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£10."? “I m sum 1 cofldnl. guess, miss -â€" t 1! me the ne\ 1: must be somethin’ “on dcrtul nice 0' make-mu sort 0’ perk up Like séu’i'e M -- k‘eYEev triad much M to no: “Got a latter. miss-y?" sne asxea; "(no or your pore mn’s relations askin’ you {a shy there p’r‘aps?“ “No: that's quite wrong! Your; haven't. guessed ' 551 right, find I don’t l'e'ieve you ever would. guess. if )‘011 mm the whole day long, because it’s mun}! loo cxfiraord‘many and wonder- fu’ to be guessed.” < Hope's eyes 50‘ lath-{v misty with bars glcamed now with mischevious “Mrs. Brooks.” she called down them, “do come up here, I’ve got something fuaz'fully important to tell you.” “Coming. miss,” was shouted up from below. for Mrs. BFOOKSV being 8 (Zaazgitler of Eve. was seized with a firm! do<lre to discover at once what érznwill'larlt news her POOP link: ledger muld have to impart. In a wry few seconds she appeared in m: sitting-room, wiping her hands’ on her voluminous zind dirty apron, and glancing curiously at Hope‘s eager face. and the open letter in her handy: “Got a letter. missy?” she askedw “< no of your pore mn's relations askin’l Fairy tales. her mother had told her, had told her not so very long ago. either: and with fairy lore her small head was well stored. She had dreams of a prince in disguise who might one day ride up to the lodgings and carry her away wittr’lzim on a “coal black charger.” to some enchanted land he- }onct the limits of the London world she knew; and the prince of her fancy did not bear the remotes! resemblance tr the grave doctor who had been so suddenly plunged into the very heart and (re-hire 0! her life. Yet. she was not for that reason chilled by Miles lett r: on the contrary. a little warm toting o! happiness and elation stirred at her heart. Nobody in her fairy books had ever written a love letter. therefore .‘siiles' stifled and cold sen- triers did not. appear to her in any way remarkable or out of the common. “ill just go and tell Mrs. Brooks.’ she exclaimed suddenly. jumping to her feet with the happy abandon of a child who has just been presented with 9 new toy: “fancy my being married! Whatever will .\lrs. Brooks say? And oh! how I want mummy." With the last thought biglears slow- i}, filled her eyes. tears ‘which she t-rushed away in elementary and child- ish fashion with the bad; of her hand. before running to the top of the kitchen stairs. Hope had never read a Io've story in her life. indeed her reading had bccn altogether of a singularly circumscribed description. and although she was dim- ly, very dimly aware that something in Miles‘ Ietter was lacking, she would have been quite unnhlc to expla’m what it was she missed. “1 am no longer a boy, and you wili not, I hope, think that I am wanting in respect and consideration for you it I do not write you what is com- monly known 83:: love letter. You will, I am sure, understand that in ask- ing you to marry me I am acting as I believe {or the best. I will try to make you happy, and you must for- give me if I am not a demonstrative man. or able “(play the part. of an ardent lover “I want 16 ask 3'61: i! you will come tcnlive here as my wife? “PSâ€"l will call and see you to ob- tain your answer on my way to- the Hospital, about 12.30.” “Dem- Miss James,” it ranâ€"â€" “1 have been thinking very serious- ly over your future, and only one prac- ticable plan suggestleseI! to me. 1 mm that what I propose will not be a great surprise to you. Hope, in spite of her eighteen years, was a mere child for her age, and the note in her hand did not convey to her what it. would have conveyed to an cider woman, namely. that the man who wrote it was making the best. of a bad business. and asking her’ to give him something which he did not. want in the least. ‘Ohl” She said breathlessly, and aloud. “I never read anything so won- derful in my life! It's Just like a fairy tale. How good he is. how good: I couldn‘t. help being happy with him, and I do like him even now." mammmrh WWWQ+§§§+MQ+Eۤ macaw filfiimt \ s.