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SD BRL ere Many is Aro 4 factory rrived at ke. rtage la the work m i# ANOPC < WEST O¢ Ry ‘ getned,"" he said, "the greatest efâ€" 4 feact of the opening of the canal will robability be to get commerce and }’tudo out of the groove and cause ! an all.rannd modernization of busiâ€" ‘ an allâ€"round modernization of busiâ€" . ness methods." Mr. Kirkaldy is professor of finâ€" ance at Birmingham University, aad a recognized authority on ecoâ€" pnomic questions. e ." A despatch from Rirmingham, «Rngland, says : Rpeaking on ‘‘Some of the Eoonomic Effects of the Paâ€" nama Canal,"‘ Prof. A. W. Kirkâ€" aldy told the British Association at 4ts session on Wednesday that such \ effects could be easily exaggerated. ©‘Bo far as the outside world is conâ€" _ Of the effect on world trade, he eontinued : "America realizes the ‘The biggest swordfish ever known to have been caught in the Maritime province waters was captured at Halfâ€" way Rock. The fish was so large that it had to &e towed. The carcass weighed 700 pounds, and netted the Asherman nearly $75, EFEFECIS OF PANAMA CANAL What the fisheries mean to Nova Bootia was shown by raturns for July when the total value of all fish caught in the province reached $518,314, as follows: Cod, $145,861; haddock, $55,â€" 802; mackerel, $67,269; hake, $38,074; herring, $28,528. Professor Says It Will Lift Trade Out of Old Grooves and Modernize Methods. x * y Philip Desroches, of Charlottetown, N.B., was out duck shooting. In drawâ€" ing his gun towards him by the muzâ€" sle he caused it to be accidentally discharged, tho shot landing in his intestines. There is a slight chance of his recovery. Miss Phoebe Johnson, of Newcastle, N.B., was cooking breakfast when her elothes caught fire. She ran out doors and the wind fanned the flames till shoe was a living torch. She was fatally ‘burned before the flames were extinguished. Increases in wages to amployees of the Intercolonial average $5 per month to monthly paid men and 2 cents an hour to the hourly and daily pald men. The total increase will mean an additional outlay of $125,000 per month by the railway. SPRING WHEAT 192,517(,000 Ottawa Places Canada‘s Grand Total of Wheat at 211 Million Bushels. A despatch from Ottawa says: A bulletin issued by the census and statistics office of the Department of Trade and Commercoe gives preâ€" liminary estimates of the yield of «pring wheat, rye, coats and barley, as complied from the reports of correspondents upon the â€" appearâ€" anose of these cropse. Of spring wheat the average yleld per acre is provisionally placâ€" ed at 22.24 bushels per acre, which upon an area of 8,990,500 acres, makes the total yield of spring wheat to be 192,517,000 bushe}s. This quentity added to 19,481,800 busbhels 1 fall wheat, as published last month, gives the total producâ€" tion of wheat at 210,9098,800 bushâ€" els, compared with the final estiâ€" mate for 1812 of 199,236,000 bushels, and for 1811 of 215,8531,000 bushels. The yiold per acre in 1912 was 20.99 bushels for fall wheat and 20.37 bushels for spring wheat. Oate, with an average yield of 40.98 bushels per acre on 9,646,400 acres, gives a total production of 895,341,000 bushels, as against an avorages yield of 39.25 bushels and Items of Interest From Places Lapped by Waves of the Atlantie, DOWN BY THE SOUNDING SEA BITS OF NEWS FROM THE MARITIME PROYVINCES. fd NB is disc ‘ diptheria and reported recently scovered that ) on property mples are beâ€" turn out well o quarry and Company is : plant on the supplying the lectric power. aployed in the ale de Verde oundland, and oxes passed en route to are black fox re valued at i unknown ) to build a of maintenâ€" r dwellingl John, N.B. t pace with of the city. hich is unâ€" lice seized (City Hotel, m and desâ€" Chisf Geo. on by the at danger been deâ€" ins d at Shelâ€" of the old m George 