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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1919-5-8, Page 3Markets of the World Bre.;tistege, Torontp, May 0. --Manitoba Wheat --No. 1 Northern, $2.241/2; No, 2 Northern, $L,2t? • No, 3 Neethorn, $2,17%; No 4 wheat, $2.111/2, • ill store, Fort William, Maniteha oats—No, 2 CW,, 73%c; No, 3 OW,, 70%e; extra No. 1 feed, 70%e; No, 1 Teed, 08%c; No, 2 feed, 651/se, in store Tort Wlllinxl. ltearetoba barley No, 3 CW., $1.06%; No, 4 CW„ '$1.00%x; reject, ed, 94e; feed 94e, in store Fort Wil, 'liam. American corm --No. 3 yellow, $1.77; No, 4 yellow, $1.74, nominal, track Toronto, prompt 'shipment. Ontario oats—No. 3 white, 72 to 740, eceording to freights outside. Ontario wheat—No. 1 Winter, per ear lot, $2,14 to $2,e0; No. 2 do, $2.1.1 to $2.10; No. 3 do, $2.07 to $2.15, to, b. shipping points, according to freights, Ontario wheat—No 1 Spring, $2.09 to $217; No. 2 do, $2.06 to $244; No. 3 do, $2,02 to $2.10 f.o.b. shipping points, according to freights. Peas—No. 2, $2.05, nominal, ac. cording to freights outside, Barley -Malting, 08c to $1,03, 'nominal. Bucl:nheat—No. 2, $1.15, nominal. Rye -No. 2, $1.68, nominal, Manitoba flour—Government stan- .dard, $11, Toronto. Ontario flour—Government stem. deed, 29.65 to $9.75, in bags, Toronto .and Montreal,: prompt shipment in jute bags. Millfeed—Car lots, delivered 'Mon- •treal'freights included. Bran, $42 per ton; 'shorts, $44 per ton; good feed flour, $2.65 to $2.75 per bag. l=ay -No. 1, $26 to 228 per ton; mixed, $20 to $24 per ten, track To - rale. Straw—Car lots, $10 to $L1 per ton. C,P.tlstry. Produce—Wholesale. Putter—Dairy, tubs and rolls, 33 -to .40c; prints, 40 to 42c, Creamery, 'fresh made prints, 58 to GOc. Dressed poultry --Chickens, 30 to `34e; roosters, 25c; fowl, 30 to 33c; ducklings, 32c; turkeys, 45c; squabs, —doz., $6. Live poultry—Roosters, 22c; fowl, '28 to 33c; ducklings, Ib., 350; turkeys 35c: chickens, 27e. Wholes—filers are reeling to the re- -tail trade at the following prices: Cheese—New, large, 28 to 281/2c; twins, 281/ to 29c• triplets, 29 to '291/2e; Stilton. 291/2 to 30c; old, large, 31 to 32e; twin, 32 to 321/20. Butter—Fresh dairy, choice, 50 to 52e; creamery, solids, 60 to 61e; prints, 62 to 64c. M1 m ;erino--34 to 37c. Eggs—Naw laid, 47 to 48c; new laid in: cartons, 49 to 50c, n eered poultry—Chickens, 40 to 45e; spring chickens, 75 to 80c; roos- ter::, 170 to SOC; fowl, 37 to 38c; turk- •eys, 45 to 50c; ducklings, lb., 85 to S8c; squabs, dor., $7; geese, 28 to 30n. L'."e poultry—Sprieg chickens, 60 to 65c. Potatoes --Ontario, f:o.b., track 'Toronto, car lots, $1.70 to $1.75; on track outside. $1.60 to $1,65. Beana—Can„ hand-picked, bus., 54.25 to $4.50; primes, $3 to $3.25; Imported, hand-picked Burma or In- dian. 23,50; Limas, 12c. Honey-=Lxtvacted clover: 5 lb. tins; 25 to 26c ib.; 10 lb. tins, 241 to 25ct GO lb. tine, 24 to 25c; buckwheat, 60 lb dans. 10 to 20c. Comb: 16 oz.,l J;, ..rd - te;eloz:;.10 oz., $3.50 to 24 doz. Map:e products—Syrup, per im- perial gallon, $2.45 to 42.50; per 5 imperial gallons, $2.35 to 22.40; sugar. ib 27c. Provisions --Wholesale. Smelled meats—Hams, medium 87 to 39c; do, heavy. 83 to 34c; cooked, 52 to 54.c; rolls, 32 to 33c; breakfast bacon, 43. to 47c; backs, plain, 46 to 47c; boneless, 52 to 55c. Cured meats --Long clear bacon, 29 to.30c; clear bellies, 28 to 29c. Lard—Pure tierces, 32 to 321/2c; tubs, 821 to 33c; pails, 323t to 381; prints, 331/2 to 34c. Compound tierces, 26- to 201 c; tubs, 261/2 to •27c; pails, 271. to 28c; prints, 271 to 28c. •• MGTIiER"S DAY. heeaeoe 1 love yell, *other dear, 7 Ivor° them-, &ltho' they're faded now --•'their beauty Bet still the memory of your goodnose • 1103 s, • The de rest little Mother 'Meath the sun. Because I love you, Mother