The URL can be used to link to this page

Home My WebLink AboutExeter Times, 1912-1-25, Page 87i. I'BB11CTAI''804 '1.8 X ET ER .,,TIM ,_ .................,............+........ ne lYloisons Bank Incorporated 1855 eeord . of Progress for Five Years -1906-49u xQo6 x.yxx CAPITAL , , .. , ., $ 3,000;Q00 $ 4,000,000 RES ERVB 3,0000,000 4,600,000 DEPOSIT'S 23,677,730 35,042,311 LOANS AND INVESTMBNTS 27,157,090 38,854,.801 .Q:.i'AI• ASSET$ 33,090,192 48,23.7,284 Etas 83 Branches in Canada, and Agents and Correspendents in all y the principal Cities in the World. - 'A:� Gelieral Banking easiness Transacted . r anted . 4. Savings Bank Department At all Branches. Interest allow d at Highest Current Rates, `i' 'Meson & Carling, Solicitors N 0 HUi?MDON, Meleager. +*1+ e+++4eltielee •+44.1 4.44414 474+++++++++4.4444++44+.+++++ '4x' CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERcE SIR EDMUND WALKER, C.V,O., LL.D., D.C.L., PRESIDENT ALEXANDER LAIRD, GENERAL MANAGER ITAL, - $10,000,000 REST, - $8,000,000 RAFTS ON FOREIGN COUNTRIES ranch of The Canadian Bank of Commerce is equipped to issue drafts on ncipal cities in the following countries without delay; Ica Creto Greece New Zealand bia Cuba Holland Norway entlne Republic Denmark Iceland Panama sir dia Egypt India tr>tria-Hungary Faroe Islands Ireland Peru clgium Finland Italy ' Philippine Islands razil Portugal pl aria sylon hili Formosa apaace France ov Fe ch Cochin China alta Siberia Soudan South Africa Shirts Settlements Sweden Switzerland Roumania Turkey Russia United States Germany. blancllur;a Servia Uruguay ana Great Britain Mexico Siam West Indies, etc. mount of these drafts is stated inthe money of the country where they are pay - that is they are drawn in sterling, francs, marks, lire, kronen, florins, yen, • roubles, etc., as the case may be. This ensures that the payee abroad will the actual amount intended. A233 Exeter Branch -W. I. Collins Manager BRANCH ALSO A'T, CREDITON pNERY BURNED a Sugar Company Loses Million Dollar Plant. MEN NEARLY PERISH ployes Barely Escape With es From Sensational Con- n Which Wipes Out Big Work; at Halifax-Steam- urora Just Gets Out of r Moorings In Time. Feb. 2. -The Woodside the Acadia Sugar Refining on the. Dartmouth side of vas totally destroyed by vening With a loss of con over a million dollars. The 4„'e, will come measurably up- illion mark and there is not a here but what is interested. 'began in a large wooden on the waterfront, where rels of sugar were stored. 'swept away and with amaz- ity the fire shot to the seven brick structure across the rail - k, which is the refinery pro - hie was soon enveloped, by thts,. d some of the workmen had escaping with their lives. f. them engaged in the hot ot out with pie cti.ally no and ,one man, Hennebery,. lasing, is reported to have amer Aurora of the Pickfor4 k line, had been at the wharf 'rig, raw sugar for three: days. •pulled out, but: the sugar she rged was burned. Besides d sugar destroyed, more than gs of raw sugar are gone. A r sof loaded Intercolonial Rail-. s were on the siding, but no Mild be secured quick enough hemout, and they were burn.' • 'Clock •everyth.iug was gone of ndid plant, which is the.larg- e.two owned by the Acadia efining, Co., except the. boiler and -there was slight • chance Ing that. The fire departments mouth and Halifax could do to fight the fire, the plant early three miles out of town ted. The company is one of t prosperous in Canada. A ble portion ,of the capital eld in Glasgow. Will Win, He Says. on, Feb. 2. -In the first' '9 statement he h issued in, -with the Taft campaign, Iiilles, secretary to' the t,. yesterday said eat Taft's nomination in as certain` as anything can 'be. fidentthat there will be tom y.. little opposition to himin. al • convention,; and when the. its made,. the Republicans` ill rally to the party d • in a great victory in ould not make this prediction I' not feel that my information all parts of the country war td are in `doing so." Motor and Trolley Clash. ,Niagara Falls, Ont., Feb. 2.