HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1913-10-9, Page 7Grain, Cattle and Cheese
Prices of These Products in the Leading
Markets are Here Recorded
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Torouto Oct- 7.-delour-Ontario wheet
teem, 90' per eente made of new whet,
quoted at $3,55 to $3.00,seaboard; and ae
e3.65' to .53.70 loeally, Manitobate-Firet
pate-nts, let jute begs, $5.40; doe seconds.
$4.70; strong bakers', in jute begs, $4,70.
alanetoba wheat -No. 1 new - Northern
quoted at e8 1.2e, on track, Bay ports, and
No, 2 at 87 1-20.
Ontarth wheat -New No. 2 wheat at 84
to 85e, outeide.
Oate-No. 2 Ontario oats quoted at 32 to
33o, outoide, and at 36 1.2 to 360, on truer,
Torento. Western Caneda oid. oats quote
ed at 39 1-20 for No. 2 and at 380 for No, 3,
Bay porte.
Peas -Nominal at 83 to 85o, outside.
Bar1ey-62 to 54e, outeide.
Corn -No. 3 A.raerecen con quoted no-
minal at 75o. cafe Midland.
Rye-Priees nominal at 60 to 62o Pee
Buokwheat-Priees nominal at 52 to 630.
Bran -Manitoba bran is quoted at $22 a
ton, in beim, .Toronto freight. -Shores,
$24, Toronto.
Country Produce.
Butter -Choke dairy, 22 to 24e; inferior,
20 to 21c; omamery,, 27 to 29e for rolltaand
26 to 26 1-2c thr 8011<18,
Eggs-0E18e lots of new -laid, 32 to 336
per dozea; fresh, 28 to 30o; and etorage,
27o per dozen.
Cheese -New eheose quoted at 1.4 140 for
large and 14 3-4 to 150 for j/Willti.
Beans -Hand -picker' at 52.25 to $2.36 per
bushele, primes. $1.75 to $2.
lieney-Extracted, in ties, (meted at 11
to 11 1-2o per lb. for No. 1; oorabe, $3 t,o
63.25 per dozen foe. No. 1 and 52.75 for
No, 2.
Poultry-Fewl, 13 to 14o per 113.; chick-
ens, 17 to 18e; duoke, 14 to 15o; geese, 12
to 13e; attritive, 18 to 20o.
Potatoes -Ontario potatoes, 70 to 750 per
bag, and New Brunewick, 85o per bag. on
traele
provisions,
Bacon. long clear, 16 1-2 to 16 3-4o per lb.
in ease lots. Pork -Short out, $29; do.,
mess, 524; haute, medium to light, 211-2
eo 250; heavy, 20 1-2 to 280; rolle 17c;
breakfast bacon, 21 to 22o; backs, '2,4 to
25o.
Lard -Tierces, 14c; tubs, 14 1-40; pails,
141-2o.
Baled Hay and Straw.
Baled hay -No, 1 hay'is quoted at $13
to 514, on traok, Toronto; No. 2 at, 512.50,
and mixed at $11 to $12,
Baled etraw-$8 to $8,50, on track, To.
route.
Business in Montreal.
Montreal, Oct. 7.-Corn-Amerthan No. 2
yellow. 82 to 83e. Oats -Canadian West-
ern; No. 2. 40 1-2 to 41o; do., No. 3, 39 tO
39 1-2e; extra No. 1 feed, 40 to 40 1-50. Bar-
ley -Manitoba feed. 60 th 50 1-50; malting,
64 to 65e. Buckwheat -No, 2, 615 to 67o.
Flour-Manithba Springwheat patents,
firets, $5.40; sevenths, 54.901 strong bake's',
$4.70; •WTater patentee oheice, 50; ;straight
velem, $4,60 to 04,76; do., bage, 82.06 to
$2.10; Rolled ottee, barrele, $4,40 to 54,60;
bags, 90 lbs.. $2.10 to $2,12 tee Bran, $28.
