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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1912-07-25, Page 2IV,----dULY 28, 1912. The Wheat and the Tars. -Matt. 13: 2440, 3648. .Commentary. --1, The parable (ve. 24- n0,) 24. Another parable put he forth parable of the tares wee spoken atter that of the sower. It is recorded .Matthew only. The Itingdom of hea- ven -It i4 a system of divine- govern - molt and grace through Jesne Christ, It is a kingdom beeouse 011Thit is Kint.,;, saved men and women are' subjects, and Cod's will is law; it is of heaVoll, eauee heaven is its origin, its nature partakes of the aature of heavtu, ;nut heaveu is its coneummation, 1 likened outoolt 18 like it in that there exists a mixed, vonditien of g,00d and evil. Sew- ed good eeed-The seed was not orly Seed of the right kind, but there was no niletore of evil or undesirable seed with it it was good and clean. It re- ertired =telt care on the par 1 of the farmer, 'Eastern to -obtain 'good" seed. In his field -The field which he owned and over which he bad control. 25. While men slept -During the time usually de- voted to sleep. No blame is attached to them beeause they. elept. Sleep is as neeessary to man's well-being as work. enemy eame-Some one who hated him and planned ,malicious Sowed tares among the wheat -This is the story of a despicable deed. It was the farmer'S own field. Ire had carefully prepared the soil, proeured good, clean Seed, bad setted it and wae expecting a, harvest, and now his care and labor were ruthlessly and maliciously render- ed almost useless. There might spring up a few scattered seeds, carried there by birds and whirls, but here was a de- liberate sowing of tares among the mbeat. Went 1119 way -1{e came secret- ly, litt his work, and went away secret- ly. Evil deeds Omitthe light. 26. Breught forth fruit -The blades of itheat and tares could not be dieLin- peished, but the difference became ap- parent when ears, or heads, appeared. Taree-Thie is literally "darnel,' the weed that grows among the wheat. It NO a close resemblance to the stalks of vheat. "Tares abound all over the Fast and are a great nuisance to the .farmer. The taste is bitter and when eaten in bread causes dizziness, and oft- en acts as a violent emetic. 16 must be earefully winnowed and picked out of the wheat, grain by grain, before grind- ing, or the flour is not limit:M.71V- Thompson. 27. The servants of the householder - This espression brings to us the picture, of an extensive farmer with a large farm and several servants. Didst not thou SOW good Seed -The questioa ex- presses their belief that good seed was own, end their seurprise at seeing the I erns. It initieatee a well-conilneted, or- derly business. Whence .... taree--A 3no9t, natural question, for the tares could have eome only -.from Seed in the oil. An enemy hath done this --- The diortseholder had not seen him, but emit d ast a rd y deed. .e Quid not have been done by any bole an enemy. An enemy lurks about to destroy all good. Wilt Mon then that we .... gather -The beauty of the field was marred, and the !appearance reflected upon the house - :holder aod the servants, "An Oriental grain farm in harvest time is a model or Meanness awl beauty."-flastings' itib. Diet. The servants desired to right the wrong at once. 29. Nay; lest ye root, up alerr..the wheat- -In iields of rain where the :tares were comp ea - lively few, it was customary to gather out the tares arta other weeds before the time of harvest, but in this ease the tares were. Sewn thickly among the orain and the MOO wonid be so thor- oughly intertevined, that il. would be Smooesible to gather out the tares with- out deetroying molt of the grain. 30. Let both grow together until the har- vest -For the Pahe of the wheat ,spare the teres, but the word "until" showe In the time of harvest -The grain svould be ripened. henee would not be red by the removalof the tares: gather , taros to burn them - this was the rieual diermeition made et sveeds. They were burned in the ovens to heat them, and by burning, the losi. oee seeds would he destroyed. IL The parable interpreted (vs. 30- 43). 36. Went into the home-- Having finished His publie instructioa for the time being, He withdrew with His Ms- eiples for a quiet interview with them, ye Well as for rest and refreshment. Declare unto us the parable -The dis. eiples seem to have been unable to eomprehend the spiritual truth. tonvey- ed by the parable. 37. He that soeeeth - is the Son of man -"No doubt our Lord claimed the title of Son of man whieh was already give him in the Old Twitte- r/mut. (Dan. 7. 131, inasmuch as it was He who alone realized the ideal of man, the second Adana'. who, unlike the first, shonld maintaio. itis position as the head and representative of the nee!' -A11 good influences in the world are set in motion by d'esue Chriet, All others ean sow only through the power firm- iehed by Him, 38, The field 39 the world --The whole world, which God created in the beginning and which exists to- day with its history of good and the world which is the scene of human activitlee in titre. The ehildren of Me kingdom -In the parable of the sower the geed IvaAs divine truth given to men; in this the good seed repreeents form- ed by it. We are carrion back to the be. ginning when God placed man, made in Hls own Menem, On the earth. The. tares are the :children of the wieked one -Those who partake of the nature of "the wicked one." Their desires, their hopes, their proepeets are utterly rolike those of the "children of the kingdom" 30. The enemy -is the devil Observe here, rie elsewhere, the pereoW ality of the devil ie reeognized by our Lord in Unmietakable terms. Thie ie no parable, but the interpretation of parable; it is no eoneession to pi). pular prejudice, for It IS uttered to iris own disciples alone. -Abbott. It is by his steeeney that all evil seed hoe been eown, The elekness, death and Suffer- ing of every kind new .existing, that ever have (Meted, and that ever shall etiet an. all elottgeeldo to hint, 4-0. Tares are-birrned---That Web is Worthleee Will be -destroyed, lire is eemmon limo in the New Teatament lo deeeribe the retributiene of the wieks ed will be destroyed, but ,aot late& There will be no hope or possl. bility of a restoration. from the rigion of mimeo, -despair and .suffering th %Wall they will be eternally eoneigned, tind of this worhi-Ahe da,e of jirdea meat, when Christ wilt to n1 and the siteItittionary state vili toll, 41, ills king4om-11 world is live- teg0.11041 es belonghig to Chmst.