Exeter Advocate, 1908-03-12, Page 3 (2)4'4
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Ceiteee'elit ref the pioviniie .Of
* the'
'-.4efifitS:tt ie a°
e SOO printeit p1g3, prepated un -
'der the auspetes lien. A. 4. alathe-
arkti, Treasurer, aie through it he who
A eireald •
-%t#44.44A1111.
WW ;817.658.81 , which, LflCTMItkJ a
'balanceof $3.310,63a.70 atm hand at the
end of 1906. Of this. $2,429,329.15 was
advanced to the T. 4 N. 0., which left
a balance on the Proceeds Of tha bend
issue of $1,561,88141.
The surplus for 1906 was $429,299.3.1.
end for 1907 the suite of $620,159.63.
At ,
•• 00f;
•'Obiatit•s the id
=heel
- itionieltane-Deee
Let Wit 'ail :the Pul4L eIiot• t'tft94..,
and English, Frencli'aild German texts
• High echoote had beien reduced Irene
59 to 66 per cent. •
" The two big sources of revenue were
eninesee314-itereeseetislityrielaeotti
44.-larids,-faireatirtinr1iii44 the province
got $3,063.494, and from the subsidy
W,734,029.63.
The recolpts were the largest in the
history ef the prevince, being $1,180e
040.80 more titan the year previoue
and $2.301,241 more than 191ei. Thie
iir# accouoted fen* by several circum-
stances. The subsidy increased by
$39fe742, beirig one half -yearly Metal-
' metal granted•by the Donankm Govern-
emived from the
vanCes r
019 from liquor licenses, $50,000 Nun,
' Incorporation of companies; may also
be noted.
,
o eahO PaitatrifiW; tIL
uction in the itriet1
lit, in rePbt '10- a que"a''
WIIERE-4.10a*Y---WENT.
As te where the moue/ went to, the
following explains: ,
_ Civil Cievernment_ ....$ 502.833.20
registation -2•23,327:80
,auatiee ..„. ...... 579,598.16
relucatiort . 1,359,105.81
Public institutions 990,379.18
Ceht,ral Prison" .... 65,483.69
0010nizetion rani Inuntgra-
. tion 52,024.45
!Agriculture 480.317.8.1
114xspitals and 338,011.70
Pirhament Buildings .. 95,33140
Lodes, Dams, etc. .... 16.841.a6 '
Colenization Roads ,316,906.39
Crown Lands ail.$27.61
Surveys, Inspections 1,013.59
.ftefunds 40,254.o5
Miscellaneous 196,05.12
.55
The remaining $1,807.269.06 is m de
otif payments to the asylums. 8340,-
001) In intekest, 8120,000 In railway aid
141 certificates. ,162 under special stat-
ue, and , me, small amounts.
SPECIAL. _
Of the special expenditures during
the year, the following were the' most
interestinge-ollefund to lontreal River
Pulp Co, $20,000; purchase ed yacht
$10.000; members of Legislit.
ten visiting minine diatriete, $4,535;
Prince ‘Fushimi, $113,265; 'funeral late
'fiele. J. W. St. John,, $2,454.35; Eng-
Ush journalists, $1,50d; mining engi-
neers, 86,305; new roads in raining
-districts, $34,621.
-During the year $17.925.49 was ex-
pended in enforcioge the Ligeor_larienei
_i/Ciaitlirafrlireifiej-eanifiliaiee'receios cf
o cer . e t0000irposootaile Brit-
-4Yr eri-m-ei-71 To -Cobalt cost $245.58.
travelling PXDP11503 cetenre-A--1-1-
_Ceiquirnm,..Demity Minister of Edo.
-*talon to- ilio C,ongrese on -School -Hy-
giene in London, Eng., were $526.34.
The experiees and srartriee p connec•
with the IIydra-Ekeitric Pewee
COrninission amniotic -a to 840,524.21. of
WIItoh the salariee came to 814.443.42.
LOA year the expenditure was $26,000.
Tho Text Book eiommission cost $7,i
23a. in the statement T. W. Ceothera.
