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RY MAIiVEIWhlmbgsPI-ay 1'13 m ‘u'nzl-nl Byrlm Beaâ€"Honconvn- tenz. ll cleanses «wins anaemia: and fiauld know non; gig gangsta) gilt on; and ad_we'n teli \I ti sh“ N ‘1 will come back to you lo-morvow,’ he: ropenied. after a lonngause. dur- mg Whivh these thoughts ran through his Lrain. “and thenâ€"we will see." 1: was sufficiently vague, but the strength stamped upon his features im- ltut whereas beside Mrs. James’ deathbed. n! time had been allowed him to:- when reflection or for drawing back from a generous offer here and new «mimon sense. and what he called the super side of his mind, axserted themselves. and he saw with clcarness the utter iinpmsihility of taking a girl 0' eighteen into the establishment of a lavtmtor 0t tliirty~two. “Neither can I take her to my mo- ther." his thoughts went on. as his (yes ran over the untidy little figure in the shabby clothes that seemed to have so ery'fittle connection vwith her person; “in tact. Heaven knows what 1 am to do with herâ€"l don’t.” and the thoughts ended in a feeling of acute in ritationr, tit-st against. the girl for be. int: grown ‘up and not the child he had imagined; secondly against the dead \\ any: who hadL ht; vaguely 39 iizetg forced his hand: lasth against himself for timing yielded to an impul. ise and promised to undertake what seemed likely to be a task at no lightness. ~â€" ,1! level iwadcdness was one ct .\liles Anderson's characteristics. quixotism H‘x-tainly was not. and having already Men carried away by an impulse only :1 few. hours previously. he was not in- clined to act impulsively for the sec- ond time. Otherwise. it crossed his mind more than once whether he would not then and there carry off this poor little shabby girl in his brougham, and take her home with him. To leave ibis girl alone with her great grief in a desolate lodging-house. with no. woman to comfort her echpt- m: an uncompromising looking land- lady. seemed little short of brutal; and yr-t. what could he do with her if he tuk her away at once from her pre- sent quarters? “You shall not be left here long.” he said kindly. “and certainly you will mt have to live alone. I will go into the whale question more fully lo-mor- row, when I shall come to see you again. Mennwhlleâ€"â€"â€"” He looked at her more helplessly than he had ever lwhcd at anything in his whole vigor- ous. energetic existence. He had flat- lemd himself that he was well able to face any ccntlngencies. but the contin- grncy that .now had to be dealt. with was disconcerting lo” him to a degree cl which he was almost ashamed. Anderson could scarcely suppress a smile. He reflected that the girl must be absurdly young and childish, if she‘ really supposed he intended her to live in a lodging-house by herself; and though his own mind was filled more and more with dismay as the problem of her future loomed before him in in- creasingly gigantic proportions, he could not. but strive at the moment to reassure her. tr bear ll:“butâ€"shall I always have to live alone?" A look of dread flashed over her face. “I bore it {or six weeks. because mother had to go to the hos- pitalâ€"bulâ€"oh I can't go on living alone, indeed I can't.” She clutched desperately at his arm, and the tears welled up into her eyes again. and roiled slowly down her frightened white face. I It isn't as .nice xi lodging as we ysqd to live in before, but we just. had “Yesâ€"I can stay hm‘e," she said in answer to ‘his question. “there isn’t anywhere else far- me to go. is there? “'0 have Iivod here a year. mother and thcr remembrance that the ’girl must be accu’sfomedbolh to the house and its mistress. He was again struck forcibly by the dreary forlornness of the rbom. and a recollection o! the dirty, slatternly landladx brought "1th it an odd feel- in" of compunction 3: mod bv the fur. “We shall have 10 consider the ques- tion of your future." he said, with a sudden accession of. nervousness, “and until it can be derided I supposeâ€"you couid stay on here?" His meditations ended with great abrupmess and he looked nervously (main at the dark infidy head near the )9er of his shoulder. not like it- Her coming was impo§- sible of courseâ€"at leastâ€"he did 110:. suppose mat any question of her doing .50 would ewr misc; “by should itâ€" unlessâ€" 11! a day came in a dim and very dis- tant. future, when he should find some immaculate, wealthy and charming lady to be his wife. This untidy, unkempt girl in his hopsgz‘ no__ inqged he would certainly No! he certainly would not like any sort of girl In