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Millbrook & Omemee Mirror (1905), 10 Aug 1905, p. 1

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UE RIBBON ‘wrm -â€" fidoyandmo W as lanes mix IS somethin" in fipcaking of ‘Why the- ihat I actually ry ,5 health. Buy a. rd Moose Mountain one I: prosperous. mown. Carlyle is five elevators. with bushels. The men out tlwir business. y sewn. The D. oi Carlyle. Assumi- 3:th of improved I lands for sale in 3‘0“an your C0770..- information .md 3N6 10,1 nummlâ€"zss “Other people will consider for you, if you refuse to be sensible for yourself. Griseldaâ€"” "Adm-es you!” triumphantly. "Sometimes, I confess, I have been jea!ous.” “Poytonâ€"â€"” ”Sings your praises from morning till night: that is why I am so fond of him." V “I am going to consider you for the future. and nothing else,” says Vera. "It i~‘n't that, but I think you ought, to consider things more than you do." - “Well, you nnodn't dic." says she. ”but are you going to condemn me to deathâ€"and all for a. mere paltry tourfi of pride?" “Oh. no." Says he; "I wouldn't, leak at it in that light for anything. What! to think now. that your love wasn't mine! 1‘0 you believe I shonid live if I thought. that?" “There are othm' thinga." he says; “you are now in a position to make a W: j: distinguished man‘iagv. People will remember that. I know how they regard you alrrady.” “I know how I raga"! myself. as a robberâ€"yes, a banâ€"faced thief. Cumv. see it in another lightâ€"say I don’t love you at a“, but that conscience has driven me into marrying you, just for the sake of restoring you your own property, which I meauly possessed myself of, some little time since.’ ’ "I have forgotten nothing." inter- rupting him eagerly. "But what has it all to do with you and m0? Nu one Fr'DflWS about it except Crisclda and Tom. and even if they didâ€"if the whole World were to shout. it abroad I should not care. You would still be you." "Lady Riversdnle?" “My dariing. what folly! As if I cwr had anything to forgive. But, seriously. Vera. have vuu thought all this out to the end? You cannot have forgot tonâ€"' ’ â€"you had not forgiven me. I! there is a stain on you, it shall be on me. too. Nun-1;; you belong to me, and 1 to you! Oh, do not say you will not marry me!" "i§utâ€"" begins ho. "No, nu, no, I will have no buts! Are Vou doing this to punish mo? Ah, I know am.» too well how heartilv I (Insane it but I hoped you would be generous enough" f0â€"” "Stain! What stain? What. has it got. to do with you?” (trips she indignantly. "Oh, do not speak to me like that! It makes: me fool as if Some'thing in his tone troubles her: she lifts her head, and regards him norxo’sly. "What is it?” she says. “List-n to me. Vera. I shall not as}: 30:: to marry me. Not. now, nor any other time. I shall not- ask you to 994)” your life. Thvrc is always this stain on m¢-that I am my fa- ther's son?" "I don‘t know what is the matter with me." says he presently, with a halflaugli: "I used to think I had so much to say to you and now them: is nothing. It is the great change, 1 think": the reaction from utter, hurrible lmyolvssmess, to such happiness as I believe no man has ever .lanu before. I suppose it, is enough for me to see youâ€"to hold you here against my heart.” Well, whatever comes after this. I shall re- main contentâ€"you love me’" He does not wait for permission, but presses his Hrs to hers. “'hnn a. few minutes have gone by he spea' s again. "Was it lately!" he asks. “I don't .l'now. I shall never know. I can't. remember when it. began. Butâ€"" she pauses. and stirs, restlessly yet happily. ”I think it must have been alwaysâ€"al\va§s,” she "meats. "Darling, darling!" whispers he ftly. "I am tc-o happy! I do not know what to say. I cannot speak." And then atram, "May I kiss you?" "(11, yes, yes. yes!" Tn a. moment his arms are around her, crushing hor against his heart. The strain of the past terrible hours has been too severe, and now she sin'is beneath it. She bursts into tears. "Speak!" says he again. and now the word is command. A brilliant. lire is blazing on the hearth, and three or four lamps are turning chocrily. For the first time rclvasing her, he unfastens her cloak and hood and Kings them on the ground. Laying his hands; on her shoulders he turns her more directly to the light. ”Speak!" he says in a hoarse