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A despatch from Brockville says: Few men have the gruesome ex- "perience of driving for miles beside a dead man, but that was what hap- pened to Frederick Vickery on Wednesday. - An old man named William Davis has been living with Vickery, who is a farmer at Lillies, a few miles north of the fown. Davis has been ailing for some con- siderable time past and finally Vick- ory felt that he could not assume the responsibility any longer. Ac- cordingly he drove the old man into town for the | treated at the ] When _ Vickery reached ital he was horrified to fi bis companion was sitting in the b i : ward on chest, stone dead. As i quietly, , his head slightly for- |, il was not now a case for the hos-|; pital the only course left was toi; sunimon the police and the coroner. No inquest was considered ne- cessary as the man, who was about seventy years of age, had died from natural causes. Vickery cannot say at what time Davis died." Eee WELLINGTON'S ORDERS. Iron Duke Wrote Orders on Asses' Skins, which were Returned. It has been stated that the Duke of Wellington wrote his orders on horseback. On this point Priscilla, Lady Burghesh, questioned him and received the following explanation: "He said it was his constant prac- tice in action, and peculiarly latter- ly, to write down'the orders he sent by his aides de camp. Having found that the verbal orders were either incorrectly delivered or not compre- hended, he adopted the practice of carrying in 'his pocket loose sheets of asses' skin of the size of a large card (such as the invitaions from court are printed on) and a pencil, and when he had an order to send he wrote it with his pencil on one side of those sheets in his hand, the aides de camp standing at his horse's head the while." As an evidence of the Duke's frugal mind it may be added that after the action was over the asses' skins were returned to him to be cleaned and used over again. Let us conclude with an interest- ing note concerning . the young Queen Victoria. "Yesterday, com- fng out of town, we met the Queen driving in an open carriage; and I saw her so well; in a white chip bon- net, very pretty and neat, 'smiling and looking pleased and happy. She was quite a pretty girl, with a peculiar sweet and intelligent coun- tenance.' eee im THREW MAN OVERBOARD . Heartless Action of Mate of the Steamer Standard. A despatch from Kenora says: During an altercation on: Monday afternoon on board the steamer Standard, a work boat of Sutton & McArthur, a Swedish foreman. in their. employ threw overboard a ny Scotchman named Robert Mc- ay. All means were taken to res- cue him, but without avail, and dur- ing the excitement that followed the Swede disappeared. A search for the Swede has been instituted. irra Nettie 87,404 ALIENS NATURALIZED. Have Become Britich Subjects Since 1902, A despatch from Ottawa says: Ac- cording to returns received at the State Department, 87,404 aliens have taken out naturalization pap- ers as British subjects in Canada since the Act went into effect in 1903. During the period between July 1st, 1906, and Dec. 31st, 1907; the num- ber naturalized was 17,714, of whom 7,279 were from the United Sta and 306 were Japanese. - AER. J children. The honse wag decorated on Wednesday in honor of the event, and all and sundry were made wel- come, ; S------ ge ---- $100,000 FIRE AT SACKVILLE. Foundry and Hotel in New Bruns- wick Town Destroyed. A despatch from Sackville, N.B., says: Lightning early on Thursday set fire to the buildings of the En- terprise Foundry, and they were totally destroyed. The fire spread t» the Intercolonial Hotel, which was ruined. ~ The railway station was saved with difficulty. The loss is $100,000. Sermons A} a sis WHAT IS FATIGUE! When we use any large group of "muscles, as those, say, of the legs, for running and jumping, we very quickly get '"'out of breath." This is really a species of