mt FRUIT SHOULD BE GRADED Special [Market Commiss ioner at Winnipeg Says Care Must Be Taken. A despatch from Toronto says: Competition for the fruit trade of Western Canada is so keen that Mr. James Parnell, Special Market Commissioner at Winnipeg, in a re- aats issued on Thursday, warns On- rio shippers that only the very best must be offered if they expect to control the market. Ontario fruits are acknowledged to be bet- ter quality than British Columbia shipments, but shipments from the Pacific Province and the western Btates show excellent stock, well raded and packed, which reaches he market in a splendid condition. Mr. Parnell suggests that prices for apples are likely to decline. Good sales are reported in the country, but city buyers are mak- ing light purchases in the hope of cheaper prices later on. 'With the keen competition between east and west it looks as if the growers will have to take lower prices. Ship- pers should exercise great care in packing their apples, as there is an extra staff of inspectors on, who are examining carefully each ship- ment, and all shipments should come up to the 'fruit market act.' "Many of our Ontario growers are shipping out fruit that will hold its own with the best of quality, pack and condition on arrival. In other cases, however, too little at- tention is being paid to grading and packing, some varieties of plums and peaches being shipped here that will not hold up and are arriving in bad shape, which has a tendency to lower the prices of fruit coming in right." Mr. Parnell states that the mar- ket has been crowded all week with foreign fruit, which has caused quite a drop in prices. 2 ween FROM MERRY OLD ENGLAND Fashion Hints NEWS BY MAIL ABOUT JOHN 7G BULL sed Sie PEOPLE. SEEN IN PARIS SHOPS. Brocaded charmeuse is a favorite new fabric. The new gold and silver ribbons have picot edges. Hats of crin, especially in black, are coming into use. Original tailored costumes made of toile de Jouy. Neckruffs of tulle or chiffon taf- feta will be seen this fall. Plaid ribbons are seen to a slight degree in new neckwear. The transparent tunics for even- ing gowns are holding their own. The ideal model for an evening own of brocade is the princess. Girdles of soft silk, satin, or lea- ther are fastened with huge buckles. Khaki color and white is a favor- ite combination for the linen trot- ting suit. Norman bonnets of supple silk are the newest headgear for auto- mobile use. In millinery the tendency to fancy ornaments, the older the better, is increasing. The side frill is no longer fash- jonable. The double frills for coats and for waists are seen every- where. It is certain that the return of plaited skirts means that checks will be a favored novelty. Stripes will also be featured. Wide stripes in skirts will be worn with jackets in plain colors. ' Neckwear will be a very import- ant item of dress this fall, The new directoire coats absolutely de- mand good neckwear. The stock with cascade jabot is shown among the new models for fall. Some of the early fall dresses and waists have a round neck finish. The most popular low cut is about one inch below the. collar line. For yokes with high collars, Brussels net is in high favor. A new collar shape is that which extends well out on the shoulder, in epaulet effect. An embroidered net collar shaped in this fashion is edged with Irish and has Irish me- dallions inserted on each shoulder. A very chic and becoming toque is made of swathed silk or gauze or lace, soft and symmetrical, yet carelessly arranged in long folds around the frame and finished at the left side or in front with a fea- ther. It extremely fashionable, the new fall hat should be made of two ma- terials--velvet and moire, velvet and plush, velvet and fur, velvet -and tulle, velvet and ottoman, vel- are "vet and satin, or velvet and leather, in two colors. The girls' and young women's suits show belts and belted effects. A few have Russian blouse coats; the coat buttons high up to the throat in military effect. Seventeenth century buckle pat- terns