Silver A ‘despatch from Olfawa says: first Canadian ‘coins to” be pare: in were turned out at 3 o'clock on Thursday. afternoon at the BoC Olfawa branch pe the Royal Mint, whic} was inet ally Speech- he: wilh th the opening, his E: Excelleucy mere ty declaring the’ Mint to, be formally Cpened, and startling the which coined the first silver flifty-cent vece machinery | pur ‘The stamping machinery for the] dollars. THE NEW MINT 18 OPENED and Copper Coins Were i Struck Off. * copper. cent: esas! was started simul- after a tour of the building mae en, made, a various. ex- plained by the officials in aharue! The -| Mint will be kept in daily operation from now on, and will furnish «ready markot Tor ate. preauaen Canadian-cop- per and silver “min It is the saat cn the Government to build a refinery in connection with aur Mint in order to insure that gold | : HEALTH BURSITIS. fa, or one Of the sac placed at the different Yedy, enable them a fluid which, Fotis ot U to do their wo This inflammation acuto or dhronic. The acute form is generally the result of a blow or wound, Thera fluid resees. against its ng, paln and a kth grows red und hot, and may, be putea up. Attor 8 few days the extra fluid becomes a pear le grows stead ily worse, it means that instead of t character, the heat, ling all lnerease, and there 1s general foverishne: When this condition 1s left untreated, he sac ings, and continue to discharge for an sie age id, st-and simple form of bur- silts the wealment consists in rest for ‘the part « pirates and the application of soothing Bi) but after pus has formed ie 0 raha juld be lanced to give a it, rhe hein. tor Gs bursiNe may fol- low the acute, Tesponded to proper treatment or heals ed Spantanéousiy:- nay came on gradually, as fut Af Jongone tt Brvs'tis is an Sepia of a bue-}s qu may be elthoe ie Lindsay Lady a= When fhe latter hes not |! et BarEAL Olpuehi=rake a sey car- ‘al, grate il, add two tanlespoons” Warts span. till the CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS NAPPCNINGS FROM ALL OVi THE GLO) Telegraph Briefs From Our Own and Other Countries of Recent Events, CANADA, London's ‘fire losses for 1907 total $30,000. Whitby's council was elected by ac- clamation, The Bell memorial fund at Branttord totals $40,000. Building eparitions: In Manson! last year total $8,403, Bank Hretit ge amounted ae $1,228,905. udge Ermatinger, a St olay’ that: fishermen’ ate’ not nits to erect buildings. “wont in iat in Toronto gohemt 758,40 were issued is needed at Woodstock, tne present building being overcrowded. Pelerboro’ will eile a bill be! the ram se to elect its Aldermen every two y Customs duties eligcted in Toronto la Te $11,611,262.23, an increase “Cameron has been formal- Iy Speirs Justice of the Kings oF i p aking off trains in t is hot, of beeswax size | t . owing to a falling off in pas- ‘of a small walnut, Il wax is| Senger trafic. dissolved: through. the ointoient. =P _H. WW. Walker, general auditor of the box. ss ed afler over 50 end is Wasatsled an res atention it is rip out the sleeve of undershirt, ainatng 3 a in place with safety pins, so thal at rol ling the sleeve up over the eke ne every ‘time the sleeve can be unpinned ‘and carefully let do It can easily resewéd in place when the arm is well. Pulting pow: boric acid on the sore will keep it clean and dry pe ee C.P.R. WRECK NEAR CHAPLEAU. and People fait ‘A despatch {com Montreal says: other fatal ‘on the. C.P.R. placo early on. Friday morning half way Bebivena. Chapleau,-end A. bro caused east-bound express Scores of An- tool were derailed, a was Med nee rs wert Haare, Sask. Reynolds, a oe Tight ands Montreal, head cut; Dune: Durham, Ont., shoulder arle, escheat Man., Port Arthur, Pai on head ; , cut on head ; McLane, n,, Bn 6 on ed mie