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^^^mm^^^^m^ *v^ v * vhe Dsiik *<vi*fc*v /**<&& CENTS! BEST_QFPER EVER MADE. frit THE ESSEX FREE PRESS For the balance of 1896 for ^h x" TO NBW'SUBSORIBBRS Show this to your neighbors.') ADDRES E, J. LOVELACE, Proprietor, Essex, Ont, Wll'FfciSjS fO ' ttfiB DEED. ib-st crao. %jyxviuxjEi i<thj asiiisr. : 'TO HE CONTINUKD.) jiih oyon met hern, tind II n a bed thoir 'Vr hahV, b.h the second word acunicd to clinch ether* which alio had opokon that night. "Thin in all our aooret. Even uncle mint not know yot till we havo had a long talk with mint. Sim can bo qnito liko n lawyer in giving advice." "But, Edio!" "No, no; wo can havo no honittitiau.. What I nay in right I'm vary fond of Malcolm Stratton ; mid, if ho nan dono thiu dreadful *0iinpf, hi puniuhmont mimt not coma through ub." "You'ro a tittle Queen of Shoh/i," hs whiaperod paBaiouatoly. "lliuih ! That's not bohavmg hko Solo- f mon, I& wiHo, pleaae. 0 Myra, Myrii 1 I Stop; there are noino nilttt on tho chimney- pioco in the front room. No, no; Dtjty 1 fcjho in enming to." For Myra turnod hor hoad slightly on oho ddc, a*d rnnttorod a few incoherent words , in n. low, weary tone; and at last opened j hor eyes to lot them rest on GuoHt'u face aa he knelt by her. Thoro wai no roongnition for a fow mo- menu, av she lay back, gazing dreamily at him. Then thought reoumad ita power in hor brain, and hor faeo wao convulnod by a flpavm- Surting up, aha caught his arm. **Ib it all truo V* alio cried, in a low, | 'liuaky whiapor. ]. Guest gavo her a pitying, appealing look, [ /but ho did not speak. "Yen, it miiut bo truo," nho aaid, an aha roao to hor feat, and ntood supporting her* self by'GuoHt'H arm, while Edio hld hor hand. "You havo not. told anyono V ib* said tfugorly. ' I came horo an soon ai I know," 'Whore in Mr. Stratton V' 4lAt his chamberu." "And you. his friond, havo left him at E, auch a. time ?" "It woo at his witdi," said Guoit gently; "hia Hocrot is aafe with mo." "Yes. He truain you, I triiHt you. Percy Guuat, Edlo, even if ho is guilty, ho must be. wived.' No, no, it could not he eujlt. f must not bo weak now. Ho may be Innocent, and tho law can be bo cruel. Who known what may ba tho oauao .1" Slid prosaod hor hauda to hor templon for few moment], and then the powor to think grow clearer. "Go to him from me. Toll him I hid him leave England at onco. Louvo with him, if you can bo of holp. Stop, Me ia not rich. Edi, all the money you iiuve, Mr. Guoat, tako thiu, too, and I will got more. Now go, and remember thul-ymi uro bin frieud. Write to me and Edio, and wo will aendjbut, though all in ovor, lei mo know that hit* lifa h aafe," Guest caught tho hand alio oxtendod . with hor purao and Edie'a, Liaised It revor- t/ enlly, ana eloped tho fingara tightly round the puraea, uud gently thrust them fn<m him, "What!'! Myra oriod paaionatly; "you refuiio J" "I want to help you both," he ronliod gravoly. "0 Percy 1" cried Edle, with the teat* starling to hor eyna, and hor tone of ro- prourih thrilled him. "Don't apeak to mo like that," ha auid. "You moan well, but to do what you nay ie to condemn him at onco in everybody^ sight. It la all bo foreign to lily poor friend'a nature that, evtui knowing wh.'i I do, I cling to tho beliof in Iiin tunoouiiut-." "Yesj! ho must bo iiinoooiit," oriod Myra. .