-eiturile, Tiait ef felld -1.1'hoiso . 1t. tU otheri to ein, fie well as the who Act, openly wieknio shall be east into hell, I The s .of thie Vetee eViliseSe the teerible eidte .or a lost Ana They it.dvate bele,trile 7 L' / VINNO81400:00" able ruin. "The fires of the valley of Iltnnom were to the JdwPlhn `inblflin of future penally. What l'ire ie to the body that the element of hell will ijoubtless be to the eoul and to the Immortal resurreetion body." 43. Then -When the probationary tate has end- ed, and 311 evil has been remoevd. Questions.- Where and to whom was the parable of the tares evolsen? What k Meant by the kingdom of heaven? SVhat truthe are taught by this par- able? Who is the sower. What 18 the field? What haim was done to the field? Why did the servants wonder at the aPpearanee of the growing crop? Why were they not allowetl to' gatir out the tares? What will be done with the tares and with the wheat at the har- vest? Whom dope, the wheat represent? PRACTICAL SURVEY% Topie-World-wide condition% 1. Good and evil exist together. 11. All men ere maturing for judg- ment. 1. Good and evil exiet together. TMS per ra bi respresen te the ()))L41IE1 wltleb the kiugdom of heaven meets and whieh it lout to overeeme. God'kingdom is oppoeed by Satan, who implants in the hearts of men evil principlee and here- Sies Wlah resemble truth. Those who are One deceived profese religions out- wardly, but inwardly reject it. They are ealled taxers in the parable. Their condition ie elatged against Satan, who leathe enemy of all good. He is repre- eented as craftily concealing his pies - puce. He went his way, ehowing what confidence he had in the vitality of error. Ile had ever been employed in counterfeiting God's real work, He works through the weakliest" and folly of men, and defies the nature, yets.4111 consents to aseociation with true Chas - Uinta and to the profession of religiotr. It is one of the mysteries of the divine government that God should Allow an enemy in the field at all, yet his wiedoen and goodnese cannot be arraigned. The example -of the disciples is here eet 'be- fore us, to teach it fa seek enlighten, ment from the Lorain private commun- ion eoneernIng aJ1 pointe of mystery re - toting to hie cause. Only -Ur the inner- most -circle of the disciplewas the ex- planation conerning Satan's work given. Though the object of the servants was to keep the wheat pure and unmixed for Llt harvest, this final object would have been frustrated by the plan whieth their inconsiderate zeal sueseedd. Th distinc- tion between good. adevilis vitaI, and titer corns a, time when there can Ise no confueion between them, yet men. are in a state of trial and must have time to prove themselvee. The administration of justiee belongs to the owner of the fiehL Thoee -who labor in the gospel, and those who are tenderly solicitous for the honor of the chnreh may find in this parable a guide to their ways. It may alto corred the error of those who decline to enter into eltorch mem- bership became some are not pure who are /enrolled there. The teaching of the parable does not forbid aura dieennine, U. All men are maturing for Judg- ment. This life is a season of probation. The Lord reserves' judgment to the end of the world. 'When the period of growing is pet, the separation will be eafe and will btcome neceeeary. There must be the sowing, the °orowing, and the reaping. The harveet:will be a conchteion, ,becauee things are then ripe for It: Then the reapers will be called for, hut not from among the servanta. Angels who havonot been In the earthly conflict and. test will answer the Lord'e bidding. The taws will be taken in writhes.. Atheist., perseentore, hypo- criteand Oa who have Choked the wheat, Shall be dealt with as etnisble. "The eighteoue," as heirs of the kinge d-om, enter into the posseeeion of their inheritance, where they saline ,-!n the righteousness of Christ forever. The parable implies that the beauty of the riihteous nmy be hidden during the earthly life, Intt by tam silent growth of faith the imagst of the heavenly is ling formed within. in this life fait& is cradled in tears and. made etrong bv etorme, but that germ of faith will ripen into eteroat glory. Ifro there may be donde. ralee judgment may Ise !passed, but there the righteons will shine as the San. It may not now be under- etood how the diaeipline o life fits the soul for the fruition of the :Owe,- or how royal souls are being formed bt' it here, but the reward will be greater than the trial. T. R. A. - ; CROPS AND LIVE STOCK. A bulletin on the crops and live stock of Canada is Issued by the Census and Statistics °Wee. The correspondents or the Office report that in the :Maritime provinces and generally throughout east- ern Canada the weather or June con- tinued cold and wet, and growth was therefore slow. In the Northwest prov- inces the weather of June was hot and dry, and rain was badly needed at the beginning ot July. Rains have slnee fal- len, however, and conditions have inn - proved. Prospects for spring sown crops are generally favorable. According to revised figures obtained at the end of June the total area under wheat this year is 10,047,20) acres, corn- parea with 311,3?7,1e9 acres as returned by fins Celisies Of 1911. The area sown tc fall wheat in Mt was 1,(191,90C acres, Jut winter killing has reduced this area to 781,000 acres. The area so-wii to oats is estimated at 9,434,1101, acres, -compared with 9,2:13,5713 acres in Ian, and to barley 3,449,000 acres as against 1,403,969 acres in 1911. In the three Northwest provinces spring wheat covers 9,093,000 acres as against Sp 940,90 acres in nit the increase being in Saskatehewen and Alberta, in, ciudin.g'fah wnpat the total wheat acre-. ago In the three Pecivfnces Is 9,2415,100, compared with 9,304253 acres in 1911, the decrease being accounted for by the large area of fall wheat winter killed in Al- berta. Oats in the three provinces oc- cupy 5,037,0110 acres and barley 823,300 atrqs, as cempared with last year's cen- sus figures of 4,S,03,203 acres for oats and 701,7:1S acres for barley. Whilst not equal* to the exceptionally high figures reveilled this time last year, the condition of spring sown crops is generally good. The highest figures for epring cereals are reeorded in Wince Jed - ward Island mid British Columbia, the per cent. condition ranging from 97 te 99 in the former and from 90 to 95 in the latter province, the average for the Do- minion being from SO to 89. Pall wheat remains low, being only 70 for Canada, 73 for ontario and 71,0 for Alberta. Last Year the condition was also low, viz.; 75 for Canada; the average of the four years nom, was 8.15. Spring wheat 18 e9.73 per cent., ttompared wtth 94.78 last epee,. and 85.25 the four years' average; cats, 86.49 against e4.49 In Mt and 90.42 aVerage; barley, 68.58 against 93 in 1011 and 89.28 Average. 