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‘‘The labor question is always a peculiar one," says Mr. Murphy, ‘"and it is difficult to secure any deâ€" finite figures. Although the harâ€" vester excursions run to date have been exceptionally large, there is every indication that we will have difficulty in securing men. There has been a scarcity of farm labor all over the province during the sumâ€" A despatch from Toronto says : Altbough the railways havoe spent a emall fortune in their efforts to secure sufficient laborers to harvest the Western grain crops tha outlook at present is that there will be anâ€" other shortage of farm hands. Mr. M. G. Murphy, district passenger agent of the Canadian Pacific Railâ€" way, who is in charge of the Ontarâ€" io arrangements, is of the opinion that the number of harvesters to go West this year wilil not equal that of last season. mer In Kilo, in the Belgian Congo, Nouth Africa, A despatch from Johannesburg eays: The newspapers have given prominenceée to authoritative acâ€" counts of the recent discovery of a gold field in Kilo, in the Belgian Congo. Bome of the reefs are said to yield 70 per cent. gold, and it is declared that the Rand will have to FARM LABORERS SCARCE There Are Not Many Experienced Hands Respondâ€" ing to the Call of the West Dominion Government Sends Two Fine Buffalo. A despatch from Montreal says : Two fine specimens of buffalo from the famous herd at Wainwright Park, which the Dominion Governâ€" ment has presented to the authoriâ€" ties of the Dublin Zoological Garâ€" dens, were shipped on board the Inishowen Head, which sailed from this port for Dublin on Wednesday. Emery Wheel in a Galt Factory Burst. A despatch from Galt says: The bursting of an emery wheel at tha warks Of 8t. Clair Bros., manufacâ€" turers of cement machines, caused the instant death of Wm. Sudden, thirtyâ€"six years of age, on Thursâ€" day. Sudden was grinding a chisel on the wheel when it exploded, one of the pieces hitting him over the right eye. Other workmen rushed to his aid, but he was dead before they reached him. He was an exâ€" perienced employee, being foreman over onea of the departments. Beâ€" sides his wife there survive two children, a brother and a sister. the‘t of the household furniture from the home of Rev. W. B. Carsâ€" well, was arrested in Minneapolis at the request of the Winnipeg poâ€" lice. A short time ago Brewer poured into the minister‘s ears a tale of woe, which, coupled with his forlorn _ appearance, constrained the kindly parson to take him into his household as a friend. Brewâ€" er‘s gratitude was so eloquently exâ€" pressed that when Carswell went on his vacation he left the house in the young man‘s charge. On his return ‘he found it denuded of its more valuable furnishings, and his protege missing. The police were notified, and the furniture was traced to a local secondâ€"hand deal-‘ er named Harris. A description of the missing young man was spread, resulting in his apprehension by the Minneapolis police. PRESENTED TO DUBLIN Zoo Robbed Clergyman After He Beâ€" friended Him, A despatch from Winnipeg says : f;dv:'in @re_wer,_ charged with the The reports of the grain crop show that the average yield per acre is large. The grain is plump end of excellent color, and, alâ€" though the unfavorable conditions That there will be an apple famâ€" ine in Ontario this season is preâ€" dicted in the crop report recently issued by the Provincial Departâ€" ment of Agriculture. According to the statements of the Government correspondents throughout the proâ€" vince, the apple crop will be reâ€" markably light, and under excepâ€" tionally favorable conditions will not equal half the normal yield of the orchards. From the first of the season the apple trees have suffered greatly from early frosts and subseâ€" quent dry spells, while even in many of the sprayed orchards the scab ravages have been very bad. The tent caterpillar has also been bad in the Eastern sections, and some orchards have been greatly defoliated. The early frosts have also injured the vineyards badly, and the grape crop will be but small. The pear yield will be good, while plums and peaches will be fu'l'l‘_'v up to the yield of last year. APPLE FAMINE IN ONTARIO Fears Are Entertained that the Qutput Will Not Be Half the Normal Yield _ , and that in itself is not promâ€" WM. sUDDEN KILLED. NEW GOLD FIELD. oNE MEAXN MAXN. the city. The reports from the varâ€" ious railway agents in the country shows that there are but fow inâ€" quiries made at the station as to the date of the excursions by farmâ€" ers, and every day adds to the fear that there will be but a small numâ€" ber of experienced farm laborers leave for the West. The Canadian Pacific will run a number of special trains, and over 3,000 will travel by that line alone. It is estimated that all told over 5,000 will leave for the West. \ ising for the West. The Canadian Pacithc Railway has spared no exâ€" penso in advertising the excursions and the needs of the West. We have billed every postâ€"office, staâ€" tion, cheese factory and creamery in the country, and sent out many ecireulars, but it would appear that we will not secure the number of men required.