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The Sudbury nicke! and copper mines are still increasing their outâ€" put, the value of the copper proâ€" duced during the balf year outâ€" . doing the corresponding half of The production of silver decreasâ€" ed by £242,882, The returns to the BRursay of Mines show consideral>, progress toward the ‘.",".'.'.I;:ete treatâ€" ment of thres on the spot, the proâ€" portion of concentrates and bullion showing a big increase. For the first six months of 1913 the production of gold jumped #1,â€" $35,949 compared with the corresâ€" pouding period of last year, the chief producers being the Hollinger and Dome Mines of Porcupine. The Porcupine (Camp contrifiuted all but $150,000 of the output. Just as the production of silver in the province has commenced to sahow a decrease the gold mines have stepped into the breach and more than made up for the defiâ€" ciency. Cozza, who has for years continued the investigations of his late faâ€" ther. The harbor is 1,250 yards inâ€" land from the beach, as it at preâ€" sent exists, and 700 yards from the gate of Pompeii. THEOUTPUT WAS $18,598,804 MHas Been Found 1,250 Yards Inâ€" land From the Beach. A despatch from Naples says: The exact site of the harbor of Pomâ€" peii, for which search has been made for centuries, has been dis covered by the sculptor, Lorenzo Big Increase In the Gold, But a Falling Off In the Amount of Silver Mined J,. 0. Pennybacker to Aid in Imâ€" proving Highways. A despatch from _ Washington says: Canada has called upon the United States for aid in improving its highways, and J. O. Pennyâ€" backer, chief statistician of the Joint Congressional Committee on Federal Aid in the construction of post roads, has been loaned to the Roads Commission of the Doâ€" minion. Mr. Pennybacker, who is Becretary of the American Highâ€" ways‘ Association, will organize a statistical bureau for the Canadin.n‘ Commission. For Lighthouse Service on Lake Ontario and St. Lawrence. A despatch from Ottawa says: The Department of Marine and Fisheries has let a contract to the Polson Iron Works, Toronto, for the construction of a steamer to be used on the 8t. Lawrence River above Montreal, and on Lake Onâ€" tario, in the lighthouse service. The contract price is $173,399. This is the first ship let under the new condition, namely, that construcâ€" tion must take place in Canada. CANADA BORROWS OFFICIAL. on the part of the Duchess, whose continued _ good health depends upon rest and freedom from strain. It is understood that Princess Patâ€" ricia will necessarily take a more prominent part in the social side of viceregal functions. Will Accompany His Royal Highâ€" ness to Ottawa. A despatch from Ottawa says: It is stated here that her Royal Highâ€" ness the Duchess of Connaught, notwithstanding reports to the conâ€" trary, will accompany H.R.H. the Governorâ€"General to Canada on his return next month, after the marâ€" riage of his son, Prince Arthur, to the Duchess of Fife. Cheering reâ€" ports have been received here of the health of her Royal Highness, but it is understood that she will not take an active part in the social life of the capital as formerly. Great care will have to be taken in guarding against any overâ€"exertion THE DUCHESS OF CONXNAUGHT ‘"Against these tendencies the author contends. He urges a beâ€" lief in ultimate continuity as essenâ€" tial to science ; he regards scientific concentration as an inadequate basis for philosophical generalizaâ€" "A marked feature of the present scientific era is the discovery of and interest in various kinds of atomâ€" ism, so that continuity seems in danger of being lost sight of. Anâ€" other tendency is toward compreâ€" hensive negative â€" generalizations from a limited point of view. Anâ€" other is to take refuge in rather vague forms of statement and to swhrink from closer examination of the puzzling and the obscure. Anâ€" other is to deny the existence of anything which makes no appeal to organs of sense and no ready reâ€" sponse to laboratory experiment. STEAMER TO COST $173.399. A despatch from Birmingham, England, â€" says : Speaking _ on the subject of "Continuity‘‘ on Wednesday night before the Briâ€" tish Association for the Advanceâ€" ment of Science, Sir Oliver Lodge, president of the association, touchâ€" ed upon the question of life after death. Sir Oliver summarized his address and in his own words his argument was: Sir Oliver Lodge‘s Expressed Opinions Touching Question of Life After Death CONTINUITY OF EXISTENCE POMPEII‘S HARBOR. duction for the six months ra.re given by the Bureau of Mines: Gold, $2.171,147; silver, $7,693,â€" 713; ecopper, $832,645; nickei, $2,â€" bl4,414; iron ore, . $141,3234 ;. pig iron, 5,031,840; cobalt ore, $7,374 ; cobalt and nickel oxides, $186,347. hi n Atv Bieie andite e en en es sns 200 23. d c is 4 52 The only decrease in addition to gilver was an unmmportant