dear,,I ' prgsaed them-- The flowers I were ea proudly and far yoll, And le would press your lips—Were they but near me— The sweetest; gentlest lips 2 eve. r knew, Because I love you, Mother dear, I send them, • Lifeless and witirer'd the' •they now may be -- Because I love. you, Mother dear, I kissed them— And the flowers bear' that kiss to you—front 013. The mauve is for the sacred years you've toil'd, • The white is ser your purity divine, The rod is tor your warm and living nature -- May Heaven bless and keep you, Mother mine. SWEET MAY MORNS. Oh!! the gay -colored birdies are com- ing T. To warble so sweat in'the -wild- wooS Janagers, thrushes, rolene and orioles, That sing es they did in our child- hood, Dear to remembrance conies the volume of mirth They poured from the tree -tops at morn, And melody swept like a clarion peal As they sang 'm2dst the bloom of . the thorn. Oh, sweet were those days when •we sat by the stream, ' 'Neath the shade of the wide -spread- ing tree— Each ripple was laughter, each mur- mur a song, As our hearts beat in rapture and glee. Then, oh, for the days of sweet, sunny / childhood, When happy and gay we drifted along, • In sunshine or rain, in love with the woodland— Life all a dream, our existence a song. "Puss little we rocked of the sorrows to come, Which now sweop o'er our lives like a billow; Tho tears of the evening were smiles at the morn, As we rose' from sweet dreams on our pillow. In Flandefs Ground. The guns are sleeping on Flanders field Over the silent dead, And the song of Woe is hushed and still, As the sun shines overhead,,; Til night gives stars to spray the scene With gems that can never fade, Though raindrops fall on the sacred soil Where Freedom's men are laid, The guns are lulled by the voice of Peace It called from the vale of Death, • As men looked agast at -the work of man With fevered anti bated breath. When the Shepherd unseen ou Flan- ders' field Came at last, with unerring will, end guns grew dumb at the hand of man, Inert at last, was still. Montreal Markets. On the broad expanse of Flanders' Montreal, May G—Oats—Extra No. "' held 1 feed, 83e. Flour—Spring whent new A silent Awe now reigns, standard grade, 711 to $11.10. Rolled As menslpart in the hails of space oats -Bags, 90 lbs.. 73.90 to 74.00. Bean ,$44. Shorts, $45 to $4G. Fray Sing or weep for their lose or gains. 2, pet ton, ear lots, $32. Cheese 'Til out from the heart of Flanders' Finest easterna, 24 to 25c. Butter field —Choicest creamery, 58 to 59c. Eggs When the trumpet of time shall -Fresh, 49 to 52c. Potatoes—Per sound, bag, car lots, 71.90 to 22.25. Dressed There shall conte all those who In hogs—Abattoir killed, $30.50 to $31, silent worth Lard -Pure, wood pails, 20 lbs. net, Are wrapped in Flanders ground. 33c.. Live Stock Markets.Losses Imposed on Toronto, May 6. -Good heavy Germany by Terms of Allies steers, 714.50 to 715.50; choice but- cher steers, 714 to $14.25; butchers' citttle, choice, $13,50 to ,$14; do, good $13 to 713,50; do, med.,$12 to 712.50; do, coni., 710,25 to 710.75; bulls, Choice, $11:75 to 712.50; do, meds, $10.50 to 211; do, rough, 78 to 78.50; butchers' cows, choice, 712 to $13;; do, good, $10,50 to 711.50; do, hied., $9.25 to 710; do, cola„ 78 to 78.50; stockers, $8,75 to $12; feeders, .$12 to $18.60;, canners and cutters, $5 to $3.75; milkers, good to choice, $90 to $160; do, tom. and med., $65 to $75; springers, $90 to $160; light ewes, 713 to 715; yearlings, $12 to 14; choice lambs, 718.50 to $20; sprang: jambs, $12 to 715• calves, good to choice, 714 to $15; hogs, .fed and watered, 722,25; do, weighed off cars, $22,50; 'do, f.o.b. 721.25, Montreal, May 6,—Choice select hogs, 722 ger cwt., off cars, /Calves, ,—~ to $11 per cwt. Steegese 11 ,to $18.5 , n irsldltoauhlltY, Butefirer cattle, 77,30 to !