression and Least During Good Times Not a Proper Investment for Anyone Who Has to Deriend on Income From Investments. The article* contributed by "Investor" re for the ole purpose of guiding pros- pective investor*, and. If possible, of aav- inn them from losing money through plncinjc it in "wild-cat" enterprUes. The impnrtinl and reliable character of th- Information may be relied upon, writer of thf^o nrticlei and the publisher of this paper have no Interests to nerve In connection with this matter other than those of the reader. (By "Investor.") The safety of an investment in an in- dustrial stock as we saw Ia8t e tu ' 1 r : e Bc-iuls to no small degree on the nature ot the produci which the ': facturcs. Perhaps equally as much, now ever it dt-nenda on the men at the head of th/eompauy. When you hear that an experienced miller like the late Robert Meigheu is at the head * > ml > liiv c-nnpany. you naturally conclude thai the SJmpany will be run projperl^ On the other hand, if you learn that a mail whose whole experience has ><*">" the Bteel and iron business is to manaBe n i-pment company you naturally h<M! tit-La before buying '..he cement company s share* That in the ca,* of the Canada Cement Company Mr. Jones proved him- self to be quite as successful as a <e- ment man" as he did an "iron man. only goea to show that there arc excep- tions to every rule. CONTAINS MO AL.U M CONFORMS TO THE HIGH STANDARD OF GILLETT'S GOODS mm BAKING POWDER INTERESTING GOSSIP FROM QUEEN CITY. THE ons o . However, not alone on the name of tnc general manager Khould one purrhn:* an Major Pe-jchen and the Titani: Disaster C. T. R. Management- Street Railway Trouble. (We have arranged for a weekly letter about Toronto affairs, which, we belieye. will be of ereat interest to many of our teen hours in the day to get in their nine hours' work. Public opinion runs so antagonistic to the company that it is likely the men will have a lot of moral support. How long thi.i would last under the in/con- venienceg of a strike is a question. In the last year or two the men have been recruited by a great number of immi- grants who are sometimes excellent ser- vants of the public, and sometimes th reverse. TRIBITE TO C. M. F VYS. No lo g age r an c.Vri.-ncl readers. These leUers will be from th. Toronto hesitated over pur- 1 pen of one of Canada', foremon journ* 1 J ....,,, I !;..._ _ _ _ n ...V.A 1. ~ n*>AWAl CJ-ltriA fit till! I investor in Toronto nesitaten w- i wen 01 'chasing an otherwise extremely desirable j lists, a. industrial bond for the sole reason that world a the business reputation of one of vhe di- cupiea* _.: __ * V,;^ Itl/inw TYirnlltd man who ha. covered eo *,. of the Mr. Max Pcmbcrton. to be a reader, said she knew Scott rcrtors was not entirely to his liking. When such a man hesitates on account of one director when a bond is the sub- ject of enquiry, much more should one consider before buying an indm.rial stock. Moreover, not only inuet a m:in be careful that the directors are not dan men. but it u essential that they well. "Do you know 'Ivanhoc' V asked a dour Scott. "That's fine !" she said. " 'The Lady of the Lake' 1 tin Durward' "Scott' of them The judge to 1 . he came to the City Temple. Two not need to be reared. , ,. , . TIT i -n ,1 So in considering safety of an uioun- ladies being in Warwick Prison, the | trial gtol . k a i way8 B can well the list of governor visited the cells, and said , directors. , ,, (1 U, When that is done, however, the safety tx> one of the prisoners : )f course, n j t j, e average industrial stock is not ex ; you will have to observe all the con-| eessive. except In the case of greatest happenings and now oo- a leading po.mon on one o, th. Toronto dailies.) After the first horror of the Titanic dis- aster had worn off Ae chief local inter- est in the event centered around the per- eon of Major Peuchen. who on a call be- ventions of the prison." "Yes," she said, "but communication. I wish to make a ' She was told shares, which are usu-illy reasonably safe as a business man's investment. The rate of income in an industrial stock should bo hiirh to compensate for other weaknesses. B. C. Packers C'omronn characteriiod the discussions, in which' Indus- has participated practically every man, woman and child in th enure popula- 'perhaps it Is a fair statement of the situation to say that moderate-minded men have no hesitation iu accepting Major Peuchen's story of his escape as absolutely true. It has in any case been amply corroborated by other eye-witners- Where he made his mistakes were in criticisms, the sweeping nature of she must make it in writing. She pays 6 per cent and sold most of the .. , ..,, . - year at around 75. at which price the 111- rcplied. 