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Exeter Advocate, 1913-9-18, Page 3OLIN'S LOIU) CIi OE' I LOR Al N' 1) Sl'STEftt Grain, Cattle and Cheese Prices of These Products ;in the t1edding Markets are • Here Recorded Sreadstuffs, Toronto, Sept, 16. -,Flour -Ontario wheat1lolere, 9Q per cent,; made of new wheat,. 83.65 ttoo $3.67 seaboard, illanitobas•-••li'irst �Gouts, in ,jute beget $5 40; do,, eecouds,;. #4 90; strong 'bakers', in jute bale, $4 70. kfanitoba wheat -No. 1 Northern, 98100, on traok, Bay ports; No. 2 at 91 1.2c; No. 3, 93o, Bay ports; new, No. 1 r' rtheri; quot- ed at 950. pgrcrnpt delivery; No. 2 at Jae: rend, N. 3 leorbl>.orn. 91e.. Ontario wheat -•New No, 2 wheat .at 8,c to 060, outside, pate -No. 2 Ontario cote, 33 to 33 1.20, 'Outside. and at Dec, on trat.k, P0to:ito. Western Canada old oa,te, 40 ;-2o for No. 2, and at 39e for No. 3 Bay ports. BsaBa e-23 to c, outside. arley -52 to alio, ouceide. Corn -No. 2 American corn, 80 1-2 to Bio, o.i,f„ Midland. R3,0-60, td boo per buehel. Suerkwheap--1, o!uinai, Bran -Manitoba bran, $22 to $23 a ton, to bage, Toronto-fro.ghts. Shorts, $24, To- ronto. • i • Country Produce.' wholesale dealers' quotations to retaii- malting, .62 to to e. ,JRcicwee' t, ,+0 2, 58 to 60e ('lots M.an. Spring wheat patents. ltrets 85,00 eecon"ds, ,+aa'=0, strong bake ertt $4.90 it inter pateute, chew '55,55 to 955Q• straight role:re, $i to $3,"0; straight rollers, bage, $2 30 to $2 40. Ren- ee oats, barreie, $4.75; bage, 90 lb,t., $2.45. Lean. $22. Shorts. $24 ltidelings. $27. 8louillie. $28 to $32. 11rty, No '2, p r ton, ear lots, $12 to $13. Cheese, thit:st west• errs, 131.4 to 1312e: lancet e•teterne, ] 7•8 to 13 1-8. Buttes choicest creueeerY,. 25 1 4 to 25 Wel ere -ends 24 4-4 to 2,e, Ego, fresh, re •,elected 290; No• 1 steely, 26e; N . 2 stock, 200. Potatoes, per bag, car lots, 70 to 800. N'Innileg Crain, Wieinipeg• Sept. 16.-r ash wheat --•-Nos 1 Teithcrn, 79e; No. °2 N rthern, 87e; No. 3 N'ortbern,,84e; No, 1 refereed seeds, 83 1.2c; No 2 rejected seeds. 81 1.2e; No, 1 red eel inter, BSc; No.:2 red Winter, 86c; No. 3 red '1i' -Iter, 83 3.4e, Oate--No. 2 OW., 360; No. 3 C.W., 34 1.2o extra No. 1 feed, 35 1-2e; No. 1 ford, 34 1.2e:. No, 2 teed, 321,2c, Barley. No 3, 49e- No. 4,'461-2e; reaa'ectod,. 43 1-11e; ., feed, 43'1-2e, Flax -No.. 1 N.W.C. $131; No. 2 C,W„ $1,28; No. 3 C.W., 91.15 1.2 United States Market`s,• Minneapolis. Sept 16.—Wheat—Seutem- ber, 85 5.8e; December, 83'5.0e; :Say, 93 580. No. 1 bard, 89 5-8e; 74o. 1 Northet`ti, 97 5.0e tr 89 1-8e. No. 2 Northern, 8.5 5.8 to 87 1.3o. No. 2 rye, 61 to 62121: .Flour and bran unch ti.ged. No. 3 yellow corn. 73e. No. 3 white oats, 40 1-2 to 40 3.4o. Duluth, Sept. 16. -Linseed, . eash, $1.50 3=4 September, $1.49 1.4 bid; Ootober. $149 3.4; November,, 91,50 3-4 bili; December, $1 47 3.4 bid. • Wheat, No. 1 hard: 81 1.2c; ,No 1 Northern, 86 1-2e; No._2 Northern; 8( 1-2 to 87e; September. 87 1-4o bid;. De- cember, 89e; May, 94 1-80. ore., axe --. Butter -Choice dairy, 22 to 24e; inferior, ; 17 to 19coroumerY, 26 to 27e for rolls, and X i to. 260 For sonde. Eggs—Case lose of new -laid, 26 to 280 er ,dozen: tresli. 22 to 240. and a eouds, 17, to' 480. Cheese -blew oheeee, 14 1.2 to 14 3-4c for large, and 14 3-4 to 15o for twins. Beans -Hand-picked, sz.25 to $2.35 per bushel; 'primes, $1.75 to $2. ::]Toney -Extracted, in t.us, 101-2 to 12o Der lb. for No, 1. wholtesale; combs. $275 IDer dozen for No."1, and $2.25 to%� •2.00 tor vo,' $. , 1 in 0 16• 17cper lb• Spring P ultry--Aerie,to p chickens, 20 to 21e; decks, 16 17c; geese, 13 to 14c; turkeys, 18 to 20e. Potatoes--Ontiirloe, 75 to 80o per bag, on i- track, Provisions. Da -cone -Long. clear, 16e per lb, in eas=e lots. Pork. -Short cut,, $29; do. mese. $'.a. amm s-Mediu.to light, 21 i.2 to 2:e: cavy, 201=2 t,o 21c; rolls, 17c; Breakfast bacon 21 to 24c; 'backs, 24 to 250. Lara-Tieroes, 14o; tube, 14 1.4o; ,pails. E4 1.2c. • Baled' Hay and.Straw. Baled hay—No. 1, $13,50 to $14.50, on track, Toronto. and No. 2 at $12 to 512 35, No. 3, 910 to 510.50. Montreal Markets. ' Montreal. Sept. ' 16.