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After the fish there came a small jm nt a! lamb. and a couple or dishes of vege- tables; then a small custard pudding and some cheese cut up in very minute pieces in a glass dish some mVV gm- de-n- stuff which Dodde’rg called salad and three of last. Vent-spears m anold DerbV dcssefl dish. The dinner could hardly have been smaller, but it was cmim-ntly genteel. . e a“; used to drink wine at home very oftefx. just because it was put in my g‘ass but I’d like water quité as well, ’ 581d \ixen. '- They took their places at the Small. square table. and $1155 Skipwllh suzd grace. Antony Doddcry was in attend- ance. clad in rusty black. and looking as like u butler as a man who cleaned windows. scrubbed'floors. and hem-d wood Could be fairly expected to look. Hé removed the cowr of a modest dish; of fish with a grand a'u'. and perform- ed all mt.- services of the tahlc with r: fl-U’Jtl dignity as if he had never be”) anything less than a butler. He pom-m1 out a glas of ate for the captain and a glass 01 water terms mistress. Miss Skipwith. seemed relieved when Violet said she preferred water to ale, and did not particularly care about wine. “My life hés been téo busy for mak- ing long visitst anywhere, my dear aunt." cn and dine at three. that arrangement givcs me a long morning for study. At b'x we fidrink tea; and if you care jar supper. it“ can be serx ed for you on u hay at half-past nine. The house is shut and‘all lamps put out at ten.” “As regularly as on board ship." said the cupluin. ”I know the customs of the mnnor'of 01d.” " “You have never favoi'ed me with :1 long visit, Com-ad." remarked Miss Skipwllh, repchhfully. “We have'earxv habits at [es Tourel- les. Miss Tempest. ” said the lady of the mamr; “we breakfast at half-past sev- She made her way back to the small side door at which she had entered with Captain Carmichael, and went into the parlor, where she found the captain and his aunt. The table was laid. but they 11:16 not seated themselves." “1 how I have not kept you waiting,’ Vixen said. apolugotically. “Three o'clock." she said. looking at tel watch. “What a 18:0 hour for luncheon!" “My aunt has been waiting five min- utes or so; but I’m sure she will for- give you. as you don‘t yet know the ways or the house," replied the cap- tain. amiably. While Vixen was prenmbulating the gar-Jon. a bell rang m a cumlo 6n the tool: and as this sounded like the sum- mms to a meal, she tell that politeness, if not appetite. demanded her return to the house. without a kind of beauty that had sur- vixed long neglect The spreading fig- lrees. the bushes of bright red fuchsia. and the unpruned roses made a fertile wilderness of flowers and foliage. There was a terrace in front of the drawing room windows. and from this a flight of crumbling moss-grown stone steps 1m. down lo lhe garden, which was on lho slope of the hill. \nnd lay considerab- lv b. lnw lhe level of the house. yen for a walk. Yes. 'dear old boy. we’ll have a long ramble together, just1 as we used to (to at home." | Home. now she had left it, seemed. so sweet a word that her lips trembled a little as she pronounced it. Everything without the house was 35' dreary as it was within. Poverty had set its mark on all things like a blight.‘ Decay was vL=ible everywhereâ€"in the “mod-“wk. in the shine-work. in hinges and handles. thresholds and lintels. ceilings and plastered walls. It would have cost a thousand pounds to put the mancu‘ house in decent habitable order. To have restored it to its original dig- nity and coneliness would have cost at I least live thousand. Miss Skipwith could afford to spend nothing upon the, house she lived in; indeed. she oouldl barely afford the necessaries of life. So? for the last thirty years Les Tourelles3 had her: gradually decaying. until the‘ mod old'house had arrived at a stage! in which decay could hardly go further' without lapsing into destruction. A door dpenéd out of the court yard into the weedy garden. This was not Tb: cohvétsau-m was entirely between Size found the most curious rooms. or rtther rooms that had once been stately and handsome. nowmpplied to the most curious purposes: a dining-hall with carved stone chimney-piece and painted ceiling, used as a store-house for apples; another fine apartment in which a heap of potatoes remsedsn'ugly in a corner. packed in straw; there was a spacious kitchen. with a fire-place as large as a nxdsratesized roomua kitchen that had been abandoned altogether to