his house, his comfor; table bachelor establishment, where even his mother only ventured to come by invitation, and where he had no in- icniion of introducing any woman, un- of mi: seriofi's resfiilfits of his pmmise to Mrs. James. “You wouldn‘t. like a girl like your house,” 'iiope’s ’words ri themselves in his brain with n: ing reiteration. he spoke breathlessly, surprise and awe tho predominant notes in her voice, incredulity and terror spreading slow- L' over her face. “0m 1 don’t. think you will like It at all; you wouldn’t like a girl like me in your house." The naive words first. amused him. then gave him a shock ol dismay. and finally brought him a fresh realization me?” *WWWW mwmnmm CHAPTER ll.â€"(Oominucd). pressed the girl more than did his ac- His moughts were brought. back to tua. lwords with a. feeling of trust. in the present. by Hope's voiceâ€" his power to help her. 7“};0u have promised to take care of , “Come early. won't you?" she saiii. Vote 3‘ fifilfitfl‘fifififiiW+ޤ+§+§+§fl+§+mm+fi¥§M+§§ VOL. 19. N0. 31. $1 per annum. A Icrriblc Temptation MILLBROOK AND OMEMEE'MIRROR (OR. THE FAMILY RING :e me in repeated madden- \lam people , in fact the generality of people re arded him as a hard mail; only to 18 patients did he soften or unbend and then solely to those who were really in need of comfort. or help. For the hysterical, the fan- ciful, the neurotic, he had neither pa- tience nor tenderness, and from thfi class of person he received a charac~ tor, which he hardly quite deserved, {or abruptness, hardness. even cruelty. He had curly loam! to be eniircly self-supporting. and to stand firmly and without. support on his own two feet, and in consequence, now that more than thirty-two years had rolled over his head. he was more than ever disinclined either to seek for sympathy or advice. A life of singular independence, due to the Parly death of his father, had madn sf him a man before his time: and his knowledge of his mother had not indyced him. even as a boy. either to lean on her for strength or go to her for sympaihy. ,_,,_..,..-. -rvu u". unuvu c' the moment, he had pushed his way into prominence by sheer doggedness and force of will. , From the moment- when he first, en- tered the hospital, a square jawed, tstrong featured boy of seventeen, the whole aim of his life had been to suc- ceed. and he had put. away from him every other thought and object. With- out having precisely hardened his na- ture'i'fi the process, he had contrived t.‘ cover a naturally kindly and even sensitive heart. with a stem and al- most callous crust, through which few people ever penetrated to the real man. or ever knew there was another man} there. His attitude towards women, as 'a An inveterate worker, a keen scien- tist. as we'l as a practical student. with a mind that concentrated itself wholly and absolutoly upon the action Miles Anderson had known very well indeed. how and when and where to use his opportunities, and the result had placed him at a comparatively early age in the forefront .of the medi- cal world. with his future assured, and a successful career a certainty. And yet. as a matter of fact. luck had played a very ‘small part. in the long line of circumstances 'by which Anderson's feet had been set in the pathway that leazls to success. That was a wxse man who declared that there is no such thing as luck in this world, and no such person as a lucky man. but that the successful are they who know how to use their op- pox-lunities. l Miles Andeflson, so his less fiorluâ€" hate colleagues were wont to (lccwre Ywith a laugh halt envious, half admit» ing. was “a confoundedly lucky” man; appointments for which he sought were given him, the good things of this world dmpped at his feet ready to be picked up, fortune had always smiled upon him. at least so said the men upon whom her smiles had rested less freely. “I‘m sure he will be kind {0 me. mummy. even if he is very big and gmxe; oh! I think'hc will be kind to 1 “Which ’e ‘as the air of a very grand gentleman,” Mrs. Brooks said to Hope, a few minutes lalor, “moves in the Abcst circles. I should say. ’as a manner with ’im what you don‘t meet wilh every day, and I’m sure I'd be sorry to be the one to offend a person like ‘im. Looks at yer that proud and stiff, as it 'e‘d knock ym‘ down as soon as look at yer if yer didn’t. do just- so when ’0 iold yer io"â€"â€"and ibis was much the same effect that Miles had produced upon his young ward herself: though the poor little girl sobbcd hor- solf to sleep, repealing over and over again:â€" He left her still