es te S Hundred % Pound . Python Wrapped Its Coils a SS Around An Attendant ' uesday of a traveling show, . exciting occurrence was shorn of fatal termination by the eool-headedness and bravery young woman in question. of the A man ~ named Harry Thomas, employed as ehtered the '"pit" or enclosure oc- cupied by "Edward the Great,'" a gigantic South American python which recently arrived, and which 'has not yet become accustomed to his surroundings. E "Hdward"? weighs over 300 pounds and meas- --wres 34 inches in circumference at his thickest point, and this added to the naturally intractable disposi- tion of a serpent fresh from his native wilds, makes the big snake ® dangerous opponent if not care- fully approached. Thomas, who is an octoroon, was engaged in sweep- ing out the den, when, without the slightest warning, he found himself 3; clammy coils. enveloped in the great serpent's Thomas was able to | give one shout for assistance before the constricting body -- tightened | about 'his throat, and he lapsed into unconsciousness, | wrapped from neck to ankles in the scaly mon- ster's ever-tightening folds. Mar- guerite Still, cashier of the show, was in the ticket berth outside, and was the only one who heard -the choking scream of the unfortunate Thomas. With rare presence of mind she dashed into the snake en- closure where Thomas lav inert in 'the coils of the great serpent, and, seizing a small iron bar, partially ried the tropical destroyer from his victim, Then, hurriedly taking from her recticule a vial of smelling salts she poured the entire contents 'inte the open, hissing mouth of the snake, Oboking under the power- ful fumes, the huge snake relaxed his pressure, and several employees rallying to Miss Still's call for help, succeeded jn freeing Thomas from the coils which, in a moment more, ! would havé crushed out his life, TO BLOW UP STEAMSHIP. : ~Blackmailer Caught in New York by Clever Ruse. A despatch from New York says: Out of the + throng of persons in City Hall Park on Friday a man stepped toward the Nathan Hale stttue and placed his hands on it. He remained that way for three minutes, finally removing his hat with his left hand, and then disap- peared in the throng, The acts of the man were a signal that the Cu- nard Steamship Company woyld pay $10,000 rather than have one of their ships blown up by dyna- mite. They were the prelude to the capture of Henry Westcott, a Spanish negro, in Bogota, N.J. Westcott had threatening letters and the com- pany finally agreed to throw the "money from an.express train, and to signify*their intention in the manner described. A package was thrown from the train later and when the negro picked it up he w arrested, ; ee START FOR ESKIMO LAND. Police Will Try to Find the Bodies of Radford and Street. A despatch from Regina says: To search for the bodies of Radford and Street, explorers and_ engi- neers, who went into the polar re- gions some three years ago and were reported murdered by Eski- mos, a party of mounted policemen under Inspector Beyte leave Regina about June 20th. It is not yet known how many men will form the party, but supplies and equipment must be taken for three years. The task they are to undertake will be one of the most perilous ever embarked wpon by members of the veteran force of the North-West. The party will commence their in- vestigations in the territory adja- gent to Chesterfield Inlet, and the -country which they will have to cover is the bleakest in all Canada. he party will maintain order at -Hudson's Bay posts, and patrol one ~ thousand miles inland. "RELIEF FOUND INADEQUATE. -- " 'Less Than Half the Sum Required - inadequate for the needs situation. -- that Has So Far Been Subscribed. - London, June 10.--It is estimated in Liverpool that £180,000 will be required for the relief of depen- " ne dents of the 'Empress of Ir eland, passengers and crew. Towards this the following has already been re- ceived: Liverpool fund, £16,000; London fund, £31,000; Canadian fund, £40,000. Monetary assis- tance will also come through legal compensation, payable to the crew, and po orphanges. With all these sources reckoned, however, the amount so far received * Sons of the * im ao) DETAILS OF BIG STORM. -Qne Hundred People at Least Lost 5 Theta. Lives. desr te oe St. goes. N.B., ys: Stories of appalling loss of fe on the northern coast of New 'Brunswick still continue to drift in here, and the latest reports place uman toll at 100 souls ab least, 'operty on the coast amounts to xen of thousands of dollars. 