one of $3,72%6 in cobalt in nickel oxides. The production of iron ore gained $108,264, and pig iron $1,109,202. The increase in the output of pig iron is one of the striking features of the mineral record of the proâ€" vince in the past decade. In 1902 the production amounted to but 112,687 tons. In 1907 it was up to 286,216 tons, and in 1912 to 589,583 tons, The half year record is 369,â€" 450 tons, indicating an output for the year of nearly threeâ€"quarters of a million tons. 1912 by #96,176, while nickel in creased $347,519. custom and prejudice. Miss Ethel Sargent Addressed the British Association. A despatch from Birmingham, England, says: Much interest was displayed at the British Association on Thursday in the address of Miss Ethel Sargent, the noted botanist, as she was the first woman to preâ€" side over a section in the history of the association. She expressed her gratitude for the generosity shown to her, and thereby to all women, adding that the highest form of generosity was that which dared to do an act of justice in the face of A Michigan Jersey Cow Has Done Big Things. A déspatch from _ Houghton, Michigan, says : A new world‘s milk record for Jersey cows was recordâ€" ed by Eminent‘s Bess, owned in Houghton County, Mich. Her yearâ€" ly record, under the supervision of the Michigan Agricultural College, shows a production of 18,783 lbs. of milk, testing 1,132 lbs. 9 ounces of butter. The former Jersey record, held by Jacoba Irene, was 17,258 lbs. of milk. The new record also exceeds the Guernsey breed record held by Spotswood Daisy Pearl by 179 lbs. of milk. \ Backward Spring and Dry Weather the Cause. A despatch from Guelph says: From reports which have reached the city during the past few days there will be a scarcity of good apâ€" ples during the coming winter. Dealers paid a visit to the farms in the Township of Puslinch and Nasâ€" sagaweya during the weoek, and reâ€" port the apples a poor crop. There are very few number one apples at all, and the number will be light. This applies both to fall and winter apples. The cause of this is attriâ€" buted to a backward spring and exceptionally dry weather. Shefeld Firm Gets Contract From U. 8. Government, f 4 despatch from _ Washington says: An English builder on Thursâ€" day was awarded the contract for turbine drums for the newest American battleship, No. 39, at a little more than oneâ€"third the price offered by the lowest American bidâ€" der. The accepted bid, $#37,436, was submitted by the Cyelops Steel and Iron Works, Sheffield, Engâ€" land. It is exceptional for the Navy Department to send a conâ€" tract abroad, but Acting Secretary Roosevelt held that the action was justified. _ By giving the work to the foreign builder the United States saves more than $100,000. Sir Oliver further declared the "evidence to my mind goes to prove that discarnate intelligence, under certain~ conditions, may interact with us on the material side," and that ‘"we may hope to attain some understanding of the nature of a larger, perhaps ethereal, existence, and of the conditions regulating inâ€" tercourse across the chasm." In conclusion, Sir Oliver touched upon the question of life after death. He declared his conviction that occurrences now regarded as oceult "can be examined and reâ€" duced to order by the methods of science carefully and persistently applied,‘"‘ and that "alréady the facts so examined have convinced me that memory and affection are not limited to that association with matter, by which alone they can manifest themselves here and now, and that personality persists beâ€" yond bodily death." a FEW NUMBER ONE APPLES. tion ; he believes that obscure pheâ€" nomena may be expressed simply if properly faced, and he points out that the nonâ€"appearance of anyâ€" thing perfectly uniform and omniâ€" present is only what should be exâ€" pected and is no argument against real substantial existence.‘" BRITISH STEEL MEN WIN. A NOTED BOTANIST. NEW MILK RECORD. "ug statistica proâ€" Name given by Canadian Postum Co., Windsor, Ont. Write for copy of the little book, ‘"‘The Road to Wellville." % Postum comes in two forms : Regular Postum â€"must be well boiled. Instant Postum is a soluble powder. _A teaspoonful dissolves quickly in a cup of hot water and, with the addition of cream and sugar, makes a delicions beverage instantly, "I am busy every day at some kind of work and am able to keep up with the procession without a cane. The arm and hand that were once almost useless, now keep far ahead in rapidity of movement and beauty of penmanship.