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§! 2 Machinists on Two Big Railways May Strike in Spring. A despatch from Montreal says: Phe C.P.R. machinists, not alone of Montreal, but of all Canada, will make a demand in the spring for an Eincrease of wages, and _ should tho employes decline to agree to tho demand there may be a big strike in the spring. This moveâ€" ment to increase the wages will saiso be extended to the Grand Trunk Railway shops, where the rate of wages paid is said by the labor officials to be lower than that paid by the C.P.R. img a firs with which to get dinner, Miss Amy Kirk of Gallingertown received burns which resulted in Rher death. The unfortunate woman poured coal oil in the stove and the fHames entered the can, causing a terrible explosion. _ The _ girl‘s elothes also caught fire and she was badly burned about the body. The only person in the house at the time was Miss Kirk‘s younger sister, who succeeded in smothering the f#Hames. A doctor was summoned, but the injuries were so serious that death resulted in & short time. Voung Woman Meets a Terrible Death Near Cornwall, A despatch from Cornwall, Ont., mys: While in the act of preparâ€" M despatch from Guelph says :‘ The grand sweepstakes for cattle at the Winter Fair was won by Red Puul, a twoâ€"yearâ€"old grade heifer | exhibited by Adam Armstrong, Ferâ€"‘ gus. This heifer, although much emaller and lighter, beat out Roan Champion, the animal which carâ€"! med off the championship at ;ke Trronto Fat Stock Show. e @wine department never was bigger er better than this year. All the' elasses were well filled with the best that could be bred in the proâ€" wince. The championship for the Best pair of bacon hogs at the show wert to J. E. Brethour and nephew | of Burford, the noted breeders of| Yorkshires. Brethour and nephew annexed also the silver cup for the best pen of three bacon hogs, and won many first prizes in the genâ€"| eral classes. They took firsts for Yorkshire barrow, six months snd‘ under nine, and for Yorkshire sow undeg six months. Joseph Featherâ€" stone ®"Son, Streetsville, stepped to the top in the classes for Yorkâ€" shiro barrow under six months, and for sow nine months and under 15. Brethour and nephew had the @hampion Yorkshire barrow, and Featherstone & Son had the chamâ€" pion Yorkshire sow. The best Berkâ€" shire barrow was shown by P. J. McEwen, Wyoming, and the best sow by Adam Thompson, Shakesâ€" peare, and these breeders divided Premier MceBride of British Columâ€" bia Opposed to It. A despatch from Victoria, B.C., says: Premier McBride refused on Wednesday the request of the United Suffrage Societies of Briâ€" tish Columbia for the introduction of a woman suffrage bill by the Government. He suggested that the question would have to be brought up by a private member. *Tha Provincial Executive is not in entire agreement on this question of the vote for women,‘"‘ announced Premier‘McBride to a delegation which waited on him. "If you get #» suppose that some time you would form a woman‘s party and probably run the entire affairs of the country. That would be & logiâ€" eul conclusion,‘‘ said the Premier. the vote, then you would sit in Parâ€" Bument, and it would bo reasonable WINNERS AT GUELPH FAR POURED COAL OIL IN STOVE. THEY WANT AN INCREASE. wWOMAN sUFFRAGE BILL. The late great storm has emphasized the necessity of a more extensive harbor of refuge on Lake Huron nd Sweepstakes for Cattle Carried Off by Red Paul, Exhibited by Adam Armstrong, Fergus GODERICH HARBOR, WHICH Â¥MAY BE RECONSTRUCTED. Kalgoorlie and Boulder, conâ€" siderable cities which adjoin near where Pat Hannan scratched out his nuggets in the early days, aro noisy with life and ambition, and as long as the Golden Mile flourishâ€" es to sustain them they will conâ€" tinue to thrive and aspire in spite of the immensity and horrible charâ€" acter of the desert land which isoâ€" lates them from rivers and fertile places and the bounty of a kindly soil. They run with the times; they provide themselres with comâ€" forts ; they amuse themselves; they are adorned; they regard . their duty to the state and consider the future of their children‘s children. The Golden Mile lies within sight of Hannan‘s old claimâ€"the smoke and dust and