-W. P. tarilcilles, . president of the Electrode company, one of the Most prominent 41zens'here, was injured •yesterday a "a; .head-on collision between hie .tutor ear and a Buffalo -bound trot- "an the American side, Alexander 1Lare," his'chauffeur,. was also .ser - sly injured. Physicians last night d both will recover. ($ecat6se hebecame intoxicated over river Wednesday night while cele ating his. appointment as constable' )♦ otlthfll, Ont., Bert Corner was (4 two dollars yesterday'. Release Twenty -Seven Turks. keb. 2. - The commission an+ to iMinath4.4.*ob. aYk} M,o.. c(; sip the Italian authorities of twen'sy nip.e Turkish members of the Red Crescents Society, who were passengers on the French steamer Manouba, handed its report to Premier Poincare yesterday. The commission finds in favor of twenty-seven of the Turks, who will be permitted to continue to Sfax, Tunis. Of the others, one is seriously ill and the papers of the second have not been found satisfactory. The lat- ter will not be allowed to proceed. All's Quiet In Portugal. Lisbon, Portugal, Feb. 2. -Apparent- ly the Government is master of the situation in the Lisbon district, where, owing to the gravity of the general strike a day ortwo ago, martial law was declared. It was officially announced last night that there is not a single strike in Portugal, but this simply means that the strikers and their adherents have been overawed by the military display. London Phoned Rotterdam. L-,ndon, Feb. 2. -Telephone com- munication between England and the continent is developing rapidly. Con- versations took place Wednesday night between London and Amster- dam and Rotterdam. The Postmaster -General hopes to be in a position to open an Anglo -Swiss telephone service as soon as negotia- tions with the Swiss and French ad- ministrations have been completed. No More Railway Passes? Regina, Sask., Feb. 2. -Passes for members of the Saskatchewan Legis- lature have not. arrived from the Grand Trunk Pacific,,and it is under- stood that the railway will shut down on the free transportation. It is ru.- rnored that the action of the Grand "I' funk Pacific foreshado'v, the enact - went of a "no -pass" law for the Dom- inion st. as exists in the United States. +� After U. S. Express Companies. Washington, Feb. 2. -Prosecution of 1.s press companies for overcharging ,Ili ppers on the transportation of their • nods was indicated by Commissioner ane at the express rate hearing yes- terday to be the intention of the Inter- etate Commerce Coin mission.. DO. YOU USE PILLS ? If In Doubt About the Right Pills to :Use 'dead the Fol- lowing Letter Carefully : "1 am one of those persons whose system requires aid," writes Mr. Young Gledhill, from Picton, "but it is so easily :affected by reason of the great sensitiveness of the bowels that' or- dinary drastic pills inflict great in- jury to the delicate coating, and excite such persistent activity as to be with difficulty checked. "I wash in the highest terms to ex- press the great value of Dr. Hamilton's. Pills in cases like mine, and I am sure also for elderly people and the very weak, there is no pill like them. "Speaking of my own experience with Dr. Hamilton's Pills, I can say tkey have proved the most stimulating pills for the liver I have found. I have proved their tonic action upon diges- tion, and the same results have been secured by friends upon whom I have urged their use. The manufacturers are to be congratulated upon possess- ing so valuable a. prescription, and the public should know that so valuable a, :rel tedy has been placed at their corn - eland:" No other pill for constipation, for liver, kidney, or stomach trouble, com- pares with Dr. Hampton's Pills; they aro mild and sure always to restore health. Refuse substitutes, Sold by all dealers, 26c per box, or The Ca- tarrhozone Co.; Kingston Ont, Dr. Hamilton's Pills f * A Family Medicine Liverpool