‘"‘ ‘"Improvement set in at once. In about 6 months I began to work a little, and in less than a year I was very much better, improving rapidâ€" ly from day to day. Iam now in far better health than most men of my years and apparently growing stronger with advancing age. coffee ‘‘My wife at last took my case into her own hands and bought some Postum. She made it accordâ€" ing to directions and I liked it fully ‘‘Now, during all this time and for about 30 years previously, I drank daily an average of 6 cups of strong coffeeâ€"rarely missing a meal. ‘‘My feet were greatly swollen, my right arm was shrunken and twisted inward, the fingers of my right hand were clenched and could not be extended except with great effort and pain. Nothing seemed to give me more than temporary relief. "At the age of 50 years I colâ€" lapsed from excessive coffee drinkâ€" ing,‘‘ writes a Western man. Tea is just as injurious, because it conâ€" tains caffeine, the same drug found in coffee. "For four years I shamâ€" bled about with the aid of crutches or cane, most of the time unable to dress myself without help. _ Montreal, Segt. 16.â€"Prime beeves, 6 to 61%6; others, 2 34¢; small bulls, 3 14 to 3 34c; stockers, 3 1â€"2 to 4 140. Cows, 835 to §65; calves, 2 34 to 6 1â€"2¢; sheep, 4 to 140114.20; lambe, 614 to 6 1â€"2%¢; hogs, 10 to Toronto, Sagt. 16. â€"Cattleâ€"Choice _ exâ€" gort, $6.50 to $7; choice butchers,.86.2 to 6.15; good med{um, $5.6 to $6; common, $4 to sS; canuners, $2 to $2.50; cutters, $3 to $3.25; fat cowe, $4.50 to $5.25; common cows, $3.50 to $4. Calvesâ€"Good veal, $5 to $7.2%6; choice, $8.25 to $10; common, $3 to $3.50 Stockers and feederaâ€"Steers, 700 to to 650 pounds, $2.50 to $4.2%5; light bulls, to 65 Opounds, $250 to $4.2%5; lifht bulis, 3.75 to $3. Sheep and lambeâ€"Light ewes, .50 to $5: heavy, 83 to $5.50; buck, $3 to $3.50; spring lambe, $6.25 to $6.60. Hoge, $965 fo%. to drovers $10 fed and waterâ€" ed, and $10.26 off cars. _ Minneapolie, _ Sept. 16. â€"Wheatâ€"Septemâ€" ber, 85 5â€"8¢; Decomber, 88 5â€"8¢; May, 95 5â€"8¢. No. 1 hard, 89 5â€"8¢; No. 1 Northern, 87 5â€"86 to 89 i86; No. 2 Northern, 85 58 to 67 1â€"30. No. 2 rye, 61 to 62 1â€"%. Flour and bran unchanged. No. 3 yellow corn, 730. No. 3 white oats, 40 1â€"2 to 40 3â€"4¢. Duluth, Sept. 16.â€"Lingsed, cash, $1.50 34; September, &.49 14 bid; October, $1.49 34; November, _ $1.50 34 bid ; December, $1.47 34 bid. Wheat, No. 1 hard, 89 1â€"%; No. 1 Northern, 86 1â€"2¢; No. 2 Northern, 86 12 to 87¢; September, 87 14c bid; Deâ€" cember, 8%¢; May, 94 180. 35 1â€"2¢; No. 1 feed, 34 iâ€"%¢; No. 2 feed, 32 1â€"2%¢°. Barley, No. 3, 49¢; No.. 4, 46 iâ€"2¢; re&ecmd, 43 1â€"%e; feed, 43 1â€"%¢c. Flaxâ€"No. 1 N.W.C., $1.31; No. 2 C.W., $1.28; No. 3 C.W., $1.15 112. Apparently, with Advancing Age. ‘‘There‘s a reason‘" for Postnm Winnipeg, Se&r,. 16.â€"Cash wheatâ€"No. 1 Northern, 79¢; No. 2 Northern, 87¢; No. 3 Northern, 84¢; No. 1 rejected seeds, 83 1â€"%¢; No. 2 rejected seeds, 81 1%¢; No. 1 red Winter, 8%¢; No. 2 red Winter, 86¢; No. 3 CE AOVNID® MAWY PVCL OR TNE TRMUETY UUVY ANUV C red Winter, 83 34c. Oateâ€"No. 2 C.W., 36¢; No. 3 C.W., 3M 1â€"2%¢; extra No. 1 feed, Montreal, Sept. _ 16.â€"Oate, Canadian Western, No. 2% 4014 to 4l¢; Canadian Weetern, No. 3, 39 34¢; extra No. 1 feed, 40 to 40 1â€"%c.. Barley, Man., feed, 60 to 5l¢; malting, 62 to 6%¢. Buckwheat, No. 2, 58 to 60e. Flour, Man. Spring wheat patents, firsts, $5.60; seconds, $5.10; strong bakâ€" ere‘, $4.90; Winter patents, choice, $5.25 to $5.50; straight rollers, $5 to $5.10; straight rollets, bags, $2.530 to $240. Rollâ€" ed oats, barrele, $4.75; bags, 90 lbs., $2.25. Bran, $22. Shorts, $24. Middlings, $27. Mouillie, $28 to $32. Hay, No. 2, per ton, car lots, $12 to $13. Cheese, finest westâ€" erns, 1314 to 13 1â€"2¢; finest easterns, 12 7â€"8 to 15 1â€"8. Butter, choicest creamery, 25 1â€"4 to 25 1â€"%¢; seconds, 24 34 to 25¢. Ew, fresh, 3%¢; welected, 29¢; No. 1 stock, ; No. 2 stock, 20c. Potatoes, per bag, car lots, 70 to 80c. Blcon~Long. clear, 1i6¢ per lb, in cage lots. Porkâ€"Short cut, $29; do., mess, $24. Hamsâ€"Medium to light, 21 12 to 22¢; heavy, 20 12 to 2ic; rolls, 17¢; breakfast bacon, 21 to 22¢; backs, 24 to 25. o “Llag-fl‘ierceu. 14¢; tubs, 14 146; pails, Baled hayâ€"No. 1, $13.50 to $14.50, on track, Toronto, and No. 2 at $12 to $12.35, No. 3, $10 to $10.50. chickens, 20 to 2i¢; ducks, 16 to 17¢; geese, 13 to 14¢; turkeys, 18 to 206. ( â€" Potatoesâ€"Ountarioe, 75 to 80c per bag, on track. _HMoneyâ€"Extracted, in ting, 10 12 to 12%¢ per lb. for No. 1, whole«ale; combs, $2.75 per dozen for No. 1, and $2.25 to $2.50 for 17 to 18e. . es o o o in t o Cheeseâ€"New cheese, 14 12 to 14 34c for large, and 14 34 to 15¢ for twins. _ Beanseâ€"Handâ€"picked, $225 to $2.35 per bushel; primes, $1.75 to 82. _ _ _ Wholesale dealers‘ quotations to retail ere are:â€" _Butterâ€"Choice dairy, 22 to 24¢; inferior, 17 to 19¢; creamery, 2% to 276 for rolles, and 24 to 25¢ for solids. Oatsâ€"No. 2 Ontario oate, 33 to 331â€"%, outside, and at 36¢, on track, Toronto. Western Canada old oate, 40 126 for No. 2, and at 3%¢ for No. 3, Bay ports. Peasâ€"85 to 85¢, outside. Barleyâ€"52 to 58¢, outside. Cornâ€"No. 2 American corn, 80 112 to 8i¢, cif., Midland. Ryeâ€"60 to 6 per bushel. Buckwheatâ€"Nominal. Branâ€"Manitoba bran, $22 to $25 a ton, in bage, Toronto freights. Shorts, $24, Toâ€" ronto. Toronto, Sept. 16.