—Oate.. Canadian Western, No. 8 40 1-4 to . 41c; Canadian 40 eetern, No. 3, 39 3-4c; extra No. 1 feud, to 40 1-2o. Barley, Man., feed. 50 to 510; Live Stock Markets Montreal: Sept..16,-Prime beeves, 6 to 6' 1-2c; others, 2 3-4e; small. hullo. 3 1.4 to 3 3.40 stockers: 3 1-2 to 4 1-4c. Cows, $35 tc $65; calves, 2 3-4 to 6 1-2e; sheep, 4 to 41.40; lambs, 6 1-4 to '6 1-2e; hogs, 10 to iG 1.40. Toronto. Sept.' 16 -Cattle -Choice es- ort. $6.50 to $7; choice butchers, $6.25 to 96.75; good medium, $5.65 to $6; common 9; to $5; canners, $2 to $2.50; cutters, $3 to 93.25; fat cows, $4.50 to $5 25; common cows; $3.50 to `$4. Pelves -Good veal, $5 to $7.26; choice,. $8.25 to $10; common, $3 to $3.50 Stockers avid feeders—Steers, 700 to to 6$0 pounds, $2.50 to 4.25; light bulls. to 65 Opounde. $2.50 to $4.25; light bulls, $2.75 to $3. Sheep:' and lambs—Light et'ves, .$4.50 to $5; heavy, .$3 to $3.50 buck, ,$3 to $3.50; . spring lambs. $6.e5.to $6.60. , Boge,. $9 65. f.o.b. to drovers $10 fed and water- ed, and :$10.26 off cars. COST OF LIVING GOES UP. . Imost a 3 -Point Increase in. Au - . Over. Same. Month in 1912. A 'despatch from Ottawa says The' cost of living index number took another jump upwards last month from 135.9, the figures for Jolly, to 136.2., In August, 1912, figures were 133.3, so that there was nearly a three` point increa.se in August of this year compared .with the same month a year ago. "And;" eres the -officials at the Labor' De- om pile the avers e rtme t who c g p p p cost of- prioes every . month, "the prospects for any pronounced drop 1:n the average cost of the cammodi- ties classified under the list of "necessaties of life are not very i'l.rig,Ilt. i r The pause for the advance in the average cost last month. was prin- cipally due to the increase in .price of "potatoes., eggs, canned lobster, a,nthraeite coal, grains, and fodder. Such things as beef, lamb, lake trout, whitefish, canned peas, and coffee dropped a few points. Meats are a little higher in .price than they were a year ago, but grains endafodder are lower. FEW . NUMBER ONE A.PPLES. Backward Spring and Dry Weather the: Cause. A • deepatch from Guelph. says: Frown reports "which have reached the city during the :past few days there will be a scarcity of good ap- ples during the coming 'winter. Dealers paid a visit to the farms in the Township of Puslinch and Nas- sagaweya during the week, and re- port the apples a poor. crop. There are very few number one apples at all, aedthe number will be li;ht, This applies both to fall and winter apples. ` The cause of this it attri- buted to a backward spring and dxceptionaily dry weather. STEAit.ER TO COST $173,399., ror Lighthouse • Service . on Lake Ontario and St Lawrence. A despatch front Ottawa says The Department ' of . Marine and ,Fisheries has let a contract" to the Polson Iron Works, Torontei for the construction of a steamer to, be • used on the St, Lawrence River above Montreal; and on Lake On- tario, in the lighthouse service. The contract price ie $173,399. This is the first ship let under the: new condition, namely, • that construe - tion must take platen) Canada. BRITISH' ASSO CIATION. Dr:. William Mattson Was Elected i . President. A des atot from' Birmingham, ---.Zeglan 1, says: The British Aeso- p for the , Advancement of 'William Sate- Science. elected Dr, Bate- son, director of John Innes Horti- cultural ,'Horti ewltl1 , Institution lend Silli)n uii r.al lecttir'er ;n:t Yale. in '1907,. es presh dent. Next year's 'semseiol7s of the 1sseei4ttion will he held • in Aus- tralia. AUSTRALIAN BEEF. 8,009,009 Pounds Will Reach Amer- ica This Year. A despatch from Washington. says: Fresh beef from the south temperate zone is now an estab- lished factor in the import trader