pendent persons of foreign birth, it is likely that the Provincial Gov- ernment will protest to the Do-|t! minion Government against the lat- most type have been allowed to enter the Dominion, who had been lums in their own country or be- ONTARIO IS OVERBURDENED Insane and Criminals Cost. the Province an Enormous Sum. :}longed to fenules in whieh there e} al in asy-|o were one or e insane members, Band of course se soon eal their Ae into the hospitals or asylums “the exact figures z which have just been issued, aoe that there were 1,517 patients ee hospitals for the insane, who he Province for their keep $227 550; 4,313 piscnor in the jails cont 861,339.23; and 289 prisoners in the Cen: tral Prison me P993,425. 80. The total o enance of the eerily: * aMicted and the erimin- classes was thus $314,315.03, more than two-thirds of which was incurred on of first class, constituting about one-fourth the number of persons alto- e) gel THE POWER 1 Agreement Signed A despatch from Toronto says: The tender of the F. H. McGuigan Construction Company for the erec- Total mileage, 293. Territory covered, from Niagara Falls to St. Bulk Sum of $1 270,000. tion of the great electrical power -|to build additional cee if directed INE CONTRACT for Entire Work at es on the west and Toronto st. Alu- 0 be manufactured Bteel towers to be man- ario. ‘The cost is e2n0 000 less than the ‘ission’s mates furnished the municipali- Bt ractor is also bound by the _commissio efore Feb. 4, 1909, up to double the mile- age already contracted for, at the same price, so as to permit exten- sions to other municipalities. YOUNG FOLKS THE NEST. he only drawback to Jimmy’s en- joyment of his two yards up the road, was just ae jimmy’s age, and no ae boy ten lived within half a he knows all hoot. every- thing, papa,’’ said_Jimmy. “He kn hes too abd papa, e knows some iat Pd a Baie you didn’t learn, imm, ways going on slowly, pat, all of a sudden, there he was rad- ley house, and the Bradley cer sitting onthe fence. He jumped down: at sight of Jimm; “Hello!” he said. There was something unpleasant in his voice, but Jimmy continued to advance. Then the eyes of the Bradley boy with th ie Bra Presently Pretty soon Es conas eae ere, on a Hae a big, round, grayish- white ball, é “That’s the rabbit’s nest,” he whispered. ‘Shoot into it. Tl go ahead a ways and head ’em back if you miss ’em.’ ‘immy, uel orders, waited until the boy had gone on perhaps fifty yards, ate then he pete careful red. The shot buzzed slipping Patter for the rabbits to come out. out—but not rab- acquaintance with ho: n as they appeared he knew by instinct that away. Still ¢ and slapping er with his free hand, n the ravine un- tila eaee mnabe ee him climb out, ons ee dnenlted hornets returned immy’s eyes was fast swelling shut, his left hand had four stings, and altogether he ee a badly used up little hy Far denced and whooped the Beatieg ; *ia you hit ’em?” he shouted, in Ghee: angry and smarting, his eyes burning with tears he would not let. fall, ran home his mother put on witchhazel and comforted him, he told 3 the stor addy said he knew too much, an’ he abea ficiny wade “And yet,” said Jimmy’s mother, “he doesn’t know very much if ho | doesn’t know enough to be ind. —Youth’s Companion. eae ered FADS AND FANCIES. seta black gown increases in po- pulai Lines ‘has given way before ta?- ‘eta in parasols, Old fashioned posies deck some of the newest hats, Hats of large proportion are still in the majority aushpanet ree a vogue at British eater lace 3 ds of net are si high favor All kin for anes gowns. Nearly every white linen dress shows a touch of blue. ‘he Eton collar is in ae Sone dency for the warm we: For general wear, the sreen ‘para- mile Wee eclipsed all othe fell upon the air-rifle, and his tone ewest parasol fisndledd are of changed. “‘ * he cried, “how’d| maple, bamboo, and furzewood, you Eke €o°hunt rabbits?” Ball headed hair pins are thrust| 1930. Rabbits! Jimmy’s eyes glowed. into nearly every coiffure. In this new country, with woods} Checks and plaids will wane again and narrow ravines prerayier, to} With the autumn material hunt rabbits wou @ glorious. Nearly all of our new stones ed. models are double breast will soon eome into high hes Ltigiod tai dsate te ake nearly all the waistline arrange- a 8 ‘berty, is more used for material. ——¥ SHOT ONE, WOUNDED OND. Icelander at Vernon, B. C., Com- Murder. A