The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

' ext THE KING AN UE 1 r CORONA’EEON ROBES TEE Mirth WHEAT tilt? Increased Area. of Spring Wheat in the Dominion A despatch from Washingtona says: A bumper harvest of wheat in Briiish India, estimated at 309,- 000,000 bushels, surpassing all pr..- vious yields, and a record area. sown to Spring wheat in Western Cui‘iiida, where 90 per cent. of the Dominion wheat is grown, giving; rise to seemingly..extravagarit esti-! mates of probable yield, are the! features of the world’s review ofi May agricultural newsennouncedi by the Un:ted States Departmentl of Agriculture on Thursday. In other respects foreiwn agriculture a. Feature in general made average seasonable progress. . In Argentina, the great wheat and flax seed exporter of the south- ern hemisphere, the Autumn sown crops have entered their first month of the trans-equatorial Winterio Vigorous condition and on probably largely increased areas. The re- cently gathered corn crop there turned out badly and little or no surplus will be available for ex- port. The corn crop of South Africa. also is reported damaged ly drought and there probably will be none for export. Piltii 0i Film Phillis REPORTS FROM TILE LEADING TRADE CENTRES OF AMERICA. Prices of Cattle, ‘i'ain, Cheese and Other Produce at Home and Abroad. BREADS’I‘UFFS. Toronto. June 20.â€"Oatsâ€"Cnnadin.n west- ern outs. No“ 2. 39 3-40- No. 3, 59 1-40. lake gifts; Ontario No. 2. 370; No. 5. 560. out- 0. Whont~l\fo. 2 red. white or mixed. 800 OllLSido paints. Ryeâ€"ho. 2, 680 to 700. outside. Barleyâ€"Tor feed. 50'to 56c; for melting. 67 to 650, outside. Buckwheatâ€"51 to 530. outside. Manitoba. wheatâ€"No. 1 northern. $1: No. 2 northern. 980; No. 5 northern. 95o. truck. lake gorts. Manitoba. ourâ€"Quotations at Toronto are: First patents. 35.10; second patents, 34.50; strong bakers’. $4.40. Cornâ€"No. 2 allow. 5'10. c.i.f., bay ports. Peasâ€"No. 2. 8 to 800. outside. Ontario flourâ€"Winter wheat flour, $5.40 to $5.45. seaboard. Millfoedâ€"Msnitoba. bran, $21 er ton; shorts. 525; Ontario bran. 822 11 bags; Ihorts. $24, our lots. track. Toronto. . COUNTRY PRODUCE. Beansâ€"Car lots are quoted at $1.70 to 61.75, and small lots. $1.90. Honeyâ€"Extracted. in tins. 10 to 110 per 11); No. 1 comb. wholesale $2 to $2.25 per exam No. 2 comb. who esiile. $1.75 per oxen. Baled hayâ€"No. 1 is quoted at $12 to $15. On track. and No. 2 at $9 to $10. Bnled strawâ€"$6 to $6.50 on track, To- lento. getawayâ€"Cur lots. 85 to 900 cultryâ€"Yonrlinwhlokens. Ind turkeys, 19 to er bag. 5 to 15¢. per lb. LOCAL DAIRY MARKETS. Buttonâ€"Dairy prints. 17 to 190; inferior. 15 to 160. Cronmory,"21 to 250 per lb for 11:, 19 to. 210 for solids. and 19 to 200 :- separator prints. ' _ Stewâ€"Case lots. 18 to 190 per doxcn.‘ Cheeseâ€"~11 3-4 to 12c in a jobbing way. HOG PRODUCTS. Btu-on»- Long. (-lcnr. 11p per lb in cone lots: turns pork. $19 in 520: do. short cut. 3? in 9’" 1.." \ N in 15 to 16¢; (10., light. heavy. 12 to 130; rolls. 11 to 11 1-20: break- fast bacon. 17c; backs 18 to 18 1-2c. Lard-Jrierccs, 10 1-40; tube. 10 1-20; pails. 10 3-40. BUSINESS IN MONTREAL. _Montrco.1 June 20. â€" Outs -- Canadian Western. I‘lo. 2, 41 1-2 to 42c, car lots. ox store; extra. No. 1 feed, 41 to 41 1-40; No. 3 C.W., 40 1-2 to 40 5-40; No. 2 local white. 40 to 40 1-2c; No. 3 local white. 59 1-2 to 39 0-40; No. 4 local white. 58 1-2 to 59c. Flourâ€"Manitoba. Spring wheat patents, firsts, 65.20; seconds. 134.80; Winter wheat Enteritis, $4.60 to 84.75; strong bakers'. 14.60; strum-lit rollers, 84.10 to $4.25; in bags. 81.80 to 82. Rolled outsâ€"Per barrel. d4. 5' bag of 90 lbs. 82.15. Feed barleyâ€" Cni' lots. ex store, 51 to 52c. Corny-Amer- ican. No. 3 yollow. 61 to 61_ 1-2e. lilillfeedâ€" Bran. Ontario, $22; Manitoba. $21; mid- dliiigs, Ontario, 22.50 to $23; siorts ‘Ma-n- ltoba. $2.5: moui lo 825 to $30. Eggsâ€" Fresh, 17 1-2 to 18 1-20. Cheeseâ€"Westerns. 11 1-4 to 11 1-20; Eusterns. 11 to 11 1-80. Butterâ€"Choiecst. 22 to 22 1-40. UNITED STATES MARKETS. Minfioopolis. Juno 20.â€"Wliont~â€"July, 95 1-40; So tombor. 92 1-80; December. 92 1-2 to 92 ~80; No. 1 hard 95 3-40; No. 1 Northern, 95 5-4 to 95 1-4; N0. 2 Northern. 92 3-4 to 93 5-40: No. 3 wheat. 88 5-4 to 91 5-40; No. 1 durum. 64 1-40. Cornâ€"No. 5 allow, 51 5-40. Oatsâ€"No. 5 white, 56 1-2 to 56 3-40. Rye-No. 2, 870. Branâ€"$19.50 to $19.75. Flourâ€"First patents. $4.70 to $4.90; second patents. $4.50 to $4.70: first clears, 83.25 to 83.55; second clears. $2 to $2.45. Buffalo, N.Y. June 20.