of the United. St,attes.. Between two and three million pounds of fresh. beef, praeticallyall'of it from Aus- tralia and Argentina, has entered the ports of" the United States in the past three • months,. • indicaatirig. thatethe 'imports of the euirent fis- cal year will amount to more. than 8;000,000 pounds, -according :to the •Bureau..of Foreign and 'Domestic Commerce, A NEW DIRIGIBLE. British -built Ship Ilas a Lifting Capacity of Five Ton. A despatch from London says: It is learned that experts attached to the Ade tiralty are investigating a privately built dirigible of 1,500 miles radius, celled the Britannia. Theship is stated to have a. lifting capacity of five tans. Two years ago, following the collapse of the Mayfly, the British naval airship of the rigid Zeppelin type, experts in torpedo boat construction ,were re- ported to have begun to build secretly at . Barrow-in-Furness en - other rigid airship of similar, but improved, pattern. NEVADA CLOUDBURST. Torrent SiVept Down the Gulches Near Goldfield. A despatch from Goldfield, Nev., says : Goldfield was swept by a. tor- rent 'from a cloudburst en. Saturday that caused the loos of' • 5e, least five lives,, carried away 'several ,score• of dwol.lings, and did datnlage to mer- chandise and eteek es'tiniated at $100,000. Se far es could he aster. tamed in the resultant confusion, the death. •1ist was limited . to two women' a man and two children. .Most of the buildings carried away were the homes of miners lining the two gulches down which the flood waiters poured'. A NOTED BOTANIST. Miss Ethel Sargent, Addressed the British Association. A despaten from Birnlingham 1 England, says Much interest was displayed et the British Association on Thursday in the 'address o Miss Ethel. Sargent, the noted botanist, as she was the first woman to pre- side over a section iii the history of the association_ • tShc expressed her gratitude for the generosity shown to her, and thereby to all women, adding that the highett form of generosity en was that which dared to tct justiceinthe face of doof � custaan and prejudice. .. There, has ' been a sei•ious out- break df ciiplera in Hunr'ai'y and 13osnlas; A•rcording to .the Zeit Viscount Haldane and Miss Elizabeth Jtaldano, Visootaitt Haldane Great Britain's Lord Chancellor, was in Montreal recentlywith his sister, Miss Elizabeth Haldane? where he i created a profound impression, addressing the annual convention of the Anieriican bar on "Peace and War." CONTINUITY OF EXISTENCE. Sir Oliver Lodge's Opinion Touch- ing Life After Death. A despatch from Birmingham, England, says Speaking- on the • se bject • of "Continuity" on Wednesday. night before- the Bri- tish Association for the Advance- ment • of Science, Sir Oliver Lodge, president of the association; touch ed •upon the question of .life after death. Sir Oliver summarized • his address and in his own words his argument was: "A marked feature of the present scientific eta, is the ditscovery of and interest in various kinds of atotn- i-sm, so that continuity seems in danger of being lost sight of. An- other tendency is toward compre- hensive negative generalisations from a limited point of view- ..An- other is to take • refuge in rather vague forms of statement' and to shrink fromcloser examination of the puzzling And the obscure. An- other is to deny the existence of anything which makes no appeal to y g organs of sense and no ready re- sponse to laboratory experiment. "Against these' tendencies the author contends: : He .urges a be- Iief in ultimate continuity as essen- tial to science; he regards scientific concentration as an inadequate basis for philosophical generaliza- tion; he believes that obscure phe- nomena may be expressed simply if properly faced,- and he points .out that the non-appearance of -any- thing perfectly uniform and omni- present is only what should be ex- pected and is no argurmetlt against real substantial