“ (ELMAYFLE. V. . “IL is wonderful and I think it’s nice. She looked as forlorn and untidy as an the day when Mike; Anderson had first seen her, and her skimply black gown gave her the appearance or be- ing very small and pathetic. Her hair tell in loose masses round her face, at inlervals she put up a hand to push back the unruly curls that fell over her forhead in a confusion that could only be described as slovenly. But when she liln‘ed her head from the letter and looked absently across the room, an observer would have noticed what a. curious improvement color made in her face, and at this moment a flood of crimsoh flowed over it from brow lo chin. Only no one was here to see, and when the crimson ebbed away agam. no beauty was visible in her white pinched lace. She had pushed aside the breakfast tray on the table. and had forgotten her half-eaten meal, 53 an absorbing were the contents of that same letter. Hope James sat {110m in the dingy lodginghousc sittingrl-mrn, an open letter in her hand. ‘ mgfix fi+a+n$+n+m+w+fi+n+n3+n+m$+b+m+fi+m$w VOL. 19. N0. 33 A Emibi Tcmptaiian MILLBROOK AND 0 ‘Yours sincerely. “MILES ANDERSON. I200, Harley Street. OR, THE FAMILY RING CI‘ annum. So abscrbed was she in schemes for a wonderful future that she only left very few minutes in which to make herself lidv to receive me doctor, for some sming womanly sense made her a“ are that it. would be Mble 10 Many day dreams skimmed through her mind that morning, day dreams in which Miles Anderson played but a very small part, and which chiefly wove lhc-mseh‘os round Jlle salisfactory thought that at last the wish of her heart would be fulfilled. She was go- mg to live in a houseâ€"a real house, and not lodge by the week in two rooms. understand “18 main drift of her land- ludy‘s remarks. and she was filled with a happy, childish ekation at the pm- spect, of going to a new house, and be- gmning a new life. “‘anmy left me in his charge," the girl said softly; “mummy must. have known he was good and kind.” “Yes, and so he may be," was the retort, “I ain't sayin’ he isn't; but it don‘t. fatter from that. that he’ll make a good husband, though I'm sure I hopo he may." Mrs. Brooks‘ lack of enthusiasm did rotrscrve‘ tn damp Hope's excitement; she was too innocent and ignorant to “I don‘t think it’s a bit like that,” ”one answered, puclcering her brews, and looking at her landlady with an expression of surprise. “I know quite well there isn’t. a ditch the other side, only a very kind person who wants to give me a happy home. That’s what he says here." and she waved her let- trr in front of Mrs. Brooks, “and I'm sure I shall get quite fond of Doctor Anderson. Of course, he frightened me a little at first he is so big and slnon'g, and rather stern, but I am sure to get fond of him.” “I don’t know nothin’ about princes and princesses, missâ€"they haven‘t come round my way; but I do know it's takin’ a leap in the dark to marry so quickâ€"not knowin’ nothin’ of the gentleman!” “He says he wants to arrange someâ€" thing for me quickly. and that this seemed the best arrangement. You see really. Mrs. Brooks, it isnt any- thing \ery serious; it only means liv- ing in Doctor Andonsdn‘s house in- stead of here thals all.” “Marriage means a bit. more than that. miss,” Mrs. Brooks said thought- fully (having married and buried two husbands she was qualified to speak with authority): “and without, you're very fond of the gentleman. it seems a bit of a riskâ€"and so sudden too,” she reiterated. her soul stirred into motheriy anxiety over the girl whose knowledge of Life and of the world; was no better than a child's. “Princes always do come suddenly, Hope answer-.d, reminiscencas of her beloved fairy storie: recurring to her mind; “they just come. and carry off the princess, and then they are happy ever alter." ain't it?" “Buffâ€"but what?" “Well, miss. I