â€"Flourâ€"Ontario wheat flours, 90 per cent.. made of new wheat, $565 to $3.67, seaboard. Manitobasâ€"First patents, in jute bap, #5.40; do., geconds, $490; etrong bakers‘, in jute bage, 84.70. Manitoba wheatâ€"No. 1 Northero, 9 12%¢, on track, Bay ports; No. 2 at 97 1%¢; No. 3, 9¢, Bay porte; new, No. 1 Northern quotâ€" ed at 95¢, firnmpt Jelhery; No. 2 at 9¢; and No,. 3 Northern, 91c. Ontario wheatâ€"New No. 2 wheat at Me to 86c, outside. FRIGES OF FARM PROOUGTS Prices of Cattie, Grain, chuo'o ang Othar Froduce at Home and Abroag REPORTS FRom THE LEADiING TRADB CENTRE3 OF AMERICA. Poultryâ€"Hene, 16 to 170 per lb; Spring weil as the best highâ€"grade Eggsâ€"Case lots of newâ€"laid, 2% to 286 r dozen; fresh, 22 to 24¢, and eeconds, GROWING STRONGER. United States Markets. Baled Hay and Straw. Live Stock Markets Montreal Markets. Winnipeg Grain. Country Produce. Provisions. Breadstuffs. "I shouldn‘t mind meself if they closed the ‘pubs‘ a couple 0‘ hours sooner. Wot I sez is, if a man ain‘t full by ‘alfâ€"past ten, ‘e ain‘t trying." â€"â€"Pu2â€"h. Tickets Areâ€" Furnished By the Consuls. A despatch from Mexico City says: Several hundred Americans, for the most part residents in Mexiâ€" &o, Ts kave been impoverished by the revolutionary conditions, have passed through Monterey in the last two weeks.. All are travelling on firstâ€"class tickets furnished by the Consuls. In addition they have received funds sufficient to carry them through to their homes, AMERICANS LEAVING MEXICO Shipments at ~Fort William Are Comparatively Light. A despatch from Fort ‘Villiam, Ont., says: Grain movement to the head of the lakes so far has been comparatively light, about two hundred cars a day being received. All arriving so far has come from Southern Manitoba and has been graded No. 1 or No. 2 Northern. Bo far none has been received from Alberta or Saskatchewan. _ The blockade of grain for the Montreal elevators has had the effect of makâ€" ing shipments light, and very few boats have taken cargoes down the lakes during the past few days. At present there are about five million: bushels in storage at Fort William. 1 Of 10,000 townships in France having more than 1,000 inhabitants, about 6,000 are without any public lighting. Of the remainder there are 1,249 lighted by gas, 2,763 lightâ€" ed by electricity and 172 by acetyâ€" lene. An "artificial meat‘‘ has been de vised of grain by a Belgian chemist Two men were killed in another accident to a German dirigible airâ€" ship. John B. (GHleason, of counsel for Harry K. Thaw at the Pittsburger‘s first trial for the murder of Stanâ€" ford White, has filed a suit in the United _ States District â€" Court against Mrs. Mary Copley Thaw to recover $53,000 which, he alleges, is due him for services rendered in the defence of her son. There is a collection of 4,500 dolls in the National Museum, at Washâ€" ington. Mayor W. J. Gaynor of New York died on the Baltic crossing the Atâ€" lantic. The Imperator, of the Hamburgâ€" American Line, which sailed for New York on Thursday, carries 5,000 passengers, which breaks all transâ€"Atlantic records. A special Northwest Mounted Police patrol is being sent to invesâ€" tigate the murder of H. V. Radford of New York and George Street of Ottawa by Eskimos at Bathurst Inlet. John A. K. Drummond of Kingsâ€" ton, a farmer member of the Maniâ€" toba Legislature, was fatally manâ€" gled by a C.P.R. train. Five hundred Toronto Chinamen have recorded their biographies with the immigration authorities. An expedition fitted out by Sir William Mackenzie has started on an exploration trip to Hudson Bay. The Ontario~ Government has made important amendments to its bilingual school regulations. Canada, the Empire and the World in General Before Your Eyes. Canada,. A Canadian immigration office is to be opened in Copenhagen. HAPPENINGS FROM ALL OVER THE GLOBE IN A NUTSHELL. THE NEWS N A PARAGRAPH BLOCKADE OF GRAIN. ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO Kaid Sir Harry MacLean. HERO OF MOROCCO. United States. Great Britain, General. Argmuiu:-) Mutton Will Be Taken From It Entirely, A despatch from London says: Tommy Atkins has been "kicking‘ so frequently about the mutton which was served to him once a week that it has been taken off the soldiers‘ menu entirely. ‘The troops will be fed henceforth on the "roast beeft of O‘d Eng‘«»4‘" (‘z~m the _ Good mannere indicate at once respect for oneself and consideration for others, and it is not easy to name any other two qualities which are more pleasant to meet with. Th;{ are the product of the rlfln sort of educationâ€"the education which comes from exampleâ€"and that which â€" lecte them is worth little or nolhln.nezx reality, however wide and 2ccurate it may appear to be. ‘This is a truth which there is some danger