‘"‘ The opinion of Mr. Murphy was voiced by other railway experts in safety King and Queen of Roumania Fired At. A despatch from London says: Revolver shots were fired by banâ€" dits on Thursday at King Charles and Queen Elizabeth (Carmen Sylâ€" va) of Roumania as they wore.ridâ€" ing in an automobile near Sinaia, a fashionable health resort of Rouâ€" mania in the Carpathian mounâ€" tains, according to special desâ€" patches received here. Neither of their Majesties was injured. As soon as the bandits began firing the chauffeur of the Royal car speeded up his machine and succeeded in carrying the King and Queen to Towed Naval Airship Into Port With Machinery Disabled. A despatch from London says: The novel sight of an airship towing her disabled companion was witâ€" nessed at Aldershot on Wednesday afternoon,. The British army airâ€" ship Eta and a naval airship were out manoeuvring when the machinâ€" ery in the latter vessel became disâ€" abled. The Eta attached a hawser to the other dirigible and towed her to the factory for repairs. ;Their Intention Was to Rob the Bank of England. _ _A despatch from London says: A notorious gang of international crooks, known to the Secret Service Bureaus of half a dozen Governâ€" ments, were taken into custody on Wednesday. Papers found in their quarters indicated they were planâ€" ning an attempt to rob the Bank of England. Scotland Yard detectives loarni@d sufie tins. ago â€" thist tha crooks had rented a handsome resiâ€" dence in the west end, and one of them was posing as a wellâ€"known American millionaire. The raid was made early on Wednesday, and all members of the organization were captured. Reported Throughout Manitoba In Splendid Conndition. A despatch from Winnipeg says : Hon. (Geo. A. Lawrence, minister of agriculture, has just returned from a trip through the south counâ€" try and reports the crops throughâ€" out the country in splendid condiâ€" tion, with harvesting in full sway at almost every point. The crop promises to grade higher than last year. â€" Recent storms that swept over the country were reported to have done great damage, but the damage appears to have been more imaginary than real. There is good demand for harvest help, but a steady stream of workers is pouring into the province from the east and from the British Isles. ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION. ly no complaints of emut, rust or ravages of insects. The straw, howâ€" ever, although clean and of good quality, is remarkably short. The pea crop will be fair, the yield in Northern Ontario being exceptionâ€" ally good, while the bean yield is heavy. Corn also will have a good yield. In the opinion of farmers the potato crop will be only fair this year. In some districts the reports show that there is practically no crop at all, while others state that the yield will be good. They will be undersized, however, owing to. the midsummer drouth, but the quality will be good. The tubers: have been exceptionally free from Colorado beetles. The root crops will also be fairly good, although the turnip yield will be larger than that of mangels. prevailing in the early ~Bpring caused some ankiety, the excellent weather following eliminated any bad effects which might have resultâ€" ed. The barley, oats and spring and fall wheat yield is heavy, alâ€" though the rye is said to be only fair. The grain has been free from any blight, and there are practicalâ€" BRITISH ARMY AIRSHIP. THE CROP OUTLOOK. CROOKS ARRESTED. P eetiine, * onl‘ t > Prric:allte Bhsrtmiatnts + 2 x 5Th clhcce. 2 Sai gian Bay. The former caso was easily disposed of, but rumors of a fresh outbreak have called the disâ€" trict inspector again to the scene, and remedial measures aro being applied at once. Lumbering is the principal industry at Collin‘s Inâ€" let, and practically the entire popuâ€" lation is supported by the mills located there. j ‘‘That Mrs. Naybor dropped in this afternoon and got off & lot of cheap talk.