Shoete. $24. Middlinge, 527. eleuillie, $28
10 e.52. IlaY-No. 2, per ton, car lobs, $10
to $13. Oheeme--Fineet weeterns, 13 3-8 to
13 1-2e; finest easterne, 1,3 to 13 1-80. But-
ter-Qhothest creamery-, 271-2 to 27 3-4e;
eeeonde, 27 to 27 1.40, Etege-Freeh, 34 to
36o; seleoted, 29 th 310; No. 1 stook. 27 to
280; No. 2 stook. 21 to 2243. Potatoes, per
bee car loth, 60 to 65o, Dreesed hogs, ab-
attoir killed, 13 3.4 to 14o. Pork -Heavy
Canada abort mese. bbis., 35 to 46 Pleelee,
eN; doe 'short cut back, b17i., 46 to 66
meeee, Va. Lard -Compound, tiercee, 378
lbs.. 10 1-4 to 10 1-2e; wood pails, 20 lbs.
net, 10 3-4 to 110; pure, tierce, 376 ms.,
14 3.4o; pure, wood pails. 20 lbs. net, 15e.
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United States Markets.
Minneapolis, Oct. 5 -Olose--Wheat-De.
amber, 84 5-8e; May, 89 5-8 to 89 3.4c, Cash
1 bard, 86 1.8o; No. 1 Northern,
83 5-8 th 05 5-8e; No, 2 Northern, 81 5.8 to
83 6-80. No, 3 yellow eorn. 68 to 68 1-2o, No.
3 white oats, 38 to 38 1-4e. No. 2 rye, 56 to
690. Flour unchanged. Bran in 100 -lb.
eaoke, for Minneapolis, 520 to $21.
Daluth, Ott. 8. -Close -Linseed. 51.42 3-4;
May, 51.46 1-4; October, $1.41 1-4 asked; No-
vember, 51.42 1-4; December, 81,40 1-4 bid.
Wheat -No, 1 hard, 84 3-4o; No, 1 North-
ern. 043-4; No, 2 Northern, 823.4 to 83 14o;
December, 83 3-40; May, 89 7-80.
Live Stook Market.
Montreal. Oct. 8. -Beet ethers offered
sold at $6,50, fairly good at $6.75 to 56, and
tho lower grades from that down to $4
per owt. The demand for butchers' cows
was good at peices ranging from 54.e..0 to
55,50, and canning stockcoid at $3 to 53.60
per cwt. Ewe sheep eold at 84.25 to e4 50,
and Lembo at $6 to $6.75 per wt. Calves
met with a ready sale at from 53 to $10
each, as to size and quality. There wee
no change in the market for hogs, for
which the demand wa.s good, an.) ealee
of selected lots were made at $9.60 to
$9.76, and rougl, heavy etock at $9 to
$9.50 per cwt., weighed off ears
Toronto, Oct. 7. --Choice butchers' steers
eold at $6.80 to 56.90; rood, $6.25 to 66.60;
medium, 55.90 to $6.20; common, $5.60 th
55-80; inferior to eoramon, 56 to $5.25;
choice cows, $6.25 to $6.66; good COW% 54.75
to 85; medium <owe, 54 to $4.50e mmon
COWG. 53.60 th $3.76; canners and cutters,
52.60 to 53.26; good bulls, 56 to $5.60; cent -
mon bull% $3.75 to 54.751 eteere, 900 th 1,100
thee sold at 55.40 up to $6, and in some
instate:lee $6.20 -wee paid; eLockers. 700 to
800 lbe„ $4.76 to 5546; light, eastern stock -
ere were quoted at $3.76 to $4.60.
Choice veal calves sold at 59 to 510;
Rood, $8 to 59; medium, 57 to 58; common,
$6 to $6.60; male eaotern calves, $3.76 to
$5.
Sheep, light ewes, 100 to 130 lbs., $4.50
to 55; ewes, 140 th 160 The • 54 th $4..6.
Lambs, ewes and wether e eelected sold
at $6.76 th 57.20; buck lambs were bought
at a reduction of 76c per hee,d.
Hoge-Selecte fed and watered sold at
89.10, and $8.75 f.o.b. cars, and 59.35 weigh-
ed off cars ,at the market.
RADIUM CURE, FOR CANCER
Sir Frederick Treves Declares As
Peet More Aeassuring.
