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h a sigh of remorse. rnhnor:% against nature life and vitality ;r:mdnh followâ€" men can look back at are now prepared MPTLY, tity of Sash, d the differâ€" side sheeting. so that all ordefs fou s nragaant you any w ers it will do for ite for an honest +. 1 was woak and L'.uhg?. batr t.hla hod Treatment EN. lonia, «. "I lHved early habit, vM:t Ed.id 1 "" going Drs. Konnecty Al?gE. Belf.abuse :d 'ti‘...m""";u'i y 0 Picol: vitality and m the Living. "At d babit. Trisd foog h &ununm Kennedy & Kergan $ DEBILITY, INAL WEAKâ€" JNNATURAL R DISEASES. NO RISK ha w td vas thred -ornll.'i no 1; exeitable and irriâ€" i night losses; reatâ€" sore throat; varicoâ€" confidence; lack of JELBY sT. 's' IT, MICH. 9 NSENT, Pnr xes or envel= and cost of KECHNIE, O PAY, UILTY ""a!!¢» ath always t for sight l’?b::n'bo disease he mouth and on ir, who had hb.. mmended them, 4 No return of the FD FIDENTIAL actory. ghtie@ hLogl ist N iA yM hae the ding wh* Ni= No NB re -n‘ nt. 18 n=â€" t ad ip d D Peince of Wualek _ _ _ > > _ .. _â€"~â€"= Beotland Yard. is keeping a strict watch on the arrival of foreign Anarâ€" chists, as it is rumoured that there is to be am active continental Amarchist The suggestion is regarded favouraâ€" bly to create the Duke of York Prince of Ireland, and to make that title a permanent one for the eldest son of the Sir Louis Davies, addressing the Lonâ€" don Chamber of Commerce, uttered a warning against the indiscriminate rush to the Klondike gold fields. Somoa harber during a hurricane in The crowd of sightâ€"seers at Marienâ€" bad so press about the Prince of Wales whenever he spfoag's on the street as to cause his Royal Highness extreme anâ€" Capt. Kane, who won high praise for bringi H. M. 8. Calliope fimgnnfmrhnr Amrine a h--.--:..(.nit. ?.! 1889, has resigned on account of illâ€" The son of the late Sir John Millais the former ‘gremdent. of the Royal Acadâ€" emy, will shortly publish the life of his father. A large quantity of dynamite and giant powder, stored at Reebs‘ lime quarry, near Port Colborne, exploded, doing considerable damage. Fortunâ€" ately it occurred at an early hour and no one was hurt. Mr. Foster‘s glass factory was levelled to the ground. Mr. Rebbs‘ limekilns were badly damâ€" aged and his barn burned. Buildings in surrounding towns shook as if they were about to fall, and much glass was broken. Mr. Sifton, of the Department of the lnterior, has decidead to inspect the position of affairs om the Pacific coast in connection with the geat rush which is being made to the Yukon. He wil!l accompany Major Walsh and party as far as Tagish, and see them well started on their way to the interior. Mr. Georgo Johnston, the Dominion Government statistician, has compiled figures which show the rapid rate at wfilvh the great lakes are being depletâ€" ed of fish. The annual catch by Canada and the United Btates is seventy thouâ€" sand tons. It is probable that the new Governâ€" ment telegraph line to the Klondyke will be constructed entirely through Canadian territory. In this case the length of the line will be fifteen hunâ€" dred miles, and the cost of construction about two hundred and twentyâ€"five thousand doliars. John Arnold was instantly killed, and his companion, the fourteenâ€"yearâ€" old son of Mrs. Fred. Fitzmartin, probably fatally injured while drivâ€" ing over a railway crossing near Napâ€" anee, their rig being struck ty a train. Mr. A. W. Ross, exâ€"M. P., for Lisgar, relerring to the mining boom, u{s the prospects for the future of British Coâ€" ‘umbia areexcellent, and he expects it will at no distant day be the most imâ€" portant province of the Federation. tor legislation making it within their power to inflict bardâ€"labor punishâ€" ment on tramps. Brockville Town Council is seeking by pelition the coâ€"operation of differâ€" ant municipalities throughout Ontario tor Iegislutli’:n making it within their The coroner‘s jury in the Orr murâ€" der case at Galt, Ont., on Friday found i vordict of wilful murder against James Allison, the hired boy. The jury stoud twelve for and three against the verdiet. Mr. G. C. Cumningham has resigned the management of tie Montrea.