'It IS an urgent communi- come was 8 per cent, on the capital in- cation, and I wish to make it be-'ted- At the present time .the pr^pcct i Mgned by ^he swpnd ofl , ., . i of a bonus has put the stock higher; but * an jf-. Mu ' fore a Witness. The governor sent a n industrial common stock should yield! doubtless been unjust, anc for tho chaplain and the doctor. When they were all in the cell, the prisoner said: "I want to tell you that no gentleman ei-nics into a lady's room with his hat on 1" TIIK OLD PLEA. He "Didn't Know It MCs Lauded." about 8 per cent , unless there is some very good reason for the stock to sell higher while a preferred stock should re- tiirn nt least 63-4 to 7 per cent. It is quite impossible to make any gen- eral statement with respect to the con- vert ibilit> of industrial shares. On an average, however, one should not count on any hipf degree of thi'i feature. Prospect of Appreciating in value is. of course, the chief rcaon why one buys in- dustrial shares. This should be. present in a high degree or there is no attrac- tion in buying the stock nt all. As a -cncrnl rule the prospect of appreciation ihich. au originally published, he sub- sequently denied, and in his speedy an- nouncement of a certificate of bravery H.W.VIII! officer of the Ti- ticisms of him has ,_... and a good deal of sympathy for his position has been aroused. To hear a lot of comment one would think that men who by the thousand in the city do not give up their seats in a street car to women, would never think of trying to save themselves if on a sink- ing ship, even if they coald do so without taking any woman's teat in a lifeboat. W0 WILL HEAD THE O. T. R.? The loss of C. M. Hays leaves the Orand Trunk Railway and its allied lines tern- Mr. A. W. Smithers Reeords Grid of i,.i.K. Olllfials. A despatch from London says: Mr. A. W. Smithe-rs, Chairman ot the G.T.R., writing to The Times, says: "As there will be no oppor- tunity till the next general meeting of the G.T.R. in October of pub- liely paying a tribute to Mr. "C. M. ! Hays, late President, I venture, as you kindly allow me, to express on behalf of the proprietors, board, officers and staff of the company their deep grief at his untimely losi and their high appreciation of hie great and devoted services to tk company and their heartfeJt sym- pathy with his widow and family in their great Borrow." jfa GERMANS FOR CANADA. Tide of Emigration Likely to Turm in This Direction. A despatch from Ottawa says: That the stream of German emigra- tion is likely to turn Canadawards is stated in a report to the Depart- ment of Trade and Commerce from J. T. Lithgow, acting trade agent at Berlin. Mr. Lithgow points out that his office, under the German law, is not permitted to induce A German subject to emigrate, but information may bo given, ami ha> been given, in response to numer- ous enquiries from people "vho have decided to go to Canada, ncar- '- V a11 f in comfortable .-- - ', , , i i Ullva v*l nil" oj on. u* v* " The eoffec drinker seldom realize* g greatest at the end of an industrial j it waB definitely learned he was dead. The , . ,l, T resM.ni. ami li-a.t .it a tun.- like the , ia mo , t Dro minently put forward in- su f tine-s of the system broke- out as soon as circumstances, ana many with con- , ... press ion, and least at that coffee contains, the drug, cat- present when Industrial conditions have feine, a serious poison to the heart' S,,/^Hod' y Thn'pn'io'S: &JSS& not a good time to buy stocks, and for the same reason it is a good time to buy sound bonds. Stability of market price In almost whol- aiul nerves, causing many forms of di.soasc, noticeably dyspepsia. "I was a lover of coffee and used it for many years and did not rea- ' lacking in industrial stocks. They fine til* w tunte quickly and sharply, up one dav hzo the, bad effects I was suffering nni | ,i owll tni , , Take Canadian Ocn- f mm its use. (Tea is just as iniuri-l ral Klectric. in 1889 it sold at iw, in ous as coffee because' it, too. con-j iVWMt tr^Vaow^ "' It tains eaffcinc, the same drug found l now around 114. There is not much ill coffee ) *tnbtilty_ here. Preferred shares fliu-tu- 'At first I was troubled with in- digoslion. I did not attribute the trouble to the use of coffee, but thought it arose from other causes. With these attacks I had sick head- ache, nausea and vomiting. Final- ly my stomach was in such .1 i^oiidi- tion I could scarcely retain any food. "I consulted a physician; was told all my troubles came from indi- gestion, but was not informed what cause.