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En Sy ivilization by miles of deep water-- uch was the experience of Stoker T, Storkersen, who has arrived in this 'city from the great Northern wastes, Observations of cussed until Storkersen meets his and prepares his full report. without the other explorer. eight sleds, The object before the daring little party was to stay for one year if pos- 'sible on an ice floe and drift during this time. They wished to determine the currents, if any, in Beaufort Sea, to take soundings and to discover any new land that might not have been before. 4 ow ir months after the party went Storkersen was taken ill with asthma, brought on by the extreme cold, and it was decided The rest of the latitude 74, longitude 147 W., started again for the American Continent and arrived at Cape Halkett on Nov. 7. From Cape Halkett they proceeded to Boder Is- |SOLDIER LAND SET- adrift on the floe, to return to shore. party then being at PRINCE WILL TRAVEL 8,800 MILES ~ Seventy-Day Journey Through Canada Includes Many Towns. The Canadian itinerary of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, so far as it can be deflnitely announced, is as follows: Arrive Quebec Augyst 21; Toronto, August 24; Ottawa, August 27; leave capifal September 1st: to North Bay, Nipigon, where he will fish for trout. Port Arthur. and ..Fort William, Winnipeg, September , 9. Saskatoon, September 11; Edmon. .-ton, September 12; "Calgary, Septem- September 8; ber 13. Four days will be spent in Calgary and its vicinity, including a visit to the celebrated horse ranch of George Lane. Leaving Calgary on September 17, stops will be made at Banff, Lake Louise and Field, in the Canadian Rockies, the programme at Field including a visit to the beautiful Yoho Valley; Revelstoke, September 20, and Vancouver, September 22, re- turning to Vancouver September 29, motor to New Westminster through Southern British Columbia, Penticton September 29, and steamer trip on Okanagan Lake," Nelson October 1, through the Crow's Nest Pass, Mac- leod October 2, Lethbridge, Medicine Hat, Moose Jaw, and Regina, October 4. Three days' duck shooting. Qu'- Appelle, Brandon, Portage la Prairle, Winnipeg, October 10; Fort William, October 11. Four days at Biscotasing moose hunting. Via Georgian Bay to Toronto and Hamilton, October 18; Niagara Falls, October 20: ford, Guelph, Stratford, Woodstock, Chatham, London, Windsor, Galt, Kingston, and Brockville. reaching Montreal October '27, The total length of his 70-day Journey is over 8,800 miles. ; ------a a $5,000,000 in Gold Ingots Recovered From Wrecked Ship A despatch from Buncrana, Ireland, '8ays:--QGold ingots to-the value of . £1,000,000 sterling have been recover- ed by salvagers from the wreck of the former. White Star-Dominiom Liner Laurentic, fch was sunk Jantary 28, 1917, off Fasal Light. The Laurentic, a vessel of 14,892 i tons, which was acting as a British oy ry. cruiser, struck a mine off the north coast of Ireland and later . sank. Of a personal of 470 only 120 were saved. at solentific value | were made while {te party was on the 2 floe, but these will not be fully dis- ef, Vilhjalmur Stefansson, in Banff . Stefansson was taken ill at the last moment, and Storkersen, being sec- ond in command, was forced to take of the party and proceed inthe Spring of 1918, after all preliminary arrangements had been ' made, he set out from Boder Island on March 15 with 13 men, 80 dogs and visit North Bay, Cobalt and Timmins, returning and therfce to "Soo," Brant- i | 149,709 wounded: an Land to be a where they fell in with Captain] Anderson, from whom they plies f6r the Winter of 1919. The trip was absolutely the first of its kind. No other living man has ever deliber- ately set himself 'adrift on an ice flo for scientific purposes Taking every- thing into consideration, the journey was most sati + In the first place it was found that there were np permanent cur- rents in the sea. The ice floe drift-| ed with the wind and its course ap- peared to be determined by that agent alone. Owing t certain