despatch from Wardens B. .» Says: Superintendent sveaay, of the provincial police, received Anderson, an Icelander, shot and killed J. R. Leighton’ Sud Reece own, at Vern the morning following « a Suh ane af fecting an irrigating ditch. Ander- son was arrestet ~ HARVESTERS A dente from North Bay says: Two epee ane of harvesters from the Maritime Provinces were stalled in Chalke » River, for an hour n Friday, Even the cellar was ransacked, and|zcns were prepared, and the first a car-load of beer, in kegs, stolen. | sign of disordet resulted in arrests, On the trains riotous scenes ensued, high put ATnRpE: on the hooli- if Hooligans on Excursion Train Stalled at Chalk River. tanks were emptied and fill- ganism. LOOT HOTEL ed with beer. Fighting became gen- eral, an his nose split and sustained other injuries. Gne policeman is with each train, amused by. wrecking the furniture jn the sta- tion agent’s house, and otherwise misbehaving. 4 for the year rel josey wear gloves at evening af-|O "Tei is predicted ee ree ae schaae x °. 1 the Brave girdle than any ae © LEADING MARKETS BREADSTUFFS. Toronto, Aug. 18—Ontario Wheat —Old or new, No. 2 white and red, mo to 85c; No. 2 mixed, 84¢ Sooean Bay ports, No. orth- $1.15%, We 2 nee $1. 18; No 3 northern, 12, ats—Ontario, new, 39¢ to 4le outside ; old, nominal, at 44c to 46¢ Barley- f 2, 58e outside ; Nc 3 = ee to ae ae ide ; new, fade ce So 708 bid outside ; ae no . < 18 De a in bulk outside; in tag Shor rts—$20 ie $21 fe ate in bulk outside ; in 2 more. Flour—Manitoba, first patents, he seconds, $5.40; strong bakers’, $5.30; Ontario winter wheat pat- ents, $3.30 to COUNTRY PRODUCE. Butter — The local market is steady. ecciaee Pay eae Creamers, prints é do so to 18¢ Poult ee weight, 13¢ to 15¢; fowl, 10c to 11c; cua cks, 10¢ to lle; dressed, 2¢ high- ney—Strained is eben 10¢ per pound. Beans—$2 to $2.10 for primes, and $2.10 to $2.90 for hand-picked. Potatoes—Wholesale prices are 85¢ to $1 in farmers’ waggons PROVISIONS. selling at ee ee $19 to $19. I—Tierces, 12¢; tubs, 12%e3 ae 12/4c- Smoked and Dry Salted Meats— ff| Leng clear bacon, 11% to 11%c; tons and cases, hams, medium and light, ae to 15¢; hams, | 12%e c » 10¢ to lle; rolls, ee breakfast bacon, 15¢ to green meats, out of pickle, less than smoked. BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. Montreal, Aug. 18.—Grain—The market for oats is firm under st i 2 die; rejected, 46¢ per bushel, in Sar lots ex store. pure grain scene milled grades, $25 to clear backs, 11¢; ba: rrels plate beef, $17.50; half barrels do., $9; com- round lard, 8% to 9%c; pure Tard, 19%, to: 130 kettle rendered, 13. t¢ 18%e; hams, 12% to 14c; hesaeeee acon, 14 to 1s¢; Windsor bacon, 15 to ; fresh killed iis ir d ve, $7 to $7. to 200 : se- Butter — ¥ Cheese — Western, 12 to 1234c; eastern, 12 to UNITED STATES MARKETS. Buffalo, ng: 18.—Wheat—Spring unsettled; No. 1 Northern, carloads Minneapolis, Aug. 18—W. hard, $1.24 to $1.25; No. 1 Northern, $1.22 to $1.23; No. 2 Northern, $1.18 to $1.20: No. 4. $3.60.- Brann bulk, $19. CATTLE MARKET, Toronto, Aug. —The price paid for $6.25. z Te good and $4.50 to $5 per cwt. for light medium. Picked butchers’ es $4.75 to $5; good loads, ee ae ; medium een mon, $2.50 $3.50; aie ee 83 70 to $4. te common cows, $2.50 to $3. ae bulls a to $4.20; canners, $1 t aE 3 <9 at Be. 3.75 per © light Haake the prices were fro $2.50 to &: Calves aad 3 to Ge per pound. Good milch cows, B40 to £60 each. aes; $4 to $4.25 ; bucks, 2 to $3.25: lambs, $5. per ewt. Hes s were pinch nged. oe were Ted t $6.65 per ewhc and ee and lights |; and ine fons worth $6.40 per ewt. eS eS RICH GOLD DISTRICT. Prospector in Port Arthur Reports Finds at Sturgeon Lake. A despatch from » says: N, M. Bell, who is in tie city from the Sturgeon Lake di: strict, fe says if the mineral values of the e Manitoba A heae Suciaane at | Nov. er 25 0 26¢e Pork—Short cut, $23.50 per bar-|a "Jat the north shore of Cow . y]ran clear fat backs, $23; dry ‘sit Tong highest eae MEETINGS FOR Farmers. [py To he Held From Neve 80 to arch 81st. Meetings will be arranged for Di cember in sections where the roads will likely be bad during January id Februai iiveas, in pa. ment’s tent at the Fall Fairs. It is the intention to hold again this year special fruit institutes and to extend this part of # , [conference of institute workers and officers will be held in Toronto