tone. He is ghastly pale, white as the death from which he has just, now so narrowly escaped, and RCTOS‘S his right temple there is a. slight, streak of blood, still wet. CHAPTER LXI. Here he places her gently : n her feet, but, still with his arm round hm‘. and. always in pcrlcct silent-c, lhi‘y 2r gown“- 3: '1" ORW 2 THE SECRET CABINET ’MMMMH +MWWW LCth. VOL. IT. NU. 11. $1 per annum. MILLBROOK A {~W4-W‘HMNMWW Ear Eamvcs “Him?" repeats the astute Griselda firmly. "Vera, there is no use in your trying to cheive me. Something has happened; get it over at once. It wiil save time. and nothing else. as I sh'an't stir from this, until I hear 1111-" “Bu: Griseldaâ€"" ."But me no buts. For one thing, "Yes I dare say, to be there - watchingâ€"Waitingâ€"fearing lest every wave sh'ould SWalIow himâ€"them. Oh! it was horrible!" she covers her eyes with her hands. “Uh!" says Griselda. "Anything the matter, ducky? I never saw you look so queer before! That wreck, I suppose?” “Yes tone. "Why shouldn‘t I? By-theâ€"by, did you hear any particulars? Did you $09 him after the rescue?” “No, the Word, as I recollect it, was even much stronger. But you know the vericst Sinner unhuug has his gogd point. Courage is Seaton‘s. Poor ieEluw! his life is so spoiled, that I dare say he was sorry the sea. did not swallow him up. and put. an end to his troubles.” "Why should you think that?" Vex-0'. ”By Swan)”; so we have huu‘d. It, will be in all the [apcrs to-m'on'o'u. I snonld thin. his umloubu-«z {luck should melt even so detnrmined a hatred as yours." Vera blushed cri:n:=on. "You're blushing," says Mrs. Peyâ€" ton; "you are as red as fireâ€"n Sign of grucz‘. After all, 1 beliuvc I was right, and Seaton is not the (lemon yéu have always painted him." “A (lemon! I don't think I ever caliufl him a demon,” murmurs Vera nervously. "Was there ever such a night as last night?” exchims she when she has: towed her hat on to a. sofa; “it kept me awake half my time. thn I wasn’t (In-arming but! (hm-mus, I lay awake dying with fright, lest this old ruin was tumbling in -on top of you. 1?. wasn't. however." “Kc, .1 still uproars itself." "Your spirits are better,” says, Mrs. Peyton; “you Were down in your boots yesterday, you are up in a balloon toâ€"day. (fine never knows how to expect you. Perhaps, that's what makes you so nice. That wreck last night. must have upset you.” 4 “It was awful!" returns Vera: ”but five poor people were <avcd." He has gone down to the village next day. to keep his appointment with the Ilsher::.:en When Gxiscldn. true to he: promise to carry away Var-1 with her to her happy home at Girtonmoro, make-s h:-r' appearance. "You have changed your mind?" saws she gnily. “(‘omc. this after- noon Vou refusal to dine with‘ meâ€" to-night 1 lead you captive." In obcdicncc to this ardent, request, Vera makes short work with her toi- lette. And not it is in a. very marvel of a gov-n that she next makes her appearanceha gown far too lovely for a simple evening at home with onlv a cousin to cut rtain. "Dcn't he Inngf': anti-eats he, on parting with her at her doorway. "When We see it we may," says Keaton. ’lhuy g0 upstairs, hand in hand, Iii-.e two little children. prehrnsiwly, releasing her. "No vou know that. We have had no dinnar,” says she, 'and it is now nearly half-[Inst ten? Come, let us both got. ready for it. though I sup- pose we shall have to call it supper, not that 1 think I could eat. any- thing." "Go up to your mom,” says she imperiously; “I’ll send you some brandy there. Command, indeed! Your turn has not. come yet, let me tell you. It is I who shall command {or a. little while. All. there, do go. You know you said you oughtle to touch me with that wet coat, andâ€"â€" yesâ€"I’ll promise to take some wine." "Geld? I defy it,” returns he radi- antly. “My heart is warm enough to-night to conquer a second deluge. But you, darling,” anxiously, "I should not have touched you. wet as I am, and all that. exposureâ€"that cold, terrible time on the beachâ€" ch. I implore. nay, I command ym to take some wine, or a little b'mndy without delay.” "\our clothes are wet; you are posithely drenched!” she cries in a. tone of dismay. "011, why didn't I think of it before! Go away. so Up- stairs at once, and change everyâ€" thing on you. You will catch your death of cold!” "You are determined than?" he says; "3; u will