after he had dragged the little river for some time. Though the mystery as to the fate of the missing teacher been solved, the mystery as to how body ible. There is then some uncertainty as to how Miss Smith got into the river. jumped off the bridge over the She- .| bashekong River, but there is no current to carry the body midway between the bridges. Neither Captain Batten nor Mr. Beatty ex- amined the body to find any marks has of foul play or any note of explana- tion. 7 Veo ad bl 2422002 p ing of the 19th to make up ) minds. The Turks paid no atten- ) tion to thus, Young Folks § Ve ad o Bose THE SHINY PENNY Pennies were very things to six-year-old Sandy ton. Sometimes they were Bar- cog it ad him a bank, a 'tat, good- fora frog, whose wide 'mouth ate up, pennies faster than Sandy had ever spent them. "'Now, my son,;" said Mr. Barton. 'your money goes too fast. Feed the pennies to froggy, and they'll grow* and grow, until you have some money for Christmas.' So the frog was fed almost daily, amd feeding him grew so interesting to Sandy that he ran on errands, and became a most obliging child. When the bank was almest fu!!, and: froggy could not eat much mere, y found a bright, new, shiny penny on the front doorsteps. Now it was always the rule that Sandy should show his 'found' pennies to Mr. or Mrs. Barton, but this time Sandy just popped the peany into the bank, and soon forgot all about it. That evening, when Mrs. Barton came home. she looked very grave- "I'm afraid I have lost' that five- dollar geld piece you gave me," she said to Mr. Barton. "O dear, and: it's ects to buy Christmas pre- sents than ever this year! But | she said nothing about something | which troubled her more--the man- ner in which she lost it. The days went }¥*slowly.--days never hurry before Christmas, but one morning Mr. Rarton said, "It's a to buy the pene. Get your Sandy so a4 little fellow trotted off, and came back with the bank in his When the screw was taken out of his bank, and the sides fell apart in two pieces, a little shower o pennies jingled out, and there, glit- tering in the midst ef them all, day the birghtest coin you ever eaw. " "There's my shiny pennr fa- ther!' shouted Sandy. "Isn't it pretty! I found it on the front eps Mrs. Barton had bent over and picked it up. "It's my five-dollar gold piece,' she said, slowly. must have dropped it as I stood on the steps with the pe bey; aud because bs guattionst 5 nim so hard, he never came agai ins 89 " said his father, stern- ly, "why didn't you show us your und penny, as you were told to?" "y forgot, 'father. I did, truly,' said Sandy. "I forgot," and Sandy began to cry, because he, too, liked the paper boy, and had missed him. "Don't cry, Sandy son," said his mother. hugging him. "It was part- ly my fault, and see, mother is go- ing to send for the paper boy. Mo- ther is sorry, too, and it's going to be set right. The shiny penny must help you and me buy a pre- sent for him.""--Youth's Compan- ion. ----$--_---------- _ALL-DAY FIGHT IN TRIPOLI. _, -- Turks and Arabs Fiereely Resisted Landing of Italians. 'A despatch from Tripoli,\_ via Rome, says: The Italian troops and the Turks and Arabs had a hot all- day fight at Benghazi on Thursday, with the former coming out vict- orious. On the morning of Oct. 18 the second division of the Italian expeditionary force arrived off Benghazi, and Admiral Aubrey, the commander-in-chief of the naval wonderful ; | forces, summoned the town to sur- | render. The Turkish authorities ' refused, and the Admirai then gave 'them until 6 o'clock on the morn- their and when the time limit expired without any wo j about capitulation from the Turks ithe Admiral ordered the warships 'to bombard the fortifications. The i shelling by the ships lasted only a short time, and then the troops were landed. The moment they were repulsed, and 4,000 Italians were gradually landed on Guileania Beach, al- though the resistance of the Turks, who were aided by the Arabs, con- tinued to be active. ee 2 MURDERERS FOUND DEAD. The Lighthouse Keeper hilled on Pie Island. A despatch from Sault Marie. Ont., says: A hunters, who arrived here day afternoon from the shore. tell astrange story of wha is believed to be the murder of Robert Forbes, a lighthousekeeper on Pie Isla twenty-five mules from Fort William. Forbes' body was found in his station on the Is!