was goin’ to say, if _\ou was my daughter, I’d like to know as you was fond of the gentleman as you was goin' to marry. and him fond of you. It seems a bit like jumpin’ over a wall in the dark without, know- in' whether or not, there's a ditch the other side, don’t it, miss?” “Don‘t you think so?" Hope repeat- ed. and Mrs. Brooks, bestowing a final polish upon her hands with her dirty old apron, responded slowly:â€" Mrs. Brooks looked gravely into the girl‘s face. manifestly hesitating as to what form her answer should take. “Oh! no, at least, I shouldn't think he had," Hope answered doubtfully, having very limited ideas as to what courting signified “but he says the best plan will be {or me to marry him, and I think it’s just a lovely plan. Don't you? “But ’ Mrs Brooks spoke with some heszlm 101') ‘the doctors pretty near a stranger to you, miss. He ain‘t been courtin' you, nor nothin', the two or three times he‘ve been here, have he?" “I don't want to knock you down," laughed the girl, “but I am glad you are as surprised as I meant you to be. It surprised me at first," .she added naively, "but I'm getting used to the idea now.” “It's Doctor Anderson. I thought you would be most dreadfully surpris- ed; I knew it would give you a kind cl shock,’ and Hope laughed gully; “but it’s perfectly true; Doctor Ander- son wants me to marry him." “Well! I never! now you do surprise me,” murmured Mrs. Brooks, whose vocabulary was limited, but whose eyes were growing rounder and more puz- zled every moment; “whoeverâ€"â€"â€"" “Well, I never!" Mrs. Bx'ooks’ voice grew positively faint with amazement, “you might knock me down with a feather." “It is wonderful and I think it's nice. I meagnt to give you three guesses, but I'm in such a fearful hurry to tell you, I simply can‘t wait. I’m going to be married, Mrs. Brooks. There!“ “Well! I never, now, missy. you're laugh'in’ at me. you can't never be serious; why, wh0cverâ€"â€"" “Whoever is there to marry me?" “That‘s what you're going to say, isn’t it." I knew you were, 1 can see it in your face. Ah- Well, mu‘re wmng if you think there ain't anybody to mur- ry meâ€"bc-cauSe there is somebody, and he has written to ask me to be his wile.” “I__dare say ’tis all right; missâ€"but on hopfz so, miss; ’tis a bit sudden, a" ' “Noâ€"no, of course you didn'tf but I do like 8. woman to be tidy from head to foot. We must see about some clothes for you too," he frowned a lit- ..Ile. conscious afresh of the burden he had taken upon himself. “I dare say stler Grace would help you to get what is necessary.” “Yesâ€"she is very kind. She is- one at the best women 1 know, and I will ask her to-day if she could find time to come and see you and give you some help about yogr ‘gmusgau.” “Thank you," the girl said weekly, but there nose in her'heart an odd, un- accountable disEike 1-3 the other woman who (was to M brought in to help her, and she added wisuuuyw- "‘Was that Sister Grace who' wrote meflthat _kim_i letter fab-opt mummy?" “I'm sure you will.” he said. pal- ling her shoulder kindly, “and to be- gin with I'm going to tell you how much I like smooth, well-brushed hair. not too much or a tangle,” his fingers (Cliched lightly one of the little curls close to Hope's car. "Oh, can't you?” Hope queried, a {mint surprise crossing her face: “stillâ€"- I don't mind a bit coming as your wile,’ she added quickly, “I think it will be very nice to be married." “I want you to understand " he said almost Vexed by her simplicity. “that I suggest that y,ouâ€"well that you should be my wife in name only," he Iloundered hopelessly; “I will try to make you-happy. You will have a comfortable home, andâ€"and you must look upon me a: your friend. I shall always be glad to help you and do what I can [or you." “)‘es,’ she said‘hurriedly. overd'helm- 0.1 by a new nervousness, “I would like “1‘11 brush it all back.” she answered inmq low v0i_ce, “I didn’t, knew you____n “Well now, Hope,” he went on. speak- ing gently as to a child. which/indeed she was, “I think I made it plain in my note lhat .what I am proposing to do, I propose because it seems to me the simplest. and best way of solving a difficult pmblem. You see, I cannot have you to live in my house unless you come as my wife.” “Thank you very much," Hope re- plied, chilled. she could not explain why. by his words, and drawing a lit- “? farther away from him. “My idea is that it. would be well if we cmxld be married almost at once,‘ Anderson went. on, speaking ‘more briskly, “then we can settle down into‘ our new life. Would that. suit you?’ For the first lime since his eniranca the color ran over her face, and her eyes fell. “Oh! that’s how you know. is it?" he asked good-naturally. and greatly re- llcvcd. lie had all at once been as- sailed by a fear lest she should have had passages of love or flirlaiion villi some youth in the neighmi-hood, and without pulling the thought into dail- nile sha-pc, he realized that own his quixovlism would not have allowed him ic lake for his wife a girl whi hall in- duiged in any cheap or vulgar llirla- lions. Her candid eyes, her childish answer, reassured him. h, do whamver you wish. I will try to please you," and once again she lifted her eyes to his face. and a fragment of the woman’s soul that lay behind those green depths looked out at him timidly. “0h! Mrs. Brooks thought it sudden. did she?" he replied, with a'sarcasm quite lost upon Hope; “and how do you happen to know about such things more than she does?” - “You see, I’ve read a good lot of fairy stories"â€"Hepe looked into his face with her big eyes that reminded him at that moment of some deep green mountain streamâ€"“and , things are mostly suddenâ€"things aboutâ€"about marriageâ€"and all that." “I am afraid my note must have seemed to you very abrupt and sud- denâ€"but~â€"-” “I didn't think about its being,f sud- den." Hope said simply; ‘.\Irs. Brooks sa-id it was rather suddeni, but, of course. she doeuft know about these things.” ‘ Embarrassment led her to stumble into a little awkward speech. “Thank you for your note,” she said; "I was very surprised." “I hope,” he said. with equal awk- wardness, “that you understood why I wrote it; that it. seemed to be the best arrangement possibleâ€"undcrâ€"" Hc pulled himseh' up and stopped. This he felt was not the way to ask a lady to marry you, and he began again hurriedly:â€" The girl sat. by the table, idly turn- ing: the leaves of a book, but. at his entrance she started to her feel, and went towards him with a Smile. Her quick movement, of welcome had an oddly irritating effect upon him; an unreasoning wish that she would blush or 1001: bashful crOSSed his mind, and Hope did neither, she only smiled frankly. if a little wistfully. into his face: its gravity and the stilt courtesy of his manner chilled her. To say that, her hair in any way ap- proached to hat. silken smoothness which marked the oolliurc of Ander- son‘s ideal woman, would be to depart very far from the truth. Mrs. James had loved her little daughter‘s soft. masses of dusky hair far too much to allow them to be brushed back into strictly docorous smoothness, and they fell, in what was certainly confusion, even if picturesque confusion, over her torehcmd and round her small cars. Her- hair was [he first. thing that caught. Miles’ eye, when at half-past twelve, Mrs. Brooks, with a broad smile of understanding and interest that made him shiver, showed the doctor in- to Hope’s little sitting-room. He shook hands formally, and then stood looking: down at her in pause that was cmlmm-assing to them both; and Hope‘s heart was invaded by a dim fouling that. {his was not quite the way in which the prince of the fairy laZ-c greeted his princess. Poor little soul! ller best. frock con- sisbvd of the one black gown she had‘ been able to buy for her mourning; when she was in the house alone. 