sitting on the sofa, and summoning the voluble landlady fmm the kitchen regions interviewed her in the passage, and gave her many strict injunctions as to the care that was to be taken of her ledger. Undisciplined herself, she was in- clined to cling instinctively to the firm character or the man who had spent his life in self-discipline and self-rc- straint. and she promised, meekly enough to do his bidding. She looked at. him wistfully; his grave. almost stern manner subdued her strangely, whilst. its strength in some .odd way afforded her a sort. of comfort». “I will come back early, I promise,’ he said; “you shall see your mother again; now I want you to try not to cry any more, but to promise me something.” “Yesâ€"what is it?” “I want you to have some supper and then to drink some medicine I mean lo send you, and go straight to bed. 1 will speak to your landlady be- fore I. go and tell her to take care of you. but I must- go now.” The tears rained down her face again. but by a great effort. she held back her sobs. The touch of her cling- ing hands made Anderson feel more than ever a brute, but he unloosened thmm gently, and! seated her on the sofa. “Come early. won't. you?” she saia, lifting her tear-stained face to his, and clinging to him with the abandonment of a child; “it frightens me to think of being aloneâ€"now mummy has gone awayâ€"it frightens me; oh, please come early, and please pmmise to let me see mummy againâ€"beforeâ€"beforeâ€"” CHAPTER III. |lUuP §£LL' \VII'U “LE: £ALU'V. “My dear renew, I know no moge than you do. I went straight from The woman’s deatthed‘ to Rho wretched lodging-house, where the daughter is living. I found a shabby, untidy girl who looked younger than she J’sâ€"who went into hysierics and nearly flow at me 'because I had not summoned her to her mother's bedsideâ€"and nowâ€"to sum up as I beganâ€"is now my sole and especial charge." ‘ “Poor little girl!” “Poor 11th girl, 'do you say?” All- 7 “You discoxezed nothing abdut her people. Cannot mey do amthing for “11.5 girl” Wpo are they2’ “She is the daughter of a hospital patient," (Munders interpolated a long whistle of surprise)‘ “but not quite an ordinary patient. She was obviously a lady who haS'come down in the world. James was her name, Mrs. Jarrms." “Hum! non-committal sort, of name; a widow I presume?" “A widow. so she told me, and as she was dying I had no reason to doubt her words. She further confess- ed that. she had married beneath her,‘ and that. she was leaving a daughter without any means or support, and practically at the world's mercy.” Hi: cherry blue oyc's looked smiling- 1y into Milos' face. upon which sur- prise, not unmixed with dismay, was the most marked expression. “Marry her?” “Wellâ€"why not it she is passably good looking, and fairly w-ell-bzed and perfectly wealthy.” “I wonder how you would like to find yourself saddled with :1 girl of olgliler‘n, as your 5010 and especial charge,” Anderson said drily; “what should you do with a sudden big thing of lhat. description?" “Marry her, my dear fellow." was the prompt reply. “marry her at once. and mould her into the kind of wife I've always fancied." “The big things of life usually do come suddenly; it helps .10 break the monotony: I_ rather like it myself." “My advice! Good Lord, is the world coming to an end? You want. my ad- vice. old chap. Have a whiskey and soda to clear your brain and help you lo see the true proportions of things again.” Anderson smiled absenlly. “My brain's all right. and I want your honest opinion. I've got myself inlo a hole, a sort of hole. and I want you to help me out. Why on earth do lhings happen suddenly and take one unmvaros?" “My dear fellow," he said, as Miles entered. “what an unexpected and plea- sant surprise. I’ve half an hour‘s lucid inlcrvq)’, come and gossip it out with me.’ “I wish 1 could. I have come on Lusinessâ€"nt )enst I? want your advice.” The two men had hcen friends since their student. days, in spite of. or be- cause of. the difference in their na- tures. Not that Mandel-s was any way lacking in strength. but his character was of a more elastic and pliable make than Anderson's. and he viewed life and humanin with more hopeful kind» 1mm: than did his friend. Mr Handel‘s was at home. 