3t. John, id. There rice, too, over last set long. an anâ€" that for miners lown by ent. ction As to the offect of distance, he thought that on Australasian and Far Eastern markets it would be considerable, as the mileage run by a steamer was a serious factor in cost of service. importance of the coal trade to the United Kingdom ; there will be a strenuous attempt to displace Britâ€" ish coal throughout the world in order to give American shipping the advantages at present enjoyed by British. If successful this will deal a mortal blow at our mercanâ€" tile marine. Thus the British coal industry must realize the situation, and both the capital and labor inâ€" terested resolve to hold the market at all costs until the fuel question â€"eoal or oilâ€"is finally settled.‘"‘ Ran in Front of Sir Rodmond Robâ€" lin‘s Machine. A despatch from Winnipeg says : Wilfrid Thompson, the elevenâ€"yearâ€" old son of (Gtibson Thompson, who ran under Sir Rodmond Roblin‘s automobile when the Premier was being driven home on Wednesday afternoon, died at 4 o‘clock on Thursday morning. The Thompson boy was playing with other chilâ€" dren in the street, and ran directly in front of the automobile, which was moving slowly, and the authorâ€" ities attach no blame to the Preâ€" mier‘s chauffeur. October 20th Has Been Fixed As Thanksgiving Day. A despatch from Ottawa says : An orderâ€"inâ€"council has been passâ€" ed fixing Monday, October 20, as Thanksgiving Day 25 pounds, the body was £0% inches long, and the total length of the tips of the claws was 34 inches. It was estimated by experts that this particâ€" ular lobster must have been in the neighborhood of 50 years old. The "Brown system of discipline" will be introduced on the Intercolonâ€" ial. By this system merit marks and demerit marks will be kept for each employe. When the number of deâ€" merit marks exceed the number of merit marks by 60 the employe will bo dismissed from the service of the road. An agitation is on foot for a floatâ€" ing dry dock at Halifax, and the City Council and Board of Trade will take the matter up aggressively with the Government. It was stated at a meetâ€" ing that thousaids of dollars‘ worth of work was lost to Halifax owing to the lack of such a dock. The Nova Scotia Car Works, at Halâ€" ifax, has been very busy this past summer. During the month of August there were built and shipped 351 cars, an average of 15 per working day. These cars were part of a contract recoived from two Canadian railroads. described by Sir Oliver Lodge as the greatest of all women scientists, who was honored by the British Association. She contributed to Association. mhe C0l the address on radium _Barley, a yield per acre of 31.05 bushels, and a total yield of 44,â€" 440,000 bushels, as compared with in 1912 an â€" average ):iae’ld“olw :;-l-rl-(-). bushels and a total of 44,014,000 bushels in 1918. For the three northwest Proâ€" vinces the total yield of spring wheat is estimated at 188,018,000 bushels, oats 244,125,000 bushels, barley at 28,156,000 bushels, rye at 612,000 bushels and flax at 15,056,â€" 000 bushels, as compared with a toâ€" tal yvield in 1912 for spring wheat of 183,322,000 bushels, oats 221,857,â€" 000 bushels and barley of 28,671,000 bushels. The estimated yield of rye is 2,â€" 425,000 bushels for 127,000 acres, being a yield per acre of 19.06 bushâ€" els as against a total of 2,594,000 bushels in 1912. The general condition of the live stock is very satisfactory, being exâ€" pressed in percentages of a standâ€" ard of 100, representing a healthy and thrifty state, as 94.27 for horses, 91.37 for milch cows ; for other cattle 93.54, for sheep 90.41, and for swine 94.83. AUTOMOBILE KILLED BOY, total yield of 361,723,000 bushels NEXT HOLIDAY Madame Carie, ‘"‘Whenever I make extra effort I depend on Grapeâ€"Nuts food and it just flls the bill. 1 can think and write a great deal easier.