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“But I‘ll not may," be (mount with a. laugh: “you are depressing. sister, and I came to you fez- help and encourage. ment. I mum! in any case draw bagg- 39;}.9‘731 i! 'mmm gamma me, Mum you have not acne. I am an obstinate (wow. you know.” he glanced at her with a determined setting'or his jaws and she smiled; ”and I mean «to ,mrry this thing through, well and "A dimple appeared in Sister Grace‘s chin. a smile danced in her eyes. “And you have planned to mould he: Into a model wife? You will not be the first person who has set out to do that aimeuu thing-2mg] who-has failed.” “I thought she would perhaps grow up 10 my ideal if I married her now," he answerej, drawing his brows to. gether in a frown. “You will mean to do sour best. " she said too pertrubed tn rvlum his smile, “butâ€"o h! it is a rash experimen't. She is so mung, so unformcdâ€"so undiscip- lined.” “Why, I thought I was doing the Des! thing I could for her!” he exclaimed. “3 puzzled over Ihe whole business a grvat deal before I finally made up my mind, but now it is made up, I don’t Ihi nk I can change it again. I assure you. Sister. 1 Shall be kind to Hope; I shall try to make her happy,” and he smiled whimsicaliy into the sisters troubled face. Anderson looked genuinely bewilder. ed. “0h. Doctor Anderson." she cried, everything [or-gotten excepting the su- preme necessity of preventing what. must surely in the nature things end in disaster. “do pie-ace reconsider your plan! I have no right to speak to you in this way; but we have always been lriends. and-l cannot hear to see a friend make a mistake.“ “A mistake?" “Yes, indeed." she spoke very ear- nestly; “only think of the diflez-enoe of age, of outlook. of experienceâ€"between you and this poor little girl. Are you sure you will make her happy?” The sister retained a vivid recollec- tion of an untidy. unkempt girl who had come to the hospital the day after her mother's death. a girl who had wept childish, unrestrained tears, and refused to he comforted nr quieted. And this girlâ€"this child was to be the wife of Miles Anderson. With difficulty Sister Grace suppress- ed a sob that rose in her throat, threatening to choke her. “Yes. "’ it was all that Sister Grace could say. Amazemcnt deprived her of the power or speech and she couidr only stare at. Doctor Anderson in blank be- wilderment. “You are surprised?” Anderson asked. “I dont think I can help being sur- pr: '.sed " she answered and it annoyed her when her heart gum another leap mat caught her breath, and gave her a curious numbing sensation of pain; “you have only known Miss James a few weeksâ€"andâ€"she is very young, isn‘t she?” “I fancy that '5 the trurst way of de- scribing it," he answered grimly. "I dare say you‘know. as all my frignds seem to have known instinctively, that I am not what people call a manning man. Mv work has so far filled my life -â€"butâ€"thc {mm is, sis‘er” he hesitat- ed. than plunged recklessly into his swry. “I am going to marry my ward, Hope James. the daughter of your pa- tient who died here. You will remem- ber that. her mother put her into my charge?” His listener realized that his way of referring to his marriage lacked en- thusiasm and setting herself and Ii‘er own emotions. aside, she said quietly:â€" “Best for yourself? Best for the lady? a’ou speak a little bit as though you were making a convenient. sort. of ar- rangement.” For a moment the leap cf her heart prevented Sister Grace from making any reply; and when she did speak the light had died out. of her eyes. But as Anderson had not noticed the dawn- ing of that light. he did not. observe it: dying away; he only felt vaguely that her voice sound-ed flat and tired, and he wondered whether perhaps she geeged a tonic, she always worked so . ar ! “I dare say you are rather surprised," he continued, almost apologetically. see- ing that. she did not, reply. “andâ€"I am acting for the best.” - “I am going, * to do what some people might say was a Very foolish thing he went on in a slightly embarrassed ficicc “Iâ€"am goingto Lobe married.‘ ’ “I‘wm gladly do anything I can," and it seemed as though she could nol. say any more. immmmm n+m+fi+£é+ma+mmmmmm+mm CHAPTER v.