* SPREAD OF POTATO CANKER Importation of Potatoes From Europe Is Prohibited by Order-in-Council—Hard to Eradicate. A despatch from Ottawa say: An 0: i and Pest hake >| oped 8 ker, by the substitution of a igiad eee fe the saportation of ali in addition pleianed: Potato canker is a virulent tun-| mas disease which has done tre- mendous déstruetion in Europe dur- ing yei ti] last year importation of po from reat Britain and Ireland and other European points not beer heavy either to this country or th: United States, but the failure of the he bh igh prices a dise: hich not ae Shastra Sieabiogs the rida but is very hard to era- dicate, and will sou in soil very cost]; taken ing the importation of potatoes from Great Britain and Ireland and everal countries continental Europe and Australia. Fashion Hints Plaited bal ere have the eath to keep iy anew “hair lace’ which fs first cousin to the favorite sha-| orn dow lace of this season. Fur ous on the new coats are ESTIMATE OF THE CROP. Bulletin Issued by the Department ade and Commerce. ‘he cold wet weather which pre- vailed throughout Canada during August delayed ripening and the harvest is everywhere later than usual; but no serious frosts have as _ All crops show id of eans an average condition of spring wheat is 84.57 p.c. of the standard or full crop, which is re- tippet sl presented by 100; rye is 84.14 The ane of ie known as ficelle Barley 87.29, oats 88.15, mixed is most in fay grains 86.57 and flax 87.84. These ‘ailored pared have lost entirely feites are higher than those of a the ungraceful box effect. mont! by about 1 p.c. for e new double sleeves are ex-| wheat, rye and flax, 4 or 5 p.c. foi ceedingly picturesque. atley, mixed grains and_buck- A superb wrap is of raven blue wheat and 7 p.c. for oats. On the velbet broche on a black satin| whole the: mpare not unfavor- ground. ably with the figures at the corres- of The Japanese note will be strong | p in proving somes ae eee eifeht. and cigar; eres Vane reat embroideries are to be in so are jet embroideries, heware. eae re col- lar eae you have a long and pretty n Dull, unpolished glove kid is the reciely Tight Shine for the new ow walking shoes. Marie Stuart effects in collars are much used in Paris. They are carried out in velvet, satin, fur, and plaited lace. Some evening gowns have the ee wat aist, with is of soft tissues envel- oping the figure below. The new tunics, sa are open at the ee and are draped at each side, have the plasant trick of ad- ding to ‘the hei Cerise satin A \distinetly one of the loveliest fabrics. er, Li it is a color much in fash- ion one. Pike mate charming of au- mn ts is a swathed toque of white Bae Aird ‘blac SRS waving fro} os aatin Chats Lbs very smart. are trimm wit! lat bows ot black velvet or aigrettes ts in beige rand | in nat es ne eS immensely stylish worn with tailored suits. The suits have a uuilitary appearance wit htheir tail ated boleros and EY skirts. ‘ap in the fall coats or little p Valenciennes, and plain tulle” New colors are red, vieux rouge, bright cherry, pink, and Veronese green, Hussar, vieux blue, and Rembrandt blue. Ivory white and corn colo: red suits are worn with telat eats silk crocheted vests. Thess most effective, and Cae in bright hu tal buttons an he to display a double Sabot of ruffled e. Many of the new hats are oblong in shape. The brim is faced with black or dark colored velvet, the erown is covered with moire an- tique. Phe aloes striking ornament in millinery this season is a jet orna- ment in the shape of a double bow with the bow ends outlined with a ae of paradise. + “DOWN WITH RUSSIA.” Foreign Minister Roughly Aceosted val in London. A despatch from London says M. Sazonoff, the Russian Minister of Foreign (eee Po as! ers to meet the a ing at Balmoral and talk over Persian affairs, ar- ndon on Friday. A vests are | Voor horses, 94 MM 76.71 against 79.27 last Lig aid oe 92 last year. Corn eee is 69.66 and for fodder 76, mopar with 7. 