dur- ing the Exhibition. eee eee BIG CUSTOMS SUIT. Department is # Demanding $250,000 Fro. -P. an action in the Lxchequer Court against the Cana- dian Pacific way defrauded the ecuntry by means of fraudulent en- é PEs Customs clerk committed extensive frauds and for hich he is n In one in ed that bridge material to the value of $37,000 was éntered as scrap iron. Ree HEIR TO MILLIONS Son of George i alee to Work in A despatch hare Mexico oe says: Kingdon Gould, George J. Gould, an heir es melt hime cyl: warkeae “tue cate ee of Guanajuato for the next month ai practical rudiments of mining an Tearing dockets ide lier aoten ta get the most out of a charge of ex- plosiv his work will be done r the instruction and super- ing mining engineering for the past two years rked his first shift on ek COAL FIND IN NOVA SCOTIA. The North A tie Strikes Well-Known Seam. atch from Halifax says: A fine cue of coal has been made ay, C. :, near the old Blockhouse ship- The North Atlantic Col- i tl ae r com- pany areas, exercising its right to mine the seam underlying the areas of both companies. sas EXPERTS TO DESIGN BRIDGE. Government Takes No Chances pian Quebee Structure. atch from Ottawa say: has fe decided that the cman g of the Quebec bridge will be un- tee rtaken under the direct supervis- ion of the Gaebrnnints In order io guard against any errors in cal- culation in the stress eee such as led to the downfall of the ori- ginal meichie “hele pians ne the Bes bridge will be carefully pre- of three 2 the Bese bridge engineers that can be found in Europe: or America, cane ee CHINESE SEIZE JAP SHIP. Another International Complication is. Threatened. pat ‘cl m London says: Another cloud has arisen between China and Japan, according to a special despatch received here from Hong Kong, oving to the seizure Si Quce Hed ae ihe Chinese au- estion of the inciden: ei- zure is similar to that of the Tatsu Maru. nes SSR eS BOLD BOY i BURGLARS. Young Ottawa “Tads Accused of Serious Crime. A despatch from Ottawa Says: m | be peinecst burglars ever arrest- ed in Canada w CL a series of Purelaties, havin; by ken into offices and stores along public streets by eee windows and gratings, : broken into offices and stores dione to away money and postage stamps. eS oe ay 2 BIG GUN EXPLODED. Six Killed Se sea pies cn h Ship. A despatch oes Toulon says: Six persons were killed and 18 in- off Les. Salins d’Hyres. Sas occurred ‘while a cee were engaged in hens Sturgeon Lake district were ent anywhere in the ie would be one of the mo: ive | |min’ng camps on the onteiaite appa 1 hee States, tear of which blew-out, -millimetre gun, "he i of those wounded are in a critical penta: ser at Berlin Company | an § It} ran 000} burg and Kiel, Germany, on Mon- and Fomeined almost CONDENSED ) NEWS ITEMS _|naprentnes rn FROM ALL OVER THE GLOBE. Telegraphic Briefs From Our Own and Other Countries of Recent Events. CANADA. A six hundred-pound tuna was captured off the Cape Breton coast. Hudson’s Bay parties are preparing to leave Win- nipes ‘Thomas milk dealers have ad- vanced the price of milk one cent per Canada’s water-borne traffic dur- ing navigation in 1907 totalled 20,- 543,693 tons. Fines aggregating $910 were im- posed at Hamilton for ASS of the liquor license law. Mr. Macpherson, M.P. for Vancouver, een appointed Postmaster of that city. This is the best year in the kis- tory of the Megat Peninsula for :|gardens and orc c erreuaiearb on the canals Janada - March, 1907, supregated $91,734,7 ym. Dunn ote Killarney at- iemried to give her bal ry sul- phur for throat trouble and smoth- ed us A fact from oe stan phere, to as a fertilizer, is being cetantintied vat eae Falls, Heat and drouth of July have re- sulted in reducing the estimate of crops, but aoe prospect is still considered to be good. The British Otlnuibin: vee Commission is asking tl overn- SRE Se protect the forests from fire. A Dominion Government survey party of one hundred men has start- ed _to locate a route for the new yang to Hudson’s 6G a Ps will have access t- the wales front at Prince Rupert, hut space is reserved for public wharves and other utilities. Bay. GREAT BRITAIN. Grand Trunk accounts for the half year ending June 30 si surplus of £180,500. King Edward and Queen Alexan- dra will pay a state visit to the Kai- early next year. The British Government has re- fused to interfere to have conces- sions