‘"‘ "‘There‘s a reason.‘"‘ Name given by Canadian Postum Co., Windsor, Ont. Read "The Road to Wellâ€" ville,‘" in pkgs. ‘"‘For many years before I began to eat Grapeâ€"Nuts, I could not say that 1 enjoyed life or knew what it was to be able to say ‘I am well.‘ I suffered greatly with constipaâ€" tion, but now my habits are as regular as ever in my life. ‘"‘Among my customers I meet a man every day who is well along in years and attributes his good health to Grapeâ€"Nuts and Postum which he has used for the last five vears. Ho mixes Grapeâ€"Nuts with Postum and says they go fine toâ€" gethor. o 4. The phosphates also, placed up under the outer coat of the wheat, are included in (Grapeâ€"Nuts, but are lacking in white flour because the outer coat of the wheat darkens the flour and is lefé out by the miller. These natural phosphates are noâ€" cessary to the wellâ€"balanced buildâ€" ing of muscle, brain and nerve celle. Ever read the above lotter? A new on: appears from time to time. They ars genuine, treg and full of human interest "I have used Grapeâ€"Nuts," writes a Western man, "for eighi years and fee!l as good and am stronger than I was ten years ago Such an ideal food is found in (Grapeâ€"Nuts, made of whole wheat and barley by long baking and acâ€" tion of diastase in the barley which changes the starch into a most diâ€" goestive sugar. Most Likely to Follow Proper Eatâ€" ing. As old age advances we require less food to replace waste, and food that will not overtax the cigestive organs while supplying true nourâ€" ishment. Has Apolied For Permission To Do Business in Manitoba. A despatch from Winnipeg says : The United States Steel Products Company, a New Jersey corporaâ€" tion, has applied for permission to do business in Manitoba, While the application does not so state, it is believed that this organization is the selling corporation of the United States Steel Trust. tier question between Bulgaria and Turkey in~ Thrace. The frontier starts at the mouth of the Maritza River and ends north of Midia, on the Black Sea. Turkey retains Adrianople, Demotika and Kirkâ€" Killisseh, while Bulgaria retains Tirnova, Mustapha Pasha and Orâ€" takoi. An agreement in principle has been reached on the subject of nationaiit Now All Is Peace Between the Late Combatants. A despatch from Constantinople says: Official _ announcement is made of the settlement of the fronâ€" toric fourteenthâ€"century country seat of Lord do L‘Isle and Dudley at Tunbridge, Kent, was made on Tuesday. The inmates of the great mansion, awakened by the cracking of wood and by clouds of smoke, found the framework of a number of windows ablaze. _A working party of household employees soon succeeded in extinguishing _ the flames. Two women were seen fleeing across the lawn in front of the building, and a large amount of suffrage literature was found in the grounds,. while heaps of rags soakâ€" ed in petroleum were discovered in several places. Trade Disputes Were Fewer in August Than in July. A despatch from Ottawa says: There was a considerable decrease in the number of trade disputes in Canada during August as comparâ€" ed with the number during the preâ€" vious month and corresponding month last year. There were also fewer employees involved and fewâ€" er working days lost than during July. _ The department‘s record shows that 6,896 employees were afâ€" fected by disputes during August, as compared with 8,124 during July, and 9,500 during August, 1912. The number of working days lost during August was approximâ€" ately 109,520, compared with 188,â€" 867 working days lost in July, and a loss of about 106,000 during Augâ€" ust, 1912. Nine disputes actually occurred during August. Fourteenth Century Country House Set on Fire. A despatch from London, Engâ€" land says: A desperate attempt by a Suffragette ‘"arson squad‘" to burn down Penhurst Place, the hisâ€" FEWER WORKING