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| A despatch from Guelph says: The grand sweepstakes for cattle at the Winter Fair was won by Red Paul, a twoâ€"yearâ€"old grade heifer exhibited by Adam Armstrong, Ferâ€" Grand Sweepstakes for Cattle Carried Off by Red Paul, Exhibited by Adam Armstrong, Fergus WINNERS AT gus. This heifer, although much emaller and lighter, beat out Roan Champion, the animal which carâ€" ied off the championship at the Toronto Fat Stock Show. The swine departmeat never was bigger or better than this year,. All the classes were woll filled with the best that could be bred in the proâ€" vinos. â€" The champlonship for the best pair of bacon hogs at the show went to J. E. Brethour and nephew of Burford, the noted breeders of Yorkshires. â€"Brethour and nephew annexed also the silyer cup for the best pen of three bacon hogs, and ~>n many first prizes in the genâ€" eral classes. They took firsts for Yorkshire barrow, six months and under nine, and for Yorkshire sow under six months. Joseph Featherâ€" stone & Son, Strecetsville, stepped to the top in the classes for Yorkâ€" shirs barrow under six months, and for sow nine months and undar 15. Brethour and nephew had the champion Yorkshire barrow, and Featherstone & Son had the chamâ€" plon Yorkshire sow. The best Berkâ€" shire barrow was shown by P. J. McEwean, Wyoming, and the best zow by Adam Thompson, Shakesâ€" pears, and these breeders divided The Leading Goldâ€"Mining Magnate of South Africa. A despatch from Johannesburg, Bouth Africa, says: An attempt was made on Thursday to assasstâ€" nate Sir Lionel Philips, the leading goldâ€"mining magnate of South Afâ€" rica. Three shots were fired at him. The attempt was made while he was walking on Commissioner Street. The assailant of Sir Lionel Philips was identified as a Dutch storeâ€" keeper of the name of Nissun, and the crime was supposed to have been actuated by revenge for the loss of a recent suit against the mining grz;ip with which Sir Lionel is conncoted. One bullet pierced the lung and liver, but the attendâ€" ing physicians are hopeful of Sir Lionel‘s recovery. Ho has suffered much from shock and pain, and no attempt has been made to remove the bullets. The wound in the noeck is slight. Promier MoBride of British Columâ€" bia Opposed to It. ‘ A despatch from Victoria, B.0., rays: Premier McBride refused on Wednesday tho request of the United Suffrage Societies of Briâ€" tish Columbia for the introduction of a woman suffrage bill by the Government.\ Ho suggested that tho question would have to be brought up by a private member, "The Provincial Executive is not in entire agroement on this question of the vote for women,‘"‘ announced Premier McBride to a delegation which waited on him. "If you get the votoe, then you would sit in Parâ€" Hameont, and it would be reasonable to suppose that some time you would form a woman‘s party and probably run the entire affairs of the country. That would be a logiâ€" eal conclusion,"‘ said the Premuier. Tenders for Scction Eight Will Be Called For Shortly. A despatch from Ottawa says: Work is advancing rapidly on the mew Wollard Canal and section 8 will be the next section for which tenders will be called. This is the section next to Port Colborna, and will be an expensive cut, as it is through rock for the most pant. Plans and specifcations are now in preparation and tenders will be called for during the winter. Seeâ€" tiong I, 2, 3 and 5 aro in progrese. sSIR LIONEL PBILIPS SHOT. wWOMAN sSUFFRAGE BIUL. NEW WELLAND CANAL. l In Chester Whites the champlon \barrow was shown by Daniel Do \Courcey, Bormholm, and