*'!! oould not be what you say," "Then ahould I bo right in taking money and your moaaago, aayiitg to him, though ;ot in worda *Kly for your lifeliko* a hunt ed criminal'! I could not do it, Myra(Rih*> - think, pray, what you are urging. Ib ;-"^ld be b ttor advico to him to aav ' your ( iivo yoaraolf up, and lot a jury of fullow-countrymon deaide,' " "No, no," criod Myra; "it in too hor- rihlo. Yon do not know; you cannot W'O what ho is mi (To ring what bin partition in. I iniiHt act myaolf. It cannot, it cannot be triiB?" "Myra 1" whioperod Edic, clinging to her. "What ? And you aido ogaiust me too *>' "Nof no, dear! How can you apeak auch cruul word? ' You know I woula do any thing for your aako." "Anything but this," alio cried. "Ther it in, ylriia enough. Ho apeaka, and you cry 'Ilcarkenl in ho notwiuo.' Ho says, 'Lei. him be given up in justice for tho mob to howl at him and oay ho ntuiit dig.' Die! Oh, no, no, no, it ia too horrible! tie muak ho ahadl be aavod !" In hor agony oho made a rueh for the door, but boforo aho waa halfway thoret8b" tottorod, and would havo fallen but fo- Gueat'a ready arm. Ho caught hor Just ii> tinio.and boro her to a couch, whero alio lay back sobbing hyotorically for a fow momenta, but only to master hor omotion, diaw her caufiin to her breaat, and kiaa bar again aud again before holding out hor hand to Gueat. "Forgive mel" aho whinpod. "Thoaaloug montha of auflorinq have made me weak half-mad. My lipii npokc, Not my htiart. Ynu ar'o both winer than I am. Help me, and tell mo what to do." "I will help you, and help him, in evory way I can," said Guost goatly, aa ho held tho thin whito hand in his. "Now let mo talk coolly to you let ua look the matter phi inly in tho face, and oe how matiera atand, I am apoakiug now aa the lawyer, not aa the friand yea, aa tho friend, too; but our fooling!must not carry ub away," Myra atrugglod with her emotion, and prcoHod the hand which hold hora firmly. Guent waa uilout for o, fow momonta anal itood aa if collecting his thoughU and re viewing hia position, "There ia no nood for taking any.im mediate mepfi," he aaid. "Tiio aoone'that took place lo-nittht waa forood on by my Erocipitanoy, and the dangor to Stratton as panaod away. To-morrow I will eoo him again, and perhaps ho will bo more ready to take mo into his confidence, for there ia a great dal moro to loam, I am ure." "It ia not bo bad aa you imagined." After what took place to-night I can't ay that," Guoat roplicd Badly; "but ther* are points I havo notyet graapod. An acci dentia fit of passion a groat deal mora than I have y*it learned,". "Then g<* tp him to-night," aaid Myra eagorly, "FWill go with you. He shall not thilik that'all who love foriako him in tho hour af liia need." "Myra J" "I cannot holp it," she oriod, springing Up, "Did I not go to him when that bub- plciou clung to him that he waa treachor- oua and baao? Even then in my heart J- folt it could not bo true, You, I- know what you Bay; ho Imu tncitly oonfeaiiod to thin dreadful orimo, bub we do not know all. I Htiw that Malcolm Stratton could not be bane, If he baa taken another's life, I know, I fool all tho horror; but ho ha* not boen falae or-treacherous to tiro woman ho loved, aud it waa on account of thiu horror that he shrank baok that day. To inault to treat rno with contempt ? No; to snare mo, Edie; and my plaoe la at hie afd," "No, not now," aaid Gueat firmly. "I will go baok to-night Triint me, plaasoi and have faith in my trying to do what i* far the beat," f-;t A. ^7l!;ro_aa a few momenta* itloflce then Myra apako ' again faintly, Vp't; with moro compoauro.' . /- "Yea, we trust you, Mr. Gueat. Don't think any more about what I auid. Come to mo again ioon with nnwe. I shall h dying for your tidiuga. Yre," ahe. aaid, with n wo*ry eig'i, alio elilng to hU hand, "dying for your uowa. Only promise tun thin; that you will not doi>iv ino in any way. If ifc U good or bad/you will -COIIle.'