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Loss OM Si2,OOO,JOJ Wi(b $8,885,000
Coved by illsorallee.
It will be soino days before a defi-
nite statement of the loenes sustaiaed
be Toronto's devastating conflograe
tion ran be ascertained, but a con- i
aervative estimate pleees them at
over $12,00U,000, of which e8,885,-
fltee are covered by insurance. hi all
1.22 buildings were destroeed, 222 ;
arms atectecl, and ahem 10,•000 pm -
tele thrown out of empluemieet. Al -
made e number of erten have secured
temporary offices. So spoil as
insurance claims can be Ltdjusted
appraised, gangs of num will be
gagec1 to clear away the debris. I
many Mesiness men are etenned
bewildered by the catastrophe,
Majority of them take a hopeful
of the situation, and from w
could be gathered, the district
strayed will speedily be rept/teed
more pretentious structures.
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THE OLD IRON" BLOCK
on Front Street, just east of
Customs' house, Proved to bct
crux of the situatien. Ohis buil
was occupied by lacelation and ler
eottery and crockery deal
and it was at that point that
great and deciding battle Wee an
Erom. Wellington t.treot south
west, as far as the Queen's ilo
and extending to the Esglanade, p
titalty merything had been consun
and the devouring elements
spread east on FrOILL Street to
Minerva building on the north. ,
the McMahon-Broadneld buladieg
the south. It was a gnostical if
names eould be held in cheek end
the Ior
en-
!
and ;
the 1
view
hat
oe-
by I
I
the
the ;
ding e
oad-
ers
the
caery hand are ruins almost as fat
tias one can pee. Within tho whol
area te
ge' • lier° is not a s il
anii
burned e
iwall intact, und such as are steed -
ng are mere crumbling ruins, like -
race' ly to fall at any time and a menace
ur
'" to ell who appeoach. In one or
had
E inStaDLOS ,11 0 rebuilding may
Uiu begin froni the first story, but in the
ena great majority or eases not one
on
brick can be left u.pon another, and
the work must begin from the founda-
.1,11
effect of stopping house -building till
eummer, All the available labo
and material will be needed in th
work of replacing the wholesal
houses now in ruins. Bricks ar
said to be very 500110, and haulm
has increased -25 per cent, The re
ern of the change in the huildin
situation brought about by th
fire will probably be a raise in rent
owing to the scarcity of !reuses.
TEE 'W RLD'S ;AUETS
awn.
REPORTS FROM THE. LEADING
TRADE CENTRES.
Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese,
and Other Dairy Produce
at Homo and Abroad.
Tor n to, April 26.-W1ieat-The
markee is quiet. for ()Marie grades,
with the demand limited. No. 2
vrhite and red Winter are quoted at
92c low freights. Spring wheat
is minimal tit 87e east, and goose
s at 81 to Effic eget. Menitoba, wheat
✓ ensy, with No. 1 Northern quoted
e at 980 Georgian Bay ports; No. 2
Northern at 94e, aud No. 3 North -
e ern at Ulm No, 1. hard is nominal
✓ at CAW. Grinding in transit. prices
_ are Co above those quoted,
Oats -Tee market is steady, with
„ Pales of No, 2 white at 814e east.
; No. 1 white quoted at 32e crest.
Barley -The market is quiet, with
the demand limited. No. 2 quoted
ut 43 to 44c middle freights; No. 8
extra at 42 to 48c and No. 8 at 40
to el c middle freiglhts.
, Peas -The market is unchanged,
0 With NO. 2 quoted at 65 to 6tie °M-
x side, with choice milling lots at 67
to 69e.
Corn -The market is quiet, with
prices unchanged, No. 8 American
yellow quoted at 54e oa track,
Toronto; 50..3 mixed at 52e. Can-
adian corn is nominal at 88ee west
for yellow, and 38e for mixed.
Inee-The market is ueelianged,
with No. 2 quoted at 51.) to 60e
Oast aud west,
Buckwheat -The market is un-
changed, with &mend moderaim
A CURIOUS TRICK
of tho fire demon was the leaving
unharmed the sign of McMahon
Broadaeld & Company, wholesal
crockery deniers, in the Thoeni
block, Front street, adjoining the
customs 110050, Only the front wall
of the building stood, yet the sign
vhich overhung the sidewalk looks
15 bright and soma as the clay be-
en) the nye.
A DESOLATE, SCENE.