1 account of the poor telephone and telegraph service in that dis- ~ trict details of the horrible disas- have been hard to obtain, but it has been practically ascertained nearly every fishing village on the coast from Caraquet to Ship- _pegan has paid heavily in lives and BUSH FIRES ALARMING. Two Hundred Men Fight Flames at New Liskeard, Haileybury, damage has b on) fires are alarming. In written several jroyalty steps out of its class to wed ssible damages, payable to, passengers. There is also the assis- tance from jstudying the details of commerce Comment on Events Yhe 19-Hour Day in Polar Regions. Among the changes contemplated by Shackleton for his antarctic expedition is the adoption of a "nineteen-hour day." He has been reported as saying that our eonventional twenty-four hour day has no raison d'etre in the polar _ regions, and that time would be saved by estab- lishing a different and more suitable unit. He suggests elght hours for work and exploration, three hours each for meals and their preparation, and eight hours for sleep. This schedule would save five hours a day and short- en the time of the expedition, There are those who doubt the wis- dom of the proposed polar day, It leaves little or no time for recreation, amuse- ment, rest other than sleep, It is true that there are no theatres, music halls, dances, elaborate dinner parties in the polar regions, But Scott took a gramo- phone along, and another explorer a pilan@la with him. Smoking, reading, story-telling, card or chess. playing, football, baseball and other sports or amusements are, of course, available re- sources eyen fn the arctic and antarctic regions, Is it more efficient to concen- trate, cut into the part of the day set aside for recreation and sociability, than te follow the usual and habitual rout- ine? Would not a nineteen-hour day overtax the physical and mental ener- gies of the explorers? This is the real question, and it is one which members of previous polar. expeditions are most competent to answer, The Golden Age of Dancing. We are a dancing people, Ours is the golden age ge thmic tripping to lilt- ing music, Having passed through & period of vulgar orgies the country 1s now beginning to adopt the more refin- ed forms of dancing as an expression of emotion. Reformers who have opposed dancing on moral grounds are swept aside by a craze which sweeps the world with an unrestrain enthusiasm. Why dance? It is an interpretation of folk lore national 'traits, life and thought--a poetical expression of moods and emotions and indulged in for_pleas- ure, beauty, art and health, In the evolution of the dance a return to the dances of the seventeenth century is noticeable, Leaders who. are interested in con- serving the art and clean beauty of the pastime are trying to direct the craze in the right direction. It cannot be cannot be stopped; it can only be direct- ed and regulated. A popular craze is always attended by pecullar dangers. This is particularly true of the dance. They who sincerely believe that danc- ing is as much a part of life as singing, painting or laughing owe a duty to the public in safeguarding its standards and making it decent and delightful. What Education Is. There are some persons who think that education requires lots of money-- grand buildings, elegant furniture, many conveniences and everything extrava- gant and rich. But such people know no more of what education means than a night owl knows art. Education is plain, simple, clean and straight. It doesn't put on style or want to make a great impression. All these little whims of elegance and_ex- travagance ére foes to education. They are tricks of mammon to catch the child. Education is not tinsel, gewgaw, grand buildings or $10,000 salaries. The Kaiser's Fifth Son. All the world loves a lover, and when there is a touch of genuine humanity which is lacking in the coldly calculated nuptials of princely blood. The mar- riage of Prince Oscar, the German Kais- er's fifth son, to a mere countess, who is his mother's maid of honor, will be the first morganatic union in the Ho- henzollern family since 1853, when a great uncle of the present Emperor was the bridegroom. If Emperor William as is reported, has sanctioned the love match of his son, he gives another proof of his common sense. An Important Discovery. There has