- ...... ' "You hnint know," aaid Gueat quietly, "aooiitir or Uter. I will como and toll you iiViirythhig," "Thi)i go now go to him." "Your father T H<; will think It'arrange that I have benii and gouu without Mooing him." "No; you Iiavo boon to uoo uh, tll him livery thing "when we are Good-nighl." "Good-night." Gunitt hurrhid back to the iim, wjk dark there; mid, on going to HrN>t, lie knocked at the unor-in vain. "I ciin do no more," ho imid; and liu wont slowly buck to Iiin own rooirn*. BIGWHEATCROPSAFi; Tho Bulk of tho Wheat Is Nov/ Cut I will alone, but nil &uruiu A DAY OR TWO WILL FINISH IT In a Majority of the IHatrlcU Tbere I* Abaluliy Mo Welted Wbent~N*W-. . Wtaetti HairUeled at IB ran don at *'irty Cents Per liaslifl. CHAPTEU XLI. AT VAULT. It wna from no dread of the coriMoquences liknly lo eriHiio that Malcolm .Sl-nition paiiHud with tho burning paper in Iiin hand, Ho knew that liu had but to drop it into tho clear fluid hunoath, for thia to burnt out into a dancing crater of blue and oration flaimHi. Ho knew, too, Unit tho old wo mi- word with which the nutiquo place waa lined would nipidly catch fire, and that in a abort tiino the chamhoni would be one roaring, fiery furnace, ami tho place he doomed before the miiana nf extinction ooiild arrive. Ho had no fear for tin If, for he felt that thoru would he time enough to en capo if ho Witbod to oiive hia life, Itut he did net drop the blazing paper ; leLtiug it burn right to hia fiu^ors, and then crush ing it iu liia baud. "Thore ia no reason," be muttered, an he turned wlowly baok to bin room. "It would he madnoua now ; thore ia nothing to eon- coal." Ha Hunk into hiu chair, and sat hack thinking and tryiug to piece together all that had paused ainco the day when, full of life, joy, and oagorncHB, ho wau ready to hurry oiTto tho church. Uy his long con- finomunt, with neglect of nu|ft and the weary hours b had paniwd full of agony and deapAir, bud impaired hia power of ar ranging matiora in a calm, logical aequmicn, and bo had to go tice to bin bedroom to bathe hia burning head. There waa one point'at which ho Bought to arrive his proimnt position, and what he tihould do next. It cmiie at Juat, and thon he worked himself up to thti f[rasping of thd"'frcctn, till a mist cumo over iia brain, and all glided away, leaving hia mind blank. For it wan aH o.io torrib'o confuaiou, mainly tlun ta the feurful mental atrain to which he had boen oxpnaed during the past few boura; and at laat ho at there holding hia tluobtiing brow, fooling that ho could think of everything hut tlio ono point to which be ibrouo. At one moment Gneat's horrifiud face ivhh boforo him, and in a puzzled way lie felt that hia friend had left him with the idaa that lie had alaiu Brottinon, and .that he ought to hayo made that portion of hia triuiblo clur to him; hut at that timejt wan an if ho Wei** Tottered by the horroni of"a nigh t ma re-Iilcod roam. But be waved thone thoughta aside. They wero uh nothing to the torriblo perplexity ho had to master, and tho first atep tow.ird that niiiatcry wau to find Brottitton, whom he hod lant, uaim on the morning nppniuLcd for the wedding, wishing him happiness and every good thing that could fall te a bridi'tfrnom'ii lot. Atui nriw ? What did it all mean ? How could be clour up tho ohaofl which bade fa r to' wr<-ck bin brain. Biottinou could not have roi nrned; and yot hovr nirango it all was ! What could ho do! One thing shone out, liMvovnr, clearly; and thar, wan tho knowledge that he con.d come btick hero and stay without being haunted by tho presnnco of n groat honor close at Iniiul. He even begun i ognisp tin) fuct that, for a long time paat, he hurl heeu needl' mily Rtiunning. hia ronmu and living away in a morbid state,;"alWayB drea*liTig" aiaeovpry;,aiid opening liia doom at every vtiiit, fully expecting to find himaelf fa en to face with the polico, waiting to trap him in hie lair. How hn had suffered ! How ho had Btoleu to his.chambers at night, creeping up to bin door furliyoly, and, after entering, examining the cluiict, and muking sure that it li.fl not boon tampered with and opnned in hia absoiicc It had licen u