take me? Sweetâ€" hvart, it you could only know how thund‘ul I. am to be taken!" It is at. this moment that Vera. Wakes to a. curtain fact. “You look Very pale." says be ap- 'ehunsi\cly, releasing h'cr. "Do vou know that. We have had ) dinnrir.” says she, 'and it is now yarly half-past tun? Come, let us )th got. ready for it. though. I sup- in a. rather constrained CHAPTER LXII. “'l‘o-cmorroW!” says Dysart. He lifts her face and kisses h'er fondly. “I thought you still in. London," she says: “I did not think you would come doWn to The Friars until to. night. and I did not dare hope to see you until to-morrow." A quick happy flush' mounts to Vera's brow as she goes‘ quickly for- ward, and gives her hand to Dysart. As Vera reaches the lowest ten-ace she sees Dysart come towards her from. the wood. I How sweet, whow clear, how cool {is the fresh spring wiml. April is Ewell begun, am? a warm sunlight is ‘no longer a novelty. At Greycourt, great openings in the o‘d yew hedge have been cut, through which the delicate rays rush merrily upon the opening {lowers within. Vera. who has come out upon the terrace. and is now moving slowly down the garden feasting: hL’i' eyes loxingly upon this exquisite scone. 'I‘o-rluy. how dilierent it is from the mean she never can forget. with its wild white, raging surface; and yet to it, too, she bears no ill-xvii], for did it m. give him back to her, in spite of all its seeming treachery? And to-morrow will be her wedding- (lav! "But not - alonfi," says Grist-Ida, "you “4]! come with us. will you not? Tom will no mm'o than pleased to welcome his new brother.” "I think you would hardly know him.” says Vera. At this moment the door npens and Keaton enters the mom. His first, {rum-":1 is for Vera. Griselda, regardâ€" ing hi'n knonly. admits the truth of Vm'a‘s Lust wards. 'l‘rnly, 5hr- would not have known him, so happily tmmr‘xg-mod is 111': crst‘Ahilc melanâ€" chn!v face. “firisolda has come to take me back with her to Gritonmore,” says Vera. flushing warmly. ask, but I suppose he is quite an- other man now?” “I’m not indeed. I seldom felt so solurzn. 11' you like 4 man, isn't it better to demon!) yourself a bit. ra- ther than lose him forever? It’s a. large subjuct, I allow. andâ€"-â€" Well, let, it go by for toâ€"day. at all events. Darling girl, if I talked for ever I coz'ld not tell you how glad I am. son‘xcthing about him that assu'ros me he will make you happy. ”I need not "No, I don't." says Vera indig- nantly. "Of course I know you are only amusing your-sell, but stinâ€"J' “What, nothing! And was that. all that occurred to youâ€"-to sit. down and grin and bear it? But I shon!d like to know that you repent of your inaé‘u‘on at that supreme mo- ment." "What could I do? Nothing, but “03:17-71ny heart out till his return." "It shouldn't he called so, of course. But, considering how mat.- tars stand, I for one should regard Benton as an idiot i! he had let himr self be drowned last night." “Well, he didn’t." says Vera. "No. That fact. just barely saves him from my scathing sarcasm. Go on, Mrs. Dysart, I pine {or the third volume. When you saw he Would start in that unpleasant lifeboat. what did you do?” "I don't think heroism should be callcd idiocy," says Vera. mther coldly I thought it might hylp you on. Well, never mind! I can quite undef- stand how you felt when you saw the son on one hand and an idiot on the other." “Yes, go on, it's beautiful!" says Griselda encouraging her largely. "I do like a. real love affair; none of your wishy-washy sorts, but a. bona- fide. stick-at-nothing romance! Well, you rushed forward, you throw yourâ€" self bodily upon him. and forbade him to tempt. Providence. by rushing to a watery grave, when there was some one ashore to whom this par- ticular seaâ€"dog WaSâ€"-" “1' really think, Griselda, youâ€"you needn't!" says Miss Ilysart rather afirontrd. Mrs. Peyton lalxgh‘s. "You‘re so slow about it," she Says; “a little push was all I meant. sea. and then the frail few planks that stood between him and it and death, Iâ€"Iâ€"â€"â€" 0h, Griselda, I thought I should have gone mad! And then somehow all at once I knew I knew everything. I knew that my pretended dislike had been but. folly, though it was folly strong; enough to docche even myself for a long time, and that I loved him with all my heart." "I could tell you, if I could tell