DAYS LOST. SUFFRAGETTES ARE BUSY. BULGARIA AND TURKEY. U. 8. STEEL COMPANY. HAPPY OLD AGE. 1L1CS Board â€" Has Been Appointed to Make â€" Investigation. A despatch from Ottawa says: It was stated at the Dopartment of Justice on Thursday that the board appointed for penitentiary investiâ€" gation, consisting of Dr. Hetherâ€" ington, G. McDonald and J. P. Downey, has been instructed to look into the conduct of affaire at Kingston only, and that the inquiry will be held in camers. John Gentle Declares He Has Disâ€" covered It. A despatch from Edmonton says : After searching 32 years for gold, John Gentle, aged 72, arrived at Edmonton Monday morning with the news that at last he had reachâ€" ed Eldorado. To substantiate his statements he brought several nugâ€" gets, some over an ounce in weight. He interested three local profesâ€" sional men, and all decided to file claims on what may be a new Klonâ€" dike. They left Monday night, their destination being somewhere north of the end of steel on the MacLeod River. Clerks in a Jowellery Store Shot By l obbers. A despatch from Grand Rapids, Michigan, says: Two robbers, with drawn revolvers, entered the jowelâ€" lery store of J. J. Thompson here early on Thursday night, commandâ€" ed the clerks to throw up their hands and when they refused openâ€" ed fire. John A. Thompson and Edâ€" ward Smith fell dead, and Paul Townsend was probably fatally wounded. _ The bandits escaped. The three victims were alone in the store when the robbers entored. Townsend, who was taken to a loâ€" cal hospital, was able to tell the authorities only a few words conâ€" cerning the tragedy. Twoâ€"fAfthe of Servia is uncultivated and the yield of cultivated land very low. The mines are said to be rich, but onrii:nl is reluctant, because of the uncertainty of conditions. The manufactures aro chiefly milling, brewing, sugar refining, and tobacco manufacturing, now a govâ€" ernment monortgiy. y Bulgarie, call the "peaeant state," has less than twoâ€"fifths of her territory under cultivation, and a third in woods and forests. Her manufactures, however, have made a creditable beginning, there being 266 factories representing an inâ€" vestment of over 313,0'5‘000, having | an output of nearly $18,000,000, and employ: ing 1321 persons. The manufacture of food and beverages is the principal inâ€" dustry. es ols es No group of nations ever needed peace, h:nrmony. and coâ€"operation more |than these. They need capital and Krubnb]i outside enterprise, but theÂ¥l will find bot dificult to attract at this time. The strain on Evrope is heayy now and cu?t- tal is needed at home. If it goes into the Balkans it will not be "for its health." In little Greece there are waete lands says Mr. Mareh, totalling 3,000,000 acres with 5,000,000 in pasture, and very back ward agriculture in the remaininq 8,500, 000 which are naturally very fertile. f _ At the close of the Balkanâ€"Turkish war it was said that commercial travellers had kept out of the Balkan States for six months and declared that it would be six years before industry could regain its ground. Destitution in the larger cities of Servia, Bulgaria, Greece, and Maceâ€" donia, Mr. Benjamin Marsh reported on the evidence of private letters, was wideâ€" spread, and the governments unable to meet the demand even for bread. The iirst war had cost the Balkan allies about $300,000,000 in direct cash outlay. ince then has occurred the desperate brief struggle to crush Bulgaria, Lrinzing furâ€" ther destruction and the loss of many more lives. During .the Taurkish conflict 100,000 Balkans were killed or died of their wounds or disease,. Very much higher estimates of loss and cost in blood and money have been made, but whatâ€" evor the truth, it is cortain that the Balâ€" kan peoples face a terrific problem of reâ€" construction. e nz In one respect Britain‘s oldâ€"age pension eystem has fully