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Home My WebLink AboutExeter Times, 1909-10-21, Page 3PROF. FERRER EXECBTED'CONDENS[D_NEI%S ITEMS UAI't'LNINC9 FROM ALL OVE TILE GLOM Spanish Educator and Revolutionist Faces Death Without Tremor. A desidoktki.uni Barcelona. Spain, ploymcnt in a biscuit factory. Tho says: Prof. Francisco Ferrer, daughter rutile a personal appeal the Spanish educator and convicted to King Alfonso to spare her fa ther s life. When these facts were revolutionist, was shot, at, the Fort- relate, by Malceran. Ferrer broke rose of Mont Juich, where he has down. It was best a passing emotion, been confined since his condcmna- and presently the undaunted reyo- tion by court-martial. Ho faced Iutivnist was himself again. the firing squad 'without flinching, Ferrer declined to receive the and fell dead at the first volley. last sacraments, and turned away Ferrer, except for a momenta -y from the two priests of the Order expression of emotion immediately preceding his death, retain^d his composure to the last. His attor- ney, K. M. Malco••an, who had de- fended the prisoner, had secured permitaiun for a 'brief talk with the revolutionist before the latter was led to the ditch where he was to die. To his attorney, Ferrer spoke feelingly of the work for 'which he thad sacrificed his life, and of the future of his daughter, whose brave attempt to save his life touched the father more deeply than any other incident of his trial and convicti-•n. On Ferrer's arrest, his family were left dependent upon his by doubling the sentinels upon tho daughter, who at once secured em- walls of the fortress. of Peace and Charity, who had been sent. by the prison authori- ties to offer him the final consola- • tion of the Church. When the hour of his execution arrived, he walked bravely through the prison i yard to the ditch, in the shadow of the encircling wall. Without a quiver he faced the twelve We 1-: trymen who, at the word of com- mend, fired a siegle volley. When the repo -t had died away, Ferrer lay dead upon the. ground.. Previous to the execution pre- cautions had been taken to fore- stall a possible attempt. at, rescue OWNERS OF LONDON. 1S7 Persons and Organizations Own 60 Square Mils+. :\ despatch from London says: The London County Council has spent a decada in preparing a ground plan of London, showing the owners of the land. This is nearly completed. It. shows that 31,600 landlords own land covering 118 square miles, these being most- ly single house owners. Sixty square miles are owned 'by 187 per- sons, organizations and corpora- tions. One-third of this area be- longs to the Crown, the ecclesiasti- cal commissioners. the County Council and the city corporation. It is estimated that the present value 4:f the land on which London it built is 83,000,000,000, which 'will I t` increased to $3,175,000,090 by 1930. ORi!':NT.IL NAVVIES. Would be Sent ilome When Work Was Completed. A despatch from London says: an interview on Wednesday h regard to conditions at the cc Rupert end of the Grand ik Pacific, Sir Charles Itis-ers •cin said that. there everything tically hinged upon the supply labor. Personally, said Sir arses, he never had been able to appreciate the position of the peo- ple of British Columbia in this re - spent. An early completion of the road meant much to the Province. The temporary employment of three or four thousand Asiatics would save two or three years. Their introduction would not displace a single native Canadian. When their contracts were ended they would be taken hack to the Oriental port from which thay had embarked. nil: BUILDINGS BURNED. Fire Spreads Fast in Rapid City, Manitoba. A despatch from Rapist City, Man., says: A fire broke out here at 3 o'clock on Thursday morning which, before it was gott-e'i under control, did damage .estimated at 620,000. It originated in Glc.:den- ning's carpenter and print shop and rapidly spread. until tl:: four adjoining buildings were also soon in flames. 