,‘ s.A, despatch from London, Eng-
land; says: In recording- the im-
portant resulte of the ye.ar's ex-
periences of the British Radium In-
stitute, Sir Frederick 'reeves, the
famous surgeon, in an address an-
nounced the discovery that radium
emanations have, anyway, tem-por-
arily the same properties as true
radium. He said: "We have
proved that for curative purposes
the emanation within 24 to 48 hours
of its being collected is as good as
radium itself."
It had been further discovered,
said Sir Frederick, that water
charged with radium emanations
became 5,000 times as strong as the
strongest known natural water.
Radio -active water has marvellous
curative effects, eepecially in cases
of rheumatic gout and similar affec-
tions of the joints. Pa -tints who
were treated at the institute had to
drink half a pint 0 this water daily
or six days a, week °Ver. a Period
of six weeks. Forty per cent. of
%these patients had shown marked
benefit, and in some instances two
courses had apparently cured them.
' - Sir Frederick said that the Ra-
dium institute was distributing the
emanations to physicians whose pa-
tients were unable to attend the
, institute, and was sending sealed
tubes daily to all parts of the coun-
try. One gram of the institute's
fetal of four grams of radium. hid
been set apart, for producing daily
emanations equivalent to 150 milli -
grammes of pure radium.
The re.cords in regard th treat-
ment of ca,neer supplemented in an
interesting emanner the achieve-
ments at Middlesex Hospital by the
same method, which as described -
in the cables a. short, time ago.
ARE INCORRECTLY TRAINED.
- .Day a Lecture to Medical Students
Passed, Says Sir Wm. Osier.
A despatch from. London says:
Sir William Cider, Professor of
Medicine at Oxford University,_ in
his address at the re -opening .of the
Medical School of St. George's
Hospital denounced the existing
system of training medical etu-
dents1 especially the lecture and
examination features.
Sir William contended that the
work of the students frorn the day
they enter the school ought th
count for more qualification and
that the seudents ought not to be
under the continual fear of. exami-
nation. He said the Chinese sy.s-
teen of education which is directed
to a single, end, the passing of ex-
aminations, shows perfectly the
blighting influence of examinations
and how they sterilize the imagina-
tion.
,he great
chasm between eeltica-
tion and examination is," he con-
tinued, "shown by the statistics of
aspirante, to the Royal College of
Surgeons. Half of the entrants
fail, yet these are the very pick of
the students. The lectures ought to
be reduced. The day of the lecture
is past. It ought to be an offence
on the part of a senior student to
attend a lecture.
"In the case of inefficient stu-
dents parents ought to be told after
a year or two they would never
make decent doctors. There ought
to be- no written papers at the final
examination. Watch the man
handle a patient. Fifteen minutes
at the bedside is worth three hours
at the examination table. The stu-
dent needs that the incubus of ex-
amination should be lifted from his
seul. We me.ke the study of our
profession an intolerable burden by
examinations and the enormous ex-
pansion of the subjects of the cur-
riculum."
The address was greeted with
loud cheers. •
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GRAIN MOVEMENT HEAVY.
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Payments for Grain About Forty
Million Dollars.
A despatch from Winnijie sa,ys:
The unprecedented and ra,pid move-
inent of grain through Winnipeg
again evidenced itself ,when the
manager of the looal clearing hew,*
weave ,out hie weekly statement. The
figures indicate an advance of
about 30 per cent, over the corres-
ponding week of 1912, and an in -
Crease of 50 per cent, over the cox.-
- respond,ieg week for 1911. Bank -
ere etate that the advance will be
Marked and, eontinuous throughout
the month of Oetober.
The statement WaS ae followS:
;Week ending October 2,
1913 ..... „ . • $39,851,856
Corresponding week,
„ 1912 30,561,513
Corresponding week,
1911. . ..,. 26,138,775
HARRY THAW PROTESTS.
