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Imriwdiakly nfrpr his daughters abrupt departure hem he: tome, Sh: ktwed by grave results. , To prove IIope‘s‘ identity as 5::- 19 mos' gamandch id mezmt to deprive Ar- thur D:m_sda!e n! his position is heir! 2" [be «(012% “giving him in their place méfotgh barren 23m. A _ lauyer took an important part. The ring which Hope had seen in Lady szzfla es hand was a ca p3, of the 01d 13:11:11 betrothal ring taken away by 12321191; and many questions were asth 01 11w; 9 a; to “but had become 0! the c‘fnip'az. To these quesions her anâ€" swer was :11“ ays the same. She had, she- said. received the ring on her mo- ther‘s doath‘z. but: she had since lost it; and {vith this answer the lawyer was iain to be content. for the ring was alter at! but a sum" 1ink in the chain ‘0! proof necesmry to es ‘ablish Hopes idenptity as St:- James’ granddaughter. The p03~1b11ty that Lady Dimsdales surmise “as a correct one, and that. [tape “as truly the child of their own 61ml daughter must naturallycbe F01- ," Sir Junkes 'was «:55 9:15 1y convinced than his wife had been or Hopes iden- my as h s grandchild and solemn con- sultntitn: ensued in which the family pitiful story she had just heard. laid her face against the sweet old face that was ten! down‘ towards her, and kissed it 039; 29,111 over aggig. , 'f‘h'esâ€"ycsâ€"ah, my dear, mothers at- “?!in {ox-give!” was the broken answer; “but I could not go against my hus- band's wishrs, his positive commands, and from the day her father wrote to her. until to-day. I never heard of my daughk‘r Rachel again. Perhaps my husband's letter cmbitlered‘her; perhaos she thought I too was unforgiving (éven though I wrote her a note inside Sir James" to‘ say that my love for her would never change); in any case she never wrote again. and when later on I wrote to the addres she had given, my letter was. returnedâ€"she had gone- away leaving no clue. And now-l knowâ€"that I shall never see her again. My little Rachelâ€"my little Rachel!" Grant tears. the. difficult tears of old age. rotted slowly down Lady Dims- dalo's cheeks and dropped upon Hope‘- dark head. and the gir..l <tirrcd to the depths of her being by the strange and “1‘ think it was the deceit that hurt her father and me most," Lady Dims! dale went on in an even tone; “nei- ther of us can hear the” â€"a sharp pang smote Hope' 5 conscienceâ€"“and when her father knew that for weeks, nay months, she had been deceiving us, meeting this Mr. James secretly, and allowing him to make love to her, he said he would not ever allow her to come home again. He wrote to her to that effectâ€"andâ€"I think it broke my heart. " “Would you have forgiven her?" nope whisperqdmagerfiy. “I wislf mummy hadn‘t dofic that. ' wish she hadn‘t!” the girl cried passion- ately. He persuaded Rachel to run away with him: she left her home one day when her father and I were staying away; she joined Mr. James in Lon- don and they were married there at cnce. and we knew nothing of what had happened until I received her let- 1er telling me of her marriage.” uxulch To her n "She told me something about it, but I think it hurt her to talk of it; she could not bear to remember her old happy I days when she was so mlserable. My 0 n ‘ father"â€"-Hope's voice sankâ€"“lather used bran ‘ toâ€"used to drinkâ€"and he did not work. a m“ and mother had to work tor us allâ€"till able he died.” 5' "3’” “Were you a child when he died?" The “Yes; only ten. but I have not for Lad-V gotten, I never shall forget: he fright. 9mm“ ened me, I think be frightened mummy. ‘7" th‘ I was glad when he went away and lreg‘nrd never came back. I did not understand these â€"thenâ€"what dying means, Ionly knew 51‘9“"? that I was glad when mummy said I she m should never see rather again." ”’9 “I “Did Rachelâ€"did your mother ever (“3‘3 tell you mastery of her- marriage?’ WWW“! Hope shook her head. dormer: “fieâ€"Mr. Jamesâ€"was 'ner singlngld’d‘ing- master. He was very handsome and The attractiveâ€"butâ€"you must forgive my 1T0" ‘0 saying it of your fatherâ€"he had no naught principle. and in birth he was very slumbe much Rachel’s inferior. He belonged to W.