black superstructures of a thin line of deep and vastly rich mines, One of the groupâ€"not the pride of them allâ€"must produce £600 a day to keep the stockholders in good humor with its behavior, and the affection of the directors would be largely increasedâ€"it was intimatedâ€"if a responsive good conduct should increase even this gratifying yield to £1,000 a day. Roughly speaking, the Golden Mile and its lesser neighbors of Kalgoorâ€" lieâ€"the big shows, as distinguished from theâ€" individual enterprises scattered broadcast over the sounâ€" try, which aro called little showsâ€" employ 5,000 men and produce £3,â€" 000,000 a year, and the whole field in which the Golden Mile is situated has from the first days of the Kalâ€" goorlie rush, twenty years ago, proâ€" duced almost £56,000,000, which, stated more impressively in dollars, amounts to $280,000,000. It was pointed out by a furious young member of the Labor party of West Australia that the wealth taken from these fow miles of wilderness which once were public domun‘ equalled nearly £600 per capita of the maximum population of the dis-l informant. I could not enlighten him. ‘"‘Stockholders in London fields." Mike, one of the unemployed, was told of a vacancy and went to apâ€" ply for the job. After he had anâ€" swered a number of questions the emplover â€" asked, ‘"What‘s _ your name t‘ ‘"‘MacGonigal, sorr." "Spell it."‘ "Moâ€"no. Moâ€"aâ€"g."‘ Mike stuck, but tried again. _ ‘‘Maâ€"gâ€"aâ€"â€" Ach, to blazes wid ye. Ye can keep yer ould job." Thomas Sanders, m colored priâ€" soner, while being taken to Calgary by the Mounted Police, jumped out of the window of a moving train and is at large, Russel!] silver cup for best malo in showâ€"Barred Plymouth Rock cockâ€" erel owned by John Pringle, Lonâ€" don. Zenolefim trophy for best bird in showâ€"Buff Cochin owned by Holmâ€" hurst Poultry Farm, Whitby. Best cock in showâ€"Bronze turâ€" key owned by W. H. Beattie, Wilâ€" ton Grove. Best pullet in the showâ€"White Orpington owned by Petrie & Christie, Mount Hamilton. _ _ (Great interest was taken in the seed exhibit at the show, and it was with great eagerness that the farmâ€" ers purchased the various seeds when they were offered for sale by auction. Seed grain brought good prices, oats of the Lincoln variety selling for as high as $4.10 for a bushe!l and a half. These were shown hy George E. Foster, Honeyâ€" wood. Corn went up to $3.75 for a bushel and a half. The poultry show has never been equalled in Ontario for quality. Baldwin silver cup for best female in the showâ€"Buff Coâ€" chin, owned by Holmhurst Poultry Farm, Whitby. Courcy, Bornholm, and the cham pion sow by W. E. Wright of Glan worth. all first prizes. In Tamworths, both championships went to D. Douglas & Sons, Mitchell. â€" Employs 5,000 Men and Produces $15,000,000 a Year. In Chester Whites the champion barrow was shown by Danie! De AUSTRALIA‘S GOLDEN MILE nd, consequentlyâ€" Who gets it all?" demanded my kholders in London," he , ‘"who never saw the goldâ€" What‘s in a Name. Toronto. Dec. 16.â€"Cattleâ€"Choice _ but chers, $8 to #9; good medium, $650 to $7.2%; common, $5 to $5.50; fat cows, $4.50 to §6%; common cows, #5.50 to $4; butâ€" chere‘ bulls, $3.75 to $550; cannere and cutters, $3.50 to $4.25. Calvesâ€"Good veal, $8.75 to §10; common, $4.15 to $5.10. Stockâ€" ers and feedersâ€"Steers. 910 to 1.050 lbs.. §6 to §6.75; good quality, 800 Ihe., §6 to $6.25: light Eastern.©400 to 650 Ybe., 84 50 to §5.%; light, $3.50 to $5.50. Bheep and lambsâ€"Light ewes, $5.50 to $6; heavy, §3 to $3.50; burks, $3 to $3.50: epring lambs. $8.50 to $8.90, but with 75¢ per head d*â€" ducted for all the buck lambs. Hogeâ€" §88.65 to $875, fed and watered; $8.90 to #9, off cars; $8.30 to $8.35, f.0.b. Leader of Opposition Thinks Seriâ€" ous Times Are Ahcad. A despatch from â€" Carnarvon, Wales, says: Andrew Bonar Law, leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons, speaking heré on Thursday night, repeated his prediction that che imposition of home rule on Ulster would result in civil war. ‘"If the Government,"‘ he continued, ‘"has any proposal to make which holds out even a prosâ€" pect of avoiding the evils we dread, we shall consider it without any regard to party advantage or disâ€" advantage, but with sole regard for the welfare of the nation.