\ rere PG there will he an apple ‘tam: ine in Ontario this eesson ip pre- dicted’ im the ciop xeport: recently issued by the Provincial Depatt- ment of Agriculture,’ According to ie statements of the Government correspondents throughout the not equal half the normal yield of the orchards. From the first of the eason the apple trees have suffered greatly from early frosts and subse- quent dry spells, while even is fully te, to ite vield of last year. re} grain crop show that ae ee. yield por acre i aise 6 grain is plump xcel] lor, and, and al- ari the unfavorable conditions - | fair, hes will. be|t APPLE FAMINE IN ONTARIO _Fears Are Entertained that the Output Will Not - Be Half the Normal Yield prevailing in the early Spring caused some anxiety, the excellent weather following eliminated any though the 18 is said The grain has been free from any blight, i there are practical- ly no complaints of smut, rust or ravages of insects, heavy. Corn also will have a good yield. In the opinion of farmers the potato crop will be only fair this ear. In some districts the reports show’ that there is practically no crop at all, while others state that the yield will be goo ey will be undersized, however, owing to Th be. fai irly good, hough the turnip yield. will be ese than that of mange es effects which might have result- pe ° | S430; strong bakers’, i PRICES OF FAR PRODUCTS REPORTS FROM THE CAD TRADG CENTRES OF AMERIG. Frices of Cattle, Crain, c and Other ce at Home and Abroad. Breadstuffs. Toronto, Aug. 26- Sioux Ontario: wiieat flours, 90 ‘per Mon Manitoba pres track, Bay Bay ‘porta, ntario wheat—No. 2 white and red aneae 90 to-940, outside, and “new. wheat at 84 to 85¢, outside. OataNo, Ontario oats. ai peeks omnes 2 and at 3% for No. 3, B No. i feed, 39c; No. 2, do., 36c. Peag-Nominal. ley—50 to S2c, outside, 55, Toronto. a No. 3 American corn quoted nomi- nal at 190, eit, Midland. Rye Nominal B juckwheat--Nomin $20 a ton, in bags, Toronto freights. Shorta, S21. Toronto, Country Produce, Wholesale dealers’ quotations to retail- ers are:— Butter—Choice dairy, ferior, 41 to 190; creamery, Eto tie for rolls and % to Be for solids, Eggs—Caco lots of new-laid, 25c; selects to-fle per el fresh, 20 to Zo, and seeonds, 16 to ONE ME. MAN. Robbed Clergyman After He Be- friended Him, A despatch from Winnipeg sa; Edwin Brewer, charged with the theft of the household that from the home of Rev. V . Oar! well, was arrested in Minnoapelis at the SEean seb of the Winnipeg po- rt eee ago Brewer peurat into tl rad the kindly Parton to sane. tan into his househol nd. missing, The police were notified, and the furniture was ti a local second-hand deal- the missing young mi resulting in his apprehension b iy the Minneapolis police. ——_ +. WM. SUDDEN KILLED. Emery Wheel in a Galt Factory urst, degpatch from Galt says: The bursting of an emery wheel at the i survive two children, a brother and a sister. if. PRESENTED TO DUBLIN Z00. Dominion Government Sends Two ¢ Buffalo. A. despatch from Montreal. says: Two fine specimens of buffalo from the famous heré nes this port for Dublin on Wednesday. TS a NEW GOLD FIELD. In Kilo, in the Belgian Congo, } in South Africa. despatch from Johannesburg horitative ac- ent ee ots a gold "held in eo, fa Con aay Some of the cauls a ‘aid to yl 70 per cent. gold, ai declased Sand the Rand, will] ae i newpberers have given | t; THE CROP OUTLOOK. ble ‘Throughout ae In lendid Connditi A ae from Winnipeg says: Hon. Geo. wrence, minister of agriculture, try and reports the crops through out the cow id con y at almost every point. crop promises to grade higher than last year, over the country were reported ave done great damage, but the damage