unynnoâ€"-und you only," says Vera. “You see it was in this way. He was going out in the lifeboat with the othcr men to rescue these poor creatures, and I was dam: on the beach, and when I saw the raging "My dr-al’, to credit me With such stupidity! Fancy any docont. person now-a-days rmnembcring anything that was best forgotten. But. how did it all come about?" "()h. I don’t know,” culoring. “Never mind. It was a. mean ques- tion. 0! course, I couldn't expect you to tell on]yâ€"â€"" [you “on: on the spot Watching lest 'thc “mos should swallow him. \“ here was the spot? The beach?" "Yes," falters Vera. “At that hour! And do you imâ€" 1aginc. my good _child, that. I will lcliem that punfiv philantlnopic feel- ings drove you out of a. warm house in a storm that could have razed St. Paul‘s to the ground. merely to know how a. ship in distress was far- ing? No, no, my Vera, there was something more.” "Well, what?” domands Vera. "'l'hure “as Seatou! And I ve1ily belicv,câ€"-â€"0h Vera, oh darling, you are cub-g! Is iLâ€"can it be true thatâ€"'2 ’ “Yes, it is true." says Vera. "And whom-whouâ€"did vou know? When did it happen? It just, 311‘- rnngus everything. And do you know all through I liked him, you will re- member that?” "And you,” shamefuccdly, ”What do you remember"? All the horrid things I said 0! him?" - CHA P'K‘I'TR LXTII. Durham and Victoria Standard MlLLBROOK ONT.. THURSDAY, AUGUST 10. 1905 ND 0; tions in thé United Kin dom" 038,000. g 18 “Oh, Vera!" whispers h'e, S’t‘raining her to his heart. “I wonder how it was I didn’t love you enough yesterday.” ' ‘Well, (hit-ling? As each day comesâ€"-â€"?’ ’ "I must catch the next train hack to The Friars. “It seems too bad that I must leave you. but there is always a happy though't somewhere. 'l‘o-morrow will come and than I shall never have to leave you again. Darl‘ng, sweetheart, forgive me the question, butâ€"are you sure you love me?" "I wish I was not so sure." re- turns Eh'e. "Do you know, that, as each morning comes, Iâ€"" But after all neither Vera. not Dy- sart are thinking much about them. “I suppose I must go in." says Vera reluctantly. "And you?" [ "Wait, and I’ll race you to the house,” cries Peyton: "Wait, can‘t you? Well, I do call that unfair." He puts forth his strength and soon overtakes her. “I think you needn't have done that,” says he reproach-’ fully. i) “What?" “Left me alone there with them.” “Why? Did ”may threaten you? molest you? Show any desire to rc- duce you to ponder?” “They looked every bit of it; and they Certainly gave me to understand that my room was, at all events. as good as my company. Spoonv peo- ple have no manners; I thought the most ignorant knew that!" “It's come! It's on View! ye gods, and here haxe 1 been wasting my time!" cries Griselda. Vera, you can follow it you will, but. I {or one mm stay here no longer with such a tcxmumtion offered to me as a. new wedding-gown." "'1 hat she certainly wouldn't dis- appoint. me,” interrupts Vera laugh- ing. “If you go in sum up to my room, you will [End that spotless garment. lying on my bed.” I “Never mind him,’ says Mrs. Pey- ton. "Well, and how does the trousscau go, Vera. Any chance of the wedding garment turning up in time? You know I always warned you against that woman. She is so ultrn‘fas-hionable that she thinks it her duty to disappoint two people at. hast in the year; and besides, she 11‘! but tolii Grace thatâ€"" Tho gcrqagcfiotf wogds and planta- 5 "Well, I defy you to make me sad lto-day," says she with a little laugh. i'TOme, let us go to the end of the Eterrace and see what. the men there 3are doing." They wander aV'ay in ihappy idleness to watch the workmen Eat their task, and scarcely have they ldonc so, when Griselda trips lightly down the hilly path through the ‘yew hedge to the gravelled walk be- low, closely followed by Tom Peyton. i "There's Vera!” cries she. “At Hast, and Scaton with her! Vera! ch-ra? Here We are! Here I am! ‘Aren‘t you glad to see us"? After all, we were able to come quite early.” By this time she is in Vera's arms. "And how are you. darling? No need to ask, Scaton is with you. How d'ye do, Scaton? I brought Tom, too, because he'd be sure to be late if he waited for to-morrow, and any- body late at a Wedding puts every- body out so." "It’s very unfair," says Tom. in a molancholy tone. "I don’t think I am such an unmitigated