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*.. . ROYALTY NEAR DEATH . * THE MAN OF THE H II1IT KILLS TREATr McHenry Plalndfealcr SISTER OF KING GEOROK AND NIECES IN SHIPWRECK. Containing Duke of Fife Ml Family Capsizes on Ms Way to Shore. Butter and eggs arehlgh again, bat something always la. The right place to censor postcard* to In the manufactories. Winter is acting as if it tuul found the right place to settle down. It is suspected that somebody At Medicine Hat has left the door open. Military experts have devised a gun (tor killing aviators. But what's the we? This is the time for the cold weath­ er prophets to shout that they told WOULD SEVER FRIENDLY TIES Czar, Through Hia Minister at Wash* Ington, Notifies President That Passage of the Sulzer Resolution Would Be Considered a« Insult. California's first woman Jury ac­ quitted an editor. He must be a good- looking feller. Another aeronaut threatens to fly across the Atlantic. He is said to be a good swimmer. Sometimes a man goes through life as a dictator and sometimes he mar­ ries Ms stenographer. A York, Pa., man ate a live mouse, (here vbelng no accounting for tastes, !«s we have said before. It must be a great experience to engaged to a girl who can say **1 love you" In 54 languages. . Dr. Wiley says that American cook­ ing Is the worst in the world. Eating must be an awful chore to Dr. Wiley. Once more tailors and coal dealers are taking gome Interest ia life. Also trade in thermometers is brisk again. , A Chicago man who has been hair- for 50 years now has a full beard, easy as a pork millionaire acquiring ctiltore. Sea captain in love with a Mary­ land maid eloped by mistake with her twin aister. However, it's all In the fepaily. A college professor advises all men K> wear whiskers. Evidently he has keen cut up by a barber and wants to git even. •<v«; iW.- •jjSiV •» <*>• ' , iJM" Vi. We see by the paper* that an in- j&ana girl was hurt playing footbalL Evidently she was training to be a Sblfragette. A Philadelphia clergyman Bays that BP business man can be honest. Ail Isn't gospel that la dealt out from , jg>me pulpits. T lA New Hampshire manufacturer of #refcty4even has married a girl book­ keeper, BO his estate will be Straight- spiled up properly. £ <If the boxing game continues to Its popularity It will soon be "lecessary for our box era to loin their vtfethren in China. --;Tbe man who rocks the boat, hav- ; had a chance- to rest ap a bit, is How engaged in dragging the gun -through the bushes. Vf[f An Andover professor complains <* |WBauee Harvard men alt up when ;' Jfeey pray, but how he would complain ;|f they sat up to play cards! 'p A college professor announces that ,'fbe earth wilt cease revolving in 5221. Kow then some game sport ought to f bet him a million that It won'tl Chicago proposes to give all Its Streets names easy to pronounce. But fhat won't make any difference with the conductors who call them off. Hie Chinese emperor la only a lit­ tle feller, but, Judging from the way |ke writes, he will some day make a fortune out of the six best seller buai- Washlngton.--•President Taft was notified by the Russian government that the passage of the Sulzer resolu­ tion abrogating the treaty of 183J would be considered as an Insult and result in the severance of all friendly relations between the two nations. To obviate this possibility Presi­ dent Taft has decided to give formal notice to the Russian government of the desire of the United States to ter­ minate the treaty of 1832. The presi­ dent will Bend a message to congress on announcing his decision. The senate immediately will pass and the house is expected to pass a resolution approving and authorizing the course pursued by the chief execu­ tive. This means the Sulzer resolution Is deAd. But had it passed and been ap­ proved by the president the language of the communication made to Mr. Taft by Ambassador Bakhmateff left no doubt in the mind of administration officials as to how it would have been construed 'by the St. Petersburg au­ thorities. Russia would have no ob­ jection to the adoption by congress of a resolution contemplating the abroga­ tion of the treaty of 1832, provided the words employed are not offensive in character. The Sulzer resolution Is declared to be undiplomatic, uncouth, and rough in spirit and wording, and not in keeping with the friendly relations which have for so long existed be­ tween Russia and the United States. Russia desires to avoid a rupture with this country. She wants to main­ tain friendly relations with us. But she holds