'Rye is l:7.84, peas are 80.08 and mixed .grains 84.98. Hay and (never -show a eondition per cent.. of Mee egainet 84.07 in UM; alfalfa 90.00 against 82.31, and setsture -95.36 against OM. In the three Northwest provinces f-pring wheat, oats and hateey range from SO to S3per cent., figureS whieh are mese to the average of the. four years 1008-11 rod which are below last Year's exeep- tionai reeords by from about 10 to 15 per eent. The estimated =others of nee stock PI low forther deereases except as re- gards horses and dairy eattitetlie former being 70,460 and the latter MONA than last year's estimates. The Censee fig - twee of 1911 ere oot yet available. The eenditio» ef all live stock itt :Canada 13 uniformly exeellent, the number of pointer being 07 horees, 08 cattle, 07 sheep and IV Mine. TWO BRIDGES' GONE. i‘foxiettn City, July eortt- Munieation between this eily and Tor. reon has been iost; end two bridges are reported out, 'OHO near oliraullo 4114 the other near Pleardiris. Iturnore that the big. Pieardia$ bridge hes boon dynamited are .eitrrent, but neither -railway nor gov, ermnent confirm:Qin is available, 1 TORONTO MARKETS. FARalleleY MARKIN% Dreesed hogs .... 11 00 Butter. dairy .. .... 0 20 Eggs, dozen ..... 0 28 Chickens, lb. .. 01 0 316 Do„ epring ( Turkeys, le Potatoes, bag .. 1 50 Cherries, cooking, basket 0 90 Cabbage, dozen .. 0 40 Itotatoes, bag 1 50 Dreseed hogs .. 11 00 Celery .. ...„ 0 05 . Rhubarb,. buneh ,. 0 21/4 Lettuce, bunch 0 !Ste fayeaa.-rt "ar.,aareET. 1.50 0 28 0 30 0 20 0 35 0 20 1 tli7i 1 10 0 60 1 65 11 50 0 10 0 00 0 00 Sugars are gunned in Toronto, in bags, per OWL, as fullolts: klxtra, granulated, St. Lawrence .. ..; ft 13 Itedpath's ...... le Do., Acadia .. ........... . o 10 ln!Perle.I granulated. 00 Beaver granulated .. eti No. 3 yellow I, • 604 ........ •••• O• •• 4 ..0 in barrels, tie per cwt. more; ear lots, 3c less, LIVTI STOCK, Tomtit° despateloRecelpts at the 'Union Stock Yarde this morning showed a big jump, totalling 2,432 cattle, 47 ealves, 6N1 sheep and lambs and 514 calves, -The) , big run of cattle had the effect on prices and all Rinds of beer animals sold a (ware ter to half a cent lower than last week. Hogs held steady. Export cattle, choice.. .. ..$ 7 20 C 7 50 Do., bullss •, •, . P. f f * • • * 5 25 0 Z-.1 Butchers' ea'ttle, choice.. .. 6 95 7 35 Do., medium- .. ,. . .. ..., 6 15 (5 00 Butchers' cows, cbace.. .. 4 05 6 15 Do., medium -„ .. ,. .,.. ., 3 61 4 50 Doe canners .. ,. ,... .... is 30o Do., bulls - ,, .... ..,. .... 4 SO 5 59 reeding .tee re .. a ,. .... ., 5 13 6 15 Stoekers, choice .. .... .. .. 4 75 e -15 Do., light.. .. .. ..,.. .. .. :1 00 4 00 Milkers, choice, each.... .. 43 00 6:1 00- Springers .. .... .. .... .•.. 35 00 01 00 Sheep, ewes., .. .. .... .,. .. 4 00 4 50 Buelts and culle .. .. .. .... 300 3 .10 Lambs .. .. . .. .. 7 30 9 25 Hogs, fed and watered 3 10 Hogs, f.o.b. .. .. .. .. 7 75 Calves .... .....,.... .. „., ..„ 3 73 OTHER MARKETS. 4.. WINN-trim GRAIN Ex.rataNtap.all..ev. Wheat- Open. High. Low. Close. Close. .Tuly 10714 10714 1067,fi 106.5 etteee Oct.. . 941,e 93% 93S8 114 -Se Oats- 37 38 Oct.. .. 25:rh MteiNEAPOLIS GRAIN. Minneapolis - Close- Wheat, July„ p.- 04 3-4; September, 94 0 -Su; Deceenber, 05- 1-2c; No. 1 hard, $1.05 1-8; No. 1 northern, $1.04 3-8; No. 2 northern, VAS 3-8; No. 3 wheat, 99 5 -Sc to $1.00 5-8„ Corn - No. 2 yellow, 74e. Oats -No. 3 White, 44 1-2c to 45e. Rye -No. 2, 70c. Bran --$20 to S21. Flouts -First patents, $5.10 to $5.35; second patents, $4.08 to ;5.03; first clears, a.3.50 to $3.75; second clears, •$2.40 to $2.70. PTITAITTI Duluth-Wheat-eNQ. 1 bard, $1.13 1,45; No. 1 northern, $1.01 5-8; No. 2 northern, $1.02 5-8; July, $1.03 1-2 asked; September, 95 7 -Sc; December, 96 S -S nominal. CII1e,ESE M.A.RIKET. London, Ont,-Tbe orrerings on - the London Cheese 13oard yesterday are ao follows: Pond Mills, 83c; Blanckard and Nissouri,90e; alanworth, $1.20; Ballymote, 40 twins 0, 30c; large e; 466 boxes offered; no sales; bidding front 32 1-2c to 12 7-8e. Corresponding weeks of 1910 and 1911, ulY .123, 1910, offerings 1,220; sales, 195 at 1-2c, bids 10 1s2c to al 5-8e; July, 22, 1911, offerings, 2,172; sales, 917 at 12c; bids, 11- 1-2c to 12c. - Cowahsville-At the meeting of the Eastern Township Dairymen's Assoent- tion- held here thls afternoon seventeen factories boardee 963 boxes of butter and 115 boxes of cheese. Rive buyers were present. Nine hundred. and twenty-sev- en packages _or butter sold at 26c, 42 pack- ages of Mater unsold. Cheese all sold at 12 3 -Se and 12 1-2c. Canton, N. Y. -Ten thousand four hun- dred boxes of cheese at 34 31Sc; 900 tubs, of butter at-2Se. elL Hyacinthe-Pour hundred packages of butter were boarded and sold tit 26 1-4e; 650 boxes of cheese at 12 3-8c. Watertown, N. "Y. -Cheese sales were 9,000 at 14 1-2e to 14 3-4e. to -day's Cheese Board 3,85e boxes of white were offered. Sales: 430 at 32 13-16e, 1,000 at 12 3-4e, balance re- fused at 11 1-6e, but sold later at 11. 