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"Toâ€"day?“ startinn'. “Why 'therc is he thqn?” " “Staying with Grace. Perhaps: He knew I was coming no. I don't know; but,” coaxing-1y. "you will give me a little line to take back with me? You won‘t. shut his own doors against him?" "0h, (:riselc’a, is that kind, is it generous?” cries Vera. “I will write ' “Mv dear girl, I hope not. I would at all risks act up to the character upon which I have modelled myself. I saw him toâ€"day.” ”You speak as if you had seen him ycsggrday," says AVora. “He is leaking a good deal older,” says Griselda presently. Vera moves impatiently. “We all get older,” she says. "I! 1 am to believe that Seaton ages in proportion to the many times I Hear he is falling into the sere and yellow periozl of existence. he must. now re- semble Mothusclah!” "He has a hair or two left. still," she says at length. “and a. few front teeth I can vouch‘ for. You mfist not. believe all you hear. It is not. wis- dom to give credit to all that onc's mutual acquaintances have got. to say," goes on GriSclda, but as a mvro fact. and as a sisterly'hccount, believe this, he is three years ' older than he was last season. I feel that. 1 should make it the orthodox ten years. but I'm. nothing, if not a.: modem Washington." 1 “I think h'im proud." with a slight access of color. "For the rest, I don’t suppose he ever thinks 0! lie, save as the person who usurped his rights hero." ”That letter would not bring him.” "No? What a conceited speech! You think him still so wry ducted then." "Well, go on. 3112.}! I send it, or will you? I mean shall I write and tell him you win he charmed if he will come?" , "If he is determined to be so ab- surdly punctilious," _impatient.ly, ”of course 1113 must get his formal invi- tation." "You couldn't help yourself." ”Nothing of the kindâ€"because I saw ' he’ couldn't possibly pull on without me. Well, can he come?” “I have already said he could.” "Ah, yes; but, that won't do. He makes' the most. {oo'lish' remarks about not, liking to intrude upon. you and so on. Not to mtbâ€"he knows I‘d blow his head offâ€"but to Tom, who n so much safer.‘ " - "!t is so entirely unnecessary. He anvs he can alu'ays have his own rooms here. He certainly necd not ask for a written invitation to come to it." “It appears he dons, nan-thclcss. Of Course, you have heard he is on next Week to the North Pole, or the moon, or somewhere equally rational, where he is certain to find his death. It‘s a bad thing when one gives a man a distaste for lifeâ€"that sweetest of all th'ngs. You should take patâ€" tern by me and reform your evil ways: see how 1 sacrificed myself. I took Tom simply and solely bc- "Not exactly: I was merely loadâ€" ing up to my point," says G'riSelda. "'1 he fact. is, Seaton is leaving Eng- land for ever, ‘and he has a. desire, a longing he cannot subdue. to see his old hnme Lefore he goes.” "Well," says Vera coldly. “Well," in exactly the same tune. "that's the while of it. To get a last. look at you would, perhaps, be nearer the truth. Can he come? I really think it would be only decent if you Were to drop him a. line and ask him." "1 know all t1iat.Surd_v you did not. place vouxsclf in danger of death from drowning to go ovw it. an part criminals. Poor dear follow, it. must. have been a. How to lose ovary- thing in one fell swoop. To the half of our kingdom we oi“erc(‘ him, but. as you know, he would none of us!" Bhe throws her arms Wide to give {urlhcr value to this remark. "No, no: nothing Worse than what- has already h-falicn. When I think of it, do you know, Vera, I cannot. help rcgarding usâ€"yuu and mcâ€"as in "Seaton’? To come out such a day as this to talk or Sean-n! But. why? It must be something Very serious,” says Vera. “lsâ€"has anything hap- pened to him?" ”Oh. I am too glad to Be surpris- ed." Says Vera fondly. “You're an improvident person,” says Mrs. Peyton. "Fancy wasting such a. pretty speech on a Woman! W0“, Grace telegraphed for us, to help hg-r with a dinnerâ€"party that. is to Come off to‘night; so come we did; And. being so close to you, I felt. I should see you or die.” "It's selfish, 1 know, but I’m 80 gfad to have you. Let me take 0“ your furs. What a delicious cont! You hadn't that when I was down with' you, eh?" ”No. It's a new ono. Tom gave it me. He's nbsurdcr than chr. Hut} 1 haV'czz't braved the elements and] the cuachman‘s wrath to talk abouti him. It’s about Semen I want to tell you." ”Yes, I know, It was because it Was so had that I felt I should come. I couldn't bear the thought of your spending such 0. day alone, with no company but the pitta-patter of that. detos'tahle rain upon the window panes. Ann‘t you surprised to me me in this part 0' the world so soon again?" IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 3E ”E 915 Eair Captivcs WH‘H‘FWfWI“P:WW‘M$ VOL. IT. N0. 