quite recently been brought to the world one of those scientific dis- eoveries which may, without much ex- aggeration, be described as epoch-mak- ing. Like that of radium, it was made by a woman, and in a laborator in Paris Mme Victor Henri has establish- ed the fact that under the influence of ultra-violet rays microbes may be modi- fied to a degree that is virtually equiva- lent to transformation into a new spe- eles. The significance of this, not mere- ly in medicine, but also for biology in general, hardly needs emphasizing. '*"M, and Mme. Henri conclude that it is possible to infer that all microbes have originally had a common origin, and that it confirms the doctrine of De Vries concerning the evolution or trans- mutation of species, not by gradual adaptation, but by sudden and highly contrasting transitions," says a Paris correspondent. In a note sent to him by the discoverer she says: ~ "Tt is evident that the effect produced on the microbes of anthrax is what we call, after the theories of De Vries, a 'transmutation,' that is to say an evolu- tion with a sudden change in the bio- logical characteristics. It is in this re- Ispect that De Vries modified Darwin's theory of evolution, by showing that the variation of species is produced by sudden leaps or mutations, and not by progressive variations. What is observ- ed in the microbes of anthrax is a real mutation, and one is obliged to admit that the diversity of microbes actually known either proceedsd from a common origin or from a few. primitive forms, which, under the action of the solar jight, became transformed, and gave rise ito a whole series of forms of mutations, and which engendered divers maladies." _ Monarchial Duties. Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands is evidently determined to do her duty as a modern monarch. Not only does she regularly visit most, if not all, of the greater towns of her kingdom, but she is devoting special attention, ac- cording to a correspondent of the Co- 'logne Gazette, to trade and industry, 1 and manufacture, interesting herself in various enterprises for the promotion of public welfare and paying surprise visits to factories and workshops. In msterdam she has entered cellar dwel- lings and ascended to the upper floors of working-class tenements in order to see for herself_ something of the hous- ing problem. Evening lectures are giv- en at court, not unfrequently on the Dutch colonies, and she attends manoeu- vres of troops. This is in accordance with the traditions of the House of inion, Se as well as with the established practice of the heads of greater states, which doubtless is. a considerable fac- tor in that revival of the popularity of monarchy which contrasts so sharply with the conditions in many continent= al countries a generation or so ago. | - Queen Wilhelmina is not alone in her conception of royal duties. Ever crowned head in Europe is hard at wor ng in close touch with the people. : . is King Alfonso, who ly Shader cn Ledge a Spa | republic. In is an* emperor who, au- he may be, is looked on -8ic; medium, lswim. The body was : Cm AND WIS FAMILY. t The German and English Royal Families Mostly Run to Boys. | Ib is a curious coincidence that tho Kaiser had only one daughter out of a large family, and his son, the Crown Prince, has nob even one, King George of England has but one little Princess in his home. PRICES GF FARM PRODUCTS REPORTS FROM THE LEADIUG TRADE CENTRES OF AMERICA. - Breadstuffs, Toronto, June 16.--Flour--Ontarlo Wheat flours, 00 per cent. $3.85 to 8.90, seaboard, and at $3.90, Toronto. fanitoba--First patents, in fute bags, $5.60; do, seconds, $6.10; strong bak- ers', in Jute bags, $4, Manitoba wheat--Ba, 1 Northern, $1, and No, 2, 98ic. Ontario wheat--No, 2 at $1.03 to $1.06, outside, and $1.06, on track, To- ronto. Oats--No. 2 Ontario oats, 394 to 40c, outside, and at 420, on track, Toronto. Western Canada oats, 424¢ for No. 2, and at 4140 for No 8, Bay ports, Peas--Prices nominal, Barley---Good malting barley, 56 58c, according to quality. Rye--No. 8 at 63 to 64c, outside Buckwheat---90 to 93c, outside. Corn--No. American, 764¢, Midland. Bran--Manitoba bran, $24 to ton, in bags, Toronto freight. $26 to $27. Country Produce. Butter--Choice dairy, 17 to 19c; in- ferior, 15 to 16c; farmers' separator ponte 19 to 20c; creamery prints, fresh, 2 to 24c; do., solids, 20 to 21c. Hggs--21 to 22c per dozen in case lots. Honey--Extwpacted, in