the chamâ€" plon sow by W. E. Wright of Glanâ€" worth. all first prizes. In Tamworths, both championships went to D. Douglas & Sons, Mitchell. $ The poultry show has never been equalled _ in Ontario for quality. . Baldwin silver cup for best female in the showâ€"Buff Coâ€" chin, owned by Holmhurst Poultry Farm, Whithy. Russell silver cup for best male in showâ€"Barred Plymouth Rock cockâ€" erel ownsd by John Pringle, Lonâ€" don. Best cock in showâ€"Bronzo turâ€" key owned by W. H. Beattio, Wilâ€" ton Grove. Zenoleum trophy for best bird in showâ€"Buff Cochin owned by Holmâ€" hursst Poultry Farm, Vghitiy. f Best pullet in the showâ€"White Orpington owned by Petrice & Christie, Mount Hamilton, â€" _ Great interest was taken in the seed exhibit at the show, and it was with great eagerness that the farmâ€" ers purchased the various seeds when they ware offered for sale by auction. Seed grain brought good prices, oats of the Lincoln variety selling for as high as $4.10 for a bushel and a half. Thess were shown by Georga E. Foster, Honeyâ€" wood. Corn went up to $3.75 for a bushel and & half. ; British War Office Will Utilize the Newspapers. A despatch from London says: A newspaper advertising campaign for recruits to the British army is to bhe undertaken in all parts of the country, The War Office has beâ€" come convinced of the value of the newspapers as a medium and has placed a contract with the head of fed, clothed, housed, get $2.50 a week pocket money, and have free medical attendance, as well as reâ€" celving a pension at the age of thirtyâ€"six years if the recruit is not over cighteen at the time of his enkistment. a regular advertising agency to conduct the campaign during the next year on a large scale. No less than 40,000 men are needed to fill vacancies in British regiments. The edvertisement will point out that the young men who enlist will be Young Woman Meets a Terrible Death Near Cornwall. A despatch from Cornwall, Ont., says: While in the act of preparâ€" ing a fire with which to get dinner, Miss Amy Kirk of Gallingertown received burns which resulted in her death. The unfortunste woman poured coal oil in the stove and the flames entared the can, causing a terrible explosion. The girl‘s clothes also caught fire and sho was badly burned about the body. The only person in the house at the time was Miss Kirk‘s younger sister, who succeeded in smothering the flames, A doctor was summoned, but the injuries were so serious that Ldeath resulted in & short tims. Railways Inrereasing Number of z> of Caunadian Grair. A despatoh from Winnipeg says: Minnsapolis grain buyers expect to purchase 20,000,000 or more bushâ€" els of grain in Woestern Canada this year under the new Wilson tariff law. Railroads report that southâ€" bound freight traing over tha Soo line, Great Northern and Northern Pacific are daily increasing the number of cars of Oanadian grain. During ths past few days the moveâ€" ment has been greatly accelerated, every freigls train taking south 10 or 20 cars. POURED COAL OIL IN STOVE. ADVERTISE FOR RECRUITS. V.S. TAEING OUR WHEAT. PRIG: Broadstuifs, s flT‘?rQflm, Deo. 16. â€"Flourâ€"Ontarlo wheat our, 90 per cent., §3.50 to #5.50, seaboard, and at $5.50, Toronto. Manitobasâ€"Firet patents, in jute bags, $5.30; do., eeconds, 84.80; strong bakora, in juteo bags, $4.00. RERDOPLE Vn Neatu .ib makiet Bd ho ns e aip se en ay Manitoba wheatâ€"No. 1 Northern, 93 to ?:)O'gon track, Bay ports, and No, 2 ab 91 Bo. Ontario wheatâ€"No. 2 wheat mt 81 to 850, outside. Oateâ€"No. 2 Ontario cats, 34 1â€"2 to 850. outeide, and at 37 & to i80, on track, Toâ€" nantrn nuinaternâ€" Canaisâ€"oldâ€"oats. 4o fOr Oateâ€"No. 2 Ontario cats, 34 1â€"2 to 020. outside, and at 37 12 to &8¢, on track, Toâ€" ronto. Western. Canuada %.'d, outs, 410 for No. %, and 39 1%o for No. d, Bny ports. Peasâ€"81 to $1.06, outside. 