spiders, beetles. rats, and mice. A whole mmy of blur-footed vermin scnmpered oft as Vixen crossed the threshold. She could see them scutlting and scurrying along the wall. with a whisking of slen- aer' tails as they vanished into their hoiea The beetles were disporting them- selves on the desolate hearth. the spiders had woven draperies for the dim. dirty Windows. The rustling leaves of a fig-i tree. that had grown close to the side} of the house. [lapped against the win-t dew-panes with a noise of exceedingl ghost liness. ‘ From the kitchen Vixen wandered lo tic out-houses. and found Argus howl- ing dismany in a grass-grown court- yard. evidently believing himself aban- doned by the world. His rapture at beholding his mistress was boundless. “You darling. I \vouid give the world tn let you loose.” crmd Wyn. after she rad bven nearly knocked down by the dog‘s affrcrinnme gnawing: “but I mustn‘t just yet. I'II Mme by and by and take fizm+stém+csmm+mmmn+u+mmmu+mm§+fi+m Wmmammwmwwmy+rs+m3a+n+mm+mmm CHAPTER XXX!II.-;(‘.onliuucd). Captain liarmichael and his aunt. \‘ix- VOL. 19. NU.15, m: and Vixen; \MILLBROOK AND 02 OR, A HAPPY, MARRIAGE; gamma $i 'per annum. “Thai. cruiloly and iliip-‘rll‘cfly‘_ sinled. is my aim." replied Miss Skipwilh‘, graci- ously. " ‘5‘ “ This kind of conversation continued 3 ' ' through dinner. Miss Skipwith M] (d of Buddha. and Confucius. and Mohammed, and Zulinglius. and Calvin, and Luther as lmnilinrly as if they had been her- most intimate friends; and lho captain led her on “and played her as he would have played a trout in one of the winding Hnmfishirc siz-eams. Ills giavih was impel-tumble. \'i\en sat and wondered Vleellicr she .Vn .:. lo llcill‘ lhi~ Rim] of thing CV'c'iy day of her life. and \\'ht‘l.ill2l'i$ll£' would be 'cxpeclcd to 3-51; M‘ss Skipwilh loading questions, as the cnplain was doinp‘. '1 “'115 all Very “all {or him “ho was lo spend only one (lay at les,1<mIPli»rs; but \i\'~ in mnue up her mind that she would bildlx show her indiflerence to all creeds ley's scheme of 1n=1n‘s redemption; spiri- tual as Swedenborg’s vast idea of hen- venâ€"my faith will open its arms wide enough to embrace all. There need be .11: more dissent. 'lhe mighty circle of 11111 f1ee Chinch will inclose all creeds and all divisions of 1111111. and spieud gfrom the northern hemisphere to the {southern seas. Henlhenism shall perish .before it. The limited view of Christi- ianih which missionaries h111e hitherto olieied to the heathen may fail but my ;u11i1ersal Church 11111 open its dams to in ii the world andâ€"maul: 1111 words, Conradâ€"all the world will enter 1L! may not live to see the din: my span '0! life has not long to run; but that day {\vil come. ” amnion of one mind. is in reality a 1-0- pmdnciirm of spirilunl \‘h-ws involved ‘PI othcr and older religions. The Bud- dhists were Swedemboz'gians withoul knowing it. just as S\\'cdcnb0rg uncon- scmnsly was a Buddhist.” A “I begin t3 undershmd. The process whim you are fligngcd in is a kind <f spiritual chemistry. in which you re- MSIVC em-h particular failh inlo its pri- mary Nomads. with u vicw to prove tha! those eh-meuls are aciunliy the same in all crocds. and that the differ- eu'cvs which herelofmm have kept man- k 11d apart we ”NT-3 divergences of de- !ziil." ' “The greatest bigots have bu! to be convinced.” said Mis Skipwith. “St. 'a-ml was a bigot." “True. 15 your book nearly finished?" “N0. Thire are still some years (f labor before me. I am now working at the Swmionborgian portion. striving to denmnslxutc how that great man‘s schenw or religion, though comnmniy suppascd to be :1 new and original em- “Naiurully. But a man of the world is apt to consider the practicability of .3 scheme. And yours seems to me eru- inenlly practical. It you can only get the Mohammedans and Brahmins lo came in. The Roman Catholics might of course, be easily won, though it would involve doing away with the lr'opv. There was a prophecy, by the way. that after the ninth Pius. there “uuld only be eleven more popes. No doubt that prophecy pointed at your universal religion. But I fear you may have some dimculty about the Buddhists. I fancy they are rather a bigoted sect." "I fear you contemplate the question Iz-cm an entirely temporal point ct mew." said Miss Skipwtth. flattered. but yet x-eproachful. “It is its spiritual as- pect that is grandest.” “No doubt," replied Captain Carmich- ael. gravely. “There is stovenlincss, 7’0 to speak, aroul the present arrange- ment of things, and a great deal of use- less expense; every small town with its half dozen churches arid chapels of dif- ferent denominations â€" Episcopalians \Vesleyans, Baptiqts, Roman Ca‘tholics. Primitive Methodists. Now. ,on your plan. one large building would (lo for iili. like the town-hall. or the general post-oilice. There would be ii wonder- ful Mommy." I “i it does not. I have lived and labor- [etl in vain. But my book may make a isensations and yet fall short of the re.