- and with the head battered in. The i subsequent finding of the bodies of ; itwo Indians, who had died after drinking wood alcohol, is believed »}to explain the murder. It as 'been determined that the alcohol was taken from the lighthouse, and the police believe the Indians kill- ed Forbes to get at the liquor, | which they thought was good to drink. The. Indians evidently drained agallon cask of the pol sonous liquid. Both were found lying side by side with the empty cask between them. --_--__---__--_. GREECE MAY DECLARE WAR. Menace. A despatch from Athens, says: The Greeks are becoming excited over the mobilization of Turkish troops on the frontier. Mr. Gry- paris, the Minister of Foreign Af- fairs, in speaking about this mat- ter on Frday, sani if continues the Greek Government will be forced to abandon its at- titude of reserve, but will await the opening of Parlfiment before taking any decisive measures. a SEEN IN PARIS SHOPS. We are the slim, clinging draperies of the first empire. In the tailor made waists the trimming is severe and consists mostly in mere bands and simple stra For tall traveling poset one piece and empire cloaks of surah. alpaca, and silk warp gloria are made by French tailors. Side plaited ribbons, generally with colored edges, are a new a popplar trimming on dresses and sometimes on- hats. 'oques and turbans in two col- ors are smart and may be of all cloth or felt, or combined with velvet or heavy ribbed silk. Velveteen cords are a . ocelty-- |? black and white grounds, for in- stance, with gray cords. Both these, too, come in plain colors. Purple in panne velvet is likely to be extensively u or evening wraps, combined with Venetian lace, ermine, or white fox The revival of artificial flowers for corsage bouquet and garlands|}2 of small flowers on evening gowns is becoming a popular f The revolution in China is mak- ing headway. Many people are fleeing in panic from Pekin. THE RURAL POPULATION Last Year's Annual Report Showed a Gain : the First in a Decade. 'A despatch from Toronto says: 13 _| side, and No. 3 at 42c: car lots Mobilization of Turkish Treops a\* such work|~ most assuredly to retain! 7 :E DUCHESS OF CONNAUGHT @ H.R.H. THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT LEPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES GR AMERICA, Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese an@ Other Produce 2t Heme and Abroad. BREADSTUFES. Toronto, Oct. 24.--Flour--Wirtter wrcat, per cent. patents, $3.55 to $30, Mont- real freight. Manitoba foury--Firs: pat- ents, 65.50; cecund patents, $4.90; and | strong bakers, $470. om track, Toronto. Mantoba Wheat-New No. 1 Northera, $1.08, Bay ports; No. 2 Northern, $1.06 1-2; and No. 3, $1.05, Bay ports. Ontario wheat-No. 2 white, mixed, to 8c, outside. Peas--Good milling peas, % to Sic, side. Oats--Ontario No. 2 red and new, %% out- at 45 to 44c, out- of No. 2, on track here, 47° No. 2 Western Can- da, 4c. and No. 3, 4c, Bariey--No. 3 extra, and No. 2 at Sc, outside. Corn--No. 2 American yellow, ports. Rye--Car lots, outside, 77 te @e for No. Te, Bay Buckwheat--No. 2 at 5% to Ste, outside. Bran--Manitoba bran, 823, in bags. To- rento freight. Shorts, $25. COUNTRY PEODCCE. Apples-- Winter stock, $3 to $4 per barrel. Beans--Smail lots of hand-picked, $225 o $2.30 per bushel. Honey--Extracted in tins, 16 to Mc per lb. Combs, $250 to $275. Baled Hay~-No. 1 at $15 to $16, on track, and inferior at $12 to $13. Baled straw--$6.50 to $7, om track, To ronto. Potzstoes--Car lots, in bags, Se to $1 Poultry~Wholesale prices of dressed poultry Chickens, 12 to lic per lb; hens, 1 to We; ducks, 12 to lc; turkeys, 17c. Live poultry about % the above. Zc lower ~-------- BUTTER, EGGS, CHEESES. Butter--Dairy, choice, in wrappers, 3 to 2%c; do.. medium grades, 2 to Zic. Cream ery quoted at 27 to toa per Ib. for rolls, and 3% to %c for bs p09 Strictly new- 'head, tc, and [resh Ze per dozen, inecase lots. plete: Large, i5c per Ib, and twins at 15 1-4c. HOG PRODUCTS. Cured meats are quoted as [follows :-- Bacon, sons clear, 12 to 12i-2c per Ib. ln ots. Pork, short cut, $250; do. mess, $20 to $2252. Hams, medium to light. 