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A strange stillness came upon the Abbey House after Mrs. 'l'empest's wed- (1mg. \‘ioiet received a few imitations and morning calls from friends who pilied her solitude; but the best people Wyere for the most part away from home ”1 Alli-IDS! and Sepiexnber; some no tur- me!‘ than Bournemoxmi or \chmouth; clhers roaming the Inmmtainous districts. ” Eur?!» in search of the picturesque or the fashionable. Violet did not want sociew. She made (fxgl‘xsgs {05' refusing all im’ilatigns- _The a: hand. inevitable. 'That autumn proved exceptionally fine. Scotland cast. aside her mantle of mist and cloud. and dressed herself in sunshine. The 'Trossachs blossomed as the rose. Gloomy gray glens and mountains put -cn an apparel of light. Mrs. TempeSt wrote her daughter rapturous letters about the tour. “We move about very slowly.“ she .said. “so as not to fatigue me. Conrad‘s attention is more than words can de- scribe. I can see that even the waiters .are touched by it. He telegraphs before- hand to all the hotels. so that we have .niways the best rooms. He thinks no- thing too good for me. It is sudden. mg to see a herd of travelers sent away .hc useless every eveninO. The fine wen- ther is bringing crowds to the High- lands. We could not have traveled at a more favorable time. We have had only a few showers. but in one. on Loch Katrine. my poor fawn-colored ress suffered. The scarlet of~the pop- pies'ran into the blue of the corn-now- (rs. Is it. not a pity? I was quite un- omscious of what was going on at the time; and afterward, when I discovered it I could have shed tears. It was omy nywmr-n- mm luring that. Panhntfl erself that grace of out-: spoke of in a germ-31‘ ('Vt‘rybndy In}. rhinos; and t pH‘St'PVPtI to h lino \Vhii‘tl she way as “figure.” ‘ “And what a mite of a waist I had when I first went out. to service!” she‘ would say, pathetically. But Pauline was now in Scotland, harassed by unceasing cares about traveling-bags. bonnet _hoxes. and extra 5 and undervalumg Ben-Nevis 115‘ wrap . .not worth half the trouble that was‘ and look at. him: 1 taken to go _ The gardeners were gray-headed, and} remembered potting ‘the first fuchsia: slips that ever came to the Forest. They i had no gusto for new-fanflled ideas about a cordon fruit-trees or roof-pruning, They tiked to go their own way, as their fa- thers ‘and grandfathers had done before them. and, with unlimited supplies of manure, they were able to produce ex- cellent cucumbers b1 the first at Ma “I hope when you marry. darling. you will come to Scotland for your honeymoon. The mountains seem to appeal to one‘s highest feelings; There are ponies. too, for the asmnt. which is a great comfort if one is wearing pretty boots. And you know. Violet. my idea that a woman should be cs- senlinlty feminine in every detail. i 'never could bring myself to wear the horrid clump soles which some women delight in. They seem to me to indi- cate that strong-minded and masculine character which I detest. Such women would want the suffrage. and to have the learned professions thrown open to them. 1 meet ladiesâ€"or at least per- sons calling themselves such-tn horrid water-proof costumes. and with coarse cloth hats. Hideousness could go no further. And though l regret the wreck of my fawn-colon lhcan but remember with satisfaction that Theodore always says to me when she shows me one of her chelsd'aeuvre: ‘Mrs. Tempest, it is a dress (it for a lady.’ There are scan- dalous wretchcs who declare that Theo- dore began life as ~kitchen-maid in an Irish inn. but i. for one. will never be- lieve it. Such taste as hers indicates a refined progenitur‘e‘." ‘ ‘ With such lettersuas these said Mrs. Carmichael comfort ‘-her absent {laugh- ter. Vixen replied .as best she might. with scraps of news about the neigh. bors. rich and poor, the dogs. horses and garden. It was hateful to her to have to direct her lgtters" to .\lrs. Cur- michaet. The days went on. Vixen rode from early morning till Doom and rambled in the forest for the’ best part of the ar- ternoon. She used-t0 take her books there. and sit tor. hours reading on a mossy bank under one of the bought- bccches. with Aunts at her feet. The dog was company enough for her. Sh») wanted no one better. At home the 01d servants were move or less friendsâ€" thvir faces always Dtensnnt to see. Some of them had lived with her grana- father: mmt or them had served hér tn- tt.m' from the time he inherited the «:5. tute. The squire had been the most conservative and indulgentbt maste'rs. always liking to see the old faces. The butter was old. and even on his under. ting's bullet-head the gray hairs were beginning to Show. Mrs. Trimmer was at least sixty. and had be‘en getting an- nually bulkier for tfieJast twenty years, The kitchen maid was a comfortableâ€" lcoking person of forty. There was an atiitosphere of domestic peace in the {- ftccs of the: Abbey House which made J... Ann. i\.....