bore as she makes me out. I should certainly have been in time for your wedding, ‘ Vera, it I sat up all night to make; sure of it. The fact is, she can'tl get on without me and 50â€"" "I don't regret it. now." says he. “all I have gone through, all I haVc su fi'e~re(I-â€"-â€"’ ' "Ah, I suffered too!" “All we have sum'rcd h‘as only made this present ha‘ppinoss the swaotor. Perhaps I should not have rumindcd you of thoxo past days just mm‘, but, somehow, all my thoughts seem yours, I cannot keep anything back from you." I loved yéu, but so many things held me back.” "Uh, lo\'c.j' says she. “will you over forgixe me entirely, do you think? It seems to me that. it must be impossible {or you to do it. What madness possessed me in those days! All through, (20 you know, 1' bolinvod "Because I am rather proud of it than othcrxvisc. You have had time and yetâ€"you don't. detest, me, do you?" "Why 60 you remember that to- day nf all days?"â€"â€"hcr eyes are dis- tinctly reproachful. “Why not? I don't mind thinking of anything now. You said you knew it would only take time to teach you to utterly detest me." "“0 you remember, Vera, some- thing you said about me. very short- ly after we first met? I have thought, of it so often since." “Wvll, don't. think of it any more says she. "I am glad you Wil! wear them first upon your waddingâ€"day," says he softly. Thorc is a. pause whi!st she is m- Placing them in their cases, and thonâ€" "Ah, I thought there was a. look about them one never sees in. modern juwcl.,” says she, and forthwith seats herself upon one of the stone stops, the better to admire her new treasures. ”And if they look well now," cries she naively, “how will they look “hen I am en grande toiâ€" luttc?" "Uh, Scaton, how (lnliciousV’ cries she. "You extravagant; boy, they must have cost, a fortune!" “l have only had them reset. They were my mother’s," replies he. "Except here.” says Scaton with a. rather uselessly careful look around now, considering that the crime has been accomplished. He had indeed forgotten all about them, “I wanted to bring; you these," bringing tWo or three jewel cases out of his pock- ets. “I thought, perhaps. you would Wear them tomxorrow." : “Oh, Scaton, the workmen.‘ exposâ€" tulatos she," "don't you know they are everywhere!" THE END. MEI Order Of Scotti; Clans Taking Steps to Form Regiment. A despatch from Winnipeg says:â€" ‘Thc Order of Scottish Claus is tak- ing preliminary steps-toward the formation} 01' a Highland regiment for Winnipeg: and is arranging with other local Societies for joint co- operation toward that end. One Man Lost Fortv Thousand Dollars in a Week. A deSpatch from Essex says:â€"â€"Ar- lthur Milne, who has been in the ‘Klondike for the past eight years, ‘was successful, and has inVOsted in ‘rcal estate in the vicinity of Cal- gary- He Says the best kind of “pay dirt." in UN: Klondike is a hotel or gambling resort, both of which are thriving. The people have gone mad over gambling, the miners taking chances on anything, Largo amounts are being 1051. Just before he left a miner came in with $40,000 worth of gold. Within a week he had lost it all at the gambling tables, and had started back to the fields to make another fortune. l I KLONDIKE CAMBLERS One Man Lost Fortv Thm St. Lonis, Mo., Aug. 8.â€"thatâ€" Cash, 81c; Sept” 813C; Doc. 83$c. Minneapolis, Aug. 8.â€"Wheat closed -S(~pt., 89%; Dec., 87¢}c: No. 1 Nor- thern, $1.07; No. 2 Northern, $1.04 to $1.05; No. 1 hard, $1.09. Flourâ€" First. pafonts, $5.95 to $6.05; soc- ond pan-Ms, $5.75 to $5.85; first clears. $1 to $4.10; second clears, $2.65 to $2.67. Bran-11) bulk, $12.- 75 to $111. « UNITED STATES MARKETS. Milwaukee, Wis., 'Aug. 8.â€"-thatâ€" No. 1 Northern, $1.10 to $1.11; No. 2 Northern, $1.05 to $1.09; Sept. 8-1430 bid. Ryeâ€"No, 1, 60¢. Barley-â€" No. 2, 52c; sample, 40 to 50c. Corn -â€"Scpt., {Mic asked. BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. Montreal, Aug. 8.-Grainâ€"â€"Markct {or oats was steady at 48 to 484,4: “or No. 3 in store and 49 to 49§c for 1N0. 