that her national honor is impugned iif the Sulzer resolution and she will not permit anything of the kind without manifesting resentment. This does not mean there is or would be danger of war with the great Slav empire. Neither Russia nor the United States wants anything of the kind. But it would have meant the handing of passports to the American ambassador and American consuls in Russia and that similar action would have been necessary on -the part of the United States with respect to the Russian ambassador and Russian con­ suls In this country. The Russian protest was communi­ cated formally to the president by the Russian' ambassador. An ambassador has the privilege of going direct to the chief of the state to whom he !s accredited. M. Baghmateff requested the president and the secretary of State to give him an interview. They met at the White House and the am­ bassador then presented the com­ munication from his government ob­ jecting to the spirit and language of the Sulzer communication. ALFRED G. VANDERBILT WEDS Connecticut grave digger, elgfcty- v|vllve years old, celebrated his blrtb- . .day by digging his own grave. Some V^'lMople have queer ideas of ainuse- ment. ^ •r 5- '" i"' The Chinese emperor keeps his thoughts to himself, but we have a hunch that he is sighing for an aero­ plane, or some other means of rapid locomotion. The young fellow in Massachusetts who has reached the age of 21 with­ out having kissed a girl may be a Virtuous youth, but It strikes us that his early education has been neg­ lected. The earth, we are told, will be habitable for the next 10,000,000 years This announcement will cause a feeling of relief among those who have been thinking of leasing apart­ ments on Mars. A' burglar entered a house In New York the other day and stole five volumes of poetry. Perhaps they were wanted for Mona Lisa to help her while away the days of her re­ tirement Mrs. McKIm Becomes the Bride of Millionaire In Englanfl--Both Are Divorcees! London.--Alfred O. Vanderbilt, sec­ ond son of the late Cornelius Vander­ bilt, from whom he inherited a for­ tune estimated at $100,000,000, was married at Reigate, Surrey, to Mrs. Margaret Emerson McKim, daughter of Capt. Isaac Emerson, the Baltimore millionaire and divorced wife of Dr. Smith, H. McKim. The ceremony was performed by a registrar. The witnesses w,£re: J. D. Langdon, Miss Ethel McCormack, Roy C. GafTer and Walter Webb Ware. Following the marriage the bridal party went to Gloucester house, where a reception was held. Although It has been known for months that the couple were engaged the ccremony came as a complete sur­ prise to all but those few friends who were chosen to act as witnesses. Mr Vanderbilt was granted a di­ vorce from his wife, who was Miss Elsie French, in May, 1908. F0GLER-CLARKE TEAM WINS 8ix-Day Bicycle Race in New York Has Tame Finish--Old Record Stands. New York.--Joe Fogler of Brooklyn and Jackie Clarke of Melbourne, Aus­ tralia, won the six-day bicycle race In Madison Square garden. The team finished one lap ahead of six other teams, bunched in a tie for second place. The finish lacked the excite­ ment of the windup. of six-day races in recent years. Fogler and Clarke won by pedaling 2,718 miles and 9 laps in 142 hours, 18 miles and 2 laps behind the record. * iif,. A writer in the Lowell Courier- Citizen has deservedly got Into trou­ ble by eaylng thaC Germans traveling in Europe are "too often unmitigated awine." Considering the behavior of two many Americans abroad, no V American should throw atones at any . traveler of any other nationalty. Some people labor under the im­ pression that the world owes them a j&Jk living. Prominent among them is the Austrian army officer who is suing W/*- »§/!• American for breach of promise. E? * 'ft jjL, - A man in Los Angeles tells of fall |sp 1 lag Into a den of rattlesnakes, of the horrible fascination he felt in watch- ilf"; y'H V? tixem crawl around and over him, W ' "i*»d of finally getting up and with the t ? , ;ald of a friend, killing four or five t ' oiust be an unusually lively brand \"A "k \ fwhich produces an experience so out wl \ V •' the beaten path. k,. <rv, 'i,. Miss Barton Is Better. Washington.--Physicians announce that there is no immediate danger in the condition of Miss Clara Barton, founder of the Red Cross society. Her great vitality may enable her to re­ cover in spite of her advanced age, they state. . Gibraltar.