phenomena ob served by Mr. Storkersen, he was in- | ined to think that there was Jand ito the north of the point reached. i The reason for this supposition wis the fact that in this six months the floe turned completely around. The huge floe was seven miles in length and at least fifteen miles in|. width. Seals,' polar bears, ducks, gulls and land birds-abounded on it, while shrimps and small fish appeared to be the chief food of the seals. As a result of the strange voyage, much important information was gleaned.. Keenan Land, which was supposed to be discovered by Captain Keenan, was found to be non-existent. At least, there was no land on latitude 74 and between longitude 140 W 52, which was where Keenan placed his find, Instead of land was water from 500 metres to 4,500 metres deep. Mr. Storkersen strongly recom- mended the Government's plan of com- mercializing the musk ox. TLEMENT INCREASE Majority Able to Begin Life on Western Farms Without Aid of Govt. Loan. A despatch' from Ottawa says: -- Three thousand - seven hundred and sixty-eight soldier grant entries have been mande on lands in the Western Provinces undér the Soldier Settle. ment legislation of the Federal Gov- ernment. By Provinces: Manitoba ...... 858 Saskatchewan . 1,124 Alberta. ..........« 1,702 British Columbia ......... 84 There has been. a considerable in- crease in the settlement on Dominion lands by soldiers in the past four months. 'In' April there were 346 en- tries; in May, 463; in June, 813; and in July, 941. The Porcupine Forest Reserve was opened in July jand about 150 soldiers have already settled there. At the instigation of | the Soldier Settlement Board, the Pro- | vincial Government fs building roads | into the reserve and constructing steel | bridges, and prospects are that by next season the area will be pretty well filled up. A number of the 3,608 returned soldiers who have taken sol- diers' land entries also have received i financial assistance from the Govern- { ment, but a great many were able to ! finance themselves and begin opera- tons without the assistance of the | Government loan, HONOR ROLL OF CANADA'S HEROIC DEAD. A despatch from Ottawa says: -- Canada's war toll in men, according to the official figures of the Militia De. partment, is 54,919 dead, 8,119 report- ed 'missing, 2,818 prisoners of war, The details are as follows: Killed in action or dled of wounds--officers, 2,636; other ranks, 48,333; died-- officers, 234; other ranks, 3,706; miss- ing--officers, 352; other ranks, 7,767; prisoners of war--officers, 130; other ranks, 2,688; wounded--officers, 6,344; other ranks, 143,365. H.R.H.the Prince of Wales has ex- pressed the desire to meet some of the Canadian soldiers whose acquaint- ance he made overseas during his stay in Toronto, when he will open the Canadian National = Exhibition on August 25th, He will review 15,000 overseas troops on Wednesday, Aug- got sup-| | Catalog wagons may be all you're in" a hurry. It is then yo town dealer the best goods that valuable to risk one of these - Breadstuffs. Toronto, Aug. 19.--Man, Whea No. 1 Northern, $2.24% : No. 2 No; ern, $2.21%; No. 8 Northern, $2.17 No: 4 wheat, $2.11, in store, Fort \ am, - Manitoba oats--No. 2 CW, 92%¢c; No. 8 CW, 91%¢; extra No. 1 feed, 913c; No. 1 feed, 90%c; No. 2 feed, 88%c, in store at Fort William. Manitoba barley--No. 3 CW, $1.40; No. 4 CW, $1.85; rejected, $1.27; feed, $1.27, in store Fort 'William, ' American cofn---No. 8 yellow, nom- inal; No. 4 yellow, nominal Ontario oats--No. 8 white, 87 to 90¢, according' to freights outside, Ontario wheat--No. 1 Winter, car lot, nominal; Np. 2, do, ! $2.08; No. 8, do, nominal, f.0.b, ship ping points, according to freights, Ontario wheat--No. 1, 2 and 8 Spring, nominal. Barley--Malting, $1.35 to $1.89, ac, cording to freights outside, Buckwheat--Nominal. Rye--Nominal. Manitoba flour--Government stands ard, $11, Toronto. y Ontario flour--Government stand: ard, $10.25 to $10.50, in bags, Mont- real, prompt shipment; do, $10.25 to $10.50, in jute bags, Toronto, prompt shipment. \ Millfeed--Car lots, delivered