One, of the conunissloners. Le put down
,as receiving $192 on account of see-
, while the other two ronamis;.on-
reVired 8200).each. Mr. Crothers
.A.trat,,k.pit.E.440..401001)10_0Jp. w114
n changes or .rethiedons haV� been
m de. It was also expected, added Dri
Dyne, that the prices of all test books
table.
woulkt be reduced\ ana as eoon as Rs.
RAISE VIE AGELLMIT.
Viiih�trrirdeflirKeirAitIty-Proni
Pool Rooms.
.A despatch from itorontoesay,se
'titian to raise the age at which youths
are permitted to frequent pool rooms
was asked by representattves of the
municipality et. Orillia, who ealled
the Attorney -General on Wednesday.
There AWLS an irgltatiertioto teduce me
license fee payable by those establish -
talents and in view.of the feeling against
allowing boys to spend their time in
them, tha ebunteiptaity suggests -that
irtte-seierreleaeeeaoaeUeeferrtek.14e0eitoi,istli
!i_Theiiunmwiiga 4LPrSenL.
„fir
.DYNAMITE EXPLOSION.
Oqe Man Kilted and Five Inairere on the
Transcontinental Ilaito.ot -
A despatch from leariona :says: A dy.
namite accident, in e h one man was
Jailed and flee ethees injurial, occurred
1
enial Railway, reoently. IL Bejlose
was killed and W. Muse, foreman, was
serloiesly injured. The men were en-
gaged in loeding a 30 -foot hole. %thigh
had .been sprung on the Saturday pre-
vieusly. 'A large number of sticks of
dynainite had been put in, when the
foreman was called to another part of
the work. Upon his return to where
the dynamite was put in, while, tamping
this to place, the explosion took place.,
PRIVATE 11E111 TO FORTUNE.
Soldier ' of _London illarraelis---Inaerits
$145.000 by Death of Father. •
A despiech from London, Ont., 'says:
Tatnnas Kirby, a private at Wolseley
Barracks," was notified on Wednesday
that he had fallen heir to a fortune of
8145.000 left him .by his father, a weal-
thy stationer, of Werswick,. England,
who died recently. The information.
came ablut I a peculiar way .through
an employe of the Bank of Montreal
neticing an. advertisement in an Eng-
lish paper requesting infermation as
‘te the location of the missing heir: He
imparted the informatior to one of the
officers, who, in turn, instituted an in-
quiry that revealed that Kirby was the
party referred to.
-MARE-THREE-LAAVSZ
Inince-ol-Walesaepposesethe-trurfelleare
Ing Rein.
A despatch from London says: At tire
annual meeting ef the itinibBearing
Rein Association on Wednesday a
speaker said the 'movement had the
hearty support of the Prince el -Wales,
who lead promised the speedy suppression of the envie bearing -rein practice
when he came to the throne. He quoted
Ike Princes denurietatien of the prae-
tic . published Mei hook by Gen. Baden -
i,
Po ell, seying: "Whoa 1 am King' 1
wi - make three laws. No one shall
too puppies' tails, there will be no
more gin in the country. and nobody
shall use hearinoreins, because they
hurt the horses."
,
Last Year.
theil-atst =*--of 11* prodscisi.to
()nisei) mines col' 19,97, was $.14,311,102.
• an aGiVaitcaY 43v,r 1090 of $1,954,919. The
' greatest -incrense ts- tc4-be-touti3-
11n the 'output of silver,' which tolatled
tigi64,5411 ounces valt,ted at $5.927.g58, the
iittrease being equivalent 10' it-1,2345*a
Of the metallie products nickel kfilneS
t in point ofialite, ifs 13,968 tont
Mg valued et a71,616, Gold ,ottl,f,
Ikarreaaed to the ent of $234, the
be".tV worth $66,395. The output 1
733 tons. Le cslued'at $92.75L,Tho
ttiOn of CaPper 1w:easel by &I1-
$114). 1111*- 7.3/3 tons ruined being. valued
*1 1045.511. 01 Iron ore 530.1#4 tont
lama' tined worth $OUS, whlle the
giretlittl et pft Ston.Itt tite *Oink eif
**eh I0.1106 Otattlty f httOrkill eV*
thed 114:7105/ in vat***
V* pte,xtua,..rear- t
pt'ttdtt
$1e,
0-1,9; coMtnon briekt 8I.9I0000. -4-410-crease-
of $.117.0)0; drain tile-G.03244NC de.