3 Barleyâ€"Good malting bariev. 05 to 670, qoutside. § S EEPORTS FROM The LEADING TRADE CENTRES OZ AMERIGA Prices of Cattle, CGrain, Cheess and atnst Eraduce at Home and Abroad Cornâ€"Now No. 3 American is quoted atb T1 1â€"20, all rail, Toronto, Ryeâ€"No. 2 at 67 to 683, outside. Buokwlheatâ€"(0c, outside, with none ofâ€" fering. : Branâ€"Manitobs bran, §21 a ton, in bags, Toronto freight. Ehorts, §22, Toronto. Couniry Produce. Butterâ€"Choice dairy 23 to 240; inferior, gf) to 2lc; farmera‘ eeparator prints, 21 to 6c; creamery prints, 27 to 2%0; do., solids, 26 to 26 1â€"%0, Egreâ€"Care lots of newâ€"laid, 47 to 500 pet doxen; eelechs, o8 to 40c, and atorage, 32 to 65e per dozen. Checseâ€"New cheose, 14 12 to 14 340 for large, and 150 for twius. Beansâ€"Handâ€"picked, $220 to $225 . por bushel; primes, $2 to $2.10, Poaltryâ€"Fowl, 11 to 120 per lb.1 chick. eua. 15 to lho: ducks, 12 to 14e; geese, 11 â€" Poaltryâ€"Fowl, 11 to enus, 15 to 1%0; ducks, to 14¢; turkeys, 18 to â€" Potatossâ€"Ontarios, 80 to Bio per bag, 0n track, and Delawaree at 900. Baconâ€"Long clear, ifc pner lb., in caea iots. Porkâ€"Whort cut, $28.50; do., mose, $24.50. â€" Hame Mediom to light, 19 i2 to fic; heavy, i%¢; rolle, 15 1â€"2 to 160; broakâ€" faet bacon, 19 to 20¢: backs, 22 to BMc.. Baled hayâ€"No. 1 at $14.50 to $15 a ton, on track here; No. 2 at $18 to $15.50, and mixed a1 Mi9 0 Bm tos. s . â€" Lardâ€"Tierces, 14 34¢; tubs, 14¢c; palls, 14 146. ( â€" Baled strawâ€"Car lots brack, Toronto. 1 Northern, 84 1â€"8¢; No. 2 Northern, 81 5-8&{ No. 3 Northern, 19 18c; No. 1 rejeote geede, 76 1â€"20; No. 2 refected socde, 74 1â€"20; No. 1 asmutty, 76 1â€"%0; No. 2 smutty, 741â€"2%0; No. 1 red Winter, B4o; No. 2 red Winter, 81 3401 No. 3 red Winter, 79 680. Oateâ€" Montreal, Dec. 16.â€"Corn, Amorican No. 2 yallow, 80 to B1 1â€"%0. Oats, UOnnadian Western, No. 4 4114 to 4%¢; Cmnadian Western, No. 3,40 12 to 410. Barley, Man. feed, 48 to b06; malting, 65 to 67¢. Buokâ€" wheat, No. 2, 66 to bTo. glilour. Man. Spring whoat patents, firsls, $5.40; seconde, $4.90; strong . bakers‘, $4.70; Winter patents, choice, $4.75 to $5; straight rollers, $4.50 to $4.60; straight rollers, bags, §2 to $2.10. Rolled oats, barrels, 24.40 to $4.50; bars, 90. lbe., 22.10 to §212 14. Bran, $20 to $2M. Rhorts, $22 to M%3. Middlinge. §25 to £26. Mouillie, $27 to $31. Hay, No. &4 ver ton car lots, $14 to ?16 Cheeso, finest west erng, 13 34 to 3 Tâ€"Go; finest casterne, 13 14 to 13 1%0. Butter, cholcest oreamâ€" erv 1 1â€"2 to 2%%0; secords, 28 to . 28 140. Eg«s, fresh, 65 to 60e; saleoted, $8e; No. 1 atock. Mc; NS. 2 stock, 260. Potatocs, per bag, car lote.475 to 200. o s No. 2 C. W., M 3%¢; No. 3 C.W., 320; extrn No. 1 feed, 32 1‘Z<i; No. 1 feed, Mo; No. 4 feed, 29 34c. Barley, No. 4, 40 1â€"%0; rejectâ€" ed, 37 1.%; feed, 3fe. Flazx _No. 1 N.W.C., €1.20 1â€"2; No. 2 C. W., $118 12 B3 T7â€"8c; May, 88 1â€"4c;, No. 1 hard, 68 1‘40é No. i Northern, 66 14 to 87 34¢; No. Northern, 8414 to 85 34¢; No%, 3. wheat, 8214 to 83 14e. Corn, No. 3 yellow, 63 to §3 1%c. Oats, No. 3 white, 38 to 38 1â€"40. Bran, $19.75 to %20.25. Flour, unchanged. Duluth. Dec. 165â€"Wheatâ€"No. 1 | hard. 87 5â€"8@; No. 1 Northern, 86 6.8¢; No. 2 Northern, 84 58 to 85 1â€"8¢; Montana, No. 2 hard, 86 1â€"%c; December, 84 +8¢,; May, 88 58 to 838 34c. Linseed. $1,45 54; Decem: ber. $1.43; May., $1.43 34¢. Montreal, Dec. 16 â€"’Ifile boet steens offerâ€" ed sold at $7.50, hut the bulk of the trade wag done in cattle ranging {rom $6 to $7, and the lower grades, including rough etock, at from 549% $5 per owb. Butchers‘ cows from $4.50 to $6.50, and bulls §5 to $6.50, while canning stock l_)rou_gf_lj $3.50 to $4 per awt. Lambs, $8 to $8.25, and sheen at $5 to $5.50 ner ewt. Beleoted ]o;a of hose from $9 to $9.25 per ewb. weigh off cars« Toronto, Dec. 15 â€"Cattleâ€"Cholco . but. chers, §8 to $9; good medium, $6.50 to §7.935; common, $5 to $5.50; fat cowe, $4.50 to $5.