‘‘ He addâ€" ed that the Government seemed content to let matters drift, and that meanwhile the likelihood of reaching a settlement by consent was growing smaller. Montreal, Dec. 16 ~The best steers offerâ€" ed sold at $7.50, but the bulk of the trade was done in cattle ranging from 86 to 87 and the lower grades, including rough stock, at from $4 to $5 per ewt. Butchers‘ cows from #4.50 to $6.50, and bulls 85 to #6.50, while canning stock brought $3.50 to #4 per ewt. Lambs, $8 to $8.95. and sheen at 85 to 5.50 per ewt. Belected lots 0;’ hogs from $9 to $9.25 per cwt. woighed off cars. Two women of respectable Hamâ€" ilton families who were caught shoplifting woere senterced to jail for three weeks. _ Eggeâ€"Case iots of newâ€"laid, 47 to 50c per dozen; eelects, 38 to 40c, and storage, 42 to 356 per dozen. fefoirim. oi y :: Cheeseâ€"New cheese, 14 14 to 14 346 for large, and 15¢ for twins Beansâ€"Handâ€"picked, ~$2.20 to $2.25 per buehel; primes, $2 to $2.10. 4 Poultryâ€"Fowl, 11 to i2%¢ per lb.; ehick: ens, 15 to l7¢; ducks, 12 to 14¢; geese, 11 to l46; turkeys, 18 to Zic. Potatoesâ€"Ontarios, 80 to 856 per bag, on track, and Delawarce at 90c. Baconâ€"Long clear, 100 per lb., in case lots. Porkâ€"#hort cut, $28.90; do., mess, 824.50. | Hameâ€"Medium‘ to light, 19 12 to f0e; heavy, 1%¢; ro.ls, 15 1â€"2 to 16¢; break faet bacon, 19 to 20c; backs, 22 to 24¢.. Balod Hay and Straw. F Baled hayâ€"No. 1 at $14.50 to $15§ a ton on track here; No. 2 at $13 to $13.50, and mixed at §$12 to $12.50. _ _ _ afaks Montreal, Dec. 16.â€"Corn, American No. 2 yellow, 80 to 81 1%c. Oats, Canadian Western, No. %, 4114 to 4%¢; Canadian Westorn, No. 3. 40 1â€"2 to 410. Barley, Man. feed, 48 to 50¢; malting, 65 to 67¢. Buckâ€" wheat, No. 2, 56 to 57¢. Flour, Man. Sprirg wheat patents, firsts, $5.40; seconds, $4.90 etrong bakers‘, $470; Winter patente choice, $4.75 to $5; straight rollers, $4.50 to $4.60; l(«l‘fllgh! rollers, bage, $2 to $2.10 Rolled oats, barrels, $4.40 to $4.50; bags. 90 lbe., ‘110 to $212 12 Bran, $20 to $21. Bhorts, $22 to $23. Middlinge, #25 to #2%. Moulllie. $27 to $§51. Hay, No. 2, per ton car lots, $14 to $16 Cheeso, finest westâ€" erné, 13 34 to 13 7â€"8¢; finest easterne, 13 14 to 13 126. Butter. choicest creamâ€" ervy 28 12 to 2%¢; secornds, 28 to 28 14c. Eges, freeh, 55 to 60c; as ected, 38c; No. 1 stock, Me: No,. 2 stock, 266. Potatocs, per bag, car lots, 75 to 90c. Minneapolie, Dec. 16 â€"December wheat, 83 7â€"80; May, 88 1â€"4c; No. 1 hard, 88 14¢; No. 1 Northern, 86 14 to 87 34¢; No. 2 Northern. 84 14 to 85 346; No. 3 wheat, 8214 to 83 1â€"4c.« Corn, No. 3 yellow, 66 to 63 1â€"%0. Oats, No 3 white, 38 to 38 1/c. Bran. %19.75 to $20.2%5. Flour, uftchanged. Duluth, Dec. 16â€"Wheatâ€"No. 1 hard 87 58¢; No. 1 Northern, 86 5â€".8¢; No. 2 Northern, 8M 58 to 85 1â€"8¢; Montana, No. 2 hard, 86 18c; Decembor, 84 38¢; May, 88 58 to 88 Jâ€"4c. Linseed. $145 34; Decemâ€" _ Lardâ€"Tierces, 13 o4¢; tubs, 14¢; puils, 14 14¢. â€" Baied strawâ€"Car lots, $8.50 to $8.75, on track, Toronto. Winnipeg, _ Dec. 16 â€"Cash:â€"Wheatâ€"No 1 Northern, 84 1â€"86; No. 2 Northern, 81 5â€"8¢; No. 3 Northern, 79 18¢; No. 1 rejected seeds, 76 lâ€"4¢; No. 2 rejected ceeds, 74 1â€"2¢, No. 1 amutty, 76 1â€"%; No. 2 smutty, 7412 No. 1 red Winter, 8c; No. 2 red Winter 81 38¢; No. 3 red Winter, 79 580. Oateâ€" No. 2 C. W., 3M 38¢; No. 3 C.W., Se; extri No. 1 feed, 32 1â€"%¢; No. 1 feed, Sic; No. 2 feed, 29 3â€"4¢. Barley, No. 4, 40 1%¢; rejoctâ€" ed, 37 1%¢; feed, 37¢. Flaxâ€"No, 1 N.~W.C., $1.20 1â€"2; No. 2 C. W., $1.18 14. ber,. $1.43; May, Cornâ€"New No. 3 Amorican is quoted at Ti 1%¢, @ll rail, Toronto. Ryeâ€"No. 2 at 67 to 68¢, outeide. Buckwheatâ€"70c, outside, with none ofâ€" fering. § Branâ€"Manitoba bran, $21 a ton, in bags, Toronto freight. Bhorts, $22, Toronto. Butterâ€"Choice dairy 23 to 24¢; inferior, 20 to Sic; farmers‘ eeparator prints, 24 to %6c; creamery prints, 27 to 28¢; do., solids, % to 26 1â€"2c. . § N e Breadstuffe. Toronto, Dec. 16. â€"Flourâ€"Ontario wheat flour, 90 per cent., $5.50 to $5.59, seabourd, and at $5.50,° Toronto. Manitobasâ€"Firsi patents, in jute bags, $5.30; do, ecconds, $4.80; strong bakere, in jute bags, $4.04. PRICES OF FARM PRODUGCTS @GEPORTs