are being revived. They are copied in chiseled metal, enamel, silver, and gilt, and can be trans- ferred to different pairs of slippers. Some of the new afternoon dress- es show plaitings beneath polonaise effects, and they emphasize the Japanese note. They are made of rich brocades, metal laces, epingle, and velvets. The new suits show three-quar- ter short front coats with standing half roll collars, open throat, and trimmed with braided fur. Ribbed velvet, panne, and sable cloth are the favorite materials. The. new frocks have wide gir- dies. Satin, taffeta, crepe de chine, tulle and velvet are used. They meet the yoke line in front and ex- tend half way up the back. They are plaited and fit smoothly. There is a craze for gowns of white charmeuse or rich crepe de chine. They are made on princess lines and fastened with erystal but- tons extending fro mthroat to the hem of the skirt. A few of the more daring are worn with a black vel- vet ceinture with sash ends lightly resting on the dress at the side or * eat the back. Then, the white suede shoes are decorated with cut orna- ments. With this is worn a large black hat trimmed with a simple ribbon bow with a picot edge. Me ECONOMY. "There's an economical girl for you."' "As to how?' "Rats a 5 cent lunch every day."' "Yes; she's trying to save $50 to buy a willow plume." Occurrences in The Land That Reigns Supreme in the Com- mercial World. Radium has been discovered in the vicinity of St. Ives, Cornwall. Scarborough has an unbroken promenade extending for a dis- tance of four miles. Plums are reported to be very scarce in Kent, the crop having failed in some districts, Rhyl has more picture palaces in proportion to its population than any other town in Wales. The late Mr. Robert Singlehurst, formerly head of a Liverpool ship- ping firm, has left £364,000. The last battle on English soil was fought at Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands, in 1781. Windsor, Berkshire, has been the home of England's sovereigns for more than eight centuries. The latest parlor game is called "Threading the Icebergs;" it is part of the aftermath of the Titanic disaster. A farmer at Bricketwood, Herts, provided a large gramophone for his haymakers so that they might work to music. The Y.M.C.A., the greatest bro- therhood in the world, has 8,000 branches in 46 countries and a membership of nearly a million. The annual report of the British Board of Trade shows that the num- ber of bankruptcies in 1912 was the smallest since 1884, The proposed international mem- orial to the late Mr. W. T. Stead is to take the form of hostels for work- ing women and girls. The last English sovereign to de- scend a mine is said to have been William IV., who as Duke of Clar- ence explored an older Elsecar pit in 1828. An instrument for wireless tele- apephy has been fixed to the top of Blackpool Tower, to serve as the western wireless station of the Bri- tish Army. The United Kingdom's importa- tion of raw and spun silk last year exceeded $10,500,000, and that of silk and silk mixture manufactured goods exceeded $62,000,000. Mr. Winston Spencer Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty, in a search for names for 20 new torpedo boat destroyers, has gone to the works of Shakespeare and Scott. H. J. D. Astley, the British avia- tor, flew from Hendon, near Lon- don, to Hardelot, near Boulogne, in three hours and five minutes on the 28th ult. He carried as a passenger in his biplane Miss Mary Davis. The King, while travelling in his motor from Bolton Abbey to Abbey- stead, where he was the guest of the Earl of Sefton for the shooting, had a rather alarming experience, his car narrowly averting a colli- sion with the car of a Bradford merchant. Over fourteen millions a year are spent by the London County Coun- cil in looking after the health, con- venience and morals of the Metro- polis. The tramways in the year ending March, 1911, produced a revenue of £2,242,422, and working- class dwellings brought in £184,448. A large audience attended a per- formance in