70. oi and 73.19 last oat aod wit) From the reports furnished by correspondents it is calculated that of the areas sown in p.c. spring wheat, 2.3 p.c. oats, 2.1 p.c barley and 3.8 p.c. flax will, from ween pence oe ail, flood, pests, unproduc- tive, ay the clawing preliminary pea of based Of spring wheat yield per acre for Onnuae: sionally placed at 21.08 Duthel which upon a harves' a 8,977,400 acres makes the lotr yield he aiate: of 16,773,300 bushels of ‘all wheat es the wheat total as enn 200 ail compared with the final estimate for 1911 of 215,- 851,000 bushels. He yield per acre 1911 was 22.19 and 20.63 bushels for spring w The rye estimate. is 3,136,000 bush- els for 148, , a yield per acre of 21, hels compared with 2,694,400 bushels from 142,571 acres last year, a yield per acre of 18.89 Dashes. Bar! with a yield per acre of 32.86 Te aee eae a total yield of 46,497,000 bushels from the harvest- acreage of 1,415,200, the relative woe leat year being 28.94 bushels ‘Onta sdeld ddio0 Waslisls per ack as compared with 37.76 bushels last area of 9,216,900 acres, the fig- ae of 1911 being 348,187, Ai roe els from 9, Flaxseed upon a greatly increas- ed acreage of 1,677,800 acres (al- lowing for edueton of pee -produe- tive areas) is expected to yield 23,- 145,000 bushels, or at the eae of 13.74 bushels which compare wit! 7,867,000 bushels from a productive area of only 682,622 acres last year when, it will be recalled, so Northeect provinces the total yi of spring and i i aeet is oe mated at 189,9 bushels as per ey be with See Hee ,000. bushels with 212,819,000 bushels and of bar- ley 99,189, ehels compared with 24,043,000 bushels. B.C: 94.90 p.c., mitch Agee p.c., other pics Be 72 p.c, sheep, a swine, 94.81 p ENS SSS, Persia.” The banner ized and dleeisteed by the the) KILLED HER HUSBAND. OR or cara aE Wite of German Professor Con- \LAMP EXPLODED. fesses to the Crime. 4 Wor A despatch from Berlin says: St. Thomas Woman _ Seriously Mrs. Binme: the wife of Professor UE RCE: s Blume, who was arrested on suspi- vas Rie teh from Thomas} cion of having murdered her hi Mrs. Charles Eveland was| band while walking with him in a probably fatally burned on ray nee near their home, oa confess- we: when a Leni she atte crime. tes that she $0 ete from falling ate see iron- en the professor in a moment of ‘ing board exploded in her han ‘mental irresponsibility. A written ‘The oil set fire to her clothing and | confession of her liason with an- “she ran into the str hands severely. before at ‘aid in a place of safety. as found in her hus- toot tke Linown logist, was the ee Friederich Mu- with bushels for fall] i THE NEWS IN A PARAGRAPH HAPPENINGS FROM ALL OVEB THE GLOBE IN A NUTSHFLL, Canada, tho Empire and the World in General Before Your Eyes. CANADA. Sir Richard Cartwright success- fully mderrent an operation. Co. ers have receiv- ed a 12 per pins wage increase. The Bank of B. N. A. age build a $25,000 branch office in London. Galt is to have a new fabrics fac- py Boe one to Reg eaaree show ural gas was discovered by a | nlitaas at Dours, near Peter- Gas-electric cars may be used on oes es line from Toronto to Bred. Partridge, a Turkish and Crimean War veteran, died caramel Hon W. Sifton, father of Pre- mier "Bitton and Hon. Olifford Sif- ton, is des the steamer Moreland, salvaged after. two > years! work, sank at the Bee TI lobster fishermen oppose ae ‘ie of a size li wa but favor a shorter fishin; Three hotakeepers. at Windsor pleaded guilty ig liquor