Standing at the corner of Front,
red Bay streets, One begins to
nalize tee extent of the awful dee-
ruction that has been wrought. On
the energies of the beigede were IttSolate as the widespread ruin
dressed to saving •the Customs house appeare in daylight, at night it is
and the Minerva bulleing. The fire.r e•Lea
arn, d ;
was that with the hieh and erratic glare partially illuminates the that -
wind prevailing the fan might eon- tered walls and regged Epires and
three in its course eastward, and turrets, . tent alone meet the eye.
eat northward. up longe ,..itreet into Every •cellar is filled with smoulder -
the heart of the retail section. • ing debris, over which the flres play.
It is 'perhaps idle to conjecture ;Much ef the flame is burning gas, of
what might have happened had the which there is rt strong oder every -
rig - e been unable to prevent the :where, dermile the efforts of the Gas
fire front spreading to the Customs Compeny gangs to cut it off. As
building and the premises of the Min- an illustration of how it collects,
erva Company. it would hate ma the writer was standing on Bay
doubtedly leaped across Yenge Street street about 9 o'clock, when sudden-
ly Le short distance away, there was
- to the Board of Trade and adjoining
buildings, and would have worked its la putY ef blue flame shooting up -
way eastward ano prolialdy north- . ward. It was thought the pave -
ward into the retell sectiom. 1810111. hod been blown up, bet on ex -
gory amination was found to have
The burned district presents a
ine through a welted manhole.
desolate scene. Jogged walls with aa
great gaping holes represents all that
mm hidden Manes the low smould-
The g are on walls here and there
and office buildings. ering Cres in the debris, the murky,
was left of magnificent 'warehouses i
I
The fred smoke, and the unspeakable ruin
firemen wore greatly leunpered 'recall nothing but the inferno,
n t1eir Iigblt agar:let tee devouring
• elements by the mass of overhead
wires. The experiences thus game
should make the Council insist tha
all wires should be placed underr
ground in the downet own district.
One of the vagaries of the fire to
the fact that en old frame bulldin
en Lorne Street was left standing, al
though the supposedly fire -proof stru
tures on either side of it were cu
mimed.
CAIINARVON A VICTIM,
ri RATES ARP, RAISED.
At a special meeting of the Cana-
dian Eire Underwriters' Association,
011 nue Ley aiternoon, it was
ae decided to iecrease the rates in
'Voronto. Tbe extra rates call for
-tut additian 01 81 to the rate on ell
te mercantile schedule arid Other
alco-
a- ially rated risks; an extra 50c to
the rates on all risks except dwell-
ings and their con:Wets outside tho
above districts. An exceptfon is
e . made in favor of risks on residential
Y • storesoutside the congested dietricts
d allowing a rebate of 25 oents on
d thern when the tisual warranty is
furnished. Sprinkler risks and
e' risks on fire -proof buildings will be
"o advanced half the above extras.
,When more than ono company take
!the risk a reduction of 15 per cent.
from the rate on the building mod
10 per cent, on the stocks May be
allowed on the SU per cent. co -in-
; surance clause.
-1 The above rates mean an average
- • advance of 75 per cent. on risks
within the congested district and of
e
The Earl of Carnarvon, the mane
of burned buildings at 46 and 48 Ba
,Street, occupied by Cockburn an
Rea and D. Morrie° Sons Co., an
of the building leased by the Wyld
Darling Co., at the south-east corm
of Bay and Wellington Streets, is th
fifth bearer of the title, which was
created in 1798. He was born Unite
eight years ago. His Lordship ng-
ures on the voters' list of Toront
ender the democratic appellation o
Carnarvon," and under this sob
rieuet he has been frequently person
ated at elections by pluggers, whose
general allowance end bearing wer
the ie.erse of aristocratic.
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FUTURE UNIMPFeltaLLED.
The city's future will be in no weer
imperilled by Tuesday's great fire
'iThis is tho opinion expressed by
Mr. Begon Fe Walker, General Man
ttger of the Canadian Dank of Com-
merce. Me. Walker is of opinion,
however, that Toronto should pro
lit by the many tragici experiences of
the past and the overwbelming na-
ture of tho present catastrophe to
put her house in order. 1Tc recall-
ed the great. Osgoodby and
Simpson flees, in which damages re-
Aulted to the aiuouut of $2,178,000,
and yet the City Council hed done
nothing to secure an adequate wa-
ter premier. More stringent regu-
lations in regard to the building of
great est it 01 'shin ants were absolutely
necessary in 41. large comtnei•clal city
like Toronto, end in his opinine 00
effort', elicited be made to separate
the mann teetering fi•om the 4 s le•
Int Ling hour The insurance WEI8
carried • mostly by British house,
but a great fro was none the less a
dead loss. Although many great
businesses had been destroyed, there
was 00 doubt that the rebuilding of
' them was a matter of a very short
time,
33E -LAW SUSPENDED.
•0 per cent, on ell risks outside the
district, except on dwellings and
their contents.