Bostock's Jungle at the White City, when Miss Ruthie Voll- mer entered the arena and played the bagpipes while surrounded by lions. Miss Vollmer, who is 17 years old, played three Scotch airs, while keepers and attendants stood by armed and prepared lest the beasts made a move towards harm- ing the young woman. But the lions * behaved themselves very well. Owing to the death of his widow the publie bequests of the late Mr. J. E. Taylor, of the Manchester Guardian, have become payable. These are £20,000 to the Victoria University, Manchester; £5,000 to the London Temperance Hospital, £1,000 to the Manchester Grammar School. Mr. Taylor was very gen- erous in his gifts of works of art to public institutions during his life- time. THANKSGIVING, OCTOBER 28. a Date Recommended by State De- partment for This Year. A despatch from Ottawa says: Although the formal Order in Coun- cil fixing the date for Thanksgiving Day this fall has not yet been pass- ed, it is understood that the date recommended by the State Depart- ment is Mond:y, October 28th, and p nvcelamazion will be ised short- ly; THE NEWS IN A PARAGRAPH HAPPENINGS FROM ALL OVEB THE GLOBS INA NUTSHELL. Canada, the Empire and the World in General Before Your Eyes. CANADA. Many Toronto children died from whooping-cough last month. Fred. Staples, G.T.R. yard help- er at Belleville, was crushed to death between cars. Sir Hugh Montague Allan has re- tired from the Directorate of the Allan Steamship Line. Heland Wright, a farmer of Glen Sutton, was killed by a train near Sherbrooke, Que., on Friday. Over four hundred students are taking supplemental examinations at the University of Toronto. The Department of Education an- nounced the establishment of a four-year course in agriculture. Judge D. J. Donahue, Senior Judge of Renfrew county, died at Homewood Sanitarium, Guelph, on Friday. Archie Ferguson was caught on the belt of a feeder and drawn to almost instant death on a farm in Athol township. Rev. Nicholas Boodlea of Galicia has been appointed Bishop of the Ruthenian (Greek) Catholics in Western Canada. George Goodnow suffered fright- ful, and possibly fatal, burns in en- deavoring to prevent the explosion of a gasoline tank at Belleville. Chas. F. Walsh, a Curtiss biplan- ist, had a narrow éscape at Halifax Exhibition, when his machine crash- ed down on to a cattle shed. Thos. Fitzpatrick was killed when a water turbine at the Shawinigan Company's plant, Montreal, burst and flooded the building on Friday. Fifty thousand dollars' loss was caused by the destruction of the Patterson Manufacturing Com- pany's plant and stock by fire at St. Boniface, Man. GREAT BRITAIN. Lloyd's Bank agreed to advance China $50,000,000 for forty years at 5 per cent. interest. Truth announced that Sir George Murray has been engaged to reor- ganize the administrative depart- ments of the Canadian Govern- ment. In a triangular bye-election con- test--in which Laborites opposed the Liberal condidate--the Union- ists won the Midlothian seat for- merly held by Gladstone. UNITED STATES. Loiterers on the "Great White Way,' New York, after midnight will be arrested. Wild rioting took place in Du- luth on Friday, where the street car service is suspended owing to a strike. Heavy damage was caused by lightning and hail during a violent storm in eastern New York and western Connecticut. GENERAL. The imposing funeral rites over the remains of the late Mikado were carried on with old-time cere- monials on Friday. - CONDOR CHARLIE. Lord Charles Beresford is still prophesying the crack of doom, and is as firmly convinced as ever that there is no hope for the navy unless things are done exactly as he de- sires. Lord Charles is the second son of the Marquis of Waterford, and his earliest ambitions were direct- ed towards the navy. On the boy's thirteenth birthday, the Marquis called his son into his study, and Lord Charles Beresford. asked him whether he had any de- sire to enter a profession. "Tm going into the navy!' he replied. "And why the navy?" inquired the Marquis. "Because I'd like to be an admir- al like Nelson." "Pshaw! like Nelson," exclaim- ed his father. "But even if you join the navy, why do you think you'll become an admiral?' 