fatigue. -It 'arises from the fact that the mus- cle thus used throws into the blood passing through it a large quanti- ty of carbonic-acid gas, which is oisonous to the body and must be Purried out through the lungs. The greater the amount of this gas thrown into the bload, the more ra- pid and urgent are the movements of the lungs, and the sooner we get "out of breath." If the exercise is less violent"and more continuous, we may not get out of breath, but the muscles will ultimately become tired, so that movement is difficult, and sometimes even impossible. This is due to the presence of oer- tain poisonous substances produc- ed by the exercise, which have the effect of paralyzing the muscles. If we rest for a time, the sensation of fatigue 'will pass off, the poisons having been washed out by the blood. Then the exercise may be continued. 3 E ai, 3 WHAT'S A VACATION? A life insurance policy. : A smile on the face of Father w : d An investment in 'the Bank Health. 'The slot into which your savings drop. : The funny supplement of life's news- paper. i The sugar coating to the bitter pill of work. An addition traction in wealth. A rest wherein you work harder in spending your money than you ever did in earning it. . del ; Nova Beotia is sending the Prin- cess of Wales a mink coat wi trimmings and with button karat gold worth about $8, ni, of 24- Bhorts--$20 to #21 in bu side; in bags $2 more. Flour--Manitoba, fi $6; seconds, $5.40 $5.30; Ontario winter ents, $3.20 to $3 COUNTRY PRODUCE. : Butter--Receipts- are still large} J and still the market keeps strong. Creamery, prints .. iv 4c to 260 do solids _" A Dairy prints, choice do ordinary .... i. Dairy, tubs Inferior .... ... Cheese--12%c and 13c¢ to 13}c for t Egge--Prices are easl 21c. g Beans--Prices are $2 to $2:10 for prime and $2.10 to $2.20 for hand- picked. SRS 3 Potatoes--Ontarios, 900 to $1.15 per. bushel ; $3.60 per barrel here. : seen in carlots on track PROVISION MARKET. Pork--~Short cut, $23.50 per. bar- rel; mess, $19 to $19.90." Lard--Tierces, 120; tubs, 12){0; pails, 18%c. : A Smoked and Dry Salted Meats-- Tiong clear bacon, 11%e %o 11}4¢ tons and cases; hams, medium an light, 14%c to 160; hams, large, | 12%¢ to 13c; backs, 17046 to 18c; shoulders, 10¢ to 1034c; rolls, 10%4¢c to 1lc; breakfast bacom, 16¢ to 16%c; green meats, out of pickle, jc less than smoked, : Montreal, Aug. 4.--Flour--Mani- toba spring wheat patents, $6.10 to $6.20; second patents, $56.60 to $5.- 70: winter . wheat patents, $5 to $5.50; straight roll $4.25 to £4.50; in bags, $1.0 $2.10, ex- tra, $1.50 to $1.70. 0 Rolled Oats--#2:50 in bags of 80 pounds. Oats--No. 2, 48¢; No. 3; 47¢; re- jected, 46ec.. C : Cornmeal--81.85 to $1.95 per bag. " Millfeed--Ontario bran, in: bags, $20.50 to $21.50; shorts, $23 to $24; Manitoba bran, in bags, $22 to $23; shorts, $94 to $25. HE 'Provisions ~-- Barrels short out J mess, $32.60; half barrels, $11.50; clear fat backs, $23; dry salt long clear backs, 11c; barrels pl $17.50; half barrels do., $9 pound lard, 3% to 9c; pur d 12%e to 136; Fottle render to 13%c; hams, 12)c. to. lg, cording size; ; breakfast 14c to 186; Windsor bacon, 160; fresh killed abattoir hogs, $9.75 to $10; live, $6. in 'health by a sub- | Cheese--W. 12¢ to 18%c and easterns to 11%4¢. Eh g 9 Northern, oar store, 81.1704 inter firmer. 0 , ow, 820 'ported Americans; $3.35 to Te : + 23cto24c)' A British board will in the methods of preserving Mr, Joseph Chamber ig to be-in a very grave cond : WP, A despateh of Parliament are moval of the' cat Sir Rdward Grey warmly ates the idea that Britain policy is (aimed at A ated both Lord Charles and Sir Percy Scott in connection with 'the signal incident. | UNITED STATES. North Dakota 1s ment to: Theodore A negro charged a white woman was burn: stake by & mob in at Greenville, Texi om Winn 7 Conditions at tho End of No peg says :| able wh 'at the end of July|August 10, there | general _cutbing ui [August 1 20;