'Fhe buildings destroy- ed include the Town Hall, 11u'd cr'e C. 1'. R. LINER STIIIKES WRECK Empress of Ireland Damaged in the Gulf. A despatch from Montreal says: According to a message received on Thursday at the Canadian Pacific Railway office, the Empress of Ire- land struck a submerged wretick on Thursday morning between Cape C'hatt•e and Mataano and had a hole punched in her bows. The steam- er reached Rimouski at 4.45 in the afternoon and proceeded for Que- bec ;liter taking on her pilot, as it is apparent that, she is not badly damaged, as Capt.. Forster 'would have landed his 1,100 passengers at that. point had his ship been in grave danger. Government vessels have been searching for the last few days in the river for a derelict, but without the success of the Empress. A SHOWER OF POSTCARDS. Hundreds of Petitions Asking Cle- mency for Mrs. Robinson. A despatch from Ottawa says: The Department of Justice is being inundated with letters and post- cards praying for executive cle- mency for Mrs. Robinson, the un- fortunate woman under sentence to be hanged at Sudbury next -month. On Thursday over 1,500 postcards and letters were receive! Charles W. Morse, who has been ed. While it is practically certain sentenced to fifteen years in prison that the depth penalty 'will not be for violating the national banking exacted under the circumstances, the Minister of .iustice will not deal with the case in any hasty or irre- gular planner. Tr•legr.pnle !Islets From Oar O1ra and Other Countries of Ret ent Es cuts. CANADA. Inspector John Rogers has been appointed Superintendent of the re- organized Ontario police. Civil service examinations will bo held at several points in the Domin- ion. commencing on Nov. 9th. Wiubourn L. Burgess was arrest- ed at Vancouver on a charge of rob- bing a Canadian Express agent at Truro, N. S. The Railway Commission ordered the Canadian Northern to bui:d the subway at Pembina strgat, Winni- peg, at once. An Italian named Spanelli was convicted at, North Bay Assizes of the murder cif a Chinaman in a Hai- leybury restaurant. Harry Bremner of Toronto jump - cd from a window in the Kingston Penitentiary in an attempt W com- mit suicide. Ho will recover. Two children of a Galician settler near Vonda, Sask., named Loete- schtn, .were burned to death in a fire that destroyed the family dwel- ling. The Government is considering the question of abolishing the grain certificates at, fort Arthur and Fort William, owing to the dissatisfac- tion of the mariners. The last spike was driven in the National Transcontinental Railway 'between Fort William and Winni- peg on Tuesday, and the line now stretches from Fort William to Isd- 11LOnton. A work train released by some small 'boys rushed down hill at 50 miles an hour at Vancouver and collided with a Grand View passen- ger car, smashing it badly. The pas- sengers escaped with a shaking up. GREAT BRITAIN. It is reported that Sir John Fish- er will retire from the British Ad- miralty this month. Two suffragettes •were sentenced to a month in prison for their at- tack on Mr. Lloyd -George at New- castle. James M. Barrie, the Scottish writer, was granted a divorce from his wife in London, ou Wednesday. UNITED STATES. Fid. Barrill, who went, up Mount McKinley with 1)r. Cook, says un- der oath that the explorer never reached the summit. Business men of the eastern Status will scud a petition to Pre- sident Taft asking clemency for SHOT HIMSELF IN THE HEAD. Conlmerciai Traveler Attempts Sui- cide in Ottawa. A despatch from Ottawa says: A. McGregor, of this city, a com- mercial traveler for a Montreal :am, attempted suicide this morn- ing at. the Hotel Cecil, by shooting himself in the head. The bullet en- tered at a point between the eyes, and is now embedded in the back of the head, but, apparently d:d not penetrate the skull, as he is conscious. and able t4) converse ra- tionally. 