$12: A despatch from Penis says:—The tern's presented to Germany include a losg'of seventy per cent. of her iron ore, 'a third of her coal deposits, twenty per cent. of her potash, end between 7,400,000 and 8,000,000 of her pre-war population. w Incurable. Professor—"I went to the railroad office to -day and got that umbrella I left on the train last week." His Wii'e-"That's good. Where is it now:" Pro".essor—"Eh? By Jove, I—really, my dear, I'm afraid I left it on the train." egiice-1 coifed 4el4ier ,' 49d 230 fee before the qualt--' ~laud have appeared Regina. (cation board at fT''t�,X4/ir/-�g( 47'OR /704", Mier ese' ,geleetseeDIpOS77"I /r/N iH,4R NA' '1q1 -11 737E MFRCIONT DRYS IT 7077.E C.dfaiT7.i7M= CAR.%E4 wSPENDS /TRT TXE GROCERY T4'4 G?POOR ,1W7URNS /770 mw AVM' THE POWER OF A TEN DOLLAR BILL • Consider the POWER of a Ten Dollar Bill when t is spent AT HOME. It is like MAGIC, It CIRCU- LATES. It pays off a HUNDRED obligations. It creates BUSINESS anis puts people to WORK in our communi- ty. But the ten dollar bill that is sent away to the out-of-town house does NOTHING for OUR town It be- comes DEAD to US. It is out of commission foreverr as far as OUR town is concerned, We NEVER see it again. Lot US, then, give POWER to the money we SPEND. Let us remember that our BEST investment is that POWER -MONEY that we spend at ROME. FROM SUNSET COAST WHAT THE WESTERN PEOPLE ARE DOING. Progress of the Great West Told la a Few Pointed Paragraphs • Calgary School Board will spend half a million dollars this year. Pincher Creek is going to enforce its curfew by-law. The Great War Veterans at Victoria have endorsed the attitude of the In- ternational Longshoremen's Associa- tion and also a suggested agreement that veterans be given preference for positions in the mills. The British steamship Cyclope, af- ter several years' absence from the route and braving the dangers of sub- marines, has returned to Victoria in command of Captain W. C. Lycett. Alderman W. A. McAdam of Duncan has been Chosen as publicity commis- sioner for the Vietoria and Islaud De- velopment Association. Nanaimo and Ladysmith City were the winners in the preliminary games for the McBride Shield, emblematic of the football championship of 13,0. 'Vancouver Island Indians are pro- testing against the settlement of Groat War Veterans on the 'Indian reserves, claiming that their own men also helped to crush the Germans, Robert Kyle, who has recently re- turned from overseas, has been given his former position as foreman car- penter by the School Board uuder Building Inspector Barra, at Van- couver. . The total amount of the increase in the Vancouver teachers' salaries for the present year amounts to 717,302: Lieut. J. H. McKenzie and Major F. W. Boulthee, of Vancouver, have re- cently returned from overseas. By the time the Manitoba Parlia- ment Buildings are completed six mil- lion dollars will have been spent. A resolution before .the Mantoba Legislature urges the Federal Gov- ernment to fix soldiers' pensions at not less than $1,000 a year for total disablement, with proper provision for wives and children:- The hildren:Tho B. 0.. Manufacturers' Associa- tion have passed a resolution to give financial aid to the Returned. Soldiers' Club. The first buttercups of the season woro gathered at Grand...Forks oi~, Sunday, March the 23rd, There have •already been several bush fires in the vicinity of•South Van. couver. . That the people of British Columbia must display considerably more co" operative effort and initiative if they aro anxious to see the province de,' veloped, was the message conveyed by James Ramsay, acting president of the British. Columbia Manufacturers' Aesociation, during the course of his address at the annual meeting, • 11 is announced that