tins, 10% to lle per Ib. Combs, $2.25 to $2.50 per dozen for No. 1, and $2 for No. 2, Cheese--New cheese, 14 to i14ic large, and 144 to 14$¢ for twins, Beans--Hand-picked, $2.25 to $2.30 per bushel; primes, $2.10 to $2.20. Poultry--Fowl, 17 to 19c_ per 1b.; chickens, 19 to 20c; ducks, 20c; geese, 15 te 16c; turkeys, 20 to 23e. Potatoes--Delawares, $1.10 to $1.15, on track, here; and Ontarios at $1 per bag, on track, Baled Hay and Straw. Baled hay--No. 1 at $15 to $15.25 a ton, on track, here; No. 2 at $13.50 to $14.50, and clover at $11. Baled straw--Car lots, $8.25 to $8.50, on track, Toronto, ports--No, to eit; $26 a Shorts, for Provisions. Bacon, long clear, 14 to 144¢ per Ib. in case lots. Hams--Medium, 18 to 19c; do., heavy, 17 to 18c; rolls, 144 to te arenas bacon, 18 to 19c; backs, 22 to me pare ers 124c; tubs, 12$c; pails, ic. Montreal Markets. Montreal, June 16.--Corn, American No. 2 yellow, 78 to 79c. Oats--Canadian Western, No. 2, 444c; do., No. 3, 43%c; No. 2. feed, ae Barley--Manitoba feed, 52 to 68c Flour--Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts, $5.60; do., Sec- onds, $5.10; strong bakers', $4.90; Win- ter patents choice, $5.25 to $5.50; straight rollers, $4.70 to $4.90; do., in bags, $2.20 to $2.35. Rolled oats--Bar- rels, $4.65; bag of 90 ibs., $2.15. Mill- feed--Bran, $23; shorts, $25; middlings. $28; mouillie, $28 to $32. _Hay--No. 2, per ton car lots, $14 to $15.50. Cheese --Finest westerns, 13 to 138c; do., east- erns, 124 to 12%¢e. Butter--Choicest ereamery, 24% to 25c; seconds, 23% to 3hc. Hegs--Fresh, 23 to 24c; selected, 26 to 27¢c; No. 2 stock, 20 to 21c.. Pota- toes--Per bag, car lots, 95 to $1.15. Winnipeg Grain. Winnipeg, June -16.--Cash--S pring wheat--No. 1 Northern, 94%c; No.2 do., 988c; No. 8 0., 92c; No. 4, 8Tkc; No. 5, 804c; No. 6, 754¢; feed, 70$c. Oats--No. 2 C.W., 894¢; No. 8 do., 39c; extra No, 1 feed, 39c; No. 1.feed, 884¢; No. 2. do., 38%c. Barley--No. 2, 523c; No. 4, 5lic; rejected, 484c; feed, 48c. Flax--No. 1 {.-W.C.;- $1.40) No. -2 °C.W.,> $1.37; No, 3 do., $1.25. United States Markets. Minneapodis, June 16.--Wheat--July, 90§c; September, 85%8c; No. 1 hard, 958 to 958c; No..1 Northern, 908 to 948c; No. 2 do., 908 to 928c. Corn--No. 3 yellow, 694 to 694c. Oats--No. 3 white, 384 to 39c. Flour and bran--Unchanged, Duluth, June 16.--Wheat--No. 1 hard, 954c; No. 1 Northern, 944c; No. 2 do., 9934 to 938c; July, 939c. Linseed--Cash, $1.60%; July, $1.618. Live Stock Markets. Toronto, June 16.--Cattle--Choice but- chers, $8.25 to $8.50; good, $8 to $8.16; common cows, $5 to $5.50; canners and cutters, $2.50 to $4; choice fat cows, $6.50 to $7.26; choice bulls, $7 to $7.50. Calves--Good veal, $8.25 to $10.50; common, $4.75 to $7. Stockers and feeders--Steers, 800 to 900 lbs., $7.26 75; good quality, 700 to 800 lbs., $7.50; Hght, $6.25 to $7.25. Sheep and lambs--Light ewes, $6 to $7; heavy, $4.50 to $5; bucks, $4.75 to 6.30; Spring lambs, each, $6 to $7.50; $6.50 to $8.15 yearling lambs, : ' Hogs---$7.95 to $8, fed and watered; $ $7.50 to $ to $7 $7 to 8.20 to $8.25 off cars, and 7.65 f.0.b. Montreal, June 16--Prime_ beeves, 6 to 84¢c; common, 43 _ to milkmen's strippers, 5éc to Tac; milch cows, $30 to $80 each. Calves, Bis to 7c; sheep, 42 to 6c; spring lambs, scarce, at from $5 to $7 each; hogs, 8% to 9c. bac; DA CAR ROBBERS SENTENCED. Seven Former Employes of C.P.R. Convicted. A despatch from Vancouver, B.C., says: Seven men formerly con- yieted of robbery at Kamloops assizes and sentenced to three years each in the penitentiary. For some time the Canadian Pacific divisional yards at Kamloops have been rob- bed and in all more than $10,000 worth of goods taken. = -"NAPANEE YOUTH DROWNED. -- 'Went Into Shannon River Though He Could Not Swim. A despatch from Napanee says: A boy named Miller, eighteen years steamer Lamont, went in swim- ming in the Shannon River, and was drowned, Miller could not Board of Guardians 'that there were |tant editor of the War Cry. of age, who was working on the} -- FROM ERIN'S GREE SLE] THE HEWS 10 A PARAGRAPH NEWS BY MAIL FROM IRE- LAND'S SHORES. oy Happenings in the Emerald Isle of Interest to Irish- men, Mr. S. F. Morris of Waterford was thrown from his horse on his} way home near Oatsrock, and ser- iously injured. After the lapse of about nine years a race meeting was held in Callan over the Geraldine Course a week ago. : Mr. George McCauley of Clifden was fatally injured in a