} Street Railway to take charge of the Bnrmmg'- ham "Tramway Company, and Mr. E. :;- Wankiyn of Toronto will succeed LM. The Midland Town Council has passâ€" ed a resolution urging the Ontario Govâ€" ernmeat to make a law that timber cul u;on Crown lands shall be manuâ€" factured in the Province. Winnipeg civic estimates for the curâ€" real year amount to $522802, and in order to keep the tax rate down , & nu:u!nlsr of civic officials have been disâ€" missed. Mr. W. Hale, of Hamilton, whose aku‘l was fractured, spine injured and shoulder dislocated in a bicycle acciâ€" «ent a couple of months ago, is recovâ€" ering. camp at Ki 'â€"-uâ€".‘ from September â€" Mth th. Exâ€"Mayor Drennan has been :Irpoint- wl CUity Clerk of Kingston, after a deadiock in the Council lasting several weeks. Mr. R. F. Hollermann of Brantford, aiys Lhere will be a partial failure of the honey crop this year. The date of the autumn military Mr. Fred. C. Wade of Winnipeg has been appointed Registrar and Clerk of ih» Supreme Court for the Yukoun dis rict The Ottawa city bakers have raised the price of bread one cent a loaf, so thalt the fourâ€"pound loaf now costs eleâ€" ven cents. NMrs. George Hudson and four chilâ€" dren were burned to death in a fire thi‘ destroyed the family residence at Rapid City. Vlabel Pierce of Brockville will proâ€" lably lose the sight of one eye as the result of an accident with a pair of bheated curling tongs. Mr. Robert Meighen, President of the Lake of the Woods Milling Company, estimates the wheat yield of Manitoba at 22.000,000 bushels. There was a white frost in Winniâ€" peg \l\'erfneldalynigiht. but no damage "C It has been decided to allow hotels in Guelph to sell liquor till 11 o‘clock at night. At Port Dalhousie a bonus of $6,500 to the Toronto Rubber Shoe Company was carried on a popular vote. Seventeen additional letter boxes will be erected in Hamilton. Work on another new bridge at Niaâ€" gara Falls will be begun immediately. THE VERY LaTEST FROM ALL THE WORLD OVER. was done to A dozen cabs driven by electricity ive hbeen placed on the streets of Lonâ€" interesting Items Great Britain T ENS N A NBHIL CaANADA, Dr. Peirson has been appointed Mediâ€" wl Health Officer in Brantford. Great Britain, the United States, and All Parts of the Globe, Condeused and Assorted for Easy Reading. GREAT BRITAIN. Aboat Our Own Country been changed to September There is great excitiement in Conâ€" stantinople, and a general feelmg“gro- vails that the bomg‘outra'gu of Wedâ€" nesday will be repeated. The Ameer of Afghanistan has issued a firman forbidding his subjects to join the rebels whqo are now up in arms against the Indian Government. An alliance has been formed between Iurkey and Bulgaria, and in the event of war the Sultan will place a hundred thousand men at the service of Prince Feprlimand. Michael Angiolillo, the assassin of Senor Canovas de Castillo, was exeâ€" ‘The tardiness of the Prussian and Saxony Governments in affording reâ€" lief to the sufferers from the froods is causing great dissatisfaction. Queen Wilhelmina of Holland flatly refuses to marry Prince Bernard of Saxeâ€"Weimar, whom her mother selectâ€" ed as the young Queen‘s hushand. The French Government is making overtures to the United States for a reciprocity treaty under the terms of the Dingley Tariff Act. The Porte is alarmed at the state of anarchy exisiing in Turkish hurdistan, and has ordered a general mobilization in the Vilayet of Bagdad. Thirtyâ€"five thousand British troops have been massed on the Afghan fronâ€" tier of India, and the supression of the rising is assured. 3 Emperor William has proposed a new plan of concerted action on the part of the Continential powers against Anarâ€" chists. It is asserted in Vienna that the Czar declines to receive Prince Ferdinand because of the quarrel with Austria. Emperor William will attend the Austrian military manoceuvres, and will spend three days in September in Totis. The reports of business in the United States, indicate in some directions _ at least a fair increase in the volume of trade. Stocks and produce are advano> ing, in spite of occasional sets _ back There is an increasing demand for money, and the outlook is encouragâ€" ing. Wheat has advanced considerably and corn steadily in price, and indicaâ€" tions point to a still further advance. Prices all round show an upward tenâ€" dency. In dry goods, clothing, boots and shoes, etc., the demand is large. _Signor Costa, Italy‘s Minister of Jusâ€" tice, is dead at Rome. James Elbert, an Austrian, arrested as a supposed Anarchist in Pittsburg, on Tuesday, fought his way with a razor through 15 policemen, seriously injuring five, jumped 30 feet from _ a window ol the police station, was shot, then clubbed into insensibility. He will recover. Secretary Sherman has replied to Japan‘s note