of forgetting just now, and it is as well that Lord Rosebery @hould call attention to it. No man has better qualificatione for preuvhinf a 1 sermon on such a subject and his worz might well be printed as a pamphlet and ei.)rullated broadcast â€" throughout â€" our echoolg. Cood Manners. Lord Rouobez recently addressed the boys of the Guilford Grammar School on the subject of manners and in the course of his most illuminating remarks uttered eome pregnant truths. He laid particuâ€" lar stress on the fact that in the mere matter of success in life goo! manners may count for more than either ability or knowledge. Everybody values good manners in other people, and when it comes to the nestowal of fuvou, or to the ift of appointments, the inevitable tenâ€" snncy is to %refcr the applicant whose mamiers are the beet. If a man is courteâ€" ous, free from selfâ€"conscioueness, and inetinctively produces the lplgrenlon that he is what is called "straight," it is asâ€" tonishing what a very vital asget.. he posseares. .. jz \ This, of course, im?lies that the unemâ€" ployment insurance feature has not been severely tested, What, it is asked, will happen if hard times come, with much persistent unemplogmem and heavy deâ€" mand on the fund? One answer is that the longer fl;msperit{y lasts the larger will be the surplus available for relief during a lean period. At any rate, the extension of unemploy. ment insurance is generally f:vored, and more trades will be included before long. The administration of the fund has given very little trouble, there being courts and referees to pass on doubtful claims. The first annual remt on this feature of the bill was publis a few days ago. How hae the scheme worked? Remarkâ€" ably, according to all tentimon{. Employâ€" ers and employees alike are pleased wiws it. There is now a balance of about $8, 000,000 in the epecial fund. About 400.000 men received insurance moneY. out of a total number of 2,500,000 enrolled; but it is explained that the periodes of idleness have been very short. Great Britain, in fact, bas been enjoging extraordinary prosperity of late, and there has been litâ€" tle idleness and little pauperiem. The great British social ineurance act was in part an act against destitution through _ unemploment. This part was purPooely limited to a few «killed and wellâ€"paid trades; it was felt that unemâ€" ployment insurance had to be carefully tried. The trades covered were building, eq!lineg_ring and vehicle construction. $ o n t oi e nCt }in a vain and foolish attempt to lrvq beâ€" yond their meane. ‘The desire to imitate those who are richer than themselves is the rock on which ml.;:{y an otherwise hnppg home is wrecked. Luxury once tasted eecems to get in the blood, and the only remedy is a determined effort to get back to the simple life. Hudson Bay Company. In the year 1670 Charles II. granted a charter to Prince Rupert and seventeen other noblemen and gentlemen, incorporâ€" ating them as the "Governor and Comâ€" pany of Adventures of England Trading into the Hudson Bay." Their principai trade was in the furs of the animals of that immense and at that time untapped country. Shrewd dealers in furs were sent to the varioue posts which were establishâ€" ed at different points and thus the prinâ€" ciple of bartering and haggling was inâ€" troduced into Canada. ‘The aborigines of the north had to be sharp indeed to beat the keenâ€"eyed Bcots who were sent out to handle this end of the business of the company. ( The crazo for luxuries is one of the préâ€" vailing ills of the times. It is perfectly natural for men and women to want the good things of life, but it is mighty bad policy for them to attempt to get these things when they have not T»Ot the means. This fact is emphasized by a report from a certain city which saye that many residents have eacrificed their homes in order to indulge in the luxury of motorâ€" ing. The story of a man selling his home for the purpose of purchasing an automobile was formerly regarded as a good joke for the vaudeville artiete, but now it has become a tragic fact. The report may be exaggerated, but there is no reason to doubt that thousâ€" ands of persons go to the wall everf year in a vain and foolish attempt to live beâ€" Mre. Booth‘s plea for a chance for the exâ€"prisoner who wants to reformâ€"a plea inspired not by mere sentimentality but by records and figures ehowing that a mistep once does not make a man a crimâ€" inal for lifeâ€"ehould do much toward disâ€" posing employers more favorably to the man with a jail record fighting for honâ€" est rehabilitation. The ex<onvict nowadays is often burâ€" dened not only by his own sin but also by the too great zeal of prison reformers. The reformers keep on insisting that most prisons are echools for crime, and even an honest man when confined in them is eure to turn criminal. This deâ€" stroys whatever confidence a broad