â€"Sprin§ whentâ€" I 5! Firm; No. 1 Northern. curios store. 99 1-20; Winter. dull; No. 2 red. 910; No. 2 white. 900. Cornâ€"No. 3 yellow. 58 1-20; No. 4 yellow. 56 5-40‘ No. 3 corn. 55 1-40; No. 4 corn, 52 3.40, all on track throu h b'ill- ed. Outs~No. 2 white. 41 55-40; No. white, 410; No. 4 white. 4 01-40. Barleyâ€"Mult- ing, 01 to $1.05. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Monaural. June ZCLâ€"Snles of choice steers at. $6.63 to $6.75; good. at_ 36.553 to $6.50: i’ni'rl good, at $6.1 to $6.25: fair. at $5.90 to 3 i and the lower ’rudes at from $5 to $5.70 per owt. Cows rouwht from $4.25 to $5.50, and bulls from $430 to $5.25 per cwt.. no to quality. Sales of lambs made at from $4.25 to $6.25 each. Prices for old sheep. 04.50 to $6 each. The demand for calves was good at from $2 to $8 each. as to sine and qualit . Toronto. June 2 â€"Prices for fat cattle! ranged all the way from $5.60 to $0.50 for steers and heifers and one lot of 12 sold at 56.35; cows, 84 to $5.25; bulls, $4.60 to $5.15. Feeders. 900 lbs each. sold at $5.40; stool-ions sold at $5 to $5.35. The bulk of milkers nnd‘ springers sold from .540 to $55 each. and one extra chOlcc cow brought $75. Veal culvcs sold. at $4.50 to $7.50 per cwt.,.-and in a. few instances 38 was paid for choice new milk fed venls. Sheep. ewes. sold at $3.50 to $4.50; rams. $3 to $3.50 per cwt.; spring lambs. $8 to $9 per cwt.. or in other words, 8c to 90 per lb: yearling lambs. $5.50 to $6 50 be! cwt. Hogs, fed and watered. sold at 83.1% per swt. HER Milling” 1 sensor" ; EURUllElS. retinitis Queen Mary in Fond of Music, is a Great Reader, and Follovvs Egonts Attgntively . Sir Clement Kinloch-Cooke con- tributes to The North. American Re- view» a. sympathetic character sketch of her Majesty Queen Mary. Intended mainly for American readers, it will be read with pleasure by Canadians generally: Her Majesty. says Sir Clem- ent, has a very retentive memory. Once- she has mastered a subject, it seldom goes out of her mind, and months afterwards she will astonish her friends by reference to a converâ€" sation they themselves had forgotten. Driving through the streets of Hobart. she recognized it mun in the crowd, and remarked to her liuly-in-wuitliig that he had been a. curate at East Slice-n when she was a girl and his name began with C. and that she had heard him preach two or three times. On inquiry it turned out that he was the same man ,and that his name was C ~11. It would be clever to have remembered him had the Queen met him after an interval of ten years. but in a passing crowd in furâ€"away Tasmania it was extraordinary. As a. mutual result of such good memory the Queen has something to say to ' . everyone, and the personal touch this gift imports to her conversation grat- ifles and charms all with whom she is brought into contact. Fond of Music. Music had a great share in‘th‘c home life at thite Lodge, the musical hour in the drawing room being at one time a regular institution, and often the Duchess would sit down at the piano in the evenings and sing bul- lads from the popular operettus of the day. The Queen has a sweet voice, a. soft soprano, which greatly matured under the skilful guidance of Signor (now Sir Lax-lo) Tostin Of late years. however, Her Majesty bus given up her singing; and, although retaining her fondness for music. she rarely finds much time to devote to the piano. . Dramatic art of every kind appeals to her. and there are few plays of im- portance, or that have attracted pub- lic attention during -the last two decades, she has not seen. Like her mother, she quickly seizes upon the humorous side of a question. Thus she has a. keen appreciation for a. sparkling comedy or a. farce, and on returning from.ihe theatre, or after- wards in conversation. often makes allusion to some particularly amusing part of the performance. The Queen is greatly attached to the historical part of her country. and has collected together quite a number of interesting things connected with the Royal Family. As a girl, she al- ways enjoyed going over museums and inspecting articles of antiquity. a. trait in her character which has widened with years. She has an intimate knowledge of old silver and china, and possesses a valuable collection of ob- Jets (Part. A Great Reader. The Queen