the prooeeda of the coticert recently given in Van- deuver by the French Band exceeded the ^glltn•anteo ff 72,000 necessary'to secure the services of the band by $600, making a total contribution of 22,600 from the city to the relief work of the stricken districts of Franco. Two hundred and eighteen munition workers, women and men, with about forty children, arrived in Vancouver from overseas, and were given a warm welcome. Trout fishing opened in Vancouver on March the 26th, and a number of anglers celebrated the occasion. Mea- suring 42 inches in length and tipping the scales at 27 pounds was the re- cord steel -head trout. Assuming full responsibility for the returned soldiers after they have been released by the military authorities, SEALQRING AN ANTIQUE. They Wore Them in Rome 1n the Days of the E.mplre. The seal ring worn by the modern business man and ocasstonatly used to seal important letters and documents, had its origin in the early empire and has come down through the centuries virtually unchanged, Each ring bears in intagllio the coat of arms or crest, duplication of which by any outsider constituted a crime. These jewels show plainly the influ- ence of tithes and conditions; trace victories and conquests and reflect the successive graduations of the early the Department of Soldiers' Civil Re- Romans, from the summit of world establishment at Vancouver has re- gistered,For up to February 22nd, 715 the passion for engraved gents was men, 106 of whom have been placed in Plainly stimulated after Pompey's vie- positioas. tories in the East, The conquests of • Greece and Etruria are plainly reflect The Nurse Who Stayed Home, We have" hailed with adoration our nurses overseas, And their worthy deeds of valor justly brought us to our knees; But there's still another idol—and we haven't far to roam— 'Tis the girl who nursed the old folks and the babies here at home. Hors the task to heal the aged or the children left behind; Hers the lot to render comfort unto those of feeble mind; Hers to serve in ward and household in this land from sea to sea, While her sister nurses served the cause in winning victory. And she had no thrill of battle to ex- cite her to bor task; And she had no dream of glory—ah! what honors could she ask? It was naught but simple goodness— love of home, of life and art— That has kept her at the bedsides in her vigils with the chart. Oh, the never-ending story of our wo- manhood in war! The imperishable glory that is herald- ed afar! Here's a health to her that ventured far beyond tate ocean foam, And a double health forever to the nurse who stayed at home, Relic of the Romans. There is a showcase in the British Museum that is proving very interest- ing to soldiers who are waiting for their discharge certificates, It is a casein the Roman British section con- taining the discharge certificates given to soldiers hi Britain in the time of the Romans. The bronze certificates are guaintlly worded, and record the fact.that the holders, "discharged lion - ed in the infusion of delicate handi- craft and Etruscan artists, taken cap. tive to Rome, Compared with the jewelry of other ancient nations, the distinctly Roman jewels are held to possess the advant- age of color and strength in design and workmanship. Its characteristic features were broad surfaces, massive construction and the use of large stones. Uudor the Roman republic the use et precious stones was prohibited ex- cept in rings, but in imperial times they were worn in such lavish profu- sion that successive laws wore mere in an effort to correct wild extravag- ance. Pliny describes a girl who at her betrothal ceremony was covered with pearls and emeralds from head to feet. Reflecting the decadence of this period is the fact that rings were worn by men in 90naeless profusion, Mar- tial speaks of an exquisite who wore six on every finger, and had different sets for whiter and summer. Bracelets were also worn in large numbers, the design of a coiled set, pent being very popular. This is be- lieved to have been an importation af- ter Pompey's Oriental eouquoets, The Front Line. Mr. Philip Gibbs, the famous war correspondent, recently told' a London audience a good story. It was at the time of the Huns' first precipitate ro- treat to the Hindenburg Line, when i1 was dangerous to go in pursuit of the enemy, Mr, Gibbs was Out with an officer, and, not knowing whore the line ran, approached a sergeant who was standing by a ruin smoking a cigarette. "Can yob toll me where the line'18, sergeant?" gaerried the officer, The sergeant took the cigarette from his month slid calmly replied. As a Drably after 25 years of service," are matter of, fact, sir, I airs the front line," granted Roman citizenship if not al- eb---_ ready held, "and the recognition of their marriage with those who are their wives, or, in case of unmarried, any wives they may subsequently marry, provided they only have one each," The last sentence, in particu- lar, amuses the khaki visitors. German indemnity, according to The C. T. C. slogan for Canadian french circles, and it appears that men and women .is, "Buy efade-in- they have received definite and sat - Canada Goods." is£actor y assurances, TWO BILLION FRANCS TO GO TO BELGIUM A despatch from Paris Saye:—The Belgians have •asked the Council of Three for a first advance of two billion francs on their share of the CANADA BARS 8d jNDESl1RABL S PP Order-in.Gouoeii Pr'ahibits Tale, nlk,rutien'on »outihobogs, Men- nonnites and kl[latterit;e$, A despatch from Otta'iVA says;* Until further order, immigration of Doukhobors, Hu'ttorites and Mennon- ites is prohibited. An order-in-coon- cil to this, effect was signed by ,the Governor-General on Thursday. It was passed under the provisions of the existing Immigration Act which gives authority, to this end. The order recites that "owing to conditions prevailing as a result of the war, a widespread feeling exists throughout the Dominion, and, more particularly in western Canada, that steps should be taken to prevent the entry into Canada of all persons who may be regarded as undesirables be. cause, owing to their peculiar cus- toms, habits, modes of living and methods of holding property, they are not likely to become readily 'as- similated or to assume the duties and r•esponsibilitiob of Canadian citizenship within a reasonable time." The order adds that numerous re- presentations have been received that Doukhobors, Idutterites and Mennon- ites are of this class and character, GERMAN DELEGATES- VERSAILLES BEY UP SOAP A despatch from Versailles says:— Germany's peace delegates passed the best part of their flrat.day here blaspheming the weather, in common with other residents in this rainy, windy, chilly township. The second preoccupation of most of them, from Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau down, was the acquisition of soap. The barber shops near the three hotels where the Germans are quartered were emptied of their stocks of soap before noon. In search of the pre- cious substance a party of German newspaper correspondents strolled far afield, Their appearance excited adverse comment among the Versail- les citizens, and, although the hostile display was limited to prolonged hiss- ing and hooting, M, Houdaille, who has charge of the police arrange- ments, gave the indiscreet soap hunters a severe warning against roaming beyond the immediate sur- roundings of their billets. FOREST;S TO BE PLANTED England is Preparing for Task at Cost of 217,000,000, Two hundred thousand acres of forest land in Great Britain are to be