17 to 171-2c; do., heavy, 15 to 151-2; rolls, 11 to I11-2c; brea':fast bacon, 17 to iS; backs, 191-2 to Ze. Lard--Tierces, 101-2c; tubs, 1054c; pails, lic. > MONTREAL MARKETS. Toronto, Oct. %-Oots--C. W.. No. 481-2 to 4%, car lots, ez store: extra No. 1 feed, & to 481-2¢; No. 3-C. W., 4712 to 48c; No. 2 local white, 47 to 47l-2c; Ne. 3 local white, 41-2 to 47c; No. 4 local white, %614 to 1-2c. Flour--Manitoba Spring wheat patents. firsts, $5.50; seconds, $5; Winter wheat patents, $4.75 to $5; strong baxers $4.80; straight rollers, 425 to #- ; im bags, $1.95 to $205. Rolled oate-- the ieee fede bag of % Ibs. S252 Corn--American No. 3 yellow, 78 to T@1-ic. Millfeed--Bran, Ontario, $5 to $24; Mani- toba, $23; middlings, Ontario, $27 to $28: shorts, Manitoba, $25; mouillie. $35 to $32 --Selected, 2% to Me; No. 1 stock, 2122 3 white, 434 to 461-2c. Eye--No. 2 Sic. Bran--$215 to $22 Flour--First patents, . $5.40 to $5.70; do., seconds, $5 to $5.30; frst = Buffalo, Oct. ™---Spring wheat--No. 1 Wershern carlouds, store. §1151-2; Wirter Corn--Ne. 3 yellow, M34e; pate ames Tite, om track . pres elears, $3.90 to $4.25; do. seconds, $2.80 to} $5.55. | Oate--Gtrong Barley--Malting. $1.14 to $1- PRICES OF FARM PRODUCTS] LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Montreal. Oct. M--A few choice North- West steers sold at $5.65 to $5.75, bat the bulk of the trading done im top grades Was at $550 to $6.60, good at $5 to $2. medium at $1.50 to $4.75, and common at $3 to per cwt. Good butchers' cows brought from $4.35 to #50 and medium $Z to $8 per cwt. The demand for milch cows is very guod at $55 to $75 per head for good to choice milkers and at $25 ~ $% for commen and medium. Sheep, ewes, sold at 51-2 to 334c, and bucks and eulls at 212 to 3i++ per Ib. Lambs, weighing from @ to & Ibs., brough: 5 to Stile per lb. Chaice heavy calves $15 to $20 each, acd the commoner ores at from $3 to $10 each. Sales of selected bogs were made at $3 to $65, and heavy lots at $5.75 to % per cwt, weighed of Oct. M-The butcher cattle sold at from $5.50 to $5.75, but there were not many 2t that level. Good stock went from $4.75 to $5.25, with eommor as low Good to choice cows sold for 5, and commom to medium at §3 is from $5 to $875 each. There is little inquiry for poor stock. Sheep are steady. Hogs. $5.90 fob. and $6.15 to $6.35 fed and watered. sommeneneregyeeerermenns CHARGE MAY BE MURDER. Fatal Termination te Drunken Orgy at Montreal. A despatch from Montreal, says: Her face blue, her body swollen. | in blood stains on her clothes, and on the bed covers--this was the condi- tion in which the police found Mrs. Wm. Dooit, as she lay dead on the bed in a squalid little room on the third floor at 72 Inspector beer bottles, dead drunk--this was the condition in which they found her husband, whe sprawled on the floor at the foot of the bed. The man has been locked up pending - investigation, as there was nasty wound on the woman's Ay --_--_§--_--_ APPLES FOR KING GEORGE. Three Cases Shipped From Quebec for the Reyal Family. A despatch from Montreal, says: Last week Mr R. W. Shepherd, of Como, has shipped three cases of famous apples to Engl One case is for King Gua, another for Queen Mary, and the other for the Queen Mother Alexandra. This is in accord, with Mr. Shepherd's custom ever since 1896, when the late King Edward first became acquainted with the superior quality of Quebec's famous apples, and gave Mr. Shepherd a standin; order for two eases of them every year. ------_s>»___--_--_ A MEAN THIEF THIS. Stole "Money Forwarded Home by te America. LEADING DISPLAY AGAINST ALUM IN Thousands hare 'no