justified, if not surpassed, expectations. Pauperism among ?oople over 70 yeare of age has declined 15 &er per cent., while in many rural districts a pauper of that age is almost unknown. Outdoor relief to aged people has declinâ€" ed 95 per cent. _Bome critics of the aystem say that in the world. Abundant supplies of all the principal commercial food fishes, inâ€" cluding ealmon, lobeters, herring, macâ€" kerel, @ardines, haddock, cod, hake | and pollock, are caught in Canadian territoriâ€" al waters. The coast line of the Atlantic Provinces from the Bay of Fundy to the Btraite of Belle Iele, without taking into wecount the lesser bays and indentations, measure over 5,000 miles, and along this great stretch are to be found innumerâ€" able natural harbors and coves, in many of which valuable fieh are taken in conâ€" ;v?dex‘a-blo quantitics with very little efâ€" ort. "Another point on which the English people are much more liberal in their views than the Government and people of this country is that of banking. There is one ‘bank in London which alone has deâ€" posits of $500,000,000, which is more than oneâ€"third of the total deposits of all the banks in New York together. Yet there is no cri of money monopoly or anything of that kind in England." The Fisheries of Canada. It is no exaggeration to state that Canâ€" nda possesses the most extensive fisherios "Fifteen years I\EO there were about 20, 000 eemiâ€"trusts in England; now there are upwards of 50,000. And these trusts are not continually prosecuted and persecutâ€" ed by the Government, but are fostered and encouraged. I vieited the steel manuâ€" facturing districts; there is great activâ€" ity; the peosle are all busy. and apparentâ€" ly contented, although they are not so well housed as the workers in this counâ€" try. 1 travelled msni thousands . of miles through Eugland, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, and I do not believe I saw as many mae 100 new houses or buildings of recent construction. through .the British Isles, Moreover, paupers @&re supported by local taxation, while the pension system rests on national finance. Communities have been relieved of heavy burdens; they even feel the benefit of the circulation of the money received by the pensioners. The weekly sum is only $1.%, and in many cases this means starvation. An early increase in the rate is Tute probable, whereas a return to the old plan is enâ€" tirely out of the question. Americans Learn From Britain. George W. Perkins, of New York, who has been abroad eince. June, motoring as in two sections, one gnrt as _ America and the other the state of New York. The political situation in New York is a disâ€" grace to the civilized world and it ought to be strairhtened out at any cost. "It would be well," eaid Mr. Perking, "if some Englishmen would come over here and teach our DWW to build roads. There has been $100,000, spent on highâ€" ways in the state of New York in the past fow yearse and what have we to show for _n..'_"i:he roads in England and Ireland are Lt Om en Emm PCs UR R through the British Isles, sa'}ye_ that peoâ€" ple ahroad look upon the United Btates built to last and not torn up by automo biles in a few monthe. PENITENTIARY AFFAIRS. COMMENT ON EVENTS I A NEW KLONDIKE. TWO MEN. KILLED. Balkan Recuperation. proble ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO The Emperor and Othors Are Buyâ€" ? ing in British Columbia. _A despatch from Berlin says: It is reported that the Kaiser has beâ€" come an extensive investor in land in Vancouver and elsewhere in Briâ€" tish Columbia. His Majesty‘s reâ€" ported investments are purely perâ€" sonal. Other eminent Germans are said to have followed tho Keiser‘s example and to have purchased land in British Columbia, chiefly farming and forest land. The transactions have been conducted for them by Count Von Alvensleâ€" ben, who lived in Vancouver for several years, and has ‘"specialâ€" ized‘‘ in interesting his wealthy fellowâ€"countrymen in what has been called ‘"the region of unlimited possibilities.