regarding the annexaâ€" tion of Hawaii. Mr. Sherman _ mainâ€" tains the right of the United States to annex the island, but he guarantees that the rights of Japan will be safeâ€" guarded. The tone of the reply is very friendly. Canada‘s proposition for carrying the mails one round trip a month beâ€" tween Dawson City and Dyea, in the Klondike district, was formally acceptâ€" ed by acting Postmasterâ€"General Shelâ€" lenberger, on behalf of the United States. Justice Stephen J. Field, ,of _ the United States Supreme Court, has been thirtyâ€"four years on the bench, having been appoinied by \President Lincoln in 1863. He is now eightyâ€"ons years of age, and has no intention of retiring. Assistant â€" Secretary Havell, of the United States Treasury Department says that the discriminating clause in the Dingley Tariif Act is not inâ€" tended as a revenue creating clause, but is aimed against the Canadian railways. A coroner‘s jury at Chicago has reâ€" turned a verdict of wilful murder in the case against James Frawley, the Chicago saloon keeper, formerly of gbalham, Ont., who shot his bartenâ€" er. The operators of the Pittsburg disâ€" trict coal mines have decided _ to obtain Pinkerton detectives to proâ€" tect their nonâ€"union workmen, and a serious conflict is regarded as inevitâ€" able. It is reported in New York that the business of the Ssteinway Piano Comâ€" pany, New York, has been soid to an Inglish syndicate for six million dolâ€" Arepald viak ie â€" 222 C100, Seats on the New York Stock Exâ€" On Friday 1 tea change are thouâ€" riday last a rougmy-?oqatrug e Sanglgdol‘l'arg?‘:;l('i‘otzgszt vtvwhzntt)l’xink of float, twelve feet long and six in width selling are holding for an advance. ‘was placed at this point to be used as Hail fell and drifted to the depth of 3 common| ferry. It was drawn back three feet near Pueblo, Col., on Wedâ€"! and forth by means of chains attached fi?fid?r' l;roper_ty of the Denveg m&‘ to the banks, in the manner of the aged. _ _ * Railway was badly da {(:lumsy ferries which were universally 1t is reported from San Diego, Cal., U8°d on rivers before the recent days geflt glle British flag may be tlr;isttefl |of bridges. er Clipperton Island, aithough it is supposed to belong to Mexico. | ____ NOPT UNEXPECTED. 10 0 PR PPACCIREY RULI RIR INILIIUEHL UEVEO lars. y Schlatter, who is known as the diâ€" vine healer, has married Mrs. Margarâ€" et Ferris, widow of the builder of the Chicago wheel. Her relatives _ were much opposed to the match. (1°;» fas received an order from the C. P. R. .fOI‘ 500 freight cars. St}},m King of Siam says the United thu:fll_(:a.nuol: be seen properly in less than six months, and he hopes to viSit +n. j, ",° _ JCVHIG@ stam on behalil of the Postâ€"Office Depart?n.ént of Canada. The Duke is an ardent philatelist, and :fl:tresaed himself as delighted with the The firm stand taken by the Marâ€" guis of Salisbury in refusing to allow Turkey to retain Thessaly until the Greek indemnity is paid is embarrass ing the powers. They are anxious on the one hand, for a settiement of the qvestion, and, on the other they do not relish the idea of yielding to the dictation of Great Rritain. Admiral Sir John Arbuthnot Fisher, Controller of the Admiralty, has been appointed to command the North Amâ€" £1ica and West Indies station of the British fleet, to succeed Viceâ€"Admiral Erskine. I The Queen, aâ€"companied by Princess Beatrice will roceelt)lato Bal!nora.l this week, where sge will take up her proâ€" Ject of providing pensions for widows who are seventyâ€"five years of age and upwards. Captain Bate has presented to the Duke of York a handsome volume of cth‘mglfl‘p _jubilee stamps, on behalf of that country with England as the basis of operâ€" 9. GENERA L. > .n 99 w t ie : Light out down there? yelled the old gentleman from the top of the stairs. _ The young man below did not ratch the rising inflection, and lit without taking hat or stick. Packages weighing up to 22 pounds and measuring not more than five feet cube are now transported by the French g‘ostotfioo for 37 cents to any part of rance. & . Statistics show that in Antwerp alone nearly 4,000 horses were slaughtered last year for human consumption, and the number of shops deal'mq exclusiveâ€" ly in horseflesh in the Belgian ports exceeds 30. : It has recently been ascertained that the body of Martin Luther, contrary to general belief, was never removed from the palace church at Wittenberg, where it lies seven or eight feet below the floor of the nave, in a