doubt read the | TWO REVENUE INGREASES With the close of the financial year. still two weeks away, succession | duties paid to the Provincial Treas- urer have already passed the hop- ed-for million mark. The total amount received up to Thursday was $1,027,081, "which means that over $75,000 has been paid in since the first of the month. Two of he largest payments this momth came from the estate of the late Andrew Gunn, which returned the Treas- ury $15,575, and that of the late F. J. Phillips, which paid in $15,- In two previous years the 'total of succession duties was over! Ontario Succession Duties Over a Million --TL& N 0. Earnings Larger. A despatch from Toronto says:,a million, but in each year excep- tionally large estates were probat- Another revenue increase is ex- pected to come from the Temiskam ing & Northern Ontario Railway. Hon. Mr. Matheson has not receiv- ed the figures, but he is lookins for the earnings of the Government line to come up to the estimate. Last year the estimate was $625,- 000, while receipts were but $420,- ooo. Tor this year the Provincial Treasurer put the estimate at ; $500,000, which sum, it ic expected, 'will be turned over to the Pro- vince. Cc. N. R. DECIDES TO TUNNEL. Will Avery | for Authority te Pierce g ount Royal. A aesui fe from Toronto says: At the forthcoming session of the Dominion Parliament the Can- adian Northern Tunnel and Ter- minal Company will apply for au- thority to construct and operate a railway tunnel Mount Royal, Montreal. undertaking is conservatively esti- mated at $25,000,000, and in addi- tion the Canadian Northern Rail- | Way is likely to spend a large sum improvement work aroun ' Montreal. It is understood that the application will be sufficiently comprehensive to allow the C_N.R. to construct and operate lines con- -N.O the C.N.R. sy access to the city of Montreal and oid the slow around -the proximately three miles in ----__ a CHINESE REBELS WON. Captured River Station at Hankew From Imperial Troops. A despatch from Hankow, says: he won a decisive victory. The Imperial troops have been --. with heavy loss. The Imperial troops evacuated the Gare Floviale™ and fell back to Seven-Mile Creek station. The Imperial warships retreated down the river. The crew of one of the gunboats sank her and deserted to the re : Admiral Ss then brought the remainder of the fleet down the river, as he cannot trust his men. wires are are in the hands of the rebels. >__--__. 14 THE "MINTO" IS BACK. a Gevern Steamer Reaches Quebee Siver Leng Journey. A --- from Halifax, N.S.. e Government steamer ing after a three month's surver in Hudson y.- Minto went to Fort Churchill and Nelson A despatch from Saint Etienne, France, says: on o¢geur- in a coal mine near here on Mainesday, and forty miners were killed. It is supposed that the -} explosion was caused by fire damp. ee ee HEALTH | 7 : 5 ? % OVERSTUDY. Complaint is often made of schools, especially the public schools that the courses of study are too hard: that they tax the un at the expense of his . even a the expense of the brain Tleelf. We hear of the sad case of the am tious child, eager to stand high in in his classes, but unable to 'do so; who, falling behind, loses heart, suffers a mental breakdown, or even cuts short 'his young life. But at -|the same time, we read of a boy in his early teens who excites the won- der of his elders by explaining ab- struse mathematical problems to ity them, and who, although he is far- ther advanced than most college graduates, is said to be in perfect physical and mental! health. What explanation can reconcile these two extremes? Simply that both are exceptional, and are not to be taken into account in decid- a what the average child can do in se! " Experience shows that the av- erage child does very well in the average school; that "he is able to dispose of bs tasks given to him, ill; but always so that an abundance of time is left him for play. His body de- velops along with his mind, neither at the expense of the ot Of course a child may be overdriven, but