bicycle accident on the road between Clif- den and the Marconi station. Mr. H. Lowe, merchant, of Clare, about 50 years of age, fell dead in his yard. Death was due to cere- bral hemorrhage. A large number of buildings are now in course of erection at the Curragh Camp, and giving employ- ment to a great many. A committee has been formed to take over the tolls of the fairs and markets im Carrick-on-Shannon, and it is said tthe purchase price is $1,500. Net fishermen on the Slaney are not having as successful a season as last year. Some good takes, how- ever, have been captured. The Local Government Board have issued a Provisional Order au- thorizing the erection of 387 labor- ers' houses in South Westmeath. Thirty men of the railway bal- last staff working between Athlone and Mayo thave been paid off as a sequel to a disputed dinner hour. Thomas Fiddler, who has been an inmate of the Gorey Union Infirm- ary for a number of years, has just died at that institution at the age of 104, Over five hundred acres of game covert on Mullaghfad Mountain, near Filemiletown, owned by Sir HAPPLNINGS FROM ALL OVEB THE GLOBE IN a NUTSHELL nee Canada, the Emptre and the World (> General Reforo Your Eyca. Canada. The Winnipeg Free Press says Manitoba provincial elections will be held July 9. Quebec hears a rumor that the Duke of Connaught may remain in Canada until April, 1916. The Commons passed a loyal mes- sage of farewell to the Duke of Connaught, the Duchess and' Prin- cess Patricia. The revenue of Canada for the first two months of the current fis- cal year fell off $5,392,213, and the customs $5,220,674, as -compared with the same months. Vandals entered the home of Hon. P. S. G. Mackenzie, provin- cial treasurer of Quebec, and des- troyed furnishings to the value of about $400. More than $30,000 was subscribed in a few hours to the Empress Sur- vivors' Fund of the Montreal Board of Trade, The Bank of Montreal has headed the subscription -- list with $16,000. Winnipeg's Industrial Bureau wants the scalp of U.S. Consul- General Dillingham for reporting to Washington that winter in Winni peg lasts from October to June, with the thermometer going down as far as 15 below zero, and that the climate is responsible for pneu- monia and otiher diseases. Great Britain. The London building trades strike is not yet settled. The International Congress of Chambers of Commerce favored an astronomical 24-hour day. Basil Brooke, Bart., have been de- stroyed by fire. It was reported at the Wexford 1,000 vaccination defaulters in the Wexford Dispensary district, and 86 in Taghmon district. An outbreak of fire in the farm yard of Mr. Enright, Clounlehard, near Glen, resulted in the destruc- tion of an outhouse and a large quantity of hay. A calf was also burned to death. The death has occurred after a brief illness at his residence; Ab- bey Street, Roscommon, of Mr. J. M. Whelan, one of the most popu- lar solicitors in the West of Ireland. An extensive fire that burned in a semi-circle, covering a distance of upwards of five miles, illumina- ted the slopes of Mourne, when, through some reason, the Mourne Mountain caught fire. On being presented with white gloves at Coleraine Crown Ses- sions, Judge Todd declared that he could nearly establish a glove shop with the gloves he had received since he came to County Derry. In the Dublin registration area the births registered during the past week amounted to 207, and the deaths to 231. There were 13 deaths in Dublin from measles, and 143 eases under treatment. Miss Emma Henry, whose death at the age of 101 is recorded, was the last survivor of one of the old- est families of the Desertmartin (County Derry) district. She was.a daughter of Captain Henry, who occupied an important position in the old Yeomanry Service. wie ANOTHER BODY ARRIVES. Remains of Victim of Empress Reaches Toronto. A despatch from Toronto says: The remains of Mrs. John Edward Dodd, who went down in the Em- press of Ireland, arrived in Toron- | to Friday night. Mrs. Dodd was formerly Miss Violet Victoria Han- son, having been married:on Ma 5 last to Mr. Dodd, who was -- e was 27 years of ome SHOT BY HIGHWAYMAN. . A despatch from Oshkosh, Wis., gays: Frederick Hines, baggage agent of the Soo Line here was shot recovered in the most efficient man a& short time. - highwayman. and instantly killed last night by a United States. The bill to repeal the exemption of coastwise shipping from Panama