crease fl1.590; moiled bricks, $199,41/,
inereese 8141,622: pavippi heteki epe
geei. cheareasee 628.270; butidlou and
ertithediatorte, $673.000,/increase. $15.000:
calcium carbide 8173.1113. increase $100.
0,93; Portland ceraent. In.
ireine 8n9,4,i; *natural reek , cement,
.55.097, deerceisai $903; eorunitum.
600, decrease 819.840; feldsptir, 630,375,
dearease $13,t7e; graphile, $10,000, in.
erease $5.4011; gypeum, 820,776, !nem**
81,171; iron whites. 831.837. inert/Ise
SILVA: time, 8412.000. decrease $81.785.
mita. increaqe $13.888; natural
gas. $751.1G7. increue $221.7!1; ipet-
relent% s1b49.6.11. increvto $3;1414.40:1)0!,
iffy. $51.985, decrease 1114.01$, truareV«
$124,10. inereise $50.33, salt. 11470$31,„
',troika* 104131: seiver pipe. 4134t,Itelt,
. ovate V11,13104 tate .11.1.040,.(reea
'
$040, The iwklurns are hot qui
Seto, ni:t!ably those /or **dr
s 4 .Itviettlie
0.4,, '110:
• Oron • tl pan10.:.41$
ond'patenLs, .tioi$5.
hiti•li,Ve.15 te,.$15,t0i
• WheateeMeatitoba grades re quet,
with prcea Ne. -'„14.19514.
;s* an
at $1illagilataileorte.
Ontario whl,
ea4-No. a white and red
%toted at 96 to .96* otiliekle, and N.
mixed at $5 to 95* outstue.
Tornto..•,
. 3 American new yellow
quoted at •67c, Toronto, and No. 3 valx-
eo at 66*, Toronto.
Ree -No. 2 quoted at 82\ to 85C out-
.
uckwheat---66 to 67c outside.
Peas -No. 2 quoted . at 96 to 87o out-
stde.
eo,I3eeileyeeNeex4einW-etti71,to-72a out.
aide; No. 3 extra at 68e- outside, and
No. 3 at 67c outside.
rane4g2e76-elo-- Mein ebutheeroitsiele
Sh-oi'ts, faU tie $25- 01We-
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Apples -Winter $1-75 to 03 per barrel.
Beans -Prime, 1$1.70 to $1.75, and
arsmapicked, $1.80 to $1.85. -
Ifoney-12 to 13e per pound for strain-
ed. and at $1.75 tai $2.50 for combs.
• ifay-No. 1 timothy quoted at $16 to
-$17 here in earlets.
raw,v,4111.40411000r4e,c4ot
-7-4:11F15 ,411:41-o
e.
Poultry -Turkeys, dressed, 13 to 14c
r.er pound for choice; chickens, alive, 7
to 9c per pound; dressed, 100 to 12c;
iductis, &eased; 10-ito
• S�tmnAriziy:ha.t an itonsi've
• &irmigr*bw eeheilie for 1a01/.
Alt ateanilocomoIivrs
6 tistittlateaof flee TelontoBoai1 o
tication for -this year ereainit St,
397,004. -
Transportation authorities expect the
immigraton to Canada this season wit
erieritese- '
ileit`ilgeint4titWONtgiatatittteitite
manager of 4 the C. P. 11, Pacific fleet,
with headquarters at.Yokoharna. -
The surplus of the Previneial revenue
over the expenditures at the clime of the
thetincial year Waa $606,173.58.
TeMporary hotels may be ereetee to
leccommedate those attending the gee
-
bee tercentenary celebretion.
