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«$3 Before the war about ten passports were issued per day by British authoâ€" rities. Now the daily average is 275. Stocks of gold are held by the Bank of England in both Canada and South Africa. All these are considered as of comâ€" paratively less importance than the fifth line between â€" Tsupingkai and Taonanfu, 290 miles long. This, when ready for operation, is expected to prove a profitable feeder to the South Manchuria railroad lines. The allied statesmen have not lost sight of the issues at stake. An Engâ€" lish expedition was sent from India months ago to fight its way from the head of the Persian Gulf to Bagdad and northward. When the Grand Duke Nicholas was detached from the main Russian army and sent to the Caucasus the time was ripe for the coâ€"operation between the Russian and British in the great movement to seize the Turkish territory, and to preâ€"empt for the Allies that place in the sun to obtain which Germany has brought down chaos upon the civilized world. Of the five railways projected in Eastern Mongolia and South Manâ€" churia, for which a loan agreement was practically concluded between the Pekin government and Y. Yamaza (then Japanest Minister to Pekin), the details, says the Far East, are as follows: First, the 120â€"mile line beâ€" tween Kaiyuan and Hailungcheng via Taolou, Takata and Tatuchuan; seceâ€" ond, the 180â€"mile line between Changâ€" chun and Taonanfu via Huaite and Kuoerhlossu; third, the 470â€"mile line between Taonanfu and Jehol via Chihâ€" feng, and fourth, the 110â€"mile line between Hallungeheng and Kirin via Chaoyangchien, Panshihâ€"hsien, Shuâ€" angyangâ€"hsien and Machiatun. "You are surely afraid of ghosts ?" "«Well, no, not afraid; I just don‘t like their appearance." A despatch from Rome says: The Entente allies are threatening to take reprisals against Greece unless forâ€" mal assurances are given by Greeee before the axpiration of a short time limit that she will not intervene in The German Balkan policy has been part of this plan. The Balkan war by depriving Turkey of nearly all of its territory in Europe postponed the consummation of the German desires. After that war Germany began to deal with Bulgaria, and with the asâ€" sistance of Ferdinand, it hoped, and still hopes, to find a way to Conâ€" stantinople and thence to Asia. It is of the greatest importance to the Allies that the way to Asia Minor through the Balkans be closed to Gerâ€" many; not because of the necessity of holding Constantinople merely for Constantinople‘s sake, but because the way to the East must be closed. The campaign at the Dardanelles must succeed in order to open a way for the passage of Russian grain to Westâ€" ern Europe, but also to cut Germany off from her goal. A despatch from Paris says: The German infantry attack on the French lines between the Butteâ€"deâ€" Tir and Prunay, east of Rheims, for which preparation was made with a very violent bombardment, was made Friday. Suffocating gases were used in great quantities, so that they fairly blanketed the French lines. Three atâ€" tacks of remarkable violence were made by the enemy, but all were comâ€" pletely stopped in front of the barbed wire entanglements protecting the French trenches by the French artilâ€" lery and machine guns. Germany is fighting for a place in the sun. German statesmen have been planning for years to extend Teutonic influence in the Near East and to make a commercial conquest of Asia Minor. There is a vast territory in Eastern Turkey sparsely inhabited and barren that was once the granâ€" ary of the world. Germany has been ambitious to exploit it. In this deâ€" sire can be found the seeret of the long efforts of Berlin to secure a preâ€" dominating â€" influence in Constanâ€" tinople and to make of Turkey a Gerâ€" man dependency. Five Projected for Which Loan Concluded. But Enemy Was Driven, With Frightful Losses, Back to His Trenches, Completely Unsuccessful Neither the Allies nor Germany underestimate the importance of the developments in the Balkans. it is within the bounds of possibilities that the great issues of the war will be settled by the battles on the Balkan peninsula and on the plains of Asia Minor. NOTES aAND COMMENTS BLANKETED THE FRENCH LINES WITH THEIR SUFFOCATING GASES NEW RAILWAYS FOR CHINA. How She Felt. Allies Place Time Limit on Greece Is The Leading Markets Montreal, Oct. 26.