existence."' " In conclusion, Sir Oliver touched upon the question of life after, death. ..He declared his conviction that occurrences now regarded as occult "can be examined and re- duced to order by the methods of sciencecarefully and persistently applied,"re and that already the facts eo exaeained have convinced me tthat memory and affection are not limited to that association with matter, by which alone they can manifest themselves here, and now, and that personality persists bei yond bcdily death.'' Sir Oliver further declared the "evidence to any mind goes to prove that discarnate intelligence, ander certain conditions; may interact with us on the material side, and that "we may hope toattain solve understanding of the nature of a larger, perhaps ethereal, existence, and of the conditions regulating in- tercourse acmes the chasms, 1'.OMPEII'S HARBOR. ;Has Been Found 1,250 Yards In- land From the Beach. A despatch from Naples a says Phe exact'site of the harbor of Pom- ^peii, for which search , has been made for centuries, has been dis- covered by the sculptor, Lorenzo Gozza,, whohas for years continued the&'investigatlons of ' his late fa- ther. The harbor is 1,250 yards 1s land from the heath, as it at Pre- sent exists, end 700 yards from the gate of Pompeii. TILE SOLDIt RS' MENU. Mutton'r �r Will Be Taken From It Entirely. :. despatch from. r ndon' says: rr r Tonere, Atkins has been lickingif. so froqucntly about the mutton which was served to him once a week that it has been. taken off the so1d1ers'• menu, entirely, The troops will be fed henceforth on the "rocas, es bait c.f. ',d England" (from the there have already been 10'7 'eases at I3udrzpest. , ` Arg;cntin.e): i�- WORID IN RLTEbf .,.ter a_1111=1 Wages and Prices. The report of the British. Board of Trade on rent and prices is of unusual interest and is commanding great atter tion. It sets forth two things clearly. One ie,, that the rise in pricee. as herr been recognized before this, is a. world-wide phenomenon. The other is, that certainly. la so, far as Britain is concerned (and holding true, probably, for other .coup-. Items of News by Wire Notes of Interest as to What Is Going on All Over the World Canada, A. Canadian iunm -ration office is to be opened in Copenhagen.:, The " Te O ltario Governmentlas itmportant aluend"+lents to its bilingual school regulations. An expedition ft;ted out by Sir Willian1 Mackenzie hes `started ,on an" exploration trip to Hudcoai Bay. Five, hundred Toronto Chinamen have recorded their biogi'n'ihics with the iinmigira,tio'n authorities. ?Hiss Mary Love •cf iIt :n:lipeg was5. robbed in Toronto r hire on her way to her mother'sfuneral .rut Ma- cke, John A. K. Drummond of Kings- ton, a farmer member of the Mani- toba Legislature, was fatally man- gled by a C.P.B, train. Henry N. panto, foreman of the machine department is the S:piesz Furniture' Compal+v's fa.tory at Hanover, lost his left bend. Wellington Helke• of Port Stanleywas fined $5 and 'oasts for abusing, a horse by hitting it over the head with a tug ellen he thought hie life d neer, in e „ . H. S. Drake, maeager.of:elie Do- minion Canners' factor'v et Font - hill, was fatally shocked in his cel- lar 'while putting a. Tungsten lannp into an electric light socket. A special Northwest Mounted Police patrol is being Cent to inves- ,tigate the murder of H. V. Radford of New York and George Street of Ottawa by Eskimos at Bathurst Inlet. .. - A farm suffered a fractured trill and severe bruises in combat with two autoistts in a. dark pit by a road near Berlin, who had enticed a couple of young girls to ride, David McMillan of Starkville lost tries) wages have not kept pace with — Prices. In Britain the increase in the cost of living since 1905 has been 10 per cent., while the increase in wages has only been from 2 to 6 per cent. That is the simple explanation of the Labor unrest which has marked recent years on both sides of the Atlantic. in, Syndicalism we are probably not witness.. sing (as its prophets would have us be- lieve) .a new philoeophy and tactics of so- cial ocial 'reconstruction. Under a new name, - and though somewhat novel methods, tee, old process of readjusting wagee to prices is at work. But there is no real reason for supposing that the foundations of society .are in 'greater, peril to -day than in preceding periods of economic read.