• tkie.r%V.- L. *-Alatkenza King wili gr to
England to interview the Imperial and
Indian authorities regarding emigration
-
tieneral Otter has -declined too Alder-
shot appointnxmt and 'will be made Chief
of Staff In the Canadign militia. General
Lake will fill the west oteaspeckir-Gen.
eral for a time.
The appointment of a suceessor to the
late Judge Kelm as Chairman of tile
Railway Commission will probably bc
made soon, though the Government has
not as- yet tonsidered the matter. •
Pi 'i7spifiClt, tOin,, teiteland; • l'o
too, who otpoocir.06trivott ion eo eiristritateel teem' te:iiiiaieeit itt
bY .1aakettea, ii 11 I. tliel
' ' '
' -o4 .tpe oeminlion sotioof Wilding ig OM- 14143 00":" 11141)bl'at": thet.1141*. 4114'
, ,Iii.owtooti a sio.)urh,,on weilivo„iii,,,.*, i.,,,,,,, made aerofoil affeets:tii reive 'the 4
e.11":1;:n7 at:: ed to4es:p14.31.7.117.7 :1:4911:7116ittilf,:tIn;1441-34:'\''
_ sp.remead:001:::stiaitstiatiodo eh.: be: when 4., he ' Tit:i:ietkrinTiiittak:ri'g:TI:84:11,kset Turt:Foin
Is beittea, fur/labia, ' The 1140101111qUi'QcYre: titIOOL ar.**113PW1g it° 114111) fmnil the 'third
building .01.1ed with smoke and the 400 4 man named Dorao
I There Allem butitiefr,eoragoipalieeehlitlete _ _
0 n the fen( door,
veered his little girl among the '
;achy dashed for thel°oNert ijaiFer.nsT:eletil° cmactussght °Ithe itzgiurdby "lade heltusuilleds, a' nd lit
ho felt in the doorway were trampled lite •frantie efforts to 6a.ve her pulled
upon by the ones behind and soon the her arms faint heti body.
&seaway was impassable.
EaSCAPE WAS CUT OFF. . The la.et four, who weree-elitidein of
panic-striclien itileleee14!inigletiP at. • 11141---bilitifteg. lost their ‘,
The frightened and
children turited tre get out through the -
windottre and by onyoothoreeneans that The greate.t of life. was caused
ONE EXIT CLOSED.
-could-be 'found. Eseope was cut off ay bi one of the exits being closed. to
--
slose ,
the Mimeo which by this tlir.e had -hi
spread throughout the mune. Tile rustle/ Their escape was blocked by
,building was eirliffiXlier thiee'elid:-Iiet. iidoor that lopened e inward. --la- Ahis - - '-
retard the progress of the fire.
tn a few minutes the !ewer floor fell, tihneanoneehrert tdiewy rwearned delayed reaching
precipitating scores of children to. the It es said that as a ,re.sult of this
basement, among the burning embers:, elampede alone &acmes of children toet
A IlEARTRENDING •SCENE: their lives.
, --The scene about jythetuebunellwdisngoWtheaS of lithoWOniTnelaAteareicEbilSets liollS.1 SulliNeGse.
heartrending. twat
terribte catastrophe spread iheoughout reven are accounted for. The two miss -
the village and hundreds of parents eng are Katherine Weller, of Cleviland,
were- crowded about --the bulaiforig in. And Grace ..risketoof ClezelmA
.th ,e,:nlete,,,,c;rirdillii;a844*- - - ---15-11eilits--e-f-7,17i,;..ttitelieriTillike-bliallaitittr-41iitet''''''' 7.7.1.2,-%ilirtimiltihe74.111c-ttir.''P'*;n0417":11.0Lit!.--1:6141-4.0LAiiirli.71.7.:. ;;;1• 1-1-4.::::-
.
-a 165 -puprisewereernastilyilittle---- - -•- - -.