mindâ€" ed employer might be willing to repose in the exâ€"convict. In their eagerness to help those in the prisons the reformere unwittingly blacken the character of every exâ€"conviet. is 4 7 5 A Word for the Exâ€"Convict. A plea for the exconvict is made by Mre. Ballington Booth. Mre. Booth deâ€" cries the view that "once a thief, always a thief." She cites numerous cases of exâ€" convicts who are now good citizens, enâ€" 1]‘oyinfi the estcem of the.r fellowâ€"men. he pleads for a chance for the man who once made a misstep but who now wants to reform. The report of the British Board of Trade on rent and prices is of unusual interest and is oommam‘lin’l great attenâ€" tion. It eets forth two things clearly. One is, that the rise in prices, as has been recognized before this, is a worldâ€"wide phenomenon. The other is, that certain‘y in so far as Britain is concerned (and holding true, probably, for other counâ€" tries) wages have not kept pace W!\] prices. In Britain the incre se in the cost of living eince 1905 has been 10 f-“l‘ cent., while the increase in wages L only been from 2 to 5 per cent. That is the simple explanation of the Labor unrest which has marked recent years on both sides of the Atlantic. In Byndicalism we are probably not witnesâ€" sing (as its prophets would have us beâ€" lieve) a new pbiloaopl:}' and tactics of soâ€" cial reconstruction. . Under a new name, and though somewhat novel methods, the old process of readjusting wages _ to prices is at work. But there is no real reason for supposing that the foundations of society are in greater peril toâ€"day than in preceding periods of economic read justment. THE SOLDIERS‘ MENT. Unemployment Insurance. The Craze for Luxuries. w o 420 aofne took another jump upwards last month from 135.9, the figures for July, to 136.8. In August, 1912, figures were 133.3, so that there was nearly a three point increase in August of this year compared with the same month a year ago. ""And," say the o.eii‘llc at tlhe Labor Deâ€" partment, who compile the average eost of pricesâ€" every month, "‘the prospects for any pronounced «rap in the &verage cost of the commeodiâ€" A despatch from Ottawa says : The oost of living index number There Was Almost a Over the Sam The young Kabaka of Buganda ie back in London, after a mast enioyable tonp in variove parta of Eneland and Rant. land. _ As a seqnel to his viait to Glneâ€" now Univeraity, he paid a enll on Avenst % at the workehopa of Griffin and Bang, Kingsway. London. to "nepect the new gy. rosoomes of Dr. Gray aa applied to waprk. inc madels. Ae a memento af his vielt to Gloreow Universite the Kabaka was preâ€" sented with a model of a @evronsome moâ€" tor ear, s remarkable mechanieal conâ€" trivonce which runs on two wheels _ in tande=m in place of the uenal four. The dificuliv of stability is eolved by manne of a sing‘s evroscond, whieh alea is ured to «teer the car The King and bis suut To wleer the car The King and his anite wore groatly interested in the invention. COST OF LIVING GOFES UP The diplomatic changes now officially announced have, of course, been fully disâ€" counted in advance. The retirement of |\Bir Fairfax Cartwright is the main pivot of the diplomatic movement. That _ he had to go soomer or later if Angloâ€"Gerâ€" man relations were to be placed on â€"a sound footing was patent to everyone who had followed his career in Vienna. He was several times guilty of indiscretions of a distinctly â€" antiâ€"German character, and he once permitted himself to proâ€" claim that the Esetern Question could only be solved if England were to obtain Buda Bay. Our relations with Viena have alwaye, with the exception of the few month@ of the Bosnian cri@is. been of a cordial nature, but it obviously was a disadvantage to be represented there by a diplomatist who would not or could not conceal his strong dislike for Vienâ€" na‘s ally. Bo long as our relations with Germany were still of a doubtful temâ€" fler. we could confine ourselves to halfâ€" earted disavowals of our ambassador‘s ntterancee. ‘The moment, however, our Foreign Office decided to abandon _ the former policvy, the nresence of Bir Fairâ€" fax Cartwright in Vienna hae been a handicap. His successor, Rir Maurice de Bunsen, is, on the contrary, known as an advocate of Angloâ€"German alliance, beâ€" ing himself a member of the great RBanâ€" «on family. dinlomatists and scient int«. Hie appointment will, no doubt, be deepâ€" Iv regretted in Madrid, where he knew the present King aa a baby and whcn' the rervicee he rendered to Bpain during the Francoâ€"Ruanish litiestion over the deâ€" l limitation of their respective ewheres in Morecco will loug be remembered. . Conâ€" riderin@ how secure we are of the friend. ehin of Medrid we can only rejolce if he now transfers his great diplomatic tact to Vienna. The Kabaka and the Cyrescope. y nag ... 