replanted at a cost, for planting and maintenance the first ten years, of 717,000,000, according to an an- nouncement by the gov'4rnment. The trees will replace some of the heavy timber cut down during the war and previde additional forests, so that the country may be independent of other timber sources in cases of emergency. Foresters are being trained and the necessary oaplings are being pre- pared. If the experiment is success- ful it is proposed to inc ease the acreage .of reforested land to 1,770,- 000 acres within the next forty years. GERMAN SHIPS TO BE_ DISTRIIBUTED AMONG ALLIES A despatch from Paris says:—The German feet is not to be destroyed, but it will he distributed. Final de- cision has just been.reachedon this point. Great Britain, which at first was inclined to oppose the plan for the elimination of the German craft as war machines, shifted its position and came to the support of France and Italy, which had desired the par- tition of the craft among the allies. The American peace delegation op- posed the plan of destruction from the first. Great Britain to Exchange Prisoners With Bolshevists A despatch from London sayst— The British Government announces that the Bolshevist Government has made a proposal to exchange the members of the British military mis- sion to the caucus for certain Rus- sian subjects now in the hands of the British Government. It is aleo announced that negotiations are pro- ceeding for the exchange of all Bri- tish prisoners in the hands of the Bolshevists. Palace Along Lake Geneva As Permanent Seat of League A despatch from Geneva says:—A enlace for the permanent seat of the League of Nations will be construct- ed on ono of several beautiful sites along Lake Geneva near the city. In the meantime the city authorities will place the Palais Eynaril, near the Ulllversity, et the disposition of the delegates: a IS 35lT (Ur at Y2T c VIED • ISN'T THAT MRS, VINN!C 4ARR'S OAU 't3 1 (`fL"S IS SHE CUTE •ANI] AWFULLY l l fTI:C ONE DO•S YOU KNOW N4.1.,1-10,.. 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N�e, 5.. // t ,p�•. 15 G r�! t �,.v ., �' ,Y ,���& U a •. $ : ,•. ,,,,1 I dr.s .y ,\� ::' ... ;k r,1.y�Y�,'.3. L`n.—....'yy 1:.. A In ih ,,f. 'y AN lJ. 0{: .MVO .. , 7 c.,., ' l% .t iT' •�. + K ` tJ G ear ,— �i y.. 1 ' X11 . ,SI.. ,� % ih.'a � ,1 j} •"WiM. 1 n'�ei"Y •`ai '; �, ,� , a, 'fie (,, it'd' • `�'.. 1 ` nA4 ,.{. "� �'y , INIIIre'd "5 ..r NEWS FROM ENGLAND NEWS HT /HAM ADMIT JOHN Ri7I,I. AND 1X18 POOLS Occurrences In the Land That Hal as supretac In the Cotnmcr.. del :Neild:` In future the Army Chaplains De- 3(0115ent will be designated the Royal Army Chaplains Department, All roatriotions have been withdrawn regarding the eale and manufacture 01 farm and dairy implements. Additional trains are being run to Scotland mid the north, but no hope is held out for the reduction of fares, Tho sum of 4500,000 has been pIaeoby 61r Ernest 038831 to the handsd of London trustees, for educe. lienal purpoaoe, The lvifnistry of Supply is now con. sidering the (Deposal of 01,000,000,000 worth of simples Government stores now in the 60011117. The Postmaster -General has prom- ised inereased postal deliveries and other facilities shortly, The hands of London Park will re- main under private management, but Will be sanctioned and subsidized by the London County Council. The citizens of Hartlepool are ask- ing for the removal of the threeGor- man guns stationed there, on the ground, that they are a nuisaure, • The British Wholesale Co-operative Society has agreed to lend 41100,000 to the Belgian Society, without in- terest. Sir .Arthur Yapp ha4 received from the King a cheque for 2100 for Y.M.C.A, work abroad. Sir Arthur Evans has given to the British Museum the Collection of ancient Celtic coins collected by his late