â€"-(Conlinued). (thoroughly. I mean to marry Hope. . . , II am s 11' an M an When he turned th eyes from thc'l bel‘ l e I ’?.m_ ‘0 {19“ hi???” 1h“: window Slster Grace's race was quite $0 ‘8‘” 3;)” “1” $90 by a? Y 3 . . F ‘ ‘. ’ ur prop ecies are wronrr.’ calm ngam, and ncr mzm vouna'lcd pm- “I . ° ,, - . nu d o , ' \ 'a' , stter teeny normal, as she sazdzâ€" e0 I h p0 lhty m 3 be CPR/'4') mm nonnv nn.‘ (puma {hnt m +flm+dm+,>#0 +930 vfi+géfi+d+fl+§gfi+$a+fi$§ a It! +. VOL. 19. NU. 34. $1 per annum. A Ecrriblc Icmptafian MILLBROOK AND 0: CR, THE FAMILY RING “I pronounce them to be man and wife together, in the name of tug F - ther, and of the Son, and of thé Hbfy Ghost. Amen." ‘ , Them! woman {n nurse’é uniform in “91;. 1mg: pew put. out her hands and gripped'at the desk in front of her, ‘fgeling «mat, instinctive wish to grasp ‘,som~ething firm and ”hard which most. of us have felt in a moment 01 emotion- at‘ disturbance. ‘ Yet the contraction of her heart re- curred again for a second time when the impressive words rang out in the deep voice of th: officiating clergy- man 3". Looking at} the incongruous couple at, the ghuncel steps, a faint sigh cross- ed Sister Grace’s lips, and her heart contracted in a way of which she felt ashamed. She told herself that she had no right whatever to allow her heart to behave in such unseemly wise Over a man who had never. for a sin- gle moment been more to her than a kindly trieml, and professionally a plea- sant and . h‘alpful superior officer. TheSc vague forchodings returned in full force to her mind. as she sat in the front, pew'or the dark church, and heard Miles take the solemn oath which bound ‘mm to the slip of a girl by his side. until death should part them. Hope had not impressed her very fav- orably; and in spite 01 every effort to stifle all personal feelings, Sister Grace {cund it hard not to view with startled écrboding the dilnculties Anderson was storing .up {or himself in marrying a «girl so untamed and qndiscipl‘mcd. “He is not the sort of ma ' take such a task. ’ was he: fmflifi thought. after her second visit to Hope “he is loo impatient himself to be able to train and mould a girl and he is far too fastidious to mould such a "in as this 0118. The older woman was a liille amused, a litlle sorry, but not at. all surprised; it was not the first time she had found herself confronted by youthful obstin- acy and youthful belief in its own judg- ment, and her wider knowledge of life laught her that it was worse than use- less to force her friendship upon a young girl who would have none of it; and she also realized the profound .truth, not always realized by elders, that the young have to learn their les- sons through their own experiences and not at, second hand. Hope. with the petulant pride of a spoiled child, had risen in revolt. at th Very idea that it was necessary she should receive any advice in the selec- tion of her clothes, and her reception of Sister Grace‘s proffer-s of help was neither cordial nor particularly court-' These five sat it: by side in a front seat, Mrs. Brook. Hope’s landlady, ut- fi'u'ed in her best “ “11 of rusty black, and a bonnet of feamnmc shape, adorn- ed by a bird that. never sang on Ian'd or sea. and Sister Grace in her plain dark uniform. - The la'liex- was present only because Anderson had earnestly pressed her to come. and not because she and Hope had approached within an appreciable distance of iriendship. 0n the con- trary. the sister’s instincts had prov- .o-i right. “1 Miles Duncan, lake thee, Hope Amnbcl, to be my wedded wife, to have and '10 hold. from this day forward. Ior better. for worse, for richer nor (poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and in cherish. tiil death us do part. acc’ording to. God‘s hoiy ordinance; van-1 thereto I plight thfc my troth." \\ith the éxceplion of the clornyman “ho pcxformed it and me clerk who inboncd the responses loudly and so- norousiy, onlv two people witnessed the ceremony. Her eybg were still riyetecg on the inn The words echoed round 1hc dark little church, whose long rows of empty pews gave a singularly desolate aspect to the strange wedding. ! “Oh!" he said a little IoItin, "Hone must not be IooIish; she can't. be touchyâ€"I never couId sland a touchy woman. and I am sure she will \ch- came your help and advice. I mean my wife to look upon you as her dear- est friend. I mean he1'â€"â€"" “Ah! Doctor Anderson,” cxcléimed his companion, “bunt you are reckoning with an awkward oqunfion. You may man one thing: your wife may mean something quite different. Take care that. your two meanings don’t clash. A girl of eighteen is an unknown quan- tity, such a very unknown quantity.’ “I will do my very best,” Sister Grace answered; “butâ€"remember, Doctor An. (Ierson. Miss James may resent my in- terfering. Girls are sometimes touchy about 1hr: interference of an older wo- man, especially glrls who are on the eve of marriage,” and she smiled a lit- !le sadly. Miles then proceeded to tell her If his plans for an immediate wedding, his d‘imcultirs about obtaining suitable ciothing for his future wife, and his hope that Sister Grace would help the girl to buy what was necessary. “Indeed I hope '1hey may be,” Sister Grace said gently, and seeing that to hcpc to turn him from his purpose was futile, she went en: “1 wish you both a?! happiness; and now tell me what 1 cap do for you?” V “If yeu \voled befriend her,” he said, “she would have a friend indeed.” CHAPTER VI. Bethune LadZs Unfortunate Experience .With- Bjfle. 'A desputclts fro‘m Be mine, Sasha, says: Austin Stanley, aufhu -_veu‘1:-old boy, is lying with a. bull“: ho e.3hmugh .his rxght lung, :3} the result of m-Qcmature discharge of?! ‘32-Caliblie rifle;~ ' e was drawing the weapon from a man , 1 of a stable when it was discharged. Thé-bul- In has lodged in the lad’s spine, and his; ch”o.ncgs tgr ‘lzepoverx are: slight. Protestant Mission Attacked at Kjah- singlu, China. A despalch from Shanghai says: RIOICX’S at Kiuhsinglu, a bown in the province of Chokl'anlf, have burned the 1"mtcsanb chapel and school there. ‘The Official residence of the local Magistrate also was destroyed. The foreigners at Kiwhslngfu are safe. There has been considerable unrest recently in this pro. Vince, but the" disorders have been directed principally against the dynasty. But with a self-control for which the sister had not given her credit, she choked down the rising sohs. steadied herself by a great effort, and looked ,into Grace's face with a smile. The little episode had brought the two wo- men momentarily close together. (To be Continued.) Hope clung to her, and Grace felt he? breast. heaving convulsively, nnd for one terrible 1:10mepisX10 feared that the girl was prepajring to break into a hy- sterical storm of tears, which would have both the last straw for Andersons forbearance. Lovc or no love, the marriage cere- mony is no light one to go through; What wonder was it that a girl should be unstrung and upset by its momen- kus words. Doctor Anderson had no right to be harsh ,to his newly made “in: indignnlion against him and com- prehension of Hope made Grace put .het axms round the girl and say in her soft clear voice:â€" “You must let me kisé you and con- gratulate you, dear. And never mind me blot." A cloud swept. over the laughing gIr- lish features. Hope's eyes filled with tears, and the sympathy Sister ‘Grace had hitherto been bestowing upon Miles, now suddenly flowed in another channel. A great tenderness tmvnrcls the motherless girl whose faults, after all. were those of youth and ignorance, wellcd up in the older woman’s heart. V‘V‘cry careless Ho ” ;' ' shortly. , pc, \hles smd “Never mind,” he said. perhaps hear- ing. rm Grace had done, the hysterical 501m Â¥ n her voice, “we will soon reme- d;; that. Your wife is obliterating her maiden name completely," he added. lurn'Lng.r to Anderson. his lips still part- ed in a smile'. and startled by the now open irritation on the doctor’s face. She looked up into the face of the clergyman, a kindly, overworked par- ish priest, who, having daughters of hi~ own. took a fatherly interest in this exceedingly youthful bride, and who looked dawn into her upturned face wiih a smile. Hope's hat had {alien Iopsidedly over her race. and some of her soft curly hair had escaped and was falling over her forchdae. The misfit at her gown was more visible in the c‘earer light (-E the wstry than in the semidark Church; the collishness of her fig‘fire and its general want of trim neatness “ere all more rrlar'mgly apparent and Andcr: a’ns lips (how more tighUv to- gether in that. ominous line . “Oh! I‘ve made a huge blot,” the k-x'idexexciaimcd suddenly, with a 11m: laugh that sounded in Grace‘s ears ra- ther hysterical; “I’ve blotted a great mark over my name.’ And his! Grace wondered, whilstsl‘e mechanically shook ”hands with him, whether Anderson had any glimmering idea what, havoc this marriage might. make of his life. He did not. wear the aspect of a happy bridegroom; in his eyes was a look of suppressed irritation, the corners of his month were dra‘wn together in a way which, as those in the hospital knew, was an ominous Sign of his displeasure. lie smiled an absent smile when he shook Grace’s hand, but his eyes Were fixed upon the girl in white, still signing the regis- ter under the cicrgyman‘s directions. Grace’s glance followed his. The source of the suppressed irritation in his eyes was apparent to the woman traind to close observation. And his! That thought ran on in the brain of the kneeling woman, weaving itself into all the remaining portions of the wedding service; beating on in her mind when she foiiowed the bride .and bridegroom into the vesiry after the last words had been spoken; refus- ing to be silenced even when she and Mrs. Brooks aiwd side by side at the vesiry desk. waiiming ”0pc sing her maiden name for ihe last time. s: clear-sighted and fun of common sense to take 11 516p so irrevocable. so {aw-reaching in its effects; a step mat might win both weir lives, Hope's and his own? congruous couple, the newly made man ,nnd wife, who were now slowly follow- ing the clergyman up the chancel to the altar rails. The contrast between Anderson and lhc girl he had just bound himself lo irrevocably smtck Grace afresh, al- most. with the force of a blow. V The pity of itâ€" Oh! the pity of it! .Why had he done this thin'g? What evil §I)il‘it [lad tempted a man usually Miles. m his dark grey. immaculately cut clothes, his sleek dark hand, his «spotless linen, with the erect, confident. bearing of a man who feels he has §quamd matters with Fate, and is quitn capable of mouldin his life to his own will; and Hope, in an ill-fitting white gown that seemed to have no particu- hu- conneciion with her slight and ra- ther gawky form, a. big white hat. that. flopped forlorniy over her untidy hair, and a general air oi unfinished growth. both physiiuil and mentalâ€"an cntirs luck of any grip on life «or its respon- sirilitir s. The mnlrns‘ was too acute. Sister Grace slipped upon. her knces and drop g-qd her face into her hansd. ‘ SEIZEB THE WRONG END. BIOTERS BL'RNED CHAPEL. Durham and Victoria Standard MILLBROOK 0NT.. THURSDAY, JANUARY 16.1903 Toronto, Jan. M.â€"Pickcd ‘bxitchm‘ cattle sold at $-’. 70 to 34. SO; choifl loads brought $4 25 to S4 50; nwdifmj, $2." 4:. to $3.75; choice cows. $3 50-f S385; medium cows, 8310 $3. 405;; ommon cc-ws, $2... ”5 to $2.75; canners. .75c to $1 and canning bulls $2 to $2. 50km- cgvt. New York, Jan. â€"Wheat-â€"9p91 easy; No. 2 red 81.06% clevat’o'ir No- 2 red, $1. 06/ 1.0 b. afloat; No. 171501111- cm Duluth $1.23y [mob afloat"; N . hard winter, $1.17/ {mob 111101112 *â€" CATTLE MARKET. Buffalo Jan. 14. â€"- “heat â€" Spring easim; N\J.1 Northern $1. 17y ’c‘azlouds; \‘0. 2 red $109,\\intcr,1‘u‘m. Cb!“â€" Steady; N0 2 while, 630; \o 2*yolkgw (33%c. Oatsâ€"Slighg: No. 2~ miml 4U/c; No. 2 white, 55c. Barley â€"’$1 be $1.15. 839â€"130. fgkon truck“, S_7c. ' Provisionsâ€"Barrels short cuL mess. $22. 50 to $23; half barrels. $12.75 to $12.25; clam fat back. $23.. 50 to $24.50; long cul. homy mess S’l lo 2524; half barrels (10.. $10.50 to $11.25; dry salt long clear hacks. 10%0 to 11%0; bar- rels plate hoof. $13. 50 10 $15; half bar- rcls 410.. $7. 25 to $7. 75; barrels heavy mess beef $10 to SI]: half hmrnls (10.. $5.50; lard. 12%0 to 13¢; kettle rendered. 12%c to 130; hams. 120 to 13yc.accmd- inp, to size: breakfast bacon Me to 150; Windsol bacon. MVQC to 15}§c; fresh killed ubaltoh dxcssed. $8. 