ae 85, ons A cargo of 1,500,000 gallous of gasoline was brought to Montreal from Singapore in be tas Sidney Secord, Chief Fruit Inspector Caroy ad- vises Niagara fruitgrowers to use refrigerator cars in making ship- men Henry Legace, ledgerkeeper in the Bank of Hochelaga at Montreal, zling 85, Geo. iL elec, ius a stelle author, was found dead grounds at Val aes, een peek _ | accidentally shot while out hunting. GREAT BRITAIN. The Social Democratic Congress in See dence: competition in armame! An ‘Angin! Beran conference is to take place at Balmoral on the situation in Persia and Tibet. GENERAL. powers SESEDEDVER of any nacido aot for Chin: HAMILTON TRAGEDY. Man Kills His Wife, er Blows Of His Hea lespatch from oe says: iam G. Wills, 118 Tisdale St. te oad killed his wife, and short- to | ly af ed. wea} his friends, that of late eavil, his ree over a sum not money ut the eldest rned. It that Wits Se to get ey, but his wife refused alley towards the street, raere ae stopped at a gate looking into the road. Wille: in the meantime, had _se- cured a gu led with buckshot. He went Ane on the back verandah, and, spying his wife eet over gate, took and fired. tt of the shot ook effect, in the Seria h ing her instantly. Wills, on seeing that he had po late eter his purpose, went upstairs to his where he reloaded the gun, Se crtted it Stee ly at his face, and pulled the trig- ger. ry & Renae Seok DOCK HALE-W ‘WAY OVER. All ae Duke of. of omeuen Re- orts by V A re teh rats series says: News of the Duke oF Poon nanny, as the new dry dock for Montreal is 2 | called, came to Stang ei ‘iday when a wireless message was re dock fey the Canadian acketes Ltd. 6 position given shows that the dock is about half-way on her long journey by an extreme southerly route from Barrow-in-Furness to Montreal. It has taken 19 days to negotiate half the distance, so, sup- The ‘general condition of live pane that sci is very satisfactory, being ex-| is maintained, the Duke of Con- in percentages of a stan-| naught may arrive at her berth in Sua of 100 teprenane a eee Maisonneuve about October 6. “land thrifty state, a: fe sees INLAND REVENUE. GROWS. Increase is as Pronounced. as in the Othe: t Departmei lespatch from ae says: land revenue of Canada for Au- revenue is\as pronounced, com} tively, in this as in the other tare pam te Bee ee S| QUADRUPLE ALLIANCE Now. Bulgaria, Servia, Greece and Mon- tenegro in Combination. lespatch from Daily Chronicle says” dent has learned of the existence see) a, gundeiole cmilitary tween Bulgaria, Servia, Gases and Monten ae Paani is an was atrented on a charge of embez- | 0 tthe Cop; be- | 3,470, of which 1,241 were published | « in” , inel lida die its Pate PRIGES OF FARM PRODUCTS .| SEPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE ENTRES OF AMERICA, oe Crioes of Jue Crain, Cheese jome and Abroad, Fencpenerns Winter wheat, for jute rej—Firet. patents, $570; Boo 5.20, and strong bakers’, rack, Toronto. Wayeut the market is firm, ffer: io, 1 old. Norte ad id to 980, outside; new a ts—Offer market firm. ings “eousinug light, and the 2 oats ‘quoted sat 0. 43 to Me here, and old at 47 to 480, to. 2W. To- }. oate are firm at 471-20, Rt. Hon. Joseph ‘Who is reported to be sinking. i pS «|FROM MERRY OLD ENGLAND NEWS BY MAIL ABOUT JOHN BULL AND HIS PEOPLE. 