cancelled Venezuela re- restored to Br ritish companies. & aes beginning in Muich aay tho (Caneel woken will cut-out esling at Olleenstowts, d will run to Plymouth and Cher- bourg. UNITED STATES. D. Sankey, the Sreneeust and singer, is dead at Brooklyr Eight. persons were killed in a eis explosion at York, Pa., on storm did heavy damage forty mile strip in Shipments of ore from Superior are 10,000, ae ties Sheet of the same period i Waiters at Be Lawrence Rive sorts complai that tourists “this year are. not pole adsgenevondty as former persons are dead and two Leet iNleat -Reghentan: fon eat: ing toadstools, which they mistook for_mushro sieneinearol then eae bound flyer fell from his cab near \Battle Creek, Mich., and the train ‘our miles untende: A Los Angeles man, driven insane by religious mania, murdered his son and daughter. with an axe, and then evt his own ; Tn Springfield, 1, the et of several persons have been endan- novel an therrenale ar Witaec bye horse afflicted vith rabies. GENERAL. fi) Turkish Ambassadors Paris and St. Petersburg have been tee the ane ‘of July four- teen srount climbers were kill- ed in the Portu, foie revolitionistal are im- perting secretly arms and ammuniti Two Pinteleaaeey arrested in Mexico on a pore e of theft, wcre tortured by tl i ‘ine eee Tailwey--goltntde haweene “Blene: ay. The Young Turks have warned the powers that there must be no oe with Turkey’s internal their lives The great People! 's Opera House in Berlin, w he 000. ht at Lemans, Wilbur Wright attained ao alubude of ninety feet with his acroplane, seven min- in the ai —s+ POISONED BY SARDINES. Five People at Seeinl Nearly Lose utes A despatch coe Guelph says: After cathe tinned sardines Mrs and two children of ‘ictoria street, , and Mrs. Donald aaa child, of Toronto, on Thurs- 0 cost- effects e time, but then all were taken so suddenly ill hat if was with difficulty that as- iene was secured, At midnight) e doctor found all five in a very ential condition and it was not ee Friday that he could Promre ir ultimate recovery. Railway survey | Majesty the King. “Have the honor] ada. ay ent y for geseyane pia ae iO Routed of the jarge quantities of | | day evening _ developed oes BOBS PLEASED A despatch from Ottawa says: The Militia Department here ha: received the foll sent 24 to forward to your Meqonty the fol- lowing opinion from Lord Roberts with regard to the review at Que- bec:—The review this morning was WITH MILITIA Complimentary Opinion to King Edward Regarding Review. @ great success. The troops looked well and was much impressed with the precision, order and or-. ganization generally; there were about 12,000 men under ar = @ e dealing ee with the. Sebieue af- fecti her militia, and with care ‘ee Sos os organization to be building up a very useful force. ‘HEALTH CHILD’S UNDERSTANDING. In a former article were mention- ed the beginning and gradual de- velopment of the special senses in infants, and the teseirae derived king on of the attributes of a senti- a kittei ‘0 far as it manieste a a rate ae qua This sieedient will be indignant- ly denied by any mother of a six months’ ee child, especially if it her first ; for long etore this time he will have yumerous evi- Sonate of uncan- ny, even gna intelligence. But to the cool, its signs of its onlooker, ace ae disgust, cries and gu go a eke and reaching for ngages the pe tusstonly nee: eet: action, ove no greater intelligence than is panscased by the kitten that reaches after a string or pats a ball, Something more than reflex ovement Jo necessary to prove intelligent cry is Sse the wae evidence of physical life in the new-born, fet vakening soul. he dawning of intelligence—which ig the faculty of putting two and —is seen ues the ae a font Betiing, on Attention Ow tone Abe sort. e when, actual speech be- gins is very variable, nally by. e first ie 4he Babe rds or uses certain definite sounds to express, definite n e end o! sec- Nea at: ange: ample for end year its age is, as a.rule, nee The cause of backwardness in speaking in @ child which seems to of average intelligence is not al- suse easy to determine, but o Ae alvays think of ‘the possi- bi ue f deatness, ‘“Tongue-tie” ciation, but never of backwardness in speaking, nor of dumbness. If the canse is found to reside in deaf ness, child should always qe n 0 talk; and th com) ment, that will stand it in good stead in later life, even if treatment i eventually successful~ in rainaving the cause of the deafness. It is a great temptation to en- courage “cunning” baby errors of speech. Perhap: best course fe meithan te tower nor to fight them but to let them die their natural ath.