75 to $9. ‘25; 'Ii\',c $6. 50. - Higher prices in the egg market are, beingr maintained. 1’1 1005 me \ery Ill-m, without. change. Newly-laid. 30c; ‘96:: lecl, 240 la.) 26c; No. ‘l llmcd. 200 tq 219' Stocks of Cheese on the local market, continue to rapidly disappear. Novem: ber tail-ends. 121,- to 12%0; 01013011» 136 tv 13/0; September‘s 13/c 10.13540: A good “Me is being tranmcled in the butter market. Grams goods 2%; current receipts 26c to 27c. - On the local oat nmrkeL lo-(lny‘prices for Ontario N0. 2 while advanced i%C I4: 20 per bushel, and rejected-Jo to 1%0 per bushel. Manitoba rejeeled ul- S4 show-ed an advance, Sellingglc per bushel higher. Quotations um2â€"(Zur lots of Ontario No. :2 while, 526:1N0. *3, 48c 10 48%c; N0. ’1'. 47c lo 471/;c'; 1-C- j<~cied, 460 per bushel, ex-siorcfA fair trade is‘ being done; market is sleadily sliuiglliening and prictx are much firm-. er. Rolled oats, $2.75; corn, $1.66, to $1.70 per bag. : .- ' \ Montreal, Jam. 1-’.â€"-The flour market is nmclumgcd. (ericc shippedwhcnt patents, $6.10 to $6.25; seconds, $5.50 to $5.65; winter wheat patents, “$5.50; straight. rollers, $5 to $5.25; do., in bags, $2.25 to $2.50; extra, $1.30 to $1.90. ‘ ' Smoked and Dry Salted Meatsâ€"Long clear bacon, 10c to 10%0 for tons and cases; hams, large, medium and light, Me to“ 15c; hams, 12%0 10 13c; backs, 16%0 ‘lo 17c; shoulders, 10; rolls, 10c to 11%c; breakfast. bacon 150 10 15%,‘3; green 111-02115 out of picklo, 1c less than smoked. Porkâ€"Short cut, $12.73 10 $23 per bar- rel; moss. $18 to $19. 8 Lardâ€"'l‘icrcps, 11%c; tubs, J20; pails, 12%(2. Baler! {aym’l‘imolhy is quoted at Si6.50 to $17.50 in car lots on track, with few sales being made below $17. Potatoesâ€"70c to 75¢ per bag in car lots on track here. Beansâ€"$1.70 to $1.75 for primes and 5|.80 to $1.85 for hand-picked. Honeyâ€"Strained steady at 110 to 12c per pound for 60-130mm pails, and 120 ‘0 13c for 5 m 10-pound pails. Combs a! $1.75 to $2.50 per dozen. at $175 to $2. 50 her doz'en. Ruled Slrawiâ€"Quct at 39.5010 810.50 pm- {on on track 11010. Eggsâ€"Storage, 200 in case lots; selects. laid nominal. do sands} Dairy prints do solids . .. Inferior do choice Young goose Young ducks Chickens, choice (Nd fowl Inferior chicks and {owls Young ‘iurkcys, extra choice MoiOICc do choice .. llcioliic Young goose ...... Octollc Young ducks .......... Oc’lollc Chickens choice .. SctOIOC ()‘d fowl . ..... 5cm 7c Inferior chicks and {owls .. 4010 SC )-uttexâ€"\Imkct is quiet, \xiih prices unchanv'ed umlex a stead y demand. Crozuiiezy plinls .. 28010300 do solids ;. 26¢!o27c Duii‘y prints 23010250 do solids ........... . 220L023': Inieiior ...... 2001021c Eggsâ€"Simugo 200 to 210 per dozen in. case lots; selects. 25c; s-iiiclly new- Only a few export cattle w; -rc sold Poultryâ€"A few turkeys of fairly good quality are being offered, but, practi- cally nothing of other classes of poul- fry. Yqung furkcys, extra choice 14010160 Outsâ€"No. 2 “hilc 4F 1/c bid outside; No. 2 mixed 43/0 bid outside. Toronto, Jun 14.â€"Mani‘tobu Wheatâ€"- N0. 1 northern, $1.21; No. 2 northern, $1.16; No. 3 northern, $1.11 'luke ports; [66:1] wheat; 71c; No. 2 feed. 1550, deliv- on . Ontario Wheatâ€"N0. 2 while, 96%cio 97%c; No. 2 red. 96C to 970; No. ‘2. mL\'~ ed, 96C to 96%0. Barleyâ€"No. 2, 74c to 76c, oulsidc. Flourâ€"Wmler wheat. patents, for ex- port, offering at $3.75; Manitoba pal- cn'Ls, special brand, $5.80 lo $6; sec- onds, $5.20 'to $5.110; strong bakers’, $5.10 to $5. 30. Peasâ€"883$ outside. Ryeâ€"No. 2, SOC. . ~ Carinâ€"0d No.2 yéllow American, nominal at 72c lo 730, Toronto Heights; new No.3 yellow, 660; mixed kiln- dried, 65%c. ('):1tsâ€"-N5.2white 47%c outside mm track 'I‘oronlo; No. 0 mixed “Xe to {Sc outside 46340 to 47c Tor-onto. Buckwheatâ€"63c outside. (:an board quotations wane:â€" On" aria Wheatâ€"No. 2 white $1 ask- cu‘ outside; No. 2 rc:.1 99:: asakcd. Bur eyâ€"No. 750 bid, G. T. R. LEADING MARKETS NEW YORK $11â€"5le MARKS? Peasâ€"7310. MONTREAL MARKETS. BUFFALO MARKET; COUNTRY PRODUCE BREADSTUFFS. PROVISIONS. m, hlb Ulu, U. 1. n. , 83%(5 asked, Outside, 82c 506,000. A loan is [0 be issued for $63,- 11(N),()OU; $10,000,000 will be obtained by il'Cl‘CilSCd tuxulion, and the romuimlcr M311; he covered. it is hoped. by uumnent- ing L110 revenue receipts. The (-mxrscs of this deficit are diminution in “me0- n’ues, fresh expenditures for ruilmuds‘ and increases in the salaries of State "omciuls. Eleven Taken Into Custody at Lau- sannc. A despa1c11 [10111 Lanszmno 911117.91» 1111111 sans: 12'101011 1111411111 11115911111 101'- rcrist< indudinu r1 mung “omnn xxx-re taken into custodv 11010 on 11111151131 after 1111 611001111101 with Lhe police, 1'1. whgh hey put up a desperate msistancc. 