1 Occurrences in The Land That), 1 Reigns Supreme in the Com- mercial World. London is said to be the health- jest capital in Europe. The expense of a Royal visit to some great houses is estimated at 1,000 a Where the output does not exceed 50,000 gallons a year a distiller’s annual license costs Near Dorchester there are the re- mains 0 mphitheatre capable of holding 13,000 people. There are 1,150 women to every 1,000 men in Rochdale, while Suf- fragists are very strong numerical- ly. The era Pe London are required to splay eir names prominently in Boat of their places usiness. In spite of the cold and wet there 2 more houseboats on the Thames is season that have been seen for | 60 many years. fh Mr. Edgar Jones, the oldest Jus- tice of the Peace, died on the 26th ult. at The Elms, Sse Burstead, Essex, in his 103: ard ye The organ at pectoral: Cath edral, when renovated, will blown by electric ore the saute for which are now bein; ae a sonra Smith, Manches: Seg appointed to Chair of Patholoay in ratburen |? University, in succession to Prof. Greenfield, ud Pee ae caiet ide- whiskers, it is said, are com: ing into fashion again. “Bvidently the idea is to show the suffragettes that there is at least, pe thing men Sf do better tee wo! was buried at Pelee and afterwards removi i Henry |? VII.’s _Chape! Westminster, where it still lies an * sumptuous tomb erected by James VI. The British Bible Booiety has be tod rly a in the last twelve months nea magnesium ribbon used in flashlight photogr. photographers in Englan. arliamenta: that for tl 122,000 ali Kingdom from ports in Europe and the Med: Sea, and that the total for six months oe 202,- 358, as against 198,985 for last year. The total sum raised by the Dick- 0, invested for the benefit’ of the novelist’s five grand- daughters. This will yield to each a present annual income of over 0. 110. Bequests to public institutions made by the late Mr. J. B. Tay proprietor of the Manchester ask dian, | rhe died in 1905, which now ayable owing to A death SE isa-woiey be Mage include £20,- 000 to th eVictoria otel, “General Booth’s last words spo- keen during consciousness, were of the promises of God, he sai more than once to Mr. Booth, “They are sure, they his moments of calmness he fully reali; the serious nature of hi illness. He ken several ti his work as finished, and ughter Ist Jamary 4 Lae 24th August there were landed the Northumberland fee East Coast of Scotland, 2 Orkney and Shetland, and on the West Co: Scotland (ex Fino of oa 1,- 418,634 crans of 0) pared bees 1,370, nee rane ean Bi same pel 1,171,000 barrels of the Beh were ex- rn _ The British Museum has Hee to 6. The number of newspapers publish- ed in the United Ki and, sent to the Museum under provi- |. i ij Act was in other 5 of - fh Suh beatae neg) he says, peeuaiye combination dangerous to the peace of the Balkans. inh ‘aphy, and one of the oldest t at 821-2 to B30, 130, Bay” ports, ‘0. 2 quoted at 65 to 700, outside. heat—Nominal, $22. to $23, in bags, Toronto Shorts, $26. COUNTRY eeu: Butter—Dairy rolls, choice, 2% to 2%o; bikers), int saan or Seas “pee ale Bye Buckw Bran Manitoba bran, freight, Handpicked “quote: bushel; primes, Honey hxirected; in tins, quoted at 1112 to 12120 per Ib. for No. 1, wholesale; Sombe, 12.2 to. €wholess Poultey—Wholes dvessed. poultry :-Chickens,. 1 Ibs nena, 5-00 Naas. dieting, 44 to. ibe. lower ‘than the above tatoes—Receipts are fair, and Rusaer aan ‘per bag, On tra PROVISIONS, Bacon—Long clear, 141-2 to in case lots. Po of ee rices 143-4o per Ib.. $24.50. to jo, 14 120; ‘breakfast bacon, 1 LarithesmaFket. is Armen, ith ‘de! mand moderate. ‘Tierces, 141-20; tubs, 143-40; pails, 150. BALED as AND STRAW. Baled Hay—No. 1 new hay,, $12.50 to $13. 50, track, Worontg: Novae $10, ‘0. Sil clover, mixed, 88 t0 Baled Straw— “Quoted at $11 to $11.50. cn track, Toronto. BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. ntreal, Sept. 24.