coffin of wood lined with tin, Close by is the coffin of Luther‘s friend and associate, Melanâ€" ehthon. ANTWERP‘S HORSE BUTCHERING TOO LATE. But although they were quick they arrived toolate to render aid to four promising lives. Four brightâ€"eyed and merryâ€"hearted little ones had ceased their struggling and sunk to the boggy bottom. Four homes in the Eastâ€"end are filled with the withering sorrow and heartburnings that follow such a disaster, and it will be long Lefore the wells of salt and bitter tears, which have been set running by Sunday‘s faâ€" tality are dry. [as pleasant a playground for children |as there is in this vicinity. It is probâ€" able that the childrén whose lives were |lost had their fill of genuine enjoyâ€" ment, not dreaming that it was to be {their last opportunity to play at the games which are so dear to the childâ€" |ish mind. . They had made the trip |across in safety, and they boarded the |ra{itâ€"like ferry without the shadow of the Eastâ€"end, and they acted with a promptitude that was admirable in the highest degree. Two of these men had been sailing about the harbor, and were approaching the shore at a point not more than 100 yards from the ferry. The nose of their cathoat had just touched the bank when the startled cries reached their ears. They turned in their places and saw the float overturned and the children struggling in the muddiv water. _ Instantly, and with gasps of astonishment, they hackâ€" ed their boat away from the shore, and made all haste to the rescue. They were almost immediately on the spot, and dived at onse from their craft. less Fate had willed it otherwise. The only persons who were sufficiently near to render effectual aid were three young men who are well known in In amoment the still water of the channe! was torn and beat into foam by many strugglintg limbs of the chilâ€" dren, only afew of whom could swim. If sufficient mssistance had been close at hand it might have been possible to save the helpless little ones. But soulâ€" a fear in order to recross. Besides the victims there were about fifteen other little ones of both sexes. | HOW IT OCCURRED. | All went well until they reached midâ€" I channel. The children were laughing, | andsome of the small boys were playâ€" | fully rocking the frail conveyance.| This was, likely enough, the prime | cause of the accident. Onlookers state that the motion of the scow grew | rather violent, and the water washed | up on the flooring. This terrified the | young girls, and they crowded to the | starboard side. ; Instantly the ferry , ffi;>sxqed, and a chorus of screams renti e air. At a quarter to five o‘clock on Sunâ€" day afternoon the fatality occurred. THEIR LAST GAME. It was a charming _ aiternoon, and many children had crossed to the breakwater, which is a parklike spot, with many trees and much shrubbery; L Many children who bathe on the shore some distance further east, and the people who live on the breakwater, used this craft since Friday. There M e oo es ce aeeey city received, permission from the Govâ€" ernment some three or four years ago to make this cut in connection with the _ Ashbridge‘s bay _ reclamation scheme, On Friday last a roughlyâ€"constructed float, twelve feet long and six in width was placed at this point to be used as a commoni ferry. It was drawn back Twenty Children on a Rickety Craft Were Precipitated Into the Water by Crowdâ€" Ing to One Side â€" Mceroic Rescue by Several Young Men and Boys. A despatch from Toronto says :â€"Mcâ€" Namee‘s cut is a channel between the breakwater, which comes to an end at the foot of Cherry street in a narrow the foot of Cherry street in a narrow tongue, and the mainland. It is (the eastern entrance to Ashbridge‘s bay, and has only lately been dredged. The FOUR CHILUDREN DRORNED TERRIBLE TRAGEDY AT TORONTO ON SUNDAY. The Mexican authorities have disâ€" covered an Italian Anarchist who has Just arrived with the intention of asâ€" Sassinating President Diaz. He is beâ€" ‘n_q closely watched by the police, and will be arrested on the first demonstraâ€" tion he makes. , The whole diplomatic body in Constanâ€" tinople has protested to the Sultan Afaiast his bestowal of the Order of Clory upon M. Stoiloff, the Bulgarian Premier, declaring that henceforth they will refuse to accept the inferior Order of Medjidieh. fljed in prison at San Sebastian on Friday morning. He showed no sign of fear, and refused the ministrations of the priest. : In MARTIN LUTHER‘S BODY. PRECIPITATE HASTE. PACKAGES BY POST. THE