â€"Oatsâ€"No. 2 local white, 47¢; No.â€"8 local white, 46¢; No. 4 local white, 45c. Barleyâ€" Malting, 66%4 to 67c. Flourâ€"Maniâ€" toba Spring wheat patents, firsts, $5.85; seconds, $5.35; strong bakers‘, $5.15; Winter patents, choice, $5.60; straight rollers, $4.90 to $5; do., bags, $2.30 to $2.40. Rolled oatsâ€"Bbls., $5.15 to $5.20; do., bags, 90 lbs., $2.45 to $2.50. Bran, $22. Shorts, $25. Middlings, $30 to $31. Mouillie, $30 to $33. Hayâ€"No. 2, per ton, $17 to $18. Cheeseâ€"Finest westerns, 15% to 16ec; finest easterns, 15. to 15%c. _ Butterâ€"Choicest creamery, 32%, to 33c¢c; seconds, 32 to 82%4c. Eggsâ€"Fresh, 40¢; selected, 32¢; No. 1 stock, 28¢; No. 2 stock, 25¢. Potaâ€" toesâ€"Per bag, car lots, 95¢ to $1.10. Dressed hogsâ€"Abattoir killed, $13.75 to $14.00. _ Porkâ€"Heavy â€" Canada short mess, bbls., 35 to 45 pieces, $28 to $28.50; Canada shortâ€"cut back, bbis., 45 to 55 pieces, $27 to $27.50. Lardâ€"Compound, tierces, 375 lbs., 10%4ec; wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 10%e¢; pure, tierces, 375 lbs., 12 to 12%c; pure, wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 13 to 13%c. United States Markets. Minneapolis, Oct. 26.â€"Wheatâ€"No. 1 hard, $1.04%; No. 1 Northern, $1.00% to $1.03%; No. 2 Northern, 97% to $1.00%; December, 97¢; May, $1.01%4. , Cornâ€"No. 3 yellow, 69 to 70c. Oatsâ€"No. 3 white, 33% to 34c. Flour declined; fancy patents, $6.45; first clears, $4.85; second clears, $3. Bran $19.. _ 3 Duluth, Oct. 26.â€"Wheatâ€"No. 1 hard, $1.03%%; No. 1 Northern, $1.02%; No. 2 Northern, 98%%4c; Monâ€" Breadstuffs. Toronto, Oct. 26.â€"Manitoba wheat â€"New cropâ€"No. 1 Northern, $1.09%; No. 2 Northern, $1.073%, on track lake ports, immediate shipment. _ _ __. . Ontario wheatâ€"No. 2 Winter, per car lot, 93 to 95¢; wheat. slightly tough, 87. to 91¢c; sprouted or smutty, 70 to 85¢, according to samples and freights outside. & VPZ?SHâ€"NoitZ, nominal, per car lots, $1.60 to $1.80, according to freights outside. s se t Manitoba oatsâ€"No. 2 C.W., 52¢, all rail, delivered Ontario points. American ‘cornâ€"No. 2 yellow, 72¢, on‘ track lakeâ€"ports.. | _‘ ... <> Ontario oatsâ€"New cropâ€"No. 2 white, 39 to 40c; No. 3 white, 37 to 39¢; commercial oats, 35 to 37¢, acâ€" cording to freights“outiidg; Manitoba flourâ€"First patents, in jute bags, $5.75; second patents, in jute bags, $5.25;, strong bakers‘, in jute bags, $5.05, Toronto. Ontario flourâ€"New, Winter, $3.60 to $4, according to sample, seaboard or Toronto freights in bags, for prompt shipment. Millfeedâ€"Car lotsâ€"delivered Montâ€" real freights. Bran, $22 per ton; shorts, $24 per ton; middlings, $25 Eer ton; good feed flour, $1.50 *per ag. favor of Austroâ€"Hungary, Germany and Turkey in any case. If these asâ€" surances _ are satisfactory, then Greece, and Roumania as well, are to be allowed to choose their own time for intervention. “C;;a;(‘i‘ié;‘?o;fi:fio. 2 yellow, 72¢, on track Toronto. 5s > Barleyâ€"Good malting barley, 53 to 56e; feed barley, 40 to 48¢, according to freights outside. Buckwheatâ€"Nominal, car lots, 78¢, according to freights outside. Ryeâ€"No. 1 commercial rye, 80¢c; No. 2, nominal, 87¢; tough rye, 70 to 75¢, according to samples and freights outside. & 2 > faialas Butter-â€"ii‘resh 'dairy, 27 to 28¢; inâ€" ferior, 22 to 23¢; creamery prints, 32 to 33¢c; do., solids, 30 to 3.