and Chicago Wheat Futures. Close Lower -Like Steck-- . Latest Quotations, CHICAGO, Feb, 1. --(Can. I'tess.j Prices of all cereals hardened to -day as a result of proposed stricter rules against interstate shipments of gratzi not up to standard requirements fol food. • Wheat closed firm, 1-8c off to 1-40 to 3-8c higher, corn at an advance of 1-4e to i -2o, and oats with a gain of 5-8c to 7-8c. Hog products declined 2 1-2o to 7 1.2c net. The Liverpool' market closed to -day on. wheat unchanged to 1/d lower than yes- terday, and corn 1/sd to 4 d higher. Parisi wheat closed 14c higher, Bergin s/c lower, and Buda Pest 3/c tower. Winnipeg Options, Op, HIgh. Low. Close. Close, Wheat - May, old.. 10l 101% 1OV/4 .101%b 1q1.% May, new. i00% l00% 1001 100e4b 100% July .. -.,. 10171 102 10114 102s 102 Oats= To -day. Test. MAY 441/2b 437 July 444b 437% • Toronto Grain Market. Wheat, fall, bushel $0 95 to 8.... Wheat, goose, bushel 0 93 Rye, bushel 100• 103 Oats, bushel 0 48 0 50 Barley, bushel 0 85 0 96 Barley, for feed 0 85 0 75 Peas, bushel 110 118 Buckwheat, bushel 0 63 0 55 Toronto Dairy Market. Butter, store lots 0 27 0 29 Butter, separator, dairy, ib0 30 0 32 B 'Honeycombs, utter, creamery, Ib, rolls0 35 0 37 Butter; creamery,dozen solids..,,0 34 Cheese, new, Ib 0161,y 017 Honey, 2 60 800onaY, extracted, Ib 018 Eggs, case lots' 0 36 I✓gas, new -laid 0 40 0 43 Montreal Grain and Produce. MONTREAL, Feb. 1. -Rolled oats firm. Demand for butte rand eggs is good. Pro- visions fairly active. Corn -American, No, 2 yellow, 75e. Oats -Canadian western No. 2, 514,4c t• 52c; Canadian western No. 3, 4914e t. 50e; extra No. 1 feed, 501/c to 510; No. local white; 49c to 491c; No. 3 local white, 480 to 481/2c; No. 4 local white, 47o to 47310, Barley -Malting, $1 to $1.01. Buckwheat -No. 2, 72e to .73o. Flour -Manitoba spring wheat patents, firsts, $5.60; seconds, $5.10; strong bakers., 54.90; winter patents, choice, 54.85 to 55.10; straight rollers, 54.40 to $4.50; do., bags, 52.05 to 52.15., Rolled oats -Barrels, 54.85; bag of 90 1bs., 52.10. Millfeed-Bran,•823 to $24; shorts, $25 t $26; middlings, 528; mouillie, $28 to 534. $15.5 Hay-No.0. 2, per ton. car lots, 515 to Cheese -Finest westerns, 15'4c to 151%; finest easterns, 141c to 15c. Butter -Choicest creamery, 33c to 34o; seconds, 32c to 321,4c. Eggs -Fresh, 95c to 500; selected, 38. to 40c; No. 1 stock, 33e to 35c. • Potatoes -Per bag. car lots, 51.70. Hogs -Dressed hogs, abattoir killed, $9.51 to 510.25; do., country, 59 to $9.50, Pork -Heavy Canada short mess, bbls., 35 to 43 pieces, $22.50; Canada short cut back, bbis., 45 to 55 pieces, $22. Lard-Compnund, tierces, 375 lbs„ 8yo; wood pails, 20 lbs., net, 8%c; pure, tieroee, 375 lbs„ Ll c; pure, wood palls, 20 1be, net, 12%c. Beef -Plate, barrels, 200 lha., $14.50; do., tierces, 300 lbs., $21.60. LIVERPOOL, Feb. 1.-r"sing-Whi eat-+ Spot, firm; No. 1 Man,, ss dd;. Na 2 Man., 8c 4d; No. 3 Man., Ss 1112d; futures steady; March, 7s 7%d; May. 7s 51/2d; July, 7s S%d. Corn -Spot, firm; American mixed, new, 6s 3d; do., kiln dried, Os 7d; do., old, 6 ild; futures firm; Feb., 6s 11%5; March, 6 3�Flour-Winter patents, 28s 3d. Hops in London (Pacific Coast), 810 5s to 811 5s. Minneapolis Grain aMrket, MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 1. -Close -Wheat -May, 51.0614; July. $1.06% to 51.07; No. 1 hard, 51.0854; No. 1 northern, 51.061%; No. 2 northern, $1.04%; No. 3 wheat, 51.02'/. Corn -No. 3 yellow, 631 c to 64%e. Oats -No. 3 white, 49e to 49%e. Rye -No. 2, 89c. Bran --$25 to $25.50. - Flour -First patents, 55.10 to 55.40; se- cond patents, 54.75 to $5; first clears, 53.50, to 53.85; second clears, $2.40 to 52.80. , Buffalo Grain Market. BUFFALO, Feb. 1. -Spring wheat, light trade; No. 1 northern, car loads, store, 31red ;51; winter, i ter'2dwhit , 51.02% 81.03; No. Corn -Higher; No. 3 yellow, 70%e; No. 4 yellow, 68%c, all on track, thru billed. Oats -Higher; No. 2 white, 5614o; No. 8 white, 55%c; No. 4 white, 