RESCUE. £4,000,000. The expenses of Great Britain are now about £100,000,000 yearly, or nearâ€" ly £200 per mimute, but every tick of the clock represents an inflow of a litâ€" tle over £3 into the British treasury, thus leaving an annual surplus of about plied by 30,000 cells. The largest telegraph office in the world is in the general postoffice buildâ€" ing, London. There are over 3,000 opâ€" erators, 1,000 of whom are women. fhe electric batteries in connection with the telephone and telegraph are supâ€" " The Canadian _ Navigation Comâ€" pany will clear $10,000 on the trips of the Islander aind the Tees, and the Canadian Government is getting its share of the revenue by charging duty on outfits brought {rom the States." and tell of the ha.rdshisa. It is the story of Cassiar and Cariboo over again. There are very few who will make fortunes and the remainder will return bquen ‘i‘n purse and spirils.fl " There are 300 men here who think they are going to the Klondike but nineâ€"tenths of them won‘t get any furâ€" ther than Dyea. In fact, it will be impossible for them to get to the mines. They have mo idea of what they have got to do. ‘After they get across the diâ€" vide, for which purpose they have got a Jlot of old horses that won‘t pack ten pounds, they will have to go into the woods to whipsaw their lumber, and then build boats. Most of them do not knuw how to drive a nail, let alone build a boat. " Very few Victorians are goingâ€" ‘at least not until spring. They are nearer at hand, and undersiand the sitâ€" uation. The Canadian Pacific Navigaâ€" tion Company loaded up the lslander toâ€"day, and toâ€"night are loading the Tees, and the two bouts leave in the morning. In a couple of weeks there will be some good stories when the poor " suckers‘" commence to return Mundreds of Inexpericuced Men Waiting a Chance to Go North. A private letter from Victoria, B.C., gives the following picture of the crowd that is gathered at that place, and the difficulties they will have to enâ€" counter :â€"â€" Their names are Frank Weber, of Buffalo; Warren Bush of Chicago ; and Chas. Glassner, of Chicago. Bush and Glassner were employes of the United States Express Company, of Chicago, and were on a varation. Weber leaves a widow and two chilâ€" dren. Nothing has been seen of the bodies, and it is hardly likely that they will be recovered. F LARGEST TELEGRAPH OFFICE A GALLANT EFFORT, and at one time was not over 30 feet from shore, when a large swell threw him furthero ut in the river, and he was carried over the falls. The other two clung to the boat, one of them a mere boy, The other man was redâ€" baired, and the boat went broadside over the second casâ€"ade, striking on her side, leaving a big hbhole in her hbalf stern, throwing the men into the rapâ€" ids. They both struggled hard when coming to the top, but without avail.. Mr. Lauzau, of Chippawa, an old boatman and an attache of the park, saw the men in their predicament tx:Y- ing to reach the shore with their sails down, and yelled tothem what to do. They scemed tonotice what he said, and turned the nose of the boat over the first cascade and rode it all right, The stout man of the three, who wore full whiskers jumped out of the boat at this point and attempted to swim ashore. He made The three men that went over the falls were strangers who were campâ€" ing out near La Salle, N.Y., and bad the boat No. 8 hired by the week from the La Salle boatâ€"house. ‘The boat carried a sail, and was being used as such this afternoon. It is supposed the men, who were strangers, lost control of the boat, there being a stiff northâ€" west wind blowing this afternoon, and fooled the men in their meagre idea of the lay of the river and cascades. Conâ€" ductor Nelles, of the Niagara Falls Park and River railway, noticed the boat in full sail in the river on his trip to Chippewa, about threeâ€"quarters of an hour before the accident. On his return trip he reached the scene in time to see the boat capsize, and the men‘s struggles in the river. k Several people witnessed the strugâ€" gling men, but were unable to render them any assistance. SWEPT OVER THE FALLS, like chips of wood in a few minutes. Their obat came ashore a few yards above the Falls, where it was secured. When they were first noticed they were about 200 yards from shore, and looked as though they might possibly best the strong current. Iwo of them faced each other, pulling on the same cars, while the third had a piece of an oar and seemed to be making good use