'l'lieyuke charged “11.11 tl11eatcning to assassinate a \\ ealthy local 111155111 1111- less he coniributod $1, 000 to the revolu- ticnary cause. 3 7 . ,7 I lirussian Government “'in Have to Pro- cure $110,500,000. A dcspatch from Berlin says; In the COUISC of the siiting on \\‘odnesduy of the Landing. Bin-0n Von mivinbabcn. Prussian Minister of State and Finance, “out over the Iigurl‘s of the Prussian budget. for 1008. The iota! is $840.50.“.(X'10 and shows the enonnous deiicil or SIN).- New [liner “'ill Have a Modisle‘s Dario} Aboard. A deSpaleh from New York says: The Times says: Among the innovations :wliipii Ilei'i‘ Bulin has planned for lhe now ‘lIninbui'g-Ainel'icnn liner, Europa. now being built at Belfast, are a luilor's Shop and nimllste's parlor. which will be liming; llie dii'eclion of lirsl-Clasa artists 1mm London and Paris. American 'lnilors will also be, on board to please thy; C..\\’h'0 like English cloth but not the Cult-"\‘Vlwlliei‘ women will feel Spry enough l0 try on dresses on mid-ocean is ygl in he proved, but How Bulin thinks lift” the great size of the liumm. 40.000 tons, will preclude the possibility of rolling to any extent. and pcn‘nil women to keep their feet while being filled. u traveller leaving Winnipeg. say, on Thursday morning at 8 o‘clock, can he landed in New York‘at about the same hour on Saturday nmning. New Railway (‘onnoclion Expi‘clcd to Gin: lorh might- hour Senicc. A dispatch from Winnipeg says: 1"}zicing Winnipeg within 48 hours of New York is one of the pcsxibilitios, it may be said probabilities, of the new connection that the Canadian Northern svcurcs by the completion of the Winni- peg Duluth Railway. It is figured out that a service can be arranged by which Attacked Bear, Which Had Seized Him ”Animal Clubbcd topmth. A dospuich from Cupar, Sasha, says: Andrew l’ollie, of 'l‘ouchwood was at- lncked on Tuesday by a huge hwy!) boar. lr’oliic picked: up u cfub and stun-k lhe animal. which caught him by the hrm and cndcuvored to got his taihm' paw round a tree to hug him. Pollio’s dog. attacking from buhind, made tho hvui‘ 1<3<e his hold. and the man clubbed lu-uin to death. The bear weighs 158 pounds. [nuns in lusting new and promising varieties of cereals furnish gratifying midcnce 01' [he dosim for the latest scientific information among the agriâ€" cultm'ists of Canada. During 1906 nearly 48,000 runners have joined in coapem- ll\'(: tests of seeds for the improvement of cmps. Sixleon Lilousnnd samplé’s of grain of various kinds were sent. out. to i‘ui'nmm in Quebec and seven thousand lo Ontario farmers. Agriculturists Taking Advantage 0! Their Work. A dospatch from Ottawa says: The twentieth annual report of the work done and in progress at tlw several D0- nzmion experimental farms was tabled in ”'0. Commons on Friday. It contains the Insults of many important and carefully conducted experiments‘ in agriculture. hufliculture and arborzrtllture carried on duringr the last year. The director, Dr. \Vm. Saunders, notes that the large zmd canstantly increasing demand by the tunnels of the Dominion for the publica- tiuns issued from the experimental furmS, tlze.rapidly extending uoxu‘espon- (k-nce, and the readincss shown every- where tn cooperate with the work of the Quoluiions were nominal for fccdex's at :53 10 $3.75 per cwt. Light stockors soul at $2 lo $2.75 per cwt. Culws Sold at 3 10 6c per pound. Milch cows were not. in extra good demand. Prices ranged from $35 to $53 for gnud ones. Export ewes were worth $3.75 to $/.- 25, bucks and culls, $3 to $3.50; lambs. 3-2 1-0 $6 per cwt. ”0:35 Cdniinucd unchanged. Selects brought $5.90, and lights and (this, $5.