543/44. Barley -Malting, • 51.20 to 51.35. Duluth Grain Market. DULUTH, Feb. L -Wheat, No. 1 hard, 51.0633; No. 1 northern, 51.05%; No. 9 northern, 51.0354'; May, 51.0514 bid; July,l 51.051 asked. CATTLE MARKETS. Toronto Live Stock. TORONTO, Feb. 1. -Receipts of� live stock were reported by the rail- waya to -be 33 carloads, comprising 3041 cattle, 1305 hogs, 116 sheep and 44 calves. Butchers. Best butchers, $5.75 to 56; good, 55.40 to 55.70; medium, $5 to $5.35; common 54,6 to 55; inferior, 53.75 to 54.25; cows, 52.60 t 53; bulls, $3.50 to 55; canners, 51.50 to $2.50. Milkers and Springers. There was a fair supply which sold at $38 to $95 for common and medium, and 550 to $65 for gond to choice. Veal Calves. Prices for veal calves were unchanged at 54 to $8 per cwt. - Sheep and Lambs. Sheep sold at $4 to $4.50; rams, 53 to 53.50; lambs at $6 to $6.75. A few selecte lots were reported a little higher. Hogs. The hog market was a little stronger at 56.50 to $6.60, a few being sold at the latter figure, and 56.15. to 56.25 was the range reported for hogs f.o.b. at country points. East Buffalo Cattle Market. . EAST BUFFALO, Feb. 1. -Cattle -Re- ceipts, S0. Market dull, steady. Prime ' steers, $7 to 57,55; butcher grades; $3 to 56.76. Calves -Receipts, 100. Market active, steady, Common to prime, $8 to 510. Sheep and lambs -Receipts, 6400. Mar- ket stow, lambs 25c lower. Choice lambs, 5$ng.s, 7 to 55 7.Ito cull $5,75 to sheep, $ to 54,50. to 56.90; yearl- Hogs-Receipts, 3400. Market fairly ac- tive; 5c lower. Yorkers, $6.25 to 56.55; pigs, roughs, $5.50 to ,55.80; sags. 55 to 55.25fi.Es; Chicago Live Stock. CHICAGO, Feb. 1. -Cattle -Receipts, 5500; market, slow and steady; beeves, 54.50 to $8.65; 'Texas steers, 54.60 to $5.00; western steers, 54.80 to $7,25; stockers and feeders, 53.85 to 56.10; cows and heifers, $2.25 to $6.85; calves, 56 to 58.50. Bogs-Reolpts, 47,000; market, 85 to 100 lower; light, $5.60 to $6.15; mixed, $5 80 to 56.271/2; heavy, $5.00 to 56.80; rough, 55.00 to 56.05; pigs, 54 to 55.35; built of sales, 56,05 to $6.25. Sheep -Receipts, 18,000; market, weak; native, 53.15 to 54,65; western, 53.50 to 54.70; yearlings, 54.75 to 85.53; lambs, native, $4.40 to $6,70; western, 54.60 to 56.70. Canadians Honored. London, Feb. 2.-(C.A.P, Cable.) - Royal Colonial Institute fellowships have been awarded to W. 11. B. M. Humble, D. L. Lawrie, F. B. Vrooman, W. Da Walker D. G. Wil. liams and Miss Binnie Clark, peeeilseeeefeeellese•`x .r Mad Dog Bites' Children,. Montreal, leb,2.-Vour school chi'. dren, two boys and two girls, were badly bitten by a mad dog yesterday as they were on their way home from St. Ann's School, Attracted by their lerea•ms, a passer-by managed to trangle the dog sufficiently to force it o bollen its hold on one of the little girls whom he had on the ground worrying like a rat. The wounds of the children, all of whom were badly bitten about the arms and legs, have been cauterized by Dr. Charles Viyond. The dog, the property of E. Gagnier, le a cross between a bulldog and a fox terrier,. It, is being kept under observation at the Young street police station, In the opinion of Dr. Vipond the animal exhibits the symptoms of rabies, The children, Willie Guy, the 14 - year -old son of Francis Guy; Francis Talmadge, Gertie Howard, 14 years of age,, and Catharine Furlong, will all likely be inoculated against rabies. Guelph's Pigeon Show. • Guelph, Feb. 2. -The winter fair poultry building was a very busy place yesterday. There are on exhibi- tion there over 60 beautiful pigeons of all classes in the International Pig- eon Fanciers' Association. The official opening took place last night when the proceedings were enlivened by the presence of the Guelph Band. Mayor Thorp delivered a short ad- dress and presented several of the beautiful silver cups to the owners of the winning birds. The judges were busily engaged yesterday in awarding the prizes, and they had no easy task, the entries in almost every class