—Youth’s SSG! HEALTH 1H HINTS. To cure hiccoughs take three swallows of water in one breath. Some people cannot take aniaee th place the cap, an and the head will suffer no ill ef- inine. Tnvalid.—T'o_ pre- nt fortable hed, make a pillow that will reach from shoulder to hips, not too wide, of some smooth ma: terial, such as sateen, ete. ; fil with whole flaxseeds. ‘This lump or get hot, or in any way un- comfortable. Poultice for Burns.—Make poultice of oatmeal and etideoe apply as as gu ickly as possible, letting ‘ rem: on for several hours; aur on _ littlé whiskey at times io keep poultice ‘moist. gre and apply oil. . There © will be ni blister. oor ser ere will Sat leave a mar! ted in this way ae wi This te from watching this progressive ta-|"! dud aruedlate dpecel te one softhe ty its | that ee aus of defective Beanie ger ores and insure a com-| ed will never | flam e{ intended to unless a ips! anne burnt, which is a sign e poison is of a bacon natu In Case of Sudden Iiness- ne at the druggist’s one can ready-to-use mustard plasters aa er nds titer than home-made aes it is well to have somethi mediate use, een “t erenteae es never bring it into use. can of flaxseed meal closely nals an for good poul- ry red pepper Poa a jar, ahoutd harks pt making a stil ranlatine hot tea, echt for a cough or ov- ercoming a chi It is a pure red pepper which cannot sinew be said of the ground article. “ _——_ TAKEN FOR BEAR, WAS SHOT. Former Meaford Man Killed at South River. A despatch from South River, ys: A shooting accident oc- re ing by which Mr. a farmer, aged 36, lost his life. It appears that Mr. Richmond and Geo. Dunker, a neighbor, were out Tnunting, each taking a different route. ker shot at» what he took He a cub bear on the trunk ot a The animal, which was a ‘a porcupine, fell to the ground. Richmond, hearing the shat started’ towarda’ the-eound was charging him, and he fired, ‘the shot sed effect Mr. mon’s gro’ Mr. Richmond came here teh Meaford about a year e lezves a widow and three an abildsen? WAS FIENDISH ATTEMPT, Unknown Party Try to Wreck Ex- cursion Party. A despatch from Winnipeg says: Tt was learned on Friday morning a fiendish attempt was made by ane parties, as yet unknown, to wrecl 5 pxout ain train running from Winnipeg on cpeaiee: evening with cat hun- rd, about ive miles Bat! A rail was lifted and re- moved from the track, but the dan- was discovered before the hea- aed spinpatiars lence to wards there is absolutely no connect anybody with it, Bi Meta TO GO ON THE MARKET, Prince Rupert Yownsite Will bo Sold in September. A ae from Monee says: The management the Grand Trunk Pacific Haile way announce that the townsite of Prince Rupert September. arrangements re- garding details are in the hands of General Manager Morse, who is in ihe: weet. ‘This Sonouncement, fol lows one that the company have been successful in _arrangin ditenpacey with the British Cohan. overnment -over the water- ean sites. a os DELAY WAS FATAL. “| Waited to Put on His Shoes ard’ Los t His Life. A despatch fs Vancouver, B. ©., seys: A young Englishman nam~ rooming house fire on Westmin- nue. stayed to put on his shoes and was caught he es. His brother, Bert, also had a narrow escape. He collapsed in a chair and hi had ae be carried out, MORE BOMBS T IN CALCUTTA. Another Attempt to Wreek Railway Train Prevented. lespatch from Calcutta says? bombs. train n carrying Sir Andrew eee Lieute: overnor of Bei A despatch from London says: Colonel Richard Pilkington, the largest employer of labor in re, will disposing of four million dollars makes some re- markable provisions to prevent the sale of intoxicating liquors on his estates. The testator says: “Myo. large employer of labor and a mag- istrate have convinced me that the Fresent facilities for the sale of li- Lan-| of th experience ‘acquired as alis TT PROVISIONS OF A WL ‘Leaves $4,000,000 and Fi 000 and Forbids Heir to Countenance Liquor Traffic quor operate to the prejudice mor- ally and materially of large masses fe community and those facili- ties pnane to be curtailed.”” The forbids the heirs to sell ance spirit among the land-owners of England.