tcrriblo period of agony, Biioh in. hmi tinned him old 'before hia time; and now lie hud discovered that bio Buffer ing and dread had been vain and empty ; that he had stayed away from the inn for naught, unless all thia wag imagination; another of tho horrible nightmare droama by which ho had boen haunted ever since that dreadful day. At laat lie grew calmer, and felt able to look matters in the face. The grt&t horror had passod away, and in so paaaing it had roused him to action. There waa work to do, a strange complication to solve ; and he settled in his own mind how that waa to bo done. He must find Brettiaon at onco ; and the great question was c Whero could be bo ? Horn was a grand difficulty at once. Whore would a man like Brottiaon ba like ly to sojourn ? a man who ranged through the length aud breadth of the country in pursuit of his specimens. In an ordinary way. But what would bo bo doing now, and what has he done ? Stratton shuddered, and pictured a strange aceno, ono upon which ho dare not dwell; and, leaping up, ho took matches and a candle with tho intention of goi^ "<> his friond's room to try and piok up tt*e clew there ; but by the time he roaohad his door he was face to face with hie first obataolo. Bretfiion's door was looked again, and, without ro-aummoning the holp thoy had that ovoning, entrance waa im- possible. Taking tha lamp he eutcrdd the bath closet to try the old door.at the end; but, thia wa firmly screwed up again, arid 'uu- leiis ho broke through one of tho panola, en trance was impossible that way. Stratton returned to hia chair, hesitating to tako ao extreme a courso; and sitting down ho tried to think out a likely place for Brettisen to have gone Aa he thought, ho called to mind various places whero ho knew him to stay in tin* post; and soleottug one at ImphaKard-en old world place In Kent ho determined to start for there at onae, perfectly aware of the wildnctB of tho uohcmin and how eaaily We might spend hia life in auch a chant', but there waa nothing olae to be done. He could trust no ono-.get no holp. It muai bo Ida own work entirely. BrettJeou wna mautor of his secret, and thore could be uo rest for him until tho old usu was foiind. . Ho itarted at onoe, hurrying away from hia carefully olosod-up chambers by the northern gate, so that ha ahould not hu aeen at the, porter's lodge, and was halfway to iljie station whan a though assailed biu. : Portage hi Prairie, Man., Autf. !#. Baturday mornlng'd roportu- along tho Manitoba Northwestern road nhow that the weather wao partly cloudy, cool and citlrn with no rain. Hiirvent- Irur i general and all roporUi ure favorable mi far afi Minnedoua. At Upland and in tho Nowdnle dliitrlct the crop hi comlnt? on Hlowly. It lwui been u grand harvent week, and there munt be fully 75 per cont. o thu wheat cut to-night. Many of the umaller furmurH are all through; tho othem will UnlHli Monday or Tuenday. Air. Cumly, wont of thin town, llnhih- ed cutting wheat on <H0 aereii to-night. Mr. HprhiKKtoen flnlHhed to-night, cut-, ting: over 1100 .acrmi of wheat out of 1^00. He Imu eight blndurH, workii long hount and will tlulnh on Monday. He ban 100 acreu of oatji and barley partly cut and will fhilnh up after wheat. Mr. Cuthbert, lu mlle.s north, will flniHh cutting 60 acruH of wheat on Monday. lie kcupn two blnderu with double relayu of.horHen going uteady early and late. Mr. Connor, two mlloti went, ilnmhod moiit of hbi 400 acre Held to-day. He ban tiix to fjoven bindoru L'olng ordi nary time. Mellta dliitrlct clitlmn no. damage, with an lmmenne harvest. Manitnu tllatrict cla!mn an average yield of wheat 110, oaUi (JO and barley ii5 bufiholn to the acre. Dclornlnu had barley and oatu threiibod on Auffunt ir. Hoth are a good sample and yielded 80 and GO bmihely per acre, respectively. Pilot