3-4c. PROVINCIAL MARKETS. . . St. Thorium -Heavy rains the past week worked wondeee Che crops in the country around here,- and rarIners are wearing smiles that won't come off. The berry crop was specially benefited, and there WaS abundance of tliese on the markets to -day, although the prices were well up, e3 a crate being the lowest quoted "hitter and eggs snowed an ad- vance in price, and live hogs also braced up. Quotations: Eggs, 02e to 25c; butter, 2Se to 39e; hogs, ri.ai; cliiekens, 14e to lee lb.; cherries, le 1-2c box; raspberries, Joe to 12 1-2c box; potatoes, 4e0 peck; oats, 55e to 00e; wheat, ;1; loose bay, S15; baled bay, $24; hides, 8 1-2e to 10 1-2e; caIrskine, 14c; washed wool, 18c. Stratford - New potatoes made their first appearance imi quantity to -day. sell- ing readily at (10c per peck. Raspberries at 15c per box sold quickly. Live hogs have advanced 25c. Wheat is down to the dollar mark, and wool Is half a cent higher. Prevailing quotations to -day are: Eggs, 53c dozen; butter, 25c per Ib.: chickens, 60c each; potatoes, old, 33c peek; new potatoes, 60e per peek; wheat, $1 per hnshel; oats, 60e; hay, $1S per ton; baled, $20; hogs, live, $7.75 to $7.90 Per cwt.; wool. washed, 19e to 20 1-2e per lb.; hides, 100 to irc per 1h.; calfskins, 1$c to Sic per lb. Generally brighter crop pros- pects are reported followings the heavy rale. Delleville-The market this morning was very large. Prices in nearly an linos went up a little. The crop outlook Is it little brighter. Hay will be a little bettels 'than pet- year. Straw will be 'very short, while ratite will Muck did in head- ing out the grain. The root crop ought to be fair If rain falls in sufficient quan- tity. Quotations:. Eggs, 22e to 23c per dozen; butter, 2.1e to 30c per lb.; old hay, loose, $12 to $13.50 ton; hay, baled, $16 per ton; wheat, $1.03 per bushel; oats'52c to 330; hogs, live, $7.60 cwt..; wool, washed, :!06; farmers' hides, 9 1-20; callskIns, 12- 1-4S% eamirrom• Moon The ritaidiet prices to -day: Egg, per dozen, 22e; butter, per pound, 28e. to See; deacons, 11; Cherries, per box, 5.! to Se: lard, pr pound, l8e to 20e; hams; per pound, 12e to 14c; hogs, live, $1.75; Pigs, (ach, Li0 to $2: iambs, 22e to lees; salmon, per pound, 10e to 12e; caw ciw'te ban ton, $S. to ;10; 'White - per pound, 12c; spring chickens, pet pelt, e`Oe; -neiv poteLoee, pee peek,soo; tim- othy seed, per cwt,: $14 and $1:i; Refit this week lits freshencd the crops: dith,ougi, they have not recovered fronl the sin - ling spell. Peas are -enuring into the eannerii.s a hair erop. Cheerio and rtuipbetries are a fair offering, the latter Le -day' t tAsql. fee a ourater. motor and eggs ato scare, PeterbOr01-4111PrOVing SUPPlY liegt4 at $7.75. Itay reteutins at the wore priees; baled, $20; loose, $14. to ;id; farm - hides, 9c; butchers" 10e; Ns asited 110011 19e to 20e; wheat, $1.05; oats, Me; potatoes, $1.2a bag; no local offering); in new potatoes; eiticicelis, fele to Mt? eitsit; elterries, 12e; raspberries, light. meat ere!), 15e; eurrients, 20e quart; butter firm at 23e; ego, e3e. Partners report fall wheat exeenent. Other crops fair, 1,as. tures improved. Guelph -There was it -fair sized market this moroinge with prices slightly lower in some instaneem than 4 week ago. Pena and vegetable:4 predomina Led. There were otily It, few boxes Of strawberries rind thev. were the last Pieking of the season, and were not musb in de- mand. 'lime fruit, men rroin Ilamilton en- deavored to keep the priee on berries and cherries op to the highest possible notch to -day, but they swore foreed. to mune down or take their stuff bnek home. They were aelting as high as ;1.40 or pherries, but wore glad to get $1.13 and ;140. loor raspberrlea 2 eenta a box was asked, but they were finally sold for lac. There was no eirenge In the priee of cgs, butter and poultry. The prices were: Mims, tie to 23e dozen; butter, 23c to Me pound; new potatoes, toe to 1;oe basket; eabbages, Ge; raspberriee, loe bee; benne, 40e basket; eherries, $1.13 to $1,23; testi, 60c tei Vie melt; eurrants, toe it box. Chathame-Srean fruita are the fhler feeture of the market, pukes being' high. Miter, Vie tnperind; enielcone, PP, PPP* OPP.Pr- - -PP -P-o-P-Pt,-^ PP. Pp- to aee; duerie, See to 73e; eggst, 220 dozen; potatnee, new, :41e peek; wheatt tinehel, et; tette, pie; wool, 12at41iod, INn to 100 pound; calreltine, 12e; 110S.e, livesee.00 up. Heavy rain eally 111 WO a week has helped crops. Owen Sound -The farmers are hustling in Lite hay fields, and this morning'e 70alicet1ng was light, white the deemed stmarriarly was 1104 beave. Prieve during the week have not. moved, and good Ind - ter in urhas brought :190 to :No, jegge, 3540 to 19e. Live eldeaens, lie to lele; bee fowl, 9e; deemed chicken, 16e; dressed fowl, lle. Wheat, Me, Barley, 93e. Oats, rere to 34e. I -lay, $10 per ton; baled nay, $19. Dressed. hogs, $10.50. elairskins, 36e; butelters' eo1V11i41eF.1, lie; medium, 10- 1.20 and thin, 10e. splendid rates are helping pastores green aria are aot Inter. fering with haying. London, Ont. --,There was a large mar- ket to -day, the feature being the- abund- ance of smell froit orfered. Quotations: Oats, per bushel, 520 to SSv, Wheat, nee' bushel, $1 to $1.03; Hay„ per ton, S1.0 to til: new hay, per ton, miaa to $15. Straw, per ton, $9- to $it Butter, whole- sale, 23e; do., store lots, pound, ese to 22 1-2e; do., ereamerY, Pound, 26e to 27e. Eggs, fresh laid, dozen, 24e to 25e; do., (Tate, wholesale, 21e to 22e. Chickens, per pair, 7,5' to $1.25; do., Pound, woolenale, 15e to iae•, do., pound, retail, 20e to e2e. Old fowl, per pound, 10e to 11e. Dreesed Meats, last yea -es lamns, potmd, 13e to 14c; this year's lambs, $11 to $15. Dressed bogs, choice, ett to Mee, Veal, per cwt., $9.30 to $12. Beef, cown ewt,, e to am Mutton, pr ewt„ ;8 to S40 Heavy hogs, cwt., $8 to $8.50. Live stock-Seleet hogs, cwt., $7.75. )Pat sows, cwt., $3.50 to Sii; smolt pigs, per pair, .S.3 to Se. Mitch vows, each, ten to $70. Beef, young, ewt., rJ to $11. Potatoes, single bag, 73e to Sle do., per toad, 750. Cabbage, per dozen, 40c to 50e. New potatoes, bushel, e1,40; do., barrel, $3,21 to $3.e0. Tomatoes, per pound, 12 1-2e. flooseberrles, retail, Se to 9e; do., wholesale, 13e. Bleck currants, ouart, 33c to Me. Raspberries, per box, 13e to 14c; do., wholesale, 13c. Red cur- rants, box, 0e- to Se. (Sherries, per quart, 10e; do„ bqx, 9c. Wool, unwashed, pound, 12c to Ile; do., washed, pound, 190 to 20e. Lambskins, eacb, zee to- 30e, LIVERFOOeJ pRODUCE. Wheat -Spot steady. No. 2 red west- ern, Se 70; No. 3 Manitoba, 7s 11d; fu- tures steady, July, nominal; Oct., Is 2 3-80; Dec.,:7s 7-84. Corn -Spot quiet. American mixed, old, 78; nest kiln dried, as 10d; futures firm; July, nominal; Sept., 4s 8 3-4d, Flour ---Winter patents, 30s. Hops in. London .