10. $1 per annum. +~3~H~+1ww~n+m4~mm+mwwmmfl CHAP'I'I‘IR LVJII MILLBROOK 012w THE SECRET CABINET 1 "Give him thre very same from me when you got back“. Ans] h’oru‘s th‘e nato for Seaton, though I really {hardly see yet Why he requires it. “0b, and Tom sent his kiss.” “A pleasant task," says laughing. “How -thc doomed will love me!” 10!" says us because I don’t keep a tight rein. Now you seem born to that Mud of thing, Vera; so I hope you'll help me to tackle them and to” mo Whom; to send away, and whom to keep." whh mine for a hit! they’d open your eyes! However, you are com- inr ann and then ynu'll see!” “What ("0 they do?" “What don't they do? mind: 1 un you, when flung their midst you'll know Tom NeVer into fast enough. says it’s because I don’t keen \‘nnts going; on? Fig! Hing? At loggorhuud other from morning Lill “Oh. no; as nnnvnnh'ln "No. I shouldn't Wonder if he came ot'nr hero toâ€"niglit on receipt of it. You know, or if you don't ynu ought. that he won't go into society at all now; so that when he gets your permission to come here, it is almost a mom) that he will leave The Friars this oven'ng'.” "Well, I must run,” Hays Griselda, about 3721' hour labor, “or I shall catch it. As' it is. I'm sure I'll be late, which means ca'rthauakcs when: Grace is cancerned. Now, give me the note for Spawn." "Won't it do to-morrow?” rather surprised. ”Nothing could much ’ Says V0: "For the ducks! I suppuse I must not. stay too lung. Vera, 1 wish you would come back with me. Do now. Grace will be (ii-lighted. In fact, she told me to bring you." I "I cuulduk, darling. Lady Riversâ€" idale was over here yesterday to ask me, and I refused her. I can't. bear dinner-parties: for one thing." - “And Seutun is at The Friars: for Eanother. I know. > As to dinner- {parties I hate them quite as much' {as you do, but What I hate more is to think of you hi-ro, alone, without 'a soul to speak to. I can’t believe it, is good for you. Why don't you sell the place, or h-t it?" ‘ ”No. I shan't do that." says Vera. ”Well, purhaps you are right. Ono'sy own place is always so much beta-fl than anything one can hire. Andi after all I can always come to the rescue. Expect me here the day after toâ€"mormw to carry you off, With me to Girtonmm‘o. That will chm-r you up, and kill the blueâ€" do‘Viis." I "\Hx-cn he marries, you mean?" saysi Griselda. (liwontcntrdly. ‘ “I dare say you nmv be right " she { goes on prontly; ”he may want. L01 giw it to his eldest son 1537- and- by. ” “ ‘Y(:S no doubt,’ says Vera quiet-l 1y. ““hat a day!” she says in a rather stifled tone. ' to come 01' It? Who'll sec to it?” "I will." says Vera calmly. "He may renounce it. now in a spirit of Quirotism, butâ€"later on~he will be glad to have it." "You moanâ€"â€"-” “’ihut. though he nmv swears he will never touch a penny of it, time is n grout healer of all injuries, and that hy-andâ€"by he will learn not. to despise it.” “And what about that Suffolk pro- pmty, Vera? He is s-tril] as hen: as ever on having nothing to do with it. And now, if he goes abroad, what, is to come of it? Who‘ll we to it?” "I‘ll tell you one thing," glancing rather anxiously out of the window, "there will be a storm to-night, an early storm. and a storm worth rcâ€" mcmbering, or I'm a Dutchman; so I haven‘t much time to stay. Arm all. I should have Come by the train. 'l‘xunty miles by that is nothing, and so I‘ll (Might ’l‘om's heart by saying when I get back. Nothing pleases him. more than to be discovered in the right. It's the novelty of it, I suppose. You'll gch me a. note {or 80211011, then?" "Yes." “And what about that Sun‘nlk nrn- "“hut a baby you are to talk," says Vera. “Never mind me. Tell me more 0! this hapless cousin of ours. You see how I hunger for a. little bit of gossip. It is really good to see you " she says; ”l'Ve been mooning hue alone until I feel on)» half al'ue. Come, tell me all you know.” I “I'm a beast," says Griselda. sweetâ€" ‘ly. "Where's your color?" she asks, pinching Vcru‘s pretty pale check with fond ling-rs. "You look alto- gether Wogkbcgolu‘. 