--King George's slater, the Princess Royal Louise, her husband, the Duke of Fife, and their daughters together with a number of Americans and other persons 'had a narrow es­ cape from death when the liner Delhi, on its way to Egypt, went on the rocks near Cape Spartel, Morocco. While being taken ashore by the longboat of the British armored cruiser Duke of Edinburgh they were thrown into the water by the capsizing of the boat, one of the daughters having a narrow escape from drowning. She was rescued by a sailor and carried to land with the others, all suffering severely from the bitter cold. Six sailors of the French cruiser Frlant were drowned when a small boat which had been Bent to the aid of the English vessel was swamped by a gigantic wave. The others reached the shore in a desperate condition and several still are suffering. It Is believed that the Delhi will be a complete lose, as she lies In an ex­ posed position and the storm, which la one of the worst experienced in years, has whipped up a sea that will soon batter the boat to pieces.. Wireless messages carried the news of the Delhi's jplight to the .British warships at Gibraltar. Realizing that several members of the royal family were on board, all was excitement and bustle in a moment The two cruisers, the Duke of Edinburgh and the Duke of Weymouth, were at once dispatched to aid the stranded passengers. BAR PACKERS FROM BRITAIN Indicted Chicago Firms Are Excluded From Bidding for Army and Navy Meat Contracts. London.--rThe British government had decided to exclude ajl the Amer­ ican meat packers, against whom prosecutions have been Instituted in the United States, from tendering con­ tracts for the supply of meat to the British army and navy, pending the settlement of the suits. t The agents in the British isles of the prominent American meat packers who, until now, have obtained large government contracts, have received the following notification from the war office: "Pending the ultimate result of the legal proceedings in the United States against certain meat-packing firms, it has been decided by the British gov­ ernment that none of the firms In­ volved shall be invited to tender for army supplies." The decision of the government la due to the opposition of labor and ad­ vanced radical members of parliament to the American trusts. Chicago.--An Gmcial of Armour it Co. said here that the action of the British government In denying Amer­ ican packers the privilege of bidding for army supplies, while not unex­ pected. is the most serious blow which thus far has been directed against the packers as a result of the prose­ cution in the federal courts. He declined to exprees what the fi­ nancial loss to his concern would be as a result of the action of the British government, but said the contract for meat supplies for the British army amounted to about 1,000,000 pounds a year. RECOVER FORTY-FIVE BODIES Now Believed There Are No More Llv- Ing Miners in Brioeville Coal 8haft Knoxville, Tenn.--Forty-five dead bodies have been removed from the Cross Mountain mine, which, with the five men rescued alive, makes a total of fifty given up from the tomb. The officials of the company claim that there were only 86 men at work at the time of the explosion, but even were they able to til exactly those who checked In, still many miners, boys and helpers went into the mines who do not appear on the company's list. Not another live miner will, in all probability, be taken from the mine, as there is little to indicate that there is a-living thing in the underground passages. Perclval Pollard, Author, Dies. Baltimore, Md^--Perclval Pollard, the well-known author and critic, died at John Hopkins hospital from the ef­ fects of an operation which he under­ went two weeks ago. $428,000'for Seal Pelts. London.--Twelve thousand seal pelts from Pribllof island, In the Ber­ ing sea, fetched over $428,000 at auc­ tion here. Pelts brought an average of $35.50 apiece, the highest price on record. "DIAMOND DICK" IS DEAD Dime Novel Hero Run Down by Train at Kansas City--Was Crack Rifle Shot. Ogdensburg, N. Y., Dec. 16.--Word was received here of the death In Kansas City, Kan., of George B. Mc­ Clelland, better known as "Diamond Dick," famous in dime novel lore, from, injuries received in being run down by a train while driving over a railroad crossing. His body will be brought to Ogdensburg, where his parents still reside. McClelland was a Crack shot with the rifle, his favorite trick being the shooting of an apple from a man's head. Scolded Girl Kills Herself. Coffeeville, Kan.