- justment. A Word for 'they Ex -Convict. A plea,, for the ex -convict is made by Mrs Ballitigton Booth. Mrs. Booth de- cries the view that "once a thief, always a thief.' She cites numerous cases of ex- cottvsots'awho are now good citizens, en- Soying the esteem of. their fellow -men, he pleads for a chance for the man who once. made a misstep but who now wants to reform. The ex -convict nowadays ie • oft not only by hie own sin but sive by the too great zeal of prison reformers The reformers keep on. insisting that most prisons are schools Pox crime, and even an honest man when con±Ined in them is sate to turn criminal. This de- stroys whatever confidence a broad mind- ed employer might he willing to repose in the ex convict. .1n their eagerness to help those in the prisons the reiormere unwittingly blacken the character of every ex -convict. Eire Booths plea for a chance for, the ex -prisoner ''who • wants to reform—a plea ineptred not by mere sentimentality but by records : and figuree showing that • a tniste once does not make a man a erire- ilial for life -should do much toward die - posing employers more favorably to too mac with a jail record fighting for hon - eat rehabilitation. The Craze for LuXuries. Tho craze for lnatuiee ie one of the pre- vailing Ilia' of the Limbs. Ili ie perfectly natural for men: and women to want the good things of life, but it le mighty bad policy for wb6n themthey hto ave attenotmpt got to Lhga.etmeansthese things . This fact is emphasized by a . report. from a certain city which says, that many residents have sacrificed their homes in order to indulge in the luxury of motor- ing. The story of a man 'selling his home for the purpose" of purchasing an automobile was formerly regarded as a good joke for the vaudeville artists, but now it has 'become a tragic fact. The report . may be exaggerated, but there is no reason to doubt that thous- ands of persons go to the wall every year in a vain and foolish attempt to live be- yond their means. The desire to imitate those who ,are richer than themselves ie the rock owhich many an otherwise happy home le ;wrecked. Luxury once tasted 6eema to get, in the blood.:and.the only remedyis a determtnod effort to get back to the simple life. Hudson Bay Company. In the year 1670 Charles 11. granted a charter to Prince Rupert and seventeen other noblemen and gentlemen,, incorpor- ating them as the "Governor and (im- pala), of Adventures of lringfand Trading into the 2ludeon ' Bay.' Their pprincipe t trade was in the funs, of the animals of that immense and at that time untanned country. Shrewd dealers in furs were eo•t to the varioue poste which; were establish- ed at different points and thus the priu- ciplo of bartering and haggiiag was in• trod -aced into Canada. The aborigineeof the north had to be sharp indeed to beat the keen -eyed Scots who were sent out to handle this end of the business of the company. Unemployment Insurance. his bar s, the season's crops, a thrawrh:ng' mill and •a large' 'wood- shttd b» fire srpposed to have been atart'd-by a spark from a thrashing engine. Great is lysin. Ser Felurs•)r_l Cirsr+,n in a, sneeeh on Saturday scorned any commproxn- %re on h..c'me rule., The Imperator, of the Hamburg - American Line, wh:ch sailed for New York on Thursday, carries 5.000 passengers, which breaks ..'