-.! the indigestion. I kept on with the coffjno and kept on with the trouble, too, and my case con- tinued to grow worse from year to year until it developed into chronic diarrhea, nausea and severe at- tacks of vomiting. I could kec.p nothing on my stomach and becaiw ate far less, of course, and, in fact, gen- erally mny bo counted to remain with- in a radius of ten points. To sum up. Industrial Stocks arc in- vestments proper only for business men in close touch with conditions and cer- tainly never for anyone who is depend- ent on lh income from their investments for a living. a mere to 128 pounds. "A specialist Informix! me I had a very severe case, of catarrh of the stomach which had got so bad he could do nothing for me and I be- came convinced my days were nuin- berc.'l. "Then I chanced to 5eo an article setting forth the. 'good qualities of Postum and explaining how coffee injures people, so I concluded to give PoRtum -a trial. I soon saw tho good c.Teots my headaches wore less frequent, nausea and i died in Montreal last year were vomiting only came at long inter- vals and T was s<in a changed man, feeling nnieh better. "Then T thought I could stand names most prominently put forward in- clude V. H. Fitihugh. Vice-Prc:iideiit of the Orand Trunk; E. J. L'hambcrlin. Vice-President of the Orand Trunk Pacific: William WninwriKht. and Major Leo- nard. Mr. Fitzhugh has had a long perienoe under various Orand Trunk re- gimes. Though he has never been charged with full responsibility he is understood to be a man of resourcefulness and much force of character. Mr. Chamberliu's work with tho Orand Trunk P:\cirle ban been highly commended and lie is re- k'.irdr.l as a coming railroader. Mrs. Wainwright is highly estimr.ble. but his age and state of health kept lu* name from being as prominently mentioned ab some of the others. BOATS WILL BE CAREFUL. One effect of tho Titnnlo disaster, un- doubtedly, is that water travel, whether on the ocean or on the lakes, will be safer from now on than it has been for years. A false confidence has been, abroad. Ships do not sink now-a-days wan the feeling, and if they do wireless telegraphy would bring aid before lives were lost. Bpeed and comfort were, there- fore, given undue regard in relation t<r safety. Had the catastrophe befallen a smaller boat tho larger ones would still havo felt that they were safe, nnd there may, therefore, be something of Provi- i : in- mightiest of them all, that was se- says : Kepresentutives of soft coal | Icoted for the slaughter. Now. every other vessel knows that It must hence- forth relax no n- ilble precaution. Local line* have been taking stock of their safety appliances, and may be depended upon to do all that is possible. MAY BE 8TRKKT CAK 8TUIKE. Trouble Is brewing between the Toronto Street Railway Company and its employer!, organized as tho Street Haihvaymen's I'n- ion, with a membership of about 1.500 men. \n agreement made two years ago comes to an end on Juno 15, and the men declare that they must have higher wagea and improved conditions of work or on that date they will go on strike. No other labor trouble that can threat- en Toronto contains >urh possibilities of inconvenience as a street railwav strike. Toronto spreads over such a wide area that, many people now live five or six miles from their work. A strike menns the ombarrtHsmon* of factories and storcr. and trouble for overy one. At present the men's maximum wage l 25 cents an hour Thev demand 30. An- other chief grievance lie* in the ili-strih'i- tin" of their hours. Owing to the- rush truffle night nnd morning- hundreds of rxtr.