1 know an artist or 1W0. and I'll tell them, if they Want a. really uninmoachable ‘M’ariâ€" ana,’ moatod gauge and all, they are to come down here. You look as if like was upside down with you, struck uron a DU] or rock which it as if the salt and Ted peppvr had gone out of your days somehow, and that you were no longer hungry for the plain rice. And small blame to you, too! But what has taken away those spicy ingredients?" â€"â€"ycsâ€"l:ut I don't think yuu sh'ould put it, so.” could chem: me You should live a bit! thoy’ (I open over, you are com- r]: SILVS Vera love and half 01108 i All through the deadly crushing- of 'the storm that booming sound may ;still be heard, but now at longer inr- tervals. Tlalf maddened by it, and by that other greater fear, Vera lies back in the carriage pressing her fingers now to her ears. now to her throbbing brow, that feels as if it were bursting. Arrived at the en- trance "to the village, a drive of about a mile from Greycourt, she stops the carriage. and, opening the door springs to the ground. A sudâ€" den gust of wind passing by almost dashes her to the eartlf. but by a‘ superhuman cIToxt she defies it,am1 bewildered by the raging storm, slie .! "Gone down to the beach. madam, ito we What can he done.” “Gum-2” says ‘v'ara, slowly, "gone!" "Order the carriage,” she says after a minute or twu. “The carriage, madam?” "Yes, for me.” “But. madam, the night! Have you considvrudâ€"" “Order it!" says Vera curtly. The thunder Still rattle-s ()VOX‘hCfll], and vivid flashes light tho blacknuss. llcrc and there. as the! c'mxiagu puss- vs by the outskirts of the wand, these intermittent blusts of light} show whvro a t‘rvc hnl‘: hwn- tolled, or thn road ripped up. or a small bridge carried bodily .21an by the force 01“ the swallcn currc-nt nndorncath. “‘Voluntocrs! Where is sari?" cries Vera suddenly. girl!" , . ,. a ' 1 "But the lifeboat?" cries Vera] sharply. I "Yrs. madam, but that accident. yesterdayâ€"you will remember it.?â€"â€": they saw it. has disabled six of the? mm. and it is almost certain death to go at all, and the hands being: short, there must be voluntmxrs, an-‘ll who will risk thnir lchs andâ€"" thc‘ towmbrcrl girl stops short, with a shi-m', and covers her face with her hanrls. I ,3 "Fasten this liraz'i-lrt.” says Vera. "holding out hrr arm. “’l'hat will itlo: you can go." sh'n says after a ,lwhilo. She swoops (lownmtnirs al- most on the surVnnt's footsteps, and {in-to thr gn-rn drawing-room. I 'lhz‘ contrast lwtwrrn the dainty lcoml‘ort within and thv liOI‘CC yelling . of the storm without is very marked. Vera goes quickly to one of tho winâ€" dows. amt droning hack the curtains J 321.103 outuards as though trying to lpierco the intcnsr lilaclcm-sq that cov- 1(-rsz all th'ngs. ’l‘h'v wind, the thun- ldcr, the lightning still mgr, but the irain has ceased. and in the murky ihemrns above, a pale sickly moon is fstririn: fvcbly to brook a way :through the (ii-nor cloudx‘. Light twigs {and smm-tinws hravy branches are. [Hung by the wind against the win,- tdou‘s. and once it seems to her that' [thcrc comes {rom far away, from out. {an immeasurable distance, a strange booming sound. that even to her Im-i initiated cars is horribly tul-I- 0! d::â€": ispair. ,Again. and once again, that imclamh‘oly sound has reached her gears. it has now become so real, sol :cntirt-ly a thing present and to lie' icxpccted. that with an unknown’ fill-cad she recoils from the Window,‘ and lets the curtain drop from her 'trcmbling lingers. As shc (loos St): ithe door is thrown opt-n by an agifi tated hand and the wonmn who hall? attended her upstairs comes hurriedâ€" ly, without ceremony, into the moon: "0h, madam, I thought you would like to lnowâ€"that you should be told she stopsA, frightened by the expression on Vera‘s face. ' "Well?" says Vera. "Thtrv is a ship in great disti'css,5 madamâ€"some“hero out there," point-j ing \‘ngnvly in the direction of the" ocean, "upon the rocks. they say"! ’J‘hz-rc is scarcely any hopeâ€"â€"" _ "But the lifeboat?" cries Vera I l i i.- l "Mr. Dysart’s compliments and thanks, madam. but he has already dinml in -to\vn." "My compliments to Mr. Ersatz-t, and l hupe he will (line with ”w toâ€" night.“ she says calmly. At dinner, however, she will have an opportunity of \vidrning histoW- lodge somewhat. 