has always been a great reader, and her boudoir at White Lodge contained a little case of favor- ite books. prominent amongst them being Tennyson's Poems. Books of travel and biographies are seldom missed, for the Queen does not read for more passing pleasure, but for iii- struction and information. Novels of themselves do not appeal to her Ma- jesty. but she has read and re-read classic works of fiction; and any novel by a well-known writer, or that is specially recommended to her. at once receives her attention. . Her Majesty follows events atten- tively. She reads the newspapers daily, and as Princess of Wales at- tended the morc important Parliamen- tary debates. occupying a seat in the Pcercsses' Gallery in the House of Lords and in the Speaker’s Gallery in the House of Commons. A chance meeting in n country house led to my being invited to VVhiie Lodge, and being honored with the friendship of the Duke and Duchess, of Teck. At the time I was helping with the House of Lords‘ inquiry into the sweating system. and well do I remember the great interest taken by the Queen in the evidence. She never tired of hearing about the workers, and would ply me with questions about the chain- makers. the seamstresses, and the other toilers for long hours and low wages. until I thoroughly believe she knew as much about the conditions and requirements of these people as I did. musclzb. . RITES AwaMONIES Many Chief Actors in Edward‘s Coro- nation IIavo Passed Away As far as the rites and ceremonies' of the Coronation are concerned, the precedent of 1902 will be strictly fol- lowed. In that particular respect the duties of the Earl Marshal and the Lord Chamberlain have proved much lighter than they were eight years ago. The greatest changes that will be noted in the pageant that attends the Coronation of King George and Queen Mary will be in the dramatic personae. Of the chief actors in the last great historic event of the crown- ing of a grout historic event of the crowning of a British King and then Primate and the then Archbishop of Yo;k are no more. Lord Salisbury and the Duke of Devonshire have been gathered to their fathers. and among others who figured largely in the bril- liant spectucle of eight years ago, and who have gone over to the majority. are the late Lord Derby and the late Earl Spencerâ€"two of the four Knights of the Garter who held the canopy for the King's nnnointing. Many others who played a. prominent part in the public life of a decade ago will next June be found absent. and the exigen- cies of political life will have forced many others in” the backgrounx1 : Ill luxury of Those Used at the Edwin-d Coronation in 1992 will be “’orn in Juno “Numbers of perzons.".dcclared a. London jeweler and Silversmith. "ini- agine coronets to is composed of 24- carat gold. and studded with priceless gems. “Well, the fact 1'}, we often supply peers or peers-“see with beautifully finished. lightâ€"weight cox-onets in 811- ver gilt for less than twenty pounds. A peer‘s coronet must fit him like a hat; but‘thcse for peeresses are half the size. Pceressses. thus having plenty of room on their headsâ€"hap- pily for usâ€"wear tiaras as well as coronets. In this way: “The tiara. high in front, sloping down each side, is placed well forward on the noble brow. With hair bunch- ed on top of the head, puffed out at ’the sides, the coronet rests on top of the hair. behind the tiara. Plenty of work there will be at the last moment, of course, altering tiarns for the Coronation. so that they may be worn in this way. for many of them are of the ‘all round' pattern. "Most-'01 the coronets donned in June next will be those used for the last Coronation. I estimate that two thousand new coronets were then turned out, at an average of $90 aplece~â€"$180,000 in all. "One peer told me of the rescue of his coronet for the 1902 ceremony. "His lordship’s plate-chest was crammed- To make room. odds and ends were cleared out. Sorting these, he encountered his coronet. The but- ler, fairly staggered. said he had been pushing it into one odd corner and another for years past, till he could come across the other part of "the old crust.” ' "The most gorgeous Coronation-item. though that comes the way of work- ers in precious metals, is the pallium. or Royal mantle of the King". It is of English cloth of goldâ€"remember the ‘Field’ of it in history?