'Because I mean to!" replied young Beresford. oe. NEW ZEALAND LEPERS. Condition in Cook Islands Officially Reported as Deplorable. A despatch from Christchurch, N. Z., says: An official report from Cook Islands says leprosy is preva- lent to a great extent. The lepers live in the most disgraceful condi- tions and the general health of the islands is deplorable. Drastic mea- sures are necessary to save the po- pulation, FIELD CROP PRIZES. Western Ontario Men Are Among the Principal Winners. A despatch from Ottawa says: Results in the vegetable field crop competition conducted at the Do- minion Fair here by the Ontario Vegetable Growers' Association were announced on Thursday, Wes- tern Ontario men being the princi- pal winners. H. Hurrell, Humber Bay, won third prize for celery; F. 'EF. Reeves, Humber Bay, won fifth prize for celery, first for onions and third for tomatoes. J. Elford, Humber Bay, won second prize for onions and first for tomatoes. Rob- ert McCowan, Scarboro, won first prize for grain in sheaf. James Rennie, Milliken, was second in spring wheat in sheaf and threshed, and W. G. Rennie, Ellesmere, was first for threshed oats. P. W. Boynton and Son, Dollar, won se- cond prize for threshed spring wheat. BT At een SUES SS FIRE FIEND AT WORK. Veneer Factory and Sawmill De- stroyed at Parry Sound. A despatch from Parry Sound says: Shortly after noon on Wed- nesday fire was discovered in the large veneer factory and sawmill owned jointly by George Neibergall & Son and the Niagara Veneer & Basket Company, and when discoy- ered the flames, in the absence of the workmen, made such headway that nothing could be done to save the property. In addition to the veneer and basket factory and saw- mill, there was large drying sheds, a kiln dryer and a quantity of lum- ber and finished veneer ready for shipment. Almost everything in the yards was destroyed with the ex- loss is estimated at $100,000, with insurance of $25,000, and will throw about thirty men out of work. me TRIBUTE TO DEAD EMPEROR. Famous General, and His Wife, Commit Suicide. A despatch from Tokio, says: General Count Maresuke Nogi, Su- preme Military Councillor of the Empire, and his wife, the Countess Nogi, committed suicide on Friday night, in accordance with the an- cient Japanese custom, as their final tribute to their departed Em- peror and friend, Mutsuhito. The taking off by their own hands of the famous General and his wife was as dramatic as it was sad. The Gen- eral cut his throat with a short sword and the Countess committed hari-kari. Following the Samurai Nogi, . custom, the couple had carefully prepared their plans for killing themselves and timed them so that they would be coincident with the departure forever from Tokio of the dead Emperor. LIFTED BY BLAZING BALLOON Aeronaut, 2,000 Feet Up, Cut Loose Just in the Nick of Time. A. despatch from Toledo, Ohio, says: Hundreds of terrorized spec- tators on the county fair grounds on Thursday watched the fight against death made by Frank Arm- strong, an aeronaut, when he was carried 2,000 feet into the air by a blazing balloon. Armstrong was preparing to make an _ ascension and was straightening out his para- chute rigging when the balloon caught fire and his helpers let go. Fighting to release his parachute, the aeronaut was carried up in a tangle of ropes. He succeeded in cutting loose a moment before the flames reached the parachute, and the blazing balloon collapsed. Armstrong made a successful drop, landing inside the race-track. Oe. OUR LADY OF THE SNOWS. Sir Perey Girouard Tells How Peo- ple Abroad Regard Canada. A despatch from Montreal says: Sir Percy Girouard, formerly Gov- ernor of British East Africa, is in Canada on a visit. 