far exceeding those of any previous year. The energetic secretary of the asso- ciation, Major Barker of Toronto, is a courteous and capable official and is leaving no stone unturned to make the show a success. Great Revival Meetings. New York, Feb. 2. -Announcement was made last night that the national men and women forward movement will hold its culminating congress in New York City, April 18-24. The dele- gates, all men, will be limited to 3,000, and will be apportioned among the cities where the movement has held campaigns during the winter. It is said that the congress will be the most representative large gather. ing of Christian laymen ever held in North America. Sessions will be held in Carnegie Hall, with auxiliary meetings in neighboriytg churches. The lay speak- ers already secured include President Taft, Ambassador Bryce, William Jen- nings Bryan, John Mitchell, Booker T. Washington and J. A. Macdonald of Toronto. "Bob" Cook Gets Seven Years. Brampton, Feb. 1 -His Honor Judge McGibbon yesterday morning sentenc- ed Bob Cook to seven years in the penitentiary. Cook, who is familiarly known as the "Orangeville outlaw," was convicted of sheep stealing some weeks ago, but was remanded for sen- tence. , After looking into his record, the court imposed the above sentence on the incorrigible Bob, who has been a notorious lawbreaker for some years past. He has several times escaped from jail, and bears an unsavory re- putation, although a member of a very respectable family in the County of Dufferin. Still Talking Iron Bounty. Ottawa, Feb. 2. -Government sup- porters had another lengthy caucus yesterday, adjourned from •Wednes- day's sitting. • It is understood that the only mat- ter of outstanding importance discuss- ed had further reference to the boun- ty on pig iron. The situation is not changed from Wednesday, but the sentiment in the main appears to be favorable to the bounty being granted temporarily. The final decision rests with the Government. • DOCTOR ADVISED OPERATION Cured by Lydia E. Pink= ham'sVegetable Compound Canifton, Ont. -"I had been a great sufferer for " five years. One doctor told me it was ulcers of the uterus, and another told me it was a fibroid tumor. No one knows what I suf. fered. I would always be worse at certain periods, and never was regular, and the bearing-dowr pains were terrible I was very ill ii bed, and the doctor told me I woult have to have al. operation, ane: that I might di( during the operation. I wrote to my sister about it and she advised me to take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Through personal expe- rience I have found it the best medi- cine in the world for female troubles, for it has cured me. and I did not have to have the operation after all. The Compound also helped me while pass- ing through Change of Life." -Mrs. LETITIA BLAIR, Canifton, Ontario, , Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com- pound, made from roots and herbs has proved to be the most successful remedy for curing the worst forms of female ills, including displacements, inflammation, fibroid tumors, irregu- larities; periodic pains, backache, bear- ing -down feeling, flatulency, incliges- tion, and nervous prostration. It costs but a trifle to try It, and the result haw beerlrvortli millicnsto sufferingwomen. POS'TAL EXPM{S[ON Members of Parliament Favor Mora Parcel Carrying, THE STANDARD OF GRAIN Dr, Neely (Humboldt) Urges the Crew tion of a Sample Market In Winni- peg But Hon, Mr. Foster Says Farmers Oppose Mixing --W. F. Maclean Introduces a Resolu- tion For Wider Activities. Ottawa, Feb. 2. -Parliament last evening adopted with hardly a dis- sentient voice, a resolution proposed by W. F. Maclean (S. York), declar- ing that "this House is of the opinion that the expansion and extension of the parcel post system would be in the public interest." The adoption of such a system of an effective scale, said Mr. Maclean, would in result u express rates being g