FRom THE LEADING TRADD CENTRES OF AMERICA Erices of Cattle, Crain, Choess and O!ns treduce at Home and Abroag Oa: ULSTER AXND HOME URLE. United States Markets. Live Stock Markets. Montreal Markets, Country Producs. Winnipeg Crain. Provisions. $1.48 34c The engineâ€"room workers and firemen of the Spanish steamer Alâ€" fonso XII., mutinied on the voyage from Corunna to Cadiz, and attackâ€" ed the officers, but were overâ€" powered after a desperate fight.. Some of her own work includes a dozen daintv little woollen pettionate erocheted by herself. These pretty little pink and blue garments are to be eent to 2e many z~hflg.ren'e hospitals as there are pettiâ€" Coa The tragedy of the Booit expedition has been followed by a perfect epidemic of marriagos and engagemenis among the surveyore. Six or seven of the naval petty officers and men of the Terra Nova have deen married and quite a number of others have become engaged since their return from the polar expedition. 32,250 Umbrelias Found. Carelessness scems to be a growing habit in London, for the report of 1912 of the Commissioner of Police just ise. ed shows that the lost articles eent to Bcotâ€" and Yard numbered $4876, an incrcsse of no fewer than 11,258 on the previous yeir. Ihe articles included: Bags, 10,104; jewel ry, 2233; opera glasses, 748; purses, 3423; sticke, 2,002; umbrellas, (32250; watches 65. Of these 36,865 articles, valued at $200,260, were restored to their owners. Bars l_l&rnnatlo Marriages. The visit of the Archduke Francis Ferâ€" dinand and his coneort, the Duchcss of iohenberg, has eet every one talking of the ever fascinating subjeet of morganatic marriage. & T The present reigning Prince of Lippe is also the son of a morganatic marriage, hough in his case, notwithstanding this ‘mpediment and in spite of the oppos‘â€" tion of a very exalted personage, he was allowed to eucceed to the throme of the principalityâ€"a living proof that morgaâ€" natic descent is not an abeolute bar to succession among German roya‘lty. Aberdeen to Honor Byron. Aberdeen is to do honor to Byron by erecting a statue to his memory. Though he was born in Londonâ€"in Holles Btreet, Cavendish Squareâ€"the poet‘s early days were epent in Aberdeen; and he was alâ€" ways proud of his connection with the Gordons. » London, Dec. 15, 1913, Blew Up a Train Conveying Fedâ€" eral Soldiers. A despatch from Mexico City says: A troop train is reported to have been dynamited north of Monâ€" terey on Wednesday by rebels, and the loss of life is said to bo heavy. The train was on its way to Nuevo Laredo to reinforce the garrison there. When any important ceremoniee have taken up most of the Queen‘s time Prinâ€" cess Mary hse made it a point of workâ€" ing harder «o that the guild should not suffer. The youthful viceâ€"prosident, too, not only makes the garments but is quite proficient in the cutting out proâ€" cess, and can, moreover, make a first rate choice of materials to be used. In her official capacity, too, Princess Mary, in addition, has collected three thourand garments for distribution this Chriatmas rica. Three shote were fired at him. The attempt was made while he was walking on Commissioner Street. The assailant of Bir Lionel Philips was identified as a Dutch storeâ€" keeper of the name of Niseun, and the crime was supposed to have been actuated by revenge for the loss of a recent suit against the mining group with which Bir Lionel is connected. One bullet pierced the lung and liver, but the attendâ€" ing physicians are hopeful of Bir Lionel‘s recovery. He has suffered much from shock and pain, and no attempt has ‘been made to remove the bullets. The wound in the neck is slight. The Leading‘ Goldâ€"Miring Magnate of South Africa. A despatch from Johannesburg, South Africa, says: An attempt Princess Mary has earned $1,250 in eleven months with her own little hands in the cause of chaÂ¥tity. Several charitâ€" able institutions are benefiting by the labors of the young Princess, and one portion of the money has been expendâ€" ed on two hundred pairs of boots, which she will give to other organizations this Christmas. What Princess Mary, who is only sixâ€" teen, has earned by her own unaided efâ€" forts for charity within the last half dozen years would make a very