--Because her fa­ ther reprimanded her for coming home late from a dance, Sophia E. Gabler, the twenty-three-year-old daughter of Valentine Gabler, president of a glass company, drank carbolic acid and died shortly afterward. Actor Hackett Is Wedded. Milwaukee, Wis.--James K. Hackett, one of the leadingj^stors of the coun­ try, was married in this city to Miss Beatrice M. Beckley, a resident of London, England. Will Erect Plant In Chicago. Philadelphia.--The management of the Baldwin Locomotive works has under consideration the erection of a plant in Chicago for the building of locomotives for the western rmfl- I roads. Eight-Hour Bill Passed, Washington.--The Hughes eight- hour bill, providing that all artisans and mechanics employed on govern­ ment work under contract, shall not work more than eight hours a day, wajg passed by the bouse withont A dissenting vote. LOO* Z,ce DECfrlBfR ¥* PtatO rots m ?lOV£5 OO * WMOt.£ £ * PRESIDENT NOTIFIED RU88IA DEt ~ CEMBER 17 OF Hl8 iNTjTWT^.-i TO TERMINATE PACT. SENDS MESSAGE TO .SENATE . RAISE WHEAT IN * Q U E S H O N A f k < 8WERED. ' " Great Strike Palis. Berlin.--The 50,000 women suit makers and 3,000 tailors who have been on strike in Berlin since No­ vember 23, abandoned the struggle, which has been unsuccessful. LILLIAN GRAHAM AND ETHEL CONR/VD, WHO 8HOT STOKES, FOUND "NOT GUILTY.* VERDICT IN 58 MINUTES Young Women Become Hysterical When' They Are Acquitted of At­ tempt to Kill New York Million­ aire--Given Ovation by Crowd. New York.--Lillian Graham and Ethel Conrad, the young women who shot W. E. D. Stokes ih the legs, are acquitted. The acquittal was re­ turned in record-br'eaking time, but fifty-eight minutes to think it over and reach a verdict. Miss Graham fell into the arms of Miss Conrad and they were locked in a tearful embrace when friends rushed to their aid. After holding a triumphant recep­ tion ih the courtroom they were es­ corted from the criminal court build- nig by a cheering crowd. In his charge to the Jury Judge Marcus eliminated the attempted murder charge from the indictment, restricting the jury to the charges of assault with intent to kill and as­ sault with Intent to do bodily harm. His contention was that the shooting In the Varana apartment on the night of June 7 was not premeditated. The closing plea of Assistant Dis­ trict Attorney Buckner was a vicious attack on the girls and a denunciation of Stokes. Of the latter he said: 'It makes no difference whether you like Stokes or not. I don't like him. I'm glad be isn't my father. My father is a minister of the Gospel and stands for everything Stokes isn't. ThiB has nothing to do with the case, however. The fact remains that Stokes wag a wily old man who knew better than to get himself into a breach of promise suit. There was not an element of love in the whole affair. It was lust on Stokes' part and on Miss Graham's part it was lucre." The girl's plea was extortion, pure and simple^ he declared, with Ethel Conrad, "a wildcat and kitten," as the prime mover. He said the whole episode was a blackmailing scheme and heaped all the blame on Miss Conrad, whom he described as "the most remarkable woman I have ever met, the most as­ tounding combination of a wildcat and kitten the world has known in many years--and only nineteen years old!" JUDGE ENDS HYDE TRIAL Miss/ng Juror Waidron Returns-- Declared Insane--Case 8et for January 2. Kansas City, Mo.--Following the re­ turn to court of Harry W. Waidron, the missing Juror In the trial of Dr. B. Clarke Hyde, charged with murder, Judge Porterfleld discharged the Jury in that case. The state was unable to show that Waidron had not discussed the case during his absence. Judge Porterfleld said that Waidron was in­ sane at the time he escaped and is still insane. He was permitted to go home and will not be punished. Dr. Hyde's third trial was eet for January 2, 1912. It Is generally under- stood that the state will ask for a con­ tinuance of the case at that time. ~ Close "Soo" for Season.. Sanlt Ste. Marie, Mich.--The American canal locks are Closed for the season. The Canadian^ lock will remain open a few days longtf. Woman 8layer by Error. Lead, S. D.--Because he was mis­ taken for a burglar when he went to ask concerning his rent, G. J. Herbert, a wealthy property owner, is dead at his home here as the result of. a woupd from a revolver In the, hands of Mrs. Amy Berry, Maine to Be a Souvenir. Washington. -- Secretary of the Navy Meyer announced he will rec­ ommend to congress that parts of the wrecked battleBhip Maine be given to th? various states or cities. Mother Accused of Maying Child.. Lltfle Rock, Ark.