'and An- derson was at once ushered inio his consulting room. where he found the well-known surgeon lying: hack in an armchair, a novel in his hand, a cigar ii: his mouth. and on his face an ex- pression of beaiific satisfaction in be- ing able to enjoy half an hour of well- curnod rest. Anderson was aware, as all strong characters must always be aware, that the judgment and advice of others. however valuable they may he, must in the and be overridden by one's Own judgment; no man can ever truly make up another man‘s mind for him, it the other man possess any strength of character at at]. And Anderson was pro-eminently a strong man, and knew it ~ “I‘ll just put. the question to Man- ders,” he soliloquizod; “he has a sound judgment, and I‘ll see what he says. though naturally I shall have to decide for myself in the end." When his thoughts had travclfed thus far. he sighed hupaticntly, glanced from the window, and, seeing in what neighborhood he was, pulled the check- string. and ordered the coachman to slop at, 500, Cavendish Square. An odd irritation was the prevailing sentiment in his mind. Few things disturbed him more than to find him- self thrown into intimate and what he called sentimental relations with his patients or their belongings; he pre- ferred to play merely the part of their doctor. and then vanish from the stage of their lives; with his professional in- terest in them all other interest ceas- ed, and it chafed him now to feel that he was being thrust, whether he would or no. into the very midst of another human being‘s life. and what was in.‘ finitely worse, that, he had a-ztuallyi been made responsible {or that. other human being; she would be henceforth his care, his special charge. During his drive homewards on that September afternoon, after he had leit Hope James. his thoughts naturally ran on the strange chain of events which had filled the hours since he entered St. Paul’s Hospital at two o’clock. “You are the exception. and you simply prove the rule.” which. as the sister reloried. was simply begging the question entirely. Even Sister'Gx-ace had not been able to shake his‘ prejudice, and in their frequent arguments on the subject, he was always wont. to end up by saying: For the only other women with whom he came into glose contact, the sisters of the hospital wards in which his work Kay. he had a. respect and grudging admiration; although be per- sisbently maintained that the work was not fitted Ior a lady, and that. no gently born and nurtured woman should undertake it. “A sick woman is abnormal. I should no more think of looking upon her as an ordinary rational being than I should consider a child rational!’ sox, was somewhat contemptuous His mother, as an example of woman- hood had not. inspired him with ci- lhcr respect or devotion and he mea- sured other women by what he knew of her. with the exception of his wo- men patients, upon whom he looked as a class apart, saying to a friend:â€" Qurham and Victoria Standard MlLLBROOK ONT" THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26. 1907‘ Torpedo Boat Destroyer Tartar Steams‘ 37 Knots per Hour. A despatch from Southampton, Eng- land, says: The turbine torpedo boat destroyer 'Ijartar broke all records in, fast, steaming in her final trials over the official course on. Tuesday. attain- ing a speed of 37.037 knots. She also established a new record {or a sit: hours trial, covering 233 miles in that time and maintaining the unprecedented speed of 35.363 knots. Important Discovery of a Massachusetts Boy. A despatch from Worcester. Mass” says: Harry M. Grout, nineteen years 010. of Spencer. has succeeded in oper- ating electric lights and motors by elec- tric magnetic waves at u distant-e of nine hundred feet, and over. According to authorities at the Worcester Polytech- ‘nic Institute, this is somethingr that had never been accomplished beforeâ€"that is. power has hem sent through the air for a tew feet. but nothing to approach the distancas at which Grout has success-; trlly operated his light and motors by wireless. He believes that in a short time he will be able to transemit power regularly and in a practical manner by wireless. Grout has been studying wire- less telegraphy tor live years. electricity being his hobby. lie is a student at the David H. Prouty High School. He is now planning the establishment of two wire- less stations, three miles apart, for the transmission of power. The heartbroken sohs S.t0m)l‘d im- mediately: she took his outstretched hand and rose from the grass mechani- cally. and with a little look of fear on her tear-stained face. that nmdo ithe clorgyman‘s heart ache for her. whilst he wondered in what. relation those two apparently unsympathetic beings stood to one another, and why the girl “as so shuhbily , and oddly dressed, whilst the man wore clothes that could only have been fashioned by a first- rate tailoru" “Sou