\1.1/2'3’ Do BR t m ie s ENe m on ced ce na cce Eggsâ€"Storage, 30 to 31c per dozâ€" en; selects, 32 to 33¢; newâ€"laid, 36 to 37¢, case lots. Honeyâ€"No. 1 light (wholesale), 10 to 11l%c; do., retail, 12% to 15¢; combs (wholesale), per dozen, No. 1, $2.40; No. 2, $1.50 to $2. Poultryâ€"Chickens, 15 to 17¢; fowls, 13 to 14c; ducklings, 15 to 17¢; geese, 16 to 18c; turkeys, 20 to 22c. Cheeseâ€"Large, 16¢c; twins, 16 %4.. Potatoesâ€"The market is strong, with car lots quoted at $1.10 to $1.15 per bag, on track. Baconâ€"Long clear, 14 to 14%e per Ib. in case lots. Hamsâ€"Medium, 181 to 19¢; do., heavy, 144 to 15¢; rolls, 15 to 15%c; breakfast bacon, 20 to 23¢; backs, plain, 23 to 24¢; boneless backs, 25 to 25Â¥%c. s Lardâ€"The market is easier; pure lard, tubs, 12%% to 13¢; do., pails, 14 to 14%e; compound, tubs, l1c; do., pails, 11%4e. The front attacked has a length of roughly five miles and was the scene of a previous failure of the Germans in their attempt to cut through the new French lines in Champagne. The artillery preparations were unusually thorough and the gas blanket was exâ€" ceptionally dense, but the French guns and machine guns concentrated their fire on the advancing Germans so effectively that one after another each of the attacks spent itself before wire cutting could be carried out, and the Germans, with frightful losses, fell back to their trenches completely unsuccessful. Business in Montreal. Country Produce. Provisions. A despatch from London says: The British transport Marquette has been torpedoed in the Aegean Sea. It is understood that only 99 of the perâ€" sonnel of the vesselrare unaccounted for. Montreal, Oct. 26.â€"Sales of choice steers were made at $7.25 to $7.50, good at $6.75 to $7, and the lower grades from that down to $4.50 to $5, while butchers‘ cows brought from $4.80 to $6.50, and bulls from $4.50 to $6.25 per ewt. The trade in canâ€" ning stock was active at prices rangâ€" ing from $3 to $4.25 per ewt. Lambs, Ontario stock, sold at $8 to $8.25 and Quebec at $7.50 to $7.75, while sheep brought from $4.25 to $5.25 per ewt. Milkâ€"fed stock, 8 to 9c and grassâ€"fed, 4 to Te per lb. Hogs, selected lots, $9.25 to $9.75 per cwt. weighed off cars. WIFE OF FORMER MP., A GERMAN, ARRESTED Officially Announced That All But 99 of Those on Board Are Accounted For A despatch from London says: A sensation has been caused in the North Country, says the Evening News, by the arrest of the wife of William J. D. Burnyeat, who was a Member of Parliament for Whiteâ€" haven from 1906 to 1910. Mrs. Burnâ€" yeat is a German, the daughter of Col. Retzlaff, of Berlin. The couple own a fine house on the Irish Sea coast near Whitehaven, which recentâ€" ly was raided by a German submarâ€" ine. It was alleged at the time that the submarine was guided by signals from the coast. Toronto, Oct. 26. â€"Best . heavy steers, $8.25 to $8.60; good heavy steers, $8 to $8.15; butchers‘ cattle, choice, $7.60 to $7.75; do., good, $7.10 to $7.50; do., medium, $6.50 to $7; do., common, $5. to $5.40; butéhâ€" ers‘ bulls, choice, $6.25 to $6.75; apo., good bulls, $5.75 to $6;, do., rough bulls, $4.75 to $5.25; butchers‘ cows, choice, $6.45 to $6.75 do., good, $6 to $6.25; do., medium, $5.25 to $5.75; do., common, $4.50 to $5; feeders, good, $6.50 to $6.75 stockers, 700 to 900 lbs., $6.25 to $6.50; canners and cutters, $3 to $4.50; milkers, choice, each, $65 to $100; do., common and medium, each, $35 to $50; springers, $50 to $95; light ewes, $5.25 to $6.50; sheep, heavy, $4.25 to $4.75; do., bucks, $3.50 to $4.50; yearling lambs, $7 to $7.50; spring lambs, ewt., $8.60 to $8.90; calves, medium to choice, $7.25 to $10.75; hogs, off cars, $9.65 to $9.90; do., fed and watered, $9.50; do., f.0.b., $9. 15. se ‘"Why!" exclaimed the Chinaman| â€"Don‘t worry if you are dead in with fervor. "The same name! Now | love; you will come to life again. I recall that in the Han dynasty .[B.