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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1907-05-02, Page 2CANADA LEADS IN AGRICULTURE Conditions More Prosperous Than in Any Other Country. A despatch from Ottawa says : The Conuouus {'iii nille'u on Agriculture and (:ulonization submitted its final repoort to 1'urlianuitt on Thursday. 11 mentioned Iliat in Great Britain the average wheat crop Ls 30.95 bushels per acne. In On- tario the average of %% Inter wheat is 22.50, and of spring wheal 18.92, stew- ing that wo are nlot in this respect a great way behind the Mother Country ; Franco averages 19.57 buseels, which is under tiro average yield for Ontario. Manitoba give, about 18.45. The North- West of Canudu 19.13, while Itussia in Europe Pleas an average of 9.05 bushels per acre, and the United Slates 13.43. The Argentine Itepublio gives an average of 14.76 bushels per acre. Aus- tralasia as follows : New South Wales, 9.9 bushels per acre; Victoria, 7.18 bushels; South Australia, 6.62 bushels; West Australia, 11.51, and Queensland, 15.77. Referring to the dairy industry In Canada, it says it Is in a very prosper- ous condition. Canadian cheese is now regarded .in the British market as second to that of no other country. This Ls largely due to the introduction of cool curing room,. as an adjunct o1 chteee fie:tories, and tate ample provi- sion for export. in cold and cool storage. Large quantities of small fruits of tho ripple orchards aro lett over annually. These are not marketable, owing to size, but it might bo profitably manufactured Into excellent jam, jellitas, etc. It is suggtstcd that co-operation would probably convert what is now a Ides into a prdltablo industry. The report concludes: "A careful sur- vey of the entire field demonstrates thut egrieulture, the correr-stone of national v: calfs and power is in a more prosper - oris condition at present in Canada than in any other country of tho wworkl, while the yet unmeasured territory of rich virginal lands awaits settlement, ready to respond bounteously to the in- dustry and intelligence of ninny millions of willing hands. in a word, Canada Ls the world's greatest bread field of the day." ONE-SIDED BATTLE. Lone Brigand V.'ilh Revoker Against Russian Field Gun Detachment. A despatch from Warsaw says: A no- torious brigand, Stanilutts Lis, the au- thor of litany crines, has been captured at Lublin, 93 miles from here, mortally wounded, after the house in which no had sought refuge had been' blown to pieces by artillery are. Lis, when Ito saw that a detachment of police was ad- vancing on the house, barricaded him- self within and opened tire on the po- lice, killing several of thein. Troops were summoned to the assistance of the p elice, but they were unable to dislodge the bandit. Finally several quick -firing field pieces were brought up and trained en the house. Eight shells hit the build- ing. which was demolished, after which the infantry stormed the reins and found 1.': desperately wounded. trying to re- load his revolver, which he lied emp- tied at the attacking party. RUSSIAN BARBARITY. Prismters Tortured in Horrible Manner by Soldiers to Secure Confessions. A despatch from S1. Petersburg says: In the Lower (louse of Parliament on Tuesday M. Pergamont, Constitutional Democrat, read tate reports of the Inter- pcitntion Committee regarding charges that prisoners had been tortured in or- der to obtain confessions. Details of some seventy cases were given. They were beaten on sensitive parts of their bodies with Cossacks' whips and rub- ber rods, and their linger nails and irntr were pulled out. The tortures In many CANS Neero prolonged for eight to ten slays. One mom, who was only twenty-two seals old, looked like an old Nunn rifler having