- sult'which l have toiled and hoped t for " I “And that is?" 1 “in e establishment of a 1m". ersal re- ligion." “That is a large idea." “Would a small idea he worth the de- mti-in of a life? For thirty years I have 1(ia)\‘0!€d myself to this one scheme. 1 have striven to focus all the Crceds of mankind in one brilliant centre elim- inatinsr all that is base and superstiti- ous in each sexexal religion, c1'vstali7.- 111': all that, is good and true. The Bud- dhist, the Brahmin, the Mohammedan. the sun-worshipper. the ltJhanist, the Calvinist. the Lutheran. in: \Veslyan. {‘11- Swendenborgianâ€"Qeacfi fiand all \xill find the best and @MQharacteris- tics of his faith i'esonat ar' concen- trated in my unixerszn religion. Here all moods “ill. 111€ct.Gentler and \\ 1:91'1 than the theology of Buddha? more hu-I manitmian than the laws‘ of Brahma. more temporate than the Moslem's codeI of morality with wider grasp of pow- 131 than the Romanists authoritativle church; severely self-denying as Calvin‘sI ascetic rule, simple and pious as “165-, ‘ “You still conlinue your literary la- bel's. I suppose, aunt?” said lhe cap- lain. ”11183; are the chief object of my ex- istence. When I abandon them I shall have done with life," replied Miss Skip- wilh. gravely. “But you have not yet published your book." “No; I hope when I do that even you wil' hear of it?” “I have no doubt it will make a son- srilion." / Captain L‘armichael and his aunt. \ix- s1! and 115.1"1011 wonderimrly $319 11‘. 01111 [111108 when her thoughts slruyâ€" m to the old life which she had done “11h former. Aeronaul [lad Narrow Escapeâ€"Gas Bag 0! “is Airship Exploded. A (lvs palch fxom 61001“ 1119 Ohio 5.05:1)“ 1195s had a _thIilling escape from duath on 'lucsday in the plusence of 15, 000 péoplc “ho had «rutherr-d to see his ascension in an airship. When 800 feel above the earth the "as: hag (‘.\- p,lodod and the aerial mutt shot clown- “urd “ith terrific speed. Just before [1055 shuck the cmth the netting, r be- came tangled and causod the gm: bag t3 form a parachute. Hess landed safe- 11, although his ship was wrecked. luitod Slal- 5 Farmers Buy Eight Thou- sand Acres. A despafch from (inimn says: .\ dc- lcgulion of runners from Iowa. Nobi'ns» kq. illinuis 11nd Minnosntu arrived here 1111 Saturday. and were [11km out (.11 M-e‘111dé1y to H10 irrigation lands 01151 of “16,- My. They “we so pleased with U11: L-<11111i1'\'|.h:1l “10V hmc purchased :1\'01 8000 UCH‘S uf land from lhe (3.1? i‘ (‘11!«11izulin11 Inimiinn (20111.)11111V11 in vh11vv1-suliu11 Mr. R. i, Janos of Blue island. lll.. llw lender of ”10 party. 51111011 Hm! Hwy were :11] pmcticai‘fnmn- 01-5. 11111! 1111 ”Mr drive out i0 the coun- l'y saw 1111 the grain Imking s41 5111011- all: they «3111111 11111 resist buying. 'l‘hoy v4.1;sidm‘ il 1110 URL counlry [1111K have L‘\'t‘l' sci-n for gmwimr 51111111 "1 11in; 91111 3115;:11' 110111» “lid («11' nisinlg‘r hogs and nurses. 1110.41 110111111 :1101'0111Nent11- {ZYPS (13‘ large Irncls of farming 001ml” 11: lhn \Vcsll‘l'il Stains. and saxihat they will 11411111 home to preach ihe gospul (11' western Canada. siusm. One might have fancied it :1 for- tiI-s cm'mr of Dovonshire that had slip~ ped its moorings and drum! westward on a. summer sea. ' II was a prelly island. after all; \‘ix- en was Iain to admit. as much. Thom was smnc_ justification for the pmplv who sung: its praises with such enthu- She went down to the muri-yard. un- tied the faithful Argus. and they set out together to explore ihe unknown. the (lag in such wild spirits that it, was ul- nnst impossible for \‘ixen to be sad. The Mutt-noon sun was shining in an his glory. birds were singing, flickering lights and shadows playing on the grassy banks. Argus scnmpered up and down-ihe lanes, and burst iumul~ tuonsiy through gaps in the hcdgus. like a dog possossed of demons. Vixen ran off to her room to got' her hall and gloves, delighted to find herself fzee. Mis Skipwiih was not such a very bad sort of person, after all. perhaps. Liberty to roam about the island with iv. dog Vixen esteemed u gxeul