'l'hm'e is a brilliant light in her eyes as sho turns to re- cclvc the woman \vlm has now come hack with an answer tn her mvssuge to Dysm't face. "1 have to thank you for the kind invitation which Griselda gave me. Business matters have compound me to come here againâ€"for thr: lam time â€"-to-night; to trespass, fur the last time, upon your hospitality. I beg you will not; let my prcs‘n-z-c disturb you; my stay will he so short that. I dare to hope you will not mark the coming or the goingsâ€"SJ). A quick wave of color dyes Vora‘s . I Vera. still standing, listens to the ’sound of footsteps crossingxhe ha” and descending the stairs. Now thvy are at. the dour of the room in which she waits, and for a. moment it scurvm to her that, her heart has ceased to beat. A moment. later, and it. heats with most [mph-(want rapi- dity; for the footsteps have passed {he door and gone towards that part of the house when: Scaton‘s own rooms used to be, and still, indeed, are. An hour, two hours, pass, and she is in her room drvssing for dinâ€" ner, when a sorvunt brings ht'l‘ a note. it. DUt own if so this «1603 nut. pm- “In the: Sm dun agitated change that. ovrcrsgwads her face as she hears it Her pulms quicken unpleasantly, and she_ half rim-s to her feet. Night has quite closed in, a night exceptionally Wild 1111'! violent, when once more the sound at wheels upon tha gravel without catches ch’s our. I‘cxhzlps sno had been listenioy {or iLâ€"is oven in a measure preparcd for "It. wouldn't be me if I wasn't talking. and 1.1mm you wouldn’t care for me," says Griselda saucily. She is now clad in her furs again, and like a. pnflty, soft, ronml bear, sh'c hugs her sister, steps into the car- riage. and with many adicux and waves of the hand through the with (Sow, is drivm away. Please say I said so. I hope I have made it intelligible, out. you have been talking so hardâ€"" CHAPTER LIX 435*? “WW Durham and, Whore 3s Mr. Dy~ MlLLBROOK ONT.. THURSDAY, AUGUST 31905. "Speak Good Heavens, what is this? He starts Violently, and than h'is iinbers fasten with almost convulsive (-nul’g'y over the small cold hand that has been thrust into his. A little sharp cry breaks through the darkness, and then the cold hand is hurriedly withâ€" drawn, and two arms are thrown Tathway that will lead to the road above. Stumbling. uncertain. and feeling altogether exhausted, he 11%- erlheless finds it, and puts out his hand to grope for the rock that he knows stands at the right side of it. where the breach connnences. The (Iisemal moon has at last taken its find departure, and clouds big with rain and black as ink cover the. heavâ€" ens. Once more a storm is: about to burst over the frightened earth'. A1- ready great angry drops are falling, striking his face, and trickling un- comfortably down his neck. He has either miscalculated the exact posiâ€" tion of the rock, orâ€"â€" With a hurried wave of tho hand he turns abruptly away from the vhvcrâ€" ing crowd and the dancing; Yorch- lights, and makes his \my through 1117‘ hcuvv du'z'ixnoss t0\\'ards tho small "Take them up to the inn,” he Calls nloIId to an old sailm how-ring on the edge of the crowd " mid to“ MIs. (-I‘ifiin to prepaIe buls lm them; and toil hoI', L00. that HiI'Iil l-v rc- sImIsiLJc for any expense In which she muv be put. And all you I'viioCIS who so bravely fought 'hIo:Is;h that an. “ilh me toâ€"IIi11It. l .-h.11] have â€"for toâ€"night, I'ZO \IiJI thvso poor chatUIvs to 111C inn, and 3011 the landlady to give \ou SO‘NL‘thilll' Io hIiIIg back the W'aIIIIUI 10 your limbs. ’ E Dysm‘t, spring to 1111121. helps out the n-scuvd nmn, now n-xhauated by fear and exposureâ€"om 01' than inâ€" deed, has faintedâ€"tut there a"? kind- ]y arms open to receive them, and kindly writes to bid them Welcomeâ€" and to praise the 10d of sca and land for their delivery from death this , night. Dyszu't, indccd, is threatvnrvrl with an 0' atiun wild almost boich-Ious, is the I!"ccting he rocciwrs. “orn- out, logged to death, he hung zl\\€ly from them only stopping to rive a. last «liloction or two about the hall- droWncd men. Every onward dash of Hm temposâ€" tuous wan-b drivvs 1.hv1lih-imm Uh‘. more surely into shultvrl-Infif‘nt. last it Lunches ground. A human-.1 wager hands an: stretched out I.) [nu-want the rum-hing Wuw: from 'urx‘ying it backwards, some of the men, mm‘v ad\'cn.turuus than the NM, rush into the surging tide up to Ulci'l' waists, and .ssizo the boat. and drug it forci- bly into safety. To complum her hope. a, Wild cry rises from the sailors on the land, a. cry mingled with .domwm. subs, and cheers, and w-hnmnnt “nu-gulls. Vera, crushed, faint, starts from her hidingâ€"placv. and runs into the open space before her, as though eager in some mad Way In rush to- Wards the speakers. And (hm a hlcsmd relief comes to her, so sharp- ly, so unpreparcdly, that she almost givos way beneath iv. The gumi ship indeed, is gone! But. Lhe lifeboat still lives. 