%; common cows, $350 to $4; but. chere‘ bulls, $3.176 to $3.50; canners and cutters, $1.50 to $4.35. Calyesâ€"Good veal, §8.75 to $10; common, $4.75 to $510. Stock: ere and feedersâ€"Steers, 910 to 1,050 lbs., $6 to $%6.75; good quality, 800 lb«., SS to $6.25: light Eastern, 400 to 650 lThe., $450 to $5.25; light, $3.50 to $5.50. Bheep and lambsâ€"Light ewes, $550 to $6; heary, $3 o $3.50; bucks, 85 to $5.50: spring lambe, §9.50 to $8.90, buLt:n with 750 per head deâ€" ducted for all the buck lambs. Hogeâ€" $8.65 to §8.175, fed and watered; $8.90 to $3 of cars; $8.30 to $8.35, Lob. Leader of Opposition Thircks Seriâ€" ous Times Are Ahcad. A despatch from â€" Carnarvon, Wales, says: Andrew Bonar Law, leader of the QOpposition in the House of Commons, speaking here on Thursday night, repeated his prediotion that the imposition of home rule on Ulster would result in civil war. "If the Government,"‘ he continued, "has any proposal to make which holds out even & prosâ€" pect of avoiding the evile we dread, we shall consider is without any regard to party advantage or disâ€" advantage, hut with sole regand for the welfare of the nation." He addâ€" ed that the Government seemed content to let matters drift, and that meanwhile the likelihood . of resching a settlement by consent was growing smaller. Winnireg Orain. Winnipesg, â€" Dec. 16â€"Cash:â€"Wheatâ€"No United States Marke‘s. Minneapolie, Dec. 16 â€"December ULSTER AND HOME URLE. $ IF FARK PROVOTS Baled Hay and Straw. Liva Stock Markets Montreal Markets. Provisions. $8.50 to $8.75, on wheat, 88 1â€"4¢; TE EW3 t A PARASAPE Carada, the Empice and the World fa General Before Your Eyes. Canada. A coâ€"operative market branch has been added to the Departmont of Agriculture. 6. %'I:};)w:;.fi,e;fidance at tho Winter Fair at Guselph for the four days totalled 41,000. The Minister of Militia is developâ€" ing a scheme to obtain tilitia offâ€" cers from the universities,. HAPF _NINGS FROM ALL OYER THE GLOBE IN A @WUTSHLLL Borlin waterworks extensions are completed, including the largest concrete standpips on the contia nent. Toronto police cfficials will seak legislation to prevent newspapers from publishing racing information. The total cash value of the salâ€" mon caught in British Columbia watera this year was $7,019,745.75. Centralization wf cheose faotories was advocated by district dairy inâ€" structors at a meeting in Mofris butrg. The consolidation of lake steamâ€" ship companies into the Canada Steamship Lines, Limited, has been completed. s Two women of respectable Hamâ€" ilton families who were caught shopliiting were senterced to jail for three weake. Miss Nettie McCoy, of Toronto, was drowned at Callander on FEriâ€" day while enjoying the first skating on Lake Nipissing. C Mors stringent laws against imâ€" morality and the abolition of raceâ€" track gambling were urged at Otâ€" tawa by a strong deputation. The official index at Ottawa shows the standand of living for November fixed at 138.4; in Qoctober it was 136.8. 