-â€"â€"woven from finest gold thread, gold as pure as will stand the strain of being so used, almost without alloy. “There are very few skilled weav- ers capable of making cloth of gold. It is exceedingly slow work, and as each inch of the material is formed. it is carefully wrapped up. so that it - shall retain its glorious flood of color. Such new, absolutely unsoiled cloth of gold looks more like a blaze of brilliant sunshine than anything you ever saw. . “Many of the State robes will have Indian embroideryâ€"gold and silver thread on silk. ' “An ounce of the pure metal is drawn out into a, thread half a mile long for the em'broiderers to use. The pattern is always original, the em- broiderers, trained from childhood. ‘making it up’ as they go along. Thus no two existing patterns are alike. and one robe can always be distin- guished from another, which saves marking. The work is usually done in India. but for the Coronation some of the most expert craftsmen of Delhi, where the best come from. are being brought over here. “The famous crimson velvet. with whch VVestmlnster Abbey will be ablaze. I find on inquiry costs about a pound a. yard, bought by the piece. A piece measures some forty yards, and though the velvet is quite plain, without any pattern. such a length takes four months to make. “British-spun pure silk linings are used, the proper lining for the crim- sonâ€"really almost purpleâ€"velvet be- ing white corded silk, costing about eight shillings a yard. v “So. although coronets themselves are not exactly pure gold jewels. one way and another the little bill tops up-ll . " GQRONMEON TOYS Speculators Get Their Money Back with Good Interest Many If anybody wants to make some money, now is his time. There are warehouses packed from cellar to roof with toys in reudiness’flor the Coron- ation. nearly all of them, bem'it noted in passing. of home manufacture. At the last Coronation, the Germans swamped the market with novelties. mementoes. toys, aha so forth; but this time they have, been forestallod. Now. if anybody can tell which of the toys is certain to “catch on” in June â€"-Well. need more be said? Fortunes have been sunk in Coron- atiOIl toys; but many speculators will get their money back with liberal in- terest. Of a certain very popular zir- iicle of this kind more than two mil- lions have been sold. and the inventor â€"& poor manâ€"of another toy made $140,000 out of it. Even “latest novelties"â€"â€"the penny articles vended by butter merchantsâ€"â€" sometimes yield "big money." the most successful was invented by a manufacturer of such things. VJhen he conceived the idea. he was so sure it would "go" that he decided not to try it tentatively. but to turn out a large quantity before offering one for sale. So he kept making it till he had a stock of two millions! He then engaged a few score aliens and had them taught ,parrotâ€"fashion, several phrases of English. As soon as they were "letter-perfect” out they were sent with absolutely “the latest novelty.” which proved, as the manu- facturer had confidently anticipated. an enormous success. Incredible as it may seem, it is none the less a fact that in ten days considerably more than a million were sold. Asquith’s Residence. The private residence of Prime Minisrer Asquith. at 20 Cavendish square. coveted by reason .nf splendid reception rooms. old rim- hogany staircase and walls puiniml il)’ Sir John Thornhlll two centuries 31") has been secured for the ("Ol'n'i:"}.,r, u Lady Cunard. *“~~-- â€"-â€". -- - O One of I ll‘S to sm- iliis great ceremony. ‘ fashioned threeâ€"cornered w" “BEAT FEAST ' V . w in grins ‘ Preparations for: the Coronatiop Ens _' tertainment to 100,000 Youngsters 55.,The work of preparing for the Cord; iidtion entertainment which the King will give to: 100,000 poor children of London at the Crystal Palace on June 80th. is well under way. ‘ - Sir VYllliam Cnrrington states that ‘ the committee entrusted to carry out the King‘s wishes, declares absolute impartiality is to be shown so that schoolchildren, of every denomination should be properly represented. ' Although not officially stated. there is every reason to believe that the King-sud Queen will be present in the course of the afternoon at the enter- tainment at the Crystal Palace. . Most probably they will be accompanied by Princess Mary and one or two of her brothers. It is assumed that the chosen 100,000 will be marslmllcd lll.o an army and converge