‘"‘ â€" Beveral â€" German syndicates conduct an active proâ€" r“nd- for the in'votment of funds property in British Columbia. . pounds, $4.50 to #6; light eastern, 400 to 650 pounds, $3.50 to $4; light bulle, $2.75 to $350. Shsep and llmb!;"IA{)ht ewes $4.50 to $5; heavy, 83 to #53.50; bucks, #3 to $3.50; spring lambs, $625 to $6.75. Hoge â€"§9.40 f.o.b. to drovere; $9.75 fed and waâ€" tered, and $10 off cars. Montreal, B°&';;, 23 â€"Prime beeves, 614 to 6 12; lean ves, 2 1â€"2; bulls, 3 14 to 3 34; etockers, 3 12 to 4 14; cows, 850 to 865; calves, 2 34 to 6 1%; sheep, 4 to 4 14; lambs, 6 14 to 6 1â€"2; hogs, 10 14 to 10 12. _ Poronto, Sept. 23. â€"Calvesâ€"Good veal, $8.75 to #10; common, $4.75 to $5.50. Stockâ€" ers and feedersâ€"Bteers, 950 to 1,050 Duluth, Sept. 23.â€"Wheat on tm No 1 hard, 89 1â€"%0; No. 1 Northern, .‘&; No. %, do., 86 12 to B7¢; Reptember, 87 34c askâ€" ed; December, 88 1â€"2 to 88 34 am; Ml}‘;' 93 1â€"4 to 93 386 aeked. Lin â€"Cash, 1.46; May, $1.48 12 nominal; September, 1.4 asked; October, $1.45 34; November, 1.4 1â€"4 bid; December, $1.43 7â€"8 aeked. Montreal, Sept. 23.â€"Corn, American No. 2 yellow, 84 to 850. Oats, Canadian Westâ€" ern, No. 2, 41 to 41 1%; Canadian Western, No. 5, 40¢; extra No. 1 feed, 40 12 to 416. Barley, Man. feed, 50 to S1c¢; mamnf. 63 to 64c. Buck wheat, No. 2, 58 to 600. Flour, Man. fiprinf wheat patente, firete, $5.60; seconds, $5.10; strong bakers‘, $4.90; Winâ€" ter patents, choice, 835 to $5.2%5; straight rollers, $465 to $4.8; straight rollers, burs, $2.05 to #2.25. Rolled oate, barrels, §$4.15; bags, 90 lbe., $2.2%5. Bran, 822. Shorts, _ §24. Middliug«. $27. _ Mouillie, $28 to $32. Hay, No. 2, per ton car lote, 812 to >13. Cheese, finest westerns, 13 112 to 13 3â€"4¢; finest easterns, 13 to 13 38¢. Butâ€" ter, choicest creamery, 2% to 2 146; seeâ€" onde, 25 14 to 25 3â€"4¢. Ff‘f‘“' fresh, 32 to 3e ; g}elmd, 29 to 30c; No. 1 stock, 27 to %8o; No. 2 stock, 20 to 2ic. Potatoes, per bag, car lots, 70 to 80c. Bacon Logf elear, 16¢ per lb in cage lots. Porkâ€"Short cut, $29; do., mess, $24. Hameâ€"Medium to light, 21 12 to 2%¢; heavy, 20 12 to 2i6; rolls, 17¢; breakfast bacon, 21 to 2%¢; backs, 24 to 25¢. “Luiré-’l‘iercca. 140; tubs, 14 14¢; pails, Butterâ€"Choice daig. 23 to 2M4¢; inferior, 17 to 19¢; creamery, to 276 for rolls, and 24 to 2%5e for solide. Ekr~0sie lots of new laid, 26 to 20 f7"bo olzin; fresh, 24 to 25 12%¢, and seconds, Checeeâ€"New cheese, 14 12 to 14 34c for large, and 186 for twins. Beansâ€"Handâ€"picked, $2.25 to $235 per bushel; primes, $1.75 to $2 Honeyâ€"Extracted, in tins, 11 to 11 120 per 1b. for No. 1; combs, 85 to $3.205 per dozen for No. 1, and $2.75 for No, 2. _ _ Poultryâ€"Hene, 16 to i7o per lb; chickâ€" ens, 20 to Blo; ducks, 16 to 17¢; geese, 13 to 14e; turkeys, 18 to 200. Potatoesâ€"Immediate delivery, 70 to 750 per ha%i and future delivery blo per bag, on track. Baled hayâ€"No. 1 hay, :13 to #14, on track, Toronto; No. 2 at $12.50, and mixâ€" ed at 812. 3 ty t â€"Baled strawâ€"$8 to $8.50, on track, To ronto. PWOUT 42. UC An Lardâ€"Tierces 14 1â€"2%0. cif., Midiand. Ryoâ€"60 to 620 per bushel. Buckwheatâ€"52 to 550. Branâ€"Manitoba bran, $22 to $23 a ton, in bags, ‘Torouto freightse. Shorte, #$24, Toronto. Wholeeals dealers‘ quotations to re tailers are:â€" ies Toronto, Bept. 23.