5119 were her old colored clothes, with a place of black ribbon lied around her left arm. her only means of showing her sorrow for the mother 5116 had .0 pazsionately loved put on her bee» frock, and comb her tangled hair before he arrived. Durham and Victoria Standard MlLLBROOK ONT.. THURSDAY, JANUARY 9| 1908‘ A Vancouser Firm. an "as nis‘Nosc Cut 0". A desnalch [mm \‘ancouwr B. C. says: T110 citx firmnm Jo" 11 F1 051- and Gauge A11dc1s-on.111o in H11: “1» 11111 suffering {1-0111 501019 “(111111; inflinted b1 Japancse early 1111 \\'odm-sday mum- ing. 'lhn injmed men. algng 111111 11n- 101111211 fireman 1111111011 J.\1z1cdom11d “am going home from the 1110111111 in the east, end. All three wore sober. One. pushed by the others. fell. His hand came in cant-act wit'h the window of a. Japanese boarding house, 111.0111. ing a pane. Halt :1 1117.911 Japs run (1111 and attacked the111 111111 lcnixes. Fmsts face 15. {rightfully cu! his nose "one and Anderson is badly cut about the neck. Macdonald ran for the police. ThreeUQI'rests WCI‘C made. The ,Covernmé'nt has decided to change the 10311111110115 Icgmding ci'rur factories , Io remove lho distinctiuns DC: tween those manufac ”ring domestic leaf and Wm ‘usmgffimportcd tobacco.- British Oii'im-r Ends-’Lilc l'nder l’ocu- "liar (lirmimsmnccs. A dospzilch from London says: Major Dulles Phil ips. an oillccr “'th disiin- guishml himself in lilo Smxlh African Wm“. commillod suicide lam-o on Tuesday night under svxisziiioiull :‘ircumslmlccs. The Major had been (“\‘OI‘C-“d. Some lime ago if» mmll‘ rm allvmpl. tn kill him- self in the ru<i<lcncc of his former wife. but was 'ljf‘sil'illncd. 'l‘imsdny night he returned 14: lhu hmnv of Mrs. (males Phillips and low-ml am (“uh-mice. llis former wife. hm' nwlhcr and a solicitor were in the houéx‘». but when llmy saw me excited man break in they fled. The Major opened lit-o with his revolver, aiming at everyone 10 could see. and then blew oul his bruins. ’l‘ho solicitor and the 'molhor of Mrs. mates Phillips were wounded, bui nol, seriously. Three Men Far Below Ground in a Nevada Mine. A despaich from Ely. Nevada, says: Rescue work is programing slowly on he Aipha man of We (:x’mux Consoli- daLed Mines Company. where three miner-5.. A. D. Bailey, Peter Mcnmald and Fred I'iroxz'n. have been onlombed since Dev. 4. ’l‘hrough a six-inch pipe ['0on. air and water have since hem sent, and a few days after the acci- (k m Emugh canvas was sent. dawn l-o nable 1119 mm. “il‘h ihc help 0! some [1111b us and iron which ”my fnund on the 1000- f01t level t3 111.1 \e ”1112': cob. It “ill take '1! least three weeks more tn reach the men. Communication can be had with them by telephone, and they are patiently waiting to he liber- alcd. The doctor’s face was turned in the direction of the window; his eyes were vacantly watching the swaying tree [reps in the hospital garden. therefore he did not observe the flush of color upOn the sister‘s usually pale face, nor the light that leapt into her eyes. Per- haps. even it he had Seen them. he would not have interpreted the signs rightly; his nature was simple and single hearted; he was not one of those \‘ain sons of Adam who ielic-ve that every woman must intallibly fall '11 love with them. “I hope nothing is wmng, Doctor An- derson? Are you sending in some special case?” Anderson smiled. “N , sister; I have come to ask you to do me a favor which has no bearing (.11 our professional relations at all. n 1.5 purely personal." Anderson drove straight {mm Gowor Sheet. L0 St.P11ul’s Hospital, and 113v- ing made his visit to his palients and flushed 111cm callicr than usual he dismissed 11‘s. students in the court- yard, and again mounted the stone sluircase t-J Dorothea Ward, and knock- 0- upon the door of Sister Grac c'.se sit. ting-100m. A look of surprise crossed he: race when she saw who it was who entered in response to ho:- “Come in.” and she rose from the table at which she was making out the ward dict sheet, with the quick words:â€" a wave of his hand he was ggnc, leav- ing HOpc depressed and chilml, and with a heart that sank like lead be- cause she vaguely felt that. something was wanting somewhere, though she could not put her finger on the want. vinyl}; glor'y had départed from her day! " ‘ “I suppose I couldn’t. just-just. buy my own clothes.’ “Noâ€"110." he answered, putting her Shomdor ago in, and glancing up and d1- wn 1111' slidht figure; “\\e must, find :x 111;- one 11 little moxe cxperlcncnd to (-11 um. I want a very trim an (I tidy " £21. \11d now I must, be eff;1 will iuok in loâ€"mmmw and 1.911 you what annnncmonts I have made We will tune :1 quiet wedding and go strmgm humc. Good- bye now my dear; remem- her about the smooLlL hair," 11nd with TRIED T9 KILL, THEN Sl'llllDED. ATTACKED BY JAPANESE. STABRED BY AN ITALIAN. FED THROUGH A PIPE. (To be Continued.) Records 0! the Department Show No SimEEar Case. A dcspntch from Monti-m] says: Thirty wars ago and again twenty-six years ngi St. Immuonce “as mu; from ice be,- 10w Montrmi until Jmiuan lst closing up \xiLh n hunt freeze on the 2nd. At present limre is u clear channel from Montreal to the son. with the exception of a. .short distance through Lake St. Peter, the most shallow part. _ (Lurefui rmords'm‘o kept by the Department of Marine and Fisheries, and these with reference to the St. hawt‘e" ship channel date back to 1852. I" 'wm‘ since that time has the iceh ~ . 1:116 in making as this. (mifith mcsi alt was the (itW'inl cit-s -up later that the Opening of the new ~ car. I‘ Gcrman Paper lnlvrviews Ambassadors of Foreign Countries. A dosnntch from Box-Lin, Germany, Says: 't‘h‘ 1.0km Anzcigcr (m \\'etlnes- day publik‘hm a series of inlorvimvs mm thn Ambassadors in Berlin 01' (.rt‘ut Britain. the United States. Rus- sxu, France, Spain. Austria-Hungyrn‘ and 'l'nrkmgun-zt the Minister's x'cplesmting most (If ‘th other nuli-nns of the worm r1 [alive m the condition of intermticnul rotations at the bcginning of the your 1908. The diplomats, whose views 1m» quoted, uIt entertain the most sauna, - tory opix‘fions concerning the outlook to: the comma )ear. 'l‘omnlo, Jan. 7.â€"l’ricos of bulcher culllu gull willlln touching distance of S5. (kind in choice sold at $4 in $4.60, nwdium lo good at $3.50 to $4, and com- mon from $23.25 up in around $3. Cows were scarce and lliglwr, choice selling lrom $3.25 In $3.85: medium. $2.50 to $3, and common, SIT-50 to $2; Gunners, 75c 10 551- ~ ‘ There is a fair market for the right class of sloclgem. Prices mange from $21.75 in $3.50., but oalllo worm from $2.85 in $3 are the meal in demand. Milkers are sll-ntly. with prices show- ing no nmlcr-ial change. Choice, $4010 $55; medium, $25 in 8215. The run of Palm‘s was very small, 30 l(; 0(3 5101‘ lb still ruling. (leoim: lambs sold from $5.25 in $5.60, with 00“”? In grading down to $4.50. Sheep \vm'e firm. ulll quotations were 1m- clmngml, Oxxw'u‘l. cwvs selling from $3.75 l' $1.25, ail bucks and culls at $2.50 to 10,140; breakfast. buczm. 150 to 15%c; gram meats out of pickle, lc less than smoked. Buffalo, Jill]. 7â€"\N‘lxcut-‘Spring high- er; N0. '1 Northern, 351.17% earload; The hog market was slmdy. The top figure paid wua‘ 85.70. With medium at $3.55. Rough hogs were quoted about 5'}: below selects. Wink-1‘ fl'm, N6). 2 red. Fu'm; NJ. ‘2 yvl‘mv. (340; (50%0. Outsâ€"Shred): No. N1~w York. Jill’l. 7.â€"â€"Wh€a1â€"~Spot, firm; No. 2 red. 31.06% elevator and $1107% f.u.b., uncut; No. l northern, Dulum. 81.2333. £0.11. 'afl-zyal; N0. 2 hard winler, 31.17% Lotb. afloat“: N4). 2 mixed. 119310. 81.10. Ryeâ€"90:, No. 1, :0 $3. ui. SL7?) ta $2.50 per dozm. Raw-1 Slmanuiet at $9.50 in $10.50 per km on 1mm hero. 13:119.!Hayw’l‘nmrlhy is worth from $16.50 10 Si? in «ur Iols -:-n track here. Smoked and Dry Suited Monkâ€"Long Cwfll‘ bacon. 10: to 10,1436 for ions and oases hams, large. nwdium and light, 1’ c tn .15; hams, 12%: [0 13C; backs, “Me to 170; shoulders. 10c; polls. 