“ 8 the people: he had only risen in the fremul social scale because of his voice. h?” ,8” “No child ever sins past its mother's pardon," Lady Dimsdale said bmkcnly. “Did not my Rachel know me we“ enough to be sure that I should have forgiven her everythingâ€"everything? Did she ever talk to you of her home â€"her past?” "I think mummy thought you were angry With her ” Hope said timldly: “she never told me all that happent‘G' she only said that she had disobeyed her father and mother, and made them miserable. and that she cauld never ask them to: help, because she had sinned past pardon. She told me that often and oftenâ€"these were her very words, ’1 have sinned past pardon!” “My hula girlâ€"my own little girl!” Lady Dimsdale's words «no wrung with anguish. “I knew it must end in disaster! Butâ€"oh! my darling, if I oculd have savedâ€"it I could have savej you!” “Wfl+mw.+ Wfitflfifii mm+m+m ,QHAP'FER XIVâ€"(Contmw‘d). James had altered his will, disinhcritâ€" . a ‘ . . ‘ i «‘ Rachot- but he had made no men- ‘1 want to try and get you: whom 2.16 ’ fl , ‘ smry cleft before I spegk to Sir James hon of “30119.3 pcsmbae descendants, . . . . and the old man'e some of 'uct‘ce show- about 't. Tetl me, doarâ€"wnat of mu . i“; ‘ 3 ‘ ' ‘ y (H! mm that to \‘xszl her mother‘s sins 9 ' _ - 77 ”when Can 5°“ remember hlm? nmn llnnn’a 3nnnrlnw| 1mm: “mum 1m “YcSâ€"I canâ€"remember him."rs.hc an- Swered with hysilalion; “heâ€"l think he broke mother’s heart." Hope‘s eyes dmpped, a flush of shame anq pain mounted to her very rbmw. VOL. 19. NO; 46. $i per annum." A Terrible Ecmpmtiém :OR. THE FAMILY RING Hope Mr! endomcd herself to the Han ser'.mn!s and especially to Lady DimszzaTes maid; Manners, long’refore me truth about her parentagé was di- \‘wgtd, nd they were unfeignedly dc- lighted w }_ um Mammal that sh: “Well. for my paFt, I always did think Miss Smilh was somebody. Look at her head. any one could see she was a: proian as ex or could be.” She meant patrician poor dear; I) as nei~ thcr word conveyed any men what- gycr to her listenpr, it, really tiered wiry lime which sue used. ‘ The gentle gracims courtesy with nhich s'he xcceivcd Mrs. Rndford’s gush- ing congratulations. endeared her for ex er lo the doctors “ire, who adopted a habit of saying-â€" But Hope‘s Iaults were those of :1 gm nous impu sivc nature; there was nothing petty or moan in the girl‘s whole character. and never by word or sign did she Mow her grandparents to know what misery she had endured during ihc six Radford house. Whnn the first intimation of the ex- traord’nary good fortune which had be- failen her late governess reached Mrs. Radfl’nrd. that good lady was almost puraixzed “i 'h envy and dsmay, lem- Fermi u. ih a \ei‘v \\ holesome termr lest Iopesc Tisciosméis as 10 the treatmenl she had rccch ed in the doctor’s house- hold should alienate Mrs. Radio-M's most precious posmion, the patron- age and kindliness of the Hall. The nine d-ays‘ wander over her shame story. as much of the smry as had been allowed in mm- thmugh to the cars of the county. hm] died down; she hhd become a part of the. Dimsdale hou‘soh-ofd, and to her grandparents she already sermcd like a ray of sunshine, and her fresh youih bmught. new life to the old house. As each day that went by made her more and more accus 'omfid to her new posit:.on and 13: bmvilden‘cd by it each day also was bringing her nearer lo the lime “hen the penalty for error must be paid, and the blow fell, as such blows win. when she was Least prepared for it. 1?. was the {oily of ignorance, the ig- norance of a very young girl who could not measure the affects of her own wrong-doing, and who had no con- ceplion of the grave results that mlght follow {mm it. Though many hard Iowans had taught her the meaning of the words salt-comm!” she had still in Warn that it is impossible to disre- gard me voice of consciencn. and fight against its warnings. wilh-Jut eventu- ally paying the penally. But those hall-hem-led ”attempts at confession never came to anthlng. Hope's courage invariably {ailed her at the critical moment, and she stifled conscience alresh by assuring herself that the past. was entirely buried. no one need ever know it; she would never mrel. Miles again; no necmlty for ever lelling the truth would ever arise. She would simply live and die as Hope James. and not- a soul would be any the worse.” The Dimsdates’ formal introduction of he: to their fiends as their grand- aauzhtn‘ \Izss H< p9 James. stung hcr smvnben'ng conscience Into atc’éute acu- v; 'v. and more than cnco she made a fremulons attempt