cut in two. Public competition was the way newest and best �� ay of bringing corporations to time. This had been strikingly exemplified in the success of the Ontario hydro-electricesystem. The parcel post has been a success in Europe, Australia, and New Zea- land, and both parties in the U. S. were committed to it, Hon. Rodolphe Lemieux declared that the time had come for Canada to adapt a bold policy in the matter. "The companies," he said; "have taken out of our hands the business we ought to be carrying on." Hon. L. P. Pelletier declared him- self in general accord with the mo- tion, though he thought the system Canada should adopt could not be as extensive as that obtaining in Elle - land. No express companies should stop the Government if it decided t, proceed with the reform. J. F. Armstrong (E. Lambton), made a vigorous attempt to have the whole debate ruled out of order, but Speaker Sproule effectively squelched him with voluminous quotations from Bourinot. Dr. Neeley (Humboldt) stated that for lack of a sample market in Win- nipeg the farmers of the Northwest lost millions a year. The spread be- tween grades was great, and a man whose grain was not good enough for grade 1, but very high grade 2, got no more for it than the man whose grade 2 was of low quality. ' F. Z. Schaffner (Souris) remarked 'that the grain growers who were in Ottawa the other day were opposed ;to a sample market. Hon. George E. Foster said that, whether there were a sample or a grade market no one would propose to take away from the farmer the right to sell his product in the way he pleased. Both the grain growers and 'millers were pressing for Government- owned and controlled terminal eleva- tors as more urgent than. a sample 'market. They were strongly opposed to mixing grain, and the sample mar- ket was no use unless mixing were allowed. J. D. Staples (Macdonald) was in favor of the sample market. The iden- tity of the grain should be preserved so long as there was no loss in dollars and cents, If the evil of mixing by maniptilators could not be done away 'with the country should do it itself in a sample market. T. G. Turriff (Assiniboia) thought the' Department should remedy the evil of substitution of grain. W. F. Maclean (S. York) declared that there was too much intimacy be- tween the railway companies, the milling companies and the elevator companies, to the detriment of the 'farmer and their own special profit. J. A. M. Aikens (Brandon) pointed out that the railways were bound to deliver the identical article consigned to them by the consignee and anyone who took away that grain might be reached under the •criminal code, Hon. Frank Oliver declared that a more important question than the pri- vvate rights of the parties was the degradation of the standard of the country's grain. ; Dr. Schaffner (Souris) was emphatio in declaring that the only remedy was iGovernnient control of terminal eleva- 'tors. Before the orders of the day were called, W. E. Knowles (Moose Jaw) rose to a question of privilege. He objected to what he termed an anony- mous dodger, which had been distrie buted ' to the members through th �lostoifice, charging him with falsehood in connection with his remarks on• the alleged British Columbia lumbe' combine. The pamphlet was written) by A.. E. Watts of Wattsford, B.C.,i and he cliarged.A. E. Goodeve (Koote- 'ay) with the distribution. Mr. Goodeve replied that he was: well within his rights. The circular' was not anonymous. It was forward. ed to him for distribution by a promi,. Ment lumberman. The Speakerruled that such distribution was the con. mon custom and perfectly justifiable. W. M. Martin (Regina) drew the at.' tention of the Minister of Agriculture to the necessity for seed distribution' in Saskatchewan. The Speaker announced that after' further consideration, he had come to; the conclusion that his ruling out of order Wednesday of the resolution of Richard Blain (Peel) in favor of place Ing telephones