(Pacifie Coast-- ,C7 is to :e0. Beef -Extra India mess, 130s, Porle-Prime mess, western, 95s, liame-Short cut, 14 to 10 lbs., 00e, Bacon-Cumber)and cut, 29 to :10 lbs., 61R. Short ribs, Ri to 21 lbs., els 6d. Clear bellies, 14 to 16 lbs., 59s. Long clear middles, light, 28 to 31 lbs., 593. Long clear middles, heavy, 35 to 40 lbs., _58s. Short clear backs, la to 20 lbs., 55s. Shoulders, square, 31 to 13 lbs., 50s. Lard -Prime western, in tirces, 512s 30; American refined, 5$s 9d. Cheeee-Canadian tinest white, 62s; colored, 21012, 05e. Tallow -Prime city, 3es. Turpentine, 8pirits-33s 00, Resin, common -16s 90. Petrolem, refined --9 3-84. • Linseed. oil -41s Od. CHICAGO LIVE STOCK. Chicago deepatch: Cattle -Receipts 11,000; market steady to 10e higher. Beeves 9 $ 9 1 TOXIIS steers $ 590 7 i0 00 Western steers 3 80 7 80 Stockers and feeders 3 90 6 50 Cows and heifers 2 69 7 00 (Li:1111:.e 5 50 8 05 Hogs-r!leceipts, 44,000; merket quiet, 1oo ila jligx11(1 Iiete7 lloh p A Pigs Bulk of sales 7 35' 7 85 7J0 7S. 710 782¼ 710 730 590 750 755 780 Sheep -Receipts, 30,000; market stow generally 30e lower. Native, 8 15 5 15 Western • . 3 :35 5 10 Yearlings ..... 4 00 5 60 Lambs, native 4 25 7 35 Western. .... 4 25 7 30 BUFFALO LIVE STOCK. East Buffalo despatch -Cattle - Re eeipts, 3,000 head.; active. 15 to 25e higher; prime steers, $0 to $9.40; ship- ping, $8.50 to $8.90; butchere, $5.50; heifers $4.50 to $7.65; cows, $3 to $0.30; butte, titl; etoekers $4.25; stock heifers, $3.75 to $4.25; fresh eows end springers, $2.50 bigrer, at $30 to *70. Veales-Receipts, 2,200 head; active and 25e lower; $4 to $9.75. 1 logs -Receipts, 12,000 Ireful; Retire, stead; heavy, $8.25 to $8,30; yerleens, $8.10 to $8.25; pigs, $8 to $8.10; roughs, $0.85 to *7; stage, $5 to $6; dairies) $8 to $8.15, Sheep and lambe-Reecipts, 8,000 head; lambs, 4.50 to $8.25; yearlings, $6; Nvetli. ere, *4.75 to $5.25; ewes, $2 to $4.50; elteep, mixed, $3 to $5. SUMMARY OF THE JULY FRUIT CROP REPORT'. Weather eonditions-Not unfavorable for tree fruits. Somewhat hot and dry for small fruits kluring Apples. -Prospects have depreciated since last month, Nova, Seotia expects only 52 per cent, of a full crop, Ontario it medium crop, and British Colombia Ii as still prospects for a record yield. Pears. -Eastern Canada medium crop only, British Columbia good. - Plums -Below medium in Eastern Canada, good in British Columbia. Peaches -Notwithstanding the Nur.. lee resulting front the severe weather of last winter ot fair crop will be harvest- ed in the Cilief commercial orchards. Cherries -A fair erop of early cherrie8 has been harvested; meet cherriee de- eidedly short. Grape ---Good crop everywhere. Small fruits-litrawberries ahort 3n Eastern Canada. and priece eorrespond- NineglYhigh. itaspberriee shortened by dry Vather. Currant.* and gooseberries good, bleat - berries deekleoly short. itt British Col- umbia, small fruits have been a heavy crop, Tomatoes -Medium erop, Insects and fungus diseasea-The rav- ages of the tent caterpillar termed much damage in New Brunswiek, western and sotthern Quebec and eastern Oritario„ many of the orchards being completely defoliaged. Apple seal) is showing in Dia- triet 0, Blight has done more than the usUal injury in pears 11118 season, ,L A. ituddiek, Commissioner, Chief Fruit Division, ARREST SUSPECTI Armenian Arrested for the St..Catharlties Murder, St. Catharines, Ont., ;Ally 22. -The pollee last night Arrested Ifarry Doseittn, an Armenian, as a suspect for the Inur• der 'of Tarpemian, the Armenian., a week ago. Beeeian, it has jnet been learned, was out of bed before 5 *look o11. the day of the. murder, and he lues beet Acting euepielouely of late, The Armen- ian arrested at Rothester 15 not Sole - Mall Plibteslan, ;this man who 'disappeared immediately after the erime Wee 44411 - Mittel], :g OF OF THE DAY IN [MEE *0.4 --.- Mrs. IVI‘Gee Found Guilty of Murder. Man Hanged Himself In His Cell With a Towel. Dislocated His Shoulder Shaking Hands. Dr. Murray, of Brooklyn, N.Y., was drowned at Port Colborne, Fire did eeenatea '21. 'Vancouver ap- proximating two nalon dollars. John Clarks, of Thuriow, died. as the result of it horse's kick. A young man named Eley broke hie nook while driving at Port Stanley. The aesesement of Calgary in 1912 is $112,500,000. In 1001 it was $2,000,000. The Metropolitan Railway will ask for regulation or restriction ot freight traf- fic. Three persons aftendea the services yesterday morning at St, Hilda's, To- ronto. ' 'Wm. Robinson, ex -M.1'., and twice mayor of Kingston, died. there at the age of 87. A proteet from the C. V, R., it is said, will not delay the work- of the viadnet and Union Station at Toronto. J. If. Clary, Crown Attorney, of Sud- bury District, has mysteriauely disap- peared since Thursday afternoon. Ottawa is experiencing an epidemic of typhoid, sixty ettees in:lag reported. with- in a few days. Alexander 'Villandre, arrested in a To tont° jewelry Store, had 124 unset dia monds in his poesession. Thomas Wilson was burned. to death at the old Qnebee bridge, being pinned under an overturned boiler. The Toronto retail groeers clahned that the dusty streets prevented, them front keeping their geode clean. Sir Donald. Mann announced that the C. N. IL transcontinental woulit not carry through trains for two years. Mr, Ernest R. Paterson, the first nodes scholar from the University of Toronto, died after three years' illness People of Toronto arid neighborhood bought 2-50 carloads of potatoes from one county in Virginia in six weeks. Arthur Boote, aged 13, wae droweed while swimming at Ste. :nose, Que. 122.11celz. he had gone with a Sunday school 4i Telegraphic commu ni eat ion with Prince Edwnrd island has been inter- rupted by breaking of a cable since the llth of duly. An officer was dismissed by the Min- ister of Militia for being drunk while in charge of troops returning from :Nia- gara camp to Toronto. Michigan Progressives decided to break away from the Republican party and appointed delegates to the Pro- gressive convention at Chicago. Mrs, W. IL Cross, a prominent Win- nipeg society woman, was drowned in the Lake of the Woods, when a boat W843 overturned. Holy Trinity Chureh, Welland, has adopted a plan Eo enlarge the chureh, to increase the seating capacity to 350. The building will be extended 35 feet. Hon. Wm, Paterson, ex -Minister of Customs, is reported to -day to be con' iderably improved, and is testing goiet- ly in hie room at the Ruesell Hotel, Ottawa, G. If. Davey and J. F. Stoneham, of Toronto, memberof the Ophis:'e crass Who did heroie work during the earth- quake at 1:.