to to” the truth lo her grandmother: to confess that her whole We was a lie: that she was no Mnger Hope James at all. but Milo-s Anderson’s w: 'Ieâ€"his wife who had run away from him in a fit (I chidish pas- sionate temper, And yet bewilderment was the pre- vailfag senxalfon in hm» mind; bewil- derment and a terrible sense of wrong- To the girl herself the knowledge of her new posllion came as Something or a shock; so mrmy experiences had 'l'wf-‘n crowded into the short year and a hall of her life. that. she felt scarcely able to understand this newest and strangest development. The tenderness lavished upon her by Lady Dimsdnlo, Sir James’ kindiine'ss, Arthur’s hearty \velcvme of her as one a! the family with no arriere pcnsee regarding h’s own vanished hows-ail these servel to give the girl a sensed sheltered pmtectcd existence such as she had never kn-cwn. not even during the time of her mart-mi life. The mklress of the church in which Rachel hall been married was Imen- honed in that hurried letter written [c- her parents to announce her mur- x-Lage. and inves-ligation of the two reg- isters prover! br-yond a doubt that Hope was the child of Edward and Rachel James. T109 Dimsdule, and in CCDSc- quv-nco the grancldaugter of Sir James Dimsdnle and his wife. a cfue overlooked by Miles Anderson, “hon he too had been slrivlng to dis- c‘wer some particulars of Hope’s par- entage and family. In an old tortoise- shell box of her mother’s. a box which Lady Dimsdale recognized with tears as having belonged to her daughter Rachel. a slip of paper was found bear- ing pr‘n it these words in trembling uneven handwriting:â€" ‘ “Hope was baptizrd in St. Pancra‘s' Church on April 14th, 1880." The mkh'ess of the church in which The first and pressing necessity was to wow hat Hope was truly his grand- daughter. and the;- family proceeded at once to make every inquiry to the de- fined end. A clue was found at last, m! him that to visit her "Homers sins upon Hope’s innocent head would be m‘ither just nor right. 0 six DIOI: ms she sp-gnt in. the Princian’JTUTner’s Drug $011e§§ is to mi} ~ 153 a mm'wlhus fashion to all the lender- nosg bestowed upon her; she opened out like a newly blossoming flower. By Manners’ skilful hands she was gowned in becoming garments. and her hair ar- ranged with that artistic dSOrdcr which is disorder and yet. charming di'sorde‘r. The country air had put color into her gale cheeks. happiness had brighlenod her eyes. She looked like a new crea- ture, indeed she I'm like one tori. and for very gladncs «I heart she sang as she passed up the with! staircase lo her ”ffcn minutes later Eshe and Arthur ki'ere walking across the nark together watched from the window by Lady Dimsdales anxious eyes. (To be 9‘" (WK-r7; “I h-nvon’i yet g-it accustomed to the lovely way things grow in spring?" Hope cried with her happy laugh. “I had never seen bluebells growing till last May, and the Redford children did laugh at my excitement over them. And primrose: I havent seen really properly at all. They were over when I came last year." “Poor little Londoner,” Lady Dims- daie said smiling, stroking the girl’s hair- as Hope bent to kiss her; “we must make you quite ‘a country bird now darling. so go and see the prim. r0505, and don't worry about‘your old granny, but have a happy_aitez:nggn." - Lads Dimsdaics eyes-félloxw'cd Hope wistfu‘xly. as she \xent singing from the room. The Improvénmnl in the gill was almost magical: 51 e had indeed. as hm- m'nndmothor 'said. “exmndcdflin “No really not! Grandfather and I are bound to go logether 10-day to the Clutter-bucks; you go with Arthur. and enjoy yourself among the primro‘ses." “Come for a walk, Hope. I! is time you were introduced to the special primrose copscâ€"and Aunt Elinox does not xx ant you this afternoon. ” “How could there be any one else? Ask her by all means, my dearest toy. ‘imd I wish you every success. It is qui-‘e impossible that you can have been forestalled. Her life, first in poor London lodgings and than as a gover- ness, would not have brought her in confnct. with men. on: it is quite im- possmle that there could beâ€"any one "Don‘t. you really want me, grand- moiher?" “Then you think I might ask her? You do not think there is anybody eise?