in postofaces was not well founded, as it was merely an academic recommendation to the Gov. ernment which might, at a future date, involve, if acted upon, the ex* ienditure of public money. In answer to a question by J. E. Armstrong (E. Lambton), Hon. L. Pelletier stated that the former Post. master -General had stated in the House that clause 60 in the postal regulati'• pruviding for the collec- tion c • Fent per four ounces in now dor• erf r, Fe,. ch .ent to new subscribers r tion contest, would bo Tnronty Foetid -lice had ere c trc .i,>n t f excess T. rent,' . • Toron- ro re - well ;s it r ill rry of W•, Y GOBBLER COieleg .1 einek'i'w key, . prancing o'er the green re• that wealth ot golcleri ,e}leiei7,f . win. ran tell spread, JO neokd tla r , As 1 •,u holt high your lordir ices. r •ani. mace that l of 11e en Your nese -ea wow yourself in those. dudeelotkes•r. "Why is it now, you game old sport, That you ,set off that strange retest To every hungry maxi you gee, 'Qeeble, gollble, gobble me?' Why, you must want us to eat you With cranberries and stuffing too, "Why don't You, like a crow, caw, caw', Or, like a jackass, he -haw-haw, Or, like a cat, meow, meow, Or, like old Towser, bow, wow, WOW? Then folks wouldn't cut oft your redhead And make of you a Christmas spread." That gobbler then puffed his chest out, Shoop the big noodle on his snout, Threw lits head.back in anger prowl And gobbled at me awful loud And thus replied to all I said, With stamp of foot and shake Of head: "Why, sir, should you butt in on me? I'm here, to fulfill destiny, Then fly to happy hunting ground Where grasshoppers immense abound, Where wigglers wiggle wondrously And gobblers gobble ever free. "Bring here your hemlock! Smiling, bold, I k likeSocrates of old. I'llS a Off with my drumsticks, slice my breast And pass me round to every guest, Then from the dish my wishbone pluck And wave to all for me good luck!" C. M. BARNITZ. KURIOS FROM KORRESPQNDENTS Q. -I notice fanciers claim that expo- sure to hot sun turns white birds brassy. Has it any bad effect on the plumage of colored fowls? A. -Yes; it deadens the color and gloss. Q. -I recently read that hens never gorge themselves with oats and the grain should be kept before them all the time. How is this? A. -If hens are hungry they will gorge themselves on oats, as they will on any other grain they like. If turned into an oat field after being penned up they often stuff and get hard crop. Q. -When is best time for hatching Bantams and what variety makes the best mother? A. -As small size is win- ning quality, they should be hatched late, May, June and July being the best months and the Cochin Bantam hen being the best mother. Q. -Is there a school where poultry judging may be learned? A. --Certain agricultural colleges - Cornell, New York, and State college, Pennsylvania -give some instruction on the subject, but most of our poultry judges gradu- ate from the school of experience. Q. -What is inbreeding? A. -Breed- ing from birds that are closely related. Q. -What is meant by a top cross? A. -By the mating of a male of one breed with the female of another. Q. -Which takes on fat faster, the hen or rooster? A. -The hen. In breeding season males seldom take on fat, while hens often get fat as butter and thus lay infertile eggs. FEATHERS AND EGGSHELLS. Ireland has 24,000,000 hens and 50,- 000 goats and in the past year export- ed $20,000,000 in poultry produce. England's egg output does not equal the consumption, and she must import $35,000,000 worth of eggs. Dr. Kyes of Chicago inoculated a White Leghorn rooster with a prepa- ration obtained from a human lung in- volved with acute lobar pneumonia. He then" secured an immune serum from the fowl that has a protective power against the disease. Winter is not the hen's natural lay- ing season, and this. must be consid- ered in our endeavor to make her lay those high priced eggs. A ration as near as possible to that which spring and summer