ANOTIIElt FIRM
Damage eatimated at about $85,-
- 0(10 was done by fi fire which broke
out in the Phillipe and Wrinch ware-
house, 8 Wellington Street west, at
- 10 minutes to 8 o'clock on Thurs-
day evening, The firemen playing
the stretans on tho ruins of the
burned buildings it block west, of the
Philbbpe and llama building, saw a
volume of flame shoot from the
warehouse. A general alarm wtts
rung in and all the reels in the city
responded. As mony men es could
be spared were placed in position
to fight the new fire, and thus it
was prevented from spreading, M-
Iter an hour's strenuous work the are
was extinguished, Mr. Phillips
'stated that the loss to bis firm
'would amount to 825,000 or 8213,-
, 000, which was almost entirely 9
1 covered by insurance, distributed in 2
several companies, The top floor of 2
1the building was used as a store- eft,
MOM. . to
The Board of Control at a epode' 1
seeelon took steps to relieve the de- ;
friend for eceommodellom It, warr
decided to suspend the operatien of ;
the buiedixig be•-lew so far as neces- 1
• eery- to permit oe the erection of I
teinTorerY One-StOry " buil(linge on
vacant land, entice the dirention of
City Architect McCallum, Commis-
sioner Fleming and Chief Thontielon.
There officials haVe also been deka
petted with authority to deal with
firnis win) suffered' by fire, and think
proper accommodation Can 110 pro-
vided on the Exhibition grounds.
RENTS LIKELY TO GO UP,
The 111..0'0 reemges Will hart
S'tockers, 400 to 800
pounds .2,50
do. 900 lbs ......... 2.7e 3.50
liu tellers' cattle,
choke ....,. 4.25
do medium 8.80
do nicked 4.25
do bulls 2,713
do. rough 3.00
Light stock bulls, ewt 2.25
'AM eh LOWS ,.,.,.„, -.30,00
Hogs, best 4.00
do light ...... ••• 4.60
Sheep, export, cwt 4,00
Lambe 5.50
Bucks „„ 2.50
Culls, each ... 8,50
Spring Lambe .., 2.50
Calves, per cwt ......... 3.00
do each . . 2.00
8.124
4,80
4,15
4,40
8.00
8.40
2.00
65.90
4.25
6.12e
8,25
4,00
5.50
5,00
8.00
COLD STORAGE.
Valuable Ilints For Owners of
Creameries.
The Dominion Department of Agri-
culture calls the attention of cream-
ery owners to the following facts:
1. A large proportion of butter for
export is not cooled to a sufficiently
low temperature before leaving tho
croaniery. Investigations by this de-
partment during the last two years
have shown that the temperature of
butter on its arrival at the railway
stations varied between 40 and 60
degrees F.
2, It is vernemeortant that butter
be cooled to tee °entre of the box
at a temperature below 88 degrees le
Ltd soon as possible after being manu-
factured. Every moment thet butter
is left at a high temperature lessens
its keeping cinalities. Butter left at
a high temperature for some thne is
ddle subject to a rapid deterioration on its
arrival in Great Britain. The re -
arc, frigerating compartments of steamers
need- are not intended to cool warm but,
ea.. ter and such butter does not get sof-
eine fficiently chilled before arriving in
obaat EnagainIirldOrder to lower the tempo/re-
nts, ture of the butter below 38 degrees
ong it is not sufficient to lower the tem -
o. p5181100 o.1 the refrigerator one or
to two days before the shipping of but -
No. 2 quoted at 50 to 51e mi.
freight a.
1 • Flour-lelaety per cent. patents
;unchanged. Buyers at 83.60
1 dle freights in. buyers' sacks for
: port. Straight rollers of spe
!brands for domeatic trado quoted
0 to $4.50 in bids. Manit
flour unchanged. No, 1 pate
$5.80; No. 2 patents, $5, and str
' bakers', 84.90, on track, Toront
Millfeed-Bran Is steady at $17
, and shorts at 818.110 h
At outside points bran is quoted
816.50, and shorts at $17.50. el
itoba bran in sacks, $20, t
ere. ter. Butter boxes ehould be exposed
at to a temperature below 88 degrees for
an- at lecist five or six days.
Ind
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Apples -There is it quiet trade,
with prices steady at $2 to $2.50
per Mal. fee the best, stock
Dried Apples -The demend is
ljm-
1.01, and pirices are steady at 3 to
1 ib.} per lb. Ferageorated apples, .6
to eec per lb.
IBeane-Trcicie is qulet, with prices
steady. Prime beans ere quotecl at
$1,50 to $1.60, and bend -picked at
131,135 to 81.70.