‘ To place such a force on shore, or C. 200] there was a big famine, and a | perhaps even to make a feint of doing part of our clan left China and were : so, should have the effect of detaining said to have crossed over the great a large portion of the â€"Bulgarian eastern sea. They were never heard army, which might otherwise be of again, but row I see they reached placed on the frontier of Serbia. The America." ‘fotential threat of such an operation And greatly to the good doctor‘s amusement, he was grected as one of the family, and cordially welcomed inâ€" to the clan of Ling. tana, No. 2 hard, 99%c; December, 98%e; May, $1.01%e. Linseedâ€" Cash, $1.88% to $1.89%; December, $1.82% ; May, $1.87%. BRITISH TRA&NSPORT SUNK N AEGEAN SEA . A Long:Lost Cousin. An old Chinese scholar came for treatment to a hospital that was unâ€" der the charge of a certain Doctor Woods. The doctor asked the new patient his honorable name. The old gentleman replied that his unworthy name was Ling, and added that he deâ€" sired to know the doctor‘s exalted name. With a smile, the doctor said that his mean name was Ling (which is Chinese for Woods). An English paper publishes the above picture of Pte. "Tiny" Coles, a member of the 2nd Canadian Division.. He is the central figure in the picture, standing between two of his comrades, who are men of normal beight. Coles is 6 feet 7%% inches high, The steamer Marquette before she WITH THE SECOND DIVISION Live Stock Markets. was taken into the British Governâ€" ment service was owned by the Atâ€" lantic Transport Company and plied between Philadelphia and Baltimore and London. She was a vessel of 7,050 tons and was built in Glasgow in 1897. THE SUNDAY LESSON placed on the frontier of Serbia. The ‘ potential threat of such an operation | seems already to have been made. In | both seas the work of the allied fleets | will, it is likely, afford adequate pro-! tection against submarine attack. 5.. He commanded themâ€"Jehoiada wanted, first, to protect the young prince‘s life and, secondly, to guard the palace. Athaliah would have atâ€" tempted to take the life of Joash had she known he was alive; and the troops of Athaliah might attack the king‘s party. Hence the particularity of the priest‘s orders. At the gate behind the guardâ€"The guard here means the swift runners who were kept very near the royal palace. If they were favorable .to Athaliah, in this case, it was very necessary to have a special company of men at hand to keep them in check. 8. He that cometh within the ranks â€"See 2 Chron. 23. 7. IIL Joaskh Is Crowned King (Verses 9â€"12). 9. Did according to all that Jehoiaâ€" da the priest commanded â€" Jehoiada was "the prime mover," and so careâ€" fully had he prepared the movements that both the priestly and military guards carried the plan into suceessâ€" ful execution without any confusion. I. Jehoiada, the Priest, Pledges the Soldiers to Fealty (Verses 4â€"8). Verse 4. Fetched the captains over hundredsâ€"The usual subâ€"division (see Deut. 1. 15; Exod. 18. 21, 25; and esâ€" pecially 1 Sam. 8. 12; 22. 7; 2 Sam. 18. 1). Of the Carites and of the guardâ€" This word is used ‘only here and in verse 19 and in 2 Sam. 20. 23. In 2 Sam. the reading is "Cherethites." The marginal reading here is "execuâ€" tioners." The Carites were a particuâ€" lar sort of military bodyguard. 6. ~At the gate Surâ€"The gate of the foundation (see 2 Chron. 23. 5). 10. The spears and shields that had been king David‘sâ€"Those David took in war from his enemies. This was the custom of ‘using â€"captured war implements (see 1 Sam. 21. 9; 2 Sam. hy 12. The king‘s sonâ€"He was so deâ€" signated to indicate that he was the rightful heir. s 7 Gave him the testimonyâ€"A part of the law of Moses (see Exod. 16. 34; 25. 16, 21). This was in token of his authority (see Deut. 17. 18, 19). Lesson V.â€"The Boy Joash Crowned King, 2 Kings 11. 1â€"20. Golden : Text: Prov. 14. 11. WCIappéd their handsâ€"See Psa. 47. 1;â€"98. 8. INTERNATIONAL LESSON, OCTOBER 31. It Is a Motive of Right Conduct as Well as Being a Preventive of Wrong. The Great Question of Life Every one therefore that heareth these my words and doth them shall be likened to a wise man that built his house upon a rock. And the rain fell and the floods came and the winds blew and they beat upon that house, and it fell not, for it was founded on a rock.