--Mrs. Alice Vance, accused of the murder of her four- year-old daughter, was arrested here and her brother was locked up as an accessory The mother says /ie went to a spring late yesterday afternoon Ud returned to find the child statttT* Nail Taken From Appenllx. Duluth, Minn.--Lester Brewer Is at the Duluth hospital, where be under­ went an operation for appendicitis. When the appendix was removed It was found to contain a nail. FORT PLOT IS BARED ATTACKS WITH TORCH AND DY­ NAMITE ON RILEY. Double Guards Placed on Duty After Officers Received Letters--Dam­ age to Government $1,000,000. Fort Riley, Kan.--Following the ar­ rest of Rev. C. N. Brewer, Mrs. Anna Jordan and five soldiers, it developed that for nine months federal army offi- oers at Fort Riley have been fighting an alleged plot to destroy the big army reservation. Not only were there fre­ quent incendiary fires and dynamite explosions, but the commanding offi­ cer^ received frequent letters threat­ ening them with death and the fort with destruction. Brig. Gen. W. S. Schuyler, command­ er of the post; Col. Eli D. *Hoyle, in command of the Sixth field artillery, and Col. Charles A. P. Hatfield were recipients of letters threatening them with personal violence? and the blow­ ing up of their homes. The first and one of the worst fires was the night of March 14, when the quartermaster's storehouse was entire­ ly destroyed with a loss of $250,000. Another fire on March 20 damaged the ca^talry ordnance building. An attempt not only to burn a build­ ing, but to burn soldiers, was made the night of June t. Mattresses were saturated with kerosene and set on fire. Early discovery saved the build­ ing and probably many lives. At midnight June 24, this govern­ ment bridge was dynamited. The morning of June 28 fire destroyed Troop A stable and killed 27 horses. August 9 an attempt was made to blow up the water main and cut the fort entirely from its supply of water The attempt was only partly success­ ful. NO BALL WAR IS IN SIGHT National League Adjourn* Annual , Masting After Ignoring Hostile Attitude of American Body. New York.--There will be no big baseball war after all. The an­ nual meeting of the National League adjourned without the slightest offi­ cial notice having been taken of the American League's attitude pf hostil­ ity as declared in the resolution adopt­ ed last Tuesday. After a most spirited debate the National League moguls agreed that they could not understand the spirit of the communication, so it was laid ok the table to die of neglect with the ticket scalping scandal and all other unpleasant subjects. The National league season of 191S will start on or near April 11, and will close on or near October 6. NEGRO HANGED IN THEATER Relatives of Man Slain by Colored Preacher Watch, Execution %Frem Opera House Boxes. Jackson, Ga.--Rev. William Turner, the negro preacher who incited the race riot which resulted in the killing of Jesse Singley, a wealthy planter, was banged here In King's opera house. The sheriff had intended to hang the negro tn the jail yard, but the weather was very disagreeable and the relatives of the murdered man wanted to be present. He decided to have the execution In the opera house. Before the trap was sprung the ne­ gro confessed that he tired the shot which killed Slngley and .warned mem­ bers, of his race against whisky drink­ ing. ' Gets Year's 8«nt*nce fot Bribery. New Bedford, Mass.--John E. Mur­ phy of the Republican city committee headquarters was found guilty of bribery in the last election on two counts and was sentenced to six mentlis' imprisonment on each count. Thompson Loses the Decision!* Sydney, Australia.--The American middle-weight boxer "Cyclone" Johnny Thompson was defeated on points in a contest of twenty rounds at the stadi­ um here by a fnlddle-weight boxer named Rice. ' . * Famous Nurseryman Dead. Davenport, Ia.--Oscar P. Nichols, for forty years president of the Dav­ enport nurseries and one of the lead­ ing nurserymen of the west, died here, aged eighty-two. He came to Davenport in 1838. - ' J Valuable Horses Burn, i Aognsta, Ga.--Twelve race horses valued at $10,000 perished in a fire which destroyed a stable at the fair grounds here. Eleven of the horsess were owned by George M, Burke of Willlamsport, Pa. * Asks Upper House of Congress to RaW ty His Action--Foreign Relatione Committee Report Joint Repr okition of Approval. Washington.