boon. She Would be able to think about her houbtes, unmolosttd by inquisitim looks 02 umw lcome sy mpatl v. Vixen roll a thrill of pity as she listen- (al to this brief confession of it self- (lcluded solitary soul, which had built its house upon sand us hopefully as it ti: 5 foundations were solidest rock. The line of dcmnrkntion between such ta- naticism as Mis Skipwilh's and the hal- li.cinalion of an old lady in Bedlam who fancies herself Queen Victoria. seemed to Vixen but a hair's breadth. Put, after all. if the old lady and Miss Skipwith were both happy in their harmless sclt-deecptions. why should one pity them? The creature to he pit- ted. is the man or woman who keenly sees and feels the hard realities of life, and cannot take pleasure in phantoms. and the family pride will die with me. There was a time when a Skipwilli owned a third of the island. Our US- [allx has dwindled to the garden and niendm's that surround this old house: 0111 family has shrunk into one old we- man: but if I can make the name of ..‘l-'ipwilh {unions before I go down to my grave. I shall not have lived and labored in vain." much grander and mhler would be wo- man’s place in the universe! But, alas! my clear. the common aim of! girihond seems to be to look pretty and get map- 1' mod." .1 “I have made up my mind never lo marry," said Violet, with a 5mm) lhat was half sud. half cyznical “so them at least \ou may appxoxe of mo, Miss Skipv'ith. ” “My nephew tells me that you refused an_ excellent offer from an Irish poor.” “l_.shoulrl like to take a walk with my (leg. if you will excuse me. Miss Skip- with." she said. politely. t “My dear, you must consider yourself at liberty to employ and amuse your- self as you please. of course always keeping strictly within the bounds (f propriety.” solemnly replied the lady (f thn manor. “1 shall not interfere with your freedom. My own studios are rt so great a nature that they, in a mea- sure. isolate me from my fellow-crow lures, but when you require and nslr for my sympathy and advice, I shall be ready to give both. My library is at your service, and I hope. ore long. you will have found yourself some serious aim for your studies. Life without pur- pose is a life hardly worth living. If girls of your age could only find that. out. and seek their vocation early, how thn hinnér was over, the captain went off to smoke his Cigar in the gar- dvn, and this Vixen thought a good limo Dr making hex- escape. “1 would sooner lake my meals in that abandoned kitchen, in the com- :pany 0f the rats and beetles. than have to listen evcry day to this kind or thing," she thought. ‘ 'tnd theologians from Confucius to Swedenb-org. She might consent to iwe for a time amidst the dullness and de- s-ciati on of Les ToutelleS. but she would Lot be weighed down and mushed bv \Lss Skipw ‘h's uppaihng hobb_1."ihe more idea of the honor of h111 1n1r every day to discuss a subject that was in 11:. v-my nature inexhaustible, filled her with terror. ‘ PLEASE!) “'I'I'EII THE “1281'. DROPPED 800 FEET. To be Continued.) Durham and Victoria Standard MILLBROOK ONT.. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5. 1907. A dosllalch from Regina, Sash. says: 1“: om the list. of claims in I‘Ospovt i0 hull: storms tiled with the Pl'ovil'lcizil Trim- surer. it appears that ugi'iculluz‘e has suffered unusually in this way during the your. The pmporlinn of policy- holders in excess of the total number in 1906 is fill-y per c0111.. and n.00nsideruble number have preferred claims. , » May Send 20,000 10 Canada Next Your. ’ A\ despulch from Ottawa says: Briga- divr Howell of (he Sulvaliml Army. Mm has just returned from England. nwl. the Funnier on \_\ic«lnesda\. lrigndicx' 110“ L” says that the mmv has 5,000 up- pliculions from patties desirous of com- ing: to Cunuda. Next year the mm) m- pch lo send to this C‘Ounil) hum 20000 to 25,000 innnigmnts. Long List oi Claims from Suiforing Farmers. Stacker trade was _quicl. Choice “3.00 10 $3.50 common. $2.00 to $2.75. With cmxs wen} nul mulled and bul [m \H‘H‘UHL’IOdL1101(0$3510 $30 com- nmn $20 to $30 \‘enl calves were slow at 30 to 60 per pound. [‘ “05 Sum from ESL-25 In $4.40. n slight, d‘clim‘. Bmks and culls ranged from $3. to $3.50. Offvrings of lambs were a Iilllv 104; much fur the demand and wire 5 “ore u hit lmwr at $5 to $6.25. - Hugs we‘re steady. Suh‘cts. were quot- »\.I at $6.35. In "5 $0 .25 to $0. 75: alive 86. 90 to $7.25. Lg-gsâ€"â€".\io. lcandlcd. 18 Lo 190 31.110!