appears to have been more dei steady stream of workers is pouring into the province from th d from the British Isles. CROOKS ARRESTED. Their Intention Was to Rob the Bank of England. A despatch from Londen says: A notorious gang international | free! crooks, known to tha Secret eee Bureaus of half a Govern ments, were taser into custody on Wednesday. Papers found in their quarters indicated they were plan- nue an attempt to rob the Bank of England. Scotland Yard detectives learned some members of the organization were captured. BRITISH ARMY AIRSHIP. | Towed Naval ‘Airship Into Port ith Machinery Disabled. nessed at Aldershot on Wednesday afternoon, The British army air- ship Eta and a naval airship were out manoeuvring when the machin- ery ih the latter one! became dlis- abled. The Eta ed a hawser to the factory for repairs. pista! AWS ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION. A despatch Mee London says: Revoleee a were fred by ban- dits on Thursday at King Charles and fusan } Blizabeth (Carmen Syl- a) of Ro ey oo ci fashionable health mania in the nae ains, according patches received here. Gen eee was injured. as andits began firing the chnufour a the Royal car speeded machine and succeeded in shrine the King and Queen to safet; FARM LABORERS SCARCE There Are Not Many Experienced Hands Respond- ing to the Call of the West —__ A despatch from Toronto says: Although the railways haye spent| Paci! a small fortune in their efforts to secure sufficient laborers to harvest the Western grain crops the outlook ‘angements, is of the opinion that the number of harvesters to go Wost this year will not equal that of last seasor “The labor uliar one,” says Mr. Murphy, “and it is difficult to mek vany de- finite nee Althou; har- yester excursions run ae have been apeebuonelesta ae there is every indication that we will have e over: the province during the sum- bor ‘question is always a| q ising for the West. The Canadian ific Railway has spared no ex- pense in advertising the Seen and the needs of the have billed eve sent out many .leirculars, but it would appear that we will not secure the number of |¢ men required.’ erienced farm ee leave for. the West. The Canadia: Baas and that in itself is not oe as all told over 5,000 will leave for the West. has just returned | f 's-| from a trip through the south coun- Recent storms that swept |_,. Lae to to the other diene and towed her fi eas King and Sueen of Roumania 8. Vis al /gian Provisions. , long clear, 153-4 to 160 2 1b. tn case Tole Berk Bort cut, $25; don, mest, $24. Hams—Medium to light, 2112 to 2205 heavy, 2 to 21-20; rolle, 1%; Preakfast Baled Hay and Straw. * Baled hay-New hay. 012 to #15: No; Lat $14 to $14.00, on track, Toronto, and No. A at Ht to en, aled straw—$8 to $0.25, on track, To- Montreal Markets. Montreal, Aug. 26—Corn, Amer! an 851-20. ts, canadian ‘est- 2 yellow, 83 to aoe ean fees Buel Flour, Man. Baraie eee firsts, $5.60; seconds, $5.10; $4.90; Winter patente rate rollers A 30 #51 52.30 t0 82.40, .» bags, 90 Ibe., Shorts, $2i. tales ‘st tan 332. Hay, No. 2, per ton oar lots, $12 to 613. Dias Abe westerns, 151.8 to 1550; fin. est easterns, 1254 to ihe. Butter, choicest 2 to £ to No MY tock: Winnipeg Grain. Winnipeg, Aug. 26—Oash prices:—Wheat ane, 8 Norther 921-20; No. 3 Northern, HNO, 6 Gos feed, tough, » 8605 No. 3 O.W., 3505 eres food, ee Nout feed, 35e; No. 2 feed, 320. rejected, 410; feed, 4 8 United States Markets. 26,—Wheat—Septem- %1-te; May, 953-80. No. 1 Northern, 88 Minneapolis, Aug. ber, 87; December, Oash, No. 1 ha: 891-20; Ne Duluth, 91-40; No. 1 Northern, 89 Le 2 thern, 871-4 to 873-40; Betenter, bids December, 907-80 bid; May, 901-80, rom London says: | nominal. bor, $14912 bid; Octol The novel sight of an airship towing | $1514 bid; Decomber, her disab: eompanion was wit- Live Stock Markets. Toronto, Aug. 26.