‘ The young man spoke with suppressed eagpmess. “Will she think I am too old? Or will she fancy I am asking her because I do not want to lose the Hall?” “Hope is far too simple and sweet to lmpulc bad motives to you, dear boy: every day she seems to me to expand irvto greater swetness. She must have had a terribly hard life, and it has not embittered her at all. She has such a wholesome nature. She would never suspect you of marrying her for the properly. Why, Arthur, such (1 mar- r‘age would make your uncle and me most unfeignodly happy: it would solve every difficulty, and we should feel we were not losing either you or Hope.” _ “I believe that In the~bottom o! my heart I began to care on the first day I saw her, framed in grcnerv. m‘ththe white and gold flmxcrs behind her: and â€"there is no doubt about my caxing now.” He laughed. a curiously nerv- ous laugh, then caught one or his aunts hands in his. “Hope? Your wife?” Lady’Dimsdale leant forward excitedlyâ€"“Do you mean it. Arthur? Do you really moan that you care for my dear little girl?" In spite of his thirty odd years, she still had a lurking feeling that he was the bay who had come to her long ago with all this troulbles and joys. and smiling up inlo h‘s Rica, she answered glrntlyzâ€" “By telling me that I am not too old and uninteresting to ask Hope to be my \vite.’ was the pmmpt an’swor. He stood beside the mantclpiccc, look- ing down at his aunt. and she saw at once that he was embarrassed, and not quite his quite usual calm self. “Aunt Elinor, you have been like a mother :0 mG-andâ€"I want to ask your advice." That which is- talked over in the hou‘sckeopcr’s mom, is more often than not also being talked of amongst, the family upstairs, and it chanced that on an evening in March. when Lady Dimsdale and Arthur sat alone in the {owner‘s boudoir, he said abruptly:â€" “I‘ve thought myscu that Mr. Arthur is much more here than he used to be." was Manners’ thoughtlul rejoinder. “and you’re right, Mr. Smiles. 1! those two was to make a match of it, there wouldnt be‘ any difficulties, as you might say. They’d both come into their own, and there couldn't be a better nor a nicer marriageâ€"him her mother’s cousin and all, though nearer her age than her motherfs." “What is it, dear? How can I help you?” And Smiles put down his teacup with an air of triumph. looked across at the housekeeper. shook his head wisely, and helped himself to another round 0! buttered toast. vvuuu I m, UJLU u m. Vb} ...... I see that I don’t say much about. but Idonb mind telling you two ladies"â€" hme he dmpped his voice my «011011st --“lhat sorry as I am for Mr. A1thur. his nose being put out of joint as you mght say, still my private opinion is he 11 come 10 his own again in the end without anybody being a penny me worse." “But that’ll only be till Miss Hope marries," A'Ianne'rs remarked sugely; “and Im sure u pnelty young lady as she is now, with her hair done proper the same as Namre meant it to be done, and Im- clothes cut as a lady‘s Should be, is safe to marry soon enough.” “And marry not far from home too,” Smiles the butler interposed. “I see what I see, and there’s many things “And as like the picture in the little library as two peas," put in the house- keeper; "and a good thing her lady- ship should have a sweet little lady lzko Miss Hope to keep her company in her old age.” l'ilgvhuiswloi‘g oivn flesh and Vblgod: Waxes the 01d butler $91333ng it, CHAPTER XV.. Durham and Victoria Standard MlLLBROOK ONT.. THURSDAY, APRIL 9. 1908. Culxcs vme‘ 33$me in pxicc 11E 3 tq Gyc per pound:. "' " Ems, $5 to $3.25; bu'cks. and.~ mum $13. 3‘0 to $3.30; lambs,~ glam-{ed} 37"; In $7 75; lauifis $5 to $6 per cm. Spring lambs more wotth $3 Lo $7 each. Choice hogs were quoted at $6 peg râ€"u fitmand “gifts? and tats at $3. w pen New York. April 7â€"5pm Heady; No w red, 81 ekwator; No. 2 rod, $l I.o.b. afloat; N0. 1 norlh-m-n, Duluth, 31.12% [.64). afloat; NO. :2 hard winter, 351.10% 122.13. afloat. d Only a few odd lots or cxpmt cattle wme on sale Their prices lunged from S' .75 to $5.35 per cm. ‘ Good bulclfers’ cattle were waited. Picked buichers' cgttlc, 535.10.55.40; choice loads, 84 .50 to $5.10; medium. Si tu S4. 50; common. 83. 25 to $4; choice oo‘xus $360 to S4." .5; medium cow‘s, $3 _tc $3. 50; common cews 31.50 to $3 bulls. $2.50 to 54.50 ,per cairn-'1: :1: , Toronto. April 7.â€"â€".~\ scarcity of good cattle conunues, and medium and‘ccm- mon cattle had to take their places. f Buffalo, April 7.