Hops -The market is. unchanged
26 to 32e, according to quality.
T e ,f -t IS .quotod. at
to 7c per lb. Combs quiet at $1..
to 81.75.
Hey -The market is quiet, w
offerings MOderatc. Timothy
quoted at $9.50 to 810.50 a t
here.
Straw -The market is dull, with
prices unchanged at $5.50 on track
here.
Maple Syrup -The market is quiet
at 81 Per rineerial gallon
Potatoes -The market is firmer,
with offerings small. Choice CarS
are quoted at 90c per bag on track
here, and inferior (plenty at 80c per
bag.
Poultry -The Market 15 steady,
with limited offerings. Chicrkens, 11
to 18e per lb. turkeys are quoted at
15 to 17c per lbfor fresh killed.
4. The way to finetaout the tem-
peratin•e of the butter is by putting
reliable thermometer Otto a box of
butter. The butter reeler should
not be guided entirely by the temper-
ature maintained in the cold stor-
age room.
5. Two hours of exposure to the
heat of the sun will lessen consider-
ably the keeping goalities of butter.
Butler should be protected from tho
Seat of the sun during transport
from the creamery to the railway
station. The butter maker should
find out the hour at which the re-
el frigerator car is to pass, so that
butter may not have to tand it. long
6 tinie on the station, platform or in
50 a warm shed.
6. A well built cold storage room
to improve their refrigerators may
obtain necessary specifications by are -
plying to this department.
This department will extend the
offer of the bonus of $100 for the
building; and maintenance of creamery
refrigerators for the season of 1904.
Creamery owners who loilld a cold
storage room according to satisfac-
tory plans this spring will be entitled
to the first instalment of the bonus
at the end of the season of 1904,
provided that they observe the fol -
Iowan, eenditions meanwhile:
(1) Manuffteture of at least 2,000
les. of butter per month,
(2) Maintenance of temperature of
cold storage room at a sufficiently
low degree.
(8) Forwarding of monthly reports
to this department showing tempera-
ture maintained, and quantity of
butter numufactured.
Plane and spectfleations for the
conseruction of cold storage rooms
cued blank foima of reports of temper-
ature will be mailed to any address
00 alelffication to this department.
21 BUILDINGS BURNED,
Fire Sweeps Village in New Bruns-
wick.
Rh may be kept at a temperature below
is 88 degimes le. with a mixture of sale
011 and ice. Creamery owners who Wish
THE, DAIRY MARKETS.
Butter -The market is quiet, with
prices as a rule unchanged. Wre
quote :-Finest 1-11, roils, 16 to 164e
choice. 'large rolls, 15c; selected
dairy tubs, 15 to efiee; medium and
low grades, 14 to. 14c; creamery
prints, 20 to 22e; solids, 18 to 19e.
Eggs -Receipts are fair, and prices
trechanged, with sales at 14c per
dieeen,
Cheese -Market continues quiet,
with pieces steady. lee quote :-
Fluent September's, 10ec; new
cheese, 10c.
1100 PRODUCTS.
Dressed hogs are unchanged Ivith
offerings small. Car lots are Emot-
ed at 86.26 delivered here. Cured
meats are in good demand at un -
hanged Renee, We quote :-Bacoe,
long clear, 8 to Sec per lb. in e1150
lOiS. Mese pork, 817 to .$17.50;
do„ short. cut, 818.50.
Smoked inettts-leams, light to
medium, 121e; do„ heavy, lee; eons,
10c; shoulders, 91e; backs, laic;
breakfast bacon, 12e to 18e.
Lard -The demand is leer • with
prices unchanged. Wo quote :-
Tierces, ele; tubs, 8e; pails, 81e;
nompound, 74,- to 8ile,
UNITED STATES MARKETS,
St. Louis, April 26. -Wheat closed
-Cash, 05e,e; May, 90c; July, 824c.
Milwaukee, April 26.-W1ent-5'O,
°morn, 07c; No, 2 Northere,
c; old July, 86 to 80ec bid, Rye
No, 1, 72e. Beeley -Steady;
63e; sample, 38 to 60c. oats -
awhile), 415,'. Corn -No, 8, 47
efice July, 481c asked.
Dulu th'April 26 -Wheat dosed -
lee. 1 liard, 98ece No, 1, Northern,
891e; No. 2 Northern, 87910; May,
80/e; July, 901c; September, 81110.
SCARCITY OP MUCKS.