Wants' U. S. to Demand Explana-
tion From. Canada:
A despateh from Washington
says,; Through Senator Oliver, of
Penrisylvaalia Harry IC Thaw
made a protest to the State Depart-
ment against hie deportation frora
Canada, on September 40, by the
immigration officials ef the Domin-
ion, Thaw asks that the State De-
partment demand from the British
Embassy an explanaeion of the
treatment accorded him by the
Canadian officials. Ile oontends
that such treatment was in viola-
tion of the privileges guaranteed
him AS an American eitieen in
treaties between the United States
mid Great Brittelle,
MUTILATION OF SlIADE TIME
Penalty for Destroying or Inlitliog
Trees in Ontario.
In legislation for the protection
of ehade and etreet trees, the, Pro-
vince of Ontario sets, a good exam--
ple for the rest ,of the Dominion.
Under the Tree Planting -A -et s)f. the
Province of Ontario, treea' planted
or left etanding onthe publie high-
ways (end also on toll roadie) be-
come the property of the owner of
the land acipteent to the highway
and nearest to such trees. Thus
any eompany or individual destroy-
ing or damaging in any way (even
tying a horse to such treee without
the owner's consent, is liable to a
fine not to eieeed $25and eosts, or
imprisonment for not more „ than
thirty days, half of the fine to go
to the informant. Telephone come
ponies, who, ie the stringing of
wires, very. often. seriously injure
and mutilate shade trees, are apt
to justify themselves to the proper-
ty owners by asserting their legal
right to do such 'pruning' because
of established precedent. In this
case, no such practice, however,
Jong it has been tolerated by pro-,
party holders, ...beoomes legally jus-
tifiable, and such ,companies are
just as liable for damages the last
time they injure the trees as they
are the first time.. However long a.
wire may have been attaehed to a
tree, the owner, if he has property
in the tree, can. corapel its removal.
While even the owner may not
remove shade trees on highways
without the consent'of the munici-
pal council, yet, OIL the other hand,
not even the municipal council may
remove any live trees without the
oonsent of the owner of the pro-
perty in front of which the tree
stands, unless such tree is within
thirty feet of other trees, and even
then the owner -must be given at
least tsvo, days' notice and can de-
mand compensation if he has plant-
ed and protected suoh tree.
The froperty-owner who is aware
of his rights in these respects will
take greater interest in and greater
()are of the trees bordering the
highway opposite his property. He
will also have more incentive to
plant shade trees.
SWEPT BY FURIOUS -STORM.
Two Persons Killed and Traffic De-
moralized in New York,City.
A despatch from New York says:
A rainstorm that rea,ohed almost
cloudburst proportions descended
on New York on Wednesday and
began a record precipitation that
flooded streets tied up the sub-
way, hampered surface and ele-
vated traffic in city and suburbs for
several hours, and caused iimn.ense
property loss. Two peleS01113 were
killed and several injured. Incoms
ing trains from all direetions were
delayed, some of them several
hours, as cuts and tunnels resem-
bled rivers within canyons, Within
the city the traffic congestion was
such that the resources of the tran-
sit companies and the ability of the
police th handle the crowds were
severely taxed.
VERY LIGHT SENTENCE.
Leniency Shown to Man Who Kills
ed Hotel Domestic.
A despatch from Toronto says:
Chief Justice R. M. Meredith sen-
tenced James Dickenson, convicted
of manslaughter in connection with
the death of Lucy Ives, whoseneck
was dislocated in a row, at Smith's
Hotel; to ,six months in jail. His
Lordship ,took a very lenient view
of the case in aochrdance with the
verdict of the jury, which included
a strong recommendation for mer-
cy. Dickenson will serve his sen-
tence at the Central Prison.
Dickenson was employed as bar
porter at the hotel and on the
morning of the affray he was hav-
ing his breakfast in the kitchen
when the dead woman slapped hirn
and persisted in annoying him. He
warned her, but when the teasing
continued he lost control of himself
and etruck or pushed her. She tell
back striking her head upon a ta-
ble, sustaining the injury from
which sheeclied.
CARNEGIE LANDS 30 -LB. FISH.
Proudest Man In All Scotland Now
Is the Laird o' Skibo.