‘"‘ "Cheap talk?‘ "‘Yos she used our telephone for & fllli haliâ€"hour." 1 Collin‘s Inlet, on Georgian Bay, Is Threatened. * A despatch from Toronto says : For the second time in a month the Provincial Health authorities are concerned with an outbreak of smallpox at Collin‘s Inlet, on Georâ€" The Country‘s Trade Is Expanding at a Phenomenal Rate. A despatch from Vancouver says : John Aird, Assistant General Manâ€" ager of the Canadian Bank of Comâ€" merce, arrived here on Thursday after an extensive tour of the Prairie Provinces, and said : ‘"The business outlook throughout the Dominion is very satisfactory, and I am decidedly optimistic regarding the coming year,. The volume of trade of the whole country is exâ€" panding at a phenomenal rate, and thousands of newcomers, many proâ€" vided with ample capital, are flockâ€" ing to the Canadian West. With & good crop almost assured, and the present situation in Europe greatly relieved, I am expecting to see a decided improvement of affairs in Canada by the beginning of 1914." Montreal, August _ 2%6.â€"Cattleâ€"Receipts, wbout 155; calves, 700; sheep and lambs, 800; hoge, 800. Prime beeves, none. Milch cows, $30 to $65; calves, 27â€"8¢ to 6c; sheep, 4o to 41â€"2¢; lambs, 7¢; hogs, 10 1â€"20. Toronto, Aug. 2%6.â€"Cattleâ€"Choice export, $6.80; choice butchers, $6.25 to $6.40; good medium, $5.65 to $590; common, $4 to $5; canmers, $2 to $2.50; cutters, $3 to $3.25; fat cows, $5.25 to $5.15; common cows, $3.50 to $4. Calvesâ€"Good veal, $5 to $7; choice, $8.25 to $9; common, $3 to $3.50. Stockers and feedersâ€"Steere, 700 to 800 pounds, $4.50 to #5; extra choico heavy feeders, 900 pounds, $5 to $5.50; rough Easter, 400 to 650 pounds, $2.50 to $4.25. Sheen and lambsâ€" Light ewes, $4.25 to $52%5; heavy, $3 to $3.50; bucke, $3 to $3.50; spring lambs, $6.15 to $7. Hogsâ€"$1.2% fed and watered; $9.90 fo.b.; and $10.50 weighed off cars. Duluth, Aug. 2%.â€"Wheatâ€"No. 1 hard, 9014c; No. 1 Northern, 8914¢; No. 2 Nor« thern, 8714 to 873â€"4¢c; September, 88 3â€"40 bid; December, 907â€"80 bid; May, 90 1â€"8¢, nominal. Closeâ€"Lingeed, $1.501â€"2; Septemâ€" ber, $1491â€"2 bid; October and November, $1.5014 bid; December, $148 12. Minneapolis, Aug. _ 2%.â€"Wheatâ€"Septemâ€" ber, 87¢; December, 901406; May, 953â€"80. Cash, No. 1 hard, 90¢; No. 1 Northern, 88 to 891â€"%¢; No. 2 Northern, 86 to 8712c. Cornâ€"No. 3 yellow, 7312 to 741%¢. Oatsâ€" No. 3 white, 40 to 40 34c. Rye, No. 2, 6112 to 63¢. Flour and bran, unchanged. _ Winnipeg, Aug. 26.â€"Cash prices:â€"Wheat â€"No. 2 Northern, 9212%; No. 3 Northern, B87e; No. 4, 800; No. 5, T21â€"2c; No. 6, 671%¢; feed, 60c; No. 2 tough, 841â€"%¢; No. 3 tough, 821â€"2%c; No. 4 tough, 73¢; No. 5 tough, 65 1â€"%; No. 6, 6lc; feed, tough, b4e. Oatsâ€" No. 2 C.W., 36¢; No. 3 C.W., %¢; extra No. "'er' 3e: No 1 feed. 3es NOâ€" 2 feed. 3%n Barleyâ€"No. 3, 46¢; rejected, 41ic; feed, 41¢. Flax;â€"No. 1 N.W.C., $1.32; No. 2 C.W., $1.29; No. 3, C.W., §1.17. } Montreal, Aug. 2%.â€"Corn, American, No. 2 yellow, 83 to 83 1â€"2%¢c. Oate, Canadian Westâ€" ern, No. 2, 41 to 411â€"%¢; Canadian Wesetern, No. 3, 3912 to 40c; extra No. 1 feed, 40 1â€"2 to 41c. Barley, Man. feed, 51 to 5%¢; maltâ€" ing, 62 to 64c. Buckwheatâ€"No. 2, 58 to 60c. Flour, Man. Spring wheat patents, firsts, $5.60; seconds, $5.10; strong bakers‘, $4.90; Winter patente, choice, $5.25 t0 $5.50; straight rollers, $5 to $5.10; do., bags, {%30 to $2.40. Rolled oate, barrele, $4.75; ., bags, 90 lbe., $2.25. Bran, $19, Shorte, §21. Middlings, $24. Mouillie, $2%6 to $32. Hay, No. 2, per ton car lots, $12 to $13. Cheese, finest westerns, 131â€"8 to 133â€"86; finâ€" est easterne, 1234 to 13¢. Butter, cholcest creamery, 24 to 2414c.; seconds, 12 to 23 34¢c; seconde, 21â€"2 to 233â€"4c. Egge, freah, 2%¢; selected, 27¢; No. 1 stock, 2¢; No. 2 stock, 18 to 1%. Baled hayâ€"New hay, $12 to $13. No. 1 at $14 to $14.50, on track, Toronto, and No. 2 at $11 to $12. Baled strawâ€"$8 to $8.2%, on track, Toâ€" routo. Bacon, long clear, 15 34 to 16c per lb. in case lots. Porkâ€"Short cut, $29; do., mess, $24. Hamsâ€"Medium to light, 2112 to 2%¢; heavy, 20 to 201â€"%¢; rolls, 17¢; breakfast bacon, 2%¢; backs, 24 to 25¢. _ _ 4 ;fiir'iiâ€"i‘iénâ€"»e}:'fi 14¢; tubs, 143â€"4¢; pails, _ Poultryâ€"Hens, 16 to 17e per lb.; Spring chickens, 20 to Zic; ducks, 16 to 17¢; geese, 13 to 14¢; *urkeyse, 18 to 200. _ 10 ie ;pi{u{wéar-iiiii'v‘e', $1.20 to $1.25 per 90 1b ag. d Honeyâ€"Extracted, in tins, 1012 to 12¢ per lb. for No. 1, wholesale; combs, $2.50 to $2.15 per dozen for No. 1, and $22%5 to $2.50 for No. 2. _ Cheeseâ€"New cheese unchanged at 1334 to 146 for large, and 14126 for twing. â€" Eggeâ€"Case lots of newâ€"laid, 25¢; selects 26 to 276 per dozen; freeh, 20 to 2ic, and seconds, 16 to 18c. 4 d uc Beansâ€"Handâ€"picked, $22%5 to $2.35 per bushel; primes, $1.75 to $2. _ _ _ _ Country Produce. Wholesale dealers‘ quotations to retailâ€" ers are:â€" Butterâ€"Choice dairy, 23 to 25¢; inferior, 17 to 19¢; creamery, 2% to 27¢ for rolls and 24 to 26 for solids. 