â€"St. Matthew vii., 24, 25. Supernatural religion is as. that house built on the rock. It rests upon a few basic truths that are well estabâ€" lished, and come within the scope of human reason. It is particularly imâ€" portant to realize this, that these fundamental truths are knowable by reason unaided, though they are conâ€" firmed by Revéelation. For many men, whose sole guide is reason, often make the claim that faith and religion are unreasonable and therefore outside the pale of their acceptance. The truths underlying all religious belief and practice are, brieflyâ€"First, the existenge of a Supreme Being to whom belong sovereignty and power over the world; second, the dual naâ€" ture of man, in whom the vitalizing principle, the soul, is nonâ€"material, contains within itself the germ of immorality, and therefore calls for fuâ€" ture and continued existence after its exit from the world; third, for his moral acts because of freedom of will, and finally the great law . of retribution whereby one is rewarded for right and punishable for wrongâ€" doing. As to the existence of a Supreme Being, no other attempt of philosophic speculation comes so near satisfying men‘s curiosity or giving an adequate Don‘t poison yourself with tainted air by staying in poorly ventilated, overheated, crowded, â€" foulâ€"smelling places. Fresh air does not cause pneumonia or any other disease, but is necessary for good health, in winâ€" ter as well as in summer. Don‘t injure your health and lower your vitality by overâ€"eating, or exâ€" cesses of any kind. Good general health, maintained at a high stanâ€" dard by right living, is the best posâ€" sible safeguard against pneumonia or any other germ disease. Heat is the great object of a linâ€" seed poultice, so heat everything conâ€" nected with it. While the water is boiling put your basin and plates in the oven and warm some ragsâ€"linen for preference. A despatch from London says: The daily report shows that the submarine campaign undertaken by the British navy in the Baltic is on â€"a very extenâ€" sive seale, although complete details are lacking owing to the fact that the submarines are acting under the orâ€" ders of the Russian Admiralty. Don‘t indulge to excess in alcoâ€" holic liquors. Those who become adâ€" dicted to alcohol reduce their resistâ€" ance to pneumonia and increase the liability of death from it. Don‘t sleep with the bedroom winâ€" dows closed. Night air is purer than day air; it contains less dust and fewer germs. Don‘t sit around with wet feet or in wet clothing. Don‘t permit anyone who has pneumonia to pass it on to you. Treat preumonia as a "catching" disease. When the water boils, pour some in your basin, then shake in your linâ€" seed meal quickly, stirring with a knife until you have a smooth paste; your knife is then ready for spreadâ€" ing. Submarine Campal n is Evidentiy on a Very Exâ€" tensive Scale=German Hypecrisy Empty the poultice on to a piece of warm rag and spread quickly and evenly all over within an inch of the edges, which fold over to prevent it coming out. Wrap over a single thickness of loose butter muslin. Now place between the twoâ€" hot plates while you take it to the patient. Test its heat on your faceâ€"when you can bear it, ‘apply _ immediately, where orderedâ€"no good purpose is served by applying a poultice too hot. The sole facts published here are from Petrograd. _It is known that over 30 German ships have been atâ€" tacked by British submarines since Don‘t permit direct draughts to blow on you, whether in bed or not. THIRTY GERMAN STEAMERS SUNK BY BRITSH 1N THE BALTH Children are often difficult to pou!