Aeclespathh from. Edinburgh says:
AndreW*; Clarnegiet despite, kik, 7/
years, is still" anceeii
man. He was the proudest man,in
all Scotland after ,succeeding in
landing the finest fish caught in the
River Ship, in Sutherland, this sea-
son, It sveiglied' 30:pounds. :
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TEN YEARS IN PRISON.
Septette° of Woman Convicted of
Murdering Husband.
A. despatch from Saskatoon say,s-:
Bfekt. Dora, White convicted af
rn.anslaughter for killing her hes-
band, George White, of Clevan,
juue 2, was eenteneed to ten years'
confinement at Prince Albert peni-
tentiary. Sohn Goldspinks, con-
victed of being an accessory ate
the fact received a five years' sen-
tence,
jOIIN E4, OOTK HURT,
(Oran Lumberman SnOtains In-
juries in Mill Accident.
A "despateh from Ottawa. says:
John R, Booth; the veteran lumber-
man) lies at his home in a serious
condition as tile result 01 injuries
reeeived Friday afternoon at his
plant, when a big square timber,
part of the ruins of the mill whioh
We/A burned down a few weeks ago,
fell on left leg wa,s bro-
ken, his shoulder badly bruised,
and -the left side of his face badly
esi)ecially above the eye, iykr.
Booth is now in his 88th year. The
accident happened about two
o'cloek'while Mr. Booth Weee super-
iutenclins a, gang- of men tearing
down the rules of the tiixtberenill
reoently.gutted by fire. A team of
horses was hitched on one. big tim-
ber, and was 13;1111i -rig it out and he
stepped nearby a, big equare up-
right, He had net been standing
near it more than a morntnt before
it fell.
A MODERN BLUEBEARD.
Confessed to Committing Eighteen
Murders.
A despatch from Chicago says
Henry Spencer, alias, Skulpa, alias
Joseph Burke, thirty-two years of
Age: and an ex -convict, arrested on
Sunday afternoon, has ,confessed to
eighteen -murders that he can re-
member, and is now giving details
before officials of the city, eounty
and State. His confession will
clear up many of the black inyster-
ieseof this and adjoining cities.
Aniong the murders -are said to be
three in Detroit. He also confessed
that he slew Mrs. Allison B,exroat,
two polieenaen here, and to a num-
ber of other Chicago crimes that
have ;baffled the detectives' aJtiuity
10 solve. Police authorities oon-
eider his arrest and confession the
greatest event in the entire crimi-
nal history of the city.
BRITISH OFFICER RESIGNS.
Captain Onslow Relieved of Ills
Duties in Australia.
A despatch from London'Eng.,
says: Captain Hughes Onelow, of
the Royal Navy, whom, the AdMir-
alty last year lent to. the Australian
110.Na1 authorities, has been sud-
denly relieved of his duties, It is
Zee open secret that'there has been
considerable friction for some time
peat between the British officers
and -the Australian Naval Board,
()Wing to the manner ;in wpoli the
latter have interfered with the for -
Mer in the discharge of their du-
ties according to the prescribed
customs of the British naval ser-
vice. The president of the board is
Senator Pearce, Minister of De-
fence.
TRAFFIC SHOWS INCREASE.
Over Ten Million Tons Through St.
hlary's in September.
A despatch from Sault Ste, Marie,
Ont., sa,ys : The monthly statistical
report of traffie through St. Mary's
Canal shows a falling off from that
of August, but still is 'an increase
over any month of last year.
The total freightoarried by 3,182
vessels foe September amounted to
10,910,365 tons, against 11,489,442
for the month of August, carried by
3,440 vessels. Whale the vessel pas-
sages locked through the American
side were 1,100 more than through
the Canadian.canal, the total ton-
nage through the Canadian side ex-
ceeded the American side by 1,545,-
695 tons.
PLOT TO KILL KITCHENER.
Story That'He Ras to Be Assassi-
nated at Venice a Myth.
A despatch from London says: A
story reached London from Milan
that Lord Kitchener, British Agent
and Consul -General, in Egypt, was
destined to be the victim of a plot
of eighteen fanatical Mohamme-
dans who planned -to assassinate
him at Venice, whero he arrived
last week. Lord Kitchener has left
Venice for Cairo and the story
seems to be an effort of the imagi-
nation. The .story says the plot
was discovered by a .spy in Lord
Kitchener's ,serviee.