'1 hooeie---iii-eieeteeeeeeteeteei,
a-&Weger.7Ernpriess ot uSsia has
-arrive eini on -a -Visit -tie -her oat
. Queen .kaxandrai,
New slips are being bunt at Belfast
THE DAIRY MARKETS.
Butter -Pound prints, 25 to 26e, and
aorge-tiollea-23c-to_inceito-4nfertoOre1
to 23c. Creamery rules at 30 to 31c,
and sords at 28 to 29c.
Eggs -26 to 27c per dozen in case
lets.
Cheese -13(a te 14c per pound a
jebbing way. _
HOG PRODUCTS. •
Baexin-Long clear, tiaac per pound in
ease • lots; mess pork, $17.50 to Mt,
short cut. $20.50 to a21.
Hams -Light to medium, 14 to 1.4%e;
do., heavy, 12 to 13c; roils, 10 to 10,3ac;
shoulders. 9% to 930; backs, 16e;
breakfast bacon, 14 to 14tec.
LAIM-Tlerteq, 1131 • 11 113 c•
pails, 12e.
_BUSLXESS AT MONTREAL.
Mentreal, March 10. -Grain -Eastern
Canada No. 2 white oats at 58c, No. 3
al 49 to 4934c, No. 4 at 48 to 48*, re.
jected _at 46 to 470, and Manitoba re-
lected at 4934 to '500 per bushel, ex
&bre. Flour-atoice spring wbeat pat-
ents, $8.10; eeoo.mis, $5.50; winter wheat
patents, $5.50; straight rollem $5 to
85.25; doe in bags. $2.35- to 82.50; ex-,
tra, 81.80 to $L90. Feed --Manitoba
bran, $23; shorts. $25; Ontario bran.
$23.60 to 11,324; middlings, $26 to $27;
shorts, $24 to 824.50 per ten, including
bags; pure grain mount°, $32 to $34,
and milled grades, 825 to $29 per ton.
Pnevisions-laarrets.short cut mss, nte
half -barrels $10.75; clear fat balk, $Za;
friniccut heavy inessaitateeliitMeareeis
• haltiiarrels do., $7.25 to $7,75; barrels
AVE'STERN-GRAIN-0101-
ticavy-imm beef,--$10-10-1M-trittil ray"
rel.s do 8• .5.59 to SO; comp:must la
8,4 to 9c; pure lard, 11M, to Imo; ket_. Recant Snow- Storm Will Rave flerie.
tie- rendered, It to 12,0; hams, 12 to
1e; breakfase bacon, 14 to 15c; Wind
sor bacon. 14% lo 153ae; fresh killed
abattoir dressed hogs. $8.25; alive, $5.
73 to $5.85. Butter -Full grades. 32 to
33c; fresh. receipts nominal; dairy, 27
te, 28c. Cheese -13 to 13eac. Eggs -
Firm at -yesterday's advance; American
selected new, laid eellirrg at 30c; or-
dinary at 27 to 28e; Montreal limed at
23c per dozen.
. - , r eiong tie -.
of others -0001-14e- seezr-ia the
16 perniit of the braiding of vessels a THE WINDS OF THE' WORLD— cn1114DDEN -IN 010?-111ANAGItii -
thousand feet in lea h. _ e—
e--____
fletween the Monsoons -Local iThe Loge Increase is Akeribed to Re -
It is announced in London that 'be
Prince of Wales will represent King Ed-
ward at the Quebec tereentenary.
Mr. Asquith informed the British
Ilmisa...of-emumnnalbaLti.svasib.01191.7.
ernment's intentkm to maintain the two -
power standard ,of the navy!.
GENERAL.
King Leopold has consented to the an-
nexation by Belgium of the Congo Free
State. ,
Dubin), a town in Russia Poland. has
been sold by its owner to en Austrian
Courit for $2.000, .
Tens of thotesa.n of persons have
been impoverished by floods in the val-
ley of the Pelhe River. in China.
4t is stated ett Tokio that large num-
bers of Indian laborers are taking pas -
Hong Kong for Vancouver.
Rubber hunters in the German Clam=
(vcions. West Africa, till recently fore -
ea natives to work for them and to sup-
ply food. -
Antoine Themes. wile was eeseonsible
foe the sensational robberies of French
churches last fall. has-been sentenced
to six years in prisen.
UNiTED STATE.
A museum firmis anxious to trans.
port_ an ancient Egyptian tomb to
cage.
Twelve hundred children numbed out
ef a burning school at Grand Illaiirds.
Mich.,: without a Taisho,
Unite] States inunigration efficials
have been ordened to .co-operate wit!)
the- pollee in their effortslo sweee the
ecuntry clean of alien Anarchists ano
trientaratt
Octal Effect.
- A despatch (nom Winnipeg says:
Din•ing the past week, there has been
- a very heevy fall of snow in Manitoba..
which has materially priglitened, the
prospects of a good ere* for the pre-,
veiling impressSon among old pioneers
Is that a heavy MOW fall is necessary
° to good crops in western Canada. Muth
the kind la Manitoba. and Saskatehe-
unit and Alberta has lieert prepared for
seeding.. the *tong open fait last Oar
haying enabled the fatiners to do a
"grel'it deal more- fall ploughing -than um-
_ t" peasepoctse-araorailliat-ae-mne .
larger area will be put make erep 'hie
spring. Thousenda of new settlers wit
seed and others are increasing their
cunt Altvl areas. Tito wheat crop wili
likely be increased anywhere from ten
le lif ten per cent.. but it is likely that
, the oat crop will be rcAneed, owing te
the fact that 'seed crineot be peacured.
and new settkas cannot afford to pay
the price of 81,05 to $1'.10 • per busliel
noW demanded for good oats. If the
season Is at all favoiable an unusn-
'ally early seeding isiesaiaeled. A little
southern. Alberta. and at 'one or wo
has been done ,in the. thinook bell' of
Dogs in. rtslialcheirai but 1,1-will.1111.
likely be gerie-riii for seme wort
UNITED STATES 'MARKETS.
Minneapolis., M'areh
ftfttrieetleOfeeto-Sieatgre-Itiritaa$1.06
151,067 -el No, i hard, 31.1a,la; No. 1 No
ern. $1.10)11; No. 2 Nerthdrn. $i,;07%
k. 81.03.314; No. 3 Northern, $1.04
*LK. Fleur-Pirst patents$5.45 tott
$5.60; Second .patents, $5.35` t5.501
first clear.s, $1.45 to 4.55. second clears.
$3.50 to $160. Brain -In bulk, 821 10
afareh 10.--Wheat-No. 1 hard.
81.11%; No: 1 Northern, $1.0914; No. 2.
Northern, $1.0011; 1VaY„ $1.07}1,; july.
Milwaukee, March 10. -Wheat -No. 1
N9rtherri, ti1.13 • to $114; Nd. 2 North.
ern. $1.11 to ,$1.12%'; Alayt 0010 p9,go
saMPte. 65 itteettee., Corm -No. 3,
cash. ,58r lo bac:. hiar!' ctlife
CA1TLMIARIY.1%
T'orohto, Marett 10.--Exprirt tattle
were la a slightly larger proportion
'limn they have been. and the' brought
good juices. it Eli said that about half
* load of picked exporters said for
30, and a fetv heavy brills *ere boug.bt
at as aigh 114 84.50.
Medium and cortimen butehersa, whieft
were plentiful. sold off about Xe per
pound. t".+61.V4 it-triN not quite so plen-
Mut. and -tholeo told in same.'ea_cos,ka*
A few Nkvkers s1J idily rot fornivr
priiite.4.., One I ight 3 lead ot
$ii to 33.0.
There Le a cieritt domrnJ hr
roet 44.144,..*re...ste341v,41,41,214.410-",
owv•tI 1 81 1.5*941,!"41 for Itk*.li.y.
hit% fK41( L4
Being credibly informed the other da
by a queer old man of the seidaring per
astorrlhatetrie-seutheasternonsoone
stir fighting the northeast monseon to
see which would conquer, and the in
the best sea sports
formatkm being felloLed by a dieserta
tion on the failure of
owing to the same pe kat of a veteran
tagging Superilueus on the etagewhen he
ought to have left the boards empty to
thc.keen nerthcaster, it occurred to in
that there was a corisklerible ameemt o
information to be Obtained about winds
without discoursing on windiness, says
a writer in the Singapore Free Press.