Mont. real freights, bags in¢luded, bran, per per ton, $42 to $45; shorts, per ton, $44 to $60; good feed flour, per bag, $3.25 to $3.95. : Hay--No. 1, per ton, $22 to $24; mixed, per ton, $10 to $19, track, To- rontor Straw--Car lots, per ton, $10 to $11, track, Toronto. Country Produce--Wholesale. Butter-Dairy, tubs and rolls, 36 to 88c; prints, 88 to 40c; creamery, fresh made solids, 51 to 51%¢c; prints, 51% to b52¢. Boos do jot Spring hick essed. poultry: ng chickens, 36 to 40c; roosters, 25c; fowl, 80 to 32¢; dupidings, 26c¢; turkeys, 35 to 40c; squabs, doz., $6, Live poultry--Spring chickens, 30 to 82c; roosters, 22¢; fowl, 26 to. 30c; ducklings, 22¢c; turkeys, 80c. - Wholesalers are selling to -the re- tail trade at the following prices: Cheese--New, large, to 29¢c; twins, 28% to 20%c; triplets, 29 to 80¢; Stilton, 29 to 80c. Butte: sh dairy, choice, 46 to 48¢; creamery, prints, 55 to b6e. Margarine 386 to 8c. - 5. Eggs--No. 1's, 53 to bdc; selects, 57 to 58ecr Dressed poultry--Sprin, 45¢c; roosters, 28 to 30c; fowl, 87 to 88e¢; turkeys, 40 to 4c; ducklings, 1b. 55 fo 36c; squabs, doz., $7; geese, 28 to 30c. Live poultry--Spring chickens, 35c} foxl, 30 to Se: ducks, 27 to 80c. expensive break-downs. advantage of the HOME SERVICH he can offer you. Markets of the World: ; 2.08 ) 82% to 32%¢; chickens, | Hi BROKEN: DOWN. right to look at. But catalog repairs are a different thing. Particularly when u learn the additionsl advantage in trading at home. Not only has the home can be obtained, but he offers you HOME SERVICE as well." Your time is too Buy your implements from your home dealer and take Ported hand-picked, Burma, $4; Limas, "fo 35a; 10. 60-1b. tins,' 3 br tins, 18 to 19¢. . "Comb, 16-0; $6, doz.;:10-0z., $3.60 to $4 di Maple ro hab: per imper- ial gallon, $2.45 to $2.60; per B* im- rial gallons, $2.35 to $2.40; sugar, 0 ; Proyisions--Wholesale. Smoked meats--Hams, med., 47 to 48c; do, héavy, 40 to 42; cooked, 63 to 65¢; rolls, 85 to 86c; st bacon, 49 to 5be; backs, Plain, blc; boneless, 66 to 58¢; clear belli 83 to 8be¢. : Cured meats--1Lo clear bacon, 32 to 38c; clear bellies, 81 %0 82¢. rd--Pure, tierces, 86 to 36%c; tubs, 8744 to 38c; pails, 87% to 88%¢; to es, print, 38% to 89c. Compound tierces, 32 $0 32340; prints, 33 to 83%e¢, 1% 'Montreal Markets, b . Man al, Aug, 19,--Oats, extha No. 'eed, $1.02. rT,» New grade. $11 to §11.10, Rolled oats, bag 0 lbs, $4.95 to $5.25. Bran, $42. Ports 4 Hay, No. 2, per ton, car 1 $38. Cheese, finest easterns, 25c. Butter, choicest creamery, 54 to Bde, Eggs, fresh, 62 to 64c; do, selected, 58 to 60¢; do, No. 1 stock, 56¢; do, No. 2 stock, 43 to 45¢c. Potatoes, per bag, car lots, $2.25 to $2.50. Dressed hogs, abattoir killed, $88, Lard, pure, wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 36c. ... Live Stock Markets. Toronto, Aug. 19.--Choice heavy steers, $14 to $14.75; good heavy steers; $13 to $13.50; butchers' cattle, choice, $12.75 to $18.25; * do, good, $11.76 to $12; do, med, $11.25 to 13% to 32¢; tba standard! $11.50; do, com., $7 to $8; bulls, choice, ust 27th, Veterans' Day at the Big Fair, : eans--Canadian, hand-picked, bus., $5 to $5.50; primes, $4 to $4.50; Im- SAY - DR, KILLUM- 3 SEE YOU - PE {MLO ¥ fone ! DEA' A view of the ruins of the Mystic minion Park, Montreal, destroyed by lives were lost, = i TH IN MIDST OF PLEASURE. i 10 to $10.76; do, med., $10.25 to 10.75; do, rough, $8 to $8.26; but chers' cows, choice, $10 to $10.75; do, good, $9.25' to $9.75; do, med, $8.50 to $0: do, com. $7 to $8; stockers, $8.75 to $11.75; feeders, $11.50 to $12; canners, and cuttérs, $4.75 to $6.75; milkers, good to choice, $110 to $140; do, com, and med. 3 to $75: spring- ers, $00 to $160; ight ewes, $8 to $10; yearlings, $10.50 to $15 spring lambs, per cwt., $17 to $18.50; calves, mo to choice, $18 to $22; x hogs, fed watered, $28.75; x do, weighed off cars $24; xdo, £o.b., $22.76. xPackers' quotations, ontreal," Aug, 19.