0223 56t who would not or could not conceal his strong dislike for Vienâ€" na‘s ally. Bo long as our relations with flarman» «esmm s4fm 2s 00AE ATOR (The above was written, of course, beâ€" fore Strathcona‘s arrival in this country, ugén)c he has no intention of resigning. esting, if somewhat premature, discloâ€" eure of what I have ground for believing are his Lordship‘s intentions in the matâ€" ter. Nonagenarian though he is, Lord Strathcona will relingquish with reluctance those duties, devotion to which has won him the title of the Grand Old Man of Canada. For some time he has felt deâ€" sirous of giving place to a youl:zer man, and the only question has been the choosâ€" ing of a convenient date for traneferring the reine to other hands. Whoever sucâ€" ceeds to the office will find it hard to live up to Lord Strathcona‘s standard of inâ€" du.".r{. Deslih.e his advanced years, he remaing m glutton for work, and he is indefatigable in his attendance at the ofice in Victoria Street, London, where with that thoroughness which has markâ€" ed his career no detail is too small for Ml.__pers?nal supervigion. Lord Strathcona and the High Commissionership. There is good reason to believe that the statement that Lord Btrathcona intends to resign the High Commissionerehip of Canada soon after the New Year is well founded. The announcement is an interâ€" E'Se-enutionl" or preaemh;’ "notes." uter and Habas and Wo!l and _ the other agencies would have been publichâ€" ing "communiques" dai:z. The movements of our ships in the Mediterranean would have been a matter of worldâ€"wide imâ€" portance. In the long run the result might have been just the cameâ€"that is, Adrianople would still have been Turkish â€"but diplomacy would have done its beet to put our nerves on edge. [ Both in Yorkshire and at Balmoral the |\King has been fuily up to his mark as a ‘shot this season, and has made heavy \bage. In fact, he is one of the five best ehots in the kingdom, and is noted for the quickness and precision of his aim, Hig average is about eighty per cent. of the tartridges used. At a right and leit ehot he is exceptionally ?od and he gelâ€" _dom misses a rocketing bird. He shoots with his left arm out proctically straiz«« and this gives him great control over the swing of the barrele. But he likes a long walk in search of outlying game better tha battues that have done so much to al eport. Socret Ally of the Turks. It looks as though the Turks are to be left in undisturbed possession of Adrianâ€" ‘op‘le after all. Europe is too tired of crises and too sick of the very name of the Balkans to start another weary and dangerous wrangle. A diplomat of my acquaintance prophe-ied this to me some weeks ago. The Turks, be told me, have an allâ€"powerful ally on their side of whose existence they are no doubt unâ€" aware and whose name has never appearâ€" ed in an ambassadorial despatch or a newcp:ger telegram. This all{ my friend suve e humorous title of "Monsieur ummer Holiday." The Chancelleries in all Eurog;nn capitals are now almost empty. inisters and officials are ecatâ€" tered, the Parliaments are not sitting It 16 an unwritten law in international dS?- lomacy that the summer vacation shall be sacrosanct, and at the preeent moâ€" ment that unwritten law is working to the benefit of the Turks. But had the Turkish reoccupation of Thrace taken place two months earlier or later, we should have had the papere full of it. The armies of the great nations might have been on a war footing. Ambaseaâ€" dors would have been buey making "reâ€" be readily assimilated in the cities and industrial centres. In conseâ€" quence there has been some congesâ€" tion of labor with resulting unemâ€" A despatch from Ottawa says : The policy of the Immigration Department for the next year will be to confine the efforts of its agents to encouraging the immigration only of those who propose to settle on the land in Canada. During the past year or so it has been found that more arâ€" tisans and general laborers were coming to the Dominion th_an ot_)qld There Are More Artisans and General Coming to Canada Than Can Be Ap ONLY SEIILERS WANTE The Embassy at Vienna. EU OP:AN GOS.P King George on the Moors. 1d, where he knew a baby and where ed to Bpain during intioln ow-l;‘ the dlu- spective amheres n remembered. . Conâ€" e are of the friend. Kabaka was preâ€" &A @vprormoma moâ€" mechanieal econ. two wheels _ in nenal four. The eolved by manre T4 3â€"Point Increase In August Month of Last Year "?