â€"Flourâ€"Ontario wheat flours, 90 per cent., made of new whent, $5.35, seaboard. Manitobasâ€"First patents, in jute bags, $5.40; do., eeconds, $4.90; strong bakers‘, in jute bags, $4.70. _ Oatzâ€"No. 2 Ontario oats, 33 to 33 1â€"%0, outside, and at 36¢, on track, Toronto,. Western Canada old oats, 40 1â€"2%0 for No. 2%, and at 3%6 for No. 3, Bay ports. Peaeâ€"83 to 85¢, outside. Barleyâ€"52 to 55¢, outside. Cornâ€"No. 3 American corn at 78 1%, 93 1%c, on track,, fifin' ports; No. 2 at 91 3â€"4c; No. 3, 89 1â€"%6, Bay porte. Ece _ Ontario wheatâ€"New No. 2 wheat at 64 to 86c, outside. en Cc FRICES OF FARM PRODUGTS Frices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese and OthÂ¥ Froduce at Home and Abroad REPORTR FROM THE LEADING TRAD3S CENTRES OF AMERICA. GERMANS ARE INYESTING. C P0 06. . AERSCE AML ECC MERC. COCC Manitoba wheatâ€"NKo.. 1 now Northern, Baled Hay and Straw Live Stock Markets. Montreal Markets Country Produce WHY keep your money in the Bank at 3% when you can get 4.40% from the Provincial Government for it ? Prices 93.50 and interest, yielding over 4.40% Full Descriptive Circular on request. Breadstuffs. Provisions Interest payable May Ist and Nov. Ist at Toronto, Montreal, New York. Th:se debentures are a direct obligation of the Province ot Ontario, and are issued in coupon form, in denominations of $1,000, or in the torm of Ontaria Government Stock, in We own an1 offer, MURRAYr, MATHER & CoO. have been otfered in years. auties. The Ontario Ssuccession dujes range from 1% to 10 on estates of $50,000 and over. Until recently the 4% debentures so‘ld at a premium above which case chicks for the semiâ€"annual interest are sent to the registered hoider. This stock is in any multiple of $50. They are free from all Provircial taxes and Succession par, but now, owing to market conditiom; we can offer them at a considerable discount, at the lowest price they un an1 offer, $1,000,000 PROVINCE OF ONTARIO 4% Debentures Due November Ist, 1941. Toronto General Trusts Bldg., Toronto That very shy, and certainly not common hird, the great crested grebe, nested on the easternmost reservoir last summer, and successâ€" fully hatched out and reared four young ones within fifty yards of, and in full view from, a busy highâ€" way ; and I have reason to believe that although these reservoirs and their surroundings are within four miles of Bt. Paul‘s, they are so well protected by the Metropolitan Waâ€" ter Board that they will become in due course a regular nesting resort !;g:d‘ these and other rare species of TNide,"" " x I noticed, apart from the ducks, two great crested grebes, a couple of gulls, and several carrionâ€"crows. Tae margins of these reservoirs form a retreat during the summer for several species of land birds, migratory and other, not common in London, such as the spotted flyâ€" catcher, pied wagtail, and crow, all of which I believe nest in the neighborhood. "I have a friend who just marries for money." ‘‘Why, how disgraceful !" ‘‘No, not exactly. You see, he‘s a minister."‘ One good way for a man to ahead and stay ahead is to u: I estimated their number at something like three hundred, and I learn from the gamekeeper that at the approach of dusk every evenâ€" ing these birds fly off in small parâ€" ties to the southeast, no duobt to the Kent and Essex coasts, to feed during the night. They return to the reservoir before dawn in the morning. My house faces the busy trafic of the Seven Bisters Road in North London, and from my diningâ€"room window I have a glimpse of the easternmost Stoke Newington roâ€" servoir, whereon at this season of the year a keen eye or a good glass may detect hundreds of wild fowl disporting themselves during the daytime, I walked round this reâ€" servoir yesterday morning, and alâ€" though at first I could discover 18# signs â€" of life, there gradually emerged from the banks numerous parties of wild duck, principally tufted duck, pochard and goldenâ€" eye, and, as I afterward learned from their flight, a few mallard. They Are Taking Refuge in World‘s Largest City, Bird lovers are noticing with inâ€" terest the increasing number of wild fowl that frequent the rivers and ponds in the midst of cities. Each year the flocks of ducks that swim and nest in metropolitan waters grow larger, for the