ROBItirD SLUICE BOXES.
'Yukon Gold Company's Employes
Were First Bound and Gagged.
. A`'deseastch from Dawson, Y.,T.;
says: Two masked and lariiii,Fen
breed erneloyee ofYuloon Geld.
Ceinpatif ,into submission on Levet
Hill, three nine% trona here, and
robbed the company's sluice boxes
of concentrated gravel valued at
$20,000, Thc'men overcome by the
robbers were -bound and gagged and
thrown into a ditch, The eturtpany
had Planned to make ;the season's
clean-up this week.
Onto in a While a man doesn't
forget his, old friends a,ftee acquie- s
ing wealth and fame, i
3. OF ,THE CAT,C
Unique reatnres of Fisheric o
Nt.AWfonudiand Banks,
Two recent consular repeats fro
St Pierre cell attention to Om many
iutereSting and unique features of the
Preneh fisheries on the NewfoUndiaini
Beets. ride industry is more then
1410tt0leYweallt.las tchlde, ParlogclrohsaSS oteltr eaclAtbuurt''
ies. The only important inuovatioe
was the substitution:or light dories
for the clumsy settaloupes" uSe
PriOtt to 1865, It is true that within
the peel; Ave years the steam trawler
has appeared es a rival, but not yet
Lbdeaenetr.014 riYal, of the brig, and
In 1912, 240 vessels and 6,838 In
engaged in the Banks fisheries c0
stituted what is known as the "metr
Polltan" fleet, Le, vessels fitted out
Normandy awl Brittany. AtheeSt Ye
esaeirslylAeavve France in late March
ril and require frem fourte
to forty-five days for the passage, a
cording to wind and weather.' The
voyage is perilous, for the craft are
very small, and the methods of navi-
gation are of the simplest. The rime -
tors of these vessels take observa-
tions for latitede, but have no elarono-
Meters and cannot determine their
longitude with any accuracy. On the
outward journey they can tell rough-
ly front soundings when thee have
arrived at the Banks; returning they
can estimate their position when they
cross the steamer lanes converging
toward the English channel.
Besides the metropolitan fleet, a cer-
tain number of vessels (forty in 1912)
are fitted out in the colony of St.
Pierre and Miquelon, and manned with,
Normans and Bretons who come out
in the Spring on a steamer chartered
for the purpose and return to France
at the end of the season. Formerly
these men made the journey in sail-
ing vessels, which were often danger-
ously crowded. The combined fieet in
1912 numbered 7,500 fishermen,
The fishermen do not work for
wages, but for a share in the catch.
Before they leave France they re-,
ceive an advance payment, varying
from $75 to $150 to be deducted from
their future earnings. If, as not in-
frequently happens, a man's share at
the end of the season is not sufficient
to cover -the amount advanced to him,
the owner of the vessel loses the dif-
ference, and the xnan himself conies
home with empty pockets. The fisher-
man's total earnings in seven months
of hard labor and' exposure probably
do not average more than $150.
Strangely enough, the men appear to
be content with their lot, and all the
reforms that have been effected to-
ward improving tb.pir wages and the
conditions under which, they labor
have been.4nitiated bY naval officers,
administrative' officials, enlightened
ship -owners, and Persons engaged in
the Societe des Oeuvres . de Mee. -
Scientific American.
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or 51;t:%.: 5fatrlitigia attnYttilinteitfnef 114
whien the stato will jeOxtrply thaeafut,
The idea of a compulsory family Mel.
lead to awkward resides. Many c,ottPlee
would willingly sacrifice much to have
three children, °them may heve con.
eeientioue ;wimples. But in the ease of et,
fetailY of two =let a third be teeloPtee.
and if three ie the minimnra is there no
maximum? If familiee are to be thus re-
gulatea by the state would it not be bete
ter to adopt a sliding Beale aoceerditig to
income? Think of the appalling preePeete
for the millionaire who might tad that
he was scheduled to bring up twenty
children or more. Surely if -the man with
51,000 a year umet h11,913 three ehildren the
xttan velth 550,000 a year ehould ha,ve 160.