band cul; 1 MeDougall mon, Ont., cut on head: Yobe thews, Modse ry Minuet reactive ot fr christ’ Glen he t teequent forms ot ats Sasett Maaadices te Ue ea +5. Di ssuiro is known uusemaid’s | and es ey, bs knee is brought on ty constant 18 alsa 9} “neoling on hard floors, and the same i a happened an the Lake Su: — > perior division, the. fren qunetet if ; eee at North Bay, with the many hours feared Against {herhard, rocky ‘The only Ga podhiee: be opened and injected w ith icy EVN Awa Wis. cots polinetse canes; thus abllleraiing the bursa; or the nust be ative voutn's compiantoll SIMPLE REMEDIES, Remedy for rt —A good thing for burns or scalds is to pour castor o'l wer the wound or the white af an egg. For Cold in Head.—Put a piece ct F camphor size of an egg in an old sales pan. > To Ex’ract a Needle,—Apply a mag- net immediately;’ the flesh clos peeenene movement of the ond in fg abort. ee draws it {ree from the fles: pain. Beet PoullloncAtter having the aes fortune of stepping on a rusty nail or anything of the ind, make n poultice grated red beets and apply at once: ‘As it gets dry remove and put oi trestt one. tt will draw out the fever, soreness and any pete hel might have gotten int ou vi t's alesc ra, 0 Save ais ta a person able to s in bed; Se- cure from your grocer a cover to a sugar barrel and rem he handle Pp} inside of the cover and you will have a oe Russia °- | placo h eiipedint sient point about 114 gates ent ot Orb Bay, and the train was running Brad; woaitent occurred at a st 4 eneral See EDWARD HANLAN IS DEAD. nous Oarsman Succumbs to Attack of Pneumonia. A despatch from Toronto MeMahon, gave atient wilh Occasional rallies, and he recognized his he last time on Friday morn- on Toronto was al- his physician, Dr early in tho week, ays a resident of this ¢ ST. LAWREN E 1S OPEN. Records of nf Tyigpen se Show No A despatch ng Montreal says years ago and again ree oa nore ‘ago St. Lawrence was fi (of work in New {ow Montreal -unUl Jantiery. 13t,_closi ine Twa: women, Were Rochester up ‘ing . aan freeqe on the 2nd. Atl iy an explesion in a ieeyorie factory presi is a clear channel from} on ‘Thursday. 2 Kenta 18. fated Paro wenty-one new boats will go into 0 si dist : uy ke o 36i0 e eal! *S Peler, ie most shallow eh Carel ae eae on opens: her erence: whet, rei ft by the riment of er, of Kingst Marine ae ese wilh Taare en reference Lawrence ship : aj chanel date back to 18 10 yea! slnoe tbat tlme: hea tue ioe beet ee in makeing as this. was, the: ofisat clogesny Inter tie opening of the new year. ee The enemies of Coun: i M , the form. nm aes rime in, inst 9 are try the disasters etapaness war on lls shoul? of the Ri ders, A despatch from Boston says; A tale uf shipwreck off Cape Horn, witly ils de- tails of terrible sufferings from cold, unger and exposure, was related on N rom American ports. Harke member of the Cid ef the Amert- (Ae sic ea that HARDSHIPS BY SHIPWRECK Ten Men Cast Away on an Island Off Cape Horn, the argue. was’ asibore aitd a. wrdck be. ne anyone realized . She broke up at citce.rd revboard, tat leon, resclien. a jagged ere it 2 har patie sand and , the Japanese cook, |, & sailor wero 4 was sity ee an. wa e shielded aight by forming a cig about ain seemed Dore Bias last reat had rel his body. na ged te hots him in a sand won aller € Jit and cee sae led. a than | ¢, a‘: ite J. Dalzell Brown (ie gee He “Total customs revenue for pecans was $4,093,066, a decrease, aut the first in years, ‘he will issue over twenty- far eallicne oe one stock to the pre- Sent shareholders at par. Dominion Government wireless. sta- tions are doing business regularly be- tween Victoria and Pachena. Ki George wey mine at ‘Cobalt-on ces by a bucket dropping down the shaft John nm was run a freight en at Hamilton, on