- 1 American N. 2 yellow, 83 to 84c; do., Canadian West. ern, No. 2 62 to 821-20; do, Ci dian Western No, 3, 601-2 to S10; do., extra, No. 1 feed, 511-2 520. jarley—Man. feed, ae ah do, malting, 70 75¢; buck- 4, 74 to’ Yc. Flout—Man. Spring what atents, firsts, $5.80; do. secon lo., tr do, er pattem, mt ‘aight roller, $4.85 to $4. rollers, B: Barrels, $41 Bran, 23. $22.00 to $29.00; Hay—No. De Cheese—Finest Cheese—Finest Westerns, 131-2 do., fine: 101 it creamery, 27 3-8c 5 sa Bes B14 to ‘ett yo beea- Sela ed, 220, UNITED STATES MARKETS. ve, jour—First patents, 3 second Brien, Say 55; fret spleens, $3.20 to clears, $2.30. t to, nee —Wheat—New No. 1 i Northera, $9390: No. 2 ‘Nonnern, “er Se; aomuember, 7-80; De- Ble bids mes S10 MARKETS. ket, b the lower grades, from 50 per bulls offeres for canning purposes, for whi nd was fair at $275 to $3 per 100 the demand for calves was good, with pales of milk fod stock. trom $3 to, #0 and at from §2. hh $3 each. Hogs mit he eat brought $5. vand that down to pounds, wer Ronee mand ices advan need 100 Der 100 pounds, with tales of selected lote at $8.65 to $8.50 per 100 pounds, weighed Ton choles “busohers, #6. ood ‘butchers, Se to 8 odin, 5; inferior at ler 8378 to $5. 25; etockers $030 to 86 Milkers and Spring: ere—The market for milkers and. spring- gra was, unchanged, at $50 40 el each. oxo bul eling at Hab £0 tad nae aes FIRST MOTOR LINES, neers au Reaches New York New Orleans. A es ae from New York says: The fleet of craft in New York har- bor looked wi ndering eyes upon a ew tosasl nes glided Sly and nolieleaaly. waht ‘out smokestack or sails, through the shipping eae ee Christian X. of the the “port and ehe=eame-an thom New Orleans to get fuel oil to’ run her to Haniburg. Her captain said at. sie consumed ten tons of oil a day. He calls her the first ocean automobile. pea ee ees A MARVELOUS ESCAPE, Fell ues Hundred: and Fifty Feet, hen ay Lun ae ris 8 H. pe aster. ae English aiiaise with Miss Mary Davies as a passen- ger. went Bonn, to Liege, whence they started for London in s = @ cal lently a. aiwtence of 450 feet. Ast- ley and his woman eeeeneer had a marvelous escape. e: ne, eating crackers and jelly. "EXPLOSION ON BATTLESHIP. | Gun Blew Up, Killing One Man and ces an which one bettloshs King 2 Ed ard, ‘ip ne ws cruising the ae and st hurt. Edward” ‘Vil, pert off be com- The pee fs princess had il essing the shawls oe Pte irom London_ says: aboard the} ‘ 2,000 KILLED AND WOUNDED 3 Sanguinary Battle Near Mediteranean Coast—Italian Losses Light. A despatch from Rome says: The most sanguinary engagements of the war in Tripoli were fought near Derna, a town on the Medi- terranean coast, 40 miles north-east | 4 g Bengazi. talians lost 61 men killed and 113 wounded. The rks and Arabs left more than 800 dead on the felch: oners, including an Arab chief, fell into the per of the Italians, The battle opened at daybreak, when a force of Turks med Arabs Forty-one pris- | th: Town in Tripoli on the surprised and attacked the Italian lines, bayenet charges, fal ussulmans, who fled in disorder. ral ler of the Italian army in oli, in his at the Turks a1 rabs must have lost 1,000 men killed, inclu ing those who were carried off, and that more than 1,000 others were wounded. Young Folks GOOSE AN DPRINCESS. You had only to look at her to know that she was a real princess. Her pretty face, her soft brown hair and silken dress told you as much, and when she spoke her voice was @ true princess-y yoice—sweet and very gentle. Her father thought her perfest, her mother said loyed as such a princess should be, and if you read this story you will know why. very morning she put on a new dress, crowns er head with roses and, with boxes full of good things, went off to visit the Just w! re many ways of doing | ¢, the poor, people ;Oug) took her presents and said, ‘Thank | Ooh, , ma’am,” they never smiled at her as they did at other princesses n those princesses who did not sive