â€"â€"\\’l1031â€"~Spr3ng 1A1? lower: \9. 1 Northern. calla-ads. $1.- 51; Winter quiet; N0. 2 red, 98c. Corn â€"Quiot; No. 2 yellow, 69%0. Oatsâ€"Dull; No. 2 while, Sfixc. Barley .35 to 95¢. Ryeâ€"880. Butlerâ€"Current receipts are sellmg at 28c to 30¢ per pound. Provisionsâ€"Barrens short cut mess, S21; hall-barrels, 810.75; clear [at back, 82.2 to 323; long cut heavy moss, $20; half-barrels do... $10.50; dry salt long clmn- backs, 10%c; barrels plate beef, $13.50 to $15; half-barrels (3-0.. $7.25 to $7.75; barrels heavy mess hoof, $10 to $11 lml--fhanel.~, (10.85.50 to] $6; com- pound land. 8%: 10 9c; pure laxd 11,11: .1) 11/0; kettle lflf‘lldCl‘t‘d. 11%c 10112“ hams. 120 to 13%c. according to $21.20; breakfast. bacon, MC- 10 156:; \\'lndsor bacon H/c lo 15%c; fresh killed hbal- hail dressed hogs, $8. 79 lo 89;11\e, $6.- 50 to $5. 05. Manitoba bran, $23 to $24.50; shorts. $25; Ontario bran. $24.50 to $25; mid- dlmgs, 826 to $27; shorts. $25.50 to $26 per ton. including bags; pure grass moulllie. 831 to $35, and milled grades, $23 to $20 per ton. Rolled Oatsâ€"S3J2x per bag. There are no changes in the local chaise situation. September westerns are selling at 13c for whlte and 1334c for colored; Septcmbe'r easlems, 13%C for vhlle and 13x0 for colomd'. Montreal. April 7.â€"â€"Thero was a good demand from foreign buyers for spring wheat flour patents. Choice spring wheat patents, $6.10; seconds, $5.50 to $5.60; winter wheat patents. $5.30; straight rowers. $5.75 i0 85; do., in bags, "22.25 to $2.35; extra, $1.80 to $1.90. London, Apr'rl l.â€"Ca1cut€a Misc-ed. April: and June, 435 3d 1304‘ 412 pounds. SEEDS. Follmxing are the pl 169.: paid at outâ€" side pvints: â€"â€"\lsike, No.) S]! [m fancy 10L~;\'.o 2-810; No. 3 38.5010939831111- plcs mined “1th timqtm, liefoil 01 weeds. accomling to quality. Rvd (Llovorâ€"flxmer: No. 1 Clnancd. $12.50 to $13. and higher for host; No. 2 $11 to $11.25: ordinary lots. mixed with weeds, according to quality. Smoked and Dry Sultéd- Mealsâ€"Long mear bacon, 9%: to 10¢ for tons and cases; hams, muiium‘iund light, 12%c to 13¢; hams. largo. 11%c to 12c; backs, JGc to 16%0; shoulders, 9%c to 9};c; mils. 9%c to 10c; breakfast bacon. Me In 150; green meats out of pickle, Ic lass than smoked. Lardâ€"Tierces, 1131c; tubs, 11%c; pails, 11%2. Prices two:â€" Porkâ€"Short. cul. $521 10 8:21.50 per barrel; mess. $17.50 In $18. Wholesale prices are:â€" Eggsâ€"â€"Ne\vlaid, 16c. Honeyâ€"Strained steady at 11c to 19¢ per pqund {or Gamma pulls and 12c to 13¢ for 5 to 10 pound pails. Combs at 81.75 to $2.50 per dozen. Potatoesâ€"Ontario, 85c to 90¢; Dela- ware, 95c in car lots on track here. Butlerâ€"Market has an easier tone. Cream-cry, prints .. 31010324: (10 solids .... ..r. 29010-300 Dairy prints .... 2501,0260 do large rolls 2-1-c1025c do solids 230to2lc Interim- ................ .. 20c (0210 Beansâ€"$1.70 to $1.75 {0:3 primes and SLRO to $1.85 {or hand-picked. (:hposvâ€"llc for large and 14210 for twins. in job Lots here. llalod Strawâ€"$9 to $10 per ton on track. llnlod Hayâ€"Timothy ls quoted at $16 in car lcl< on track here. Flour â€"- Manitoba patents. . special brands. 86; seconds, $5.40 to» $5.50; strong bakers’, 85.30; winter wheat pub- ems. S3.45.' Shorts~Scarcc, $24 2.0.b. mills. - "nu-A.” may, Ewav, Ul- ‘ (:omâ€"l-‘irm; No. 3 yellow Amencur}, 72c; Mam-1m. 74c Toronto Irclgh‘S; N0. 3 mixed, 10 less. Barleyâ€"Very dull; No. 2,603. _ Pc-as~No. 2, 87%c to 88¢ ouLSIdc. Ryeâ€"No. 2, 853 to 85%c. Buckwheatâ€"No. 2 676. . Oatsâ€"No. 2 white. 46%0 outsmlo; 480 on track Toronto; No. 2 mixed, 440- Branâ€"Full cars, $24.50, Toronto heights. Ontario “hempâ€"No. '2 while. 900 10916 at point. of shipment; No. 2 red, 90C; N“ 2 prichl 890; goose, 87. Toronto, April 7.â€"-Manjtoba Wheatâ€" .\'0. 1 northern. $1.20; No. 2 northern, 311.16%; fccd wheat, 67c; \0. 2. Iced, LEADING MARKETS .\'E\\' YORK WHEAT MARKET. L. LIVE STOCK MARKET. .1 MONTREAL MARKETS. BUFFALO MARKET. COUNTR YPRODUCE. BREADSTUFFS. PROVISIONS. aleind [1011011111111 111 11111 E11c 0111. and- D’flt [her ('nnadian points 33111111} becaus'é‘ 11c bx 11love ch 114110 10111sz lo {.16 thbu‘gh ”10 ouleul of 130111;; 51111011 " "1 a cu11<111s 0111 011015 whiIc 1111* Moons: ‘ 2,111: mg issued.1n Canada licenses :1 , had 3-5 1111 New York State, 11111 if isiy'n'ot necessaxx 1111-1) D1111 parties '10 1111111115 11.. personal 11991101111011. Buffalo Brides Prefer m be Married in w . Ontario. .