-..tr.:. solitude of her we” did not. afflict. her. If it. could have continued forever. if Captain Carmichael and her mother could have wandered about the earth. and left her in peaceful possession 3f the Abbey House, with theold servants. vold horses, old dogs, at] things undiso tux-bed as in her father's time, she would have been happy. lt was the men or change, a new le upstart mas- 1_er in her father's place, which topturetl ’l-cr. Any delay Much kept all um evil hour was a blessed relief: but alas! the evil hour was coming: it was close «'1: hand. inevitable. ”That autumn W+Wm§+gm+§+§+6+6+6+C€+D+WW§H§M g m ”as... ~~‘ VOL. IS. NO. 49. Roric and Vixen; u..- - â€" y Int. 11 was only by-ximlch- and tight lacing mat. Famine) I to herself that grace of out- also spoke of in a general MILLBROOK A: OR, A HAPPY MARRIAGE $1 per annum. “C calm! \uicv. “Ho hm ml‘l my (ath-‘s horse. unm- lnll." she said to l1m-solf. 113 she went Howard 1h» slnbleS.‘ “Then 1 shall hnle {him openly all my lifn‘. Yes. cwrflmdy ‘shall know that I 111120 him.“ She found the slnlrles in some mm- 1rnlion.'Thé1-c“om two slrangors. gloomy'looking mm standing: in from. ‘n’ Bullflnch’s loose box, and all the [stable-111011 had comr‘ out of ”1011 Vari- 011.: 11010. .and “(me standing about. 1’ Rules looked grave and indignnnL g “'l"h1‘1c NH :1 line1 11111140 in llw (-mm. In ’ he mutter ‘6: “11's :1 1511111119 lo 30ml ilmn (ml of it. ’ Vixm walked shaighl up In ihp shangc men Mm luluherl their caps [and looked :11 1101 a11111i1i11gly; hm dam 'blue cloth dress filled her like a riding. habit her long white throat “as here her collar tied Iqoselymith a black rib- bon her chestnut hair wound into a crown of plqlls at. the back of her‘ head The severe simplicity of her dress set, loft he}; fresh yqupg bgauly. i “111 camv. " she said. in :1 mm sum): ‘1 1 “1 I! aulu ............... dent 11f needing. and mmV'ing. and roll- ing done from week's end to week‘s end and the borders were beautifled in banks of grnnium and golden cul- cmiaria and a ten other old taahioned tl.,.\\ers: but scientific horticulture there “115 mm». .\ teVV alternations had been bvgun under Captain Carmiclmels di- motions. but the work languished in his absence. It was the beginning of September: and the travelers were expected to re‘ turn within a few days. the exact date of their arrival not being announced. The weather ML: glorious. warmer than it had been all through the summer: and \‘1xen spent her life out of doors. Sad thoughts haunted her loss cruelly in the grout wood. There was a brightness and life m the forest which cheered her. it was pleasant to see Argus‘s enjoy- ment of the fair weather: his wild rush- vs in among the under-«road: his pur- suit of invisible vermin under the thick holly bushes. the brambles. and brack- cn: his rapturous rolling in the dewy grass. where he flung himself at full length. and rolled mer- and over. and lmpcd as if he had been reveling in a lath of freshest water; pleasant. to $00 him race up to. a serious-minded pig, and scrulinize that slolid animal closely, and then leave him to his sordid reâ€" searches allot edible roots with open conlmnpi. as who would say: “Can the sumr scheme of creation include me and lhu: vulgar brute?" All things had been set in order for the return of the newly-married couple. Mrs. Trimmer had her dinner ready to “Forgive m9. beloved father. if I am civil to lhe usurper." she said. “It. will be for m} mother‘s sake. You “me al- “ms tondm- and indmgcnt in her: you would mt like to see 1101‘ unhappy". be put in hand at a moment‘s notice. \‘xmet fell me 0nd of her peaceful lire “m \CH nea1.Hm\ “mud she bear lho change? ”0“ would she be able to bi-hme herself decenli)? \\'.ell sho would try her best Heaven giving her shenmh. That was her last res-01w. She “cum not make the poor II n 010115 mnlhrâ€"r unlmpm. 'l‘hesn were Vixen’s thoughts one bright September ”10min”. as she sat at her lonely lltlle breakfast-table 'n the sunny window of her don. with Argus by her side. intensely wulchful of ever-v morsc-l of bread and butter slm ate, though he had alt-each been ac~ C(mmudflh'd with half a loaf. She was more aminbly disposed Uxan usual this morning. She had made up hm mind to make the best of a painful position. “I shall always hate him." she lold herself. meaning Captain «Carmichael; “but l will begin a career of Christian‘ like hypm‘risy, and lry to make other pmple lelievo that I like him. .