â€" l"0wnships,° -2 to 22.510 ('hoeseâ€"AV cs- hm 11/ to 11/0: "lmvnships, 11/ to 1%.0; Eastern, 11% to 11%0. my beiwcen $2 .75 tnd $13. 25. Choice C0\\S sold {mm $3.00 to $4.00, and common ('('-\'S at $1.50 1032.50. ('lmmcrs uny- where around $1.50. 'l'm'onto. Sept. 3. â€" Export business slmwud n-u improvement and will not until the. right Calllu are offered. Choice, ’- 73 to $3.10, medium 10 good $1.30 to $4.75. Butcher cuitlo were uflei‘vd freely. Choice Iota sold from $1.60 lo $1.75 and were in donmnd. Medium grades ranged from $3.75 in $4.25. and ordin- Onlux'lo bran. in bags. $19 in $19.50; shorts. $22.50 lo $23; milled mmu‘lllo. 32’. h 5528 per ton; and straight grain, $30 la: $32. Pvm’isionsâ€"Barl'nls short. cut mess. $22 to $22.50; half-bbls, $11.25 lo $1l.75; clear fat back. $23.50 to $26.50; long cut heavy mcsc. $20.50 lo $21.50‘ half-hhls do. $10.75 lo $11.50: dry snll lung clear bacon, 10 to 11%0; barrels plate hoof. SH); lmlf-bhls do. $5.51): com- pcuml lard. Ill}; lo 10‘};c; pure lul'd. H}; lo 12%c: kclllc rcmlerml, m In 1334.0; hams, 12% to 15%0; breakfast bacon. 1’: to 15%c: Windsor lmcon. 1;”) l) 155110: fresh killed abattoir dressed .\1onlroz.1l Sept. 3. â€" \\ 110111 â€"'1‘he dc mund 1111' Manitoba 51111111; “110111 from {weign buy 615 \1 a; much (111191 or 10-1111): There was a. decided 1111])1'01011119111 111 1111: demand for 0111:; 110111 100111 111111 1111151110 buyers. 1‘210111‘â€"(11<11'co spIing \1'111011 1111- 191115. $5.10 10 91.1-0 seconds $1.50 111 $4.61!; \1'1111-91‘ wheal patents. $1.65 10 $4.75; s11‘nig111 rollers. $4.25 11) $1.30; (111. 11 bags 31. 95 111 $2.10; ex1rn..5 $1. (‘15 to $175. leadâ€"Manitoba b11111. in bags. .1321) 141 $21; 5110115 '25 10 $26 per 1011; Hamsâ€"Light Q0 medium. 1535 to 160 do. hl-avy, ’14 in 156; mils, 11%(5; shoul (let's, 10% to 11c; hm:l<s.16)410 17? brealdusl bacon. 151/, 10 160. Egg<â€"Choicc stock selling at '17.): pm- (1mm in case 1015. Cheese-New, large. 120; lwins, lfluc. [IOG PRODUCTS. Dressed hogs in cur lots are llon‘linnl. Bacon. long clear, H to 11,140 per 1b in case lnls: mess pork, $30 to .‘21; short (”my-$22.50 to $23. Lardâ€"Tierces, 12b? luhs, 7] 12%c. DUNNâ€"Pound prints, :20 to 220. mm largo rolls, 19 L0 200. Creamery rules at .7 7' 2‘3 lo we, and solids ul 2| to 22%(‘. Beansâ€"lland-picked quiet. (11. $1.70 [0 SIRS. und primes at $1.50 to $1.60. l!uy~.\’0.‘ 1 new timothy is quoted :11 SH In 5315 here, in our lots. l’oullryâ€"'l‘urkeys. alive, 13 to HP; chickens. splin" 16 to 18¢; dressed, He; fowl H) to MC. Shunâ€"Unchanged at $7.50 a ton on [lack hs‘xc. Iranâ€"Quoted at $17 to $18 in hmk oulside. Shorts are quoted 31L $21.50 to $22 outside. I’ulutoesâ€"New quot-0d at 65 to 80¢, pCX' bushel, and new Auwx-ican'at $3.25 14:» 81' '31} per bhl. ’ 46,13 to 47c. lake porls; No. 2' while. 45% to 463. and No. 3 whit-e. 44% [0 45¢: P-vasâ€"AIm-kct dull; No. :2. 750. (Iorn~Americun yellow is quoted 11! 7‘) to 710 Toronto fx‘ciglxts and mix'w‘d‘ ill (3‘; to (39¢. Canadian com 650 Chutham Irvights. ' ‘ Hurleyâ€"No. 2 nominal, at outside. Prices of Cattlr, Grain; Cheese and Other Dairy Produce at Home and Abroad. Toronto, Sept. 3. â€" Flour â€"â€" Ontario wheat 90 per cent. patents are firmer at $3.40 in huyers' sacks outsicto for export. Manitoba first patents. $5 to $5.20; second patents, $4.40 to $41.80, and strong bakers’, $4.20 to $4.80. \V'tteut-No. 1 Manitoba hard quoted at $1.01; No. 1 northmn, :51. take ports; No 2 northern, 97c lake ports. Ontario N0. 2? white and red (1110th in car lots at 86 to 87c outside; new wheat at 83% to 840, 'l‘orOnto. ~ . Rye-Nominal; quoted at 65c. Ouisâ€"â€"No. 2 white Ontarig urn qnotud at. 43%, to Mu outside. New oats are quntmt at 40 to [1-10 outside, Srptemtwr shipments. Manitoba No. [white outs.i REPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES. THE W ORLD'S MARKETS HAIL IN SASKATCIIIflVAN. sxufin‘lox .unn' PLANS. BUSINESS A’l' MONTREAL. THE DAIRY MARKETS. COUNTRY PRODUCE C.‘\'1‘TLE MARKET. 10 Estimates for Your 1908 Are Hundred and Forty Milliuns. A dospulch from New Ym-k says: It win 00510110 hundred and forty million dollars to lump New York (2in min: during the 39m- ‘l‘Mn-l. :mm‘n‘ding m 05H- mmes submitted 10 the Board OI J-lsli- mafia and Appurkionmml by all dupm-l- mam affirms. This ix an incrnasc of smommo over the cslixrmzcs made for the current year. Pennsylvania Man Led Double Liloâ€"AA (iiwen Five Yours in Prison. A Liz‘sputch from \\'ostt-ln-stvr. l":i., snys: Judge llullvi' ()ll \\'mlni-sw.':i.