Mound Sentinel estlmatofr. that ttvo million bunlielii of wheat are being cut each day and that iiixty thousand man arc* at work in the (leldH. The cropH never looked better In thiu dis trict. IteportH from Dunbar uettlemcnt, north of l-^wtevan, show, excellent crorm thia year, Kutevan dlfltrict Is usually too.dry. ' Adam McICcnzlc, a big farmer of Kant Carberry, bought 5000 Iuu. of cord for liJs crop. The ilrut wheat marketed In Mqi*- den wcigjiexl Hlxty-four poundu to the bunlicl and Hold for fifty-live cento, Threshing hi going on In many fieldn and there will bo not a day'a delay In starting threshing on aceomrt of im- menne crop. ThreHhern find It diffi cult enough to handle an ordinary crop, but thin one will tax their re- HourcoB to the utmont for three or four monthn. There hi n difference of opinion re- -Hurdlnfir-the -Imr-vcHt-exctirsloiiH. One section- elafmfl It fjwamps local labor, lowem wagon, effeetn no permanent good to the province, and thinks the raiUvav )n only doing If. .for the fareH. Thin opinion lo vautly In the'minority, and Ontario help Is welcomed In all districts. The wagon paid vary In different districts: from $20 to $25 in Portage up to W0 to $35 In Qu'Appelle district. The' Qu'Appelle paper of the 23rd flongratulatea tho,district on complete Immunity from front and sympathizes with districts In Manitoba affected. It will not have to expend much sym pathy. The Reporter of Itapld City nays the temperature on Monday fell from four to six degrees in the Valley, and did some damage to gardens. The Brandon Times says they had two degrees of frost, but it-.-dld no dam are. The' ElUhorn Advocate gives four de- greef] of frost Monday night, and Is favorable to cutting wheat while green If there is danger from frost. Thin Item, originating from the -Erperl- -mcntal Panm, has been copied by nearly all the papers without comment fn nearly all cases. If they arc wait ing for the opinion of farmers, the lat ter are too busy now to give an opin ion. The Gazette of Glenboro reports a field of oats six feet four Inches high. Wages paid harvest laborers there run from $30 to $40 a month. Frost there on Tuesday morning two de- Brces, five nt Stockton, four at Tre- Iierne. Tender plantu were injured In many gardens. It thinks there will be some frost In the grain. Brandon estimates that for thresh ing the wages to be paid pitchers will be $35 per month, band outters $2C, others about $fl0, harvest hands $25 to $35; all wages Include board. The Carman Standard est I mates the wheat to be marketed at Carman at 700,000 buaheki this year. The Brandon Sun hnn been making diligent enquiries about frost and finds tho visitation came In streaks, was very light on uplands, but heavier in .the valley of the Anslnlboine. The thermometer at the experimental Harm showed two degreeu frost, and tender plants were affe.cted. Enquiries among the farmers lead to the conclusion that not much, if any, dnmaee waa done to wheat. The Sun deplores the chance this will give to speculators to bear the market. That la the worat feature' and It will also increase tho number of grades. The Deloralne Times 1ms a congratu latory article on the fine crop and pro gress of cuttlng.whlch began over two weeks ago on the plain along the moun tain east and west much later. Thresh ing machines are talcing a preliminary canter. At McArthur's farm, a week ago Thursday they threshed five acrea, sown from four sacks, with a yield of 500 bushels, making an- average of 100 bushels, so sayu The Deloralne Times, Farmers around there are ex perimenting with flax, but don't like it. They claim it has introduced yel low and black mustard, tumbling mua- tard, ov favored their spread when al ready Introduced, They will thresh flax Where It la and turn the ground ovor. The Neepawa Register says