3 Oatsâ€"No. 2 Ontario oats,. Me, outside, and at 36 to 37¢, on track, Toronto; new oats, 36 to 37c nominal. Western Canada oats, 406 for No. 2, and at 39¢ for No. 3, Bay ports. No. 1 feed, 3%¢c; No. 2, do., 36¢. Peasâ€"Nominal. Barleyâ€"50 to 5%¢, outside, 55¢, Toronto. Cornâ€"No. 3 American corn quoted nom{iâ€" nal at 79¢, cif., Midland. Ryeâ€"Nominal. Buckwheatâ€"Nominal. Branâ€"Manitoba bran, $20 a ton, in bags, Toronto freights. Shorts, $21, Toronto, Manitoba wheatâ€"No. 1 Northern, $1, on track, Bay porte; No. 2 at 9%¢; No. 3. M40, Bay ports. Ontario wheatâ€"No. 2 white and red wheat, 90 to 94¢, outside, and new wheat at 84 to 85¢, outside. 3 Prices of Cattle, Crain, Chesse and Olhaf Produce at Home and Abroad Breadstuffs. Toronto, Aug. 2%.â€"Flourâ€"Ontario wheat floure, 90 per cent., old, $4 to $4.10, Toronâ€" to and Montreal freight. Flour made of new wheat quoted at $3.60, seaboard, for Beptember delivery. Manitobasâ€"Firet paâ€" tonts, in jute bags, $5.40; do., seconds, $4.90; strong bakers‘, in jute bags, $4.70. THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK. PRIGES OF FARM PROOUCTS SsMALLPOX OUTBREAK s ir ie c 0 Toh United States Markets. Baled Hay and Straw. Live Stock Markets. $ FROM THE LEADING TRADS CENTRES OF AMERICA. Montreal Markets. Winnipeg Crain. Provisions. proper appointinents. No one should exâ€" ult in his down?ail, least of all the people of the State of New York, who will have lost a man who wrecked a brilliant carâ€" @er, though in office he tried to be true to the trust they had imposed in him, \o! progress, he would not now find himâ€" self at the end of his political career. He has been pursued and ruined not for his faulte, but for his virtues. There is reasâ€" faulte, but for his virtues. There is reasâ€" on to believe that responsibility made a new man of Sulzer, that his uo{eum oath of office drove him to bréak with bis Tamâ€" many mnem. and eventually to defy them w they desired him to make imâ€" proper appointmenrts. No one should erâ€" Only a man without compaseion could help being sorry for the Governor of New York State, who has been impeached, and‘ who may indeed be threatened with crimâ€" inal proceedings for falsifying the docuâ€" ment in which he was required to account for the money spent in his election camâ€" vaifn. In the couree of that campaign, while he was denouncing the corporations and fledginl himself to the service of t people, he appears to have been epeculatâ€" ing privately in Wall Street with money that had been given him to be used in eeâ€" curing his own election and that of other candidates of his party. Governor Sulzer‘ has been something of a demagogue, climbing .to prominence as a champion ofâ€"the "plain people," and as the uncompromising enemy of privilege and graft. Since attaining office he has sincerely tried to carry out the promises he made im the course of his campaign, and the reason he earned the enmity of Tammany Hall was that be did try. If he bad continued to be a mere shouter for reform, and at the same time an enemy Now intemperance is a potent cause of insanity, and there should be observable everywhere a decrease of insanity as one of the results of the gradual eBmination of the drink evil. Yet, according to «peakers at the medical congress, insanity is growing, and growing at an alarming rate. In England it has increased 276 per cent. since 1860, although the population has increased only 87 per cent. Is the iflcrease largely apparent rather than real, because of better registration and diagnosis, or is it actual? If actual, what are its causes? Conditions of life have improved, and «o have conditions of laâ€" bor. Is it our modern pace that kills the minds of so many? Light is wanted. The Peachâ€"Crower‘s Life. When the city man gazes upon the carmineâ€"tinted peaches in the fruit etores, his imagination conjures a life of pleasâ€" ure and ease in growing the luscious fruit. The reality is not quite go primâ€" rosey, according to one who has tried it. "The peachâ€"grower‘s life is a life of anxâ€" iety. He watches the clouds, he