•.1 trans-Atlantic records. United Stitt**s. Mayor W, J. Gayuor of New York died on the Baltic crossing the At 'antic. There is a collection of 4.500 dolls in the Natiopal Museum, at Wash- ington, John B. Gleason, of counaeI for Barry K. Thaw at the'Pittsburger's first trial for the murder of Stan- ford White, has filed a suit in the United States District Court against • MaryCopley ✓ti Mrs. Cop e3 TI1aw to recover we53"000 which, he alleges, is due him for services rendered in the defence of her son. General. Two men were killed in another accident to a German dirigible air- ship.- An "artificial meat" has been de- vised of grain by_a Belgian chemist. Of 10.000 townships ' in France having more than 1.000 inhabitants, about 6,000 are without any' public lighting. Of the remainder there are 1,249 lighted by. gas, 2;763 light ed by electricity and 172 by aeety- lene. ' very little troub4e, there being courts and referees to pass on doubtful claims. Codd. Manners, Lord Rosebery recently addressed the boys of the Guilford Grammar School on the subject of manners and in the course of his most: illuminating remarks. utter ed some pregnant • truths.. Be laid particu- lar stress on the fact that in the mere matter of succese in life gooi mannere. may count for more than either ability or knowledge. Everybody valves good manners in other people. and when it comes to the bestowal of favors, or to the gift of appointments, the 'inevitable ten- dency le to prefer the applicant whose manners are the beet If a man is courte- ous.. free from self-consciousness, and inetinctieely produces the impression that he is what is called "straight,' it ie as- tonishing what a very vital asset he pcseessea. Good manners` indicate at once respect for oneself and consideration for others, and it ie not easy to name any other two qualities which are more pleasant to meet with. They are the product of the rig h t sort of education—the education which comes from' example -and that which .neg- 1ecte them is worth little or nothing in reality, however wide and aeeurete it may appear to be. This is a truth which there is some danger of forgetting just now, and it is as. well that Lord Roeeb"ry should call attention to it No man hoe better qualifications for preaching a lay sermon on such a subject and his words might well be printed as a pamphlet and circulated broadcast throughout our schools. WA IiEA.�RS GOOD NEWS. OT.CA. The Duke and Duchess Will Soon Return to the Capital. A despatch from Ottawa says: It is stated here that her: Royal High- nees the Duchess of Connaught, notwithstanding reports to the con- trary, will accompany H.R.H. the Governor-General to Canada on his return next month,:. after the mar- riage of his son, Prince Arthur, to the Duchess of Fife. Cheering re- ports have been received here of the health of her Royal Highness,but it is understood that she 'will' not take an active part in the social life of the capital as formerly. Great care will have to be taken in guarding against any over-exertion on the part of the Duchess, whose. continued good health depends upon rest and freedom from strain. It is understood that Princess Pat- ricia will necessarily take a more prominent part in the social side of viceregal functions. The great. British social insurance act was in part en net against destitution through unempioment. This part was' purposely limited to a few skilled and well-paid ,trades; it w,as felt that unem- ployment lrlenranee had to be carefully tried. The tratlea covered were building, engineering and vehicle constrti tion. The first annual report on this feature of the bill was published a few days ago. &ow has the ' sohemo worked? Remark- ably,,aoeording to all tos'.imony. Employ- ers and employees, alike are pleased, Si,. t. " There is nevi a balance of about 8 000,000 in the special fend. About 400 ,aa0 menreceived- instiraliee money, out of a total number of 9,500,000 enrolled; lint it is explained that the peeiodes of idleness Italie been very 91101t. groat Britain,s it:' fact, has been .enjoying extraordinary prta5perlty et late, and there has been 111• tie it1101i058 and little panper,3ein. '(bit, of course, implies that. the unen1.. 