that sec tion had an uncomfortable shnvo on Monday night, with the thermometer at freezing, point. In the flats it was below' freezing. It aayn the average there Is throe pounds of cord per acre. The Canadian Bankern' Association has received the balance of its crop estimates from correspondents, 123 in all. The exact average Is: Wheat, 27.09; oats, 49.70; barley, 37.43 bushels to tho acre. The wheat ylold In put at 30,800,000 bushols; oatn, 23,088,000; barley, 5,758,000. Total of tho crop, 80,630,402 bushels, ThroHhlng Is In at Oak Lake, West, Brandon Territories. At Indian. Hoad 30 per ooht of tho entire crop Is tiut. The general harvent will be hearty over by Tuesday night and not less than ,76 per cent, of wheat Is now out on tho plflma. ',. Xa tho harvest Is.bo well advanced, the'crop being; &ave<t the farmers, rocu aivl biorsM eojkxyed a WflH-e*rn*a rest to-<Jayf . ' rVKTIICn OIITSMOKS IM CMI*Ai An American JMU<|on Near rucbau At- lacked .! Hironuc .AiaU-Forelgn tVeiiuir- Unrig Kong, Aug:. 23. TnfortrintIon liiis Ih'cii recidVed that a mob of Infuri ated hiitlvt-s armed with weaponh of ( wry conceivable kind made an ut- thek a tvw days ugo upon the Ann-rl- cuti mho'loiiM near Fuehu-iiriihd. wrecked iho-ohapol anil school nttiiehfld to the inlsMbMi. Kotir uatlvu Hohnlarii attend ing the MChonl wore ' wounded, but the -timelier, an American, nindo his elt" eujtcf, t'lie stniiijr ithil-fonjigir f.eelinij which exists In Fuehau hi spreading rapidly, The jinpiiluri** parade the Htreetsi shout ing, "Drl.ve out the fori-lgn devils," and it Is not safe for a foreigner to "how hlmnelf. 'I'lin \i'w rf'oiillrmii'il, London, j\.un. 23. A' despatch to The Times from Hong 'Kong cmiflrinM the rororl of the attack upon the Ameri can mission chapel ami school near Kneliim, and addti that Captain Now- all of the United Htates onihiei- De troit has gone from Fuehnu to Ku- cheng. The despatch nbio nayn thnt thousandH of nddltlonal nntl-forelgri pamphlet!! and placards have boen iIIh- trlbuted throughnut Canton. Fuehan or Fan-fMinw in the well- known capital of the province of Po- klen, on the Mln Ttlvnr. about twenty. (H'e mlti'H from Its mouth; It Is one of the treaty ports, and hnn a popula tion estimated at about 500 000. \ KlITATKON WI'I'MOW VAllM,t.V.h. UutiHln ami Friiurr Unvf (lie Mliln IIiiimI In riil.nl. Now York, Aug. L'3. A despatch from Shanghai says :' The situation In IV- kln at the j)resent moment hi abso lutely without parallel, and one can not see In It a single gleam of hope for any Interests but those of Russia and France. Count Kas.'ilnl is virtu ally manter of the situation, and no move of the "lightest Importance 1h. made by the Chinese Ministers with out first obtaining the sanction of the representative.'! of the Czar, As for the American or British Min isters, who were formerly listened to with, respect, even lr their advice, re monstrances Or threats were absolute ly fruitless they, have been relegated to a position of absolute Inconsequence In tho realms of Pokln diplomacy. This hi undoubtedly galling to the nrldo of the two great nations who, p to n few months ago played Una most prominent part, and exercified the greatest influence upon the conduct of affairs in China. But It Is true. The Chinese have discovered In Count Kasslnl a minister who wl|l not be turned off with those tfoft phrases which are nufllclcnt to befool almost all his colleagues,__ THJflldofl," 'the Russian Minister is supported by his Government, which cannot, be. said in the case of hia Am erican and British colleagues. The po sition of the Brlthih Minister In little short or Intolerable. Sir Nicholas O'Connor's Instructions under tho Tory Government are quite unsatisfac tory, nay, as disastrous as Under their Liberal predecessors in office. It was Lord Salisbury's Government