must skp cniné at oncm Miss James and came away with me. This scene Ls disgraceful. " Perhaps Miles himself scarcelv rea- lized ho“ slam “me hi: mice and mannex- us he 1mm her from the mound and said sharply:â€" “It‘s no 1150 talking in me about :1 resurrection from the dead. I don’t want it; I don‘t care for itâ€"I want mother now I tell youâ€"no“ ” and she had broken out again into :1 Mid storm of weeping The clcxgymnn looked pilyinglv at the girl. and tried to speak some \xords or 03mm” and hope, but she beat him off fiercely. saying:â€" red his nerves almost, beyond “ox-d5. No self-respecting woman, he consid- ered. would ever have allomzd all 581(- amtrol to be swept away in so pas- sionate an outburst. of sobs as lx-okc from the girl, when she heard the dull thud of earth falling upon her mothers coffin; even a young girl should pos‘ sass more solf-ro<trzxint than to fling herself, when all was over, upon the ground beside the open grave, and cry aloud in an agony of grief. “I can‘t bear it, I can't boar itâ€"mo- ther come back; come back!” Not. only had her attire tried AMM- son's fastidious taste; Hope's terrible break dawn at Mr n19!h_m"sgrave jur- dreary lodging.r in Merlin Street. To his fastidious eyes the girl looked more than ever repellent and untidy. With obliviousness of his sex, he had [entirely forgotten that she might not [have enough money to buy suitable mourning, neither did it enter into his :head that. her awe 0! him was far too great. to allow her to ask for the where- \vithal to array herself in black clothes. He did not in the least realize that the odd eonglomeration of garments she, wore was Collected from a variety of sources. by Mrs. Brooks, her land- la‘tty; that the ski-t, which he noticed with, irritation‘ was far "too draggled and full, was one of Mrs. Brooks’ own, laid by for such state occasions as 11‘ funeral; that the iutbeconiing hat was borrowed from Mrs. Brooks” sister; or that the extraordinary mantle that hid all remaining deficiencies, and looked so oddly out of place on the girl's slim young figure. was one that Mrs. Brooks' mother proudly lent for thel at lernoon. ! He carried out his do‘temninadion thr‘e days later, when, after Mrs. Jnmcs’ funeral. he returned with Hope to the dreary lodging in Merlin Sircet. v r‘- JV... IAIUI\.. “Anvhow you hmc gixcn me food for reflection” Anderson rCSponded, \xilh an. attempt at, lighiness he “as very far from feeling.‘ ‘and the idea of hunting up the girl’s relations is a good one. I will go on ma!- tack first." to their care. and wash your hands of her. Otherwiseâ€"well, otherwise I really don’t. see what is left for you but to put her into a convent or to marry her. And now I must be off. I wish l could have helped you more." “You found a grown up young wo- man. l’m very sorry for you, old man; I doubt whether it is altogether a grateful or amusing task to act as guardian to a girl. My advice to you is this. Look up her relations; she is sure to know something about them. When you find them, hand her over P0\\'ER SENT BY “’IRELESS “Yes, that's all very well,” Miles answered. rising also, and standing against the mantel-piece, his arm rest- ing upon it. “but the question is, what am I to do with this girl whose welfare I have rashly undertaken to look after? That poor woman was so anxious and worried over it. all, she couldn‘t even die in peace; she was so haunted by the thought of her daughler that I promised to be responsible lbr the child. You see, Manders, I imagined I should literally find a child, instead‘ 0! whichâ€"J” l Saying this, Manders rose. and touched his friend’s shoulder with a touch that. belied the words. “Some, perhaps, but not so much as the girl who has lost, her mother, just. when a mother is most needed; who is. from your account, badly equipped to face life, and who has no one to look to for help except that hard-hearted and cynical beingâ€"Miles Anderson." derson gave a short laugh; “dd I de- serve no pity'2'f BREAKS ALL RECORDS. (To be Continued.) There was a fairly good run of hogs, and prices did not advance on early week levels, $5.60 being the top figure ‘lfgiid. Annaâ€"“They say I have my mother’s mouth and nose.” Hannahâ€"-â€"‘\\’ell, your mother was lucky to get rid of 'cm.". Sheep were steady. cxpcrt owes sell- ing at $3.75 to $4.25, with bucks and culls at $3 to $3.50. Lambs were offered freely, and 11m market had a slower tone. Prices rangegl from $450 to 85.50. ' A very; small run 01' calms “as re- corded. Prices ranged 110m 3 to Go per 11‘ 01 an axcrage of about $7 per head. Chaim.