comfortâ€" able amount. A large proportion of the money was made by the eale of Venetian ~laes bead necklaces which Princess Mary made. She was given a quantity of Veneâ€" tian glass beade by the Queen, and with these she started to make . nocklaces. Princess Mary worked with a will, and by her industry eoon made a number in a wide varie‘y of designs and etyles. Those were soon «old for sums ranging from half a dollar to a dollar and m hialf. Some of the necklaces took longer to mke than others, but on an average each oc ecupied Her Royal Highnese two hours. . But Princees Mary‘e work did not stop with the beads. She is a youthful viceâ€" president of the â€" London _ Nesdlework Guild, in which the Queen takes so great an interest, and she aleo hae spent a considerable time in sewing for the poor. Both the Queen and hor daughter have made a large number of stitched of knitâ€" ted garments for them €42°, Though morganatio marriages are not permitted by English law London has become familiar with the idea by the reâ€" sidence in this country of the Grand Duke Michael and the Countess Torby, wrominent in London fash onable clrcles. was made on Thursday to assassiâ€" mate Bir Lionel Philips, the leading goldâ€"mining magnate of South Afâ€" The late Duke of Teck, Queen Mary‘s faâ€" ther, wes the only eon of Duke Alexander f Wurtemberg and his morganatic wife, the Countess Claudine Rhedey, Ther marriéd life wase short, for the bride died at the end of five years; but it was beâ€" lieved in Wurtemberg to have been idenlâ€" ly happy, and after the death of his wifeé Duke Alexander lived a widower for nearly fifty years. _ _ _ es s IThe Countess Torby hereelf is the offâ€" spring of another morganatic marriage; she is the daughter of the late Princo Nicholas of Naussau and the Countees of slenenberg. s m ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO SIR LIONEL PHILIPS SHOT. The Meaning of a Name means everything that is choicest in fine tea. "SALADA" means. the ‘world‘s best tea â€"â€"â€" "hillâ€" grown Ceylon"â€"â€"â€"with all the exquisite freshness and flavor retained by the sealed lead packages. BLACX, GREEN or MIXED ose " Our London Letort MEXICAN REBELS BUSY. Princess Mary Earns $1,250. Cupid at the South Pole. A despatch from Winnipeg says : John â€" Krafchenko, charged with robbing the Baak of Montreal at Plum Coulee, Man., and murderâ€" ing H. M. Arnold, the manager, was captured on Wednesday mornâ€" ing at a house in College Avenue, St. John‘s, Man., where he was known as a student by the name of Andrews. A cordon of twenty poâ€" lice were on hand to make the arâ€" rest, which was effected without a struggle, the wanted man saying : "It‘s all up, I guess. I‘ll come quietly. I didn‘t intend to shoot anyway.‘"" On searching the apartâ€" ments an automatic revolver was found lying on the bureau beside the bed, while under the pillow was another fully loaded revolver, Rebel bands swept down upon the oil city of Tampico, in Mexico, but were repulsed. _ _ [ tish possessions. Thus the total voting strength in the election of 1911 was 1,987,129. The total numâ€" ber of votes polled was 1,307,528. The total number of persons of alien birth in Canada at the date of the census was 752,732, and of thesoe 353,588, or 46.98 per cent., inâ€" cluding both sexes, had acquired the rights of Canadian citizenship. Britishâ€"Born Number Nearly. One and a Halft Millions. A despatch from Ottawa says: According to statistics compiled by the Census Department, out of 346,523 foreignâ€"born males of voting age in Canada, only 135,906 or 39.22 per cert. had at the time of the taking of the last census become British subjects within Canada, and thus acquired the right to vote. The Britishâ€"born male population of voting age, including native Canadians, totalled 1,442,618, of whom 382,133 were born in the United Kingdom and 26,472 in Briâ€" Police Capture the _ Slayer of Banker Arnold. An international fleet is guarding the nsutral zone at Tampico, whils the Mexicans fight for the city‘s possession. Dismasted and deserted, the Briâ€" tish ship Dalogonar, from Callao for Taltal, Chile, was sighted Octoâ€" ber 28 about 1,200 miles west of the coast of Chile by the French barque Marie. Wm. Deering, one of the founders of the great