marksJ the winds, he studies the thermometer, as another man might the tape from a stockâ€" ticker. He has ploughing to do and ferâ€" tilizing. He must cut back the young trees and prune the older ones. There are insidious diseases he must treatâ€"yellows, twig blight, leaf curl, black spot. Insects dispute the possession of the orchardâ€" bark beetle, aphie, peach tree borer and an occasional stranger with an appetite for destruction quite as strong. ‘The price of land in the peach growing district inâ€" dicates that the orchards pay. But there is one thing the peach grower will swear to by the deadliest oaths. This is that he earns his money. There are none who can readily dispute the fact." Canada Will Exhibit. As the Dominion Government has deâ€" cided to exhibit at the Panama Pacific Exâ€" position in San Francisco next summer it will be hoped that a really fine illustraâ€" tion of Canada‘s resources and products will be made. <It is altogether a different thing for Great Britain to take part in this exhibition. The United States and Canada run parallel for over 3,000 miles and yet there are vast differences in their resources and possibilities which can only be gauged by a close comparison. While it is unfortunately impossible to illusâ€" trate Canada‘s resourceful climate the producte of that climate may be geen. This will be a fine opportunity for the individual provinces to advertise their wares. ‘ wide Other observers, including the chanâ€" cellor of the exchequer, have been calling attention to the same gratifying pheâ€" nomena, and the average man, without so much as a glance at statistics, knows the etatemente regarding the spread of temâ€" perance to bo true. It is undeniable, moreover, that the progress of temperance la_jnot confined to England. It is worldâ€" ts l t d n o e PE PCY PCV the tightness in the money market is due mainly to this cause, though of couree the war in the Balkang hae also helped by diverting money from commercial chanâ€" nels. The only reason why Canada hae been singled out for criticism," went on Bir Edmund, "is that she is the moet proâ€" minent borrower, and therefore attracts most of the attention when capitalists beâ€" win to discriminate in making their loans. Canadian credit is not in the least injurâ€" ed, and interest in Canadian investments has not flagged, but investors in England are obliged to discriminate more careâ€" fully and to charge a higher rate." ; Widow of Sir Jokn A. Macdonald. _ Baroness Macdonald of Earnecliffe is the only Canadian woman, almost the only British woman who holds a title in her own right. The Barovess is the widow of Bir John A. Macdonald, and was creatâ€" ed a peeress in 1891, on the death of her huseband, in consideration of his public services. She was a Miss Bernard, daughâ€" ter of the late Hon. T. C. Bernard, of Jaâ€" maica. Her marriage to the Canadian statesman took place in 1867, the year of confederation. Lady _ Macdonald makes. her home in England, but continues to take an interest in things Canadian, alâ€" though she has reached the age of sevenâ€". tyâ€"seven. A woman of intellectual power, Lady Macdonald in earlier years did & service to Canada by writing for the Engâ€". lish press of the resources of the country.. How many Canadians knew that the famâ€" ous statesman‘s wife was still living? Temperance and Insanity. One of the speakers at the medical conâ€" gress now in sersion in London d&cusned the remarkable growth of the temperance movement in Great Britain. He referred to the lmmvod babits of army and navy offlcers aro now e«pected vo sow {n good example to the men under them, as well as to the enormous change among the commercial and professional classes. "There is nothing wrong with Canada," said Sir Edmund. ‘"The whole trouble is with the world supply of money. The proâ€" duction of gold has increased, but not sufficiently to keep up with the worldâ€" v{ide prosperity of the last few years, and On his return from England, Sir Edâ€" mund Walker, president of the Canadian Bank of Commerce, expresges himself very hopefully on the money situation, and in an interview stated that there was no need of anxiety among reputable Canaâ€" dian bueiness men enga.zetf in ordinary business ventures of a sound nature. the former Provisional President of China, is now a fugitive in Forâ€" mosa, following the collapse of the Canton rebellion against the Govâ€" ernment. He was the foremost figure in establishing republican government in China, R o id t COMMENT ON EVENTS , Nothing Wrong With Canada. A Covernor‘s Downfall. Dr. Sun Yat Sen, ces 2e in ic o oo o ind o win t o 1. t . â€" *sns dat l o is s y mgcs. anepeeatiiin c hh oo e rtpnie x w :"~ 1/ / eP C i; 7 4o miheemirpnietiabes Colie . con c ultemie s «lc h i Cl twt /o it TORONTO N/ n you to do it.