'I am afraid Our Lady of the Snows is a back number so far as the popular imagi- nation is concerned. A great change has come over opinion abroad in regard to Canada," he said in an interview. "People no longer think of it as a polar country. They now regard it in the true light, as a land where there are greater agri- cultural opportunities than any- where in the United States, and as a country with one of the finest cli- mates in the world." ESAT CHILD KILLED IN ELEVATOR. Attendant in Halifax Building Fail- ed to Close Car Door. A despatch from Halifax says: Enid Griffith, a three-year-old girl, was killed in the elevator shaft in the Metropole Building in this city on Thursday. The child was in the elevator with her aunt. The eleva- tor boy omitted to close the door as the elevator went up from the third storey. The child had hold of the grill work on the edge of the shaft. The elevator going up, left the girl hanging by her hands. In a moment she dropped to the bot- tom and was killed. | Dinah ee FATAL DERRICK ACCIDENT. Three Men Killed, Five Injured, Some of Whom May Die. A despatch from Halifax says: Three men are dead and five are in- jured, as a result of an accident at the Woodside Sugar Refinery on Thursday morning. A derrick arm snapped in two, precipitating a number of men sixty feet to the ground amongst a whirl of flying steel, wood and other material. Three of the men were instantly killed. Their names are James Hitchcock, Daniel Young and James Dougan. One or two of the injured may die. ception of some hardwood logs. The |1 PRIGES OF FARM PRODUCTS REPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES OF AMERICA. a Prices of Cattle, Crain, Cheese and Otnes Produce at Home and Abroad BREADSTUFFS. g Toronto, Sept. 17.--Flour--Winter wheat, 90 per cent. patents, $3.75 to $3.80 for new, f.o.b. mills, and at $3.90 to $3.95 for old, f.o.b. mills. Manitoba flours (these quo- tations are for jute bags, in cotton bags 10c more):--First patents, $5.70; | second patents, $5.20, and strong bakers', $5, on track, Toronto. Manitoba Wheat--No. 2 old Northern quoted at $1.10 to $1.101-2, Bay ports. Feed wheat, 65 to 66e, Bay ports. | Ontario Wheat--No. 2 white, red and mixed, 97 to 98c, outside; new wheat, 93 to 94, outside. Oats--New No. 2 oats quoted at 41 to 42c here, and old at 451-2 to 46c, Toronto. No. 2 W. C. oats, 47c, Bay ports. Peas--Nominal. Barley--No. 3 nominal at 60 to 65¢, out- agg No. 3 extra, 58¢, and No, 3, 55c, out- side. Corn--No, 2 American yellow, 84c, on track, Bay ports, and at 88c, Toronto; No. 3, 87c Toronto, and at 83c, Bay ports. Rye--65 to 70c per bushel. Buckwheat--Nominal. Bran--Manitoba bran, $22 to $23, in Bags, Toronto freight. Shorts, $26. COUNERY PRODUCE. Butter--Dairy rolls, choice, 25 to 260; bakers', inferior, 2ic; choice dairy, tabs, 23 to 24c; creamery, 27 to 28c for rolls, and 26 to 27¢ for solids. Eggs--Case lots of new-laid, 26 to 270 per dozen; fresh, 24c. Cheese--New cheese, 141-4 to 141-20 for large, and 141-2 to 143-4e for twins. Beans--Hand-picked, $3 per bushel, primes, $2.90. Honey--Extracted, in tins, 111-2 to 121-2 per lb. for No. 1, wholesale; combs, $2.25 to $3, wholesale. ' Poultry--Wholesale prices of choice dressed poultry:--Chickens, 16 to 18¢ per lb.; hens, 13 to 14c; ducklings, 14 to 16s. Live poultry, about 2c lower than the above. Potaioes--%c per bag. PROVISIONS. Bacon--Long clear, 141-2 to 143-4c per lb., in case lots. Pork--Short cut, $24.50 to $25; do., mess, $21.50. Hams--Medium to light, 17 to 171-2c; heavy, 151-2 to 16c; rolls, 14 to 141-2c; breakfast bacon, 181-2c; backs, 20 to 201-2c. : rene eed 131-2c; tubs, 133-4c; pails, BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. Montreal, Sept. 17.--Oats--Canadian Western, No. 2, 491-2 to 50c; do., No. 3, 48 to 481-2c; extra No. 1 feed, 49 to 491-2c. Barley--Manitoba feed, 60 to 65¢; malt- ing, 75 to 80c. Buckwheat--No. 2, 74 to 75c. Flour--Manitoba Spring wheat pat- ents, firsts, $5.80; do., seconds, $9.30; strong bakers', $5.10; Winter patents, choice, $5.25; straight rollers, $4.85 to $4.