7 Caol. Carleton, the new commandâ€" ant of the Royal Military Collego at Kingston, has arrived from lngâ€" land. _ The Post Office Department again issues a warning that UChristmas Trooper Mulloy, the blind hero of the South African war, is now in charge of the new Dopartment of Military History at the Royal Miliâ€" tary College, Kingston. _ _ _ seals must not be attached to the frace side of letters. R s Henry O. Held, of Fisherville, cattle buyer for a Cayuga firm, was instantly killed, and two drovers serilously injured, in a rearâ€"ond colâ€" lision of the G.T.R. Montreal Hxâ€" pross with a freight train near Oshawa Junction. The postal employees in Greab Britain have deferred the calling of a general strike, + The English newspapers havo unâ€" avnimously decided to suspend pubâ€" lioation on Uhristmas Day. The British submarine, Ci4, sank in ten minutes siter & collision with a barge near Devonport but the orew of 20 wore saved. Rebel bands swept down upon the oil city of Tampico, in Mexico, but were repulsed. â€"___ _ 2 A big demonwration was made at the Capitol in Wazshington by the Antiâ€"Sgloon League, _ _ _ _ died in Florida, aged 87. The "Mona Lisa,‘"‘ Europ‘s most famous painting, was found in Florence and the thief arrested. An international fleet is guarding the neutral zone at Tampico, ‘while the Mexicans fight for the city‘s _~Wm. Desring, one of the founders of the great Chicago farm im;ifleâ€" ment f&rm, and & multi millionaira, Dismasted and deserted, the Briâ€" tish ship Dalogonar, from Callao for Taeltal, Chile, was sighted Ootoâ€" ber 28 about 1,200 miles west of the coast of Ohile by the French barque The late great storm has emphasized the necess@y of a more extensive harbor of refuge on Lake ,Hur_gp." United States. Great Britain, General. GODERICE HARBOR, WHICH MAY BE RECO NSTRUCIED. Thcs we learn that the commander of & military train who was captured by the rebele had his ears out off, his tongue ]t,orn out and his syes gouged from their ‘ sockote. | ‘Then the federals, when they captured a ‘man engaged in the raid on the train, ‘\made him sit on a charge of dynamite ‘and blow him to picces, & % ‘There is something wondorfully dramaâ€" l"’i’-C b tio about the tremendous dovelopment Wires work the Canadian Pacific Railway wil Imuch carry on during theo coming year. In |Of a eclear or foul flzancial weather money |. Did pours out for further improverments. 1b there ahowse the faith of its beads in the future Bice of Carada and how strong and healthy | fusion the finanglal pocition is. Ib sounds very NVSCC easy to do all the financing eurlier so differ that whon there ie no mozey bueiness P&ATlS does not suffer. Bub it is really very dit. Citv ! fieult and needs not ouly excellent eredit, Of !2 but caraoful preparation. Above all it Gdency nesds imagination enficiont to Jook far Of th ancad aud allow for fusure development. It is I The superstitionsly inclined, and ’t,hoqe] ‘rwho believe in human power to foratell: !‘the ovents of the future, to whom "the. _eunset of life gives mystical loro and coming events gast their shadows before," . may take comfort to them@elves in tlie prophecy of a modern Mother Shipton, who says that there will be no "disaster". in America in 1914. Perhaps she thinks that with hoe Titanio disasters, the gremt lake storms, drought, syclones, . floods, mine horrors, she has had enough to last longer than to the end of next year. But we imagine that there will be no rolaxâ€" ing of vigilance or negleoting of precai tlons on the part of miners or shipmas ters or railroad engineers or weather obâ€" gervers for averting the misfortunes thab aro preventable. %erha.ps there is as much common senee as superstition in the makeup of the human race @fter all. Talking Across the Sea. A recant reporbh that Marcon! had enc ceeded by the wiraless telophons in gondâ€" ing disconnected sounds a0r0sé the Atâ€" lantio provesa to have been promatare, Imagination, is of much greater import. 