\'0. Argus"â€"-~as the big paw tugged her arm pleildinegâ€"“no: now really this is sheer greedlness. You can't be hungry." \nu, uuuuxn'usl‘a Auuuuuu unuynxlu. “Oh. if you piease. miss, Bates says would you like Io seeBqu‘mch‘I" ' “To see Bunflnch?" echoed \‘ixcn. “What's the matter? 15 he ill? 15 he hurt?" \‘ixi‘n tumr-d very pale. She started up. and Nomi for a few moments sil- ent. with her_ strong young hands clinch-d. just as she gripped them on the Wins sonwtimo: when Arion was running away wi!h her mud (here were Iy‘gs in from. A piteous whine, as of a dog on the brink or starvation. seemed to gainsuy her. Just- then the door opened. and the middle-aged foolman entered. “She‘s the prettiest chestnut filly I've seen for a long time,” one or the grooms said of her afterward. “Thor- oughbred to the tips or her ears." “Who has bought the horse?” she asked authoritatively. “My master, Lord Mallow, mm," an- swered the su tier of the man. “You needn’t be us about him; he’ll have a rare good home." “No misc: bu! Bale: thought as how maybe y'uud like to 500 1m befom he gen: away; He‘s sold." \ “Win'you M ‘ sea the or taking him awn ' “Your groom baa 30015113135.“ the order for “I beg your pardon. miss." said the gmmn, “but the hoss is sold. My master has paid his monI-y. He is :1 friend of Captain Curniit‘lmol's. They met somewhere in Scotland the othvr any. and my lord bought the hoss on hearsay: and I must say I don‘t think he'll he disappointed in him." “Where are you going to take him?" “Well. it's rather an awkward jour- ney ucrm: country. We’re going to Melton. My lord is going to hunt the hcss in October, if he turns out to my lord's satisfaction." “You are going to take him by rail?" “Yes. miss.” “Ha has nrvc‘r been by rail in his life. it. will kill him,“ cried Vixen, alarmed. “Oh, no. it won't. miss. Don't be frughhmd about him. We shall have a’ padded box, and everything tip-lop. He'll be sung and as tight as a sardine in its case; We‘ll get him to Leicester- shire as fresh as paint." “I haven't heard how much. miss." Of course the man know {he sum to n penny. “But I believe HS :1 tidyish 10L” “I don'tsuppose I Lave a: much money ii: the world.“ said Vixen. “01' I'd buy my father‘s horse of (anilnin Camu- chael. sincn‘ he is so badly in want of money. and keep him at a farm." Vixen “out into the loose box where Bullilnch. all unconscious of his fate, was idly munching a mouthful of up- land meadow hay. She pulled doxm his noble head and laid her check against his broad forehead. and let her tears rain on him unheeded. There was no one to See her in that dusky loose box. The grooms were clustered at the stable door, talking together. She was [roe to linger over her parting with the horse that her [other had loved. She wmuui her arms about his arched neck, and let him lick her hand. “Oh. Bullf‘inch. have you a memory? Will you he sorry to find yourself in a slrunge stable?" she asked, looking into the animal's full. soft. eyes with :1 pa- thetic earnestness in he: own. Bates showed her a sheet or paper on which Captain Carmichael had writtcn: .“Tnossachs 110th “Septmnbor 1 1870 “The bm-horse Buttfinch is to be de- Iimrod with clothing etc. to Lord Muttow’s groom. ‘C. Carmichael." Vixen perused {th paper wiih u coun- tenance full of suppress-ed rage. “Does your master give much monPy for thL: horse?” she asked, turning to the strange groom. She dried her tears presently: she was not going to make hursolf :1 spec- tacm for the scornful pity of stable- men Shq came out of the. loose box with '1 serene countenance. and went. up tn: Lard Mallow}; groom. “Please be kind to him." she said, dropping a saw m-oign info the man's ready lxzmd. That sovere‘lgn. taken in conjunction with Uh) donor's benuiy, quite vanquish on Lord Manow‘s stud groom. and very nearly bought. Violet Tempest u comnct. “No lem‘ of that. miss? he said. “There are very few (‘Ihrisliuns Hun have as. good a time of it as our 'ossm.” Bullfinch was led out presnnlly. looking like :1 Icing: but Violet did not stop to see hlm go away. She could hardly have home that. She ran lmck to the lmuge. put on her hat and jurkvt. called Argus. and set out. for u long ramble. m walk down. if posflhle. the angry devil within her. No. this she would never forgive - lhls sale of her falher’s favoril.g horse. I' was as if some creature of her own flesh and blood had been sold into slav- ery. Her mother was rich. would squander hundreds on‘ fine dresso.