of it in the stern of the boat. But the allâ€"powerful current mastered the trio, and they were swept over the first casâ€" cade, their frail boat, completely upâ€" ended, spilling the unfortunate men inâ€" to the rushing current, and their boat soon came to the surface with the end stove in. pyetioy _ The three men disappeared in the rapids, but in a few moments were again seen struggling in the water atâ€" tempting to swim, but were THE iORRIBLE FATE OF THREE MEN 1N A BOAT. They Were Attempiing to Cross the River Above the Faiis â€" Terrible Struggle to Reach the Canadian shore Wituessed by Several Peopieâ€"Their Boat Upset in the Rapids. A despatch from Niagara Falls, Ont., says:â€"Three men in a green colored boat, marked No. 8, lost their lives on Sunday afternoon in attempting to cross the river above the Falls, about 5 o‘clock. Several people in the upper. or south, end of Cedar Island, about a mile above the Horseâ€"shoe Falls, noticâ€" ed three men struggling for dear life to pull towards the Canadian shore, but swiftly and surely the strong curâ€" rent gradually swept them towards the cascades above the Falls. SWEPT OVER THE FALL§ THE RUSH AT VICTORIA. BRITAIN‘S FINANCES TORONTO The largest wingod insect in the world is the Atlas moth of Central Brazil. Its wings extend 14 inches from tip to tip. What a Recent Investigation in Germany Revraled. The life of a locomotive is not as long as is generally supposed. Investiâ€" gations in this direction _ recently made in Germany show that the averâ€" age locomotive has to be withdrawn from service after travelling about 500,000 miles. This does not include the time the locomotive is under her own steam without pulllng s_tr_ain. During the mlod a locomotive is in service a num of parts have to be repaired or. renewed. For instance, the boiler and fire box have to be renewed three times, the tires of the wheels five or. six times, the dnvm? cranks from three to five times. Aiter a half milâ€" lion miles of active service the average locomotive is no more worth repairing and is entirely withdrawn. e n e d late. In some sections of the province small fruits were abundant, raspberâ€" ries especially giving a â€" magnificent yield. paratively few cherry trees have been left in the province, but as a rule these have been loaded. Several correspondâ€" ents complain of the nonâ€"enforcement of the law governing blackâ€"knot in plum and cherry orchards. Grapes proâ€" mise a fair to good yield, although in many quarters threatened with mildew on account of the damp season. This crop is reported t:o be a"tvgek or two a fe winstances large yields are spoken ; Fong L ) bhhocccumeied Adut of, but a considerable number of correâ€" | . Mrs. B. thought this an excellent spondents report the opposite, and too | idea ; but she improved upon the sugâ€" frequently mention is made of scab. Of ga:twn of merely "doing up" a bundle. the standard winter varieties the Northâ€" sewed poor pussy neatly in a windâ€" ern spy has done best. Pears will give | ingâ€"sheet of fine white cloth, and then a better yield relatively than apples, | made her into a brown paper parcel; but mention is made here and there of @424 when morning came, with a few the blight. Plums suffered considerabl | tears and many injunctions, she deâ€" from curculio and rot, but many ailea{ hvered her over to hf;. B. of large yields; and the season has been | _ Now it happened, that morning, that a gooseone for careful and intelligent ; Mr. B. met an, old acquaintance on is growers. Peaches are i\;ie!ding heavily | Way to town, and that they both beâ€" in Lincoin, although there has been a | C8N® absorbed in reminiscence. . The tendency to rot among some early varâ€"/ consequence was thal the brown puger ieties. fn Essex and other counties | PArte! remained untroubled in Mr. B.® this fruit has done very poorly. On acâ€" l imaip; and it was not until he rose to count of the ravages of black knot comâ€"| le.'z‘\:‘er the car tha:t he rem:nuberedl it. ‘ 2 1 & MTA a mamant ha was arhaet. Them Hailstorms and beavy showers of rain have done considerable damage to spring grain crops,. and in manf secâ€" tions barley is reported to be colored. As, in addition to the week‘s rain of July, bheavy rains have occurred since August ninth, it is well to note that the reports as to quality of spring grain at that time may have to be modified. _ To offâ€"set the damage to grain crops, however, we have the fayâ€" orable effect upon corn, rooi crops, and pastures. â€" The universal