\' .xon- lvncod Dr. Benjamin Holhl‘mik. \\'!I-fl was convicted of robbing: SCHOOHlutlSvs‘ Illld railway stations to tiw yours' innn'isim- ment. Dr. lloxbmuk by day \\'n.< :1 mill- brcd courteous physician and by night an audacious burglar, hinting railway stations [or miles around Linutusvilln, where he made his home. David Taylor Loses His Life in a “una- mly Accident. A despulch from ‘yrosuylm'. Saw” says : David Taylor was killml in :I run- away here on \V'l'xinesduy. Ducvusod pmsed through 41w two .\'01‘1h\\'«‘s| ro- helliuns, lmving lmon taken a prismw'r 1'.) Biol nllmg wilh Thonms Scull. wlm was shot by the rclwls nl. I’m-l, Hurry in 1880. In 1885 ho “HS :1 m'wnlu‘r 01’ the l'lalllcford Home Guard and loxt all his px‘omrly at the hands ofllwlrvlwls. Do- cuusml was a \vuli-lmmvn ligurv ull mm- lhr‘ West. The Total l0 Ontario This Year Will be 70,000. A dcapalch from 'I‘omnlo snysz: Ras- iug his (-nluclul‘iom on llmmnnbvr (mm with by Hm Prmincia] Olliciuls. and the number going direct to the Dominion Grvcrnment's enmloynu-nt agents, Mr. 'I‘hos. Suulhwurth. ‘1)ircctor of the Bureau of (monizution. think-.5- 1hnt the immigrants to Ontario this your will total uboul 70.000. About 80 per cent. ("f sto are from 1110 United Kingd-znn and the remainder from liuropmm omn- ll'ie‘~'. In 1906 the tutu] immigruliun into lhc I’xm'incv was 57.7“. and in HMS 31.958. If lhis year’s total :urpmximulcs In m. szllm'm'lh’s uslimuias it will bring;r the aggregate of immigrants since the Bureau of Cul-mizaliun 0111de upon its present systenmtic plan of Work in 1900 up to about 200000. Furmvr VulCI of King Dies in Mithillkl‘i‘ Prison. A 111151111l1'11 from Milwaukcc 51115: \\111111' Donislhorpo 1111115 \\ 1131111 1:111 [11 1111\8 b11111 :1 [1‘11"11101 11111 (111(1111111111- 1111111 \'..11 mm 1111 '1‘,110~d111' :11 1110 111415? of (201‘1'1‘1311011. 110 was 61) 1'11 1-115 of arm (111 11111111 18 \\ 115011 11111111111011 1'11 111 Police (201111 011 11 1111111111 111‘ 111111111; 311111111 11 011111 110 11111111111111 ll1c c11111111‘. 111111 the court he was 11 1)]1)51L‘:ll \11'11'11, and askz‘d 1111' n 1111111“. < sentence. .~'1.1 111111 1:11 might be straighicmd 0111. '1‘1111 c.1111! gave 111111 six 11111111115. After 1111 1111111 to 1111151111 his 1'00111'11 1101-1111111 1111011111. 1111 10111 [1'1111112111'151'1110113 111111 1111 was 11 $1011 (11 1111: 1101'. Fred Danis- 11101'110. of Lyslon, Leicester. England. “me [no cxccullon was sucvvss Hmzo killod his S\\(‘PUI mt \lzn Dom-no, aged liflceu, hm 30mg am The. Hope Brake a! Execution oi Cur- mim‘ ileum. A dcspaich from Indiana. Pm. :nys: Thu iirsi. hanging,r in {hie mnniy fur nmrc than iwomy yours lock pines: him» on \\'0dn(‘sdny. The viciim was (lzn'mine lh'nzn. ngml 4:, yrurs. and \'."3i;:hing 175 pounds. The wright of the mun and the drop of live [out proved [an much fur the strength of the mm. which snapped when the trap was sprung. px-Wipiialing 3.enzo to tho ground. The jail “hun- dunts hur 'icdiy iw:)sviicd the row :nv-nnd hi.» neck while 011mm Mimic-Ll u ncw rope to [he scaffold, and me man. ul- rr‘udy half dead, was curriml in tho plai- fm‘m and l-hc Icvcr again sprung. This time the execution \vns sum-ssrnl. Rmzo killed his sweelimuri. Marian A Triple Fatalily on Lake Superior Near Cutler. A despulcll from Suull, Slo. Panic, ()nl.. says: According to mlviws re- ceived in the Son on \\r'odnosdu,\' mm‘n- ing from (Luller. u drowning :u-vldvnl, rvsulling in llxru-v fululilius. occurred at 11qu place at, 11 late hour nu 'l‘uusdny aflm'noon. It appears llml Hm lug: S11v- mer was lowing :umlimr small lug, llu; Alvrl, lwlu'nd which was “Hm-he‘d a raft of logs. The Jim-s shrlmnml fur a monnml. and who” Hwy lighlmwd, the small lug was unuhlc to slam] the strain and was 5\\'ump‘rd. or llw live mx‘: who were on her, llxrv.‘ were drmvncd. ’l‘lwir mums :n'u (tum, Kon- . ’l'l'G- SW'AMPED; THREE DROW'NE solalion of knowing that whom the lynx or marlin. or {my ()lher animal. is par- ticularly scarce in our district, they have simply umvod cast, or wu<l to Bullish Columbia 01‘ Prince Allwrl (lisleicLs. The scm‘cily this year is not duo lo ”16 severity of the past winter, bul, rather, to animals migrating." A Lean Year [or Furs Around Edmonton ' Dislricl. A dosputch from Ednmnlnn says: “There have been ups and downs in the fut. trade for lhe past 200 years, and we are not at. all surpriqnd that this season will be a loan mm for rum," said Mr. Liver, the vctm‘nn chivt factor of tho Hudson's Bay (J‘oznpnny on Wed- nesday. “The Supply of fur in ”Iii dis- lricl and in the Mackenziv fiver 50C- hon is ndt dccrmsing. Our H'Lux'ns are as good as usual in the Min yours horo- lnforo, and. moreover. wv have lhv Cun- \\‘.