‘ A despufch £10m Buffalo snxs: Since the new 111a1'rinlroluw 10111111111'r licensos “cm into cffocL in Buffalo 1110 rewlds have shown a markcl dccxcusc in the number of maniago» .hem as company] wiih Ibo cmncpamling 1.1011th 1.1 other 5291112. fl 1115 became knoun that ‘the‘xnar‘rfngcs of many Huffman-inns are l7nitcd_Statcs Fleet Accepts Invitation 0! Premier Deakin. A despair-h from Melbourne, Austra- lia. says: Alfrod Dcukin. Prime Minister 0! Australia, has rocc’vod a. cable mes- sage mmouncing that the United States battleship tlcct, which will be divided into two squadrons of eight \\'ili':lll[)$ each, will arrive here Sept. 1, and will stay for [on days. The {loot will ur- rivv at. Sydney, Sept. 13, and will re- main there 10 days. The armored crui- sers, however, will not. visit Amati-Minn waters. Mr. Deakin has cabled Wash- ington that it. is the desire. at other Australian States that the fleet. \muid visit Hobart, Perth, Adelaide and Bris- bane. is CXhEUS’k‘d. There will be no gold sent out for some time, as the refineries have not yet arrived. First Shipment Made to Various Parts of the Country. A dcspnlch from Ottawa says: The first shipment of silver coin was made from the Canadian Royal mm on Wed- nesday afternoon. a total of 824.000 bo- :ng sent to various parts of the country. The coins were of all denominations, and an equal quantity. so far as value was concerned, of each class was sent out. There were 12.000 50-cent piccns, 21,000 25-cent pieces, 60.000 10-cml pieces and 120.000 5-cont. pieces, making $6,- 000 worth of ouch denomination. The money was shipped to the Receivers- Geneml in Toronto. Montreal, \‘ancou- ver and other cities”, who will deal the coins out. as they are applied for. Ship- ments of silver will be made regularly according as the supply sent. out now Remarkable Results From Vaccination in the Philippines. A despatch from Manila. Philippine Islands, says; The Board of Health dur- ing the last two years has carried on systmnntic compulsory vaccination throughout the islands, with the result that smallpox. once so prevalent. ts 01- mnst wholly eradicated. Statistics show that in the six provinces surrounding Manila, where previously deaths ran as high as six thousand annually, there was not a single death last year. It is estimated that the number of deaths from this cause in the archipelago. in- cluding the Moro provinces. have been reduced by ten thousand annually com- pared: with former years. Since the compulsory law there have been. slightly exceeding five. million vaccinations. with the remarkable res-nit that. no deaths. no maiming and no complaints an due to virus injection. The best previous record was in Germany, thirty- ftve deaths in less than three milliom vaccinations. Meat Dealers of Philadflphia to Pcu‘lion Roascvell. A dosapalch from Philadelphia says: The meat dealers of Philudciphiu have decided to Send a petition to President ncoscwlt, asking that the duly on sheep from Canada be removal. The Famine in Indiaâ€"May Call for World Relief. A dcspatch from Calcutta says: The Indian famine has assumed such guue proportions that the “01111 may be asked to contribute to save the millions who 1111- actually stuning. [01d Minto 1c- cently presided at 11 public meeting in the Town Hall to consiclm mensuxos for relief. lifty millions of the inhabi- tants of 1nd .1 me .suffming fiom the failure of mops. It. is estimated that the money loss from the crop failure is 875000.000. Dry and torrid weather is responsible for the suffering, and practically all of the mops in the Unit- ed Provinces failed. The Contml E11” lish Gm ornmcnt lms aided \013, materi- allv in chuking the suflcxing of its sub- jects abroad. .. TO REMOVE DUTY ON SHEEP. Oats imported from the Old Country are selling at 85 cents a bushel. and ofhez grades awrage 70 cents. Up to 'Ihursday night 620 cars of gmin wexe shipped. The total number of applications m ceived was 15,063, there being 11,644 in Saskatchewan, and Alberta 3.419. Saskatchmvnnâ€" Wheat, 482.279 bush- els, outs. 484.529 bushels; barley, 58,- 261) bushels. Total for province, 1,025, 07'? bushels. Alberta â€"- Wheat, 27.795 bushels; cats. 183.850 bushels; barley, 30,513 bushels; Total, 262.158 bushels. Time for Application iln New Provinces Has Expired. A dcspntch from Regina, Snsk., says: The time for receiving seed grain a-pp'i- cations has expired, and the Govern- ment distribution omcc on Friday hand- ed out. the Ion-owing figures. TIIOL‘SANDS 0F LIVES SAVED. FEAR THE LICENSE L.