- 90; do., in bags, $2.25 to $2.30. Rolled oats --Barrels, $4.80; bag of 90 Ibs., $2.271-2. Millfeed--Bran, $23; shorts, $27; mid- dlings, $28 to $29; mouillie, $30 to $34. Hay --No. 2, per ton, carelots, $15 to $15.50. Cheese--Finest weste' 5, 14 to 141-8c; do., easterns, 131-2 to 1378c, Butter--Choicest creamery, 27 to 271-4c; seconds, 251-2 to 26c. HEggs--Selecied, 28 to 29c; No. 2 stock, = is 20c. Potatoes--Per bag, car lots, 75 0 80c. UNITED STATES MARKETS. Minneapolis, Sept. 17---Wheat--September, 853-4c; December, 881-2c; May, 931-8 to 931-4c; No. 1 hard, 89%3-4c; No. 1 North- ern, 87 1-4 to 88 1-4c; No. 2 Northern, 831-4 to 861-4c. No. 3 yellow corn, 721-2c. No. 3 white oats, 30 to 301-2c. No. 2 rye, 61 to 63c. Bran, $20. Flours--First patents, $4.35 to $4.65; second patents, $4.20 to $4.55; first clears, $3.20 to $3.50; second clears, $2.30 to $2 60. Duluth, Sep. 17--Wheat, No. 1 hard, 901-8c; No. 1 Northern, 891-8c; No. 2 Northern, 871-8c; September, 881-8c asked; December, 881-4¢; May, 931-8c asked. LIVE STOCK MARKETS, Montreal, Sept. 17--Prime beeves about 63-4; medium, 43-4 to 61-2; common, 3 to 41-2. Milch cows, $30 to $70 each; calves, 3 to 63-8; sheep about 4 cents; lambs about 6 cents; hogs, 81-2 to 83-4c. Toronto September 17. -- Choice -- Choice butcher, $6.50 to $6.75; good medi- um, $5.60 to $6.25; common, $4.50 to $65; cows, $3 to $5.50; bulls, $3 to $4.50; ners, $2 to $3. Calves--Good veal, $8 to $8.50; common, $3.50 to $6. Stockers and feeders, 500 to 900 lbs., $4.25 to $5.60. Milk- ers and springers, $50 to $75. Sheep and lambs--From 25¢ to 50¢c lower; light ewes, $4 to $450; heavy ewes, $3 to $3.50; lambs, $5 to $6.25. Hogs--$8.75 fed and watered and $8.35 to $8.40 f.0.b. % JUMPS FROM HOTEL WINDOW. can- Well-Known Resident of Quebec Ends His Own Life. A despatch from Quebec Jumping from a window of the third flat of the Mountain Hill House, Ludger Beauregard, a well- known Quebecker, committed sui- cide on Wednesday morning. Mr. Beauregard formerly was purchas- er of right-of-way for the Transcon- tinental Railway Commission in the district of Quebec. He was living in Defosses Street with his four daughters. says: Da EXCEEDED 31 KNOTS. Speed Test of New British Battle- ship Cruiser Princess Royal. A despatch from London says: The new battleship cruiser, Prin- eess Royal, a sister to the Lion, which was launched at Barrow-in- Furness on April 29, 1911, had an eight-hour speed trial on Thursday. It is unofficially stated that she ex- ceeded the record of 31.7 knots an hour made by the Lion. The Prin- cess Royal displaces 26,350 tons, and has turbine engines of 70,000 to 75,000 horse-power. She carries eight of the new 13.5-inch guns in four turrets, so disposed that all can be discharged on either broad- side or four ahead and four astern. Sie AMERICANS STILL COMING. Have Crossed Into Ind of Fiseal Year. 175,000 Will Canada by A despatch from Ottawa says: According to W. J. White, who re- turned on Wednesday from an in- spection of Canadian immigration agencies in the United States, the American influx to the West is con- tinuing at a rate unprecedented. Mr. White estimates that in the current fiscal year 175,000 people will cross the border. They are not settling in particular localities or any one province, he says. but are! scattering everywhere thal good land is available. Mr. White speaks optimistically of the crops. D4 LEG CUT OFF BY ROPE. Painful Accident to R. Gates of the Steamer Alexandria. A despatch from Iroquois says: While the steamer Alexandria was swinging out after calling at Iro- quois wharf on Friday afternoon, Robert Gates, one of the deckhands who was sitting on the snubbing- post waiting his turn to pull the rope off, got a leg tangled in the line and the limb was comp eut off. He was hurried to Brock- ville Hospital for treatment. ESTIMATE OF WESTERN CROP G. T. P.'s Report Shows 179,828,oco Bushels Of ; ' Wheal, Half of Which is Harvested. A despatch from Montreal says: According to figures compiled by the Grand Trunk Pacific the west- ern wheat crop this year will reach 179,828,000 bushels. Their report shows that an average of over 50 per cent. of the grain had already been harvested, but the work has been greatly