- milch cows \vbro quolm at 3.40 to $55.510dium, $25 to $35. A bunch 91‘ back-springm's sold at $19. . 3.25; cor. mu n to malium. . '2 .25 to $3.50. Choice cmxs “elc firm at $3.25 10 S". the latter price being paid for :1 small hunch \wighing over 1.300 pounds. Common rough cows sold from $1.50 to $2. Cun- ners were unchangvd. the bulk of them being cleaned up ail SOC 10 $1. Chbice stockmiq. $2.60 to 33.50; mm- mon and light slackers, $1.50 In $250 (hood to éhoice stocrs sold from $4.25 2c $4.60, with mediuxujo gopdrat $3.50 to Tn‘ontn. Doc. 2/1».--Go0d shipping bulls were easier to get than at previous nmr- kclS. Weiuhls of 1300 to 2.000 pounds find a reudx sale at $3.” 5 to S’. Duluth-Doc. 2‘i-.â€"\\'hoat-â€".\'o. 1 hard, 91.08%; No. l Northern. 81.07%: No. 2 Northern, 31.0453; December, 51.04%; May, 531.11%. Milwnnkoc. Doc. 2’1.â€"\\'11cal,â€"-Nc. 1 Northern, $1.1! to $1.12; No. 2 Northern, 81.08%, 10 31.1034; May. $1.057fl asked. Rwâ€"Highcr; No. I, 80% 1:) 810. Oatsâ€" Slzmdm‘d, 52 10 53C. (hmâ€"No. 3, 58 to BUMP; May. 58%c bid. St. Louis. Dec. 2-i.â€" \V‘hmt â€" Cash, $l.01; December, S]; May, $101%; Jul)" i Mrmlrral, Doc. 21. ~Grulnâ€"A weak ‘Iu-ling continues to prevail in tho lUn’flll Soul silualinn: ('ar luls of Onlzirin No. :2 ‘\\'lnlc are offering :11 SIP: No. 3 at NC. No. ',l- at 48c. and rujcclerl at 46¢ per Ibuslivl, ex slow. Flourâ€"Spring wheat Imlvn‘l. $6.10; seconds. $5.50; winter \vlmal patents. $5.50; slraight rollers, 35 '10 $52.3- do in bags. $2.35 in $2.50; 0x- lra, $1.30 in $1.90. Redâ€"Manitoba bran, $23; shorts. $25; Ontario bran, $211.50 to $24; middlings. .25 to $26; islinrls, $23 to $24 per ton. including {lungs milled mouillie. $21 10 $30; and ‘pure grain mouillim, $34 k. $36 per ton, il"rovislonsâ€" Barrels short. cut mess,l $22.50 to $23: lialf barrels, $11.75 to $12.25; Clrar {at bark, $23.50 10 $24.50;i 1cm: r111 heavy mess. S21 10 $23: halfl ~lzarrcls do. $10.50 In $11.25; dry salt} long rloar liar-on. 111% 10 11%c; barrels pluu- 139191. $13.50 10 815; hall barrels (10, $7.25 10 $7.75: barrels heavy moss beef. $10 to $11; liall barrels do. $5.50 10 $6; mnnpound lard. 10 lo lllc; pure lard. 121/2 10 13c; kvllle rendered-- 13% 16 140: hams, 12% in 1351:; lzxreakfast bacon. 1/. in 156; Windsor baron. 1/1}; 10 151/20; fresh killed abaltoir dressed hogs $8.50 14.) $8.75; alive. $5.75 143 S6. Bauerâ€"Sop- tombvr. :28 10 29c; from roccipls, 26 to 27v; dairy. 2.1 to 25%(2 Chooseâ€"“1's- lorn Seplrmbcr, nominal; late [all makes. 121/; to 12%c. UNITED STATES MARKETS. Bacon long clear 10 to 10/ 0 per 11) in (‘HSO Ids; moss pom, $1810 {08le sh 1L cu! $22 to $22. 50. Hamsâ€"Light to medium, ML: 10 15c; do, heavy. 12% to 23¢: xullfi. IUJKC; shoulders, Inc: bucks,10 lu 16}2c;1ru.k- fust, lam-0n. I-ijéc. lurdâ€"â€"'l‘icrcé§, 11%;, ' tubs, 126; pails. like. Chaseâ€"13“ 1 1 ' ,4 o 13 .c 11) way. A Eggsâ€"(Loki and upwards hitter-Pound prim largo rulls, 22 to 231%; 2i". (llcummv rules solids at; ‘5 to 2th,: l‘ot.ntno.<.â€"â€"Cnr 101s are quoted at 75 to 80¢: per bag on track. Huxllxw-m'I‘urkt‘ys‘. dressed. 10 to 121?. pr-r lb for (-hnicc: chickens. alive, 4- l0 6C pnr lb; drosstd. 7 to 90; ducks. drexsed, b 10 9c per 11:; game, (Ix‘vnssed. S to 90. TI 1 l". DAI HY MA RK HTS. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Applnsâ€"\\‘mter apples, $2.50 to $3.25 pc. barrel. Bowls-l’1‘irno. $1.65 to $1.70, and hand-picked, $1.80 to $1.85. “envyâ€"12 to 13:- pm' 11) {or sh'aincd‘ and at $1.75 to $2.50 for combs. Hayâ€"No. 1 Timolhy quoted at $17 to $27.50 hero in car 1015. - Straw~$£t50 to $10.50 a {on on track here. ‘ Barleyâ€"No. 2 quoted at 68 to 7 side; N0. 3 (Mm. at 65 to 66¢ ( and N0. 3 at 63 10 64c outside. awnâ€"$19 lo $19.50 in bulk < Shorts are quoted at $22 outside. unxed at 93 to 94c outside. Oatsâ€"N0. 2 while on track, Toronbo‘ qunlcd at 47c, and outside at 43% to 44c. Comâ€"No. 3 American yellow is quoted a: 70%0, Toronto freighls, and N0. 3 mixed at 70c. New American com, 65 m 65%c, Toronto. Ryeâ€"No. 2 is quoted at 78 to 80c out- side. Buckwheat â€" Market dull and un- changed at 00c outside. Ontario Wh‘éétho. 2 white and red quoted at 94 to 950 outside, and N0. 2 mjgaed at 93 to 94c outside. Toronto, Dec. 24.â€"Flourâ€"Ontaric whegat 90 Per cent. patents are quoted at 53.6019 buyers’ sncks outside (or export. Manl- bcba flour unchanged; first patents, $6; second patents, $5.30, and strong bukers’, $5.20, Wheatâ€"Manitoba grades were irregu- ldz' 10-day” :fl. 1 Northern quoted at 31-17. lake ports; No. 2 Northern qucubedi M $1.12, lake ports, and No. 3 Northern at $1.09, lake ports. 