Wednes-| S One leg had to be amputated and Me other = droken explosion of gasoline at the es- tablishment of tho James Dye Works, Toronto, blew out a side of the build: ing, on Thurs Tho Manitob Government have bought the Bell Telephone system in the Province, the price reported being $3,300,000 Tho sane oa oo gee eas for 1907 total 816,8 $2, 9 over the previous yea was ‘killed shad his leg tern off in-a gulls on A Tenia: on Thursd ae er Hon, J. Zameron, former Attor- ney-General of ‘nto, has be ap- ates busts King’ n in the Tale ‘one man. was shot dead and another was stabbed and hardly : een, colore falar: robbery ed to five y sion Penitentiary, on T Mayor Clavet of Port Arthi esented with an illumina dr plete of the. GBuncll” and “2 goud watch on his retirement from the cha ge ctor thorlliey ane. agitated. in a Mennonite ee 43 in: Mantloba the Union Ta not flown as pre- scribed by the gov yernment an the pro- threate singlet grants fed o regarding cigar ctions chan alascineg dor using imported {o GREAT BRITAIN. Lord Kelvin bequeathed his $5,000,000 to his wife. e & tween those leaf and tho: estate of mi pest anes fo awovide for ils future water 5 by ofealing a: reser- voir iit ere the th see enters. i John E. Redmond has issue te- ment Mt the effoct that no reconciliation et been brought nen between William O'Brien and the rly, Lord Strathcona gavo Saray on nebworth Hall for granddaughter, lew the coming out at his Miss Frances Howard. UNITED STAT are said rae A. Fisher, city builder inspec. for al was mortally: New war a weunded by @ burglar that entered hig hy dog detectives are to be used in “he search for the Slayer of the rison, He [ar editor of the Wor' id, t. Louis, was pd and haps isi injured by Viclot eaves an aa he Mole Desmond, who swallowed eh needles. eighteen monina, ago ta. an aitempt to etait suicide, died on Mon- day a New York. Patty balieved to be 8 Black: Hand ire. aoe the low five-stores net hotles nN Ina aie efore the convention of the American Ethical Societies, Dr. Emil Tuirsch complained ews - ing persecuted in, the United. States Al ‘3 i. Sewers in Oklahome ‘and jury returned oue indict- frente er elie leged. embezz! against Prue of the aca wale Be eth Bart- ets well were the officials pack- ‘A bundle of jelters, registered were an ele. stolen feom oe at Temple,.Texas. regis- ope {ered packages. and. meney ‘an ae GENERAL. Ke Harden, the Berlin editor now on trial Thane ia Hamilton in} Son" ot was killed in the Trethe to “a > 000 persons ts accused, all of he) iT libel, received his dalonmations about] a the Court camarilla from the Kaiser's ‘sister. Re Sohrols @) Shine igre the provincial gendarmerie, end killed in a crowd see Russia, on ces Fz pete issued a Henna is acl ‘on. the res' m offered by the ited ernment. @ distinguished German artery pilicee, has conlesott to be the ot Major Von Schoen- pak aibrOihena PONS Pat FED THROUGH A PIPE. Three Men Far Below Ground in a Nevada Mine. A. despatch from Bly, Nevada, Rescue work is progressing slow the Alpha shell of the Giroux Co Se dated Mines Company, whore three miners; A.D. Bailey, Boter. MeDonold Fred Brown, have been clea! ae ce Dec. 4, food, air and w ee, ees days after the a canvas was sent down +o cnable the wa with the help of some which they found on iia tcaake lies cole Bays: to reac! be had with telephone, they are ently iad Hah Be ated. * STABBED BY AN ITALIAN. Young Surveyor Named Bedard Badly Wounded. A despatch from Quehee 5 ix a bed in the Jeffery Hale ioopilal: fe ron a number of kite wounds the ral Police eaten. charged vith is crime: tabbing 0 Cap Niles oftnina abort Tuesday evening, while the a ca with, passengers, was.on its way ie St. Louis road, and when it w ‘hen Spano was arrested i Saeed. to be under the influence