‘"‘ ‘‘No, madam,"‘ he replied politely, ‘"but then you see you are not a chicken,‘"‘ A doctor, who was very young and shy, was asked to dinner by a lady who was at least 50, and tried to pass herself off as 20 and appaâ€" rently imagined that being rude the tomboyish assisted to sustain the youthful allusion. At dinner she asked him to carve a fowl and never having carved a fowl before and being painfully shy, he made a mess of it. Instead of trying to cover his confusion, his hostess callâ€" ed attention to it 1point,odly by looking down the table and saying loudly, ‘"‘Well, Dr. Pâ€"â€", you may | be a clever surgeon, but if I vnnb-li ed a leg off I should not come to The British Weekly lately offered prizes for the best lists of ten men in the country who would be most missed. The result has now been published, the names appearing in the order given: â€" Mr. â€" Lloyd George, the Prime Minister, Sir Edward Gray, Mr. A. J. Balfour, Dr. Clifford, Viscount Kitchener, Earl Roberts, Dr. Meyer, Mr. Anâ€" drew Carnegie, and Dr. Campbell Morgan. The first three â€" Mr. Lloyd George, Mr. Asquith and Sir Edward Grayâ€"far outdistance all others on the lists. If every man was as fierce in acâ€" tion as he is in thought all the jails would be ful}: Bir Joseph Lyons, "the man who feeds London,‘‘ is the donor of the anonymous gift of £30,000 to the fund for saving the Crystal Palace. The famous caterer has a sentimenâ€" tal regard for the palace owing to his successful enterprise of enterâ€" taining 100,000 children thero on the occasion of the Coronation, when his services were rewarded with the Coronation Medal. The Princess Royal has decided that the whole of the trousseau for the Duchess of Fife shall be of Briâ€" tish manufacture, even to her boots and shoes. Her Royal Highness is thus following the example set by the Queen upon her marriage, when everything she wore was manufacâ€" tured in the United Kingdom. Mr. John Newton Mappin, aged 77, of WHeadley Park, Epsom, Surâ€" rey, and of Sheffield, the donor reâ€" cently of the Mappin terraces at the Zoological Gardens, left bequests to servants, and on the decease of his wife large bequests for chariâ€" table purposes. His net personality is returned at £797,558. Lord Strathcona was almost overâ€" whelmed on the 6th inst. with mesâ€" sages of congratulation on his 93rd birthday. He also received many Canadian visitors as well as many others, who wished to congratulate him on the event. The death of Mr. James R. Bell, at Ightham, Kent, removes from the scene a Scottish engineer who rendered valuable service to India between 1868 and 1896. Alexandra Day, when flowers were disposed of for the benefit of hospitals and other charitable inâ€" stitations, realized in London and the provinces £41,000. , The Canadian teachers, while visâ€" iting London on the 7th inst., enterâ€" tained a thousand poor children of the city in Epping Forest. The death took placo at Richâ€" mond on the 24th ult. of General Bir Harry North Dalrymple Penâ€" dergast, V.C0., aged 79 years, Originally sold for £10,000 Landâ€" seer‘s picture, ‘"The Otter Hunt," only fetched £1250 at a recent sale in London. The late Sir Tatton Sykes, of Sledmere, left net personality of £228,000, in addition to a settled estate of considerable value. In proportion to its size Britain has eight times as many miles of railway as the United States. Throughout the world blind men outnumber blind women in the proâ€" portion of two to one. More women are employed by the British Government than by any other country. The first degree of doctor medicine was given in England 1209, that of doctor of music St. Martin‘s Church, Canterâ€" bury, is said to be the oldest church in England in use toâ€"day. The Duchess of Norfolk has purâ€" chased the Harswell estate in Yorkâ€" shire for £24,600. Bix thousand people sleep, on an average, in the open air in London every night. s Oceurrences in The Land That Reigns Supremo in the Comâ€" mercial World. For British beer and acrated waâ€" ter bottles 70,000 tons of cork are used yearly. FROM MERRY OLD ENGLAN) NEWS BY MAIL ABOUT JOHN BULL AND HIS PEOPLE of in in Probably the meanest will on reâ€" eord was that of a man who left to his wife the sum of 1 farthing, with the direction that it should be sent to her by post in an unpaid envel}â€" Mr. Charles William