2. Demand is light and so are stocks. Flourâ€"Manitoba Spring patents. $5.40 to $5.50; strong bak- crs', $5 to $5.20; Winter wheat pa- tents, $5.50, and straight rollers, $5 to $5.15 in wood; in bags. $2.40 to $2.50. Feedâ€"Ontario bran, in bulk, gut $14.50 to $15; shorts, $17.50 to $18.50; Manitoba bran, in bags at. $15.50 to $16; shorts, $19. Beans â€"Choi(‘.e primes, $1.75 per bushel; ,81.65 in car lots. Provisionsâ€"Benn; ‘Cunadian short cut. pork, $20 to 321 light Short cut, 318 to $19; American cut. clear {at backs, $18.50 to $19; Compound lard, 533' to 6§c; Canadian lard, 91} to 93c; kettle rendered, 10% to 11c; hams, 12, 13 and 14c; bacon, 13 to Mu; fresh killed abattoir hogs, $10; alive, $7.25 for mixed lots, .74 60 for" selects. Eggsâ€"Straight stock“l 17c; No. 2, 14¢. Butterâ€"Choiccst;1 Creamery, 22‘} to 23¢; umlerg‘rades.3 21:3 to 22¢; dairy, 18 to 20¢. Cheesel â€"()ntario, 11'} to llzc; Quebec, 11%! to 11 3â€"ch. Lardâ€"The demand is fair, and pricc§ unchanged. We quotc:_Ticrccs 90; mks, 9fic; pails, 92¢. HOG PRODUCTS. Bacon, long clear, sells at 11 to 11:0 pcr lb. in case lots; moss pork, at $16.50 to $17; short, cut, $20.50 to $21. Cured meatsâ€"Hams, light to me- dium, 1:3 to 14c; (10 heavy, 13c; rolls, In to llac; shoulders, 105c; bucks, 15 to 15$c; breakfast bacon, 1343c. Cheeseâ€"Prices firm at. 11} to llic per lb. Eggsâ€"Ordinary stock 53115 at 175C, and guaranteed fresh at 181.} to 19¢ per dozen; splits. 15c. Poultryâ€"Chickens. f2 to 13¢ per 1b.; turkeys, dry picked, 13 to 14c per lb. BUtterâ€"Pound rulls are jabbing at 18 to 190; tubs, good to choice, 16 to 18c; crcumcry prints sell at 21!; to 22c, and solids at 214} to 22c. Strawâ€"Car lots quoted at $6 or track, 'J‘cronto. Potatoesâ€"New are quoted in bbls at $2.50, and at 75c per bushel. Hayâ€"Car lots of No. 1 timothy are quoted at $8 to $8.50 on track here, and No. 2 at. $6.50. Honeyâ€"New at 65 t 7c for strain- ed, and at. $1.50 to $1.75 per dozen, combs. Hopsâ€"Choice lots -quotcd at. 24 to 27¢. Millieedâ€"At outside points bran is quoted at $11.50 to $12, and shorts at. $18 to $19. Manitoba bran, in sacks. $17 and shorts at $19. Applesâ€"Choice stock, 32 per bbl.; cooking apples, $1 to $1. 50p fer bbl. Bonusâ€"Prime beans 33‘] at $1. 65 to $1 75, and hand-picked at $1.75. KILTIES ton WINNIPEG. Cornâ€"American No. 2 yellow, 63;c and No. 3 yellow, 63c, lake and rail, Toronto. Ryeâ€"J‘ricas nominal. Flowâ€"Ninety per cent. patents are quoted at $4.15 1.0 $4.2 5 in buyors’ sacks east or West; straight rollers of special brands for domestic trade, in bbls., $4.50 to $4.65. Manitoba flours unchanged; N0. 1 patents, $5.â€" 30 to $5.50; No. 2 r'o., $5.10 to $5.20, and strong bakers’, $4.90 to $5 on track, Toronto. Barleyâ€"N0. 2 new quoted at 43 to 44¢ outside, and old at 460 outside. Peasâ€"No. 6 quoted at 73c outside, and milling peas at 750. Outsâ€"No. 2'quoted at 400 at outâ€" side points. Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese, and Other rairy Produce at Home and Abroad. Toronto, Aug. 8,â€"thatâ€"No. 2 white and red quoted at 85 to 863 outside, while new wheat for Septem- ber delivery is quoted at 77 to 786. Manitoba. wheat is nominal at $1.10 for N0. 1 Northern, Georgian Bay ports, at. $1.06 for No. 2 Northern, and at 90c for No. 3. THE WCrRLD’S MARKETS REPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES. TH E DAIRY MARKETS COUNTRY PRODUCE MEE MIRROR “London Board of Trade Publishes ,1 It in Pamphlet Form. A (lespatch from London says:â€" The Board of Trade publishes Prof. Mavor's report on the Canadian NorthAVost, with special reference to its wheat production for export. He draws the conclusion that great im- provement in the productive power of the country and a considerable in- crease in the ell'eCtiV‘e population is Inocossary before the North-West will be able to produce sufficient wheat to satisfy the wants of Great Brit.- 1min. Man’s Upper Garments Picked up at Suicides’ Point. i 'A (lcspntcl; from Niagara Falls, N. Y., sax'szâ€"It seems highly probable that a Paterson, . \.J.. man has gone lulown to (loath over the American Falls, for early on Wednesday after- noun Olliccr Thomas V\',ilson of the State Hescrvntiun force, picked up a man's coat and vest at what. is known as "Suicidcs‘ Point" in Pros- pect Park. The garments are a mix- ture of light and dark blue. There was a small memorandum book, in which were written the names of sev- eral companies in 'arinus cities, where possiblg the man had sought a position. This book bore the name Prank Lewis. and the address as above. lt also contained a small (‘xponsn nccmmt. OfliccrrWilson turn? or! the gurnwnts ovar tn Supt. Perry; i A dcspatch from Rome