delayed from one ead of the prairies to the other by heavy rain. In several places it is re- ported that the early cut grain has begun to sprout, but in the major- ity of districts no damage has yet been done to it. Thrashing has uot yet commenced, and in some piaces it is feared that unless the weather clears a promising crop is going to be badly damaged. There }as Leen no frost to hurt. The yi2\d gener- ally is a large one. Estimates carefully prepared by experts for the company place the total crop as follows: Wheat, 19,- 584,000 acres, at 17 bushels per acre, 179,828,000 bushels; oats, 5,245,000 acres, at 42 bushels per acre, %20,- 290.006 bushels;~ barley, 1,500,000 acres, at 32 bushels per acre, 48,--- 000 (00; flax, 1,111 000 acres. at 11 bushels per acre, 12,210,000 busnela. The total wheat crop last year was 177,109,000 bushels, so that thir year's estimate places the yield at between two and three million bush- | els in excess of that of last year. ONLY HOLDING ITS OWN. SBVGTVHOVewsewes British Immigration Actually Shows Decrease to Aug. 1. Young Folks A despatch from Ottawa says: s British immigration this year is just WBBWBOSVHBWVSSOS holding its own. Up to August 1st the immigration was 82,783, a de- crease of fifteen. Continental im- migration was 60,959, an increase of 15,000, and American immigration 65,900, an inerease of 11,000. The fact that British immigration is not increasing is said to be due to the efforts Australia is making to di- vert the tide towards the Common- wealth. 1% NO SMOKE, NO WuRK. Operatives Strike Because Refused Leave to Smoke. A despatch from Quebec says: Because they were not permitted to smoke at work, operatives in the Stobo shoe factory have gone on strike. The men made application for permission to smoke, and it was refused. They even offered to ac- cept twenty-five cents a week less in wages if the privilege was grant- ed them. This concession not be- ing accepted a strike was called. Shoe NEW STEAMER BRITANNIC. Titanic's Suecessor Can Float With Six Compartments Flooded. A despatch from Liverpoo! says: The White Star Company an- nounces that its new 50,000-ton steamer will be named Britannic. It wili have a complete inner skin, and the bulkheads will be increas- ed. It will be capable of floating with six compartments flooded. st TWO OUTLAWS TO DIE. Floyd and Claude Allen Sentenced to the Eleetrie Chair, A despatch from Wytheville, Vir- ginia, says: Floyd Allen and his nephew, Claude, two leaders of the gang that shot up the Hillsville courthouse, were brought into court here on Thursday and sen- tenced to be electrocuted on No- vember 22nd. They were found guilty of murder in the first degree several weeks ago. ey eee SHIPBUILDING PLANT. To Build Sailing Vessels at Coquit- lam for London Trade. A despatch from Vancouver say#: Real work on the new $500,000 ship- building plant at Coquitlam began on Wednesday. According to speci- fications, it will be the most com- prehensive on the mainland, for, although ships of from 300 to 800 tons will be the principal output at the start, the officials expect to enlarge the plant after the open- ing of the Panama Canal. Light and one-half acres have been se- cured. Cs LONDON'S FIRE RECORD. Recently published statistics deal- ing with fires in London, England, show that in 1911 there were 4,455 fires (1,250 more than in 1910), this number being greater than any re- corded in previous years. One hun- dred and twenty lives were lost and it is estimated that 100 persons were rescued from burning build- ings. From an executive point of view the feature of the year was the increase in motor appliances, the first of which: was introduced in 1906. There are new 40 motor vehi- cles in use and several others in course of construction. The per- sonnel of the brigade has grown from 420 officers and men in 1878 to 1,380 at the present time. ih A HINT, Miss Vicolo--"I'm never happy unless I'm breaking into song." Bright Young Man--"Why don't you get the key and you wongt have to break in?' THE LITTLE BROWN MAN. Six-year-old