that is usually at some private schoo! which boasts of its success in pushing and cramming If, in an ordinary public school, a child Iags; if he is continually in trouble because of not knowing his lessons; if he must study in the afternoon or evening, when others suffers aad his sleep is disturbed, then something is the matter with that particular child. He should be taken from the schov!, and his lit- tle mind allowed to lie fallow until |the underlying trouble is discover- ed e may be mentally weak or he may be of impaired physical con- stitution; but as likely as not he is suffering from some 'defect of the eyes, such as near-sighted.es3. Such troubles are compas tog proper- ee ie area has ieceas of the House of 'The I a Bank has beem granted a license to do business by the Government. Montreal shows a gross proper assessment of $499,926.019, wi Dr. es service of the Dominion as railway. men because they are tco reckless. GREAT BRITAIN. - Lloyd George has removed the objections of friendly sdcietied to his national insurance bill. _ In officia! circles in London denig} is*given to the report circulated on thet the snnexa- tion of Egypt by England 'mminent. GENERAL. Serious cholera riots broke ouS at e a speedy tere mination of the Turce- Italian wat is not favorable. The feeling at Pekin is that the revolution will be crushed and re- forms carri Tripoli is being fortified prepara- tory to departure of Italian troops for the interior. oo A GENTLE REMINDER. Sentries Prevent Public From En- tering Halifax Park. A despatch from Halifax, N. S.s says: A remembrance of the hold the Imperial War Department has on the property in Halifax comes in ap official notice to the Mayor that Thursday the road entrances Point Pleasant Park would be the public from six evening till six o'clock Friday night. The tram company has been notified not to run their trams beyond the entrance to the park during the time Sentries and barriers will be ereet- " at the entrances. Once a year the Venera authorities cause ord- ers to be issued making provisions similar to the above relating to all Imperial property or lands own- ed or leased by the Impertal auth- orities. The walks on the Citadel will also i similarly guarded. a ee developed brain of the growing chile FACTORY BLOWN TO PIECES. Four Men Were e Killed Near Ris- aud, Quebec. A despatch from Rigaud, Que.. says: Four men were blown to atoms at the Curtis & Harvey High Factory, four The mixing building went up with @ terrific detonation a few* minutes before noon from a cause as yet unknown. The dead, all young marri men, are: Napoleon Gastonguay, Wilfrid Mallette, Ed- ward Seguin and Adelard Chevrier. The only signs of the victims' bodies found so far are an arms one finger and ahand. The buikd- ings adjoining the mixer were bad- ly shaken and all glass was broken. The property loss will be corsider- le. eee eee seeernen OTTAWA CLAIMS ERROR. Assessment Commissiener Stewart Disputes Census Figures. A despatch from Ottawa, says: That the population of Ottawa. as repored by the Dominion' cen- sus-takers, i below the real population of the city is the con- tention of Assessment Commission- ers Stewart. The number given in the census returns is 86,340. st year the estimate made by the Assessment Department of the city's population was 86,106, and this was really below the real figure at are playing or sleeping: if his health! that - ------------ SCIENCE SAYS ALUM IS UNFIT FOR USE IN FOOD. In Great Britain no one is allowed to sell alum hidden in baking-pow- der, because the English law pro- tects the peuple from this injurious ac Caneiti has not yet enacted a law against the use of alum, and as alum in baking-powder cannot be detected by its appearance. many manufacturers are using this coa- demned acid because it 1s a cheap adulterant. It is a fact that alum in your : produces the sime dis- to the delicate Organism 8s will feel in your mouth by _a tiny piece dn your tongue. shows that alum reduces the flow of the gastric juices and weakens their power of |