Chicago farm imple ment firm, ard a multiâ€"millionaire, died in Florida, aged 87. The Post Office Department agair issues a warning that Christma: seels must not be attached to th: face side of letters. A big demonstration was made at the Capitol in Washington by the Antiâ€"Balcoon League,. _ _ The official index at Ottawa shows the standard of living for Novembe fixed at 138.4; in October it wa: 136.8. The postal employees in Grea‘ Brita‘n have doferred the ca.ling 0. a gezeral strike, 7 The British submarine, C14, sanl in ten minutes after a collisio: with a barge near Devonport bu the crew of 20 were saved. Canada, the Empire and the World in General Before Your Eyes. Canfldac C The Minister of Militia is developâ€" ing a scheme to obtain militia offiâ€" cers from the universitics. Ald. Ray, of Hamilton, tells of women who loaf in moving picture shows and neglect their children. Centralization of cheese factories was advocated by district dairy inâ€" structors at a meeting in Morrisâ€" burg. Col. Carleton, the new commandâ€" ant of the Royal Military College a‘ Kingston, has arrived from iing land. £ Beilin waterworks extensions aro completed, including the largest concrete standpipe on the contiâ€" nent. Toronto police officials will seek leg‘slation to prevent newspapers from publishing racing information. More «tringent laws against imâ€" morality and the abolition of raceâ€" track gambling were urged.at Otâ€" tawa by a strong deputation. C The total cash value of the salâ€" mon caught in British Columbis waters this year was $7,619,745.75. HAPF _NINGS FROM ALL OYVER THE GLOBE IN A KXUTSHELL. TH NEWS M A PARASAP: MURDERER ARRESTED. THE RIGHT TO YOTE. United States. Great Britain. General. Did you ever pause to agsk yourself why there are «o many dimiccts and tongues? Bince that dim time of Babel this conâ€" fusion hae multiplied, until today toe speech of the people varies not only in different countries, but aleo in different parte of the same country, and even from city to city, and from ward to ward. But of late there has come to pars a new tenâ€" dency, which is again hrincin‘f the speech of the people to a common denominator. It is the work of the steam engine, the telegraph and the telephone. _ P e eR Te Peenetmnteh With interests eteadily converging, with travel multiplying, with the white wings of commerce visiting every shore, with civlization weaving all mankind into the woof of a human brotherhood, «peech, too, begins once more to seek a langurge which all can comprehend. It may be left to a Marconi to remove the curse which, at Babel, sent the sons of men gibbering into the wilderness. For it surely is a The superetitiously inclined, and those who believe in human power to foretell ue events of the future, to whom "the cunset of life gives mysiicas lore and coming events cast their shadows before," may take comfort to themselves in the prophecy of a modern Mother Shipton, who saye that there will be no "disaeter" in America in 1914. Perhaps she thinks chat with her Titanie dismeters, the great ake etorme, drought, cyciones, floods, mine horrors, she hae had enough to last .onger than to the end of next year. But we imagine that there will be ro relaxâ€" ing of vigilance or neglecting of precauâ€" tions on the part of minere or*shipmas ters or railroad engineers or weather obâ€" servere for averting the misfortunes that are preventable. Perhaps there is as much common sense as superstition in the makeup of the human race after all. Talking Across the Sea. A recent report that Marconi had eucâ€" ceeded by the wireless telephone in gendâ€" ing disconnected sounds acrose the Atâ€" lantic proves to have been premature, though probably prophetic. Thae radiug of his experimenting thus far has not exceeded 300 miles, he says. But he reâ€" cognizes no limit to what may be dove and freely predicte that New York will yet be able to talk with London without wires, When that time comes, think how much greater than ever will be the need of a universal ianguage. _ oi . 