Marjory Russel lay on the rug in front of the nurser fire grumbling at the rain, whic had poured all forenoon; and even now, at three o'clock, it showed no signs of clearing. : Nurse was very busy that day, and Marjory had been left to amuse herself. She was tired of playing with her toys, and felt very cross, "Nasty, horrid old rain!" she said angrily. "I wish it would go away and never come back." Just as she said this a big piece of coal in the fire cracked loudly, and, looking up, Marjory saw a whole crowd of little brown men trooping out of the grate. They hopped down on to the rug and faced Marjory. "This is the naughty creature," said the leader, "she wants us to die of hunger and thirst." "Indeed, I don't want any one to die,"? said Marjory. "Well, why do you make such bad wishes, then?" he asked, "You wished the rain would go away and never come back." "So I do!' said Marjory crossly. "Td like to know what business you have with that." "Oho! you would," chorussed the little brown men. "Then we'll soon stand up here !" Marjory was dragged up from the rug and made to stand in front of the fire. The little brown men scrambled up on the table; then the leader spoke. "We are the noble army of Seeds, ~ from the Vegetable Kingdom,"' he said, "and we think you need a lesson."' : "You need food to make you grow, don't you?" "Oh, yes!" replied Marjory. "And nobedy grudges you your food, I suppose ?"' "Certainly not; teach you}; I always get enough,' she said. "Well, you're just a selfish thing!" they all roared. "So long as you get enough, you don't care who goes without." "Don't you know that the rain is our food? We live upon the mois- ture in the earth, and if there were no rain the earth would get very dry, and we would starve." "No, I did not know that the' rain was your food," sobbed Mar- jory. 'I'm so sorry I wished that bad wish. Will you forgive me this time ?"' "Come, come, don't cry, my dear," said the little brown man, "Gf it was ignorance and not cruelty that made you wish that, we for- give you."' "Thank you," said Marjory. "T'll remember what you have told me." Then the noble army of Seeds trooped back into the grate, and was swallowed up in the fire. Marjory sat up, rubbing her eyes and wondering if she had dreamt it all. The sun was shining into the nur- sery. "Why. it has stopped raining!" she exclaimed. 'I do hope the seeds had enough food before -- it faired." Just then the nursery door open- ed, and mamma looked in. "Come along, Marjory, girlie," she ex- claimed cheerily. "We'll have time for a nice long walk before tea." They 'ad a lovely walk, and mamma explained to Marjory how the trees and flowers grow, and how necessary the rain is, Now that Marjory knows all about it, she never grumbles at the rain, BRITAIN BEST CUSTOMER Exports of the Dominion to the United Kingdom Last Year Worth Over $150,000,000. A despatch from Ottawa says: Corrected customs for the year end- ing March 31, 1912, show that the aggregate foreign trade of the country was $874,637,794, made up of exports of $315,317,250, and im- ports of $559,320,544. . The total duty collected was $87,576,036, as compared with $78,312,367 in 1910. The United Kingdom was the best customer of Canada, taking $151,- 853,413 of her exports, The United States took $120,534,634. Other countries to which Canadian goods were exported were: West Indies, $6,900,940; South America, $4,- 825,030; Newfoundland, $4,284,318; Australia, $3,947,015; Germany, $3,814,914; Belgium, France, $2,128,705, Canada bought most heavily from the United States, her imports from that country being $356,354,478; those from Great Britain were $116,907,022, while those from other countries were: France, $11,744,- 664; Germany, $11,090,005; South America, $10,533,810; West Indies, $8,490,878 ; Switzerland, $3.458,006; Belgium, $3.686,419; China and Ja- pan, $3,112,982. Of the duty col- lected $49,177,554 cama from the United States, and $22,887,069 from Great Britain. The percentage of duty on all goods imported for con- sumption was 16. $3,732,222 5