Rayszâ€"Inf Vatican circles it is asserted that the? 1Pope is homesick. Members of his' household say that he is showing. signs of fretfulness and even a. great-1 er disturbance of his usual demeaning; owing to his longing for Venice: which overmasters him. It is bc-I lieved he will leave the Vatican ow-i ing to this nostalgia and perhaps pay a visit to Venice. accompaniedi by his favorite niece, Gilda Part-lin,E betrothed to a. Venetian nobieman,? who, however, is without means; This news comes from an‘ anthoritnâ€"f tive sourCe. but it is certain that‘ the majority of the cardinals will; not allow the Pontili to leave the; Vatican. l July 13 A New York girl fell three stories. but nlightcd on a. clothcsline and saved her lite. There haVc been 283 cases of yela low {ever in New Orleans and two suspeCted cases in New York. 'An Indianapolis man ninetyâ€"seven years of age has just completed the construction of his own tomb. A Chicago man charged with the murder of his wife and child says that he committed the crimes while asleep. John J. Callahan, chief clerk in the foreign branch of the New York postoflice, was arrested in connection with the disappearance of money letters. Anxious to Leave Vatican and Re- turn to Venice. 9,000 Head Sent Out During. the Month of July. A Winnipeg dcspatch says: Cattle returns for Alberta for July 8110“! that 9,000 head w-v'e cxporled dux- ing the month. The estimated ex- ports for August are put at 11,000. The export, business showcd signs of becoming freer, but reports of declinâ€" ing market are ditcouraging the shippers. ALBERTA CATTLE EXPORT. 692 deaths from this cause. 580 be- :ing due to consumption. When ask- ‘ed on Wednesday whether this figure was unusually high, Dr. Labcrgnc, Medical Health Officer, said that while it Was heavy. no comparison with preceding years was possible, as the taking of statistics in this re- gard was of recent. inauguration. In the report of the Tuberculosis League for the year it. is stated that investigation on the part of the league's officials has proved that the overcrowding of houses is a great {actor in the growth and propagaâ€" tion of the fatal "white plague." In- stances are given of the annihilation of almost. entire families within the space of a few years. ;a long one. Last year there were l Montreal’s Death R011 From Tub- erculosis. A Montreal dospatuh says: Montâ€" real's death roll from tuberculosis is Line to be Located to Juncion With Grand Trunk Pacific. A Montreal despatch says: A ses- sion of the Temiskaming Railway Commission Was held here on Wed- nesday. the chairman, Mr. C. B. Smith, and Mr. D. Murphy being present. After the meeting, it was announced that the line will be 10- (‘iltcd to its proposed junctiun With the Grand Trunk Pacific, 8, distance of 275 miles. By next year 200 miles of road will have been com- pleted‘ About 113 miles are being nmv operated by the commission. The traffic on the completed section, as Well as the tourist travel, has been very large. ‘ HAVOC 0F WHITE PLAGUE. Some (‘fl‘orts Will be made, to have the marriage laws amended in the near future, to prevent the large: number of objectionable marriages at border points. on the back. 150th affidavits and licenSus will he- plac'ml on file. in the department. Envelopes will be sup- plied to issuers of liccnScs for the re- turn of information, and for the use of the clergyman officiating. I’RCI‘. MAVOR’S REPORT. riag‘esi There. are between 18,000 and 19,000 marriages each year. and from 600 to 800 of them are not. registered, while many are delayed, in some instances 15 months. Under the old regulations all licenses Were held in the poss‘ession of the officiat- ing clergyman, but under the new law those must be (endorsed and for- warded to the department of the regâ€" istrarâ€"general. All marriages must. be registered by official card, giVing full details to the division registrar. Furmm‘ly the issuers of licenses rc- t.aino«i the affidavits, but in future thcso will be filled out by tho. issuer SWEPT OVER THE FALLS? A Toronto dots‘patch says: Hon. W. J. Hanna, through Dr. C. A. Hod- getts. has issued new regulations re- specting the registration of marâ€" New Regulations That Will be En- fOrced by Registrar-General. MUST REGISTER MARRIAGES TEMISKAMING RAILWAY. POPE HOMESICK C. W. RICHARDS, Publisher and Proprietor "Strangc things happen in this world." "Yes. I went on a picnic excursion once when it didn't rain and nobody got crippled for life."