\\\'. .. TO VISIT AI'STRAIJA. DISTRIBUTION OF SEED GRAIN. FIFTY MILLIONS AFFECTED. COINS FROM NEW MINT. A dcspalch l‘mm Monlx‘cal says: As a result or the opening of lhcnew’Ca- nad‘iam Pacific line from Tor'o'hlo to Sudhur , a new truinnscx'vico will be pal on,xunning direct bctxx'ecn Tor-m- ic and‘Wffi-‘mg, which will make the run 1:1139ho. 5, cutting off nearly eight hours from We Lime that it has hitherto {alien to gel from the one citv 10 mo other. 1111 ‘was decide} upon at a “time' 111004ng 114 1d at the C. P. R. lmadqnmleré on “aluaday allu'noun .0 make arrangcmi‘r'rL for Summer schedules. 'lh-c new mi? will 'be known as the “1‘03?ng bpsxted’ and “\Nilnni-tcg le'led.”_mv.1 M’m 51111 t" J‘unnifig on. June, 1331.110 same ‘ that the new brilliant}; ,mg; is form; Michigan territory has seen {our flags wme in token of sox creignty ox er itâ€"anch, English Spunbh and Am- criran. Beginning June 15th, C.P.R Will Put On Daily Trains From Toronto. r'vl‘hc students of New York University went. on strike on» Thursday because one of their number had been suspended. BIREUT SERVICE T0 WENMPEG John Heily. slubbed on :1 ”A1155. Marion. :1 Jaime hall girl or Bakersfield. 0:11., has inherited $75,000 from an uncle in Chicago. V ’Iiivcsolntions introduced at \\'ashing- 1on by Speaker Cannon can for an in- x’cstigatiaon of ihe paper trust. Howard Meal-s died in‘ Chicago from Iockjuw caused by a gunshot wound received March 10. Mr. Augustine Birx'cll, Chic-f Secretary for Ireland, denied in [he House of CommonstlthordHaddo was in any way connected with the disappearance cf the Dublin jewels. 1 7. A resolution onddrsing home rule for Ireland. was adopted in the British House of Commons by a vote of 313 to Tim Canadian Northern Railway has received information that five ilmousnnd Americans are expected to take up Land in Alberta and Saskatchewan. The first of the three new warships for Brazil. building in Britain, will be launched on the Tyne this month. . A general fight took place at a dance at. Union, Alberta. and a cowboy named Stevenson shot Otto Taylor through the leg. The Union Bank has presented two of its clerks wilh gold watches {or Hus. {mung an attempt. to rob the Logan avenue brunch at Winnipeg. "M3 (2‘. P. n. has let the contract for construction of the new lincvfrom Leth- hridge to Mac-100d. " --...â€"n The Indian \magp of Sechelt B. C.. “as a lmost destined by fire. and an cld couple perished Ain _lhc flames. chut ludimatic n prevails at Nelson. B. (2.. owr I'M. I]. S. Mag-42's stxjco Lures on the moral condition of the Kuotenays. The Alberta chncrnmcnt has purchas- el the Bell ”-Idcphonc system in that Pxoxincc {01 $675 The Gmcmment “ill Iomsw'thc em- badge on the cwpoxt of lumbar}; lo_ the United States. ‘ A Gah'cian boy n'nimd Goggle v.83 Lilla} by “"0le “new lulwu Mills. $35k. Ontax -o munic panties of 30000 popu- lation 01 oxer may 11.1chde 01 Comm). V 'J‘Vhéflfiow wing to .51. Joseph‘s {109 pitul Pew-above, is abuub ready for oc- cupation. .. grading has commenced in the vicinity 0i Mnclxozl, Alberta. ‘ Milk in London is to be reduced to 6 gents .per quart. Schoof saléries in Benevillc for 1908 are estimated at $19,800: v, ,, .V ...- Vat-\dllf v: uwuu 11))“qu- The blaze originated in the elevator shaft and had gained such headway that the firemen confined! their efforts to preventing a spread to adjoining build- "'efll‘nph Brlets From Our Own Other Countries 01 Recent Events. CANADA. A dospatch from London, Ont., says: Al 6.30 o'ulxvck on Thursday night fire broke out at Hobbs’ Glass Works at the corner of Ridgut and the Grand Trunk tracks, and completely destroyed the factory, resulting in a loss estimated at $300,000. Eighty per out. of the loss is covered by insurance, carried by a number or companies. The loss con- sists principally of stock. The Canada Furniture 00., which is part. of the con- cern and adjoins the glass works, was damaged to the extent of about $125,000. HAPPENINGS FRO.