<‘_;11'nl would allow her dead Husband's home to {-0 sold! “ls Captain Carmichael such a (y- rnnt that mnmmu cannot prevent this shameful thing?" she asked herself. “She talks about his allemion. his (1.}- voh‘on. us: if he were at her feel. and yet she suffers him to disgmoe lwr by this unparalleled mmnness!" It. was a fresh sunny morning. a soft west wind blowing up all the awcetness of the woods and lens. The cattle worn grouped in lazy stillness on the LlC‘W)" grass: the year's pigs, grown ‘to tho hob- blcdehoy stage of existence. ware grub- bing about contcnlettly among the fnrzc bushes. hy the roadside u matronly sow lay stretched (lat upon her side in the sunshine, just where carriage wheels must pass over her \vm‘e currluges tre' quent in those parts. Even the brightness of the morning had no charm for \‘ixen. There was no delight. for her in the groan solem- nily of the forest gtndos. where the beechen piltars 10d the eye away into innumerable vistas, PflCtl 'grandly mys- terious as n cathedral nine. The sun shot golden m-mws through d’nrk bong)“. patching the moss with trans- lucent lights, vivid and ctonr as the lush-c of mnnrnhts. The gentle ptash at the forest stream rippling over its pebbiy bod made n tender mimic that was wont to seem passing sweet to Vio- tct 't‘empest’s var. ’t‘o-duy she heard no- thing. snw nothing. tier brain was Clouded with angry thoughts. lage, not wanting.r to see Mrs. Soobel or any one she knew Ihis morning. There was a long rustic 39530. Opposite the VJaS a‘long I'USUU ’mnu UPM’SHC ”1C church [hat led slraighL to the kennel, “I will go anc'l see tlLe foxâ€"neunqa." said Vixen. "They are true and faiih. (111. But perhaps all thOSe I 10ve best have been sold or are dead by this time." It seemed to her ages since she had been lo the kennels with tier father. u had been his favoritewalk. out. or the hunting season, and he had rarely suf. [cred a week to pass without making his visit. of inspection. Since her 1-9. CHAPTER XXII. Durham and Victoria Standard MILLBROOK ONT.. THURSDAY, MAY 2. 1907. The men touched their caps to Miss Tempest q she passed them. She went ight t the kennels. There wa‘fi the ‘e'fiodden doors, openinrv into thiee square stone-paved ymds each door provided with a round eye- -hole through which the authorities might scrutinize the assembly within. A loud yelping arose as \‘ixrn's tootstep chew near. Then there were frantic snumngs under the doors. and a genernlvagitation. She looked through the little eye-hole into the middle yard. Yes. there they were. fourteen or fifteen couple. tumultuously excited, as it they knew she was there â€"â€"white and lilaekâ€"and-tan. pointed noses, beautiful intelligent eyes. bright tan spots upon marked brows. some with a streak of white running down the long sharp nosesnsome heavy in the jowl. some with muzzles sharp as It greyhounds. thirty tails erect and agitated. Nothing was changed at. the kennels. The same feeder, in corduroy and ms- tian, came out of the makingâ€"house when fiftpm opened the five-barred gate. The shni‘c' groom was lounging in front 01 the stables where the horses were kept for the huntsmnn and his under- lings. The whole plaice had the same slumbemns. outer-season look she re- membered so well in the days when hunting was over. turn Violet had carefully avoided the w-ell knmxn spot; but 10-day, out of the wry bitterness of hex heart came a de- she 10 renew past assncmllons. Bull. {:nch \\ as gone foxflevex but the bounds a! least remained; and her father had low-d lhem almost as well as he had loved Bullfinch. “Would you like to go in and see ’em. miss " he said. “Yes. if you please. Dawson. You have Gauntlet sum! see. That, is Gauntlet. isn't it? And Dart, and Juno. and Ringlet. and Artful.“ The feeder remembered Miss Tempest pcrfcclly. though it was more than three years since her last visit. “Yes. miss. There ain’t. many gone since you was have. But there's a lot 0‘ poppies. You'd like to see the par» pies. wouldn‘t. you. miss? They be in the next kennel. if you'll just wait five n minutes. . High Schools Brady to Adopt Education Department's Suggestion. A dospntvh from Toronto Says: '1‘1111 0111:1111) Education Dvpm‘tment is ur- ranging 101- 11 course in 11g11c1111111c in the High 501111015. and Dr. South status thut already some half (102011 5411111015 1'11'1‘ ready 10 11111 in with the proposal. 11113 111011. is to 111110 teachers who tlt'L‘ giflduates 111’ 1111‘ 0111211111 Agihultuiul (.0110ng in addition to their other 11111111- 111211110115. The salary M1011 “011111 11: 111111111 $1.001). 