--President Taft sent a message to the senate announcing that the Russian government,, had been notified by Ambassador Guild on December 17 of the Intention of this government to terminate the treaty of 1832. He asked that_the senate ratify this action. The senate foreign relations com­ mittee reported a Joint resolution ap­ proving the course of the president, {n reporting a joint resolution instead of a senate resolution the committee disregarded the president's desire to settle the matter without action by the house of representatives and thus ignore the Sulzer resolution. President Taft in his message said: "By instructions which I caused the secretary of state to transmit to the American ambassador at St. Peters­ burg on the 16th day of December, 1911, there was given to the imperial Russian government Under date of the 17th day of December, 1911, official notification on behalf of this govern­ ment of intention to terminate the op­ eration of the treaty of commerce and navigation of December 18, 1832, be­ tween the United States and Russia upon the expiration of the year com­ mencing on the 1st of January, 1»12, the notification contemplated by arti­ cle 12 of the existing treaty, having been embodied tn the following note addressed by* the ambassador to the minister of foreign affairs: " 'tfnder instructions from my gov­ ernment, and in pursuance of the con­ versations held by the secretary of state with the Russian ambassador at Washington, I have now* the honor to give to the Imperial Russian govern­ ment on behalf of the United States the official notification contemplated by article 12 of the treaty of 1832, whereby the operation of the said treiaty will terminate in accordance with its terms on January 1, 1913. " 'Your excellency will recall that pourparlers between the two govern­ ments during the last three years ful­ ly recognized the fact that this an* dent treaty, as is quite natural. Is no longer fully responsive In various re­ spects to the needB Of the political and material relations of the two coun­ tries, which grow constantly more im­ portant. The treaty has also given rise, from time to time, to certain con­ troversies equally regretted by both governments. " 'In conveying the present formal notification to your excellency I am in­ structed to express the desire of r©y government meanwhile to renew the effort to negotiate a modern treaty of friendship, commerce and navigation upon bases more perfectly responsive to the interests of both governments. " 'I am directed by the president at the same time to emphasize the great value attached by the government of the United States to the historic rela­ tions between the two countries and the desire of my government to spare no effort to make the outcome of the proposed negotiations contribute still further to the strength and cordiality of these relations. I avail myself of this occasion to offer to your excel-, lency the renewed assurance of my highest consideration.' ; "I now communicate this action to the senate as a part of the treaty making power of this government, with a view to Its ratification and ap­ proval." TWELVE KILLED IN WRECK Silk Train on St. Paul Road Rune Into Columbian Limited at Odessa, Minn. Odessa, Minn.--^Crashing Into the rear of the Chicago bound Columbian limited, the fast new all-steel train of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad, a silk Bpecial which was fol­ lowing at terrific speed close behind killed 12 passengers and injured near­ ly a score more. The collision oc­ curred a short distance from Odessa. Unexpected stoppage of the Colum­ bian by block signals and failure to signal the silk train, which was run­ ning as a second section of the lim­ ited, are believed to have caused die wreek. Wabash In Receivers'^ Hands. St. Louis.--F. A. Delano, Edward B. Pryor and William K. Blxby were ap­ pointed receivers for the Wabash railroad by Judge Adams of the Uni­ ted States circuit court, In answer to a petition filed by the Westinghouse Air Brake company. Each of the re­ ceivers Is required to give bonds In the sum of $300,000. Jail for Man Suffragette. London.--Allan Ross McDougall, who hurled a brass bound box at Da­ vid Lloyd-George, chancellor of the exchequer, when the latter was leav­ ing a woman's liberal meeting, strik­ ing blm on the face with the missile, was sentenced to two months at hard labor. American Drowns in Honduras Gale. Gelba, Honduras.--An American who was drowned here in a recent storm has been identified as Fred W. Enos of Charlevoix, Pa. 8andford is Given Ten Years. Portland, Me.--Ten years in the fed* eral prison at Atlanta was the sen­ tence imposed upon Rev. Frank W. Sandford, leader of the Holy Ghost and Us Society of Shiloh, for causing the depths of six persons on Uwe , yacht Coronet Emperor's Iflness Sttght. Vienna.