- 'A dcspatch from Tokio sayszâ€"Nol'b them Corea is sufl‘ering from floods that are the Worst in 30 years. They threaten Russian communications on the Tumen. A desnatch from Tokio says â€"'l‘he Japanese in Sa-rhalien are pursuing the. remnants of the enemy south- ward. The Russians must continua fleeing southwards towards Patience Bay or surrender. Sweden has arranged for a loan of $25,000,000 to profide for condi- tions arising out, of the separation from Norway. Maud Gfiunne, the "Irish Joan of Arc," is suing her husband. Major McBride, for divorce in Paris. Emperor William is credited with a plan to bar Great Britain from the Baltic Sea. A Russian Commission has found that a. tunnel under Bering Sea worm! be a danger to Russia. Captain John M. Collins has been appointed chief of police of Chicago in place of Francis O’Neill. who re- signed. The new chief has risen from the ranks. John J. Callahan, chief clerk in the foreign branch of the New York postoflice, was arrested in connection with the disappearance of money letters. There have been 283 cases of ycla low feVer in New Orleans and two suspethd cases in New York. FLOODS IN NORTHERN COREA; There have been two hundred c8300 of yellow fever in New Orleans since July 13 Winston Churchill was rcl'uscd per- mission to introduce a bill limiting the time of the British Parliament. to live years. The British Goi’ernmcnt will con-d sider the proposals of the United Emâ€" pire League for a permanent council for the Empire. The London Times’ commercial re- view says that the trade reports are more encouraging. '1‘. W. Burgess, an English long disâ€"4 tance swimmer, {or the second time failed to swim the English Channel. The total liability of bankrupts in Great Britain during 1904 was over. $60,000,000. The story that the United States Steel Corporation would not erect a. plant in Canada berauso the Gov- ernment would withhold the bounty from them is officially denied from Ottawa. The bounty will be paid to any company that will manufac- ture in Canada. Vinccnzo Ferraro has entered :06 tion against the Canadian Pacific Railway at Montreal for $5,000, {on the loss to herself and child of her. husband, who was killed about a year ago by a hand-car of the com-v pany near Mattawa. A Winnipeg despatch says the {rum area of British Columbia is 14,000 acres and by next spring 20,000 acres will be bearing. The growers are trying to capture the market 0‘ Western Canada. Directors of the Lake Superior Con- poration deny the story that the United States Steel Corporation is negotiating for the purchase of the steel plant at the Soo. ‘ S. D. McMicken, a C. P. R. con- ductor, was fined $30 and $100 on. six months' imprisonment at Moose Jaw, Monday, by a magistrate for. the theft at $3 in fares. Canadian owners are nrranging to develope the Atikokan iron areas, With a View to shipping 50,000 tons of ore per year to the United States. The Sailors' and Longshoremen'c Unions at Kingston are agitating fol! an increase in wages from $1.50 to $2 a day. Investigations under Goveran auspices show that 25 per cent. 0! the food stuns sold to Canadians are adulterated. Miss Lizzie Duflicld of Ottawa. nine-v teen years of age, died as a result. 0‘ a severe attack of hiccoughs. on Friday. The food inspectors of Montreal last week confiscated a. ton and a. quarter of bad food products. most: 1y meats. The Michigan Central Railway ha. appropriated $100,000 for improve- ments to their shops at St. Thomah Two young men were sent to jail for prize-fighting in Montreal, and two promoters of the light Ware lin- The reductions in liquor license! throughout the Province will not can coed 100. A company has purchased land in Hamilton on which to erect 30¢ dwellings for workingmen. So far this year Winnipeg bgiiding permits aggregate in valUc $4.100; 000. Telegraphic Briefs From Our Own and Other Countries of Be- CANADA. A marked advance has taken pin“ in the price of leather. During the year ending J unc 30‘ 146,266 immigrants entered Canada; HAPPENINGS FROM ALI. O‘J’En TEE GLOBE. CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS STI Ll; PURSUING ENEMY. MODERN MIRA CLES. UNITED STATES. GREAT BRITAIN GENERAL.

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