Canal tolls was passed by the United States Senate. That French fashions are not fit for good women was declared be- fore the General Federation of Wo- men's Clubs at Chicago. General. Australian elections will be held September 5. The general strike has been re- newed in Italy, and the strikers are displaying a vicious mood. German scientists are coming to Canada to employ a new wireless wave apparatus for investigating the internal structure of the earth and detecting the presence of both water and ore deposits. she FINDS SKINS WORTH. $3,500. Constable Edwards of White River Makes Another Haul. A. despatch from Toronto says: Provincial Constable James Ed- wards of White River has added an- other feather to his cap. Two weeks ago he had-the Hudson's Bay Com- pany fined $16,000 for buying furs out of season and on Wednesday he effected another haul. At a north- ern place called Missanabie, he found in the bush 181 beaver skins and 14 otter skins, worth in all about $3,500. The furs were ship- ped towards Toronto. Ba TRIED TO FIRE JAIL. Attempt at Self-Destruction Car- ried Out by Alleged Murderer. A despatch from Montreal says: Joseph Beauchamp, one of the two Neged bandits being held for trial ext September on a charge of mur- dering Canstable Bourdon at St. Laurent on Tuesday night, tried to destroy his own life at the Bor- deaux jail, where he is incarcerat- ed. @ piled his mattress, table and chairs against the door of his cell and set fire to the pile. The gmoke.attracted attention and the flames were speedily put out. Men are like needles; when they ware broke women have no use for Wea 2 them. The militant suffragettes staged one of the most dramatic acts of their campaign Friday afternoon for Home Affairs, was delivering an ~ 28 years, -- x : any time after one year. NATIONAL SECURITIES HAS PAID 7% PER ANNUM puis geacncince the seopeues age, Mi seesbo" enables Investment may be wi Safe ticulars and booklet gladly furnished on request. = CONFEDERATION LIFH BUILDING 'ull & oe oe patablighed drawn in part or whole as & mort eo FF 'pare CORPORATION, LIMITED, -- t MILITANTS DARING ATTEN - TORONTO, ONT. |Most Dramatic Scene Yet ss _ Destruction -- Enacted in Ca mpaign of| A despatch from London. BAYS! when they exploded a bomb in Westminster Abbey ab the very moment that the Right Hon. Regi- nald McKenna, Secretary of State optimistic speech in the House of Commons nearby regarding the Government's method of dealing with the 'wild women," famous Coronation Chair in ward the Confessor's Chapel, Al though it did little damage, lik previous attempts at destruction the same kind, its reporb penctra' -ed to the chamber of the House, in terrupting Mr. McKenna's oration' and bringing some of the members into the street to learn what ha happened, The detonation w. heard for many blocks around, a crowd quickly filled the square in. front of the Abbey, but tho poli were in immediate p n ai The bomb was placed beside the closed all the doors. _ Our London Letter 'Woman to Fly to Make Call. Mrs. Mary Buller who has taken up Byte oe a profession, is planning to drop in literally on her friends for after- noon teas from the flying ground where she is stationed as a racing pilot, --. "Mra, Buller has just returned from France, where she underwent a long course of training in preparation for her present post as flying representative of an seroplane manufacturing concern, She has entered for the aerial Derby around London and will be the first wo- man who has ever competed in this race, Mrs. Buller says head, but frequently loses her temper when'she gets into a tight place, he has been flying for three years and has never had a serious accident. She explains that she was forced into the flying game, but by circumstances she could not resist, She was living quietly in the country near Shoreham on a farm, part of which was acquired for an aerodrome, and later a waterplane station was erected near her home. This proximity proved too much and Mrs, Buller soon took up flying, first as a fad, but as she increased in proficiency she adopted it as a profession. : Coutts Silver Offered to Public. Some magnificent specimens of Georgian silver stored in the vaults of a London bank for three-quarters of a century have been placed on sale. The 114 lots, of which one alone consists of a service including 369 knives and forks, are a portion of the Coutts heirlooms, which once belonged to Harriet Mellon, Duchess of St. Albans. Harriet Mellon, who was originally an actress, had a romantic career, Hand- some and vivacious, she was one of the stage favorites of her time She mar- ried Thomas: Coutts, an octogenarian banker, and. when he died she inherited the whole of his fortune, and five years wie married the ninth Duke of St. Al- ans, She died in 1837, and during the long years since her silver has lain undis- turbed in the bank vaults until it was removed last week for the present sale. The wrappings had been entirely eaten away by insects, but the plate itself ap- pears to be entirely new. Most of the plate was made by Paul Storr, Philip Rundell or John Briggs, three eminent silversmiths-of the day. Most of it was purchased by Thomas Coutts. 4 One of the most striking pieces is a pair of silver centrepleces. which weigh 1,233 ounces. They are fitted with cir- cular baskets cha'ed with wreaths of ivy and acanthus borders. The stems are fashioned to represent foliage and round them are grouped Bacchanalian figures. This was one of the masterpieces of Paul Storr, and was made in 1816. Monorail Train to Travel at 500 Miles. While experts continue to discuss the practicability of M. Bachelet's aerially suspended railway, J, Esson, a Birming- ham manufacturer, announces that he has invented a train which will travel 500 miles an hour, 200 miles an hour faster than the Bachelet train. This latest invention is of the mono- rail type, but has one of the Bachelet features, Inasmuch as it will fly after attaining a certain speed. It does not rely for levitation on magnetic repul- sion, but on the principles of aviation. It will be a hybrid of a street car and an aeroplane, with an overhead trolley and propellers. The model is driven by electricity. 'The inventer claims that it ean attain a speed of 500 miles an hour with ease and safety. and he expects to give a demonstration soon with a work- ing model. The train is connected. with the cable at either extremity by rods terminating in flanged wheels, these rods serving to convey current to motors fore and aft. The inventor declares that the-train is so designed that when it has attained a sufficient velocity it will lift itself from the velocity buffer spring and fly. This, he claims, will mean a huge saving in maintenance charges. - Here's the Golf Green Fly. Golf greens, as well as golfers have their troubles. Public interest in golf has indirectly led to an interesting dis- covery by Mr. Westroff, a research stud- ent in Prof. Lefroy's department at the Royal College of Science. He has found an insect hitherto un- known, but now named the golf green fiy, which destroys the tender, delicate grass on putting greens. In the earlier stages of its existence looking for all the world like a brown seed in the chrysalis stage it conceals itself in the stem of the grass. In the last, or fly, stage it is a tiny dark brown insect scarcely distinguishable from a midge. It belongs to the same group as the wheat pest, the Hessian fly. Among the courses' where the golf green fly has been detected are those of the Denham an Sunningdale clubs where it has been responsible for a great deal of damage. But at the Royal College of Science a powder has been found which effectually destroys the golf green fly, as well as the leather jacket and the St. Mark's fiy--the other known pests which ravage golf greens. The powder makes the greens uninhabitable by any of these pests for at least a year after its use. "Who Did Write Shakespeare? Another theory as to the identity of the ideal personality around whom Shakespeare. wrote many of his son- nets is advanced in a volume in which nobody would expect to find it The vol- ume is a cheap reprint of a sixteenth eentury devotion work, 'The Triumphs Over Death," by the Venerable Robert Southwell, a Jesuit priest. The editor, J. W. Trotman, propounds the startling theory that Southwall is the friend of-the celebrated Shakes- peare. The beautiful youth of the son- nets was a Jesuit, tortured by Topcliffe, imprisoned in the Tower for three years sate finally dragged to Tyburn and hang- ea. ~ = But neither Shakespeare nor Bacon, Mr. Trotman holds, -wrote the immortal sonnets and plays. According to him they are the work of John Trussell, a member. of a family resident for cen- turies at Billesley, near Stratford-on- Avon, and Mayor of Winchester; where he made such a charmin speech to Queen Henrietta Maria after