4C.68 ance than poople gemorally eredit.. In . Wi some way or othetr it has become mixtd brav up ‘with dreams. The imaginative rman Of is called unpractical and m dreamer. Thon civil whon it is seon that imsgination trained | WoOl {anâ€" m practical school ovolyvee something too, of real value everybody wonders why it whic was never thought of before, ‘The facs to Q that the Ganadian Pacific is going on with &t I this development during the coming year | Into whows the imagination which was brought | uts luto play two or three years ago. In fact | to U the executive heads of thcea great railâ€" roads are almost obiged to be looking and living months abhead of anyone elss.| Ga On their ability to foreese depand their| Can @ucoecs. > c ~ltere To create conditions for the bonefit of their roads, to always keep m little mhoad of their rivals, to epend money at the right time and have ’ft when it is soarce â€"it‘s n great game, but it wants fine playâ€" ing. The way in which the Canadian Paâ€" cifico goes right on with its work is a fine advertisement for Canada. It proves that however severely Canada is oriticized at times those who know her better than anyons else are quite ready to back her reputation with all the resources at their command. Aots of the Playful Savage. 7 The North American Indiau, in his wildast state, appoars to be a oultivated gontlomon compared with those who are conduoting war in Mexico, § How like the "blowing from the guns" in ‘"‘Mutiny‘" days, how like the playful antics of an older civilization desoribed in "With Fire and Sword"! It seems but B ste{: from the drawing room to the shambles. THE WESTERN GRAIN CROP Movement of Grain to Lakes In Three Months 570,59oBushels, Against 67,307,592 in 1912 A despatch from Ottawa says : That the Western wheat crop for 1013 was almost 73 per cent. greater than that for last year, and many & previous one, is indicated by official figures issued by the Department of Trade and Comâ€" merco on Wednesday for the first time, covering the roceipts and shipments of grain from Fort Wilâ€" Ham and Port Arthur during the present shipping season. Advance figures which have been given out at Fort William have indicated that the total would be a large one, but the fnal figures show that it surâ€" passes expectations. SCSomment on Events Tha total reccipts of grain, inâ€" cluding wheat, oats, barley, and flax, at Fort William and Port Arâ€" thur during September, October and November, the three months of the shipping season, were 115,570,â€" 590 bushels, as compared with 687,â€" 267,592 bushels in 191%. In other High Class 5â€"Â¥ear RBonds that are Profitâ€"Sharing. Seriesâ€"$1G0, $500, $1000 NATIORAL SECURITIES CORPORATIQN, LIMITED Creat Railway Building Prophecles for 1914. CONFEDERATION LIPE BVILDiRG INVESTM’EN‘!,; may beâ€"withdrawn any time after ono y ear, on 80 days‘ notice, â€" Rusinass mb bfi:‘o{ these Bon#s estabâ€" lished 28 years. Sund for apesial {oldor and full particulars. excesded i00 miles, he says. But hs reâ€" cognizee no limit to what may hbe done and freely prodicke that New York will yot bo eble to talk with Lordon without wires.