1lespandancy over con- tinued ill -health is the cause as- signed by his friends for his attempt a: suicide. "This," remarked Mr. ('ane, "is my photograph with my two French poodles. You recognize' me -eh?" "I think so," said Miss bakery and Darling and Young's Softe. "You are the one with the veterinary office. hat on, tire you not 1" THF CONGO ATROCITIE To Bo Exp -sed in a Court of Law By a Eelo'ian Officer. A despatch room T.ru : _, says: t Fight Of a :.alive matt flay cd alive The atrr.cities porpctraL.-1 1•y King 'i.ecause he had failed to bring in Leop•,ld of Belgium through his re- the assigned tribute of rubber to presentatives in 1 he Congo Free � the Belgian officials. But a fun the State are to be exposed at last in Lieutenant beheld a woman bound e. court of la'w• halal and foot upon a hill of red The torturing tied Maiming of rants and devoured by the insects, ho gave up his commission and re - tern .•cl to this country. The company, alleging breach of contract, refused to pay his back salary or to reimburse hint his ex- penses. The Lieutenant admits breaking his contract, but sets up the defence that the comnany breaks the law ails! by that .sting validates the contract. Ile is now suing the comt»ny, and there is to be n court 'hearing at which tho Atrocities of the Congo 'will be defenceless native men, women and hildren, which hale excited the in- Iliguation, but peter the active in- terference. of the civilised world, will be barest, and, it is hoped, proved by Lieeteuant. Emil Dor- p:,•thens, a naval 4'ffteer, who, in ut- ter di'••:ust, hr.:' given up his co;1- tra:t as nn ofli-.ial in tl a Congo to • ere ho:re and rtveal to his cu11n- 1;v:ren t'1e horrera that heh^.s Lcs.cd 'with his own eyes. I `. 'utcnnat 1>crl'c.li:aits his been l - :,v<) -cars in the en:plo;' of 1'0 i'r,,::Rht home to King Leopold and \'Ionytuo Belg., in the said baro as they have never been �c manaLed to e141dt0 the before. laws. CIENERAL. Eight Spanish soldiers wero killed in a fight with it party of Moors near Melilla. (Germany's super -Dreadnought Westfalen has developed a ,speed of twenty knots on a trial trip. Business is practically at a stand- still in home, while rho people pro- test against the. execution of Fer- rer. The revolution in Nicaragua is as- suming serious proportions. Nino risen were killed in a fight near C reytuwn. L.1DY tY'1'TON 1IELE.1S1:D. Refused to Fat and the Officers Turned iter Free. • A despatch from London says: Lady Constance Lytton, who was lately sentenced to a month's im- prisoument at Newcastle for tak- ing part in a Suffragette disturb- ance, has been released in conse- quence of refusing to eat. The prison officials did not attempt to feed her forcibly, pending a decis- ion of the case granted by Lord Alverstone against the governor and doctor of the Itirminghatn pri- eon to test the legality of forcible feeding. PLATE WINDOWS DEFACED. Ottawa Man Cutting Name on Them With a Ilitniuond. A despatch from Ottawa says: The police are looking for an ec- centric individual with a diamond ring, who has been defacing plate glass windows along the principal business st mots. The word ''Jack" is cut bold and deep into one of the windows, and others are (telexed in various ways. About 25 shop 'windows have been operated on 1n one way or another, evidently by the same person. There is no clue to the perpetrator. THE }:Nig NF DESPOTISM, Chic:. Added to the 1.14 of Consti- tutional Monarchies. A despatch from Mukden says: Despotic government in China end- ed on Wednesday, when all the Legislatures of the self-governing Provinces throughout the empire held their first meetings prepara- tory to the drafting of a constitu- tion for the empire. E11GINEER WAS ARRESTED SOLD 1)ItMO\DS IItOM GER- MAN AFRICA. Alleged to Have Smuggled Large Quantities and to be Plan- ning Another Coup. The Lokalan Zeiger, .of Berlin, Germany, r• ports the sensational arrest of a German engineer and the confiscation of his bank books found in his possession. It is alleged that the engineer a lung time ago leased extensive lands ;u booth -west Africa to farm them with four or five comrades. On part of the lauds it, is