—Cattle—Choice export, W.e0; choles Dateuers: $625 to $6.40; good medium, pee Sa Aas ae $5; eee HF 852511 5.25 to i com eas tg Site meal, a 19, a choice, to $4, ‘ook En St 700 to at pout, Hee ee crite: choice ‘neary feeders, = HL Milch , $30 to $65; calves, 27-8 to 6c; sheep, ou 41-20; lambs, 7e; hogs, 1010, THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK. The Country’s Trade Is Expanding ata Phenomenal Rate. A despatch from Vancouver says. hn Aird, Assistant General ae ager of ‘anadian Bank of Com- after an extensive Prairie Provinces, and sai business “outlook throughout ‘the Dominion is very satisfactory, and. I am decidedly optimistic regarding the coming year. The ‘volume of trade of the whole country is ex- panding at a peer rate, and thousands of neweomers, many pro- ae with maple Si are flock- ing to the Ca: in West. With a good ator almost pe vied and th prewar ene in Europe 6 ately ex ing pectil aaa ded" ee of aftai aire in Davede ‘by the beginning of i914.’ SMALLPOX OUTBREAK. ‘ A despatch from Bes says: For the second time in a tnonth the Provincial: Health authorities are ith an outbreak of Peallpee at Colin ae on Gee Bay. easily bose ol of, fresh outbreak have ealled the scone, | ™ ei apeabe ne is ve Bensipal industry at Collin’s In- , and practically the entire popu- tien is, suppor by the mills located there. applied at once. x dropped a ft a D talk?” ret she es our aléonone for a -full| half-how: Clark 3 A nourishing, tasty, eal, A Gee and money 3 ver. (Astrength producer, ( 7 Dr. Sun Yat Sen, the former 2 epmonal President of China, is ‘now a fugitive in For- mosa, following the ek of the Canton Tebellion “against the v- th “tani Nerees, eres ‘rubs; 14340; pails, wi hu Holled ote, bases eis: $19. tel Bo 1.2; No. 2 O.W., $1.29; Close—Einaoed, be 2 Septonn: of 4 ernment. he foremost figure -in establishing republican government in Chin; pee COMMENT ON. EVENTS Occurrences shire for £24,600. FROM MERRY OLD ENGLAND js NEWS BY MAIL ABOUT JON BULL AND HIS PEOPLE. in The Land That Reigns Supreme in the Com- mercial World. For British beer and aerated wa- ter bottles 70,000 tons of cork are Six “thousand people sleep, on an The Duchess of Norfolk has pur- | © chased the Harswell estate in York-| ‘4 ‘Gheese—New. clieeso unchanged at 153-4 to Mo for large, and 14120 for. twins. Boans—Hand-picked, $2.25 $2.35 pel bushel; primes, #L79;to $2 a, foney Extracted, in. tins, per. Ib, for No. 4, wholesale; combs, $2.50 notin: Wrong With Canada. eae to $2.75 per dozen for No. 1, and 82.25 to eturn from England, Sir Kd- $2.50 for No. rn eae md Matter president of the Canadian fo pi 2 ank of Com: , expresses hi q eniekeng, 2 ip ie: oes 16 to tfe; geese, | hopefully on the mousy siteatiou and 1g every might. 15 to de; t 8 to 20e. an_ interview 5 that there ‘was no "Poiatow Naito $20 to 81.25 per 9 1b./need of anxiety among reputable Cana. ian business “men engaged in ordinary _ittere is s nothing ms with ‘Caneda,” St. Martin’s Church, Canter- Sir Edmund. “The whole trouble is y; ig sai with the wa ne oney. ‘The pro. | PULY, is said to oho plone duction of gold has increased, but not | church in land in use to-day. keep up with commercial chan ft minent borrower, and therefore ¢ matbracts most of the attention when eapitalicts be- min to discriminate in making thelr loans, Canadian credit is not in the least injur- $a: and interest in {Canadian investments has not flagged, but investors in England aro obliged to discriminate more “oare: 'y and to charge a higher rate.” dow of Sir Ji in his public 8, ibe was a Miss Bernard, daugh- 1 late Hon. 