furnish brings success, but stimulants, as with men, spell fail- ure. Many tell the sex of ducks by that pretty curl on the tail, but those who depend on that sign to select Indian Runner drakes often get left, as the male is often without that ornament The female does all the talking in the duck tribe, as often in the human, so there's the cue for you. Cue peculiarity of many amateurs is that they often select as their first breed a fowl that is very difficult to breed true to color and color markings, perhaps because such are the most beautiful. It is wiser to start with a simpler and easier breed and thus get the first principles before tackling the most difficult. The recent invasion of locusts if it did no good to the trees, sure made a feast for the foxes, skunks, ground hogs, birds, poultry and even the pigs. But if you thought it was great to see your birds gobble the big bugs you should go to the east, where they are gathered by the ton. dried and gobbled by both hens and humans. The farmer will tell you that the great fattener for bogs is yellow corn, and if you follow him when he feeds the hens you will likely end him feed- ing corn to them also. He expects those hogs to get fat and those hens to lay eggs on the same ration. "It's a poor rule that won't work both ways," and this is a poor one. if is quite amusing to hear some of our poultry lecturers wrangling over the moist and dry mash question. The question is then generally given to the audience. and invariably the ma- jority is for the moist mash. Try them both, and when you count the eggs and note condition of your fowls you will likely vote with the majority too. Dr. Mary E. Pennington of the de- partment of agriculture declares that -eggs laid in the cool days of spring and properly put a way in storage are better than the eggs freshly laid In the t1.1t weather and rushed to the city from the nest." English "eggsperts" are laughing loud at Dr. Mary's state- ment. Yes; mere man May safely laugh at a. female with the Atlantte between. 4s,9 3A.;:ilaWieW4IS RigNAIINITZ !vita Irm (These articles and illustrations must not be reprinted without especial permiSe cion.] DRY PICKING POULTRY. ;Why do some dressed fowls lose tha8 bright color, sweet fresh flavor and pollapse so quick? Because of a torn, broken, rubbed or scalded skin. A perfect dry akin i protection against bacteria, but once broken the flesh beneath is at tlii� mercy of its environment and soon swarms. A. well bled, dry picked, whole skin- ned, air chilled bird in six Montht' cold 'storage changes but slightly, but a scalded fowl, with its destroyed skin structure, quickly gets slippery and de- teriorates. It pays to dry pick. The fowl looker keeps, tastes and sells better and ie act Photo by C. M. Barnitz. AN EXPERT AT WORE. much more healthful for food that all''" ought to pick this style, and it is so easy that after practice on a few adult fowls tender broilers may be picked quickly without tearing. Provide a barrel for feathers, a buck- et for blood and a regular killing or . pocket knife. , Hang bird as in picture, take head in left hand, stretch neck, open mouth wide, insert knife and sever biaod°ves- sels on either side of neck, tutting to- ward base of brain. When bird bleeds freely press point of knife quickly into brain. The fowl at once draws wings close and as tremor passes through body pick fast. as feathers are then loose. With head in one hand grasp large wing feathers firmly with other and Photo by C. Ni. tarnitz. A DRY PICEED BBOIhEIR. 1 Withdraw; next tall feathers, the teuder portions of body, such as breast*, abdomen, back, wings, thighs and, lastq pinfeathers, 1 Grasp a small handful at a time, from one section and pull in directions of least reeistanee. Many do not singe. A small quantttr ♦f 'alcohol ablaze in a dish is best fol this, care being taken not to cher o' heat: skim, Cont air is best for cooling, Mfg' H<a:i L• s the skin, add weight and illi tens clecay7�•