1)10e -intuit' integrator; feature has tot been severely totted,. Whet, it ie aelted, will happen if, hard times conte, with ninth' persistent unemployment aitd heavy de, mend on the fund?' one answer is that the longer prostlority leeks the larger will be the surplus available for relief daring a •lean period. • At any rate, the extension of ttnemirlr+y. Cheat ineuradbe ie generally f.'rvered, and Mere trades will be .included before long.. The adinlnletratiott of the fuzed batt {Ewen ISLANDS DISAPPEAR. Report. That. Falcon and Hope Is- lands Are No -More. A despatch from San Francisco says: •Falcon -and Hope Islandp of the Friendly or Tonga group in the South Pacific• have disappeared from 'view. With 'them several hundred aativei and a few white men also have disappeared. News to the effect was brought to San. Francisco oe 'ilhursdsey by . Capt. J. H. Trask, of the steamer Sonoma, which arrived front Sydney via Page -Dago and, Honolulu. Capt. Trask said: "One of the. regular trading steamers bet'waery •Sydiiey and the Tonga. 'group reported the sinking of.the islands. The vessel steamed to where. Falcon Island should have .beery, b14t it was no- where in sight. Just, prior to this the instruments at the Sydney Navel Station showed that several violent ea.rthgneke shocks had taken l t )'mee about 2, 000 miles north- . ensu of Sydney." RURAL MAIL ROUTES. Postal Department Carries Mail to 90,000 Farm Houses. A despatcah from Ottawa says, There were 1,675. rural mail routes in operation in Canada on Septem- ber 1, serving nearly 70,000 boxes. In addition 511 new routes were un- der advertisement •so that there are nearly 2,400 routes either already. established or about to be set up, and nearly 90,000 farm housses are receiving mail .at their doors. When the present Government eanie into power, in October, 1911, only 614 routes, serving. 16,000 bores, were in existence: In addition 1,390 new post -offices, as well as 675 new money order 'offices, and 599 postal note offices, have been opened. From October 1, 1911, to the pre- sent time the amount remitted by money orders shows an increase of $38,880,000 as oompa.rr.ed with the previous eighteen months, or 38 per cent. The number of money orders in this period increased by $2,709,000 or 36 per cent. The amount remitted by postal note during the same period shows an increase over the previous eighteen months of $1,809,000 or 19 per cent. CANADIAN SURVEYORSKLLLED A Landslide Swept Down Upon Their Camp at Cape Musson. A despatch from Ketchikan, Alaska, .says: Two surveyors at- tached to the Canadian boundary survey, were killed last Saturday, when a, landslide destroyed their camp a.e Cape Masson, Dell Island, according to word received here. The names of the men were given as Robertson and Bade. The party head been working on the boundary survey lip in. Portland Canal and Dion entrance" all summer, main- twining camps at Cape Musson and (Gape. Chaoon, rF GOLD STRIKE CONFIRMED. Ono Nugget Found Was Nearly an Inch Across. A despatch from Vancouver, B. C., says: Confirmation of -the re- cent gold strike on Saybola Creek, near Telkey, B.C., has been brought from the latter point by prospectors. Bedrock has not yet been reached. Panning in the creek shows eoarse gold it every instance. One nngget was nearly an moll across: There is a, big rush for Aldcrane-re and Telkey;' w THE ROXBURGIIE HEIR. Reported That 'King George Will Act as Sponsor. A d'esp arch from London says`, King George, it was reported on Wednesday; will sot BA sponsor for the heir of the Roxburghe duke- dom, whose mother was formerly. Miss May Goelet, of N©w• Y•orlc. The.. Duke of Roxburgh.e was aide- de-camp to King George in. 1901,, when, as the Duke of Cornwall, and York, his Majesty made a colonial tour on beardthe steamer Ophir. 4 e •