'n gone “hwy haVo been successful then, so far. 'lhcy have tnkm th'osw {ivc half- 111-1111 creatures into the blessed iI-J'oâ€" boat {sun-JV, if the 1'1"“ hm'a could go through such a sea in 51111-!v,th(-y can rctmn A faint $011515 of hope IS struggling; for prominence in her brcust, When a scream from some W1)â€" mcn strikes like u knell upon her heart. "It is gone! Oh", mercifu] Hvavcn, Vera tries to pray, but no thoughts will come; lm' lips are dry. frown. (lum'). Yot her whole atti- ~th1l:-, her entire miml is; snz'uly om: earnest, mo,;t fervent petition. There must, be justfcv sonmwlmrc! She staggers to her fret, and stat-vs blindly into the semiâ€"darkness. 'lho mists have domed away hum Hm moon, and she can see as \‘x‘cll us thus» other eager Watchers that the live black spots that “‘crt‘ upon ”1:: rigging are no longer th‘cna 'J'hcre is a stir on the beach once more. a ringing chm-r; a rush toâ€" wnrds the boat, and a piercing scream from some woman. A brilliâ€" ant flash from above shows one young thing Hanging wildly round :1. sailor's neck as though defying him to cast. h'cr from him. Some of thorn, as though givm over In (L:- spair. and helpless of earthly 114;». {all on their knees, and uplift their eyes to heaven. It, seems horrible! She feels chok- ing, sufl‘ocatcd. Can nothing he |done? Almost, in her agony of pity for those poor, hzrzlplgnss beings, she Vlowos sight of (He initolorable {car that has (I'ri\‘('n her hither, a. fear undefinedâ€"vague but, sure. And now a shout. from the beach! A dark ob- ject being dragged »fur\v.ard,~.a.~VuH- ant cheer, perhaps meant to reach ‘those miserable souls hovering on death's brimk, and so give courage to ths'ir {ailing hearts; it is Uh: lifeâ€" ’hoat, and nowâ€"â€" i I A tall figure has suddenly Locome prominent: he scams (.0 tower about all those around him. iii» is evident- ly addressing them with passionate Words, and now he springs into tiw boat, and with renewed eloquonzro semns to compo] thuse prosrnf to follow him. Those five miserable wrvtches clinging for dear life to the ropes out thcn- are forgotten, the whole creation sinks away from her â€"0nly this man exists. There is a. considerable group of people collected on the beach. and she can see by the still vivid (lashes of lightning that. all heads and all hands are pointed in one direction. In the shrouds, and clingirg to the rigging. Vera, with a terrible sense of helplessness, can see that live huâ€" man (‘reatu’rcs are clinging, with a natural but very faint. hope of saving the lives that seem so surely doomed to destructionâ€"only live out of all the souls that set sail a month ago. turns aside, and runs panting. strug- gling, down a. side pathway that. she knows loads to the beach below. CHIAI’TER LX . thong-ht sinCo‘? '1 Stems 110‘ as he tak “Euro boc fies it 6‘. (h, ‘ Cod! around him, and cling to him with I-‘uS-wuxnte whunwnzgc. "it is youâ€"you! And 3‘an an: sul‘c! Ch Keaton! (Hr, thunk- (lud, thunk “o. nwdium . Du. bulls Do, cows “Utchors'. picked “0. choice ML, mo’lium . Du. cdnmmn Du. Cows, choice . “0 common .00., bulls Femicr rs, shoxt- -kccp“ ‘ Du, 1x1011i1‘1n ......... “0‘. light 'J‘oron'to. Aug. 1.â€"'I‘he In“ the range of quptaliunmâ€" ixpm-t cattle, chuicc...$4.50 BUFFALO MARK mg. a Buffalo, Aug. ].â€"}"loxzrÂ¥eri(-t, and steady. Wheatâ€"Spring. Weak; No. 1 Northern, $1.15} asked; Wintm‘. N0. ‘2 rod, 90c. Cornâ€"Weak; N0. 2 yollmv, 62(-; Na, 2 corn. Glfic. Oats â€"W0nk; No. 2 white, 360: N0. 2 mix~ (:11, 365m. Ryvâ€"Dull, unsettled; No. ”A f'hvoseâ€"Huldcrs are asking 104: c m 103(- for townshi'ps, and mac to lOfic {or Ontarios. {at back, $18.50 to 31!); compound lard. 520 m (Sic; Canadian IanL'ch to 93W; km tin rendered, 10.1.;- to 11c, according to quality; hams, 120, 13.- and 14;(:, according to size; bacon. 13c to 14¢; fresh killed nha‘ttnir hugs $10: ali\'c, $7.25 for mixed lots, 37.