\S l’ll\Sll‘.l;\.\' AND BL'IUELAR. NE‘V YORK CITY'S “I’DGET. THE IMMIHRANNT ARMY. FUR ANIMALS MHJRA’I'ING. \\':\S ll.\Ni£l£i) '!'\\'I(ZE A VETERAN KILLED. A DEIH‘ILIC’I‘S END. c Jim-s s'u lmnvd {urn mu H103: tivlmnvd, the unuhlc to shmd the A despatch 1mm '1'01'01110 says: A 11-1101‘ receh'cd at 1110 Lands, Folx-csts 11nd “1110.; [)111111111110111 110111 B. S1011, r111 0.1. S 111121113 111010 lighl (n 1111- zigricunmal 10551111111115 of the goat (luv 11011 :15 “0‘11 vs (111 its :1a111r1111111'111- 11133. \1 11113 head 111 a pawl; 1w 0111\-11\'c 511'1111g.1\11'.S1)cig111 who \\"111cs 110111 liabina ng:11111.111 1119 Algon 1'11 di<11-1c11, 1- . :1. .- . 1111111111111 11 1135.9. 1111c 02151110111 10 1'11: boundmy 11110 of 11112 Thunder Bay :11'1d.\1go11111 (11511'1c1~.Thc 11131. 113111 d 111» is being continued 1101'111 from 1111': 1511.111 .\11. A1021. X11011 O. L. :11111 11 15 hoped will reach 111C Albany Hwy, 111.:- 1101'11'161‘11 boundry of me Prov- 1111-0. before 1116 close 0! 1110 0115011. “You “-111 be pleased to know mat we have not. 1'01 .1'cac11ed the wes1er1y 1111111 of 11111 ‘Clay 8011.345 11 manor of fact, the character of the country It Is On account, of the udvunvc in the price at tlour 'l‘m'unto linkers are likely to re- ducc the size of their loaves. 'l‘tu‘ Cobalt Minox‘s' L'nion will proceed against the ntinv-owncrs. claiming that It". mincs' act has been broken. l’ublic meeting-s on the stn-cts nn‘ tr. he quhihitod in Cobalt unless sanc- tioned by the Town Council. The rumor that 11106. 1‘. R. will build through the Yolk‘m‘hcad Puss has been (h'nicd by I). MCNiClml. Vice-President Snxilllel's will inspect lho Grand Trunk this year instead of Si‘ Rivers Wilson. The C.l’.R. may reinforce their ’aciiic, fh-oi bv two lx’u:1ls.lm:"m.se of increase in Imdc \\ilh lhv far east. SPEIGHT FOUND A NEW LAKE Nine llamlllon bakers were fined fur selling shorlwx-iglzl bread. Frost has. damaged when! in‘ the 13:11- cau'res dislx'lct in Suslullcllcwun. A big scheme to help export culllc trade at Montreal is being Consider“). London hotelkcepcrs are charged by secret service men with violating the license acl. Telegraph BrivEs From Our Own and Other Countries of Recent Events. CANADA. A Un-cu-fuurthx- grain crop is predict- t‘d for Suslmlchewun. Alex. Grouolx, a Fronclmmn. was killed at Cobalt by a small piece of ruck {mm in blast. The Railway Commission has decided In let lhe Bell '1‘cle;,»houe rules stand till NUVL‘HIIJC‘I' 13. HAPPENINGS FRO.“ ALL OVER THE GLOBE. Hm work for Hm day. When the {all of the giant structure came. the big .sh'ucluml work will: which it was being built provontml ntu of the “011(sz [mun drowning :n the SI. Lzuvrem-f‘. Thusv Mm won} na' stunned by tho grout lumMc seiz- ((1 the big slt‘ol girders which were cur- rivd 10 the river butlum. and “TN thus saved from dr-mx'ning. CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS Ouh a ft“ of Hm big 51:: n; on w In mm 01194204] in \m escaped. The ('miltuhc. thou; been due 10-1140 4)\41‘~uziding push‘uctur 0 “44h 14:4'4149413k. 4 4m hun- “inn 'va vsu‘kmm in ”4014 plums. pn-Iiminmv 1 H40 “411k for 1124‘ 41m. G \‘(lrnmcuk l’rm'in uuu‘ (.2in of Qm-ba'c. The collapse cf the innnon-sc struc- luro. wilh Illa: gl‘cul lass u! life it ('n- lalled. has caused the gx-oalust oxcilc- went here and u! l.v-\'i<. and il. is (lif- lil-ull to gel mrrccl details. I1 is lhzmglll llml ”10 his uf life will ext-90d 70. 'l‘vn lrmdlcs have hem-n l'CC«,I\'(‘l‘(Pd.'lO badly \wumlod men were piclmd up in llw river. and “file are 70 111is:sl11g. all «I wllmn an". no doubl, (lrmvnod. 'l‘llo l.rldgo. Whit‘ll is Doing canslruclod lJ)‘ tin: l’lmonixvillo h'ldge (Imupuny4.f Philadelphia. was begun about maven wars ago, and was cxpcrrlcd lo be 1111- lslwd in 1mm. The oslimalvd Casi 'Jf llm bridge was $10.4)(MLUCNL most ml which was sullsvribcd lJyllm l-‘odcrul G vormnonl. l’rm'inciul Gown-mum” A dospalch from Quob 0c sms: The immense nuw $1anme 51ch bridge “him: “as in cjmxe of mnstrucliun across Hu HI. l:x\\'xcnco Hiwr :11 Lows iwn milzs ulmw H: o t i \ of qulmt'. ml- lapsed 1.130 on 'llmrzsdn uItem 1.)“. (m- min" dmxn 9.3 \‘mlunen mos“) 510d “m 1m: and 1i\L'hlS. M" End of New Quebec Bridge Collapsed. Locomotive and Three Cars of Iron on Structure at Time of EIGHTY MEN BROWNED 'l‘hc third-class arm-01w! German crui- ps0 of the immense struc- 1m: gl‘cul Lugs or life it ('n- caused the grout-st excite- Hnd z: I.t"\'i<, and it. is. dif- (m'rcci details; 11 is lhrmghl 5 4)! We will exrecd 7t). 