'T. ard, perance and tenia | outnumber blin por More women are e: British Government than b other count: The medicine wi bee that of doctor of music in ndon. The death took place mond on the 24th ult. of General a stitutions, realized in, Throughout the world blind men seme in the pro- tion of two mplose by Be first gree of doctor of s given in England in ae proportion to its size Britain has eight times railway as the United Originally sold for £10,000 as many miles of States we only fetched £1250 at a recent sale at Rich- t | estate of considerable value. ‘| The Canadian teachers, while vis- - |iting London on the 7th inst., enter- tained a thousand poor'children of flowers mn and FARMERS FROM THE STATES Two Train-Loads of Newcomers Will : Farms In Canada Purchase 5 ag gah jh = FOS ae By Ce kh GER ME ee A despatch from Winnipeg says: Two important special’ trains ar- rived in western Canada on Thurs- day morning, bringing 650 farmers from the United States. The inter- est attached to the newcomers is] f the fact that they have no intention of going homesteading, but, on the other hand, they have left their na- tive country with the idea of pur- chasing farms and settling down in the Canadian weet Ask rst of rains of es t: m. way North Portal, and ore 275 per- sons from ae Towa, Kansas 1d Wiscon: They A under the guidance of the C.P.R. ; 40,000, and on th whole they averaged $10,000 apiece. The second special train camo through eres and carried 375 eekers for the Lost Mountain Valley district. They browse with them an average of from $7,- 000 to $8,000 each. WILL-MAKERS SHOW SPLEEN LEGACIES WITH UNUSUAL CONDITIONS ATTACHED. Must Cease to Be a Nun or Forfeit Bequest—$1,000 for Every Smile. Somo people make wills in favor under pain of forfeiting the money, that many of the recipient prefer to renounce the wealth in that they may follow their own in- clinations, says Pearson’s Weekly. In any case the agony of deciding which of the two things to.do must be a terrible meni and moral ain, over £20,000 has just been left by Mrs. Bibby, of Liverpool, to her sister, Katherine mes “When my said sister shall cease to be a nun and leave the said convent (the No- meine a@ nun os interest on the to be paid to her on con- dition re none Jot it is used for the pence is g ith ay thai eh Galle Many Cathence Ashburnham, who has not yet come any decision as to, whether she to | will continue her life ab the convent wil AS pr oenas. sworn at under £250,- as four years in which to decide, Soe still a novice at the convent. Her age is twenty-three. Musin’t Join Army or Navy. Rood. stam ple; to thesmen ‘under ioe the pices £41,000. Another peculiar will which at- commercial and professional class The death of Mr. James R, Bell, | tracted considerable attention six calor ot the'sheaush Mand ned caltig|at Tghtham, Kent, femoves Trom| years ago. was that of Mr. Robert attention same gratifying phe-| the scene a Scottish engineer who | Bea, |, who left his estate to his - |Romena, and the average man, without #0| rendered valuable service to India| nephew, provided he “did not en. intemperance is a ae ‘cause of ee: and there should be observable medical congress, insanity and growing at an alarming rate. In Bugland tt has increased 276 77, 5S apparent. rather than ‘use, of better. registration and dignosi or is it actual? If actual, what Jte” senses? Conditions: at life have the! between 1868 an ss Lord Strathcona was almost ©; whelmed on the 6th inst. with mes- sages of pe ee on his 93rd birthday. also eived Onnedon visitors as eats any others, who wished to Saieeateters him on the events 5 