Until ono actually eitperienees it Mete
Is a lot of romance hanging around th
ou Wets of the word monsoon. We
ilt
a alt. of the monsoon -tieing Late 0
ear y, of the Laercoaraat grime ca y
closed, but uhlesa we go down to the
sea in ships the want affects is but little
In the great -conUrtents of India and
Australia, however, the breaking of the
mins is a matter of real moment., of gen
(Tat interest to every one, of painful and
. keenest anxiety to many, and in 'suelt
cages the word is fraught with a mean-
ing which is greater than ever book con-
veyed to the mind of man.
Apart from the winds of regular habit
-there- am the imany- locale winda-whicli
occur in different parts of the world Mid
are generally unkind In character. Of
euch mity be mentioned thewShan),
Show°, •Ilarrinatan. the Pir of Peru,
the bitter northeaster of lir! in, the Mis.
tied of Marseilles and the coast, the
Pampero of `the Andes. With all these
leical breezes, though in Viet they ,are
• ftentimeeogalescofisorneetrelociannter
curious effects are ow led, and one of
blovving of the genuine nor'easter at
ine-leiettlyealesesoincedent .with the
greeteet Mintier Of deaths from( con-
sumption and heath dieerreee . -
There is here opened Up a wide field
of most interesting research for the .cur.
boos in weather Study and humanity
lere, foe' tile effect of wind 011 sentient
beings has never been as deeply con.
eidered as it might be. Thus in the lower
planes of life the antritals are distinctly
affected by winds, and in particular cats,
ag any one will liemember if they eon.
elder the peetillarities of cats -when bigh
winds are bknving. C.ettle, too, am sus-
ceptible to winds, and pessibly raare to
It13 premonition of wind, while the blow-
ing of anoewaster will oxhilarateeimno
temperaments in a manner -not quite the
1_111.12Lifitlrillin -else -** 1
A CANADIAN ARMY.
In his Annual Report 'met issued, Dr.
. Bruce smith, Inspector of Charittee,
_
"During the past year 31 orphanages
. have reoeived government aid. These
institutions had a total. population of
4,426 children. The total expenditure
for the maintenance Of these Charities
during tbe year.was $158,36S.
r "The number of childrat in the Or-
o -hundred' phanages of Ontario is two,
moro than- last sear. This is not a
hopeful sign, mid on enquiry I find that
the increase. ia the number of. inmates .
fs, in many institutions, ascribed to the
many children belonging to the introit- .
grant. class, recently arrived in thiq
oJuntry, who have had to Le prevailed'
r • • ekbeStinStillltonn. is a eime elite
staute for the home. The Children's
Aid Societies throughput Ontario hatio
• more applications for children for adop-
tion than oan: be .supplied, and it seems
peculiar that eo many children should
' be kept in Orphattages who might be
adopted into comfortable honte.s. Nearly
all the institutions for the care of chil-
dren in Ontario are tell managed, but
at• best the life of a child therein is de -
peered of that, bioadening diieelopment
That cmes from tnteecourse wall out-
side' children. The environment' in
*childhood has a potent influence in
moulding character. No matter bow
'luridly calked for they may be in these
institutions, they me lacking in *some
ef the elements that make for rugged
upbuilding et character: We are year-
tv providing -1n Canada comeartable
ihontesefordiundrietseafielnedreir-bremeetit—i--- "a"
cut; from the orphanages el Great Bra
Melee
native-born young Canadiarie houSed in
our own in.stitutiens. The niajarity • 1
a peeferertee far Caroatan been, but
for so.me reason their wishes cannot 00
complied with. The'fault lies. I am con-
vinced, not nearly so much with llte
people, in charge of our orpbanams as' -
1011 the persons who commit children
to thee° inelitutions with the expressed
understanding that they must be kept
them and not given out for adoption
tato private homes1 have expressed
tbe opinion that the rule-governin
the'eadmission of all inmate; ehouid be
changed .91 as to permit the nian3ge-
ment of all orphanogils, after a child
has remaineil a oertairi. Period, to de.