‘leasina, received silyet medals from the Icing of The Brown Ifoist Company, the firm from Cleveland that has aequired the control of M. Beatty ar, Son's plant at Welland for manufacturing contracting plants and dredges, will double the capacity of the plant. A new pavilion and a new cottage are in course of conetruction at the Mueleolat Free Hoepital for Colman-1p- tives. When these are completed the, accommodation for patients at the two t'no0. lus310eoka institutions will be increased Line troubles caused several inter- ruptions of Hydro -Electric eerViee iii To- ronto. Not all the circuite were effected, but breaks ranging from one and one- half minutes to half an how annoyed coueumere on several lineradiating from the Jarvis Streets sub-statioa, non. F. D. Monk, Minister of .Pahlie Works., Made a etatement that the De- partment of Railwaye and Canals had ieetted inetructione to lie engineers to start preparing plans for construction of the new canal and lock at the Sault, and to go ahead 'with preparations for commencing worke Foul play is suspeeted isi ooneeetion with the death of Coorge Ernest Symea, an Engliehman, who wa8 found dead on the devil strip, lying ftero.28 a log between two freight ears in the (1. T. R. freight yards, west of the Union Ste, - Hon, Toronto. Diego Mari)1o, the young Italian who shot and killed his brother at Solway on -duly 3rd, committed suicide by habg. ing itimecif in the jamesville, Penitentiary. Marino used a towel to hong himself front the upper sleeping berth of his cell. E. IL Watts, a prominent landowner and bye th eritelew of General Sir John French, chief of the imperial .general staff, was aesessinated he, a dism:ssed gamekeeper, whit shot him wide walk- ing home front enureh near :Newport-, Pagnell, Buckinghamshire. The game- keeper committed soieide. While assisting the driver to deliver pareels front one of the motor deVvery wagons of the Lamy Company, Eugene Lir Belle, a fonrieelisyearedil sl 0111.2011) boy, was thrown from the wagon as suddenly swerved, and was (gushed to death between it and a tree. ilo Was the only boy lir a family of thirteen. (4eorge Winfield, a raeetreek mat, met an old friend at the traele at Windsor, and they shook 11(4116 140 enthusiastieril- ly that when the friend released his grip Winfield 1021151 that his shoulder had been dislooated, and the services of a physician Were required to 'ritual the bone baek where it properly belonged. The leadere of the London. dock (strike eent a cablegram to Samuel ampere, president of the Amerieart rederation of Labor, asking for Immediate finantial riesistanee. The Meal finttnees have he. tome evhansted, and the leadera fear that the strikers will be starved into an uneomlilienal snrrender. Priae.fight moving pictures toelary be- ; eine a thing 0,1: the past in the United Statee when the liow.e paveed ;t Senate hill prohibiting the transportation of eueli moving picture films between the various states and territories or from foreign eountriee, neavy fine for viola- tion of the proposel iaw roe fixed by the bill. :‘1043t encouraging reports wore given out from Si, Michael'hospital last evening regarding the eondition of Mr. J, Lorne Campbell and Mr. Victor Rose, who were Injured in. Wednesday night's auto accident near Richmond lfill. Both reeted as easily during the day as could he expected, eonSidering the nature of the fractures they eustained. Three violent deathe occurred in Montreal, They were thoee of A. Ger- main, a brakeman on the Grand. Trunk, who was run over by an engine at Point St. Charles; John Greet, who was crushed to death in some machinery in the plant of the Dominion Textile CO, and Sadie Julienne, who poisoned herself by drinking prussic. acid, That the American Federation of La. bor will send financial assistance to the London dock strikers, who called to Samuel Gompere, president of the Fed- eration, was indicated by Mr. Gonapers. "We will take the question up directly -with the Englieh union," said Mr. Comp- et's. "But 1 will not discuss for publi- cation any of the details." Mrs. Patrick McGee, of St, Mary's road, Prince Ed W a rd isiaud, who was tried in the Superior Court at George- town on the charge of murdering her five children by administering phosphor- us taken from matches, was found guilty after half an hour's deliberation by the jury, with a steong recommen- dation to mercy. She will probably be declared insane and sent to the asylum. & TWO ARRESTS Second Week of Trouble at ., Bedford, Mass. Bedford, MOSS., July 22.e -Two arrests marked the opening of the second woek of the strike and - loek-out which has) forced into idleneee 13,000 operatives in twelve cotton cloth mills in this city. joeeph Ademewiez, said to be a member of the Industrial 'Workers of the 'World, and hie •eife Were taken. into custody. Adamowice wee taken on a double charge -interference and carrying a dan- gerous weapon. Mrs. Adamowlez, wait a day-old infant in her arms, was arrested for interference after She had attempted to reeeue her husband from the police. No other trouble was reported during the early morning. 11 MEN RESCUED* London's Mayor Figures as a Life Saver. London, Ont., duly 22. ---Mayor Ora - ham, of London, fib Port Sta n ley, rowed out a mile and a half in Lake Erie shortly before noon yesterday and res- cued Jack 'Mitchell, Jack Greer, Russell Croden, James Orr and 11. McKnight, all of this city, when a sail boat itt which they Were sailing capsized in a gale. When Mayor Graham arrived he found the earring men dinning to the keel of the overturned sailboat. With the ex- ception of young Orr all could swim. Orr, however, was exhausted and was aseisten into the Mayor'boat. The others were able to remain with the sailboat until the arrival of some launches, which were sent out as soon as possible. after Mayor Graham gave the alarm before he rowed. out. These abfoiaetrs otlleid:mna;tor ss,pocittn.e time PHILLIP° 13ENETTI Charged With Trying to Murder His compatriot, Ottawa, 'duly 22. --Joseph Vario, an ftalian, lies in the General Hospital in a critical condition, and Phillip° Ben- etti, a, compatriot, is in the hands of the police, charged With attempted =tr- ace. Tide is the outcome of a brawl between the, two men, who reside to- gether in a tent in the village of East - view, a subnrb of the city. Benetti and Vario were apparently friends until yesterday, when some Polack's, who liv- ed close by, heard screams coming from the tent. Hushing to the scene they dis- covered Benetti with uplifted axe in the net of striking Vario, who was lying on the ground alread- seriouely wound- ed. The Polaeks, tied Benetti to a tree and summoned the pollee, who took him in charge. MIKADO BETTER Pulse Lower and His Con- dition Much Improved, Tokio,July 22. -The improvement in the condition of ittutsultito, the Emper- or of Japan, which set in this morning continued throughout the day. A. bulle- tin issued by the court physicians in at- tendance at five o'cloCk thie evening says: "Tenrporature, 100.4, fahrenbeit; pulse 88; respiration 20. Digestion good. Improved conditions eustamed," A further bulletia issued by the eourt Physicians at half past eight thits even- ing, says “reaveratarre, 1a.