- 65 .per cwt. nnd mos 91‘s. 15x] P8P cwt. TERRORISTS ARRESTED. DOG SAVED ITS MASTER. AN ENORMOI'S DEFICIT. “'INNIPEG TO NE\\' YORK. most. were bought for local butch ML'RDERED BY STRANGE“. GO\\';\'S MADE AT SEA. L-zxpm-L bulls sém at $3.50 to $4.25 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. day published a long interview with Jacques Flash, the historian and pro- fessor in the College of Erance, who‘ declares his belief that. a conflict is cer- tain (or the mason that Japan seeks war. He advises erican fleet to be on the watch for a ‘ cse descent, and tasks: “\‘t'lib he attack made by the Japancse on till: Russianytsjips at'Chcmutpo will not be repeated? uflon the American ships to-momf’ Continuing, M._ Flact; ad- VW Britain and France 119 intgr. A despatch from Paris says: The sensational section of the French pmss continues to dwell upon the probabil- ity of a clash between Japan and the United States. La Press} on Wednes- M. Jacques Flash Issues a Warning to the United States. Vancouver. B. (3.. firemen refused a gift. of $100 from Japanese residents who sunpnthized with the three Iixemen \u‘undod in 1110 fig!1t_ on Ne_\v \gars Day. The Dopartmenf of the Interior at Ot- tawa. is considering a new regulation to admit immigrants to Canada only when SAYS THAT WAR IS CERTAIN J. A. Mucdonuld, leader of the British (plumbia OppOSilion will support Pre- nlicr McBride in rc-inlmducing the Natal Act to exclude Orientals. lrlavvcy main McCaul car on on Friday, and amputated. The Opera House at Bruntford was gutted by fire on Friday, and a number of stores undcrneam suffered damage by water. t is said that United States interests arc looking to the purchase of the lm- perial Paper Mills and Northem Sulphite . tills at Sturgeon Falls. Ovilu Iflbi‘ccho. of Monlrczili is in jail on u change of alson, us the pulice are suspicious of the nummous the: at his place. James B. Hunter seven yours private secretary to the Minister of l’utlic Works, has been made assistant Deputy Mmistcr. Owing to the outbreak of smallpox in Winnipeg the T. Eaton Company have ordered the vaccination of their 1,700 cmployes. Miss: Davis, principal of Sydenham school, prolcsls against the lavish use of 1| c Stars and Strims in Kingston} IA Chinese luundn'mun at MhCL‘X‘d‘ Alberta, found the body of a baby in his stove on returning after a short absence. Since Nov. 7 the Allan Linc has can rind 4.153 from Liverpool to Canada and 15,646 from h’lontreul to the Mersey. Otluwn’s [inst Board of Control is: Jauncs Davidson, Robert Hasty, Napoleon Champagne and C. llopmvcll. Moxiu‘éal has advuficcd flour [mom cunts a barrel, making 1L now $0.25 for first patents, and $5.65 for seconds. l‘iiilip Benoit of Alexandria“ was son- tmccd to 23 months in the Central Pri- son for stealing the Bishop‘s fur-lined coat. Serious damage was done by great storms on the Nova Scotia and New Brunswick coasts last. week. The revenue from succwsion duties in the Province of Ontario for last year has fallen behind 1906 by $179,438. If the winter on the prairie continues mild, the G. '1‘. P. will continue plate- luyimg all season. It 1's reported in Winnipeg that the Canadian Northern has just discharged soymflccu conductors for ipx‘cgulariiics. It is rumored that. the Legislature will open on February 6. Mr. John Talbot of London has been appointed {00d inspector for several wustcm Ontario COUDIicS. Winnipeg‘s high pressure water sys- tem has glven great summation. A Quebec dapalch says that Arch- bi._«_l;op Begin is to be madc 0. Cardinal. The Pxince of Wales has gixon fifty guineus towzuds the Quebec battlefields 1119111011111 fund. Hamilton Board<of Health asks that uh children be vaccinated. TCICO-"nph Briefs From Our Own and ' Other Countries 0! Recent Events. Pourcn is a mild-looking man. and filxbmitted without protest. He was employed as an engineer in one of the East, River tunnels. He admitted his identity by indicating that the photo- A despalch from New York says: Af- ter a ceaseless search of nearly two years, Jan Janol‘l Pourcn. alleged to be a notorious Russian brigand who is wanted in the Province or Livonia, Rus- sia, for murder, arson and robberies without number, was