Taxes are usually arranged so thee the,
;nen with 4 small enema nee waning'
to pay and the man' with the liege cne;
beam hie burden. The minimum fee a'
family Inevitably lea,ds to the earth come
elusion for it is making children equiva-'
lent to taxes.
Again a married courae might have five
'children before the age of forty-five and
leee four of therm. It might be deemed
careless but en& thinge heve been known
to happen. They would. find themeelves'
Penalieed equally with the couple without
children. Then, too, in order to meape
the tax a poor parish priest would have
to break hie vows of celibacy. Or will the
church be exempt? The proposal will have
one excellent effeet,in such a, country as
France. It should peoduce some excellent
play. •
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Milk Production in Canada,
E W0111.0 IN 1?EYIEll
A eeknellOated
The Proposal ie Vrette0 to tax 11-11eVe.1
dtectivo memeers of the eimmunitY, tneft
ie deal, eelihathe and 0111141ms 40nPleee
premieee. if Otkrrieil into effect, lei be
welcome aeditien te the revenue et
seath eupperiee th eteaiping its pee' ,
oenreee, tiurvgh, that probably 'net tut*
baeis eta whioie it le founcted, Dr. eaceuee
leeetilten, the stetistioal expert. Peg! 1,17,
there ere itt France at tele leeteniete tone'
1,360,000 pelebates. 1,800,000 familiee With-
ont eleleren. 2,650,000 families with two,
ehlieren, 4nd 0,400,040 faMilies, wiele 4111$
one ei11.14. ,Pt is propeeed V,. fix the "ceeta+
Plele017" feenilY at three 'ehildren, attel;
tee; every citizen Who bat reached the
age forty-fivo without hoeing ehree
childeen liviee. or who reeteleed the age"
et tweetyeone. The tax is te be $6.00 per
child falling (short of tthe• minimum et
three. Thee tax 'would, it iee caleulatede
BULLET TO PIERCE AIRSHIPS.
New Idea Will Revoluttonize Rine
Shooting.
A &spa:tell from Paris says: An
inventor has just demonstrated dis-
coveries which promise to sevolu-
tionize rifle firing: His invention
•oonsists of a special cartridge and
double inflammable bullet primar-
ily designed for the "destruction of
airships. In experiments an old
gun built in 1830 was used.. Al-
though the cartridge was filled with
black powder, spectators were as-
tonished to see neither amoke flash
or recoil, the strange; .leng !bullet
travelling fleet end „straight to the
butt instead of executing a, series of
irregular bounds as it should have
done, a;ccording iaocepted balistic
laws. The bullet carried 1,200 me-
tres, but it is calculated that with
a modern rifle it would have car-
ried 3,000 metres.
brIr".
ATTEMPTED TO MURDER WIFE
But London Man Pat Bullet in His
Own Brain,
A despatch from London, Ont.,
says: With the cry, "Your time
has come," Leander Chiswell, aged
28, dragged his wife fens bed in
her father's house at 9.10 on Sun-
day morning and attempted to
shoot her with a 38 -calibre revol-
ver. She seized the weapon, and
her screams brought her father ancl
mother. Chiswell broke away, and
running to a nearby coal yard put
a bullet into his temple. He died
an hour later in Victoria. Hospital.
C I GARETTE IN PETROLEUM.
Six Persons Killed on French
Steamer at Algiers.
A despatch from Paris says : Six
persone. were killed by an explosion
of petroleum on' the French steamer
Aurora at Algiers, on Beasley when
somebody dropped a lighted cigar-
ette and the fluid, vele ignited.
Ind She Had Been Warned.
“All men are alike, They're de-
ceitful and selfish."
"Row do you know V"
m amgaiinneett °LI
pol:.‘tBiltedm,';ou'ro going to marry
ad."
'Of eourse I am. He's different!'
People aro always willing to do
their duty -if they are alloWed to
determine wha,b thole duty is,
••••
Small boy (banding druggist a
half-dellar)-Tive five-eent eigaes
and give me the change Druggist
--.13tit Bob, your ather always
moires ten -tent cigars, "Wet, he
en't going 10 this tiMe."