--Reports in circulation that Smper?r Franz Josef is dangerously 111 are without basis of truth. The emperor. It was stated, ia suffering from a cold. COSTS LESS THAN 55 CENTS A BUSHEL T Western Canada, probably suffered less from weather conditions during | \ ... the year of 1911 than did almost anyf ^f Other portion of the country. Seeding was most successful and the growing, conditions up to July were never bet- p-ff ter. Crops of all kinds showed wou*^4 derful growth at that time and were I universally good, but there was not the usually excellent ripening leather in August and the effects of this were felt. Many fields that late in July ' promised 40 and 50 bushels yield of wheat were reduced to 25 and 30 bush- els, while some of course gave thel^- full expectancy and others somewhat ^ less. The quality was also lowered. In face Of these conditions, it Is found that during the months of Septembers and October, the total amount of con­ tract wheat marketed and inspected, was about 20 million bushels, which realized a total of 18 % million dollars, _ t the average price for this wheat be­ ing 97% cents; that below contract for the two months was a little over 15 million bushels, which at an aver­ age priced of 89^4 cents per bushel - Sealized a little over eleven million ollars, or a grand total for all wheat dt 35 million bushels, which realized a total of a little over thirty-one mil­ lion dollars. On tl*e first of November, there was in the hands of the farmers of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta ' for sale and seed about 130 million bushels of wheat, from ^rhlch fact some idei may be had of the value of the wheat crop of 1911. * A careful canvass made by the Win­ nipeg Free Press made of a number of men farming in a large way indi­ cates that even with the extreme ex- , pense of harvesting the crop, which has been caused by the bad weather and difficulty in threshing, wheat has been produced and put on the market for less than 55 cts. a bushel. The average freight rate Is not over v13 cts. per bushel. This would make the - cost of production and freight 68 cts. and would leave the farmer an actual margin on his low-grade wheat of 17% cts. and for his high-grade wheat of 19% cts.; and though this is not as large a profit as the farmer has every right to expect, it Is a profit * not to be despised, and which should leave k very fair amount of money to his credit when all the expenses of the year have been paid, unless the value of low-grade wheat sinks very; much below |ts present level. MADE A BUM JOB OF IT. Puffman--Sir, I am a self-made otanl Blunt--By George! Yon look like the kind of man you'd be apt to makel . Read It Differently. , A man was charged with stealing a sheep belonging to Sir Garnet Fits- Maurice. "I found the poor creature strayin' on the road, me lord, an' was just drltin' it home," pleaded the accused. "Can you read?" asked his lordship. "A little, me lord." **You could not have been ignorant, then, that the sheep belonged to your landlord, Sir Garnett Fltz-Maurice, as his brand, *G. F. M.,' was on the ani­ mal." "True for ye, me lord, hut fare I thought the letters meant 'Good Flat Mutton!"* Important to Mother* Examine carefully every bottle o^ CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for i&fants and children, and see that it Bears the Signature of i In Use For Over 30 Years, ChUdxea Cry for FUiwW* Kindly Repartee. '.'I refused him because I want a hus­ band who has known sorrow and a<^ Quired wisdom." "But, my dear, if you had accepted film he would soon have met your re­ quirements." Tightness across the chest means a cold on the longs. That's the danger siaal. Cure tb&t cold with Hamlins Wizard Oil before it runs into Consumption or Fneo- Tbe easiest thing we do la to con" vince ourselves that we are over­ worked--but the family is skeptical! Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets rsgalate and invigorate stomach, liver and bowel*. Sugar-coated, tiny granules, easy to taka. Do not gripe. Pericles wore his hair pretty close to his eyes--but nobody ever called him a low-brow!. Vr*. Wttj»low's SootiUng S^rrvp tmr CklMiw teething, «oftens the gums, reduces Uoo, pain, eurca wind colic, Ste • boula. There are few shade trees In the average Qian's field of labor. Smokers find Lewis' Single Binder 6s cigar better quality than most 10c cigar*. Don't try to understand a woman and you will succeed. TAKE A DOSE Or BEST MEDICINE Tpf COUCHS C> COtDg V \: