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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1922-10-5, Page 6RUM FO CES ZONE SU IWMTRAL Angora Assembly Declines Truce Till Turkish Territory is Restored --British Reinforcements Still Artiving Confi- dent of Holding Lines Against All Odds, With Flanks Well Protected by the Fleet. A despatch ;from London ,sayse—An staptinople with and pilaying. Their Exchange Telegraph despatch from presence has helped bring about a re - Pieria gives the teport that the Ali- assuring effect, gore A en 1y niseeret 'session, de- The Turkish instructions to the tri.en, Adel to notify Kemal Paella that it in the Chantik eeeter are to advance vnas Unable to ;agree to any oeesation the ftirt,hest possible without ineetinien ail hostilities or patiticipation ,In the resistance. they are new practicality Peace Cant,4rene until the restoration aga,inet tile British entrenchniente, bo Tunkey ;of ail its territories, in, an- turd, obviously the situation cannot be cordennoe with the national pact. indefinitely prolonged. A despatch from Constantinople Notwithstanding the Kenialis,t con- sayse--Evente are surely 'approaching cent/at:ions around Olianalt, however, elinnax. The 'Darks have ocoupied the British are -coldident ef holding the ent.lire neutral zone on tbe satQ thsir lines a,gainst tinkle; they de - side a the D,andlanelles, with the ex- chore that their flanks are well pre- ception of the *ramie area, around tentedby the fleet. The battleships which they haale establiehed ixtfarnbr-y• with theia- 16.4nch guns •caa sweep the ts in a semcle, virtually invest- -whale area. ,areuncl Chanak for a clis- , ing the British lines. t,anee ,of 20 miles, and it is possible The 'BraleJiteh eavalry squadrons- are for the British to dismount some of -retng, aittil the British troops, who -their giant naval guns and use tliem. -are uin atroug °roe at Chanalt, are for shone batteriea. ready for what may happen, The Turks at present have only In these -circumstanceser machine -guns in the Chanalit area, If Harrington, the British :Commander- they lire:tight rap heavy artillery the in -Chief, has sent a wireless message security Of Ohanak might be seriously to Kemal Pasha at Smyrna 'asking ±or challenged, the British admit, but the an hamerilirate personal ineetin•g. He entrenchments in OILS' sector are said leaves the choice of plaee to Kemal, to he mare efficient than any used in wthoe reply is expected moine,atarrily. the world war. Since September 11 'nose Kemal Pasha, the Nationalist two thousand mene from the labor Foreign Minister, ib indorboodi to squad, one thousand! from the fleet have gene to Angtorn to s.ubmit tlie and several thousand from the army allieCI joint nate „ to the Nationalist have been steadily laualdeng trenches Assembly, but in the meantime Turk- and ,setting up gun emplacements. The British forees defending the Asiatic side of the Straits have prac- tieally all been nvithdoiawn to the Cha- nak area, with the Turkish cavalry deta.clunents surrounding then:. About 2,000 Turks, equipped with machine gums, are solidly established. at Fren Keui. Three squadrons of Turk light cavalry are adva.neing along the °Geist. Another detachment is established at Lampsaki. ish eoncentratione are being pushed with the greatest ;speed. British reinforeemertts axereaching here and the threatened area. The superecireatlhougthts Revenge and Re- solution, th-e most powerfu1 fighting machines afloat, have arrived in the Dardanelles, while a battalion of North Staffordshires and 1,000 men of the British air forces landed on Thursday and marched through Can - Motorist Beats World's Record for Driving A despatch from London says :—The world's record for driving for twenty-four hours was broken Tuesday and Wed- nesday by a driver named Duff in a four -seater body, at Brooklands. He covered 2,085 miles in twenty-four hours, breaking the previous record by eight miles. His average speed was 87 miles an hour. Duff did the driving in two periods of twelve hours each, with a night's interval. 70,000 Greek Prisoners Forced to Work by Turks A despatcfh from Smyrna sa-yen— troops in the neutral zone to guard the The Turkish Government intends to Dardanelles againstthe Turks. The Earl of Cavan QU.gSEC.,'BOOSTS FARMING One of the care Of the "Better Farming Special Train,' organized by the Department of Agriculture of Quebec pro- vince and the C.P.R., with the co-oPeration of the Dominion Department of Agriculture. Demonstrations are given la the cars from 10 R.111. to 5 P.m. ard from 7 to 9 there are lecture's illustrated with moving pictures. The car .show is devoted to displays of farm engineerhag draine.ge and field crops. Canaja from Coast to Coast Gleee Bay, N.S.—With all its 'col- cords s.vere broken the4-4thannual heries working, the loutput of the Do- Canadian Niational Exhibition. In the minion Coal Company's mines is rap- thirteen days of the fair this year idly approaching normal. Th,e average 1,372,500 ;paid admissions, against 1, - output ef the mines is 14,000 tons a 242,000 last year, an increase of 180, - day, and officials of the company eie- pect to reach this figure in a short time. • St. John, N.B.—Fishermen of the south shore of New Brunswick are rn a happy., frame of mind, as the result af conditions in the sardine pacleing, there are more,Unriversity erudentis n industry, They have passed through11VIaniteba, in proportion to population, three lean years, but the turn has, than in any other province of Canada, come and again they are making or any state in the United; States. money. A heavy run of the little fish Saskatoon, Bask.—Seventy-five to ha t ru k -the coast and the dealers ninety per cent. of the crop in Saska- h ci • stead of $5 which ine re.burns indicate that the farmers Be democratic. Unless you feel right towards your fellow -men-, you can never be a successful „leader of men. In all things do your best. The man who haa clone his best has done every- thing. The men who has done less than his best bee done npthing. Commandments of Success. ul Turkey Offers to Abdicate Throne A despatch from Paris says: —Mobainmed VI., Sultan of Work hard. Hard work is the best investment. a man can make. Study hard. Knowledge -enables a man to Work more intelligently and effectively. Havernitiative. Ruts: often deepen into graves% 500. Plans undier consideration by the • ' Turkey, has abdicated in favor of the heir -apparent, Prince Abdul IVIedjid Effendi, accord- ing to a report sent by the Haves correspondent at Con- stantinople. The ‘news, he adds, has not yet been official-' ly announced. It is repOrted that when the Sultan offered to abdicate the Grand Vizier communicated the fact to Harnid Bey, who telegraphed to Kemal. He received a reply to in- struct the Cabinet to accept the resignation, but to guard the situation closely. Prince Abdul IVIedjid, who is a cousin of the 'Stiltaii, waS born in '1868. Foster Homes for Dependent Children Love your work. Then you will find directors inclutlfe the addition of 100 pleasnre in mastering it. acres to the Exhibition City along the . waterfront on the south, , Be exact. 'Slipshod methods bring only slip:shod results. • : Winnipeg, Man—It is the locust of Have the spirit Of conquest. Thus :the Winnipeg Board of Trade 'that you can successfully battle and over come difficulties - Cultivate personality. Personality is to a man what •perfume is to a flower. ' I-Ielp and share with others. 'The real test of business grea,tnes-s lies in are comina,nding prices of $12 and boon is grading number one. T re - giving 'opportunity to ethers. $ a e - has been the maximum priee fo:r a are ;getting five 'bushels per acre more long time, than -was expected', and the -arverage Quebee, Qua.—T,heine has been con- will run about 18 bushels to the acre. sidierable activity in the puip7and Wheat is 60 per cent, threshed, and paper industry in Canada lately. loats abeut 25 per cent. Some of, the Illichigait •interests are negoitiatirig oats remain to be cut. • , with, Kingston, Ont., with the view of Edmonton, Alta.—The longest dis- building there a pulp and paper mill; tanee that Alberta coal has been ship - The Premier Paper and Power Go., of ped wase recorded here when a 'local Hartvilles N.S., is about to instal a eolliery company forwarded a cardoad standard newsprint machine, -with a of egg opal to Levis, Quebec. capacity of 15,000 tons a year. The Nelson, B.C.--Acceisling to tire lat- a -ver -age daily production of the Abitibi est report el the Okanagan district Power and Paper Co.'s plant during horticulturist, the apple trop will ant - August was 462 tons, and en the. 29tail ,ount to 2,215,000 boxes. As tfhe situa- of the month it reached as high as 494 tion 1TOW starrds, the Okanagan Valley tanis. The esrounciwood pulp mill of will ship ranghly 3,995 carldads of the Backus Broolos Campan-y, near fruit, of which alic,u.t 3,175 Will be Kervoran Ont., -is talse wiellrunder way., applies, 288 -cars ,of crab apples, 96 of Work has ,start,eci on the new -$18,:i pears; 275 plums . ' and. prunes, 162 000,000 plant of the Wigwam Pulp peaches, and 65' raiprieots. Of these 1 and Paper Co., at Elleo, British Col- totals a heavy percentage of peaches, From a new portrait of the .Chief of the British. General Staff, who is super- vising the concentration of British use the Greek prisoners, who eacee 70,000 in number, in the work of re- constructien in the devastated regions. A, further decrease in the nee debt of Canada amounting to almost live million -dollars, is shown in the state- ment, for August issued by the Fin- ance Department- The net debt Aug - last 31 was $2,387,676,265, as compared with $2,392,5-42,628, tat the end of July. Ca.nada. exported goods valued at $34,000,000 to the 'United States dur- ing the month of July, an increase of $10,000,000 in value over exports in the same month last year. Imports East Thrace. The Military party, from the United States (luring the which is the strangest, is eager for same penal were valued' at $50;000,- 000, a decrease of $2,000,000 over July, 1921. ' Serbs Oppose Giving umbia. lapricote, arid other soft fruit, will be Toronto, Ont. -7A111 attendance re- ;shipped in -cans.' My Home. A tiny hamlet, nestling neath protecting arms; A -priceless jewel of nature's lavish- ness -- A fragment of God's beauty transform- ed into.a spot, A breath of the Divine in. its creation. Gott's Thrace ack to Turkey Oh, those whose eyes are surfeited with artificial lures. A despatch from Belgrade says:—"Whose souls are stifled with all earth - Serbian public opinion is against giv- ly dross ing Thrace back to Turkey, and is in Should come apart and on these mouli. fa,vor of fighting rather than have this tains gaze k lace All newspapers express f hich the dust of Life a, e p . the saine sentiment, and point out . ls "brushed And souls stripped of all that is un - that as Turkey and Bulgaria 'have a, common frontier, it would mean the real defeat of Serbia, before long. . To pierce the clouds that hide Eter- The Serbs wish to att first, and rity, want mobilization if Kemal persists —Mrs. J. H. Cruickshank. in demanding Constantinople and _a _-.-as___ 1Vith eyes-rom w a -chance to interfere, as they believe war would weld Jtigo-Slavia into a olid na,tibn, like Germany after 1870. CONSTANTHE ABDICATES; GREECE UNDER RULE OF A TRIUMVIRATE Revolution Accomplished by Arnly and Navy Without Bloodshed—Crown Prince Succeeds to Throne. A ,clespatch from Athens* saye:— of"'the main objeets of the revolution , King Constantine, bowing to the -milli is to maintain the Greek rule fin East - of the army and navy, has abdicated,lern Thrace. and Crown Prince George, who mar -1 A Provisional Government, tonsist- Tied Princees Elizabeth of Reuma,fria, ing of twelve officers, will -rale Greece becionies King ef *Greee.e.• ' until a civil government is establish- , 1 A deeparteh, from Paris says:— ed, according to a telegram from The Greek revolution, which was all Athens, received by the Greek Lega- military and:nevelt coup, seeme to have., bion here been carried • 'out ' with eterprieingi The telegram. recites -entente already swiftness "and completeness. The k i wn and acidee Crown Prince succeed's to the throne, while the victorious treope, with their leaderS at their, head, march triumph- antly inte Athens., which, pending the formation oil 'a new GovernMent, is in the hands of a milita•ry dictatorship in the 'shape, of a triumvirate council of gen•erale. " One of the generalfth is said to be the famous General Nclier, who for a long tinie was ,elriell of staff and war minister under the veinizgos administration, and' eon -mantled the Greek expeditionary corps operating in Sotith Russia in 1918, Apparently the rev,olution was bl-Oeciless, although an un;oorifirreed rOort mentions tilie ltilling of one Vainisters It is assinned here that one ii- "The spirit ind ainas o -f the revolu- tionary movement being spesially Nationalist., it was, from the first movement, warmly welcomed by all., and the entire' Population, as well as the army -at, Athens, received. the re- volutionary foretia which entered' the ta,pital yesterday arf berniolon with en- thusiasm. "The revolutionary rnovereerxt sue- ceeded in uniting all Athena for the safety of the eountry. Aid, without exception, forgetting- their hatreicis and. political passions and ineluding the royeliebe and reaciiotaries, group- ed theinseive,s in the Natiotal union Movelnotit, toprerentel by the revelu- tionatietn." --------- Gold production in Ontario for the first half of 1922 shows a marked in- crease over a similar period last year, and' gives promise of an output ex- ceeding $20,000,000 for the full 'year, as compared- with $14,624,085 in 1921, according to returns received by the Ontario Department -ef Mines. Silver production also shoivs -a correspond- ing. . increase over the corresponding •Mtmtal, -Hata . 101) 4) a hazard, ho thellnY7•3$ xi ii;e1-1;c4seht.,4,7te...rorefilelh'itij'IC174C;4 's:f'141141111gYth.,-.20:: 114P164 -4f, 'au;11 in. "41;0 'h -P in his and will do te the ball. Wand, elope Jana then a strenrre'rtifil,ed tkie ',ibstijr-7'n°;11*1,°'parchl .00ffr gtil'inena-11:Wrt.jah!:14r, with ;trees -Close to it. 1-16 lonolvett• that even:yell:nig ,depende on the ono -first Officials of the Children's Aid Branch a,gave, now it -1st 'about compil•et- the„peritenail visiting of eigirty-twe hundred chid:yen in foster homes coked. in all parts Of the province, and a report has. been submitted to the Provincial Secreitary. Reviewing all these reperte, the su-perinterndenteMr". 3. J. Kelso, abates that it is gratifying -be findi that eases of ill-treatment havie been exceedingly few--nort one per cent., and: where there have been inistakes eontlii- tions calling, for i•mairoveinen:t, neces- sary action has been taken. t A noteworthy feet, also, is that the Societies have in trus,t for these chil- dren sums rang-ing from five dollars to five hundred ;dollars; and in •the aggre- gate amounting to eigility-twe thou- sand five hundred and twenty-five dol - lams. This inoney is entered in the various banks to the indiviclata1 ereclit , „, , Shot, the time, which muse tuner zne bali cm thIO beyond ;Lilo 'water. Can he do it? 'Whether he can or not, he,nrust believe can. Ho must. tell hit-net:if he lean,. His mental atti- tude before he makes the Move everything. ' , All through In there is the parallel' of the experie.nee tho Enke, the dia. mond, ;the igridlror-, the polo field. Many ti man, eonase•short of tho sue - cuss that he might reach because he yields to a sapping few. ln hie own iralture. It is the structural weaknese in his -character•that he 'takes counsel, net" of This intent ,and untried Capaci- ties, but of his doubts. It is so easy to stay put, in the same epot year alter year, .eautionsly on the en. sive, voting to rnake no -change and, to do nothing."' This vegetative sloth is even easier than to 'take the cf least- resistance, for 11 ineralves no aution -at , We create bogeys readily. We tell ourselves and 'others that there are Eons in the way,' The mental hazard becomes as formidable an elosite,cle ae any physioadelbarrier. Ia fact, it is the most lees -Iona impediment ofeall, for it prevents even a start. The mental hazand, is ,oftexti mir- age that titis.appears when you move nearreraa mist which_ the bright suit of the morning diss-ipatee. , Half the time to face a difficulty is to put ib to flight. We are Eke timorous hunt- ers, ;screwing up their courage to at - stack big game, and then finding rit is more alarmed than they are. Worry is more murderouithan war- fare. It slaughters pe,ace of mind as warfare shatters the peace of nations, and it counts its victims by the thou- sands in settled comaranitle,s. We must give battle to our own nerves, sometimes, as soldiers fight a crafty •anicl. unscrupulous fee. Our lnind'S Welle J. FL Grisdale of the Dominion Department ot Agri- culture, who is in Britain on ma of the ell'ild-Ten, and the{Y re'celve t ',given us to m,ake us afraid of the 7amsuomulntratheasofbei:nb81:10eviserit* ons hiheurnecir'611e,3 1P1,1°,ain duty that lies before is; they &Ram viterr,ey r3,riesis baser ,beest pole were not designated to point oat to Us the futility of struggle, and comae- cha,sed with the inei:e2:1-se-cit,inttellest itition, and ambition. They were meant to give as good advice, to tell us how to live, to bid us go ahead, in good 'eh.eer and confidence, unafraid. 5% per cent. This money is han over to the children as theiy attain years of maturity. Another fact worthy of mention is that no difficulty is e.:operienced in finclinig goOdi homes fiC1T all c.lassess :Al dependent Children, and there are al- ways applieations ahead for a certain. 'type children. The sentiment in favor of home -finding, and the proper treatment of children, is well. recog- nized in Ontario, and) the people gen- erally tleiserve eredit for hearty co-operation th,at, has ibeen given. letrArt Cfeawnamdaonfths,or' MagelitehoebeMeeatvinisTitthee3 Government of Manitoba insisted that ma,kes the mind and the muscles a English andgneotat Guger4nt ainfi ,sthheauiTidsebhentohi;. hundred -times more willing. That nHlo'swt elvallergi',1ablhe "liberty" ,T Mexico, axiom is as true as the ages. The workers of all centuries have lighten: ed their labors with song. Have you ever heard how singing d saved a town? It is one of the most The Value of Singing. Let everybody sing as much as pos- sible every time the opportunity offers. Troubles melt away before golislusty song like the blizzard before the blaz- ing sun. If business men only realized the p6", teney of song there would he services of song to begin the day's work in thousands of factories. If thih,gs look blue—sing a little, cheer up, take a fresh start. Nothing ca,n. be made bet- ter by worryin,g. Song in the heart where bandits raided-pgad robbed them, was rather tee much liberty; the Men- renites have asked Ma.niteba to take • • •" tiers them ba,elt, The English language an interesting of the •inediaevel stories. cennected with the removal of the em- la real government do not look so bad period in 1921. bargo on Cana,dian, cattle. alter all. The preliminary' es -timate ef the Bureau ef Statistics ef the total wheat yield of Canada for 1922 is 388,733,000 'bushels, ineludling fall and spring wheat, froni 22,630,900 ,a-cres, or 17.25 bushe•Is per acre, as against the 1921) estimate of 300,858omp busihels from 23,261,224 -acres, or 13.00 bushels per acre. Other grain yields for the whole of Canada, with last year's figures in brackets, are as ,fellows: Oats 558,- 358,000 (426,232,900); )barley 76,395,- 500 (59,709,100); rye 49,601;800 (21,- 1455,260); flasteecl • 5296,900 (4,111,- 800). The figures far 1922 represent the following foreeast Of total yields in bushels or tons: peas 2,945,000; beans 976,000; buckwheat 7,825,000;' mixed grain 30,255,000; corn for husk: ing 14,909,000; potatoes 102,686,000; turnips, etc., 80,796,000; fodder corn 5,635,000 tons; sugar. 'beets 246,000 tons. About thirty-four per cent. of tee automobiles now used in India are mode in Canada, aedorcling to a report from H. A. Chisholm. Owing to the British preferential tariff Canada is rapidly becoming the centre for bhe export of motor vehicles, and each year sees new companies from the United States establishing plants in Canadta to take care of their export ltusiness• , — I01) si.e.ar Gra' efr. SIVP4dan.-t4 67°7 %XI 114 Tthlfgr Disy.1 kW, . When that terrible plague the. "Black Death", swept over Europe in the four- teenth -century, whole cities -sVere•-• Wiped: out and thousands of homes be- came' pest houses. In the: Teem of Weekly Market Report Toronto. Manitoba wheat—No. 1 Northern, $1.08%. Manitoba oats—Nominal. Manitoba barlley---Nominal. Potatoes—New Onta,rios, 85 to $1. All the above track, Bay ports, Smoked meats -4-1=s, med., 26 to American corn—No. 2 yellow, 80e; 28e; cooked ham, 42 to 45e; smoked No. 3 yellow, 79e, all rail. reale, 26. to 28e; co;tbag,e rallts, 35 to Barley—Ns. a extra, test 4'7 lbs. or 38c; breakfast ;bacon, 32 to 35c; "sine - better, 55 to 58e, seeording to freights alai brand tbreakfast baeon, 38 to 40e; onrbsicie. • backs, boneless, 39 to 435. Buckwheat ----Nominal. Cured' meats—Long clear bacon, Rye—No. 2, 62 to 67.e. . $17; lightweight rolls, in` bbils., $48; Millfeed—Del. Montreal freight, heavyweight rolls, $40, bags included,: Bran, per ton, $21; Land --Pure, tirees, 1515e; tufbs, 16c; shorts, "Der ton, $23; good; feed flour, pails, 16%c; prints, 18e. Shortening, $1.70 to $1.80. tierces, 13 to .1315c; t-ubs, 1.3i/4 to Ontario, wheat—No. 2 white, 90 -bo 13-:-Yec; pails, 14 to 14%e; prints', 161/2 95e, according to freights outside. bo 17c. Ontario No. 2 white oats --33 to 35c. Choice heavy steers, $7 to $7.75; Honey --60-1b. tins, 13e ptt. 5 -215 -lb. tins., 14 to 15e per lb.; On- tario, 'comb honey, per -dozen, $3.75 to Ontario corn—leTominel hatcher 'steers, choice, $6.20 to $6.75; Ontario flour -1st pats., in jute do, good, $6 to $6.50; de, med,. $4.50 sacks, 9315, $6.80 to $7.10 -per bbl.; 15$5.50; do, cons., $3.50 15$4; butcher 2nd rats, (bakers,), $6 to, $6.30. heifees, choice, $6 to $6.75; do, med., Ninety per eent. pat., in jute bags, $5-.50 to $6,26; do, COM., 54 to $4.25; Montreal, pro,nrat shipment, $4.50 to butcher tows, choice $4,50 to $5; do, med., $3 to $4; canners and" -cutters, $1 to $2; ;butcher hulls, geed-, 54 te $4.50; an', cern., $2.50 'to $3.50; feeders, good, $5 to 55.75; do, fair,'$4.25 to -g $4.75; stockers, ood, $4.25 to $5; do, fair, $3 15 $4,50; milkers, $60 to $80; springers, $70 to $90; calves, elloice, $10.25 to 512; do, med., $8 to $9; do, come $3 to $7; spring lambs, $11.25 to $11.75; sheep, choice, $5 to $6; clo, good, $3.50 to $4.50; do, coin., $1. to $3;, yearlings, choice, $7 to 58; do- cent., $4 to $5; hogs, fed and watered, $12; do, todo.; $11.25; -do, country points 511, Montreal, Dressed ,poultry—Spring eldeltene, Oats, Can. w-estern, NO. 2, 58 to 30 to 35c; reasrbers, 23-e; fowl, 24 to 59e. do, No,. 