~ When that tune comes, think ho much greater than ever will be the of a universal languago. _ 18 though probably. prophetic. The radiaw of his experimenting thus far bas nok Did you ever pause to agk yourself there are so many dialects and te= ; Bince that dim time of Buwel this con= fusion hae multiplied, until: today the mpeech of the people varies not only. in different countrics, but also in differenK paris of the same country, and even from‘ city to city, and from warnd to ward. Bub of late there has come to pass a mew ten dency, which is again brirging the spesoh! of the people to a common denominator, It is the work of the steam engine, the telegranh and the telephonme. _ ° =~. With intereate cteadily converging, with travel multiplying, with the white wings of commerce visiting every shoro, with ciyilization weaving all mankind into the, woof of a human brotherhood, speoch, too, bhegins once more to seek a language which all can comprehond. It may ba lefa to m Marconi to remove the curs$ which, at Babel, sent the song of men fibhering into the wilderness. For it surely is a curee to hear your brother epeak and nok to undoerstand. General Chi Kuang Lung, governo ,of) Canton, seems to be experioncingzg.- a teresting time. For the second timi 4 in a fortnight he has escaped Acsag@iiaâ€" tion. This time the‘ sssassin tried to plungs a knife into the general‘s hearl but missed anrd merely wounded the gon« eral‘s hand. The general, however, made much ‘better uee of his time," He killed four of his guarde meraly because he fea ed their treachery. It seemse bad to b governor of Canton but much worse H occupy the comparatively humb‘le posi!y tlon of guard to the governor, Kuang, Lung must be a â€" fairly tempeutuouun,} doughty Oriental. To escape nesassinatio by a hair‘s breadth and immodiately turn! ND oe RCCiOROm NEZR t o e ie comienrenas romesnent te en on and pereonally exscute four attend! ania needs & kind of borsork rage. If the guarde had | been treacherously inclined surely they would havo eeized ‘the oppor! tunity of ridding themselve? of. Kusgpg Lung. Possibly the general. aoted in hasto and will repent at leisuro. Rep‘bnfé ance will nob restore his guards to, lif but may do something for their arlcestort] Four guarde as againet one aesatsin i\Qa likely to leave the general‘s accounts with & balsnce on the wrong side, ~Btil} Kuang Lung must be set down aB & ready reckoner. 3 a John Quinn of Newburg in a Serfa ous Condition. A despatch from Kingston saye! John Quinn, miller at léewburg; is lying at his home in a precarious condition as the result of injuries he received at the mill on Friday. Ho was discovered unconscious ab the bottom of the shalting, where ho had been hurled after being whirled about. He was working alone atb the. tlm,e Farmors ho arrived to havo grinding done“lo the discovery. # Thomas Sanders, & colored priâ€" soner, while being taken to Oalgary, by the Mounted Police, jumped out of the window of a moving trainl and is at large. The best showing was made qlurâ€" ing September and October, Noâ€" vember receipts and shipments bes ing about the same as for the same! months in 1913. ‘ This was due, of course, to the fact that the crop was moved earlior this year. Dur« ing November of this ye%r the to receipts of grain were 45,12°M& while the shipments ware’ss,fi%fi bushels. â€"The total receipts wheat alone during the t%}z'.eev» sh ping months were 83,541,742 bu els, as compared â€" with â€"48@%18, bushols last year. â€"The total ments of wheat were 70,19 bushels, as compared with 45, 283 bushels last year. words, over seventy per cgnb’ro" grain was received than ang last year. The total shipments for this season were 98,434,120 bushels, as compared with 80,501,01% bushâ€" els during a similar period. last year, an increase of slixty per cent. INJURED IN HIS MILL. A Doughty Orlontal. Ttoronto. CcAmabk f 115,=