which first net the evil example of al lowing the massacre of British resi dents .and the destruction of BritlsH property In China to pass almost tin- noticed in 1891. British representation In Pokirt has sunk almost to the level of a farce and the American Is little If any bet ter. Neither the British nor'American' Governments commenced to learn how vile treacherous and lying Ifi that Jelly-fish organization, the ChlneHe Government. . . Flunl Uny nt Tlie Ilau^en. Toronto, Aug. 23. The O.K.A.'n com petitions were brought to a close yes terday. The shooting was superior to that of the preceding days. The.skir mishing competition was won by tho 13th Battalion of Hamilton, with a score of 177, which, however, hi below Inst year's score. Toronto's crack yi-.notei-A fared badly yesterday, the rural marksmen carrying off every event. There were a few visitors pre- The luaderq in each event are given below : TnlClfriiHMey Mutch !)fi ?25 Pte. TV.. Robson, 7th Fusiliers. !)u ao Pte. N . D. Campbell, 45th. % 15 Gr. H. C. Chamberlain, B.C. B.G.A. 10 Lieut. J. A. Williamson, 45th. 10 Capt. W. Hora, 14th. 10 Gr. A. It. Langley, B.C., B.G.A 8 Sergt. Smith, 50th. 8 Sergt. 13. G. Mason, 13th. 8 Lieut. T. Mitchell, 12th. 7 Sergt. Inman, 00th. 7 Corp. W. H. L. Kerr, 48th. 7 Sergt. J. Rolston, 37th. 1st prize, cup and $60 1, B.F.A.. Guelph, 537 points. 2nd, 550-Q.O.R., 5.12 points. 3rd, $40 45th Battalion, 531 points. 4th, $30 13th Battalion, 520 points. Dth, $20 B.C., B.G.A., 520 points. Named after TV. Mulock, M.P., To ronto; won last year by Major W. C. Macdonald, 48th, 203. To the highesl aggregate scores In the 2nd, 3rd, 4th fith, 0th, and 7th matches. Elklngton Cup, value $125 and $15 Sergt. J. Rolston, 37t. Gov.-Gen. silver mendnl and $15 Gr. II. C. Chamberlain, B.C., B.G.A. Gov.-Gen. bronze medal and $12 Pte. M. D. Campbell, 15th. D.R.A. silver medal and $10 Corp. C. Windatt, R.G. p.R.A. bronze medal and $10 Surgeon McLaughlin, 45th. D.R.A. bronze medal and $10 Pte. T. II. Hayhurot, 13th. I'lin (JzowmIiI, Skirmishing and volley firing, won Inst year by Royal Grenadiers 204: 177 Gzowskl Cup and $40, 13th Batt. 171 $30 Royal Grenadiers. 105. 25 48th Highlanders. \c,-2 p 13rd Batt. lfiO 15 | 150 10 Q.O.R. Now VtrlilBh luttlesfclp Xautu>tie4. Portsmouth, Eng Aug. -22~--Th0 new British battleship Prlnco Georgo waa successfully launched horo th/s after noon In the presence oi tub Buko and Duchess of York, Mr. George J. Gos- chen, First Lord of the Admiralty, and a large number of other dlstwgulflhed persons. Tho now nblp Is 390 feet long her oxtreme breadth 7fi feet and he* mean draught 27 1-2 foot. Her dlfi. placement is 15,000 tons. Sho will lw fitted with twin screws, each driven by an Independent set of englnos and hex total horse power will be 12,000. The guns which will be carried by the new ship will b much lighter and at the mi me time of greater penetrating power than any guns hlthprto._ constructed The Prlnco George will carry a com- plemcnt of 7G7 officers andtmen. l^niU IVttM t*llrliim Tremnui, Liverpool, Aug. 2.1 George Wllkln- aoni 40 years old a merchant of Klng- Hton, Ontario, died of dollrlum tremens on board tho Whito Star steamship Britannic, which has Just arrived here from Now York, HI* body wa* landed *iere. 307 302 207 203 293 202 and all mothers who are nursing babies derive great benefit from Scott's Emulsion. This prepara tion tierycii two purposes. It gives* vital -strength to mothers and also enriches their milk and -thus makes; their babies thrive. Scott's Emulsion is a constructive food that pro motes the making of healthy tissue and bone. It Is a wonder ful remedy for Emaolation, Conoral Debility, Throat and Lung Complaints, Coughs, Colds, Anaomia, Scrofula and Wasting Disoasos of Children. 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