â€" The Accountability of Man A Linseed Poultice. A Few Don‘ts. HEALT 94 solution of the world‘s origin and conâ€" servation as the story of creation. â€" That the human soul is jmmortal and demands future existence is a claim made and proved satisfactorily in the science of psychology, and not the weakest of the arguments adâ€" vanced is the need of such future exâ€" istence in order that universal justice be done, because early life often fails to do justice to individuals. & Then, again, if men and nations are not accountable for their moral acts all human law ceases further to have a proper subject for application. For human law postulates as its first principle responsibility for such acts. Finally the law of reward or punâ€" Finally the law of reward or punâ€" ishment obtains throughout all deâ€" partments of human activity. The Basis of Civilization. Through the ages men of every grade of intelligence have ‘accepted these truths and found in them the solution of the great question of life, its origin and destiny. The world generaly has made them its constituâ€" tion, which has guided its progress through its most successful stages. Reject this philosophy and what adeâ€" quate substitute can be found for it ? It is the basis of civilization as well as of supernatural religion, whether that religion be the Hebrew, the Proâ€" testant or the Roman Catholic. It is the duty of thinking men to investiâ€" gate this teaching according to their ability, as it is the province. of every religious organization to emphasize and defend these fundamental truths if religion will retain its ‘influence and fulfil its supreme purpose of directing men to future society with the Eternal God.â€"Rev. Thomas B. Cotter, Ph. D. tice, but the trouble may ‘generally be overcome if you run some olive oil over the part that is going next the skin. Health Hints. Pepperâ€"a teaspoonful in half a cup of waterâ€"is a .good remedy for diarrhcee, no food to be taken for an hour afterwards. § When one begins to grow old, at least in years, pleasant and cheering thoughts, which are in themselves the best of _ medicine, must replace gloomy, hopeless ways of â€"thinking. Every interest that departs must be replaced by anotherâ€"so if there is nobody to love try gardening, a course of instructive reading, charity work. Anything that takes you out of yourself, as the. saying is, is reâ€" juvenating.. Keep young inside, for it is the «slump of the spirit that brings the first marks of age. Historic Bandages. No greater curio will probably find its way to the front than one on its way from New Zealand, sent into the New Zealand Belgian Relief Comâ€" mittee by a Mrs. Lyell, of Nelson, a South Island town. This lady, whose grandfather fought at Waterloo, has dispatched as her contribution some old linen bearing the date of 1818 and made in Belgium. Strange if it again reaches the country where it was purâ€" chased nearly 100 years ago. An exercise that acts as a check to stooping or as an antidote to the illâ€" effects of the habit, is to walk about for ten minutes at a time with the head up and hands clasped behind the back. Mahogany furniture and hardwood trimmings can be polished beautifully by rubbing repeatedly with a mixture of linseed »il and turpentine, in the proportion of two of the former to one of the latter. The mixture "feeds" the wood and brings out all its best qualities. When a cramp comes on take a good long stringâ€"a garter will doâ€"â€" wind it round the leg over the place that is affected and take the end in each hand and give it a sharp pullâ€" one that will cause a little pain. Inâ€" stantly the cramp will depart, and the sufferer can return to bed assurâ€" ed it will not come again that night. . Typical wheat farms in Australia extend from 600 to 1,000 acres, and are usually worked singleâ€"handed by the farmer and his family, davorâ€"savâ€" ing machinery being used in every possible direction. ig> . the operations began and the number is increasing daily. The work, which is being carried out by only a few submarines, has had remarkable reâ€" sults, comparing favorably, according to naval experts, with "the work of the entire German flotilla in the same space of time. The .campaign is causing intense anger in Germany. A peculiar feaâ€" ture of the outburst in the press is the complaint that it is a violation of rules of international law. «ol NS To x6