111111 the pmviiicn “1111111 1.1131 111111 of the expense. The course woutd extend over two war-s and “'011111 1110111110 physics. horticutturo (11111 other Subjects appropriate to modern fawning. Ono Man Killed and Anollmr Seriously Injured at Parson‘s (lamp. A dvspalch from Kenora says: An nr-vfdenl occurred at I’m-son's (Zznnp. Canyon Luke. on Tuesday momma. whereby one Walter Smith. an English- man. lost his life and another numml McDonald was seriously injured. The men were engaged in drilling: a huh‘ in a large piece of rock which had been disiodged by the blasl. when suddenly the rack ubuwe them slipped dawn up- on them. Smith‘s remains were hmnght into town in lhe owning. McDonald was taken to the hOspiIul. Inlt‘rmloninl Express Slapped (ilosv Io Broken flail. ‘\ dospahth from St. John, N.B., says: .\ disasimus wreck to lhv 112.“. Muri- iinio Express was nurmwly :n'ei‘imi on Friday by the discovery just, in time of a broken rail in u Sll‘elch-Of mm] which is usually taken at. top sp‘éed. A section- mun inspociing tho. track near Rugvi's- \illc on Friday. just as the mail irnin passed. heard u loud snap and on inspec- iinn found lhui. the train had broken the mil. “0 imnwdiulcly set out 10 warn the approaching express and SIK'i‘L‘i‘dt‘d in bringing it to a siundstiil within sighl an" the danger spot. ' Line Disabled Between Lumsdvn and Regina. ..\ «lesimtvll lmm Winnipeg says. Hon. \lr. \lullierwetl, Minislvr of Agriculture tar Snskalvhmvan, is_ in the city. and luiings the startling information that it“: (I. N. n. line holwven Regina and [.UIHSLICH is waslioil' away in about twenty places. and no traffic (run [.0 carried until the tin-wk is rc_sl0rcd.which will require considcrnbln time. The ninth is conqilvtely cut off. Test Made in Two Players on the (Xana- dinn Pacific. A despalch (mm '1‘“?qu says: TIN- 1’7. 1’. R. musm‘ umvhanic. undvx‘ Hu‘ diwvlion of Conan! ann‘impmlem 0s- lwl‘m‘. nmdv :1 lost of burning ushvs' in two planes. Those lesis \w-ru carried an at 'l‘m'unlu Junn-Iion. and at: tho boiler house at the fool of John six-eel. near the Union Station. The lost, proved ,u failure. 'Aflet‘ the mixlm'e was plucnd it. the fire places, it flared up‘lor'n‘ .1!- 1e while but (lid not last long. The ashes left, lax go clinkexs, and x» cm found lo be enlirely \alueloss as fuel. Sir Frederick Borden‘s View 0! the Word “Englishman.” .-\ dc<pntch from London says: Sir Frederick Borden, speaking at the St. Georgn's Day banquet. said the word ”Englishman” stood for cvcrylhing best in humanity. D0 \VREUK NAHRO\\'L\' .\\'IiR'l‘liD. C. N. R. TRACK \\'.\SIII§D OU'I'. COURSE IN AGRICULTURE. ROCK l-‘ELL [‘I’ON THE“. \RIII'IS FAILED 'I'U IH'RN. STANDS FOR THE BEST. (To be Continued.) ME I’ltces 0t Cnlth, Graln. Cheese and Other Dairy Pmrluce at Homo and Abroad. Toronto, April 30. -â€" Flourâ€"Ontario wheat 90 per cent. patents are quoted at $2.67 to $2.70 in buycrs‘ sucks outside for export. Manitoba first patents, $4.50; second patents, $1, and strong bukers’, $3.90. Toronto. Wheat â€"- Manitoba grades are un- Chm‘i-i‘cd. N0. 1 Mnnilobu hard quoted at ‘J’vc Norm Buy, all rail; N0. 1 northern uLQZC; No. 1 hard quoted at 85c. lake pm‘ls, May delivery: No. 1 norlh‘m'n at 83,140, and No. :2 northern at 81% lake 83,140, and No. :2 nun-theta at 81% lake ports. May delivery. Cornâ€"No. 3 American corn is quoiod at 54% to 550 on track, Tomato. (lana- dinn com is nominal at 47c, Chatham Imighls. \\'hml~l\‘o. 1 norlhrrn was 930 spot NOL'UI Buy; it offered at 92}? en rout? Pea sâ€"No. out bids. Banâ€"Pricx‘s nominal at $21 ou1side in bulk; shorts are quoled at $22 to $23 outside. 1\<Jrul buy; ll (mum; ul “72‘ cu Luuu-v to NJ)" and at 9:50 Montreal. No. 2 narlhm-n offcrnd at. {Ma en route North Ray. without. hids. Earleywxo. 2 wanted at Me on a 5'"? rule in Tommie, without sellers. N0. 3 extra Offol‘t‘d at Me at '75 per cent. points. with 52c. hid. No. 3 offered at. 53c :11 '78 per (-0111. pofnls with SIC bid. Peasâ€"No. 2 offered at 90 outside with- THE WORLD’S MARKETS lloney~stmined quotmi at 11 10 120 per 115. und comb honey at $2 to $2.50 per (la/en. llnpsâ€" â€"Ne\\ quolod at 18 to 21¢. lImâ€"Vn I timoihy is quoicd at $1210 $13. 50 how. and \o 2 :11 $10 10'3”. lenwâ€"â€"$6 (0 $7.25 a 1011 on hmk here. PomU:n\s-(H)hu‘i0. 83c: pcl‘ bug, on lmvk. and New Brunswick. 91) lo 050 per bag. Poullrym'l‘urkoys. fresh killed. 13 to Us; chickens. dressed 12 in ‘1ic:"d0, ulhe. H) to 120 per 11;; fowl, ulixc, S to 1"; am In (“TNSL‘d ll 10 1°('. 