of liquor. ae TRIED TO KILL, THEN SUICIDED. British bea a Ends Life oe Pectu- ircumstance: A aes) ee ae rom London says: Coates War, committed suicide here on Tuesday nigi at under sens Eee. The Major had been fhe re Ue gg he nade an alt the self in ace ot Nia orhier ite but was r tral Tuesday night returned: ta the home of Mr 0a Philips and forced an entrance. forings, ois her mother solici @ House, bul when. they an break in they led, ‘The h his. revolver, n one he could see: he sol Mrs. a Phillips put not Pees were wounded, A ee from. Vani ys city firemen, i are oman fire were: golig home from the frehalt in i were 28 fell. the eas) end. Alt threo One, pushed by hand care ant coRURE-wilt fhe. nih? ‘of a Japanese boarding house, break- ing a pane. Half a dozen labs gore tnd aback, them. vin ae rost's face is frightfully ¢ gone, and Anderson is ba: aly eut Aa the near Macdonald Bod for Use police. Three arrests were made. ed ANTELSUICIDE BUREAUS, Result of the First Year's Work Re- or ted. A despatch to London says: Twelve months ago Booth of the Salva- lion. Army started anti-suivide bureaus in various cilies of the world, and: he we women sought the ondon bureau to save them from s estruction, while at least “an equal autor applied al_the Duirga, jn other i, appears {irom.,the T° catkers or’ Help balohged ely 6 the middle class, than half ‘of them attributed the desire to end their lives fnaneial embarrassment or Wbopeless rove ey «From the: sma umber of “women, applicants Gen. pooth deduces that they are betler able abs lip “under sorrows and trials tpaheeieds Hee lathes seea(acn say pe 15% of the Aorta have been iveried from contemplated suicide and ficlpat to. surmount thet difficulties. PLOT TO MURDER CZAR'S MOTHER. iS ae prints Major | © LEADING MARKETS BREADSTUFFS. Toro Je Manitoba Wh eat No, : rorlher, abou nominal ct $1.20; No. » $1.15; No. 3 ay shin Ie pret Gic; No.2 feed, Shc, ee “Wheat=No. 2 white, 98¢ to 97e; No. 2 red, 95c lo 960; No. % mixed, (es ‘The he to Rc, outside; Nae ex ly tour Winer wheat patents for ex- at celling at $3.70; Manitoba patents, rand, $5.80 to | $6; seconds, yellow. Asnerieate ey, ae Aaieent Ainslie, 64K Gals—No. 2 cd, 48340 outside, white, 4534¢, outside; mix- $c to 48%e track ae wheat—62e outsid Br ¥ u ran—19 in bulk oulaider shorts, $31. COUNTRY PRODUC ge amine Woh extra choice. ¥ are choi ‘0.18¢ es to ee Te i % ks and fowls ie to. tis. shay: with ices fe Creamery Spine te clo 29 do solids r o 2c me on 300 to 21 ne dozen in case Be: sel ne laid nomingt a one to Se per ack here. oe § bag in car : > for primes and $1.80 to 185. for han picked. Honey. seirained si ady per poun Mi 1 at ile to a8 3 to § er ae ae “pale 4d Stray te at $9.50 to $10.50 per ton on sate af Baled Ha: 50 to S17 in ee a8 on ti ia here, $16. PROVISIONS. Salted Meals—Lo i030. for tons. and isod light, Smoked and ciear bacon, 10c. to eusos, hams, Targe, white, . Barley 1.-on track, S110. -Rye—90e, AT MARKE Ja —Spot, *S1.00% Aeiaior and f rthern, i Jan. 7,—Prices of uteher title me Maat touchlog « Good’ “to cl meditim 10 good ae mon front up were from 83. and com caine ie ‘There is a fair market for the right S ackers, — Prices range pe , but caltle worth from: § ing most in dema: si ady,: with Choice, a0, 1 was very. small, 3¢ hog, mart stead paidvwas $5.70, Sh peck Rough hogs: wens quoted abou So below selects. top at GOOD OUTL OOK FOR YEAR. from espateh Rerlin, _Sermony, THe Taal’ Ansel iger on. Wedne! “published a sees ih the Ambass eri Great antianh 2106 ‘Called "stale. sia, France, Spain, Austria-Hungary Turkey an ions of the wort condition of inletmiatiGnal cians at tho beginning: of 1 Thi diplomats apne Wie ote paar all enterlain the most satistac- tory. opi cerning. the outlook fof tng coming. yeu