(10; pulse 72 ;strong; respiration, 24, Other symptoms im- provi ng." iii..6•000‘.060.04610111.06:••••001.0 00•440 FLEE IN TERROR. Onadalajara, Julyta2.----Eart1squakes eontinue here at intervals making any attempt to repair Omega buildings jtn- passb1, The inhabitants are leaving on every train. One witiell left toalay car* vied fifteen emtehee, With every seat taken, Hundreds of the poor are 'de. parting on foot or on horseback, and if the dieturbitneee contieue the city will soon be depopulated. DROWNED IN A HOLE. MO1ttreal, sinly 22. -Stepping in a hole behind an Island opposite Ste. Rose on Saturday, ami beirig unable to swim Peet the life of Arthur 'mote, year old, living with his parents, Chatili80 street, and one of Itis eompanions also elute near losing his life,. bat 'eventually managed to_etrriggle and grctsp a boat and was pulied into it by Waiter %Mei -a young brother -of the vietim, • "..." ,"-!!" E BA I ILES H ps 10411 ant Churobill Makes important Statement in the House. Germany's Preparation for Instant A.ction. London, July =7 -Winston $pencer Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty, in Introducing the supplementary naval appropriation of $5,01:10,00() in the kfouse of Commons thisafternoon said the direet cause of the increase in expenditure On the British navy was to be found in the new German navy law, the main feature of which was the increase in the striking force of ehips of all classes. The effect of the new german navy law would, he said, -be that nearly four-fifths og the entire German navy -would be rnaintained in full permanent corn - mission. and instantly ready for war. The Pirst Lord continued: "Such preparation is remarkable and as far as 1 ara aware finds no example in the previous practice of modern naval powers." Mr. Churchill then announced the British ship building programme for the next five years, saying that five battleships were to be constructed next year and four in each of the fol- lowing years. Lord Charles Beresford says that the situation regarding naval defence is so grave that instant action must be taken to Meet the emergency. Under the new German law, the Ad- miralty Lord said, the ultimate scale of the German fleet would be 41'battle- solotirtt/sio,n.20 large armoured cruisers, 40 email erniSerS turd smallerin craft pro - "That will be an extremely formidable fleet," Mr, Churchill said, "and the only way to meet it is by cool, steady and methodical preparation prelonged over eubsequent years, "There is to use flinging money about on the impulse of the moment," the Firot Lord continued. "The strain which Great Britain will have to bear tvill be long and slow, aid nothing can be gained hy impulsive or erratic action. illAe7jeghsblororildle biiheArl ItTy 0 ifrtoa or potiricyClerlyTaieriti marehee unswervingly to its goal. "The supplementary estimate to meet the extra German expenditure," Mr. Churchill said, "is only a small instal- nent and the new ship Wilding pro- gramme of the next five years will be raised to five vessels next year and lour boats thereafter instead of three in 1013, four in 1914, three in 19153 four in 1016, and three in 1007, the number 1 had hoped We might stand at." Mr. Churchill went on to point out that the increased fighting power of the German, fleet involved the reorganiza- tion of the British .forces in order that necessary margin of safety might be maintained. The leiret Lord then announced that he intended to raise the nuraber of battleships in full commission from 28 to 33, by 1914. From 1914 onwards Great Britain will have five battleship squad- rons, composed of 41 ships and of the five squadrons, four will 'be in full com- mission. Thus Great Britain will have 33 battleships against Germany's 29. This might .not be considered a yery satis- faetory proportion, 1,1fe. Churchill de- clared, but, having irk regard the char- acter of the different yeesels, the admir- alty Was of the opinion that 33 battle- ships would be adequate for the needs of 1910915, Mr. Churchill promised large additiore in the personnel every year, as well as extra submarines, and acceleration in the construction of tight cruisers. Regarding (110 Mediterranean, the First Lord- said that any. attempt to _confine British naval supremacy in any partienlar waters would be not only false -strategy, but bad polities. The four battleships at Gibraltar, the speaker said, would be raised to eight vessels. Six old battleships would be withdrawn from Malta and be replaced by four battle ettrieera of the Invincible type and quality. '.1.'he armoured cruiser squadron there was to be strengthened by the addition of a submarine fotilla. The station at Malta also was to be increased, Mr. Churchill said, and new torpedo boat stations, were to be estab- liehed at Alexandra. The First Lord declared Ile had heard that one of the Mediterranean powers contemplated another considerable naval programme, so it was not unlikely that the British Mediterranean squadron would have to be reinforced in 1916. Mr. Churchill stated that he had been authorized by the Canadian Premier, Robert L. Borden, to say that it was desired that any steps Canada might take ehould be directly to strengthen the naval forces of the empire. ALLEGED LEPER. Bu f cal°, uly 22,-A ba eterioi ogical examination of Sant TSPD, of llay City, Michigan, who is suffering from what is deelared to be a pronounced, elm of lop - rosy, and who was located in the city Yesterday, is being conducted by city health officers to -day. Upon, the resutt of ibis examination, whieh will be taken late to -day, will depend whether state antr federal aid will be sought in free- ing tile city oe his presence. Ism is con- fined in a local hespital under pollee gnard. INSECT PESTS 6 i Ottawa, July 22. ---Dr. O. Gordon, Dominion entomologist, is leaving fov England. on dilly 260h to represent Can- ada at the :international Congress of Entomology, whieh