'aretaaiiiatovittlo lip-t-rOtifoystr.f0; adop _
Flans tor Mobilization of Liter Peirce
-- al Oarbers•
°
A despatch from Ottawa says: The
&Win* Department Ls now detising
tVari and means for the mobilization
et, troops *at Quebec next summer. If
transport: commisfarlai, and.other ar-
ranginnents oan be satisfactorily 4r-
ning04.1 eighteen thousand men will ipe
thains of Abraham. 1 May. however,
encamped for a weec, or se on' the
U. -found' neteSsar cut „the --number
down to twelve thousand, but in, any
event the Canadkul army e..sseiribled at
Vac/Kt-will to the Incitt Imposing Pio
sea in the country during the last hull.'
deed: plot,
/AtO AlliLt.4 V11111
liVetkderfat ,Entleranee Shown by
Plir"t.'41
'At Jospeh:1i from Iltairouver siyr
Daniel Stet -silt. handlokger, after'
.14irig Hs right ieg travvkd through two
Miles of bush to Ede whter at Tot* In,.
2:10 MiltS norltr of Vancouver; got
into it .boot And rowed tWO Mild% U.) a
Icggirig camp. Ile was ‘.4) -king alone
and was taught by a felling tree and 4
his right leg was.. leglitfully Oohed.
stet(m flit the, shredswof the skin re.
matraig. The- men in tamp PrOtatid
the lanteh Dolpin *MI look hint 10
}'ront there '10--Arity- 'WA -'14" b
vArtorida ;Hospital. *Were Ito 141:40'(3..
brAteht 'Se 1/1",:elyeri,
• my 04-1) maw ENctiveco.
Ilkoird 1 Agrital1ari5' Passes
Orer Of Prohibition.
A delPalthi from London, sap:, The
Mint of Agriculture has rM,;SNd an or-
der prohibiting The importation of bay
and atraw IMO Gresi IMMO. • The
rder tatco inttnedeat6 effect.
"And do yptt ,have10 lie iared iflIho
morning?* asked Ut Lidy who vi,i*
about to 4,11 * ttevi don't
leo be,
tint, Jinn* Ow* -*rapport* 4 want'
mer
•••••••••,....x.7614,2m.....
JUVENILE.;4,1).13,11611ANTS.
.1. J. gesa...Supehntendent of Neglect,.
ed • and Dependent Children, in his ra-
port on Juvenile immigration into „Oin-
"
tario for 1907, recently niade .
states that the total *lumber of ehildren "
,who camel -into the Province was 2.159,
45 compared with 2,213 for 190G. The
percentage of ,crime among the eldideNi
of th?s clas3 has greatly dirniashed, and
this Ls attribuW to the close inspection
inade at Liverpool. Before they aro al-
lowedio baarit ship, there. the (Children
rianst- Ler abie flea& ifirnrWrieti,. - -
they have been used to strt tM Must
spend a peeled' in one 'of the homes be.
tore being allowed 14 (*me to e.onads.
The children locatel in lite I'veiVince
during the post yo3r were Willett out '
under the auspices of the felkimng
stitittiont:-41r4 barnfirdo* Iforne. ‘`I`o-
r,400, 750: Voter-
barougbt.,10: Calholk4 %°r15046°1110-
A
ptv Ottawa. '331: regan: Hence. To.
twat), Stlepliet4sori Ifortir‘,
171; Marcittnent !tome., ftcnot,i1N% tok
Chtiv% of tniglind Niegsret
ttroAm?illie4 Ittt
The galvition Army.' Smylsrtfonie,
Steehemon flonf. ffetinit. °
tatic 113; IlurSt 11054 Trairerig Ifetri",
u.