NE EC’ ree CHILD The Police of Russia Have Made Many crests. ae A ae extract from the On- B hildren's Protection Act will be 4 despaich from St. Petersburg says:| of interest. to magistrates. and philan- The police have arres' as thropic Pas mt 31. Any’ Gout ON cused of conspiting to, murder the Dow. | or-Ma in lieu of committing tc ager Empt O | prion“ anyerehilduinder"the’ ape of ak return from abn three ay years convicted before him ol According to the police the plot was of| offence against the laws of this Province ‘a most ingenious haliitey and the con- may hand over such child to the charge of success that spirators were 50 cer" of any home for destitute and neglected they inserted an RGimLacement in the | children or industrial school ar ‘chil- death column of the Novoe Vremya of | dren’ 801 s fea! 1s a uiem mass at a fictitious church valexander Nevsky. M whole affair, however, ey NY is veiled > Plas CUT STEREET CAR IN TWO, C. P. R. Train and Ottawa Electric Car Collide—Man Killed, atch from Ottawa’ says: lided with an Ottawa electric cai St. Patrick street, near New Edin! aburat, on Friday, pus, the street car in two, Although several people were in the street car, oe one woman was in- jure jtorman received 5 scalp wound. The street car fell on man peed is alae the ae aa ee nai Augu: ink, “abot «0 ard old, a leaves i and children, fuove oF interfere with the said child so ted or apprenticed except: by the espreed peninisclon’ sin waling” of ths Minister.” _—_— ANXIOUS ABOUT CZARINA, Weakened Condition of Health is Further: Complic: h from St. Galas says: It is lorcet that the present condition of Empress Alexandra, who has been il foc some time from the grip and i ion Rushed Into Pit ‘in A despatch from Sea Penn., sues Two men were killed and thir- een others seriously injured by an ex- Pasion in converler No. 3 of the Eager) Thomson plant of the Hann _ of at North Braddooe oa s cast of here, on Wed x of Siete of Sane as been ed, but old verter mill men say the cause could DELUGE OF HOT METAL Pittsburg. Steel Converter = hardly be other then that some of the molien metal sifted ae ‘ough the odd slene Jining of the conver bs conta ia i iia steel Miestie ston haps PeVhen: the, aap tom of t ion oacurred the bol: Es e ro) gas, were sent up. whlch bummed the men e two men who wore ied a ‘boa sot under the 001 bodies were terribly YOUNG FOLKS * MAGIC.” T had some things to play musgte with, ca Roy, leaning ~ up his grandfather's knee, “This alleenoon Tedh Gray did tricks for us, a just couldn't see how he did them. has a whole box of things,” Roy warmed with his story, “and he can make a rabbit come out of a hat and a cent can be here and then it's over thre nd inen, all of a sudden, it is back 'Yes, yes," said grondpapa, “I know all about thal; but it is not ‘any more nderful than the iagie we da every ez ass ay.” “How do we do m “Oh, we use verta in faws, just ag Ted Gray does, only we are so used to tho magic of<it—and hae name, a Bp asked May. rabbit out of a meh hai hat, ane with Roy Tollowed lis. kitchen, and the first thing they did was Ls asi geandmotter: for.” somo alton Grandfathor took a bout as larg: as his hand, ap Ul he made It Light, and then he placed it inva sumblee: He sient to a box of canary-secd, and taking spoon- Gr of tho seed, he sprinkled it spot the cotton, Next he wet al sel the glass SRiheate sun would all upon ing. rer” 8 oul will show ‘Ted 'y pretty that you, have 2” asked Roy. gic as what Ted doe think it is much more wonder ul and Reempiot lo, makela, itll Brown seed turn into a living gi ee plant than 1 ig’ lo take a rabbit Out of a hat.” Iam going lo do some magic,” Taugh- od grandmotter, coining out o ‘he pan- going to adding « few olher things, 1 papee good to e: aimed — RO: our-sack,” said his grand- all ogee, T shall set tt oe the f ies anne shall have a wonder- tu thing that will ‘grow und grow.) And nave baked it, we shall have some- thing g eat.” “tis port of queer,” said nore magic,” ‘ui, 1 erenda. “Come into. the living-room little piece of. Ww anid, ‘h ae match. “And now’ T hold that ein the Kindling-wood, and what hap- pens?” Quite a strange thing! All the ple ne teeth used to atv such delicate whi and afterward fine, juicy epplee anit be Tune Habe UurOWe dake nee em RE x is Hower, the apples, or the old brown y loved the great fire crackling on Ot before it while grandfather was wriling his letter. resently he asked, “More magic?” as grandpa placed a stamp on tho. corner of the en eine i “Ye ne reply. “I shall put this in the ile box at the corner, and ngers: tell cas trys and {twill fall at fast Mary's tray on th then, without a wonderful mage will br press Thad when i den toys nal came from Siattana for that is what | asked Aunt Mary to send.” ave aetiant. “i {ike ma, e cried. “I ney Strange i all'is’ 1 Uiink thei be Ita belter than doing tri icks. bus seriously 5 { am each aay, biota aiee Seo if. we can find out something About the-nysters is just like a new game,” eried grandfather to tho| hs /and the system has been creat he} rene: ur | © nf al saetiaht Rossier Goreme aganey ne Toy, “and T have thought of one now— pop-corn 1” {08 said his, companion, bringing in popper. try “it."—Youin's Legnvanon. $ ke NUMAN BATTEN) ES. Little Electrical Generators in the Body Man, lespatch from Laicago says: (eh Set a physic! ation’ of life ware ugte the additional vi- tality a plied the human. body, vorking as ils Dr Siebel announced that nutri- ine elements, such fats, during ee consu the human bedy act as generators ot the human frame. He declared that su the construc! ft batterk ing scale, in which si m the battéries ted, SERIES ALS as AN UNKNOWN SUICIDE, Man of Thir 's Shoots Himself in y Years | Montreal. ‘ A despateh from Novae says: early on cide a shoo % is om. Dis hij thirty yea Je ha dark hair and the letters taltooed on his right arm. a grey suit and a red and white found kets there was nothing in his clothing ty hal he could be identified. The sci scoured the neighborhood, but rson scoms to know: anything about ie man. Tt is) otlght that he was reigner, who probably Sepaateal and. out of ld no money Pac SES tes AN $80,000,000 FLEET, Will Be Built for Spain on Clyde and elivered in 1910, atch from Madrid) says: It is definitely announced that the new und muet nish squadron of cost accomnpantel his M anoeeag iat The programme sched for letion of the sqtadron_ by “7010, when super: Eanioa of the Gyaebutt myoal\ions 0 tho navy of Spain, * ——-- LIMERICKS AND POSTALS. Increase of Postofee ates Due to Laspalal ht ae eae ten, on ing a new postofiiee built ing at Boston, declared that @ increased revenue of ffice was due to the latest craze represented by limerick com: petitions, in which the sale of sixpenny, postal 01 Agur to a remarkable degree. “In iS three months of Sra rig Septembe! of and Buxton, “the total umber of af spent, sta orders sol Surceenonain 907 tho. umber was no fewer than 5,772,000, on eighteen anes 68 many. on WAY our.” Inscription on ek From ene Sule $ cide k Poiso despatch tom ada, sve: From o ‘pots labelled “ Out,” Dr Wilkins, ancien University, on Wednesday drank u dos ot Prussi¢ acid and died. ‘POLICE FOUGHT IN ARMOR ‘|A Four-Hour Battle Took Place in St Petersburg. patch from St. Polersbirg se f firearms rou “the deor by the inmates, ihe At then Sine Was fired inmi hse! bullets: Ate 4 cain the armor of the e nah outside, of whom was slightly, fay ablion ent ane patie ae rom Vice the revolu. . tionists could be mo dily attacked), and for ae hours'a onto fire was.