Tt in feared among builders and ar-
chiteets that, the supply of bricks
for building will will be enormously
irinfleimate to the demand tor exten-
sive building einem ticnis. Pb,e do -
mem] for belekleyer•s, ninsoes,
ere' inboirere, and carpenters will be
enormous, and thole:tools 01 inen
aro sure to flock to tho ally from
ellrrounding plates in 'order to o5 -
thin empl oymen
During a Bre at ret. Vincent'S Res-
pite], Indientipolie, alt Sunday, 0110
11111'5e was trifled and eavei•al pee
thrills end nerees badly injured.
William Illetequeen, an Enelish an-
rehist has returned to leatereon, N.
3,, and will acieve it. five engine see -
(mem for Ms (4bit' 111 Cia riots of
502,
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ClATTLE MARKETS.
Toronto, April 26. -The run ae the
City Cattle Market this morning
consietird of 86 care, of which, hone
ever, ill were front Chicago to the
seeboard. Arrivale totalled 1,225
head of cattle, 168 fill001) and Minim,
1,985 hose and 182 calves, Business
was good, relict after some holding off
rime -ere end sellers got together end
pretty Well everything Wag diSpeSed
of,
Exporters, heaVy , .... $e„50 to $4,80
Bulls, export, heaVY,
cwt „. n.„ 33.50 8.75
An. light „, .... 8.50 4,00
PeetlerS, 800 MS. etItl 01).
WlirdS .. ... a.00 3.25
Short keep, 1,1.00 ths. 4,00
I'
A MeActrun, ele 33., despatch says:
Tbis railway junction village was
swept by fire on Thursday evening.
buildings destroyed aro the Ro-
le= Catholic church, two general
stores, Foresters hall, the old sta-
tion building nOW disused, and four-
teen dwellings. The total lose is
twenty-five to •firty thousand dollars.
TIBETANS' FORT 4LOWPt UP
Overlooked the Residence of the
British Mission..
A. despatch to the London Times
front Gyangtse, Tibet, reports that
the fort there has been, blown up be-
cause it overlooked the residence of
tlie British mission under Col.
Younglersband. Among the strange
discoveries ailed° in the fort was a
room containing scores of human
heads, some of eviiich had been rec-
ently severed. This points to regular
executions by the Tibetane, notwith-
standing the well-known Buddhist pro-
hibition against the taking of lite.
BURIED By AVAL.aNOIEE.
One Hundred Minors Btaied in
A cleapateh from 'Perin, Italy, SaYte
About one hundred miners have been
buried by an immense avalanche hem'
the village of Pragelato. A Violent
stormie sweeping oVer that locality,
mei it is feared that other cevelancla
tee May occur, The 'Whole population
or the village Mid a detachment of
Tony solcliere have gee° to the scene
of the (Hamster, hoping to gave 80010
Of the beriecl Minore,
A hew and stringeet China eg-
Glueleri bill hag been inteochiced in
tilo Teeited Steens Howie of Repro-
OentatiVee.
AM AT 'MU'S Ern
Hundreds of Russians Drowned by Up-
ntting of Boats.
A rumor that cannel: be substanti-
ated comes from Seoul of an en-
gagement on the Mad near the mouth
of the Yalu River on Weenesday, says
O London despatch. The rumor of
the cantina of Port Arthur is .again
current in Seoul. Tien-Tsin reports
that Japanese are =baking from
Corea for an unknown destination
The ,St. Petersburg corresponcien
the London Standarej says it is
ported there that the Japanese h
bombarded Now-Chwcuig and ben
troops, who will probably try to j
the force which is supposed to It
leaded near the moutb of the I'
River three days ago. The story
doubted.
A despatch to -the London al
from New-Chwang says that the It
sians are denuding the territory w
of the Yalu River. "Hwy send
1 parties of fifty Cease -eke daily, e
fof which is relied upon to eaptur
bullock. Thousands of cattle t
'captured have been driven to lel
den. Noither money nor receipts
given for the. anirnale. 'Me despa
• adds that the foreign corresponde
;who have gone to Multden are pledg
Ina to divulge the news of the resu
• of .engagements or of Russian loss
which may awaken public uneasine
A messenger from the Yalu River
ports that the Japanese outposts
nem the leassian entrenehmen
Large bodies of Japanese, are fl
miles distant. While the Russia
were fleeing across the river fr
Corea, they crowded their boats
such an extent that many of the bo
, sunk or capsized, and hundreds
their occupants were droWned.
troops, messed between Ohlulenalt-
eng and Tatungice, their up-streara
extension is indeanite, but reaches
at least to the POS1111 RIVer, which.
enters the Yalu oppuelte intangpien,
OFF POR PORT ARTHUR,.