10c lluneyâ€"Siruined stun per round for 60-poum to 13:: [or 5 1o 10-pom u}. SL75 (.3 $2.50 per (1- Baw-l Strawauiet a per km on {mm hero. Purk-~S¢h-z3rt cut. $22.75 to $23 per bar‘- rei: moss. $18 to $10. lardâ€"'l‘iercc's, H210; tubs 122C; pails, 12%0. Turonlo, Jun 7.â€"Maniloba Wheat.â€" No. 1 northern, ubuut nominal at $1.20; No. 2 norlncrn, $1.15; No. 3 northern, $1.”; feed wheat, 64c; N0. 2 iced, 5-ic, lake ports. Ontario Wheatâ€"No. 2 white, 97,“; No. 2 red, 05-.- Lo 96c; No. :3 \‘mxng turkeys, cxlx-a choice. Me to 15c do choice 11ciol3c hxung geese ....... . .. 9010100 Ymmg ducks .. 9cm m- (thickcns, cholcc .. Set/.3103 Old fowl . ‘ Set/J 7c Inform- chicks and Lowls .. 4cm 5c Butterâ€"JI'hu market is steady, with prices unchanged. , (jreamct'y prints .. 280t0290 (jl‘ellflkfl‘y prints .. 28010290 do smlids .. 26"102 TC Dairy prints .. 230t024c do solids 22cio2. Interim . 2001021c 1.5gsâ€"x10ragytwc to 21¢ per dozen ii: case, 1015;5c1tcis, 25c; strictly new laid mammal at 300 [Mamasâ€"70c to 75¢ per bag in car 1015 on hack here. Beans-$1.70 t.» $1.75 for primes and SLSU to $1.85 for handâ€"'pickvd. llumz,\-â€"Slruined shady at. 11c 10 120 per round for 60-p01md pails. and 12c 10 132-. [or 5 1:.) 10-p<.»1mr,l mils. Combs LEADING MARKETS 95C . d-«J snlids .> .. Dairy prints .. do solids Inferior Nli‘.\' YORK \VIHCAT MARKE'I‘. GOOD OUTLOOK FOR 3'! S'I‘. L.-\\\'RENI‘.E IS OPEN. LIVE COUNTRY PRODUCE. BUFFALO .‘JARKET. BREADSTUFFS. STOCK MARKET. PROVISION“. VIBE MIRROR s) EAR. 96c to m i xcd , A (Insputvh from l’nslun says: .-\ “f alumna-k uff (Iupv Hex-n, uhh it l:.i!~‘ (If ivt'x‘ihln bul'fvrjug: from r hunger and cstmw'. \\':H ruin!- \\vdnu~'du.\' morning [my llm'mus an arrival here on the sleumm- sins from 81th Anwrican p011: \VUS u member of the dew of H can ban-qua Prussia, which w: on 9mm I<l:md, (1:11,:1' Hol‘ " while on a voyage I1 1 Y‘ lo I‘UI’L 'J‘ownsond, “73., vessel struck u rock and in rpm?!) lund {our 01 Lhuwuod whflc (iupt'ygghulx‘m: mu. $4 wezmened by 0x12” died the day why", an" reauhm 1hr. bmrgfiifil‘; " In a light onl’riday lik- an quarlor of Montreal shot- d-(‘ud :md :m-ther ML: slab.)~ shot. and will hm-‘lly I'é‘cm'er. Alex. (ll-con, (olm'ed. lnmlh‘ulcd in (J 1’. R. slullon robbery at Woodslo Ten Men Cast AW! Cape I Engineer John J. \\r and J. McCray. hrukex‘ tam off in a Collision a 'J‘hux'sday. 4 Hm). J. D. Camm', nov-Goneral of Mani! fl. pointed a justice of ma - '1‘qu gMzmiloba (zovpr'rmonl lunigm ‘thc‘ ImL'T‘a' the Province, the mic ”00.000. have T-hu customs receip 1007 total $16,876.46: 32.732549 over the I The C. I'. I}. is taking off irains in the west. owing to a falling OH in pus- scnger trumc. H. W. Walker, general auditor of the G T. R.. has retired after over :30 The C. P. R. will issue over twenty- fnur millions of new stock to the pre- sent ’shnrcholders at par. Silver and Copper Coins Were Struck Off. A despatch from Ottawa says: The first Cunadian coins to be minted in the Dominion were turned out at 3 o’clock on Thursday afiemoon at. the new Ottawa branch of [he Royal Mint, which was oflicially opened by his Ex- cellency Earl Grey in the presence of members of the Government, promin- ent officials or State and a. large crowd of Ottawa peaple we Were invited lo Mines)- lhe formal opening. There was no speech-making in connection with the opening, his Excellency mere- I’eleI-boro’ will promote 1!. bill Lean-c the Legislature to elect its Aldermen may we V'.ears , CUSLOTHS dudes collected in Tomnlo lus )car, “on: $11,611: ($2.23, an increase (I $1.561.970.58. John Timson was mn'over by a freight train at Hamilton. on Wednes- day. One leg had to be amputated and {he othox‘ is broken. An explosion of gasnlino at 1110 cs- taldishnwnt of the James I)\c “orks 'l‘oma'o. blew out a side of the build- in" on Thursday. f. Canada‘s total cuss-tom revenue for December was SLO‘ILOGG, a decrease, and the first. in years. George Kelly was killed in the Treme- wey mine at Cobalt. on Thursday, by a bucket dropping down the shaft. fy declar'm’g ing'Mxm’Rd'be {orb-{iii} owned, and