If Canadian farmem fail to secure the
beet results in the conduct of the varieue
branches of their induetry it ie not due
to lack of effort on the part of govern-
ment experte th provide them with infor-
mation baeed on expert experiment. A re-
cent bulletin, No. 72 of the regular series
of bulletins of the Dominion experimentaL
farms, deals exhaustively with milk pro-;
ductien in Canada. It author, Mr. e".
Oriedale, director of the farms, has made
milk production a matter of epecial study
Lor many yeam and hae included, among
the eubjects treated, crop rotationse, dairy
barna, breeding dairy oattle and feeding..
care and management of milch ceves.
These divielons show that milk pro auc-
tion involves many faoters, and It has
been the authorendeavor to treat of
-these as fully, clearly and simply ae Doe-
sible so that the bulletin may be of value
th the general farming community. The
volume ie profusely illustrated, and is
now being feinted to the experimental
farms' mailiaglist. Those not on the list
-who desire a copy' may obtain it on a.p-,
plication to the publicatiene branoh. de-,
parement of agricalturce Ottawa. -
Prison Reform In Canada.
It is understod at Ottawa that Hon.,
Arthur Meighen, the new eolicitor-genereee
will undertake the work of prison reform
in Canada. This is a work in which Can.
ada has lagged rather than led in the
past. Some of the provineee have taken
it up, but the Dominion on the whole has
been content to follow the old Methods
in ite penitentiaries.
The old penoloty had three aims to
ieunieh the criminal for hie ()rime, to pro-
tect 'society and to strike terror -into the
hearts of poesibth malefacthee. The new,
penology recognizes but one great aim-,
to reform the criminal. Incidentally, it
May punish, protect and deter, but all
its energies are directed toward reform..
ation. ,
Under the old scheme of ehinge, the
criminal remained, practically all his life,
a burden upon hie fellow men. The new.
system trim to fit him to bear his own'
burdens and to be a help to soolety in-
stead of a mime. It teaches him first to
respeet himself and then to respect others.
Lastly, it teaches him to work in a Way
and at a trade that will not brand him
during the remainder of his life as a Jail
bird. The parole eyetem, whieb. has been
in -force in Canada fpr some yeare, has
been a step in the right direction, but
there are many other stop e th take. Mr.
litthiehen hae a great work before him.
•
ALBANIAN WOMEN FIGHT,
Armed With Ratchets They Fought
Beside the Men.
A despatch from Vienna says :
Women are taking an active part
in the fighting in Albania,
according to despatches received,
here from Avlona, the Albanian,
capital. Many Albanian Amas
eons, armed with hatchets, fought
heroically shoulder to should.er,
with their husbands, eons and
brothers during the street fighting
at Dibra recently, when 1,200 Ser-
vians were kille,d and 300 ta,ken pri-
soners of war.
MURDERED HER CHILDREN.
Minneapolis Woman Has Confeseed
to Killing Six.
A despatch from Minneapolis,
Minn., eays,: Mrs. Ida Leckwold
has been arrested, charged wieh
murdering two of her children.
AeCOrdinee to the police the woman
has not only eonfessed to killing the
two of which she is accused, but
four others as well, The officers
say the woman acknowledged ad-
ministering quantities of a liquid
fly poison. The fleet victim died in
lefe,51 and the last in July, lel&
Mrs. Lock:weld veees ef age.
Ell AKE S M A.N KILLE D .
Robert Beatty Met 'Death While
Fla g gin a Train.
A 'despatch from Noeth Bay, Ont.,
says: 110)Sert Fteestife a 'rung
eillyvadiarL ii.al was- bpi:tags
man of NOrtil Be,y, was ssettek and
killed by a train he wan flagging
near Parry Sound et the Canadian
Pacific Toronto -Sudbury branoh,
Beatty was braking en a freights,;
and `wag sent back to flag the traini
f°1117,ing.
1London the annual rainfall is
approximately 24in at Port Said,
the rainfall is about 21n. ; but at
igherrapangi, in Bengal, nearly 500-
it,..of reit fall'every year,