The number of engineers and (Jai-
me who will proceed from Sebes
t of topol to Port Arthur bas been in
roe ' creased to 1,500, depleting •th
ave Black Sea shipyarde. The Franco
ded Belgian Coe alkolaien, %eel lend
oin 56 men. The draft from the Bahl
ave yards for Port Arthur munbers
000 men. It is understood that in
is addition to repairing the warships
thee, will build torpedo-boat destroy -
0108 ere at Port Arthur.
08t EXIT EXIT ALE,XIEFF.
noa ,ht
ieff, Viceroy of the Far East, is re -
The resignatiou of Admiral Alex-
-, garded as a fact, seys a St. Peters-
-ea' bare °spate . It Is believe that
uee R will be accepted forthvill.h, blis
ars immediate reason for resigning is
utot.191
Admiral Shrycilotr, who is known • to
appo ethaent of
ea be hostile to Admiral Alexia', as the
Its successor of the lato Admiral rea.ka-
es, roll A d'
RELIABLE SEED CORN.
•-•
Care Should, be Exercised by liet
chants in Securing Supplier/.
As a redder erop the corn plant 1
an important 011e. Poe ensilage per
poses peeper combbuttitte of stalle
leaves and 011114 111 desired. Varietlee
that rue suitable fur ensilage are
not, aS a rule, tbe most profitable (0
gi•ow for husking on the team norm
or in the immediate locality. The .
largest yields Of fodder aro obtained (
from the later i•IPening mirk:Lies, and
for ensilage the best. returns aro ob-
tained from sorts that will Met mach
tee glazed stage of ripeness before the
time for early frost, Varieties Ural
give the largest yield of good ensilage
in Eastern Ontario, Quebec, and the.
Maritime provinces are among the
bent varieties for husking in South
Weston Ontario, and the best ties (or for ensilage in the latter dis-
trict are grown for husking In the
e pgeat corn belt. It is 1101 to bo re-,
conenended, then, that farmers alon,g
the northern own belt grow their owr
seed for ensilage corn. In securlig
their eupplies of seed they become a
cuotoreed to depend entirely in thei
neeclemen. A great deal, therefore
cleeenes on the care exercised by see"
merehente in securing their supplie,
of seed corn.
Owing LO 1.11fl mete and female or -
gees of reproduction being* beetle on
different parts of the seine plant it
is difficult to keep ercieleties pure. The.
pollen is borne on the tassel and
Inthst 00010 In contact tvith the silk
before seed formation: nen teke place.
The pollen is curried chiefly by the -
wind. Even when planted two or
three hundred yards apart, two dis-
tinct varieties become cross-iertilizecl,
And in consveuence, estabilthed types
become broken down. The characters,
of a variety of corn cannot be pre-•
reeved unless a SVatela of continued
seeeetion of seed be followed and the -
crop for Floed be grown at least a
quartet. of a mile distant from any
other nape or variety.
VARIETY NAMES
have become very much eon/ewer] and
are wit a safe guide unless the seed
be obtained from a grower
et seed eerie Cross-breel seed corns
sold under the names of favorably
known etandard varieties have been
the cruise of ninth disappointment end
lees in mein. There are, in many
teL7e5ege, t7o"sdtirnagiii:vM 'Qv fids°eeddirfcc0371‘.1111.17 bebtue:
the same variety mines, limier ex-
ist i ne conditions Canadian corn
growers cannot do better than en -
(Weyer to get seed of the bese enown,
etimearcl variirties from soutres that
have been imoved Lo be the nest re-
liable.
The Steel Growers' Apeociation, roc-
entlY orgalleard by Prof. Robertson,
has a wide Pohl for useful work in
,rneouraging the production of high
class. pure-bred seed corn. There is
no line of work, that the growers of
'Pedigreed need may take up, that is
likely to prove more remunerative
then the growing of seed ecner of va-
rieties that are suitable for ensilage
purposes the northern dairv dis-
tricts, Although there are seventy-
five farmers in criteria who are giv-
ing special attention to growing high
class seed grain as members of the
association, only tine of them are
m•owing seed cern. le is hoikid that
°there seee be induced to team up the
work. According to the rules of the
aemeciation seed corn growers aro
required to grow but ono variety on •
tea same form and keep it mire by
lq lowine a system of selection 80211-'
12: to the plan adopted by the Il-
linois Seed Corn Breeders' Associtie
perpose of advertising pedigreed seed
produced by members. Rarein is
provided an opportunity for seed
growers to build up a repetation as
producers of high class pedigreed seed
of corn and °Om' cereals. Because
of the increasing demand and limited ,
:supply of reliable seed corn the pro-
duction of pure bred seed of this im-
ipnoeri•ltitasnt cereal offei•s special Merme-
n__
DEEP BREATHING HEALTHY,
The Natural Cure -Habit' Easy te
Acquire.
es. cial quarters Admiral Alexieres
Mon has been rendered impossible
are by the series of Muniliations coa-
ts. \eyed by the succes,sive appoint-
ee meats of Admiral Makaroff, Gen.
ns Xouropatkin and Admiral Skrycbboif
om He was not consulted regiu•ding any
to of these appointments. It is added
ats that when Admiral AlexielT notified
of the Ozer that he hail 1101810 his
, flag on the battleship Sevastopol in
, succession to Admiral leakaroff his
1Majosty diet not reply to the des-
, patch. He then appointed Admiral
ss Skrydloff to the command or the
al, Illlesien fleet in the Far least ignore
TIIE JAPANESE PLAN.