1 Prices of Cattle, Graln. Cheese IN Olher Dairy Produce at Home and Abroad. REPORTS FROM THE WORLD’S MARKETS BUSINESS IN MONTH 3.".1 LIVE STOCK MARKET. (old 3101: "c are quoted at 22c GIVEN AWAY. IIOG PRODUCTS i rnou THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES. do. infrrim‘. '20 to at :8 to 200, and a jabbing 25c 70c out- outside, outside. and A dcspatch hom Ottawa Savs: Trade retums of the Dominion for the month (I \‘oxcmbei show that the pieuiiling financial stringency is beginning to have a considerable effect. For the last month a decrease of $3,621.46!) is *e- corded in the total imports,.. as com- pared with November, 1906, while the total exports decreased by $2,455,769. Exports 0! domestic products decreased during the month by $3,231,074, whiié exports of coin and bullion increased by 3912186. The duty collected during the month was 34. 9110.522, :1 docxcase ([ $500 586. as compaicd \xith the com:- sponding month of last year. Tor lfie (eight months bf tho current fiscal year, however, the total hnporLs Returns for November Below Same Month Last Year. TRADE SHOWS A EEEEEASE L'ndesirables arc Leaving llalilax {or ‘ Europe. A dospatch from Halifax. N. 8.. says: The Federal immigration authorities are strictly enforcing the immigration law and taking every procautioxfto prevent the entrance of undesirableg. W hat is DL‘IlCYL‘d to be the largest num- ler' m immigrants ever deported from Canada in one steamer left here Mon- day, when the. Allan liner Sardinia!) sailed for London and llavre with nine- ty-five undosirahlcs. Sixty of these were Bulgarians. Nearly all the othors were suffering from some incurable disease. Mcntreal‘s Civic Budgetâ€"Several 0t- ficials’ Salaries Increased. A despntch from Mmttrml says: The Ctvic Finance Committu‘ have prepared their budget for 1908, and will spend $5.086.000. Heads of departments and Clerical staffs were voted liberal increas- es in salurics. and provision was also made for the $23 per day rate which COI‘pm-zttion Iatwrcrs will receive from January 1, 1908. Funds were voted for thirty now comtttbtes and four lieu- tenants, and an 'uxcrcusv in wages of 350 {or first-class men was also ap- proved. Small advances \Vcru vot- ed to all classes of firemen. ‘ Military Powder Magailine Blew [[1 at Palermo, Sicily. A dospatch imm Palonno says: A terrific explosion occurred on 'l‘hm'sday evening in tho military [KHWJOF maga- zmo, where a large quantity of dynamite was stared. and was followed by a num- lm- of lt‘SSl‘l’ explosions. the whole town living badly shaken and tho pooplc thrown into a panic. Almmt immo- diatvly flanws shut high in tho air and [Shroud to the ruins of houses that. had fallen. adding gn-alliy tn. the (Error OI thaw who wow in the immediate neighâ€" hcrhond of tho disastm‘. It is cslimalvd that ahaut t\\'ent.\'-li\'c persons were kiln-(l and a hundred others injured. \\'ihl rumors {(JHOWt'd fast upon the (2x- liviosizm. placing the numhci's 0t killed and wounded ink. the thousamlg, and lumps \\'or2- ordered out tn aid the tire- mm in clearing away the \\'1‘e('k and summing the \\'<'iumh;-d. Several houses that stood above the magazine partially Collapsed and their (losti'uvlinn was com- p'etod hy thv tire. Ono of those was an cmigx-ants’ lodging house, and a num- LC!‘ of emigrants were killed. Wediosday morning Supt. LOyson of the. Townsitc mine and J. McNight. a young Scolchman, met with a blasting accident. McKnight was seriously in- jmcd about the head and was removed to the Red Cross Hospital. Both eyes arr said to be lost, and tho doctors have no hopes of saving his life. Supt. Ley- son is cut, about the face and has one wrist bone broken. It appears Mc- Knight entountm'cd loose powder in the (And of the draft. probably in a cut-off hoh‘ unknown to him. Supt. Loyson was close to McKnight when the explosion tack place. Joseph Tesniere Found Dead at Bottom of Shaft. A dospatch from Cobalt says: Joseph Tesnicrc, aged about. 30 years, a French- man with a married sister in Montreal. was found dead at the kxiltom of the four shaft at a depth of 152 foot on Tuesday. Deceased was working in the drift at the 86-foot level. Having iefL work with his companions he returned to secure a pair of mitts heioro ascending, and nothing more was seen of him alive. V. A.