them anything, her Goose wondered why, fatten vary ‘bright old lady fits i|talked with one woman whom the many nice given things. “ithe prindess id very kind,’’ said | i] she, but she said it in ouch a queer, | wise voice tha es} up from the ieee she was cutting woman loo] and stared at her. Then she laugh- “Well! I Be know what presents. pit ty any good unless h love.”” ruta 80,”’ said Moth ieee her ary eile? think I'd better go and see A. present it’s given princess and tee a talk with Ks ratte So off e went to the palace where the princess was busy mak: ile | ing shawls for ae the Without so much as lon,” or “If you please,’’ bounced and broke up part in she speak to you,”” she edit anne lie apple toe cei dgai on the arm. ‘he saw that Mother Goose was cross about something, “What is it, Blase ae “Just rit ” said e ee aa ocr until you lov. ak are. zee nie tes Sour ata amiceaed and until you can give wit—h love —leave the poor alone ! J. P. MORGAN, JU lespatch from New York gays: Bases ‘of the mansion of J. f every and his forty servants sent through it all ,is confessed, the police say, by John Bernauer, bs they ar- Friday. In his pos- session phe found seven watches, medals, di ond pins. and | other articles ehriewe lery belonging to the young financie Mie busalney sbcilred lise sans ary, hi it. was not ade public until some time after- ward, when Mr, Morgan informed were priceless to him for their asso- ciations. MIKADO RE AR GARTER. | el With “British Order by Prince Arthur of Connaught, A despatch from Tok’. gays: te ceremonial Prince Imperial f the Cabinet, the elder statesmen bt se councilors were present. vy jbeg par- 5 the sewing | mad, i princess grew pale, for she +, ROBBED. | bra reat case the Burglar Ransacked House With 40 ervants, ” eae ‘ THE ESOPHAGUS. esophagus is the passage that ie from the mouth to the sto- mach, hrough i to par! In stricture of the esophagus, the canal is tightened or filled up some point, the rag ‘ tive for years in a state of se starvation, because ihe: passage of solids is a mechanical chpoasituli ty and life must be sustained on li- quid i cute inflammation of the eso- phagus may be a complication in tyoheie or Searlet fever. It also ‘thrush’? in children, especialy in badly fed nie anemic child: the rer? cl: iaicse) cased Whecmnudh Fes throat ribet usually affected at ame i diphtheria the inammation extend from the thi nto of the esophagus are causi in- ries. Young children sometimes swallow agi objects that inflict ounds in their descent, and pro- kali, to wash out the stomach or to induce vomiting. S “one worst of this sort of accident injury Companion, u HEADACHE AND ITS CURE. The first essential in relieving @ headache is to kno wsomething of its nature, and for the present pur- pose headaches may be Panne di- ried into two classes; first, those in which the o wo! ood to the brain is increased; second, those: in which the flow of sblobd tat the the eyeballs, which sometimes feel as if they ac- » | tually protruded; the pulse is full and often quick ; “the hands ae hot while the feet rere he cold. Usual-. ly there is a feeling of restlessness, with nervous inability to keep still, For the relief of suc of water to whic eau frequently. A mil ten give reli mide of a tumbler. of ‘either water $n be taken with safety, pain be not entirely re- this i ae may be rey aiter two hours have elaps 4 \ THEY ee PEACE. ‘WILE REMODEL 1 THE OLYMPIC Hs “Sister Sh ee ak be Fitted oe says The Whee Star ate’ Wau powell! acy. Un ion. nowBtylee Plying Machines. A setae from. _ Geneva: says: Flyin; the rdellon de 200K terparliamentary. group, ne world’s peace wou) f % mele vee iow wa oa tal ier proved by the con niet cuenta stant, 4 pee of the French Tne é