said he dis- covered diamonds of a size varying up to three carats. Without info+ ling the authorities the party worked diamond deposits for several weeks, and then quitted operations, removing all traces, while the engineer went to Europe to sell the stones. He sold tne greater part of the diamonds in the principal European diamond cen- tres, and finally reached Gerniaay to sell the remainder. When the Colonial Office heard of the affair by chance. the engineer had a dc - posit of 200,000 marks in (german banks, the result of the sale of the stones, and about a thousand un- cut diamonds, worth 00,000 marks in his possession. ARRESTED IN BERLIN. After tracing the engineer from town to town, the German police arrested him in Berlin a few days ago. Large telegraphic and mail correspondence with his partners was seized, from which is appeared that he intended to form a company to exploi. his finds. The Govern- ment have te:cgrapned to the 11 inn - hock authorities to locate the de- posits in question. The arrested engineer, says an- other report, is a young Berliner, ,named George Heim, who in Octo- ber, 1908, was engaged as a dia- mond expert by the "Kolonial Bergbau Gesellschaft," and sent to Leuderitzbucht to act as pros- pector sad valuer of the company's diamond fields. During the eight •months that he acted for the com- pany Heim, with the aid of accom- plices, is alleged to have smuggled 200,000 marks worth of diamonds to Germany, mixing the stones in soft cement, which was afterwards al- lowed to harden, thereby deceiving the Customs. Heins returned to Germany last /Way, and sold the stones at Dres- den, Leipzig, Hamburg and Bres- lau, where he did such good busi- ness that be contracted for future ;purchasers. When the original sup- ply of stones was exhausted Heim sent his accomplices money for more, which were also smuggled to Germany in cemeInt. PLANNING ANOTHER COUP The Morgenpost says that the cor- respondence seized shows that Heim aas planning another big coup. He i; said to have discovered large diji: mond fields in the southern part of South-west Africa, near C'apo Col- ony, which, however, Heim agreed with his accomplices should not be worked until his (Heim's) return from (Germany. Heim intended to conduct the operations and erect a secret polishing plant on the fields so as to avoid any possible chance of detection. By cable orders from the Colon- ial Oflice Heim's accomplices in South-west Africa were arrested, but the authorities are match embar- rassed, ns they du tun' know the to-' cation of these ritl111..ew diamond fields. IIeim's correspondence re- veals nothing regarding their %hereabouts. and the prisoner re- fuses to betray his secret. Tho co- lonial authorities are making every effort to trace the spot. .t NiGIIT WI'lii .1 SALMON. Liverpool Angler's Fight Willi a Gamey }'islt. A prominentn►crnber rd the Liver• pool (England) Fly Fishing ('lib went angling in the River Wyre nt Oarstang a fortnight ago. He did not return to dinner in the even- ing, and his friends thought of all the terrible things that. !night have befallen him, and trembled Time went on, and midnight. ap- proached, but still no sign of the angler. So his friends formed a search party, and, armed with lan- terns. set out along the riverside. At length they camo upon him - holding on like grim death to a mag- nificent. salmon. Ile had hooked the fish early in the evening. hut. his rod being a light one. lie had been unable to land it. Darkness carne on ; still the sal- mon struggled gallantly, and still the angler was s'eterrnieed riot 141 \qc• home without it. So ho sat flown on the bank and decided 4o wait for the morning, when perhaps the fish world give up. Ilut before the dawn his friends had found hint, and they helped him to hoist in the refractory salmon. "I never anticipated such a de- lightful experience," he told his world -be re'ciiers as ho bore off his ptuze in triumph. Many a man's Veracity is unim- peachable until lie acquires the fishing habit. TIIE WORLD'S MAR1iE f 5 REI'Oit1'S FROM THE LEADING TRADE ('EN'1'llES. Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese ant: ether Dairy Produce at Hosie and Abroad. BREADSTUFF'S. Torontoto, Oct.. 19.--Flour-On- tario wheat 90 per cent. patents, 84.15 to 8-1.25 in buyers' saeks 00 track, Toronto, and at $4 to $4.10 outside in buyers' sacks. Manitoba !lour, first patents, $5.60 on track, Toronto ; seoond patents, 85.10, and strong bakers', $-1.90 to $5 on track, Toro nto. Manitoba wheat -No. 1 Northern quoted at 81.04% Bay ports, and No, 2 Northern at $1.03', Bay ports. Ontario wheat -No. 2 mixed quo- ted at 98 to 99c outside, and so. 2 white and red Winter, 99 to $ 1.00 out: ido. Barley -No. 2, 50 to 57c outside, and No. 3 extra at 54 to 55c out side, Oats -No. 2 Ontario white, new, 30% to 37c outside. New Canada West oats, 38 to 3S' ,c spot, Bay ports. Peas --84 to 86e outside. Itye-No. 2 69 to 70c outside. Buckwheat -55 to 56e outside. Corn -No. 2 American yellow 69c on track, Toroth. Bran -$21 in 'bags, $23 in bags. and shorts, COUNTRY PRODUCE. Apples -$1.25 to 82.75 per 'bar- rel, according to quality. Beans -Prime, $2.25 and hand- picked, $2.40 to $2.45 per bushel. Honey -Combs, dozen, $2.25 to $3; extracted, 10c per lb. Hay -No. 1 timothy, $15.50 to 816 a ton on track here, and No. 2 $14 to $14.50. Straw -$3.75 to 89.50. Potatoes -55 to 60c per bag on track for Ontario, and at 75c for New Brunswick. Ponitry-Chickens, dressed. 12 to 13c per Ib.; fowl, 9 to 10c; turkeys, 17 to 19c per lb• ; ducks, lb. 12 to 13c; geese, 10 to 12c per lb. THE DAIRY MARKETS. Butter -Pound prints, 21 to 22e; tubs and large rolls, 19 to 20e; in- ferior, 17 to 18c; creamery, 25 to 26c, and solids, 23 to 21c per Ib. Eggs -Case lots, 25c per dozen. Cheese --12'4c p. r 1b for large and at 12%c for twins. HOG tltODLCTS. Bacon, long dear, 15 to 153.,c per I. in case lots; mess pork, $26.50; short cut, $27.50 to $28. THE ATHABASUA AGROUND Her Bow Driven Up on a Flat sock in Georgian Bay. A despatch from Owen Sound says: Superintendent Buchanan of this Canadian Pacific Steamship Lines took the powerful tug Har- rison and cleared on Thursday af- ternoon at 3 o'clock for Flower l'ot lsiand, where t1 e company's steam- ship Athabasca, is hard aground. Word 4_,1 the mishap reached Owen Sound by the C. 1'. R. steamship Assiniboia, which passed the point at 6.30 on Thursday morning. Cap- tain Brown of the Athabasca said that, his vessel had gone ashore at 1.30 in thick weather, and that she was lying with her bow ort a- flat reek, with about four feet of ',rater in the forward hold. An effort was made to get a message across to Tobermoray, by passing tug for as- sistance, but. the arrival of the As- siniboia was the first word receiv- ed. The Assiniboia, d about to stn • •yc twenty minutes, but having no tow line could not render assistance. Tho steamer is said not to be in a dangerous position. She carried only half a cargo, composed of gots. eral merchandise, and bad less than a dozen pssseugcrs on her list. Owing to the heavy sea it was thought unwise to attempt any as- sistance. 1t was also feared that tho Athabasca if she was pulled ort might sink. A conversation 'with a megaphone was carried on he- t ween e-tween the two vessels with much difficulty owing to the high winds. The Athabasca is one of the smaller of the company's vessels and was built on the Clyde in 1'M3. Since the arrival of the two big new liners, Assiniboia and Keewa- tin, she has not been in regular service. She went into commission early in October for the fall trade. The point. where the steamer went on is about t wo hundred yards from the Floe er I'ot Island Lighthouse, the islands being located in the channel between the end of the Bruce peninsula and Manitoulin Island, and ab -out eighty-five guiles from this port. well -finished butcher and export cattle were very scarce, $5.50 be- ing the top price paid for a New extra prime, picked steers and hei- fers. The demand for good' but- chers' was strong and sold