binrds seem to know that in spite of the nearness of man, they are safe from molestation. _A contributor to the London Times writes a letter that shows that the wild birds are takâ€" ing refuge even in the world‘s largest city, act as best man is incorrect, His Royal Highness intends to be preâ€" sent, but there never is a best man at Royal weddings, Princess Mary, it is definitely stated, will bhe one of the bridesmaids. Various Euroâ€" pean Courts will not be invited to send reprosentatives, but all the members of the Royal Family in England are expected to attend. Foreign Royalties or their repreâ€" sentatives will be confined to the A despatch from London says: Arrangements for the marriage of Prince Arthur of Connaught and the Duchess of Fife on Oct. 15 are now nearing completion. It has been decided that King George will give away the bride. The suggesâ€" tion that the Prince of Wales would The Prince of Wales Will Not Be Best Manâ€"No Foreign Royalty Invited. PLANS FOR ROYAL WEDDING wWILD BIRDS IX LONXDON. Authorized. get between Grasse ed the rails and Growth Yields to Radium in Asâ€" tounding Manner. A despatch from London says: Extraordinary _ success in _ the treatment of cancer is announced at the Middlesex Hospital, The surgeons do not call them ‘"cures," preferring to call them ‘"improveâ€" ments,‘‘ saying that ‘"cancerous growths have been made to disapâ€" pear in an astounding manner.‘‘ Among the records one of the most interesting is that of a man of 27 whose nasal passages and throat were blocked by a growth,. A platiâ€" num tube containing 82 imilligrums of radium was embedded in the growth for 12 hours, After five days there was a perceptible imâ€" provement, and at the end <f three weeks the laryngoscope revealed no trace of the disease, and the iman was discharged from tae bospital apparently cured. Military Authorities Say It Must Be Used at All Matches. A despatch from Ottawa says : It was announced at the Militia Deâ€" partment that a new rifie sight made by the Ross Rifle Company and adopted by the Dominion Govâ€" ernment will be issued next year. The militia authorities say that after next year everyone shooting at the Dominion Rifle Association and at the provincial matches will have to use the same sight, namely, the one adopted by the Governâ€" ment. Cars Leave the Rails on an Electric Iine, at the time, Princess Bophia and YVon â€" Bleichroeder were recently seen together again, and it was perâ€" sistently rumored that they had beâ€" come engaged to be married in spite of Prince William‘s energetic deâ€" nial Shoots Moerselt With Revolyer in Her Father‘s Palace, A despatch from Heidelberg, Germany, says: _ Princess Bopha of Baxeâ€"Weimar committed suicids by shooting herself with a revolver during Wednesday night. Bhe was found dead on Thursday morning in her room in the palace of her faâ€" ther, Prince William. She was only twentyâ€"one years old, having been born on July 25, 1892. The Prinâ€" cess was reported some time ago to have become engaged to marry Hans Von Bleichroeder, a member of a powerful Berlin family. Her father, however, denied the report The King and Queen will form a precedent to be followed on the present occasion, but in a modified form. One of the chief modificaâ€" tions so far decided upon is that there will be no street processions. The city corporation decided to present Prince Arthur with an adâ€" dress of congratulation in a suitaâ€" ble gold case on the occasion of his marriage to the Duchess of Fife. No arrangements have so far been made for the wedding breakâ€" fast in the State rooms at St. James‘ Palace, but there will be a large gathering of the Royal Famâ€" ily and of invited guests on some day vrior to the ceremonial obâ€" served at the marriage. more immediate family connec tions. PRINXCESS COMMITS sUICOIDE. TREATMEXNT OF CANCER. wWRECK IN FRANCE. NEW RIFLE SIGHT. JOo»