over- pany nm Mappin, aged Haadiee het Epsom, Sur- 7 rey, and of Sheffield, the donor re- Improved, and 60 Iedk puccmogery eon that Kills the milnde,of 30 many? Light is. w: jo Peach-Crower's fou When the city man gazes the Peaches in the fruit, mores, his Imagination conjures a life of conditions of Je his wife. large bequests for chari- table purposes. His net personality is re at, £797,558. rincess Royal has decided eas, | that "the gills af the see for ious |the Duchess of Fife f Bri- it | tish Tanelastiey even ae fae boots upon and lambs, Drie highs wet dispute the poss bark beetle, aphis, pag for boven, and gocasional stranger with an appetite for destruction quite as strong. ‘The price of land in the peach growing district in- dicates that the orchards pay. But there is one thing the peach gfower will ewear b; ne black pet session y the deadliest oaths. This Scoheran tre Gaens oe Hamelire tone wag can este. dispute the fact.” a Will Exhibit, and sl tines followatie “the example set, by 2 eH op 5 8 3 BE ish ° & 8 ict i & taining 100, the occasion of the yal Highness is ne jured.in the United ‘eivedorn Bir JossphiEgones ile aa wbp eds London,” is the donor of the 000 children ieee 0 Coronation, inion. Governm le cided to esha at the Panes Pacttie Kx when his services were rewarded with the Coronation Medal. The British Weekly lately offered ; | ptizes for the best lists of ten men ent has a of Canada’s resources and products will be mado. , It is altogether a different |in the country who would be most thing for Gréat Britain to take part in| miss ihe Sedu has HOW. beet this Senibieton. ‘The United ballebatch aes Atmeiatiog published, the names appearing in Collin’s Inlet, on Georgian Bay, Is ms eatened. Hf 161 8 WAS | the but rumors of a 3 the 2 individual provinees to advertise their) 4), wares. A Governor's Downfall. n_without compassion could » reason hoe im aie set Piform, and at the samo. time Ea ike ogress, he would not. now find: him- ag, the end of bls pToUshasl pers pursued and ruined not for his re is Teas. made a Enh, “but for hie virt to. believe. that ak reap So g28 many them when they desired im. sis ed pi ult ee ‘the Bis “of Nem York, who will have ho wrecked p brilliant tar Can, Shoheh Se ones eenieios to ue to tho trust they had ed” Mor, Clogd aor Mr aga Edward Gray—far outdistance all others on; the lists. Tf-every man was as fierce in ‘| tion as he is in thought all the jails swould be full. ec A doctor, and shy, was asked to d lady who was at least 50, gut tried ises | tomboyish assist youthful allusion. skey never haying carved and being painfully is he made mess of it. you to replied sate “ut then you are not a cl Mlyet there ano. vagi differonoea.In their te ; Pecourees an Posed bilities whieh oan only ie ey einen eee yee be gauged by a close comparison, While} George, the Prime Minister, Si it is “antortunately impossible ios Edward Gray, Mr. A. Balfour, trata Canadas ToGlimate may be. sene|Dr. Clifford, Viscount Kitchener, @ | Pie will be a, Ane opportunity: for, she Earl Roberts, Dr. Meyer, Mr, An- Yr. h and Sir Ms, 02 who was sey mere At ae she carve a fowl an a fowl before a Instead of trying to cover his bonkusibn, his hostess call- attention to ib inted. poin' ooking ued the table and saying y tae “Well, Dr. e a clever surgeon, but if I want-| cord P—, you may a leg on [ should not come to m: you see se The nephew took the case to court, and Mr. tice Cody decided that the sie could not stand, as “such a p: sion struck at the very saciat of the State,” and was paereiane con~ trary to the public good. stockbroker pete quaint terms, several pales of the will being tal 3 up with curious provisions. regar ee