- 50 for selects. ME Butterâ€"Choico crcumezy, 224. to 22-}. v; umlm gr atlas, 21 to 23¢; dairy 18c to 20c. Punjsions-Hcaxy Canadian 5110:! cut pork $20 to $2]; light shmt cut $18 to $19: American cut (Ivar TlpgS~Stmight slock.17c;No. 2 11c. Hayâ€"No. 1 $8.50 to $9 $7.50 to $8: clover mixed, $7. and pure clover, $6 to tun in car lots. Millfm,dâ€"Manitoba bran in bags. $15.50 to $16; shorts, $19 10 820 per ton; Ontario bran in bulk, $14.- 50 to $15; shorts, $19 to $20. nmuiilio, $21 to $24 per ton, as to quality. Oatsâ€"$2.40 10 $2.42; pm bag. Common] continues quiet at $1.35 to $1.45 per bag. Flourâ€"Manitoba. shipping whvnt. patents, $5.30 to $5.40; 'sh‘ong hakurs’, $5 to $5.10: Winlm' whom patents. $5.50; straight PUIIL‘I‘S, $5 to $5.15, and in bags $2.35 to ' Zarlvyâ€"Js firmer at 54c per bushvl ex-smro. Montreal, Aug. Jâ€"(h'ain-Jl‘hc dr- mand for oats is limited at 4‘).’.c for No. 2 “hito and 48.}c [01 N0. 3 \xhifu per bushel cx-smrc. Isak-(l Hayâ€"$7.50 per ton for Nu. 1 timulhv in car lots on track hero. and $6 fur No. 2. Ruled Strawâ€"Car lots on track hon? are quoted unchanged at $5.50 to $6 pm- Lon. on'oréd at. (me. Potatoesâ€"Prices am unchanged :11 2.2.5 in "2.50 per barrel. Bah-(IAHuyâ€"S'TJSI) per ton for Nu. Eggsâ€"Priccé are unchanged at 174C to 186. Butterâ€"Prices are firm in tone. Croamvry, prints . ....... 210 to 22c (10 sulids ................... 20c to 21¢ Dairy 1h, rolls, good to choivn ............ . ........ 17‘: to 180 do Ina-(hum .. . 15010 184; do tubs, good to choice . 16c to 17c du inferior ................... 14c to 15m Choc-SLâ€"I’ricvs have a firm tom: at 102C to 11¢: per Ib. Hollml Oatsâ€"$5 for cars of barrels on travk horn», and $4775 for cars of bags: 25:.- more for broken lots hm'c and 40c outside. :3 yollov and 6319c for No. 3 yellow, lake and rail freights, Ontario [Ininls and (33:: to (535C on track, Toronto. PMS-Nominal at 72c fm‘ No. 2 outside. Cornâ€"Canadian is unchanged at 54c to 550. Chalham (Nights. Am- crix'an uusicr at (53“- 1.0 64c for No. Bulkyâ€"Nu. 2, 46¢: 10,47c; No. 3 extra. 44c to 45c,‘ and No. 3, 43¢ outside. Ryeâ€"Prices are at (SOC uutside, Cornâ€"Canadian Oatsâ€"Nu. 2 are quotad at. -Mc out- side, according .to location and freight ratc‘s. Flour-:Ontarioâ€"SO per cent. patâ€" 01118, $4.15 to $4.25, buyers’ sacks, wast, With 156 to 20c: more for choice. Manitoba, first patents, $5.- 30 to $5.60; second patents, 35 Lo 3530, and bakcx‘s', $4.90 In $5.10. Millfccdâ€"OuLarioâ€"Bran, $11.50 '0 $12; shorts higher at $18.50 to $19. Manitobaâ€"$17 for bran, $19 for shurtS, at Torunto and equal {wig-ht points. Manitobaâ€"We quote No. 1, $1.1 1,0 $1.17; No, 2, $1.09 No. 3 i unchanged at Boy; to 910. BHEADSTUI‘T‘S. Toronto. Aug. 1.-â€"thabâ€"0ntario â€"No. 2 red and white. 89C to 906. 00051: is quoted at 780 L0 80c, and spring at 854.: to 866. LEADING MARKETS 1.! VIC STOCK MA RR E’l‘. .(To be Continued.) MUN'I‘IHGAL MA liK HTS (‘0 U NT] {Y I’RU DU CE. l.â€"Ih ( V “ ‘3 U f )]|()\ In C: l D to $9; No. '2, 1‘ mixed, $6.50 to '. $6 to $6.25 per WEE quoted nominally 3.40 3.00 4.30 3.00 3,00 in tone. .. 21(: to 3.00 3.50 3.50 3.60 4 .65 4.54) 11.00 -1(J Prospector at Iron Lake, Near Port Arthur, Strike it Rich. h H i t 1, l l , 1L lb LIHIU 101‘ me ‘ 11' I ‘ \ ‘ ‘ n - ‘ _ i. m ‘,1 Ls mint 1 n (n\ H on must meet open]: mum in most M the cases similar. [Host means of at ‘N’i‘dlly .iil orcurrml in small log (n' Egal‘dk-Ss ”f the f [[uxna- hunsvs built on the gr;ound thoritiis. This is mom (if those wvrc surrounded by {This aione will D I\Villmv {rm-s, causing (iumpnrss and :of v.3," “enth of bio )slmiting on! slmiight. Placards are sapds of innocent. ihcing pinm-(i hy lhv Local Board of expressed Opinmn ilk-1111i} nn ail itmism in which an: {ion no amount 4. [Limes u! the dawns-o. {arbitraiy ech‘Cise f 'i‘h.» discus-o usually attacks «'hilâ€" 'prevail. i l , . (in-n. but N‘Vul'z‘. nr thi- (icalhs in this unllmuk nun- (Ji miu.1<. Auâ€" fthmiiivs (Hm-r an; 10 \ViN‘lhl‘i‘ liw Uzi-kind).â€" is i'lfm'iimls m- umtagious Business Portion FERNIE PI Em: Iimiqvtts has boon led to believe I Destr 'frmn vam‘al instances that it is com- 'A despatch from muniraliic It. is the result of a, â€"A disastrous {in specific organism which in unsani- in two years, dove tary surroundings develops in ihi‘lipiirtion of this 1. ncrwuxs systnm. The brain is 1101Jnight, \xiping out attack-mi, and the patient remains il‘rcss ofiicc, Carru conscious'. The back is painful ow- iShcpard and Elm ing‘ to the aficcti 'on (if the spine and Columbia lurnit the sick person wastes away .