her. mar- riage there with Charles J. that she de- clared she was as pleased as if he had given her 10,000 crowns. His poem, "The First Rape of Fair Helen," his champion says, is no less Shakespearian than Venus and Adonis."" And as only one copy of it exists and one has not had access to the private' library in which it is preserved, one is unable to express an opinion on the point. It is evident that Mr. Trotman has. prepar- ae exercise for the wits of the critics. * Britons Fight Standard Oil. The negotiations on behalf of British interests for the acquisition of exten- sive oil fields in California have not has been made. If the deal is closed great significance will attach to it be- cause of the nature of the syndicate which has the matter in hand. The members include, for fnstance, Lord Pirrie, Sir Thomas Royden and Andrew Weir. The last named ship own- he néver--loses. her |. een completed, but substantial progress: through which an option is held on Union Oll Corporation, the purchase 9 'whose property is now desired. ee: In the event of a successful issue strong competition will probably be of fered to the Standard Oil Company an the construction of oi] tanks to value of about $25,000,000 is mentioned -- as the probable development. ee Sano oH BUSY S00 CANAL. 72,000,000 Tons of Freight Passed Locks Last Year. ; No less than seventy-two million tons of freight passed throug pr '¢ locks of Sault Ste, Marie on Great Lakes last year. These | which connect Lake Superior wi the lower lakes, are now foatu of our inland navigation' system, fo through them passes nearly 75 | cent. of the entire lake traffic, sa, the Engineering News. To increase the facilities 103 handling the traffic on the Ameri : side, a lock of exceptional size is under construction, as an addition! to the two existing locks, while an excavation has been commenced for, a fourth lock. . ' It was considered desirable to dupligage tihe new lock, not so much to increase the traffic capacity as to provide against trafic in the event of any accident at the third lock. This duplication is a feature of the locks on the Pa-, nama Oanal, where the traffic will! be much less in volume than at "the Soo.' The additional lock was au-) thorized by Congress in 1912, and| work is now im progress on the 'ex-+ cayvation. ' With all this work completed,' there will be the unique spectac of two parallel and adjacent ca) with four parallel single lift locks. whe ages the General Petroleum Company f, STRIKERS EIN VICLOUS MOOD., Express Attacked and Many Pas-) sengers Are Injured. : A despatch from Milan says:| The Berlin express was attacked near Como. All the windows were broken and a score of injured pas-} sengers had to descend for medical treatment. An attempt was made; -- to blow up the railway bridge at Placenza with dynamite bombs. Vast crowds of rioters devastated Imola station, damaged the hocomo- tives, overturned rolling stock, and set everything on fire. Between Ancona and Faleonara many miles) of track were torn up. A state of; siege has been proclaimed at An-, cona, where barricades haye been! erected. At Naples many people -- were killed and wounded when the: strikers stormed the Carabinieri barracks, and the artillery open fire on the rioters with quick-firers.; There were many fatalities in fighting at Florence and Turin. ok MACHINE TURNED TURTLE. \ Seven Occupants Held Prisoners Under a Motor Car. Brownsville, Ont., June 11.--Se, ven persons, all of Aylmer, Ont., -- had a narrow escape from : just outside this village last night when the automobile of G. R. Christie turned turtle and dropped into a ditch while turning out to avoid a wagon standing in tha road, Fortunately at the spot where the car capsized the ditch was very deep, and as a result occupants were not crushed as tho; otherwise would haye been, 'The, weight of the machine, however, kept them prisoners for a long time, until one of the men of the part; crawled out and obtained ai ah. "TRIBUTE TO MOTHER. Perryer Drops Wreath Where Went Down. A despatch from London, Eng. land, says: When' the Cunarder, Alunia, which reached Plymouth, on Wednesday from Canada, pass- ed the scene of the sinking of th Sho, % conducted by the Salvation Ar delegates on board. The passen-| gers sang "'Nearer My God to, Thee,' and Bandmaster Perrye: who lost his mother in the disast dropped a wreath over the spot cA ae er is the head of the group that man- interruption to |