8, 51 -to 52e; Flour, Man, 27e; dueklings, 22 to 26c; turkeys, 80 to 35c. Live poultry—Spring chickens, 25c; rooste,re, 17 ta 20e; fewl, 20 to 25c; ducklings, 22 bo 26c; turkeys', 30 to 35e, s Margarine -20 bus' 22e. E,ggs--Ne-, 1 cendled, -34 to 35e; se- lects, 38 to 39e; cartons) 45 to 46e. Bea.ns—Cairaidi an , ham :1-piek cl • busL, 54,25. ,piiimes, $3.75 the 53.90. Maple products—Syrup, per imp. to 510.50., sheep $2.50 to $4. bogs-, gal., $2.20; per 5 imp. gals., $2.10; go0,1 quality Initchers, $12; selects, Maple -sugar, lb., 20e. $12,40. • $4.60; Toronto basis, $4.35 -to $4.45; bulk, seaboard, $4.20 15 ,54.25. Manitoiba flour -1st pats., in jute sacks, $7.20 per bbl.; 2n.d pabsa 56.50. Hay --Extra No. 2, per ton, track, Toronto, $16; mixed, $13.50 -to $14; 'clever, $13.50 to $14; straw, $9, car- Cbeese—New,, 'large'191A ta 20c; twins, 20% to 21c; triple,ts, 21 to 21%c; Stitiltorie 21c. Old, large, 23 to 245; twins 24 to 241/2e; Stiltons, 25c. Butter-2Finest, nrearneny prints, 39 to 40c; ordinary creamery /mints, 35 is 37c; Dairy, 29 to 31e. Coo.king, Golberg, one of the eitizen,s remained • in his home and gradually watched all human traffic in -the streets cease. It was a city of death—not a soul' stirred In any of its avenues. Finally this man decided that he was not going to die like a rat in a hole, especially s•inee it was Christmas Eve—the gladdest time of the year, So he bravely put on his hat and went into -the streets singing "For Unto Us a Cbild is Born." 1 -lis action was -duly rewarded, and the result was that many' lives were saved,, including, of course, his own. The Prolific Chinese Hen , We brag aboat the gre-at Canadian hen, but the Chinese hen has her ',skinned a' Mile," in the longuere tie the vernacular. Nettrly every•eorly in China keeps- chickens, and the total output of eggs- Is astonishing, Last year China e:i:ported about 260, 000,000 whole eggs -1. e., in tbe shell —and an additional 330,000,000 dried, frozen or otherwise preserved. ,The principal egg -producing 'Pro- vinces aro thozee bordering on the' - Yangtze and Yellow Rivers; also Shantung. Nearly all of the eggs ex- ported to America are fno.zergpe Preserved Chinese, egge are, eaport- ed In four different shapes--whole-egg pa:W(1er, dried albumen (the whites), 83,5, liquid yolk. and dried yolk: ,f,,4b, When the eggs ore broken: Arniees Meant for the whole -egg dried pro- duct) , the whites and yolk are seput- atect. The farmer Inc -heated in :shal- low metal pans at 140 degrees. Fah- renheit until all the mois tune ls' evap- orated out of then, and then are put up in 100 -pound tins, The yolks are d.nled in vacuum machines; It takes fifty-one yolks to make a pound ot yolk powder. Yolk for -the liquid ,product are treat - ,ed with a preserving f5o4ution of ber- ado acid, and ,ett-tri.ed thoroughly in ate. They are eh:spired in barrels of 430 pounds net, and are gnaranteed to keep reasonably fivb. for oar manta*. spring,- wheat pate., firsts, $6.80. Roll- ed oa-te, hag 90 Ilse., $290 to $3., Bran, $20, Shorts, $22. . Hay, No. 2, per ton, car lots, $17 te $18, ' Cheese finest easterns, 1734c. But- ter, thoieest meant -cry, 35e. ,Egg's, se- lected, -37c. - Good fat euelter ,etrives, $10; fair quality, $9 -to $9,50; fair quality akim- mili $5 to $6; grassers., $3 lie 75' lambs beet $11,; do, riled:, $9,50 . '