father. Ernest Gaston, of Middleborough, was fined 1£6 for wasting food by throwing an egg on the fire. The new principal medical officer of the Local Government Board, London, 3s Sir George Newman. Lord Jellicoe has started on a voy- age to India and the dominions which will probably last for firteen months, Sir Eric Geddes has severed his con- nection with the North Eastern Rail- way Company owing to his public duties, A scheme has been started to erect a memorial to tho old boys of the City of London schools who have boon killed in the war. It is proposed to erect commemora- tive tablets on spots where bombs fell in South London, with a record of what happened, Tho Co-operative Wholesale Society of Manchester have decided that their employees, numbering 30,000, should join a trades union. ' When a war widow of Reigate, with eve children, was flned five shillings for not sending her eldest child to school, one of the magistrates paid her fine. On a recent Sunday in Southwark Cathedral Sir Alexander llIacKenzie read out the names of professional -musicians killed or wounded hi the war. The omnibus service between Put- ney and Liverpool street, which was suspended during the war, has been revived. The business of the Law Union and Rock Insurance Company has been taken over by the London and Lanca- shire Fire Insurance Company, The death took place recently of ex -Sergeant John Danagiter„ a Ports- mouth publican, who won the Victoria Cross in South Africa. TIN STOCKINGS. Many Persons Woar Them Uncon- sciously—Disguised With Silk. We bave adopted many foreign ideas of. comfort or utility, but no one has sought to introduce the wooden shoe from Holland. The tin stocking is even loss suggestive of luxury, and yet ma11y of us wear them. Of course a person could not weal' a sock of "eighteen -carat" tin and be uncon- scious of It, but if the tin is alloyed and disguised with silk he can wear a considerable amount of it without sus- pecting it. in cutting rotted tops and bottoms out of tin shoots in the manufacture of tin cane there remains a certain amount of scrap. Men have sat up nights figuring the maximum number of such pieces of various size that can be cut Pram a sheet ot tin, and still there fs the waste Ieft oyer that can- not be worked lute sheets again. Re- lief is found in the demand of the manufacturer of silk, who needs some substance to weigbt his goods. A sills garment hangs and tits and holds its shape better if weighted. Everyone knows stow soft and light are the un- weighted pongee silks. So the mann" facturers of tin cans and of Bilks co. operate. One disposes of his tin waste and the other converts the metal into tin chloride and works it into the we. von silk. Virtually all the waste of tin -can factories is put to that use. Some silk stockings contain as much as thirty per cont. of tin. The use is entirely legitimate, since the trade de- mands a silk that is firm and heavy for certain garments for which the purchaser desires a perfect fit. Silk waste, such as worn-out and cast-off garments,' becomes In turn a aon000 of tin worth attention, lh.ag pickers give little heed to silk rem- nants, but carefully collect linen and wool. Tho rag -pickers' 11111011, 13 there Is such a body, might well taico notice of this information. The tin chloride ill tho silk is easily converted into tin made by burning the material, and from the oxide the metal don be re. solved. • RI,RMANY 1KA.Y JOIN LEAGUE; AT I1'xPIHATI N OF ONE YEAR :/e.xt .4 despatch from London The Router correspondent at Paris boys it is 010300 ed that Lord Robert I C9011 w115 be appointed British mom tier o:C the crganiying corn/AIttea oY the League of N•at,iond, and. that Gor- lnany w111 be admitted to the Lea fixe after a period w( Dtolrntierl, 1)2011 17 oto y8Lh3, -