A despatch to the London Expre
from Nagasaki, by way of Shangh
claims that an eminent Japane
statesmau confided to the correspon
-ent at Tokio, on condition that h
identity should not be revealed,
so ing Admiral Alexieff's suggestion
a._ that Admiral Dubestoff he eppeinin
is ed. Admiral Alexieff's retirement
an will remove from power the last of
he those who were responsible for Rus-
sian's policy before the War. It ie
he not expected that another viceroy
es will be appointed during the war.
C -
of DESTROYS FLOATING 'MINES,
O Contact, mines have been found
le floating seaward, forty miles from
e- Cape Sbang-Tung. Three of thorn
as were discovered and destroyed by
e the Japanese fleet,
d Oape Shang-eung Is a headland on
n the Chinese coast bearing cost south
O east, and about twenty-five miles
0, :distant from nei-elei-Wei, the Bri-
e tish naval remit:zoom on the Chime
e- station,
important statement, of which t
following is the gist: -
Japan does not intend to push t
war to the bitter end. Sem floes n
wish to humble Russia, but she is r
solved to accomplish the removal
the menace al Russia's power in th
Far East, and is confident tbtat el
can accomplish this. She will d
stray as many Russian warships
possible and capture the remainder
Slte cm I then take Port Arthur an
Vladivostock, and make her positio
in Corea so impregintble that Russi
cannot possibly gain it foothold tiler
When all this is accomplished, sb
will offer terms of peace, having a3
tained the objects for which she wen
to war, hut until this is accomplish
ed, she will not listen to any pro-
pos81 except an unconditional ac-
ceptance of her terms.
ANXIOUS -TO ENLIST.'
The Japanese War Office is flood°
with thousands of applications from
men of every age and every conditIor
of life for permission to go to th
front. The applications come nom.
time -expired soldiers and boys too
young to enlist in the army In th
regular manner. The egos of the ap-
plicants range from 14 to 70. Many
of them Bellowing the Samurai cus-
tom, sign, their applications with
their own blood, and several are
wholly written in .blood. Volunteers
have not. yet been accepted, but „ the
officials are much pleased at the de-
sire of the people to assist in the
war, The applications will be filed,
and if the volunteers aro needed those
tvlio are now applying for active ser -
ice will be given the first opportun-
ity. The authorities hero believe that
500,000 'volunteers will easily be
obtainctble.
SYMPATHETIC POLES.
A despatcli to the London Stan-
dard from Tokio says that among
the letters of sympethy {het aro
pouring into Japan from all parts
of the world, is one sent to the 1111-
, iversity students in Tokio by Polish
students at Loalberg, feevently hop-
ing that the japtutese will be vic-
toru
ioe, and praying for gee/path-
O etie consideration for the Polish sol-
diers in the Russian army, who are
forced to fight against their wills.
CLAIM JAPS LOST W.ARSUTP.
It is persistently asserted by the
Russians that a Japatiese creiser
was stink off Port Zither, April 15,
anel that the ,Tapanese • armored
et•uisers Lisshin and Kasugit were
damaged respectively below and
• above the water line.
u•-•••••••••••
SPIES EVERYWHERE.
The operations of the Russians ha
Manchuria are greatly hampered by
the immense number or•spies. Major-
General Kondrstsvitch, commanding
the Ninth Siberian Rifle Brigade,
says the Japanese have taken ad-
vantage of the convenient location of
NoweChweeig, which is full of spies.
"In the gale° of merchants, beg-
gars, rag-piekers and lackeys," says
the General, "r"these spies sniff every-
where. They have grown pigteels,
showing that they have been prepar-
ing for theb• work for a 101213 time,
Med that they are unwilling to truet
entirely the information supplied by
the Chinese. They are hard to get
rid of. nue inseets, as soon as they
get information, cross the river into
Chinese territory, teller° they use 'the
telegraph, Some of them have been
caught, but the majority wander
among the troops and nothing can
be done te prevent them."