upon Sydcnham by various routes. Probably the local railways for a certain time in the day will concentrate their energies on the transport of this army. Every child, will bear his or her own name and. address in writing, and will also carry a. distinguishing ticket or rosette, indi- cating by color and by numerals the particular school and locality. It is hoped, also, that each-girl will wear a. white dress or sash and each boy a. white tie. Once within the gates of the Crystal Palace. there should be little difficulty. The staff there is ac- customed to invasions of football onâ€" thusiasts for the Cup Final numbering from 100,000 to 140,000. and in the summer various organizations bring to Sydenham many thousuiids of chil- dren. . I_ The King’s guests will arrive 136-. tween 11 and 12.30 and stay until be- tween 6 and 7 o'clock. Dinner and lea will be served. if fine. at long tres- tle tables on the grass, but if wet the meals will be served in relays within the Palace. For dinner the children will have cold meats. pies, 1)astl'les., with lemonade; and at ten bread and butter, jam and cakes. . Each of the favored children will be given from the King :1 specially (16-: signed Coronation beaker of Royal Doulton ware. They are to be of the same shape as those made for King Edward. and on the occasions of the Jubilee: of Queen Victoria. His Mia-- lesty has supplied a special portrait of himself in the uniform of an A<l~. miral of the fleet for reproduction on the beaker. Apart from a generous programme of amusements and a monster tea. the children will be given .probably their- first glimpse of the gi‘retnes's of the; British Empire. The. 34553:; has chosen ' ‘the Crystal Palace, \Vlfiil its Festival of Empire, as the venue for this reaw sonâ€"to impress on the juvenile mind. some understanding of the vast com- _ munity of English-speaking countrles of which they form no inappreciablo part. Mr. Frank Lascelles will superin- tend the direction of a special per- formance of the, Pageant of Empire. lasting half an hour. A Royal box is to be erected for Their Majestics. Subsequently the children me to be taken in batches for a trip round the' Empire on the “All-Tied Route" Rail- way. This will enable. them to see the Parliament buildings of Newfound- land. Britain‘s oldest colony. with its pupermi-ikins.r and whaling and other] industries} together with the harbor: of St. John‘s; the great wheat prairies and cattle ranges of Canada. and the Parliament buildings at Ottawa: varâ€" ious Crown colonies. with a Malay vil- logo and a sugar plantation in Jo- maica. 'lndia *will be visited. and Delhi. where the King lsvto be crowned in person Emperor of India. From Inâ€" die the young voyngcrs will travel to Australia and New Zealand. and finâ€" ally to South Africa. where the gold and diamond mines will be shown in operation. GGRONAHGN BRESS The Names of the Seven Royal 'I‘rnlnd Bearers The Queen having decided that her train at her Coronation shall be borne by seven daughters of Earls. is now considering what their costumes shall be. According to precedent, they will all wear while, and will be dressed precisely alike. Her Majesty will pre- sent to each of her attendants a handsome souvenir of the oceasion, and this will probably be the only or- nament they will be permitted to wear. The pages who King wear a quaint uniform, of scar- lct. white and gold. and curry old- hats with plumes under their arms. The following are the train-bear- ers: Lady Eileen Butler. daughter of the Earl of Lanesborough. Lady Mary Dawson. the Earl of Dartrcy. Lady Mabel] Ogilvy. daughter of the late Earl of Airlie and me Cour.“ fess of Aurlie. Lady Victoria Cnrringtoto, zhvugnter of Earl Carrlngton. Lady Jean Cochrfiya, the 'Earl of Du? «Mend . Lady Eileen nox, daughter of the Earl and Countess of llnnfurly. Lady Adelaide Spencer. daughter of Earl Spencer. It is probable that further appoint- ments will be made. necessitated by the weight and length of her Majesty's train. . daughter of mughter of Blsley Team at Coronation. . The (‘anudiun 'Bisley team will 31-4 rive in England,‘ in time for the Coro-Z nation, «',A_rrziugemcnis at the meet-n ins: of the I). R. A. Council will be' :mnm. in give the rificmcn 11 chance Since this, "Mun on June 22nd, the team uliulll H10 10”] Of that Mrmil'cul. The Bisley err only in July. i, MVP.” : v" ' 1-1:?! â€"â€"-â€"â€".â€"â€"â€"-u- . attend the ‘