-i men have to be pnt on at those periods T'lt-y nr.t In the remainder of their days' work whenever thoy get a chance. They complain that often -. hy havo to remain on duty fifteen or six- SOFT COAL ACREF.MKNT. Owners and Miners SolUo Differ- ences for xt Two Years. A despatch from Indianapolis ^ in tl10 fact that u wa8 the Titanl<1 ' mine owners of Ohio, Western Pennsylvania, Illinois and Indiana, and of the United Mine Workers of those States, on Thursday after- noon signed tho wago agreement ratified by tho recent referendum nhadow, reduced from 159 vote, of the minors. The agreement will be tho basis of contracts to be entered into for the next two years by the, bituminous miners and oper- ators of many States. It grants a wage increase of five cents a ton. INFANT MORTALITY. 4,27S Montreal Children Did Not Mvo a Your. A despatch from Montreal says : Kiftv per cent, of the children who less than a year old, according to the report of Dr. Louis L.tberge, chief of the Civic Health Depart- ment. The report shows that out of a total infant mortality of 9,974 no fewer than -1,278 children did not liue to n, whole year. siderable money to invest." Eight Years of Bad Eczema on Hands A.Bro HMMH Cured by Cuticura Soap and Ointment Miss Mary A. Bcntley, 93 University St.; Montreal, writes, In a recent letter: "Som* nine years ago I noticed small pimples break* Ing out on the back of my hands. They became very irritating, and gradually becama v. ....... so that I could, not sleep at night. I consulted a physician who treated me a loiur time, but it got worse, and I could not put ray hands in water. I wtm treated at th hospital, and It was Just the same. I was tuld that It was a very tint case of eczema. , "Well, I Just kept on ming everything that X could for nearly eight years until I wa* advised to try Cuticura Ointment. I did so. and I found after a few applications th burning sensations wore disappearing, I could sleep well, and did not hav any itching during tho night. I bcxah after a while to tiso Oitlcura Soup. I stuck to tho Cuticura> treatment, and thought if I could use othe remedies for over seven years with no result, nnd after only having a few applications and! finding ease from Cuticura Ointment, It deserved a fair trial with K sev.-ro and stub- born case. I used the Cutlcunt Ointment and Soap for nearly six months, and I am glad to say that I have hands as clear as anyone. It Is my wish that you publish this letter to all t ha world, aud if anyone doubts it. let them write me." Cuticura Soap and Ointment arc Bold by dnivxUts and dealers everywhere. I\>r % liberal free sample of each, with 32-p. book wnd to Potter Onur , Chora. Corp.. 63 Columbus Avo., Boston, U. U. A. coffer apr-iin, Imt us soon n,s I tried it my old tronliliv! returned nnd T ntjniu turned to I'ostum. Would you l.r-lirvp it. I did this three tinics Lr-foro I had yon?.. enou K h to TAX ON UOrOR TKAVFLLKRS. qint COfKV) for pood nnd keep on | . with the return. T am now a w,-ll ,, r|npp K.lwnrd Island Proposes to man with no nvire, honxlache-s, h <>r vcmitinR nn<l have al (Miii.',l linck to 147 pounds." by Onni'diaTi Postum tic IMI.I n Make Thorn lny $200. ,\ despatch from Charl ittotown, P.T'I.T., finys: Travellers selling li- Ont. qtiors will hereafter pay a tux of ' for th" f-nnnus lit- ?2(K>, according to a bill now be/ore j t<> M'clh I'lle." i the Legislature. The late Govern- 1 Ever read tho anove letter? A now oni ' ineut passed a bill prohibiting any! appears from llmo to tlmo. Thoy art j commercial traveller from taking j Bcmilns, trim, nnd full of human Intaritt. A little tip will i,ft>Mi cure n wnit- er nf orders for liquor houses. The Do- minion Government, declared this lull ultra vire.s, a-id liquor travi i- I lers have hnd no interference since. An Absolutely Safe 6 Investment <1 The First Mortgage Bonds of Price Bros. & Company 6 per cent, on the invest- mentsecured by first mortgage ou one of the finest paper mills and over four million acres of the best pulp ami timber land In America insuml with Lloyds, of London, England, against fireoffer a most attractive investment. The present net earnings of the Company arc sufficient to pay the bond interest twice over. The growing demand for pulpwood is yearly increasing the value of the Company's properties. These bonds have been purchased by the best informed financiers in both Canada and Kngland. At tlieir present price they yield 6 per cent interest. 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