A °kinetic spy who was caught sev-
eral daye ago, was • sent to Liao -
Yang, where ho Nees shot. The Chine
a% manifested deep • sympathy, fol-
lowing him along the etreete after he
had been captured.
RUSSIANS AT TRE YALU,
The Chernuipo coreeeponclene of the
London Express, iit a despatch sent
by way Of Ohefoo, fraye that al-
thotagh all is declared quiet, oti the
Yalu River, it is believed that the
Russiane are gathering stranfith to
invade Corea in force, to ofTset the
Japanese secceeses at soa. The
Russian strength centred fit Liao -
Yang ie said to be ahnost • over -
Whelming, and haVing the edvantege
of positioe, it Woeld be coMpara-
tively easy fer the Ietteeiate to crose
the Yalu.
The Tokio correepolident of the
London 'Penes colffirms the Attlee-
Mente of the other eorreeporelente,
that it is eXeected that the •;MIS -
Mans Will Make tt stand 51 the Valle
Bever, 1.15. additial to their 50,000
TICKS FROI THE WIRE
swirl ol
HAPPENINGS FROM ALL OVEN
THE GLOBE,
Telegraphic Briefs From Our Ows
and Other Countries of
Recent Evente.
CANADA. •
Londoa tax rate is 28 inills.
awFaiyo otdheina tolivecrtuernits biLivdgere caatriclexel_
Ox -
12w, N.w.T.
Forty-seven new poet offices were
established in Canada on April 1, 27
being in Manitoba and the Territories.
Permission has been obtained for
O detachment of the 48th Highlanders
to visit Now York, in uniform and
arms, on May 2hd.
The TeMiSlcolning Railway COMMIS-
sioners have awarded contracts for a
three -span bridge acrose the Montreal
)liver and for water talks.
Hon. Raymond Prefontaine suggests
that icebroaking Veseels be employed
31» the St Lawrence between Montreal
and Quebec to prevent ice jams and
floocis.
The Order of Railway Teleg,renhers
will petiteon Parliament to pass a hill
compelling operators to pass an • ex-
amination before being admitted to
the service. • "":
The budget (mooch of Attorney -Gen-
eral Pugsley hi the New Brunswick
Legisle tura eetimates the receipts. for
the year at $878,547, and the ex-
penditmee at $856,007•
lit the eouree of it chime in the
Italian (Rattier of Monter:al, on SO: -
Meaty night, Donliego Cam in o woe
etabbed to death. :Pour of his 118.,
sociates balm been arreSted,
Dr, Samuel SallleS, author of
"Soli Rely" role other femous books
who WS bOrn in 1812, died at Lon-
don 011 Saturday,
The London Chroeiele &lee thai•
the budget speech tVill a1)n01111e0
taxes On timber, potroleunt and silks,
nil increaried tax on Huger and the
reimposition of the core tax,
--
UNITED Si'ATES,
elm Veiled Stales Senate passed
the Pummel. Canal billr
Deep breathing cannot be practised
too often in the open air, and the
clearer and purer the air, the deeper
you should breathe, • it will pent .
hard task at first, but one soon evil
fInd it pleasant, and the insults wi
be apparent in' straighter shoelaces
better developed chest, clearer
and sweeter 'breath. This method
breathing is the real 'elixir of life
and better than any youth reste
in the market.
In it short time you will be bre/
ing correctly, awake or asleep. I
to be remembered that deep brect
Ing ale° fills out sunken and hell
cheeks, elecies the lungs, and redue
the abdomen, '
It is a, comparatively cagy there t
teach children who have not acfpire
fixed bad habits, whose elothing ac
MitS of perfect freedom, how t
breathe properly. The habit
deep breathing is formed quieley, cue
Ott normal conditions is meintainet
through life.
• The weak, wbo have ceareped the'
lungs and relaxed all the inettehim
muscles, will find that the formalern
of the now habit rerildreS persistee
daily practice, • but whee 11. 18 onc
establithed they will hems Nall,
end vigor, ,
'At Pentmeole., on Selene -lay
bit a riot between police and blele-
Jaekete and porno artillery -Men,
vate letinke of the 7th Company of
netillery 1.1110 instentier killed and
four bluelackete vere wounded.
It ict fectred the Newfoundland eocil-
ig steamer Kite, With her crine of
120, hes been lost.
1)81.01)81.0 and inexpe
A nseve proeese or
preserving meat has been Maori ted by
Berlin proroBsor,
.Aecliew Carnegie hes giver%
$5,000,000 ler a fend for the berm,
lit of deneedents of these, in tee tha
fled States and Onna.cla \vele lora
their • 1iVea In the effort to eerie`
others, or for the helmet/ or heroilue
thenleelete if it/erred otnn. '