â€"Moore, buctcriologist of Cornell University and the foremost expert in bi; line in the United States. Dr. Moore stated that of 1,086 cows tesmd by Dean A despatch {mm Ithaca, N.Y., says: A startling revelation of the terrible prevalence of bovine tuberculosis in New York State and an exposure of the utter insufficiency of the means now furnished by the Legislature for the control of this disease has just been made before the Tompkins Gaunty Medical Society by Dr. H A A - - - - - A ~ A Terrible Ravages of Bovine Tuberculosis in New York. ONE QUARTER ABE INFECTED SENDING THEM BACK. TW'O COBALT ACCIDENTS. IN GENIZROL‘S HOOD. T‘VENTY-FIVE KILLED. above (11-:- mnga md their dostruvl . RICHARDS, Publisher and Proprietor Exports. including com and bullion, totalltd for the eight months 3191378,: 393, n dccmasc of 55.972391, compared with the corresponding period of‘1906. Exports of domestic products decreas- cd by $1.967,Sfil. Exports of the mine increased by nearly two millions. agri- cultural exports increased about, six and one-half millions, and exports r1 manufacture increased about go mil- lion. On the other hand. cprrts (1' animals and their produce decreased bx over eleven millions. show an increase (I 527.762.08i. the 10‘ in: being 259,495,184, as mnpurcd with $231,732,500 for thc correspondmg months of last year. Customs duties for the eight months total $41,112,459. an in reuse of $5.676,5-£6. Famous Russian hiucmleur lncurs Governmental Displeasurc. A dPSpaH‘h from St. l’clorshurg saw: Prof. Anita‘hkcfl'. we celebrated littora- tcur, bright-en scnicncod to 18 nmnths' imprisonment in a fortress far carrying on a propaganda against the Govern- ment. 1 Â¥ . C.P..R Will Ship 3 Million and a Half Busllcls to Europe this “inter, A (iospufch {mm [all “illium 9L1:- Enslom lines of tho (‘mmdi an quilic‘ Railway “ill hl‘ busy this. winter. The (ZJ'Jl. have made a contract {or the de- livery of 1.500.000 lius‘llcls of grain in [Shmpczui markets this winter. The grain will be shipped Via the all-mil route to SI. John. when: it will lie iakm h the old country as ballast. in C.l’.R. steamers. A large amount of grain is being shipped through here now. ‘Curious Railroad Accident Reported From Sardinia. A (lcspalch from (ingliari, island of Sardinia. on \\'cdnosdav. announced that a strange railroad disasll-r liad oc- curred near Lanusci slaliun. A severe gale of wind was blowing as u loomiio- tiw drawing lcn passiengor cars fairly lull {-f people approached Lanusei. Suddk‘ 5 a stronger gust than usual sxruck l\\drain, which. aflur balancing Isn the ra .3 for a few seconds. was com- p'elely overturned, the locomotive and cars being tumbled into a dllf‘ll along- side the track. Happily. however. only twelve persons \vcre injured, two of whom being severely hurt. Inquirzi c a! ”In Grand Sominary and nthcr xnmumm includmg St. Pa!- rick‘s (.‘huzch. shmwd Hunt no such man had any mum-“lion wilh them. and. mares-Yer. that a score or more of complaints have 1mm made by busi- ness men that this same individual has boon playing: the flame for smeral davs. A rough estimate places his earnings at two to {knee hundlcd dol- lars. Montreal People Done Out of Two or Three Hundred Dollars. A despufch from Maximal says: The clerical swmdier has again started op- erations in Montreal. ”43 cans Emse}! “RM'. 12. W. O’Ifiary, D. 0.," and his .«iovy is that he “has come down from (ix-and Seminary and discovered that he has Ii-Il hi: money at. home. Will a kind frian cash his check for a small zunount'.” The bank. according to Menas. 'is to be known as the Olympia National Bank and will be capitalized at $100,- 000 or more. “I‘m going back to realize a dream I hme chelished all my lifo.’ ' .‘lonas said, “I am going to open a bank and be its President.’ The Progress of Charles Menu, a Greek Vendcr. A despalch from St. Louis, 310., says: From pushcart man to bank President. That is the leap Charles Menas, a. Greek. who has forsaken St. Louis for his native land, made in ten years. Menas came to Axmrica as an immi- grant, and when he . arrived in St. Louis he was practically penn-iless. When he started (or Greece he had a bank account exceeding 3100.000 and a prosperous business here that is bring- ing :1 handsome revenue. Dr. Moore reached the conclusion that or the one million eight hundred thou- sand milch cows in this State 440,000 an“ infected with tuberculosis. This, he said, would be a surprise even to cattle- men. pa cent. had the disease. The omcial reports of the State in 1904 showed that 0! 2,417 animals tested 16 per cent. had the disease. The State tests {or the per- iod of 1904-6 included 3.088 animals, of which 22 per cent. were infected. Law or _th<_2 (th9¢}! yeterinar}: college 716 “13D BLE‘V TRUE OVER. SENT TO A l’ORTIU-Zb‘S. THE CLERICAL SW'INDLICIE B!G “HEAT CONTRACT. FROM PUSHCART TO BANK.