‘apidiy. :f\orthmn city offic A. Hudg‘mts, swretary of the Proâ€" Vinciul Board 01' Health, has just ro- tunwd 1mm .1 visit to Carp. Carle- tun (,‘mmty. win-w the disease is epi- dmnic. 0110 (letter reported four duaths nut. 0f 11 cases which occur- H-(l in his practim. Anothm' on Hm qubm‘ mn- ()f the river had six pa- tivnts in one house. The dim-as.~ swans In hawx gained a footing:~ also in Ihu rwighhm'hom! of Pembroke, and twn deaths haVo occurred in tho ()tIasz lmspiinls from it. A (Ii-snatch from Toronto says: (‘m-obmâ€"spinai meningitis or spuucd {on-r has buconn- wry prevalent, in the 011mm 711”('_V and numerous ([011th haw lm-n reported. Dr. C. Dr. qugetts Reports Upog I- Dis~ ease in Ottawa. Valley; .00.. each ...... Selects, por cwt.. Lights, per cwt. . Fats, pur cut. .00., common Do.. bulls Export mws. pt-r cvt 110., bucks (lull sheep, per cwt. Lambs, cwt Cain-54‘ owl. “nu ”an” gh‘aghalic-n dislodged the enemy from ’Um Vicinity of Alkova on July 24. {The cmmy's strength consisted of [one battalion of infantry, besides tseu-rul humiwd volunteers, with eight Ila-M pix-cos. ‘ “Another (lufnCth-lit. landed at Mug-31% and captured 40,001) tons of coal and light raiIWuy nmtcrials. Ak-xandrovsk was takl-n and entered thv sump (Ivoning, MIL-1' some resist- ance. At dawn on July 25 the enemy hnlding a pnsitiuzx cast of Aloxandrovsk \Vil's‘ ultaukcd. and our troops press.d him towards Novoe- Michae-Iknyv, which pmcv in: com- plclvly occupied the same day. TWO hundred DI'iSOlN‘YS va‘o taken. and Stuck-rs, choice FIND OF BESSEMER ORE The Admix'ul's report, which was ruuvivcd :11, 7.30 p.m. on July 24. says the Japanese flag was hoisted mm- 1hr (:«,>xvrmnunt buildings at. Ah-xundrmxk wixhout any loss on the pun of the- Japanese force. The fullmving omcial annnunco- mv-nt was made this afternoon: "Tho doflu'hmcnt dcmilud tn protact the landing on the Siberian coast of Jupanmu H‘unps from the Islam] of l I I \ l l I A dcspatr'h [rum Tukio says: It is announced at army hr-adqmn'wrs that the Japanese from Shaghalicn Island son the morning of July 24' without the in the umctmg lwzny n-sistancc from Russians, (-mmm-ncud landing Iloigl1l)m'hund of Alkovu, eight. miles north ul' Ah-xmulmvsk and that Alr-xumh'm'sk was seized Tuesday. Vice-Admiral Katakoa, in reportâ€" ing; the sl:u'¢-§st‘ul landing of the Ja- panese ful't'os in the vicinity of Alex- undmvsk from Snghalion Island, says tlu- pivrx :11 Aloxandrovsk, Ni- yomi and Mulxukc Wurc found intact, but the wm-my had set rim to Mumi- Ru and All-gown, was still burning. 'J‘hc town of Alvxandrm'sk was not burned. lufm'matiun {mm officors who have returned {mm Munchuria shoWs that. when the Japanese plan is in full swing Gun. J.lll(‘\‘it('h must, prema- turely retreat or be absolutely lost. When the Japnnu-se landed at Port Castrlvs last, Monday thsy found that. the village of Alexandmvsk, Siberia, which is mom-1y A; collection of wood- un huts, was burning. As the invad- nrs appruuvhml the [Hare four guns opened tire on them, but. thvy were soon SHUHCCKL dcspatch from Toronto says: guni Bays. 1’u\\u,-rful Japanese squad- rons are wan-hing the “hole coast of Sag-halien and also the coasts of Siberia and (fur-m. OUTBREAK 0F. MENINGITIS. Vladhosmck is now blockadcd by a strong; squzuirun. This explains the inactivity or thn cruisers Russia and (h‘omohoi and tin: torpedo boats which are insidw {he harbor. They have bm-n unable to interfvrex with the Japancsu occupation of Eagha- “(‘11 01' to scant in l’ossiet and Un- 1. 'l’he 'I‘ukio correspondent of the London Telegraph says the Russian onivs-rs captured in Saghulicn are dwpn-sscd. 'J'hv-y declare they were left In take care of Lhoxnsch'es. 'l‘huir I't-quvsls for ruinr'orcumcnts were igâ€" nored. and Int-y Wore practically! ly-lploss. VLABEVOSTOCK BLOCKADED inactivity of the Russian Cruisers Explained. LINEVITCH MUST RETRE .1 ADS ARI.) BUSY are uf Lhcmsch'cs. 'l‘huir ruinformrnlcrns were igâ€" Ihvy were practically 1. W. RICHARDS, Publisher and Proprietor 6.25 11.50 2.00 3.00 0 0r ~.~\) 2.00 4 .00 3 .(M) ...... 