“ ALL OMJ TUB GLOBE. CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS Hobbs’ Glass Works Were Burned Causing Loss of $300,000. LflNBQN FAUTQEY BESTBGYEB UNITED STATES. GREAT BRTAIN. of Newark. N. 1., was street car by a passen- C. W. RICHARDS, Publisher'and Proprietor and F1011] that t'mc fin there “ill be on. 1min each “-4) not) d8) in the “week LuL \xhile the \\ e~tlx:- und linin “ill take 3‘6 houxs. Inc ccsllyiunJ will be timed ‘Iur 37 hours The train will leave To- point) at J30 p..m and reach Winni- reg at 9.30 (n the second morning, making two nights and one day for the trip,~o ,w that hall, a «lax “ill be saved. ;‘ ”:ilé’rcturn liaili \\.ll leave Winni- peg at. 10.53. pm and «(well Toronto at two in the elite! noon oi the'sccond 'day. By stunting at that time all pas. senger twins Il-m branch Manitoba “lines will have. arrived at Winnipeg, ”,9; that there \\ 1.1 R0 excellent mam liens for eastboii d passengers, m they wll again able to makéfilose, canine-cums at "reroute for paints. . . 4 / The Czar has ordered the dissolution of the Finnish Diet because of the re- solution expressing sympathy with the Russian terrorists. Dan, :1 hearse horse of Bayonne. N. 3.. who in me laét '20 years drew more than 1,000 persons to the several coma lories. has boon ponsfoncd off to spend the rest of hic life in ease on a lame farm. It is said he always shopped he- tore any door on which he saw crepe hanging. A longthinct volcano in GuanaIa has'bmkm into erupfion. and the peo- ple bn the mountainside are fleeing for their lives. Many Haytien officers have been ar- csted. charged with cmnplicity in a plot against the Govgrnmont. Complete anearchy prevails in Hayti, and the American warships are prepan- ing to 19nd troops. Pirated trade marks are an abusa which is flourishing in Japan. Because William Huffman, of Con- nersburg. 0., chanced to rise one morn- ing recently at. 4 he saved hic emu-«- family from burning to death. as he discovered the lower part of the house in flames. The jury in a Sunday saloon closing case ‘atCthago disagreed so thoroughly that several of Ibo .men were found in- jurod and part of the furniture in the room damaged when the report was {many made. Andrew Carnegie has inéroascd his fund for ponsioning college pmfmsors by 85.000000. and has extmdod the he- nvms of it to the px‘ofessors of State unin'ersitics. Miss Addie 3.]. Hunt. a trained mimic, whose logs were cut. of! by a train at Great Nook. L. 1.. in June, 1905. has just been awarded a verdict of $25000. I-‘me distribution of antiwx'm to the poor 0! Pennsylvania. according to the records of the State Department of iimiih. has saved the lives of 1,500 chiidrcn in a. year. In a futile attempt to blow open the safe ot the Farmers‘ Bank at, Spring- tnwn. Ark. the head of one of the rob- bm-s was blown from his shoulders by a premature explosion of dynamite. grce for killing his neighbor. Murphy (:ookc, in a quarrel over Reilz's chick- ens. A new lino. built by the Pure Oil Company. will extend its pipe lines from Southmst Ohio to the Indiana and Iiiinois fields at, a cost of over ‘At Oswego, N. Y.. Jamos Benz was convicted of murder in the second dc- James O‘le. a travelling man of Philadelphia, became derangvd at Bid- wcll, Ohio, and jumped in from of a. twin. He was instantly killed. Volunteer firemen used numerous kegs of beer to fight a saloon lire ‘n Cary. 1nd.. without avail. Loss was 810.000â€"1331‘1'1)’ in beer. Automobiles may be pressed. into ser- vice as strike breakers in the event. of a walk-out of the milk waggon driv- ers in Chicago. The New Haven R. n. has laid of! 105 shop workers, reducing the force to 25 as against 800 when the bhops are running full-handed. A dog which had an eye knocked out by an automobile in Glen Ridge, N. J., has been successfully fitted with a glass optic. Stepped. Mix. Beulah Hawkins has slept for "' days in the county hospitals, has n|~ Angeles and still continua in the cute. kptic trancz. ger on whose toot he had accidentally When the Walls fell 1x60 firmlen were injured in the crash. Fireman Lew. Fergus-on was struck on the head by a fullmg brick, and sustained a number of scalp wounds. Fireman Robert Hay- l-ock was more seriously injured. his k-g being badly injured and: buck sprained, and fears are entertained that he may be injured internally. About seventy-five men will be thrown out of employment. but the company, will, rebuild at once. ings. The high wind that was blowm at the time fanned the flames, and 5 was feared that for a time the depart- ment would be inadequate to keep the fire to the glass works. _ GENERAL.