'Hll‘. DAIRX MANN-21$. Butlerâ€"Pound rolls are minted in 24 1. 234:: tubs, :21 lo 230: large m11s.21 L,- 23c. Creamery print-5 sell at '28 to REPORTS FRO.“ TUE LEADING THAI E CENTRES. “bzi'tf'slxo. 2 white. 399/3: mu (m a so rule to Toronto. withoul sellers. COU NTRY l’l‘uOl)U(‘.E. Applesâ€"fined to choice winter stock, $2.50 10 $3.7)”.per hbl. 11mm”)land-picked qnmed at $1.45 to $1.50. and primes at $1.33 to $1.40. L,- 23c. (Ireanwry punt-s sell at “.18 10 29c. and solids at :25 to 27v. Eggsâ€"~va lm’d unequaled :1! JQLQ, 17¢ lwr damn. in case lots. (ZhM‘seâ€"Lm'ge cheese. 135%!” 11c. and twins. M}: 10 14%0. HOG l’RODl‘C’l‘S. Dressed hogs in cm' lols are un- changed, with px'xc-os quota] at, $8.25 to $3.50 hero. Baum. lung clear. 11 to 11%0 per 1b in case lms; mCSs pork. $21 to $21.50.; short. cut. $23 in 8223.3”, Harmâ€"Light lo mmlimn, 13}~:;,c: do, hoavy. lilac; rolls, 115.40: ahmmlers, Hc; backs, 16,140; breakfast buco‘n', 15m: .».. . I. .,\1/._ Lu l'('lâ€"â€"'l‘i01'ccs . pails, 12%0 MIC: lubi, lb \- u\ C‘ Montreal. April 2l0.â€"'l‘ho local out mar- kc-t cnutlnuos quiet and fvuturelvss. Manitoba N0. ‘2 white “3011‘ quoted at 43/ t0 43%0; Ontario N0. :2 white. 43c; ,\'u. ‘3. BY 10 4:2 %C: and Nu. 4. “fit: per lmshvl c.\ stmc. Flourâ€"'t’hc l0t'tll llnur market is steady. Chaim spring wheat patents. $4.50 to $4.60; seconds. 5%; winter wheat patents. $4 to $4.15; straight. rollers. $3.55 to $3.65; do. in hugs. $1.60 to $1.70; oxlms. $1. ’5 t0 -'t.55. 1"eGdâ€"Manih'nha bum in bags. : shorts. $22 per tun; Ontmiu lnun. in hum. $25.50 to $25: shmk " $.55. 1"eGdâ€"Manill'ilia iii-um in bags. $L’l : slim-ls. $22 per tun; Quint-in bran. in hugs. $25.50 In $25; slim‘ls. $25 to $26: milled mouillio, $22 lu $25 )m‘ (on. and slrulghl. grain. 52$ 10 $211). l‘mvi- sinnsâ€"l’mrrols slim-l (-11! mix»; $22.50 10 $237.50; linll-lnui‘i'cls. $1.75 to $12.31); Hour [at hacks. $24 lo $21.51!: lung cul heavy mess. $20.50 to $22: llillf-liill'l'a‘ls (la. $10.75 in $ll.50; dry salt Inn}?r vlcm‘ lmmu. ll% 10' 12C: LZII'I'NS plulc luwl, $13 in $11; liulf-lmrrols (in. S7 (0,557.50; barrels liomy ixicss hex-f. Sill: half-hur- rvls (10, $5.50: cmnpmiml lurd. 0):. lo Inc: puns lard, 12}; lo 121m: liellln rendered, 13 lo 13%c; hams. 1:3); in l5u; lu-cnklasl- bacon. l?) in lliv; Windsor Damn. I?) in 16c; lrvsli killed nlmlloil' (ll'CSSk‘d hogs. $9.75 to $10: aliw. $7.25 la $7.40. liggsvlfirmcr: 17 In 17%(2. CHUNGâ€"«Fodder grudcx I }._. l-u I20. llullm'â€"-N\'r\\' «milk cmumcry. 2’:- lo 21%.; UNITED STATES AlAllKli'l‘S. ;\’li1\\'.nukvc. April ilU.â€"\\/'l1mlw.\'u. 1 norllmi-n. 5:: l0 S’u': No. '2 lhil‘lhi‘l'll. N) 1n saga: July. Sly“: nskvd. ”31"“.er 1, 7:2 in 72%;. Ham-yâ€"No. 2. 71 )g 10 72c; smnme. 02 to 7l<-. Cumâ€"7N1. 3 46}; 10 6-70: Juh'. WK? :de. . l)ulu!h.._;\pri\ :‘.I‘L-~\\’hmiâ€"X0, I hnrd. 31.7430; No. l norlhm‘n. ‘3};0: .\’n. 2 rmrllwrn. 82%c; Muy. 8394?; July, 511%.": Scpl.. $3,230. i\[iunmpnlis. April 30.» \\‘|mul-~.\‘u. 1 hard. 54% In 351': NO. I HOI'HIOI'M. 3:5}: [0 S’rc: NO. :1 nm'lhcrn, SIX ‘0 51%; \‘u. 3 rml'lhum. 79 In SON. l'.l1’illl'~’l‘.l‘l'\‘l 1m. . uux‘h, ll‘ll‘h‘. $5.30 10 $4.402 :“t'nlul lmlflnh: SH?) In $1.27): firsH-Ivnrs. SILZU (u $3.7m; sm-nm] flours. $2.1m in $2.30. 7 “run- In hulk. $16.5” In $16.77): - sm-nm] Nears. 52.111) m mum. x hulk. $16.5” In 5:635; ' » LIV‘l-‘JS'I‘OCK MARKE'I‘. Tummhn. .-\m'i|~ 3(‘I.~'l‘hc "Fun Cily ('2:11ll:\,.\lm".m1. lhis morning vars. whiuh im'hId-ul 1.172% m! sheep and lumlis. 1.51M) Mags eulvos. ‘ ‘ A \,,l lullvxu. Taken as a “how, lhn mnrkol showml (cw .changes from. the pl‘M’iUlls one, wilh price changes Small and of lilllu accnunl.” The. bulk of'lhe h'mln .still is 001111an to ‘lmtchcr cattle. win some dema'nd‘mr heavy stockeré.‘ have is practically’ni: export: business doing. Prices m-«xsh‘ady. \vilh slight advance in butcher (‘Q\\'S. (ilmiun Sim-k is 111 good demand; };_nl pricos are m! lunch- in; 111Q-\'Qt“;\" lllgll Icvevli $72 Quill-{1131.3 0 :12" in (he maul 1. The? lmlk of Hm culllc offm'lng l-w-dny were or full-l3: guml quality, and wry liHlo was loll unsuld nl lhc close of lhe market. Export irmlu crmlimms dull. Al) film choice slenr weighing: about Lima) 11,: was romrlml to have sold 211 $3.54) 1m day. General quotations are nominal, RESIN 1555 AT 810571115“ .. CALL BOARD. is. April 30.~ \\'|u‘ul- 4N0 )wa; No. I norlhnrn. H: l nurlhcm, 81% to 82v; .‘ 70 i4; 304‘. l"l«’1ur«l-‘ir<l MEE MIRROR ‘ 51'; No. I 1101'Hlm'n..\:5;‘1 1(11‘lhc1'n, SIX to 1421-; \u. In St’lu I’lnurvl-‘il's‘l 11:1- 54.4112131'01111 11:1!011ls. f'nsH 1111115. 513.211 (11 83.511: 2/1“ 14) $100. Hmn- ll) ‘41 1.11.; (1111:“. 