--Choice select hogs, '$23 and $24 per cwt, weighed off cars. Choice steers, $12 to $13 per cwt.; other grades, $7.50, But- chers' cattle, best, $8 to $12; canners, $6 to $5.50. Calves, best milk-fed stock, $12 to $16 per cwt, i "The Cryptic Cable. ; For smartness the following will be very hard to beat. A well-known per- sonage In Devonshire had just received a cable from his soldier son fn Meso- potamfa which contained only three words, "Two John twelve." At first the receiver was baffled by the mys- terious message,' but after much pus. zling the meaning dawned upon him, Taking down his Bible he turned up the Second Epistle of St. John and read the twelfth verse, which runs as follows: --"Having many things to write unto-you, I would not write with paper and ink, but T trust to come un- to you arid speak face to face that our Joy may be full." His son was on his | way home! tr eins Cayenne pepper is the best remedy for ants. andi "Rill 'and Scenic: |.teen small cruisers, forty. + | displacement is 'not less than 40,01 y magic mirror in which he saw every. |. | probably for srystal gazing: 3 #1 | much the same as the other crystals = : ~% | have tried it that the 3 | stal seems to disappear into a mist «| after it has been stared Py the destruction or sapturs of : battleship, seven hig cruisers, stroyers, twenty-one large an wk pr pit dg nd one and vessel a r eight submarines. The records to cerning the fatter - show aightystwo- Jost In the North Ses and the tiantic, Seventy two = e sous of land: three in the Baltic Sea, sixteen in tk Mediterranean, and five in the Black Sea, RE 4 STL Vessels destroyed to avoid capture 'include twenty-one ht which ten were sunk in Mediterran- * ean ports, four on the coast of kiai. ders, and seven in neutral ports, and six river gunboats and survey vessels "Lost" craft include twenty-e'cht mine-sweepers, nine. auxiliary cruis< ers, one hundred trawlers and twenty. » two auxiliary vesiels. : The loss of life in connection wh these vessels shows a total of 18,854 officers and men. els rr pe BRITAIN WILL LAUNCH : ! WORLD'S LARGEST WARSHIP i A despatch from London says:-- . Appointments are now being made to s Great Britain's biggest warship, A H.M.8. Hood, which will be completed gE ; about the end;of October. This mag- : ; nificent vessdl is quite unique, repre- senting as she does an absolute blend # of the battleship and battle cruiser, and having all the gun power of the former type combined with the tre. mendous speed of the latter. : "Although official details are still withheld, she is known to be by far the largest warship in the world. Her ¥. i Ty tons, 12,500 tons more than the Queen Elizabeth, and she is almost 900 feet in length. In her hull havé been em- bodied &ll the dearly bought experi ences of Jutland In regard to armor and under-water protection. 3 Her armament consists of eight 15- inch guns--not 18-inch as some papers have erroneously stated--which she ean bring into action at a #peed of about 38 miles an hour. The Hood, in fact, promises to prove quite as epoch making as the Dreadnought, and in naval circles the results of her trials are awaited with keen interest. er ------------ = ts. AZTECS HAD MIRRORS, British Museu Has An Obsidian Mir. ror Used by Ancient Mexicans, 5 Crystal gazing and the use of magia mirrors played an important part in religion and wizardry in the past, and though almost every nation had its own method these did not vary as much as it would be supposed. Thus while Japan had in het inner temples mirrors which only the priest saw, and which- were always to re. flect the good and the beautiful , the gods, the ancient Mexicans taught" that their God Texcatlipuco. had a thing that happened each day in the world, 0 A real obsidian mirror with its strange textile string still attached is in 'the British Museum now and was (used by the Aztecs and ancient Mexi- cans for various purposes and. very It is used by so-called "wizards," so far as {its shape is toncerned. Even in re- cent years crystal gazing has been - practiced, and it is said 'by those who mirror or. cry: at in complete | te and silence fof a great length "at Do- fire and in which at least seven . | then--If -ever--the visions