6.10 10.00 (3.50 4.15 1 .25 3.50 (3.75 75 [ Destroyed. } 'A despatch from Fannie, 13.0., says: 1â€"A disastrous fire, the second with- in txyo years, devastated the business punion of this town on Wednesday night, wiping out the Fcrnie Free Press office, Carruthors‘ tailor shop, Shepard and Elliott’s store, British Columbia Fllrniturc store, Great Northern city office, Northern Hotel, Kenny and Mchod's tailor shop, 0. C. Wright, jevselcr, all totally des- troyed. The \‘Valdnd Hotel on the opposite side of the street Was very much (‘umaged by heat. Loss $50,- 000, and insurance one-third cf that amount. The Moscow correspondent of the London Standard tolegraphs an out,- {line of the appeal 01' the Zomstvoists to the country. It. rchoarscs the events of the past month, especially 1ht' fruitlessncss of the reform ukasvs, [and adds that. all hope of the fulfil- Imcnt. of the C7m"s promises is gone. It is time for the people to act. They nutst moot openly and discuss the best means of attaining reforms re- gardless of the frowns of the au- thorities. This is the way of peace. This alone will prchnt the shedding of torrenta of blood and save thou- sands of innocent lives. Against. the (eXpi-osscd opinion of the united na- tion no amount of illegality or the arbitrary exercise of authority can prevail. Bossvmor stool. Prof. Miner, the provim-ial geologist, has had a party inspocting the ground for a month. From these experts he has received word that the field is much larger’than was thought, and that the field of operations X's being" ex- tended rapidly. Little can be- said, hmvever. of the quality or actual value or the are discm'ered until mining upnrations are commenced. Outline of Important sxrikcs of iron cm are being made.- by prospectors in 'hc neighborhood of Iron Lakv. cast of Port Arthur. and already applica- tions for locations are being made. Wilt-y Brothers. who have been among 1hc lucky miners. report that the quiity is very goodfund low clluugh in sulphur and phosphorus to luxsuilabiu: {or the manufacture of Bossmnor stool. Prof. Miner. the 'I‘nkio, July 26.â€"The wound in Ad- miral Rojostvensky's forehead has been reopened and a smail piecc of bum- has been rcmchd. The Admir- al's condition is now considered sat- isracmry. % Both the Ussuri and Sungariliix- vrs am navigable for \esses of ]i ght draught, and thus the J apanew could advance inland in three diner- ent directions {or a considerable dis- tance. If, as is supposed Japan has a riVer expedition in readiness, the mere threat of its advance may s1.f- flee to change the plans of the Rus- sians and compel the retirement from the Kirin and Fenghwa districts up- on Haxbin. { 'A (lcspatch from London saysâ€"The {Japanese landing at lilckastries, [which is the terminus of the only cable line conm-cting the mainland “ith the Island of Sakhalin is re- garded by the London morning news- papers as an attempt to sci/J: the mouth of the Amur River in order to enable the Japanese to dcspatch an army up that great waterway to threaten the Russian communica. tions, Japanese gunboats and torpeâ€" do boats could thus reach Harbin and give (-ncctual assistance to any attack on the Russian fortifications. Military officials here attach im- portance to the episode only in con- nection with the Sakhalin campaign, and say that as the landing was ef- fected at a place where the Straits of Tartary are narrowest, apparently it is part of the strategy of the J ap- anese to prevent the escape of Rus- sian garrisons in Sakhalin. across the straits. They add that the landing is too far north to have any bearing on the main campaign or on the operation against, Vladivostok. A despatch from St. I’ctcrsburg, says:â€"]Dcspa1.chcs from Manchuria re- port the landing of a Japanese bat- talion and the seizure of a lighthouse 0n the Siberian coast near Dekastries a post formerly called Aloxdrovsk, 700 miles noth of Vladivostok, af- ter a preliminary shelling by turpcb (lo-boat. destroyers. ROJESTVEN SKY'S IN. I URI??? It is officially announced that pre- vious to the capture of Alexandrovsk Saghalicn, the Japanese landed at. Mugatai, dislodged the Russians there and captured 40,000 tons of coal and some railway material. Two hundxcd prisoners‘, gun carri- ages and ammupiticn Were captured on Monday. ! Alcxzmdrovsk is the capital of [Saghalicm It will probably now be- ?cume the base of operations for the capture of Nikolaicvsk, at the mouth of the Amur River. The landing of a Japanese force at Port Castries a Jew days ago is supposed to have been made to secure the mainland and of the cable to Saghalien. and to begin a movement against, the ToWn of Alcxandmvsk on the main- land, from which place the Japanese are likcly to cut of! Nikolaievsk on the south side. also gun-carriages, ammunition. and provisions." FERNIE FIRE SWEPT WHAT LANDING MEANS . PEOPLE SZ-IOULD ACT. JAPS IN SIBERIA. the Appeal of the Zemstvoists. of _Mining Town