caught here on Wednesdaym He was arrested on the complaint of the Russian Consul-Gen- eral. M. De Ledygensky, and held for further examination and the arrival of extradition papers. HAPPENINGS FROM A GLOBE. CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS Employed as Engineer in a, Tufinel at New York. A NOTED BRIGAND CAUGHT CANADA. fell under a Bloor and Yonge Street. Toronto, his left foot had to be ALL 0\ ...i THE . RICHARDS, Publisher and Proprietor 'lhe Echo de Paris prints an inter- view, emana‘ling it sans {no.1} an “authorized Jappnesc som:e' with the object of showing that Japan is so ab- usc-rbed VViua the mainland 0! .iAs :1 that war. wi America is. impossible. “T ' ntixe attention of Iauan sms mg vale-u “is occupied with China and 05183 when: devc]: pments are Oc- urging which are giving 'lokio the greatest concern. China has just ais- missed a number of Japanese instruc- bar’s wi 20 have bcen leplaced with Ger- mans. vene, and put an and to the ‘tmublc wrote it is 200 late. Mrs. Darwent. wife of the resident. sizrgoon of the (Pionial Hospilal at Port of Spain. and who came from England on Christmas Day as a bride, is dead r: yellow fever. China is considering ihe matter of applying for membership in the postal union that she may' receive mails from Rusx‘a in Manchuria and prevent those going to Japanese transportauon com- Mr. B. Allen, magistrate oIQDaccm India, was shot in the back' by”; ”in- du, believed to be a poliljei‘l‘tmnntic, and the affair is the sensation of east. cm Bengal. ‘ Lucinc Millevoie, a Mafia, French Chamber of Depufi . .115 Fumce and Britam to {mafia '3 tchn Japan and the Unified 5w ., I t is undflrstood Germany ifm tn giw France and Spain a (magnum? in \c-oxocco provided the opcmdooi- M is ant (1ng A ...~«‘_»:: ’ ‘ The area sown in wheat in India is 34 per c€nL less than last year Locum of dmught. _ . , _ . . William B. Nevin. a former member of the New Yer: Stock Exchange and 11er engaged in the real estate busi- ness in‘ the Canadian west. committed suicide in New York on Thursday; The United States Interstate (20m- merce Commission reports that the railroads of the Country are stmxing: .1 disposition to voluntarily live up to the amended railway law. The Prussian budget shows a deficit « I $110,500.00. . Count Zeppelin is pregming an airship capable of cal-Pym; son‘gers. Five persons “are kil: ed in a collision on the Alabama 5: Mus 551p}: Railroad near Mom 1e, on Friday. H ‘ ti The new finance bill before Congress provides for an additional issue of bank circulation not to exceed szsomumo. The Vanderbilts have loaned the city of Moscow $5,000,000 {or street railways. F. Augustus Heinze. the copper mag- nate, has been indicted on a charge of over-certifying bank checks to the amount of $400,000. Four firemen were killed in a disas- trous fire in New York on Friday. Thxee persons more burned to awn in a fire in the outbuilding of the l‘rcnch hospital at San Francisco. The White Star Linc has announce] a cut in its second and thxrd class pas- senger'rates from English ports to New York and Boston " “ Mr. John Hodge, M.P., will bring the question of indiscriminate emigration in Canada before the British Parliament; anies. coming direct from thr‘ country of their high orrof their adoption. The Allan and C.P.R. steamship 11x26 mm report that the number of returning immigrants from Canada during the last two months is far larger than the num- ber brought out during the same period. The Russian is charged with numer- ous crimes in Riga, Livonia, where, with several fellawcountrymen, he ter- rorized the province and defied arrest. H was the custom of the brigands [-3 make demands umn citizens for large sums of money, and after the expra- {ion of several days, if the money was not forthcoming, they would rob the houses and set them aflre. When the inmates resisted, they were murdered, it is said. Pouren and his associates are charged with being particularly active in 1906. having, it is charged. committed a number of murders and robberies. graph or Pouren, in possession of the de_t_¢cli\:es, was a picture of himself. UNITED STATES. GREAT BRITAIN. GENERAL. 10 build 100 pas- r be- thirng, £2 Kits. for