‘0 cause for the advance in the s 'l.l” wost last month was prinâ€" O'P“Y due to the increase in ptiy® .ntll:om eggs, canned lobster, racite coal, grains, and fodder. ms"’h things as beef, lamb, lake t, whitefish, canned peas, and coffee wed a few points Meats :{0 a higher in price than ov were a year ago, but grain» ties classified under the list 0# necessities of life are not Y°"Y Inspectorâ€"Any abnormal _chi}â€" dren in your class, Miss Peda gogue? Bchool teacherâ€"Yes, on* of them has good manners. There has been a serious outâ€" break of cholera in Hungary lflfl Bosnia. AccordIng to the Zeit there have already been 167 cases at Budapest. The quantity of water stored by the enlarged reservoir this winter was two and a half times the quanâ€" tity stored in previous years. [ast year the river was exceedingly low from January to June, and the Hood was late. The reservoir water wa* used as sparingly as possible, yet it was fimshod%)y July 18 by which date the flood water had arrived. This year the river was considerably lower than last year u pto the midâ€" dle of May, when a rise in both the Blue and White Niles took place. se P CR zd fodder are lower Fortunately the extra water which the heightened dam allows to be stored this year has been used very sparingly with the result that scarcely any inconvenience has been experienced in the felds. The last report of the cotton crop issues by the Agricultural Department, on August Ist, is very favorable. The plants _ almost everywhere look healthy and well grown, the cottom is very little in evidence and the number of blossoms and pods de« veloped up to date is above th¢ average. The meterological service of the Egyptian _ Burvey Department, which concerns itself with the lev» els and discharge of the Nile, has been quite at sea this year in its prophecies of the flood. As late as June 8, it was expected that the flood would be rather early than otherwise, yet it is later than it has been for 50 years, and has not yet fairly amrrived at Roseires, 420 miles above Khartoum on the Blue Nile, this being the first point where the height of the river is takâ€" en daily and telegraphed to Cairo. added by the Put in round figures, during this period 500 tons of water arrived at Assuan every second and 700 tons went down the river every second, thanks to the contribution of the reâ€" servoir. These are average figures for the whole period, but during May, when the Nile above Assuan was at its lowest, the percentage higher Great Dam Saved Egypt‘s Cotion Crop, The Assuan reservoir is now nearâ€" ly empty, but it has done grand serâ€" vice this year. Between April 1, when it began to help the river, and Aug. 1 the water contributed by the reservoir has been equial to 40 per cent. of the whole discharge of the Nile above Assuan during the same period. The aeroplane manufacturers at this moment @wbout the nom interest in the world. lor nearly 4 yout an "air soare" agilation has been ‘rup, ning in this country, and the burden of the outery has been "more orderg" [3 mepoplane constructors, whether the Gov. ernment wanted them or nol One might have imagined that France, with ite lurge air fleet, would hgve been exrempt from this nuisance. No _ so, however. "The French constructors have started 4 fero. cious agitation against the Aero (igh the War Osoe. and the Ministry of Mering for not giying them eulficient "enoourage. ment," and they have got a populer newp paper, the "‘Matin,‘ on their wide. The arguments have a familiar ring. Ar® ments firms, large or small, Lvo one thought in common. M. Morane, the wel} known airman, writee indirectly on half of the Bleriot firm. "I teil rou."t raye en:tt.dli. "Luhat in eix mouths aq cording to what I know of the organig ation and progrees of flying in Germ where they are becinm:: to make gfi machines and have cop the Gnome mo. torâ€"in «ix months we shall be outcle ssef by the Germans." There we have ones more the familiar German bogy. As g‘ the remedy, it is, of course, "ordars "The French Government," M. Morans complains, ‘"ordere from the | meroplun firme only forty machines in @ix mon whereas our factories can turn out v): machines in that time." And, of sourse, he will not be satisfed until the Btate orders that number. By that time, how. ever, the meroplane firms will probabl be able to turn out 1,000 or more .! chines. ‘Then the clamor will begin again London, Bept. 10. 1913. which thoucl': nfll{ in an stage, ma av "reac the near ‘utm.e kereack Mr. J. Obed Bmith, Uh;;‘oRQ Cansadian _ Immigration stafl / jp Great Bl'itlin, who has ku h Ottawa for the past fey daye leaves for England again this woek, He announced on Wednesday that a Canadian Immigration Office will be opened in Copenhagen. ployment troubles in a cities, anrd this condit.io:? to be accentuated durng th, ing winter. Unless immigrap this class are coming to assure ployment in Canada they w encouraged to stay at home, ¢ the next few months at laacs THE AsSSUAX RESERvom The Vested Intersst reservoir was much Absorbeq W CH 5 W assured on, hn tiag h uring hing yeeqq‘tl a nmumber of/ comée ou market | rueing 1 ©Ohavaw m ai certait boane, gr t} One WiInks ® more or less of ing n Ell» quotations . that lacked not their fullnoss. now so complet find Mr. Chest« ® 7« It CORNI & re RDB < @XUrAOL thein of ©ord. 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