is being held at Ox- ford from August 5th to IOth. Subse- quently he wilt attend a eonference which the Necretary of State for the Colonies is arranging at the Colonial Of- fice for the pnrpoee of working out a &cholla) for imperial co-ordination in pre- venting the spread of insect pests and the more extended investigation of the noxious inseets which oeenr in different paris of the empire. BOTH WV, SPEAK, miaow oily, aulY 2' :1--Preshient 'Deft and (loveener Wilson, therespective eanditlatee of the Itennbliean and Demo- eratie parties, are to be on nos f401110 platform and 'make speeehes In Atlatille elty some time between September 30th and October rith, A:recording to an an- honneetneum t made by the Amerlean Road Congress, representing fifty assoelatiOns, Whin is to he in session here between those datev. Both accepted invitations to address the Congress 'before they were nominated, end their addresses Will be uonspolitieal, YA4p1.4.41,54.....p.u.414.4410.0.4pAnAokelapapitil MONTREAL GRAIN SHIPMENTS. 'Montreal, july la---4'he following are the ishipmente of grain and flour 'from the port of 'Montreal for the week old - Ing July 20: Wheat 068,03 bushels; 85,1)57 bushel's:. flour 84,802 saeke; meal, 5,1340 seeks and 'barley, 10,078 bushels, KILLED BY A CAR Aged Sarnia School Princi. pal Meets Death. ,Sarnia. deepateli: At fonr o'eloele tide afternoon, while crossing the in- tersection of London Road and Chile. Una street, William Sinelair, of Sar- nia, Was knocked down and inetantly killed by an electric ear going south along Christina street from Point Ed- ward, Mr. Sinclair, who WaS eighty years of age, was slightly deaf and waa physically very feeble, Ile failed to notice the approaeh of the ear. Mr, Sinclair was ft graduate of Ox- einhgemaistrdr° ford, and for many years was prin.- eipal of the Sarnia High School. He resigned on account of deketive eye- sight, due to an exploeion while mak- ing to a class in BOYS IN MINES All. Those Under 14 Must Leave Them. Alleged That Order Will. Work Great Hardship. London, July 22, --An order haat been received in the South Wales colliery die- triets from the Home Office ordering all boys under the age of fourteen ro leave the mines at once. Thi e decision has caused eonsternatioti among the miners of South Wales. There are at present hundreds of lad's em- ployed in the mines earning good. money ae lamp boys and helpers, but the pees Coal Mines Act, whieh came into open - (ion on July 1, prohibits anyone under that age Trona being time employed. It is -estimated that in the Rhondda. Valley alone there will be a withdrawal of a.pproximately 1,000 boys from Oil collieries who are engaged in aesisting to fill coal. Consequently the colliers will be compelled to employ older boy at a higher rate, while hundreds of fams Wes will find their resources from In.. to 12s, a week smaller. In the Rhondda Valley the mine'.-,' sone are mainly dependeot on. the eol- lieries for employment, there being few factories -and workshops. Among thoee time thrown out of work will be young Rowland Morrie, in ohom the Queen took such a great interest during her visit to South 'Wales. A well-known collier owner declared that MUell higher wages will have to be paid for work which need to be done by boys, awl the increase in the eost of production mast be followed by an in- erease of at least 80. per ton in tho price of coal. The miners' leaders also eondemn the innovation, for they say it will prevent many lads front assisting their parents financially. ANI-Niiif LANG Death of Famous Scottish Editor and Author. Banchory, Scotland, July 21. -An- drew Lang, critic, poet and anthro- pologist, died here to -day, Andrew Lang was born at Selkirk, March 31, 1844. His writings extend over the period from 1872, and in- clude ballads and lyrics, fairy tales, angling sketches, history, critical es- says and translations. He was a fre- quent contributor to periodical lits erature ,and was associated for a long time with The London Daily - News, In 1888 he was Gifford lec- turer of St. Andrew's 'University on Natural Religion. It was said that Andrew Lange without referring to a ca,talogne. could locate any volume in the Bri- tish Museum. As an editor, Mr. Lang's Capabilities have been thor- oughly proved. The editorship or the Border Edition of Scott's Waver- ly Novels and of the Gadshill edition of Dickens' works, which are beyond question the authoritative editions of those two masters of English, was en- trusted to him as the man best quali- fied f01 the task. BANK HOLIDAY. Loudon, July 22.-- The market grew weak on announcement of another reduce Lion of dividend in one of the railroad stocks. Kaffire and Mexiertas were steady, and eased off later in the day. American securities advaireed fraction- ally under the leadership of Eries, whieh Were very active in London. Saturday, August 3rd. and Monday, August 50, will be holidays on the Ex. Orange here, Monday being a bank holt- day. GOT $5,000 JOB. Toronto, duly 22. ---Commissioner Har- ris anounced on Saturday that he had appointed James superintendent of the °Marin Salt Works, at Windsor, Out., to the 'new pe.sition of mechanical and eleetrieal engineer at a salary of $5,000 per fronton. Mr. Milne will as- 521,.mi.e hie duties here on Monday, Sept. 211 • a-- WON'T RETURN, July 22.-Itundred5 of refit - gem from Portugal are arriving, in Ma- -drid. Among them ftre -several army of. fleets and journalists, who have issued a statement to -day, in whieh they say: "We 4ll go to Ameriea, Germany or Ja- pan if necessary, but we will never re- turn to Portugal 60 long as the mon- -arehy is not restored." ••;•.10041*•••••••••....0•0,60* MORE TRIPLETS. .Nroutrent, 3nly 22.-Ighe seeotul birCt of triplets in this eity during the week took place on Sattualay, when Shapiro. an Italian woman, gave birth to two boys end It p,irl, at the nutternitv hospitel. Nfother and ehildren are do- ing welt, Tile ntlim. ease Wag that of Mrs. "AfeRaeltran. T.lnglisli 'woman. AI hose femile arrived bet Thtiesdase 6,00"600•0*00•••00.00.404j0.0.004 VANCOUVER BLAZE. Vaueouver, 11. C., July de.. troYed an entire business bleck aid the British Columbia Electric e tar barns early to -day. The Royal George notel and the Angeles apartment home* were among. tho buildings deal- coye4. The damage is estimated at a half m11 - lion doialars. Many of those asleep in the hatelc and rooming houses wore resorted with