care_and moral wolfe are of gee not allow e see dealings with his Eapher except as leks and ordered by a Judge in the |b: Court of Chancery. Every effort is to be made by the trustees to prevent the granting of such an order, but if such grant cannot be prevented they are to employ “doctors, nurses, detéec- tives or tutors,” as they shall deem necessary, to guard both his moral and material welfare. A short time ago a Mr. William Claghorn died in America, possess- en of ee £60,000 and a pretty fe. + he was inordinately 28 Tees Every Smile for a Man cee See He left her all his mon eyer, but stipulated that ae atta forfeit £200 of the estate each time she appeared in Bpble es and another tim smiled ata at want on: n. The v “T do further orige thet fone seen wer time she dances with a to any peiede for Seana amusement or instruction with a man that the same sum shall be forfeited, and, further, that if'she do permit any caress or fashion o! soe ee £1, fi be forfeited.” ord a very wealthy ae of otic sitpiples and pecu- 1 iarly acrid temper, and, having no rite excellent annoy, he “took it out,” saying is, of his to Oxford Suites of ene contrary to my pressed wish, I reduce the ieee £ to. Gwyniryn, armathen, years ago at the age of seventy-two, Jeaving a ose of £72,126, he- queat is-wife “the sum of 1 aang, Ee o ie left £3,500, a field, two cottages a md certain furniture to his si Probably the meanest will on es a man who left it, his wife the sum of 1 farthing, son e| the airecn that it should be sent to h yy post in an unpaid envel- Soe: For instance a fortune of | tl is pe Sean Linet manager of vi-| lantic and Masi Pacifo fleets, ac- ti Mr. Charles “William “Jones, of | w ex-| to. d| Mayor of the town, who died five THE NEWS IN A PARAGRAPH HAPPENINGS FROM ALL OVER THE GLOBE IN A NUTSHELL, Canada, the saa and the World in General Before Your ta re Canaan vies Railway ex] rain trains trem the Worthaae to Quebec this yeni is likely to have a sen- sation in the investigation of its police department Sorte Salmon catch at soe been large this sr salmon els ae ee per ‘eek cheaper an a ye: Cai nada 8 ‘Intend Revenue returns for July totalled $1,851,335, as com- pared with pals si in the same month of last ye ‘A Brantford Realty ty Company pur- chased a twenty-three-acre proper- ty, the Oakwood mibaivigcn® Hor $49,200, and will erect houses ther this fall. _More than half the issue of the Tunnel Co. of Windsor $10,000 in taxes for is, and has failed, for some wu reason, pay, et wthich is causing the members ot phe a neil much ¢o) ment in a short time of ten county court. ides, eight of them in Da: tario. r the amended ac i judge acer ae the age of 5). or ‘ull pay. mdon, has~ pany = 8 trans-At- cording to the announcement of 8. ue Ser 5 Yive-Pronident of the bese Great Britain. » London Times wierd the Brit- ish CRE Se ndon, Tuglai Andrew Paterson, an. elderly visitor from donicests shop wir injuries were a ah General. : Nearly one thousand delegates -at- tended the opening 6 Peaci Congress at The Hag A measure will i Sitaodneed in the overseas Dom Rana aes SOLD TICKETS TO WEDDING. ay \ peace of King’s Household Se- red $750 for Six Tickets. Tr affic in tickets of rere to Royal functions has lon; fon: ter of Penspasing of alpen tickets. “It now r ‘ears of Pitnes Pacihoy of COLA and the Duchéss ‘of Fife that a very high price is being offered for tick- ets of admission of ing’s Household le six mies tickets, which he ‘received last week i the ssivahee aise hick had’ been issued have cancelled. None will now es oe Prince and.the Duchess do not ap: prove of this name tho ticket wil poe be sé ce —There seems to be 2 stran; affinity Paget a colored man aed”