Jones, of Gwyniryn, _ Carmathen, an exâ€" Mayor of the town, who died five years ago at the age of seventyâ€"two, leaving a fortune of £72,126, beâ€" qucathed to his wife "the sum of 1 shilling,‘‘ but he left £3,500, a field, two cottages and certain furniture to his servant. Lord Kew was a very wealthy peer of strict principles and pecuâ€" liarly acrid temper, and, having no wife or children to annoy, he "took it out,‘""‘ as the saying is, of his brothers, nephews and other expecâ€" tant kinsfolk. One gem from his collection is in such words as these : ‘"‘By a previous will I had left £50,â€" 000 to my brother John, but as he has sont his son to Oxford instead of Cambridge, contrary to my exâ€" pre:cod ’v;vish, I reduce the legacy A short time ago a Mr. William Claghorn died in America, possessâ€" ed of about £60,000 and a pretty wife. Of her he was inordinately jealous. Every Smile for a Man Lost £200. _ He left her all his money, howâ€" ever, but stipulated that she should forfeit £200 of the estate each time she appeared in public unveiled, and another £200 each time she smiled at a man. The will went on : "I do further order that for every time she dances with a man, goes to any gathering for entertainment, amusement or instruction with a man that the same sum shall be forfeited, and, further, that if she do permit any caress or fashion of‘ endearment, £1,000 be forfeited." Every effort is to be made by the trustees to prevent the granting of such an order, but if such grant cannot be prevented they are to employ ‘"doctors, nurses, detecâ€" tives or tutors,"‘ as they shall deem necessary, to guand both his moral and material welfare. _ An eccentric stockbroker of Bloane Street, who died in 1905, left over £200,000 to his only son, who was then eight years old, on very quaint terms, several pages of the will being taken up with curious provisions regarding the care and moral welfare of the child. He is not allowed to have any dealings with his mother, except as unless and ordered by a Judge in the Court of Chaneery. \ While Mrs. Bibby‘s sister reâ€" mains a nun the interest on the money is to be paid to her on conâ€" dition that none of it is used for the benefit of the convent or any one connected with it. A similar case is that of Lady Mary Catherine Ashburnham, who has not yet come to any decision as to whether she will continue her life at the convent of the Bacred Heart at Roehampâ€" ton. If she takes the vow she is precluded by Lord Ashburnham‘s will from inheriting his real and personal estate. The will has been provisionally sworn at under £250,â€" 000. She has four years in which to decide, being still a novice at the convent. Her age is twentyâ€"three. Mustn‘t Join Army or Navry. Another peculiar will which atâ€" tracted considerable attention six years ago was that of Mr. Robert Beard, who left his estate to his nephew, provided he "did not enâ€" ter either the naval or military serâ€" vice of the country.‘" The nephew took the case to court, and Mr. Jusâ€" tice Cody decided that the clause could not stand, as "such a proviâ€" sion struck at the very security of the State,‘""‘ and was therefore conâ€" trary to the public good. ; to renounce the wealth in order that they may follow their own inâ€" clinations, says Pearson‘s Weekly. In any case the agony of deciding which of the two things to do must be a terrible mental and moral strain, For instance a fortune of over £20,000 has just been left by Mrs. Bibby, of Liverpool, to her sister, Katherine Perry, ‘"‘When my said sister shall cease to be a nun and leave the said convent (the Noâ€" tre Dame Convent, Mount Pleaâ€" sant, Liverpool) absolutely.‘‘ Bome people make wills in favor of their relations containing such vindictive or arbitrary clauses as to what they must do, or must not do, under pain of forfeiting the money, that many of the recipients prefer ’ A despatch from Winnipeg says: Two important special trains arâ€" rived in western Canada on Thursâ€" day morning, bringing 650 farmers from the United States. The interâ€" est attached to the newcomers is the fact that they have no intention of going homesteading, but, on the other hand, they have left their naâ€" tive country with the idea of purâ€" chasing farms and settling down in the Canadian west. The first of these trains came in by way of North Portal, and brought 275 perâ€" LEGACIES WITH UNXUSUAL CONDITIONS8 ATTACHED. Must Cease to Be a Nun or Forfelt Bequestâ€"$1,000 for Every Smile. WILLâ€"MAKERS SHOW SPLEEN Two Trainâ€"Loads of Newcomers Farms In Canada FARMERS FROM THE STATE$ |_It has now reached the ears of Prince Arthur of Connaught and the Duchess of Fife that a very high price is being offered for tickâ€" ets of admission to their wedding, and it is reported in the Royal enâ€" tourage that a member of the King‘s Houschold sold six advance tickets, which he received last week by virtue of his position, to the wife of a wealthy stock broker for $750. In consequence of this disâ€" covery all the advance tickets which had been issued have boeen cancelled. None will now l:eauaf before the middle of BepteriGer. The tickets will be marked "not transferable,‘" and the recipients will be notified that if they desire to give them away they will have to return them to the Becretary of the Prince or the Duchess with the name of the person to whom they wish a ticket to be sent. If the Prince and the Duchess do not apâ€" prove of this name the ticket will not be sent. Bheâ€"There seems to be a strange affinity between a colored man and a chicken. I wonder whyt Heâ€"â€" Naturally enough, One is decended from Ham and the other from eggns. cured $750 for Six Tickets, Traffic in tickets of admission to Royal functions has long been rife, and during the present reign great efforts have been made to put an end to it. An example of this was the discovery last year that tickets were being sold for the Royal onâ€" elosure at Ascot, and this led to a most stringent reform in the matâ€" ter of disposing of these tickeps. It has now reached the ears of Prince Arthur of Connaught and A measure will be introduced in the German Reichstag affecting commercial rlations with Britain and the overseas Dominions. Member of King‘s Household 8e« General. Nearly one thousand delegates atâ€" tended the opening of the Peace Congress at The Hague. At London, England, Andrew Paterson, an elderly visitor from Montreal, was hurled through & shop window near Charing Cross, by a taxi cab running amuck. Ki# injuries were trifling. Great Britain, The London Times urged the Brit ish Government to reconsider its decision not to participate in the Panamaâ€"Pacific Exposition. H. M. â€"Kersey, of London, has been appointed general manager 0# the C. P. R. company‘s transâ€"Atâ€" lantic and transâ€"Pacific fleets, acâ€" cording to the announcement of 8 M. Bosworth, Viceâ€"President of the Walter Turner, Chief of the Red Cliff Fire Brigade, has been com mitted for trial by Magistrate Hen derson, charged with attempting <~ bribe two policemen to let him run a gambling and disorderly house. sOLD TICKETSs To WEDDINCG The new amendment to the judges‘ act will mean the retireâ€" ment in a short time of ten county court judges, eight of them in On tario. Under the amended act a judge retires at the age of 75, on full pay. A Brantford Realty Company purâ€" chased a twentyâ€"threeâ€"acre properâ€" ty, the Oakwood subdivision, for $49,200, and will erect houses there this fall. More than half the issue of the city of Toronto 4 per cent. bonds bought by N. W. Harris & Co. <% Montreal has already been privateâ€" gdiqpoced of to United States and anadian purchasers. The Detroit River Tunnel Co owes the city of Windsor #10.000 in taxes for 1913, and has failed, for some unknown reason, to pay, which is causing the members <f the Council much concern. Edmonton is likely to have a sen sation in the investigation of it police department administration Balmon catch at Pacific coast has been large this year, and canned salmon will be 33 per cent. cheaper than a year ago. â€" Canada‘s Inland Revenue returns for July totalled $1,851,333, as com» pared with 1,779,009 in the same month of last vear. Canada, the Empire and the World in General Before Your Eyes. Canada. The Canadian Northern Railway expects toâ€"operate grain trains frtl)lm the Northwest to Quebec this all. They arrived under the Euidangg of the C.P.R. department of nat. ural resources, and are boung fop Calgary. Bome of thom possess from ”.m to ‘40.000, and on the whole they averaged #10,000 apiece, m .mnd ‘pOd&l train came through Emerson, and carried 375 homeseekers for the Lost Mountainp Valley district. The members of the party hailed from Wisoonsip, Iowa and Indiana. Tb(‘\ Ll'uuph‘ with them an average of from ¢1,. 000 to $8,0600 each. HAPPENINGS FROM ALL ovprg THE GLOBE IN A NUTSHELL. sons from Illinois, Towa, and Wisconsin. THE REWS N A PARAGRAPY Fife that a very ig offered for tickâ€" Will Plll‘ch.‘. * | GRAND £10 0 sEPT. 3 1 SEPT . 5 * The Grand â€">_ RETOFR Oalgary or © JAS. R.GU N $3 Aug. 23 to Dated at Dur August, 1913. 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