4 curee to hear your brother epeak and not to understand. @flic goes right on with its work is a fine dvertisement for Canada. It proves that qowever severely Canada is criticized at imes thoee who know her better than anyone else are quite ready to back her ceputation with all the resources at their command. doughty . Imagination is of much frentar fmportâ€" ance than people generally credit. In some way or other it has become mixed up with dreams. ‘The imaginative man is called unpractical and a dreamer. Then when it is scen that imagination trained in a practical school evolves something of real value everybody wondere why it was never thought of before. ‘The fact that the Canadian Pacific is going on with this davelorment during the coming year shows the imagination which was brought into play two or three years ago. In fact the executive heads of these great railâ€" roade are almoet ob iged to be looking and living months ahead of anyone else. (On their ability 4o foresee dtpond their success. Thus we learn that tae commander of a uiliur{ train who was capturcd by the ~ubele had his ears cut off, his tongue orn out and his eyes gouged from their sockets. Then the federals, when they captured a nan engaged in the raid on the train, made him «it on a charge of dynamite .1d blew him to pieces. How like the "blowing from the gune" in "Mutiny" days, how l.ke the playiul antics of an older civilization described in "With Fire and Sword"! It seeme but a etep from the drawing room to the There is eomething wonderfully dramaâ€" tic about the tremendous developmenrt work the Canadian Pacifc Railway wil carry on during the coming year. In clear or foul financial weather money pours out for further improvements. It ehows the faith of its heads in the future of Canada and how otronf and heulthy the fAnancial Po-it.ion is. 1t sounds very easy to do all the financing enrlier #o that when there is no money business does not suffer. But it is really very difâ€" ficult and needs not only excelient eredit, but careful preparation. Above all it needs imagination euflicient to look far ahead and allow for future development. Lo create conditions for the benefit of their roads, to always keep a little ahead of their rivale, to epend money at the vight time and have it when it is scarce â€"it‘e a great game, but it wants fine playâ€" ‘ng. The way in which the Canadian Paâ€" The North American Indian, in his wildest state, appeare to be a cuiltivated gentlieman compared with those who are conducting war in Mexico. The total receipts of grain, inâ€" cluding wheat, oats, barley, and flax, at Fort William and Port Arâ€" thur during September, October and November, the three months of the shipping season, were 115,570,â€" 590 bushels, as compared with 67,â€" 867,592 bushels in 1912. In other THE WESTERN GRAIN CROP A despatch from Ottawa say8: That the Western wheat crop for 1013 was almost 75 per cent. greater than that for last year, and many a previous one, is indicated by cofficial figures issued by the Department of Trade and Comâ€" merce on Wednesday for the first time, covering the receipts and shipments of grain from Fort Wilâ€" liam and Port Arthur during the present shipping season. Advance figures which have been given out at Fort William have indicated that the total would be a large one, but the final figures show that it surâ€" passes expectations. Movement of.Grain to Lakes In Three Months 115,â€" 570,590 Bushels, Against 67,307.592 in 1912 Comment on Events NHigh Class 5â€"Year Bonds that are Profitâ€"Sharing #erevea uis o c NATIONAL SECURITIES CORPORATION, LIMITED Acts of the Playful Savage. Creat Railway Bullding. A Doughty Orientai. Prophecies for 1914. PP ingfomdivebaitatiais is d ) "1 COaFEDERAri0» UFE cU LD e 4 INVESTMENT NVESTA * ombimmiaiass 1846404000 h 6. ‘L :’ d"l'l.".:"l":., he withdrawn any time after one vear, lished 28 years ~ Fusizes: at back of these 8 nds estab e tm on _ end for special folder and full particu ars m AG ! At about sunset of Christmas Eve, in Russia, the peasants form | processions at the head of which, on a tall pole, is borne the "Star | of Bethlehem.