1.50:) hrlgs :md :1! the \\*:\< {‘2’. H A despatch from Ottawa says: Trade returns for the nine months ending with March show some interesting in- creases. For the nine months closing the fiscal year the total increase in trade was $55,018,726. or nearly 15 per cent. over the corresponding per cent.oi 1905-06. Imports increased $47,506,476, and ex- ports increased $7,502,250. The aggregate trade for the nine man I hs was $441 $15,646. wry choice ranging from $5 to $5.25, imdiinii from 8’ 75 to $5. 00. llhoice hutchers‘ rangedflmm $'.75 to $5.00. with medium quality from $4.40 tn $I60. Choice Cows are quoted from 5.3.75 10 $.30, medium cows, $2.75 to $3.25. Amounts to $55,018,726 During Nine Months For the month at March alone there was a record increase of no less than M2.Rl7.658 in the total (rude, as com- slackers and feeders are sleady. Choice tran1"$3.75 to $4; light. .2375 [0 $3. A bunch of heavy short-keeps sold (0â€"day Ht $5.75. Milcha cows are steady and unchang- ed Choice. 830 to $50 common $25 10 S30. Calves are quoted easier at 3c to 5%c per pound. Grain-fed lambs are (1110th at $7.50 1w $8.00. Common are a little 514;“ or at $5. :30 to $6.00. Export (mos are fixm and in demand at $5 50 to SGHOO Lonc Brigand “‘ilh Revolver Against Russian Field Gun Dclachmcm. A despnlch from \Vursaw says: A no- twrious brignnd, Stunilaus Lis. the au- thor of many crimes. has been cnpmrod a}. Lumin. 95 miles from here, mortally \wundcd. after the house in which he had sought refuge had been blown to pieces by arlillery fire. Lis. when he saw that a dclacluncnt of police was ad- vancing: on the house. barricaded him- sell within and opened fire on the po- lice. killing several of them. Troops \xvre summoned to the assistance of the polite. hut they were unable to dislndgc the, bandit. Finally several quielvlh'ihg field pieces were brought. up and trained an the house. Eight shells hit the build- ing. which was (lmnulishcd, after which the infantry stormed tho ruins and found 15:“ desperately wounded. trying to re- load his revolver. which he had emp- tied at the attacking party. Prisoners Tortured in Horrible Manner by Soldiers to Secure Confessions. A despnteh from St. Peterslmrg says: In the Lower Hnusc of l’nrlimnrnt on Tuerdny M. Prrgnnmnt, (institutional Democrat. read the reports of the inter- pellation Committee regarding charges that prisoners had been tortured in or- der to obtain confessions. Details of Sumo seventy cases were given. They were beaten on sensitive parts of their indies with (lossacks' whips and rub- ber rods. and their linger nails and hair were pulled out. The tortures. in many cases were prolonged for eight to ten clays. One. man. who was oniy twenty-two years old. looked like an oh) man after having been tortured. M. Mnkm-«it‘t‘, Viceâ€"Minister of the Interior. admitted the cruelty practised by the Government officials on April 13th. and announced that prosecution of the guilty ones had already been begun. Sonic of tin- Morc Slringent Prm'isinns Will Nol Be Enforced. A LlI‘SDnlCll from \\'innipo;.r says: The Police Commissioners have been in con- sulluliuxi wllh the Attorney-Generals Department outlining the policy which shall be pursued \villi rvgui‘d in onion-- hug: the Lord's Day nlm‘rvmice law. Allci' Ihe mvoling 011 Friday owning it was announced that. corluin clauses regiiluiii‘ig lhe suit: of papers at, hotel m-ws slunds in gimsts and railway lramc shall not bf: cufnrcfl‘. _\ dt'fllillcll from Parry chum} says: .\ slnry (2t murder and suil'ido. mused by juuloum. umncs [mm the 121110 \‘illago- ol \l'llilcill in H12 .\nlll211u 1 :HH mum! District .\ \hnu king fculuxc of 111' cuw i4 lhul lllo mmduvl :uul Juls \Mim wove, MOP-bl'llihdl' 2122915102 'l'!1-c_1\v<a lived wlllx an elderly flux-mun couple named Supplosez. in :1 farmhouse near thc‘villnge. 'l’rauk \‘m-asco was 1120 son 01 the wife by 21 former husband, and Rmriic Supplesm. who was oxxly‘ls years old, “1151110 daughter of 1!»: hue- band. 2 Awful TIaO'ed3 of Stepbrother and Sister SHUT SWEETHEABT 1N BUSH For sometime \‘arasco 1md°1me1pan mg (mum to (110 '3111, and “as 1125:121er jvnkms 01 any favors which she showed 10 niher young men of me neighbor- On Snlurdny evening he was over- heard by some of ”)0 neighlmvs ullcr- lng threats against his lax-other John, ls years old, if he. did not cease his at- lmlions lo Rennie. but no particular \wiglll was atlached lo lhmn. The Sun- day passed quietly with no furlhor out- break on his part. LORD‘S DAY ACT IN \\'l.\NlPEG. BISMAN B.\RB.