freely at from 84.85 to 85. Butcher cows were rather higher. There was a good tnarket for stockers and feed- ers of the heavy class, 'but the rough and light variety were draggy. As high as $70 was paid for choice tnilch cows. Distillery 'feeders, steers and bulls are in great de- mand and the supply was on the short side. Sheep and lambs were steady, with lambs slightly easier. Calves -Steady. Hogs-Unchanced at $7.50 f.o.b. and $7.75, fed and watered. FIB -t 'I' II E,4i► R fr:.1 M ER. Mr. Hilltops Thus Named by His Wife When She .leeks for a IIat. "Ezra," said Mrs. Billtop'. "when can I have the money for a new hats" "Well, Elizabeth,,' Mr. Billtops replied, cheerfully, "I could..'t give it to you just now, btu I can let you have it next week." "Next week!" said Mrs. Bill - tops, echoing the words, but giv- ing them it somewhat diffe •:r t Yams -Light to medium, i3'4 to twist, saying them not bitterly nor lOc ; do., heavy, 1•t to 14!!,c ; rolls, sarcastically, but in a sort of t 1.!!1- ql ing, weary tune. She continued: "Ezra, do you know that you have boon saying next week to nue ever since we were married. so and - so many years ago'' -Mrs. Bill - tops mentioned the number, bat it isn't necessary to go into alt those minor details here -"and Montreal, Oct. 19. -New crop oats that next week has never carne l No. 2 Canadian Western, 4l''! to Yon were going to get ane ho•scs 12e; old crop cats No. 2 Canadian and a carriage; yes, sir, I was g& - \'estern, 42 to 42! e. Barley -No. ing to have a carriage sure, ant a 2, 66 to 67c; Manitoba feed barley, fine house and beautiful clothes. 52 to 53e ; q,t,ckwheat, 57 to 5Sc. You were going to make me heels. , Flour ---\Manitoba Spring wheat pat- you said, and give me everything cuts, firsts. $5.70; Manitoba .Spring that heart could wish. wheat patents, seconds, $5.20; Win- "Where, Ezra," Mrs. Isil;Inp' ter wheat patents, $5.50; Manitoba went on, smiling herself now a; sSe strong bakers. $5; straight rollers, recalled the catalogue of lux•Iries $5 to $5.25 ; straight rollers. in bags which when they were mar.: $2.33 to *2.50. Feed --Ontario bran brave Ezra was going to give her, •31 to 8122; Ontario middlings, $123.- but which lie had never g've1,. 5t► to 1121; Manitoba bran, 821 ; "where are those things that 1 lea: Manitoba shorts. $2:3 to $21; pure so surely going to have? Hay: I grain Inouille, $33 to $35; mixed horses and a carriage! A tine mouille, $2•t to 8.27. Cheese- house', Beautiful clothes ? Have 1 Western, 11'; to 11%e and eastern any of the splendid things y•/1. 11' to 11',,c. Butter -Creamery, promised ale, that you were sa:ci,• 24'•; to 25e. Eggs -Selected stock. going to get me 27 to 2Sc; No. 1 candled 25 to 26c "Has it not always been heel per dozen. acek, next week, that these th'n. s -were going to clone, but have they UNITED STATES MARKETS. ever conte' And again Mrs. Ili!! tops smiled down upon him as sl.,) thought to herself : "Horses? Car riages1 :1 fine house? Beautiful c 14.,t'hes l \Vhy. I'm having a hard time getting money enough to hey et new hat !" "'Well, Elizabeth," said- Mr Bil 14;� to 15e ; shoulders, 12 to Isle , backs, 181A to 20e; breakfast ba- con, 17 to 18c. Lard --Tierces, 15 to 15%e; tubs. 15% to 15%e ; pails, 15'A to 15;%c. EUSINES.S AT MONTREAL. Buffalo, Oct. 10. -Wheat---Spring stronger : No. 1 Northern, carloads store, 81.03; Winter, steady. No. 2.$1.21; No. 2 white, $1.2-1. ('orn- Firm. Oats -Higher; No. 2 white, 43' to 44c; No. 3 white, 43',/,c;; No. 4 white, 42!,,;c. ltyc--No. 2 on truck, 79c. Chicago, Oct. 19. --('ash wheat - No. 2 red, $1.19 to $I.20; No. 3 red, $1.10 to $1.17; No. 2 hard, $1.10 to $1.13; No. 3 hard. $1.05 to ii1.10; No. 1 Northern. $1.07 to $1.08; No. '2 Northern, $1.05 to $1.00; No. 3 Spring. $1.0.2 j to 81.- 051 Q. Corn -No. 2, CO to 60,.e; No. 2 white, GO'� to Ole: No. 2 yellow, CON to 60%e; T'o. 3. Gil to 60%e; No. 3 white, 60%c; No. 3 yellow, 6Ol.yc; No. 4. 59'; to 60c. Oats -- No. 2 white, 40'4e : No. 3 white, 39 to 40c; No. 4 •vhitt, 38N to 39e; standard, 40% to 401/2c. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Montreal, Oct. le. -N4'rthlve.'t cattle sold at from 4!•; to 5'•;e per lb.: pretty goexl animals front 3'; 'o 4%e : common Ftoek. 2 to 3c per }b.: small bulls sold at about 2c per Ih. ; lean old cows 1' to 1j,,, e per lir.: milt•h caws, $:111 1'. 4t)ll a'•11. Orals -fed calve,, S'; to 1'.,e per lb. ; good reals, 5 to cc p•er 1b. Sheep. 3!;e; lamb' 5' to e. ,e per lb. Good lots of fat hogs 8', to 9c• per 1h. Toronto, Oct. 19. -Really choice "I haven't given you all those hings that I was going to gi•'o ,roti, that I wanted to give you and that, I surely expected I would bo able to -give you, that is true; but you sec things didn't turn out e�- actly as 1 expected they would. ''I didn't earn as much as I ex• petted to, for one thing; and the', lvtth all your economy, my dear, it always cost us more to live than we had expected; and then the chil- dren came; and so all the time it cost us more; and perhaps I didn't save as I should have done, and so I couldn't give you many things that I would have liked to give. "I haven't put off getting these Hangs because I wanted to, but be- cause I had to. You know I would have giver, y'cu e'.erything I prom- ised you if 1 could, don' -t you ? And we have been very happy, haven't cool And I am going to get you alt those things yet !" "Ezra. you're a dreamer!" said Mrs. Biiitops, smiling still, and looking down upon hila kindly, as a matter of fact, very kindly, "just a dreamer." Then Mr. Billtops got up and started fur the office, thinking to himself that perhaps he was a dreamer, perhaps he lead been too 1nuc+h of a dreamer, perhaps he had had few nightmares in life, bis had been mostly pleasant dreams; and then he reflected seriously that ho certainly must find the phoney for Mrs. Billtop's new hat next week. 'WARE THAT 0.1K Everyone knows that, when caught in a thunderstorm, it. is dangerous to stand under a lonely tree; hut that, no matter whzb their heigl.t, some trees are much more dangerous than others is jusb what everybody does not know. The oak, for instance, though ex- cellent in many ways. is no friend of yours when lightning is around. Tho beech is better. Oak-tre�ea contain more oil than beech-trs"s, and are, in consequence, notch more inflammable. Avoid eft7a- trees. Elms aro specially suscep- tible to the effects of lightning, readily collecting the electricity and attracting the spark. But the important thing to remember 14 that, though every solitary ire' af- fords a d3ngcrous shelter front lightning. a wood is perfectly safe, It 34)11 otil1 avoid a part where any tree towers above the rest. 't 11.1. 1' 1 \ q HEW 1) THIS. Nincleet' Deaths From Baseball in the 1 riled Strtes. A d••-t,atcis from Philadelphia says: Nineteen deaths from }►3 -e - ball have been reported from vari- ous part` of the country during/flat season which just closed. The list of injuries tuns into the hones+,. 3. stops, and 110 was smiling t.•.', 1 HE YIELD IN THE WEST 1 Expert Says It Will Not Fall Short of 122,000,000 Bushels. \ .patch t +:nipeg says :' t acre,'' it,. %ai.l • ':Saskatchewan (Grain ,lgent Acheson of the ('. p a't seventeen. and .\'berta at toren- ;t1 snags+ •1 t•, th-' mere. Actual re - 1t. returned on Thursday, after 1' rt 1, ,'. tlrit in \lauit.,',a wle.•a0 complete tour of the west. Ifo ea • , ,nn+ S t •c •;•rtef i, t„ t'.1:-'at',:i- s t- study:ng the grain situation. ard See -' the a r, o,► :an ':1_ i lirirllty (.f M.- +.n t es • t :++gilt til.• • .: t -. • i; \ • . 1. fior.1 t'1 1 • 1,5 - 1.1C acre:' }I. i net teccived a lets. 1r ,. 1e . •+f a earshortsg' t11.3 "We estimated the 1/ ,.f 1:1,0:1 is!', ••.•. had not item a hirt 4.f in Manitoba a 4t?ft ;,:.st1e1.5 t :t i...vci;adc 11.%) '• reports himself delighted svit 1. yield, wh:cll; he anvt'. lar beyopd all early cstitltnt is contifeed that the t- tr,' crop ,cin x11'1 c•lo-c to 1.2.•• l>n: bels. a hic•h. at cur re-.; ' Mould wean a e:t-11 re.tural 1 , err, ..f nearly as 11:atlt 1