been tortured. M. Mnkarolf, Vice -Minkel. of the Interior, admitted the cruelty practised by he Government oflicinls on April 131h, and nnnounred that prosecution of the guilty ones hod already been begun. ASIIES FAILED 10 RI'IIN, Test Made In Two Places on the Cann- dian Pacific. A despatch from Toronto says: The C. P. it. master mechanic, under the direction of General Sup t rinleu,tlent Os - tome, made a test of burning ashes In two places. These tests weers, carried en at 'Toronto Junction, and at the boiler house at tt:o foot of John street, near the Union Station. 'i'he lest proved a fuilu►e. After the mixture vas placed le the fire places it flared up fer a et - Pe while, but 411,1 not last lone. The ashes left large clinkers, and were found to be entirely valueless as fuel. NI)\'f11EtL Mi i;i1 DEAD. Once n Minister Reputed to be Worth 13100,000 A de.patcli froom Montreal says : Neil Itrodie. an eccentric chara'ter, who was well known in the financial district, is dead in his 71th year. The deceased was at one time a Preelyterinn minister• at home Nos., tut came 10 Montreal !natty years ago. He operated on the Stock Eschango and made money, owning considerable teal estate beside sloe{., Ho was reputed to be worth over $100, - Oars, but had the reputation of being a ntisete living in squalor. NONTIIS IN TRANSiT. Grads Shipped From Toronto Before (:lldstmas Still on tate (toad. A despatch from 'foronto says: The wholesale dry goods !tenses are receiv- Ing Intimation that the Meek on the Canadian Northern and the western reads is being relievisl. Gorden Nlncliny & Company, on \\'ednesitay morning, re - creed a telegram frv,rn a merchant in Sestet en. Advising the arrival of ge,ods un .\I/,II 231d, shipped from Toronto en Jnnunry 31st, other houses shipped goods before Chrt.tluas, and these hnw•e not yet rrachcd their destination. smT.AND' FOB THE REST. Sir Prides -kit Borden', View 01 the Ward "Englishman." A 11 -patch from London stye: Sir Frederick Borden, epeaking at the St. George's [Lay banquet, said the word "Engl►shntnn" Nand f,)t everything; beat in humanity, COURSE IN AGRICULTURE. Iligh Schools Ready to Adopt Education Department's Suggestion. A despatch from Toronto Says: The Ontario Education Department is ar- ranging for a course in agriculture in the High schools, and Dr. Seats slates that already some half dozen schools are ready to fall In with the proposal. The idea is to have teachers who are graduates of they Ontario Agricultural College in addition to their other quali- fications. The salary of each would Lo about $1,000, and the province would Lear half of the expense. The .course would extend over Iwo years and would include physics, horticulture and other subjects appropriate to modern farming. ROCK FELL UPON THEM. One Man Killed and Another Seriously Injured at Parson's Camp. A despatch from Kenoru says: An nccelent occurred at Parson's (:amp, Canyon Lake. on Tuesday morning, whereby one Waller Snllttl, an English- man, lost his life and another named McDonald was seriously injured. The sten were engaged in drilling a hole in a large piece of rock which had been dislodged by the blast, when suddenly the rock above there slipped down up- on them. Smith's remains were brought into town In the evening. McDonald was taken to the hospital. gl' C. N. R. TRACK WASHED OUT. Line Disabled Belwccen Lumsden and Regina. A despatch from Winnipeg says. Hon. Mr. Motherwell, Minister of Agriculture for Saskatchewan, is in the city, and stings the startling inforniatlon that the C. N. R. line between Regina and Lumsden Is washed away in about twenty places, and no traffic can Le carried until the track is restored, which will require considerable thne. The north Is completely cut off. i FtST ATLANTIC SElt)ICE. Communication Front England Indicates I1 Will be Carried Out. A de.patch from Montreal says: A communication receiver) from London, Engem!, is taken to indicate that the promoters of the proposed fast Atlan- tic steamship lino between Black Sod Bay, Ireland, and Halifax. N. S., aro de- termined to carry out their project. The ("!nmunication slates that the promot- ers, have hid several long interviews with Sir \\ ilfrid Laurier and other (:n- nndlan Ministers now In England. an I Mat the Prettier and his colleagues evinced much interest in 1110 undertak- ing. TREASUi1E CAVE REVEALED. Earthquakes Near Lisbon Disclose Buc- caneer's Hoard. .\ despatch front Lisbon say: Re'enl earthquakes in Northern i'orlugal have revealed a cave en the coact centnhting valuable treasures. '1 hey include o 'd mils of many nationalities, especially Spanish geld doubloons, jewelry, and antique nrtns. They are stippreed to Lave been a bnccnnecr's hoard. A LATE OPENING. Montreal Shipping Alen Concerned Over Nawt{tatent Prospects. A d•'spatch froml \tnntreal says: Mont- real stripping cnmpnnfes are somewhat dtsnppointed at the late opening of navi- gation this year. It Is net expected that nu first vessel of the seas•nt will cone into title port until about the 2nd of Nies., or probably n; Inle ns the 5th of May. Grain men in the cily are nnxi- nusly w•niling Iho• hrenking-up of Ice .et Vert William and t'uri Arthur. NEGRO AGED Ib* )'EARS. )Vas Born 19 Years Before the Ameri- can Revolution. A despatch fr.un Santiago de Cutin says: Antonio inflnate, n negro, is lend al the age of one hundred end fifty years. Despite his great nge, the gre'tl• est recorded in modern limes. he re- tained all his faculties unimpaired to the end. ile was born in 1757, nineteen years before the o ping of the Ameri- can Revoltttlon. THE WORID,IARKETS SUwIiill f ItOli a LEADLN4 TItAI ii C8RC9• Pokes of Cattle. Gral Cheese M8 Ober Paley 1ho4'wl Memo and Abroad, Toronto, April 30. --- fou' Ontario wheat 90 ixrrt cent. pu'ent ro 4n'feel ut 5:.67 to 8'.70 in bowers' s:us outside tot export. Manitoba Ilial jeente, see•nrul e, 1, ne' sling baker's . 73.90, Toroputnto.lls.a Wheat --- Manitolet era, chanivxl. No. 1 lhutitoba Iia 91,; North flay, all rail; No. ill 92c ; No. 1 hard quote.) at ports, May delivery ; No. 1 t 83'/•,c, and No. 2 northern at ports, May ,{'livery. Corn -No. 3 American corn at 54,X to 55c on truck,' ' Ilan corn is nominal at 47c, Chatham freights. Bran --t'rin'e temente al 821 outside in bulk ; shorts aro quoted at 822 to 823 outside. ►'r choice ranging front 85 to 85.25, radium Irons $1.73 to 65.00. Loire butchers ranged trout 81.75 to 810, with ,n diunt quality from SUM t 41.60. choice cows aro quoted s:l;► to 51:0,, ntediutn cows. $2.75 to to feeders are s ieady'• 'kers and f' (1 ,:e from 83.75 to $4; hb'ht, $9.75 to s sold 811 A bunch of heavy short -keep lay at 81.75. and uuehung cha cows are steadyand bio to eel (3tuice, $S0 to &N0, �a its-es are quoted easier at 3e to 5iac lam' . ound• quoted ul. $7.50 n -fed lambs are q Cornmeal are a little C.V.I. BOARD. Wheat --No. 1 northern was 93e spot North Bay ; it offered at 92elc en route to N. B., and at 93c Montreal. No. 2 northern offered at 91c en route North Bay, without kids. Barley --No. 2 wanted at 54c on a 5c rate to Toronto, without sellers. No. 3 extra offered at 51c at 78 per cent. points, with 52c bid. No. 3 offered al 53c at 78 per cent. points with 51c bid. Peas --No. 2 offered at 9c outside with- out bids. Oats --No. 2 white, 39%c bid on a 5c rate to Toronto, without sellers. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Apples -Good to choke winter stock, 82.50 to 83,50 per bbl. Beans -Hand-picked quoted at $1.45 to 81.50, and prunes at 81.35 to 31.40. Honey -Strained quoted at 11 to 12c per Ib, and comb honey ut $2 to $2.50 per dozen. flops -New, quoted at 18 to 21c. Ilay-No. 1 timothy is quoted at $12 to 813.50 here, and No. 2 at $10 to 811. Straw -$6 to 87.25 a ton on track here. Potatoes -Ontario, 85c per bag, on track, and New Brunswick, 90 to 95c per bag. Poultry -Turkeys, fresh killed, 13 to 14c ; chickens, dressed, 12 to 11c; do, alive, 10 to 12c per lb; fowl, alive, 8 to 9z.; ducks, dressed, 11 to 12e. THE DAIRY' MARKETS. Butler -Pound rolls aro quoted at 24 to 25c; lube, 21 to 23c; large rolls, 21 h. 23c. Creamery prints sell at 28 to 29c, and solids ut 25 to 27c. Eggs --New laid aro quoted at 16 to 17c per dozen, in case lots. Cheese -Large cheese, 13} to 14c, and twins, 14y to 14%e. IIOG PRODUCTS. Dressed hogs in car lots are un- chunged, with prices quoted at 88.25 to $&.50 here. Bacon, long clear, 11 to 11%c per Ib in casts lots; mess pork, 821 to $21.50; short cut, 123 to 823.50. Hanes -Light to medium, 15Xc ; do, heavy, Wee; rolls, l lye ; shoulders, 1 Ic ; backs, l6Xc ; breakfast bacon, 15%c. Lard ---Tierces, 12yc; tubs, 12%o; pails, 12%e. BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. Montreal, April 30. -The local oat mar- ket continues quiet and featureless. Manitoba No. 2 while were quoted at (3jl, to 43%c ; Ontario No. 2 white, 43c ; No. 3, 42X to 42%c ; and No. 4, 413fc per bushel ex store. Flour -Tho local finer market is steady. Choice spring wheat patents, 14.50 to $4.60; seconds, $1; winter wheat patents, $4 to 84.15; slrutght rollers, 83.55 to 83.65; do, in Lags, 81.60 to $1.70; extras, $1.45 to $1.55. Fend -Manitoba bran, in bags, $21; shorts, 822 per ton ; Ontario bran, in bags, 824.50 to $25; shorts, 825 to 826; milled moutllie, 822 to 825 per Ion, and straight grain, 828 to 830. Provi- slons-Barrels short cut mess, 822.50 to I $23.50; half -barrels, 811.75 to 812.50; clear tit bn'ks, 821 to $2.1.50; long cut heavy ntceo, 820.50 to 822 ; half•b arrels do, 810.75 to $11.50; dry salt long clear ►icon, i1% to 12c ; barrels plate beef, 813 lot $14; half -barrels do, $7 to $7.50; lorrels heavy mess bt'ef, $10; half -bee - leis do, $5.50; compound lard, 9y, to 10c; pure lard, 12% to 12'„c ; kettle rendered, 13 to 13%c ; hank, 13!, to 15c; breakfast bacon, 15 to 16e; Windsor buoon. 15 to 16c ; fresh killed abattoir dressed hogs, 89.75 to 510; alive, 17.25 l0 87.10. Eggs -Firmer: 17 to 17%e. Cheese ---Fodder grades, 11% 10 12e. flutter -New milk creamery, 21 to 2-1e c. UNITED STATES MAIIKETS. Milwaukee. April 30.-\Vhent- No. 1 northern, 83 to 84c ; Not. 2 northern, 80 to 803.c ; July, 81Sec oekexd. Rye -No. 1, 72 to 72jsic. Barley- No. 2, 71% to 72c; sample,. 62 to 71c. Corn ---Nu. 3, cash, %6' to 47e; July, 19Xc awked. Duluth, April 30.- Wheat -.No. I hard, 81';c; No. 1 northern, 8.1%c; No. 2 northern, 82%c; May, let,ec ; July, Wee; ; 85Xe. Minneapolis, April 30. -Wheat -No. 1 Lard, 84X to 85c ; N'. I northern, 81% to ale; No. 2 northet'tt, 8I'/, to 82c ; No. 3 northern, 79 to 80e. Flour --First pn• tents, $1.30 to 81.10; second patents, $1.15 to *1.25 ; first ciente, $3.20 to 83.50; second ciente. 82.10 to 82.511. Ilran-in hulk, 116.51) to 816.75. LIVE S'I'(lr.h MARKET. Tomnto, :11)ri1 30. -Thr rim at the City Cattle Markel this morning wvas e3 cars. which included 1,173 cattle, 11:t sheep and lambs, 1,!AX1 hogs and 1..f. calves. Taken as n whole, the nlnrket showed f, w clinngrs from the previous one. e ill price changes small and of little ;weenie. The hulk of the !nide still 1s c.enlincd to butcher cattle. with some demand for heavy stockers. There k emetically no expert business doing. Prices are slendy, with Alight advance let butcher reeve. (:hei.'e stock i, in prod ilemenil, hut prlees ire net touch- ing the very high levels so* nolieenble enrl'.er in the Innnth. The bulk of the cattle offering to -day were of fairly gem,) quality, and very little was left unsold at the {•lase of the market. Rxporl trade minutiae dull. An extra e1!ni00 deer weighing ahead 1.500 was repelled 10 have sold 01 #.5.40 to_ day. General Quotations are nominal. s Wounding. A despatch from 1'eterl►oro' s Chanib'rs, alias Fronk Centeno sotto, who pleaded guilty charges of wounding Levi TI I'at King, and Gilbert Bleier itoyal ilotel, In this city, on A and of assaulting Constable was on Thursday sentenced in 1 Gent t by Magistrate Dumble to in the Kingston Penitentary. toner got three .years on each charges of stabbing, two of 1 to run concurrently. Chambe had record. A letter received f Grasett, of Toronto, by the loc states lltat since he was relen the Kingston Penitentiary in last ho has been associating fessional thieves, and it Ls beli taken part in a number of •r bevies. in 1889, the prisoner fenced in Toronto to four years And in 1899 he was given 10 the penitentiary for attempted with violence, of Ilenry Asp cery. 216 Victoria Street, Chambers struck down As felled his daughter with an ax Slack was his accomplice, an years. NO ALMS FOR KING AND Adventure of F.dward and W4th Neapolitan Monks A despatch from Naples say Edward and Queen Alexand sighlsoeing here on Wednesda visited the ancient Church o Chiara, where it happened th who caro for the edifice, were ea lunch. '1'ite visitors knocked at but as there was no reply they again. The sacristan inside, s it was a beggar wlto had shouted : "Go in peace, there is not you." Tho Royal party were greatly One of the members knock saying they wanted to see the "Don't bother us," the sacr sponded, "this isn't sightseeing The visitors would have had t to the rebuff, but Gen. Salsa, Italian army, happe► d to pass nixed them, and prevailed u sacristan to open the door. When the sacristan realized th tion he was profoundly apologet called the other monks, who hast act ns showmen. The church' benefitted front the visit. NUM PIIISONG FIR 500,000 Pours of lard Suddenly Burst1to Flames. A des INSANE; USED REVOLVE SI. Catharines Man Arrested - Shots at Constable. A despatch from St. Catharine Roland McGuire, about 30 years was errested here on Thureday, with being insane. Neighbors r 10 the police on Wednesday that walking up and down the str a loaded revolver in his hand, n Scrgl. \IcCnrthy was sent to to ht charge Mc(lulre barricaded in a r,;o►n and fired several sho his revolver. Ile escaped from t and reached Niagara Falls, but ed hero on Thursday morning, nrretted on his arrival. McGt spent-sonie time in the IlAmll turn and will probably be rot thnt institution. • (:AR WHEELS SEVERED II Voting Prospector Killed nt Station at Ilaileybury. :\ despatch from Ilnileyhur says: 1'. J. Neff, (rem Detroit, stately kith it here on 'i'hursdn trying to board a northbound (rain. Ills feet caught in a w he fell under the wheels, wvho, pklely severed the head from f1 The nee ,I tt1 happened inunerli front of the ticket-ollice windo the settee) platform ww•ns crowd' tinge. The victim wwss formerly ce ns an operator by the Gran. Hallway. He had remit up he peeling, haw ing pur'hnsed a license in the tnerning. Ile ww about 28 years old. EARTHQUAKE IN IT.ti. People Throtn Into Panic Casualties. \ deletes from \'eeeia, Ila, \ sharp earthquake shock was at 5.15 ''.'tock on 'fhiirsdny t II was followed by ni ilher hu shuck at 7 o'eloele The pen thrown into a pane'. 'filer,' 5 cr..unlfes. The earthq.utke w•o Padua. I rbin.., I)nnto d'Oesoin. Florence. \lonrnlieri end Porto TUNNEL 1111.1. ))'ITHhR %A Mirontt t►ppo.ilion Indicated Ilii he Defeated. \ despatch from London .•. bell inliolineed in Ili.' 11011>e (11.1114 n111111 1104 the construct bonnet undo r Engtlislt 13uin1 Etiolate' to • i' s. wltii h sac nIf opposition, ii. J•eert wi One locular ra yl on n Zoeller ing Gar- ito this fire was ergo fire- tho ly burst alto tile, and es iron h to buildinte- furnace. nd hr - t intowva in an fid from tory. cry turn by the firemen, who s'ood by in east' the walls of the warehouse should cul- lapeee and plow the blazing lard to reach adjacent I r,p.•rty• Shortly after the lire was discovered on 'flow t,) night, find ►►Mile the thee - sands of speclalurs were gathered, n dorm largo 1111111101101 tanks e explud.st with terrific force. There was a ptotic among the spectators, but no one Wit. injured. That no loss of life attended the 111•e is considered marvellous. Fite was first diseovere•d in lho killing department of Iso plant, and is stip- lewd to have been caused by cr west electric wires. Owing to the intlitnt moble nature of tho gyrase -laden used - work, this building. wvas• soon beyond control of the firemen. At eight o'clock on Thursday morning the lire had practically burned itself out, it was ,aid that the loss would reach 8300,000, partly covered by insurance. TENS u Tlltii wn and re been 11 visit led In hotels Is with silver found ttawa. y may an has achlno n Fri - 'dims his life milton 'osting Iran- ny for , will nother nd is \Vest• obtain t pine Colorado on Senator Paterson for snying the court was corrupt. Charles Strauss, a negro, who was charged ww•ilh attempting an assault on a white woman near Itunkie, La., on Sun- day, was taken from officers by a mob and hung to a Tree about six miles from Runkle, while being taken from the jail. His body was riddled will bullets. „GENERAL. Five hundred miles of sea coast have suffered more or less from the Mexican earthquake. China has now (1111 possession of Man- churia, the troops of Russia and Japan being withdrawn. Germany is issuing 4 per cent. treasury bonds, redeemable in 1912, to the extent of 400,000,000 harks. Twenty-five persons were drowned on Saturday by the foundering of a steam- er on the River Neva; it is rumored That King Leopold's visit to Paris may result in the cessior of the Congo Free State to France. The famine in China is becoming so ncuto that many people have been re- ducod to eating clay and the green scum on ponds. - The visit of King Edward to Spain and Italy is said to have for its object the formation in the Mediterranean of a Latin union supported by Britain. Twenty-five members of the fighting organization of the Social Revolutionists were arrested at St. Petersburg Monday. among them being seven women. Gtstttve Pfifer, a German, and his fiance, Flora Kun, because they were short of money, lied themselves together, jumped Into the Tiber River in itoly and were drowned. SN.tLL TREES. Why Very Young Trees Are Preferred by the Forest Planter --Use of Wild Stock. Tho small size of the trees planted In forest plantations Ls a point that sur- prises tato average tree -planter. Trees 1, will from a foot up to eighteen inches in over height are commonly used ; and coni- er. lerous, or evergreen, trees may be els for planted before They have reached even aso of This height. year. Why are such small trees used? For oronto ono thing, they aro cheaper to raise, tion is handle unit transport from place to '{ilium i plsre than older trees would be. As to raising the trees, suppose we have Iwo 'ndent plots of ground, equal In area, sown to ('one forest fives; on the first the tree are $85,0(0 allowed to grow two years, on the second three years. Then in the third l year d, t o es- • e r from Iho sowing the Ilya plot of tent In ground will be free, and can be used for to To- starting another crop of seedlings. Thus you can raise three crops of two-year seedlings while you are raising two crops of three-year seedlings. Ilesides a number of the smaller trees cost less to transport than an equal number of the larger ones. Furthermore, the three- year-old tris may need to be trans- planted at Iho beginning of 1he third year, and So cost mono in tail; way, red in Most hardwood, or brad -leaved, and trees, early develop n strung system of under nets; ; au oak, for inetance, or a hick- ory or a black Locust of over two years, by an ie very far from easy to get up out of the wvas ground and get in again. Hence seed- . The kings of these brond•leavod trees older "man than two years are seldom used. Nut Trees, In.k'eet, can usually snfely be planted !If there is no great danger to ih, y.uing trees from animate) by mak- ing n hole throe or four 'relies deep and putting three or four nuts in this hole. Evergreen. or coniferous, trees can easily be handled al twice the ago given for broad -leaf seedlings, licenuse the coniferous trees ere of much slower growth at this stage and do not forst their note nearly as rapidly as brond- „ninnl !cawed tree_:. est in. Verne! Ir•e,•4 of the age named stand transplanting ami pulling nut on the onular area to ho planted better than nkier In Iso trees do. and the roots are less likely to ehold. be injured. Transplanting is 0 pretty ct has wiel'nt shock to the tree at any lime. and Brllislt the young tree. seem to stand it better Than those Ihal net older. nitned \Niki .'<, k luny be used as well es to sell stook Irutght front a nursery. passed stock trtsy often be got along roadsides teen_ or nn the borders of wwoolliand4. ha ! teach places numbers of young maples. Iter exainple. :are often found. The young h.r$ .It•oul.l always he teluell ice in f1'o111 such places rather Than frun deep wuul4: if they aro ttrketn 84,111 deep Boner• wc.red+ the eluange is apt to Is' leo vee k. N.J. lent ter three. cud the plant ;eaters. ;levee. ars, of t hirtm- Satur- mitlee 01011 - cents we no - at ne. been 'tment allow towel nr Of• the \\'. irk has ears 'n tirI u;•• 'purl in 111.1 1\1.11. . ',\ ,) 1'•e. '..11n1 , :t pte4. "1 e•• ....'. my ., n. is a rni,- NEW MILITARY TACTICS THE GERMAN ARV)' IS STILL TUT MOST CONSERVATIVE. Lessons of the Lust Few liars Its+pier Armies to Vary Their W'llsods, 'I'o what extent the experience of the great campaigns of the lust few years have modified the tactics of modern arntita may be gathered from an inter- esting memorandum which a'aunpan- ies tho report on foreign manoeuvres in 1906. just issued by the British War Office, 1'lll: (::A\'AI.RY, 'Noe Little or no light appears to have teen thrown on the vexed question of the em- ployment of cavalry. Lack of numbers o:t the Japanese side, want of enterprise on the part of oho Russians, and the fact that the armies were practically fighting in a defile, hod a cramping effect on °rivalry action. Hence continental ideas en cavalry training remain very much where they were, except, perhaps in 13eb giutn and Switzerland. The movement of large bodices in close formulism is still adhered to, and dismounted action is still practised to a very small extent. TILE SWORD. After the South African war the Amer - icon Cavalry (:uuintittee recotmttended Iltat tho sword should be abolished, but in consequence of reports received from Mcanchuriaarriedout. the change has not been As regards infantry, tho effect of the Manchurian campaign has been that continental military authorities, besides recognizing that the densely packed fir- ing lines of a few years ago are no longer possible, also acknowledge that increased extension must be accom- panied by delegation of authority, a higher training of the individual, and the developmentranks, of the initiative In tate lower TILE: ATTACK. Of the great continental armies, 11 would appear that the German is still the most conservative. There tho firm belief In vigorous frontal attacks, closely supported by artillery, with masse of cavalry held In readiness to take every advantage of the confusion of the bnttle- Ileld, still survives. The men now, as before, are taught in times of peace that their first duty in war is to die. in France, on the other hand, the for- mation of the first lino for the attack, ate essentially elastic, the advance is preceded by sections, each under a non- commissioned officer, which work inde- pendently, making every use of cover, 'I'IlE Ul'.FEi CE. in defence, again, there is a marked difference between the tactics of the two armies. The German regulations lay down that there roust. as a rule, be only. one position, and that this must be en- trenched and held to the last ; in France advanced positions aro favored, and the men are taught to retire before the pre- sence of superior forces, but always to watch for an opportunity for resumirtn. the offensive. �l .8 PRUNING TREES. The Forester Leaves It to Nature -111a Object to Lessen Expenses. In the orchard or park Trees aro pruned by the hand of man ; in a forest Trees do their own pruning. This is ono of the striking differences between the treatment of trees by the fruit far- mer and the arboricullurist and the forester's treatment of thein. in a forest riot !natty year!' pass (es- pecially if the trees are nearly all about the sante age; or, to use the foresters terms, If the stand is an even -aged one) before the light begins to bo cut off from the lower branches of the trees. Now, as light Ls essential for the forntalion of the food of trees and other plants and so for their proper nourishment and growth, so tho lower branches of Ute trees, front which the light has been cut off, gradually die, leaving the upper bratiche-s to ninnufacturo the trees food and so maintain its life. Gradually the dead branches become weaker and eventually are broken off by the wind or some other agency. This process goes on all through the tree's growth, branches growing out and in the course of years being dis; aided as the need for them disappears. Finally, as goevIh in diatteter pro- ceeds, the stub, if any has been left, is survoundd by the new wood and forms a knot in the tree. And so, often there is found the long stent of the tree, fifty, seventy, a hundred or more feel in length, with no such stubs to bo seen, Me dead Mules having been grown ower. The essential point to bo noted is that, in genving trees under forestry methods, artificial pruning is not dont, but the natural priming is relied) en. In the vast majority of cases, nrtflicinl pruning would not pay, Lr Ilio original cost of pruning. together with twenty or thirty years' interest 011 it. v. old lake up e large proportion of the money received frena the Innes, And Ili Ilnancial as- pect of tale qucslium t ntwoys befura tt . forester's mind. PIIINCJEMS IS STAGE STRUM. The Kaiser's Fourteen -)'ear -Old Daugh- ter Desires to Act. Princess \'icturin I: eui'e, the 11 -year- old daughter of lite linker, i; slage- struck. She has been fire) with the ambition to act, and especially to take part in the private Iheatr(rnls that aro given in the lmperial Palace on the Kaiser's birthday. A(Ier' seeing the .\netrinn rhild•ar. tress, \Venda IhtdG,rd, perform, the princess was eniiIn f.11mv hxam plc, The Princesser is n determinedere111- • tit person and usually gels what she wattle from her indulgent ►ntefer. r.o he has roneented to lel her like les- sens in the &e metic art from Wanda Iia lferd. Che Princess Is entlwtincliciti!v shl.ly ing ein'nllnn and gesture forst Iho y.nrlhful professor. and next veer will take n more prominent port lion td, reeve), "Ittinlhina' one In Ilan privet* theatricals of the imperial fa11:.ly. eif