report is good Fastu.re, and cattle up;iear to be in irstâ€"class condition. _ Cheese factories have been generously supplied with milk, and dairy prospects generally were favorable. toa P _‘The supply of apples will be far beâ€" low the average, as might be expected after the immense yield of last year. In Buckwheat and mangels show an inâ€" crease in area, potatoes a . decrease, while carrots and turnips are about the same as in 1896, though both are above the average. & $ * As pearlz two and a half million acres are given bver to hay, the value of this crop generally exceeds the value of any single grain crop. The average yields for six years have been as follows:â€"0.94 ton per acre in 1891 ; 1.74 tons in 1892 ; 1.79 in 1893 ; 1.39 in 1894 ; 0.73 in 1895 and 0.93 in 1896. There were three poor years, and three good years. The averâ€" age of the fifteen years, 1882â€"96, was 1.35 tons. This year t{w yield was 1.68 tons. Though in some eastern sections the yield was light, on the whole the hay crop of Ontario has been heavy, and quite _ a _ bit above the _ average, the _ total being _ 3.811,519 _ tons, as against 2200,240 tons in 1896. The acreage of corn has been increas ing year by year_as follows:â€"181,463 acres in 1892; 217,294 acres in 1893; 207,348 in 1894 ; 302,929 in 1895 ; 496,629 in 1896. / It has now increased to 544,â€" 035 in 1897. The 1897 wreage, thereâ€" fore, is three times that of 1892. _ _ _ The amount of fall wheat ploughed up this year was 55,000 acres; or 30,000 less than in 1896. Threeâ€"{ourths of the ploughedâ€"up area was east of Toronâ€" to, With an increased area of 73,000 acres, the promise at present is nearly ten million bushels greater than was reported a year ago. The high average of 25.5 bushels per acre is estimated. Over 80 per cent. of the fall wheat is grown west and northâ€"west of Toronto, and the reports of conditions are in the main very favorable. The comment, "Best crops for many years," is quite common. There is some complaints of too much rain at bharvest time; but on the whole the crop was harvested in good condition. ‘The fall wheat, thereâ€" fore, shows, as compared with August, 1896, an increased acreage, an increasâ€" ed yield per acre, and an increased value per Bbushel in the market. _ Spring wheat has taken a move up again, both in acreage and promised yield. . The acreage and yield of hbarley are both somewhat below the previous year. For several years the area sown to oats has been increasing. Over 7,000 acres are again added this year, and the yield promised is 4,000,000 bushels greater than the enormous yield of 1896. In round figures the crop is estimated at 87,000,000 bushels, against an average of 63,000,000 for the years 1882â€"96. . The yield of rye and beans are above the average. _ _ poel o Euic oo ns Interesting Figures Sho wing Acreage Under Crop and Yicld Anticipated of Various Cereals and Fruit, The following is the statement â€" of acreage of crops in Ontario for 1897, prepared by the Ontario Department of Agriculture, and the estimates _ of yieids based on the reports of â€" the reguilar correspondents of the deâ€" partment, under date of August 9th. It will be seen from the tables that the yields of the present year on the whole promise to exceed those ol 1896, and also to exceed the average of the fifteen years, 1882â€"1896. AUGUST REPORT ISSUED BY ONTARKIO GOVERNMENT, CONDITION OF TBE CROPS. LARGEST WINGED INSECT LIFE OF A LOCOMOTIVE. ingeixer back and, forth every day !" ‘"No," said he, gloomily, "I can‘t. We might as well yield and put ber into the ashâ€"barrel.‘" "Very well," said Mrs. B. "Aad I‘ll unwrap her so that the man can see what go's got. . Beside, I‘d like one more last look at her, poor little pet !" Next morning, before it was time for the ashman to come, she carefully and To doping. and ahe founs withinâ€"£ very wrapping, an ound withinâ€"a very symmetrical roast of beef. Whose was it? To this day no one _ "It‘sâ€"it‘s the cat," hbe said, guiltily. ritk poor Miaew." _/ °0 _0 .. â€"â€" "Well," inquired Mrs. B., "what we going to do?