‘‘ They march to the | homes of the nobles or high officials , of the neighborhood and sing carols | unrder the mansion windows until ‘money is tossed to them. Later at ,'night is the masquerade when ‘merrymakeu appear in costumes | representing domestic animals in | ‘memory of Christ‘s humble birthâ€" place. Bupper is served on tables»"~~ littered with straw, the Christmas trees are lighted and presents ex changed . ‘‘Stop in bed at Christmas and put on fine clothes at Easter," is e Greek saying which explains muct of the Greek manner in celebrating : Christmas as they make more of s carnival on the latter event. Th« Julian calendar is used in thas country, which makes their Christ mas, January 7, and there it lasts for twelve days until Epiphany. Th« weather in that part of the world is usually bleak and the superstitions ones believe that hobgoblins are out in the bad weather, which someâ€" what dampens the joyousness of the event. SBhoes Supplant Stockings in Holâ€" landâ€"Greeks Stay in Bed. In Germany, festivities begin the day before Christmas and last until New Years and many of the obâ€" served Christmaa customs originatâ€" ed in the land of the Teuton,. It was these people who first decoratâ€" ed evergreen trees with tinsel, orâ€" naments and presents for children It is customary for a German fam ily to gather on Ohristmas Eve fij\ about the candleâ€"lit tree and u:i hymns, after which a certain ki of spice cake is eaten. Then Bants appears and gives each person the intended gift. After this a supper is served and of course the next day everyone goes to church ans later enjoys a roast goose dinner Kanta Claus originated in Holâ€" land, but very soon made his way around the world, though in that land Bt. Nick drives a white horss and Christmas is observed as in very ancient days on December 6 instead of December 25. The chil dren put out their wooden shoes on the evening before, filled with straw and oats for the horse. In exchange, a good child gets fine presents while the naughty ones are supposed to find rods in theirs. vice own French poople have a legend that "Jean Noe!" is heard singing in the mountains about Yuletide and that he goes among the poor people in various disguises. â€" Where he is well received he loaves happy reâ€" membrances of his visit. The little ones place their shoes where he can drop things in. As in other counâ€" tries, the bad boys and girls find whips in their shoes instead of good thingsâ€"that is, if there are any bad children. and His Cat," "Cinderella," and ‘‘Bluebeard." It is called boxing day because of the custom of girâ€" ing Christmas boxes or tips to serâ€" vants. The King and Queen repair to Bandringham on this day to ob serve the traditions of oldâ€"fashionâ€" ed Christmas by being served a banquet consisting of a boar‘s head, beef, and & gigantic plum pudding. ‘The boar‘s head is usual ly a present from the German Kaiâ€" The peasants of Italy usually play sweet melodies before images of the Virgin and Child, and though they never beg, passersby who are wellâ€"todo usually give them food and money. On Christmas all amusement places in England are closed and no public demonstrations of any kind are permitted, "everything being done at the family hearth.‘" But on the following day, known as ‘"‘Boxing Day,‘"" theatres reâ€"open, usually showing pantomimes of old child stories as ‘"‘Dick Whitington ser, and when presented before the King on a silver dish, all present sing a carol about the King‘s boar‘s head and praying that all be merrs Wymeker m ies tm nid e o SA eR C The best showing wase made durâ€" ing September and October, No vember receipts and shipments be ing about the same as for the same months in 1913. This was due, of course, to the fact that the crop was moved earlier this year. Dw ing November of this year the total receipts of grain were. 45,128,.38), while the shipments were 39,598,114 bushels. The total receipts of wheat alone during the three ship ping months were 83,541,742 bush els, as compared with 49,715,737 bushe‘s last year. The total ship ments of wheat were 40,190,91( bushels, as compared with 45,258, 283 bushels last year. words, over seventy per cant. more grain was received . than during last year. The total shipments for this season were 86,434,120 bushe}s, as compared with 60,501,012 bush els during a similar | period )nt year, an increase of sixty per cent ‘ C s oi > cHRISTMAS IN MANY LAXNDS. It is hard to appreciate good adâ€" that fails to coincide with our desires. . Seriesâ€"$100, $500, $1000 ht t t :6 e TORO®TO. CANADA T | 4 Mp. © > + Fo s J.“'l;a h 3 0oi Â¥eeders DECF twe We price sNOu RH ev