'l‘vn been rockavxwedqw badly In the Algoma District and Three Miles Wide. ‘om Quob 0c szusz'l‘1xc SHNMLMU stool bridge (umw of (:rnsh'uclion .nwronco River :11 Lt ' 110 big stuff of work- xgod in various dutios ”me. rthoughl 1sz have urivuaumg m. Um su- xutm‘ials. occurred at \x'u'kmvn were u]! Hmmury to finishing Hy. the Catfifi‘ophe. . RICHARDS, Publisher and Preprietor ,V- ‘..M Lixv.’ \\c have met \\ in one large lake not shoxxn on official maps. \\e massed it mst on ”19 base line at ihe middle of the sexenteenth mile, and it extends \wstcrly as tax as the middle (t the thirtccnlh. Its greatest wimh will lwe about three miles and it is dolled throughout with numa‘aus islands. I spent most of km darn making a fairly (accurate sketch of i9. lt will have a. shore line of at least. fifty :atiles." and? qualily of the soil are superior ‘0 1 se met with on last 5 ousou‘s sur- \(3â€"il. is more undulating and rolling 51.11 [he axerage of arable land will not ls: less than seventy-live per cent. 1:5 far as our plcsvnl an: ”\0\' has extended. “:llan the land we lune passed Ilnougll ll13:3\\cck I lune seen nothing teller “051 of Abilibi Lake. I husk. it may conâ€" {lune at least as far as the ‘Dlslrict Sinv‘c June 18 there have boon 5mm d‘uths from tho. bulxmic plague at San l-‘rnncism. Forty Nationalists were Committed for trial at, Longford. Ireland, charged with taking part in an unlawful assembly likely to cause a riot. in reply 10 a qucstlon in 1110 British House of Commons Mr. Haldane (Ic- (‘lzncd to confine his purchases of war sures to British Iii-ms. .\lr. Mclx'cnna. Nailenalist candidate far Hon. Edward Blake's «‘zd ~sweat. of 911111 lxixigfurd. was ari‘cslod. with sov- cnh‘en of his follmvors. ()H a charge (1 taking pm‘l in an unlawful assembly likely 10 cause a riot. A statement by the Japanvse. Consul- General furnished the Department. of Trade and Cmmuorce shows Hm net Ju- punese immigration since January L.) be 641. A court-martial nl Saull Ste. Marie, Mick. has acquitted Private Gilloflc. who accidemully shut. and killed Miss Cudonhend of Fergus. 0111., in July. The liarl‘of Dunmore. the most prom- inmt Christian Scientist in l-‘ngmnd is uoud at ’l‘rimlvy Manor. nour Cunte: Lury. The Quebec Bank has asked for :11)- (11111 receixer to be appointed in the cm: of the Impmini I’apm-t hmpnm. 111f01‘11111lio11 11215 been laid IV the 11'- came dvpaxtmont again»! a Bmloigh hills I1ott'i_koc_pe_r for selling to lndiaxis n mm L The Cunard Sicamship Company has rude a reduction in its scmnd cabin "W steerago rates across the Atlantic. ’l‘hc (I. T. R's plans [<er11 new céh; ira! depot at Ottawa and a new hotel l':n\'e_ been approved by the Govern- From Ihe flit-kcring glare of lhv hon- f‘nw, many i‘mdics could be 999.11 floating on the surface of the river, but the rescuing party had its hands full. and Lad to M many of the combcs sweep on dmvn the stream. eri-rending <00 10: mo in he “i!- nexst d in Hm immediate \icinity of the (iisnslcx. In 1“; housoi 1mm dead lgniics of three nwmboxs of cmh familv me laid out. .ilh u [ousth memlwr (gt-is one wiih u hmkun hip. -_':-,:.5“5 \cmrding 10 the laws! x-.;vmfls.1hem-., Cidom due: not interfere v im- thn m} i; g:- Mom in tho 4-.hannol \Cswls hue 2m“ ru'mh passed through in ascexmin flar exuc! situnljon. The loss. 13 c-slimalcditg" $1.500.qu. ‘ -. ‘i. ,9 su' Bremen is at present in Montreal and will remain {-11- two weeks. The Quebec Bank has asked for an- mm to no there mm mm along 1:01p much It was nol long after the? bridge (011 um it became dark. and then the. work u? rescu“. which had hax‘ely been begun, ham to he ujxnusl abandoned because there \ms nu light. A big h-unfire was linill along Lhe river Sido.‘ but did not There is no doubt that the Canadian lo»; of life is small. for the only work- mm outside (,1! the steel workers from l‘lzoenixvillc. l’a.. whu were employed 0.1 the spun were Canadian Indians. The big spam which crumbled beneath UIC' supm‘strm'turc went. without the slightest warning to the hundred or max-c who were on it at the time. and upplod over into the \\'utm‘1huntlred {ft-cl below. like the fruilvsl lu‘nd nf‘“ structure. ‘ Only a few of “me dead and fanny hurt. were residents of Quebec. They wore employed by the contracting firms which are building the structure. and must of 11mm live in the L'uited States. many vfjf 111cm bring from Pennsylvania. CANADIAN DEATH LIST SMALL. UN I'I'IZD STATES. GREAT BRITAIN.