\RIT\'. ONE-SIDED BATTLE. C. W. RICHARDS, Publisher and Proprietor pared with March of the last year. This increase was made up of $10,973.78? In imports. and $1,838.87! in exports. The aggregate of imports for {he nine months was 929.717.4123, and of exports $192.~ 087,233. For March the imports totalled 336,- 842,074, and the exports $15,304,236. The total Made of 1215!. men!” was nn-r one-third greater than the 10131 Made of March. 1906. For the nine ummhs the duty collected was 340.1%; 085, an increase over the corresponding period of last your at $6,338,287. The Forester Leaves it to Natureâ€"His Object to Lassen Expenses. In the orchard or park 119% are pruned by the hand of man; in a forest. trees do their own prunixw, This Is one of the striking differences between the treatment of trees by the fruit far- mer and the arborjculturist and the forester‘s lrea‘meut. of them. In a forest not. many years pass (es- peciully if the trees are nearly all about the same age; or. to use the forwter's terms, it the stand is an even-aged one) before the light begins to be cutoff from the lower branchw of the trm. Now. as light is essential for the formation 0‘ the food of trees and other plants and so for their proper nourishment and growth. so the_ lower branches of the trees. from which the light- has been cut oil, gradually die, leaving the upper bl‘nncln‘s to manufacture the {rat's food and so maintain its life. Gradually the dead branches become weaker and eventually are broken off by the wind or some other agency. This primes: goes on all through the tree‘s growth. brunettes growing out and in the course of years being discarded as the need for them disappears. Finally. as growth in diameter pro- ceeds, the stub. if any has been left, is surrounded by the new wood and forms a knot in the tree. And so. often there is found the long stem of the true, fifty, seventy, a hundred or more feet in length. with no such stubs to be seen. il’t‘: dead stubs having been grown over. The essential point to he noted is that, in growing trm‘s under forestry methods, artiticial pruning is not done. but the natural pruning is relied on. In the vast. majority of cases, artificial pruning would not pay. for the original cost. of pruning. together with twenty or thirty years; interest on it. would take up a large promrtion of the money received from the trees. And the financial as- pect of the question is always before the tot-esters mind. “its Given Six Yrars in Kingslon {or Wounding. ' A dospalch frmn l‘ctormm' says: Fred Chambers. alias Frank Cameron. of To: mnto, /who pleaded guilty 10 three charges of qunqug Lwi 'l‘homdyke. Pat King, and Gilbert, Blezard at' the ltoyul llotol‘ in this city. on April fill). and of assaulting Constable Shimmy. was. on Thursday sentenced in the Police Court by Magistrate Dumblc to six years in the Kingston Pcnitentary. The pris- oner got. three years on each of three charges of stabbing. two of the terms to run Concurrently. Chambers has a land record. A letter received tromChiet Grusctt. of Toronto, by the local police. stutes that shire he was released from the Kingston Penitentiary in December last he has been associating with pro- tessionul thieves; and it is believed has- tuken part in a number otvrecent rob- beries. in 1889 the prisoner was scu- tencod in Toronto to four years (or theft. And in 1399 he was given 10 years in the penitentiary for at‘empted robbery. with violence. of Henry Aspdon‘s gro- cery. 216 Victoria Street. Toronto. Chambers struck down A'spdon. and tolled his daughter with an axe. George Stack was his uccontplicm and got 12 years. ' On Monday mort'tingfiennie and John wont out to the sugar hush. Some dis- tance [mm the house, to‘coltect sup :0:- baiting. and white thus engaged Frank “ 1‘ C<])it‘ti coming towards them car- Hing .1 title. ”is appearance “as so tlu-vateniwr that John tan a“ my and hid himself in the bush, but Rennie stood her ground. What cam'crsulion passed between them will never be known, but John from his place of hiding saw Frank 3M- dc-nly raise his deer rifle, point it at his victim, only a few feet'distant. and fire. Rennie fell at oncg, {hobpllet entering Thcn Varasco placed the muzzle 0! {he rifle under his chin, and puned the '1rigger. praciiczmy blowing me top a! his. head off and died inslanny. An inquest was not considered neo- gust beneath her len, shoulder, going en: iiroly through her body and coming out [Jermain her right shouider. The wound proved fatal wuhin a few minutes. An inquest “as not considered nec- essalv. so it “as Guided to burv the two \ictims without halduzg one. London‘s tax ratc- is 21% mms Rl‘FI-‘IAN SENTENCE”. K’Rl'NlXG TREES.