‘ You can‘t keep ca | What Became of the Cat and Whence Came the Koast of Beel 2 This is a story of what happened ’leu than a year ago in a suburbh of & great city and in the city itsel{. _A ; family living in the suburb owned a beâ€" |loved cat, and the cat died. It had | been freezing weather, and there was | no easy way of burying poor puss ; yet, so dear was her memory, that neither \ master nor mistress was willing to | deposit that onceâ€"loved form in the ashâ€" | barrel to be "dumped" by an unsympaâ€" thetio soul. Finally, after some thought, Mr. B. came to a solution of the difficulty. The day, it ba[;(xsmd, bhad marked the crisis of a great financial situation, and Mr. B. read his evening paper all the way home with an absorbing interest. When he reached his own door he was carrying a brown paper parcel, and his wife saw it on the instant. "Henry," she called, "what‘s thatP He looked at it helplessly, and his face was dyed by a wave of recollescâ€" The d:’ went on with its usual routine callers and questions, and when night came he d.ifl not need to be reminded of puss. There lay the package, and hbe took it up hurriedly and ran for the train. c too ts ‘"Jim," he said to the boy, "that bunâ€" dle is very important. If I forget it toâ€"night, remind me to take it away with me," Ki _For a moment he was aghast. Then he considered what a compact, innoâ€" cent little parcel it was, and took courâ€" He carried the parce. faith{ully down town, and into his office. . There he deâ€" posited it on an unused desk. _ _ *"*Never mind!" he said to himsel{. "I‘ll drop her when 1 go home." _ Mrs. B. thought this an excellent idea ; but she improved upon the sugâ€" g;:tion of memlfuylp"doing up" a bundle. sewed poor pussy neatly in a windâ€" ingâ€"sheet of fine white cloth, and then made her into a brown paper parcel; and when morning came, with a few tears and many injunctions, she deâ€" vered her over to Afi B. __Now it happened, that morning, that "Do her up on a package," u'ul' he,. "and I‘ll carry her to town. “hhm: we are going over the railroad bridge I‘ll open the window and drop ber overâ€" board into the water." J. F. Ryan, of Mount Pleasant, the owner of the bank, refuses to even give an estimate of the amount of money taken, although it is reported that the sum is large. There is absolutely no clue to the identity of the robbers. The whole town is working on the case, business being almost _ entirely susâ€" pended. Struble lived until 11 o‘clock, but did not regain consciousness. The theory of the prosecuting atâ€" torney and Bheriff is that the robbers must have learned of Struble‘s intenâ€" tion and forced their way into the bank, where théy awaited his coming. At first it was supposed that Struble might have committed suicide, as the Farmers‘ Bank was more or less hamâ€" pered by the suspension of the Peoâ€" ple‘s Bank at Mount Pleasant a few days ago. ‘This suspicion is apparentâ€" ly without foundation, as everything about the office shows a fierce fight, all the furniture being wrecked. The Sheriff believes that the job _ was done by persons whom Struble recogâ€" nized, and they shot him to protect themselves. Mr. Struble must have been unmolâ€" ested until he opened the vault. The vault doors were opened, and had not been forced, and Mr. Struble‘s body was found lying half inside the vaultl. Appearances indicate that he made a fierce struggle before being overpowâ€" ered, as his clothing was much disarâ€" ranged. Nothing was known of the crime until sbhortly after 7 o‘clock, when one of the clerks in the hardware store opened the store. Noticing the unusual conditions in the bank, â€" he went there and found Struble still breathing, but unconscious. 1t was found that he had been shot four times, once in the arm, once in the back, and twice near the heart. The â€" bulâ€" lets were all of the same calibre, and were probably fired from the same weapon. Elmer E. Struble, cashier of â€" the Farmers‘ Bank, at Shepherd, Michiâ€" gan, was killed on Saturday morning by robbers. ‘The deec shows either careful planning, with inside knowâ€" ledge of the cashier‘s movements, or a rare amount of good luck for the robâ€" bers. Mr. Struble was cashier of the bank for many years The bank is in the rear of Nathaniel W. Struble‘s bhardware store. It was necessary for Cashier Struble to visit Mount Pleaâ€" sant, the country seat, Saturday mornâ€" ing, and he made no secret of his inâ€" tention, as he purposed to return beâ€" fore the time for opening the bank, He left his home about 4 o‘clock, inâ€" tending to stop at the bank, get some papers which he needed in connecâ€" tion with his visit to Mount Pleaâ€" sant, and then continue his jourâ€" ney. CASHIER OF A MICRIGAN KILLED BY ROBBERS. Elmer E. Struble of the Farmers‘ Rauk in Shepherd, Mich., Goes to the Bank at 4 A. M. and Meets BHis Death After a braggle â€"No Clue to the ldentity oi the Murderers, MUKDERKD IN THE VAULT A GREAT MYSTERY.