starting the machinery A new jail is needed at \V‘oodstock the present buildingbeingm'orcr-uwdcd “on. J. H. Cameron has been formal- l,‘ proclaimed Justice of the Kings Bench in Manitoba. Dominion Government wirr-Eoss sla- tzons are doing business. regularly be: tween Victoria and Puchena. THE NEW MINT IS OPENED which coined the mist. silveruhâ€"ifty-cendt pzcce. The stamping machinery for the Telegraph Briefs From Our Owr. and Other Countries 0! Recent Events. CANADA. London's fire losses for 190'? total $30,000. Wllltby’s council was elected by ac- clamutiou. \ The Bell memorial fund at Brantt‘ord totals $40,000. Building operations in Montreal last yulr total $8,403,129. Bunk clearings for 1907 in Toronto amounted to $1,228.905,517. Judge Ermatinger, of St. Thomas. holds. that Iishermm are not seamen. I‘m-mils to erect, buildings “with $2.758,54U were issued in Hamilton in 11107. CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS HAPPENINGS FROM ALL Oh”: TUE GLOBE. . RICHARDS, Publisher and Proprietor T\\0 “omen \ich killed at, Rochester hv an explosm) in a firmxorks factory, on "‘lmrsdu_\. COP. George . . I-‘Nnm tor at. I\'(‘\\'(u‘k. wounded by El-hm Muse. ' There are said to be 125.9”0pcrwns out of work in New York. Ining Balm. of Kingston: NY; killed his “He and f-mr-uumdd son boa committed suii‘ide on Tm: ' 'No men are uudex am’m Knock» ( ic.‘ on a (hinge of siralin ~ sleet Railway (Limxpuny's strongâ€" __n a “w , A 110ml. lu-livvalJc he 1: Blank Hand atrocity. \\'l'('C}{(‘d tho lmx‘or “my “1' rt. live-storey t-‘noment 11(IUS‘C in .\':~\'.' York. In :1 paper before the mnwntiun 01 the Amvrii‘an Elhicel Swiolies, 1m Emil Him-h complained. that Jon’s were be- ing mrsecutm in the lfnitt-d States. . After :1 month’s ittlcllf‘SS. curtailing production. the woollen mills at Saxon- .vjlle, 511155.. regumed operations on full time. About; 509W3g.. \.\-. London proposes to provide for its future water Supply by creating a reser- \(ir Mme. the Thames enters the ci'u. «r John 1-1.Pmmnnd«1m54§ueq a_ state? mmz’ to 1119‘ (He-t LY'a ‘: Mn has yet been trough! about \\i ! iinm ()‘i-Brn. and lhé Irish panvv m , Ixnd Shathcmia gave a big ball ~ 3w“ Y'ears em a! Kncbworih Hall A" tn. coming on! of his granddaughter Miss l-‘iuuces Howard. UNITED STATES: New 3'01? used in the risen. NJ. .Al. H. SD'Ek. Cdik'u‘ “of $hc “a“ World. 0! (<1. Louis, was: shuFfiwfif Imps fatally mjured by. Vif‘ior Graves, m: mnpluyo. {\[ifis Mollie DQSInond, who swallowed 1M noodles eightéen month: ago in an attempt to mmmit-suicidc, died on Mon- day a! va York. Mayor Clavnt 01 Port Arthur has been prosonmd with an illuminated addrms. v. picture of the Council and a gold watt-h on his rdirement from the chair. The latest. victim of small-pox in Win- nipeg hold a large reception before con- sulting a doctor and the health au- th-tmilies are agitated. ‘ In Mennonite districts in Manitoba Uu- l'nirm Jack is not flown as pre- scribed by the government and the pm- vmcial grants are threatened. GREAT BRITAIN. bard Kelvin lmquealhed h’s cStafo .3: 85.000000 (0 his wife. -'I‘w63nly<nio new mm; win go into c:mnni<ian on the gum lakes when navigatiop away 4 copper cent pieces was started simuL taneously. and a souvenir copper coin was prcsmtcd In each person present. after a hour of the building had been made. and the various pnoa-sses ex- plained by the officials in charge. The Mint will. be kept. in daily operation from now on, and will furnish a ready market for the p11 duct of Canadian cop- per and silver mint-s. t is the intention of the Government to build a refinery in connection with the Mint in order to insure that gold and copper which is brought in 1302‘ minting will be at the proper degree of purity for coinage. The cost of menu:- iincry will be about. fifteen thousand doliam. wns senlcn'ud in me years in King s'on Pcni tentiarx. on 'lhurgday...“~ 5 do 'clx Cdiior 95f (fly city bud “' ‘V vec- . 1.. wasm 181137, fly that (‘nlered’bis rclives pail