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THE PARCELS POST SYSTE
Provincial Boundaries Zones—Local Rates Will Ap-
ply for Twenty Miles From Each Post Office
A despatch from. Ottawa says: 0,11101110
explaining the methode rend -working of
the new parcels post, eyetem has been M-
imed by Hon. L, P. Pelletier, Postmaster
General. V, eays.
"After considering carefully eierY
phase of the parcels post question, the
reetmaeter-geneeal lute decided to adopt
the zone eyetem in fixing parcel post
rotes on amount of the great arm" over
-which diethibution ha e to be made tu
Canada and the comparatively eleame
population of tho Dominion.
•"If a flat rate were fixed that would
not entail too great a loss to the depart -
meat in carrying parcels from one -end
of the Dominion to the other, or even
from the eentre proeincee to the extreme
east to west, the rate would be too high
far eomparatively short dietancee or even
between points within the same proVince,
and the only practicel plan appeared to
be the zone sieetent, under which the ratee
tree- graduated according to the dietance
a.pareel will have to be carried.
Provincial Boundaries.
"On account of the geogesphical Posi-
tion of the provinces of Canada and their
being approximately the ease size when
the three Maritime provinces axe coneider,
rd FR one it 'was found that the provincial
boundaries 'would be the most convenient
to adopt as the limits of the zones, and
cOneequently the rittee ;were fixed by pro.
vinees. This makes the ordain a very
Almelo elle, much easier to tollow than
the zone system based noon mileage alone.
"The first or local. rate Se 1190 cente for
the first pound and one cent for each ad-
ditional pound or fraction thereof, up to
four pounds, and two cents for each sab-
sequent pound -up to eleven pounds within
O ratline of laveirty miles from the .place
of mailing, irrespeetive of provincial
boundaries. Thie is to give local men
clients an advantage within their own
neighborhood and also farmere and gar -
dowers who can use the mane for send-
ing produce to their local market at a
low rate.
"A parcel of 11 pounds can he sent 20
'Mho for 2 cente a pound, and this should
give the farmers, a decided advantage in
marketing eggs and other periehable mat-
ter. It will also give a decided advantage
to the country merchant, over the depart-
mental stores. The fernier can send out
gee& in pareele up to 11 pounds to hie
customer% at 2 cents a pound while if the
game goods were ordered from a depart-
mental stores. The Cornier ean send out
corn more than 20 miles dietent, it would
eopt about 5 cents a pound for poetage.
"The next.rate Is fixed for the province
in which on article ie pasted. For the
Ilret poued the rate is 10 cente, and each
additional pound 4 cents. The cost of
handling a one -pound parcel is apprexi-
mately tho same as that of 2 or 3 pounde,
and cousequently it was necessary to fix
a minimum rate for the first pound con.
elderably higher than the average rate
for the additional pounde included in the
weight of a parcel.
Method Is Simple,
"For an adjacent province the rate of
10 cente for the Bret pound will apply„
but for each additional pound an .extra
charge of 2 cents will be imposed, making
the rave 10 cents for the first pound and
6 (onto for each subsequent pound. Beyond
the p.0011100 adioining the one In which a
parcel is mailed, an additional 2 cent
pound will be imposed for eneh province
that has to be croesed to the destination
of the parcel, up to a maximum charge of
12 conte a pound.
"The method of finding the rate on any
parcel is extremely eimple. Rate cards
will be furniehed to all postm,aeters and
for distribution to the public,there being
a separate card for each province. On,this
card le given the amount of postage
chargeable on any parcel np to a weight
of 111500110111 within the province in which
is parcel is posted and to all other pro-
vinces of the Dominion.
"When a parcel is mailed the postmas-
ter eeee from the address the province to
which it bus 10 be carried, and a glance
It this card ehowe him, without making
any calculation, what the postage will
be.
Basis of Rates.
The first rate be five cente for the first
pound 004 one cent for eaeli additional
pound or fraction thereof up to four
pound& and two cents for emelt subee-
fluent pound up to 11 pounde, within a
radius of 20 milee from the Place Of mall -
tug. irreepective of provincial boundaries.
The gext 30.10 is fixed for the province
to where the azticles its posted. The first
pounsi is to be ten cents and cash addi-
tional pound four cents.
For nn adjacent province the rate of
ten cente for the nest pound will apPlY,
but for each additional pound on extra
charge of two cente will be impoeed, mak-
ing the rate ten cents for the first, »ound
and six cents for each eubsequent pound
Beyond the province adjoining the one in
which it paecel is mailed, an additional
two cents a pound will be impotted for
each provinee that has to be crossed to
the destination of the parcel, lip to a
maximum of 12 cents it -pound,
CONSTABLE REID SENTENCED.
Gels Sevee Years for Allowing Pri-
soner to Escape.
A. despatch from Winnipeg says:
Ex -Constable Robert J. Reid, one
of Krafehenko's 'grime's, and self-
confessed participant in the plot
which effected Kralchenko'S escape,
appeared before Sir Hugh John
Macdonald, police magistrate, on
Thursday morning, and was sen-
teuced to seven years in the peni-
tentiary.
• •JATANIS NEW ISLAND. .
Three Miles East By South of
Iwojima 18111811.
A despatch from Tokio says: A
new volcanic island, five miles in
circumference and one thousand
feet in height, has appeared three
mileS east by south of Iwojima Is-
land, one of the Bonin group.
.She—"Which do you think is the
best, time for her to be engaged?"
He—"I should say just before she
is married." s
THE FEDERAL ESTIMATES
Grand Total for the Year 5914-15, as Tabled in the
• House on Thursday, is $19o,735,176
• A despatch from Ottawa says: A
'seduction of almost $12,000,000 as
compared with the expenditures
.authorized for last year is the con-
spicuous feature of the main esti-
mates 'for the fiscal year 1914-16
which were tabled in the House on
Thursday evening. The grand total
is $190,735,176.42, as compared with
$202,656,166.59 last year. Of this
total $146,786,124.42 is on consoli-
dated account and $43,949,050 is
chargeable to capital. The largest
decrease, that of $3,703,702.48, is,
under the head of public works
chargeable to income.. There is a
decrease of $150,000 in the Naval
Service approprietiens, another of
8138,750 under railwae.s and canale
(income), $114,244.10 under miscel-
laneous, and a decrease of $71,905
mder militia.
Large Increases.
The largest increases are 81,-
206,500 Under agriculture, $1,913,-
0.75 'under post -office„ $250,959.22
pr ovinei al subsidies, $383,550
-icier immigration, $405,533.33 un -
r trade and commerce, $745,570
.der railways, $504,041.57 in civil
\ 'Or 1111) CD t and a , 733,01.3.32 on
sount of public debt, including
king fend.
0iring the fiscal year ending
rch 31 laet the total authorized
senditure was $18e,196,317, but
this amount 'nearly- $40,000,000
s left unexpended. Dunne the
r which closes lefarch 31 next
expenditures on large national
lerbakings and in connection
ievestmente has been very
the •Agriculture Department
detailed votes include: $770,000
experimental farms, an increase
110, 000 ; 1 or the e rife reem en ttof
DestructiveInsect Act, $60,-
; development of dairy and fruit
estries, $225,000; cold storage
ettragement, $200,000; health of
male, $500,000; aelministration
lof Meat and Canned Food Act,
$240,000; development of the live
stock induetry, $4003000, an ,in-
crease 01 8200,000,
Under the Agricultural Instruc-
tion Act the provincial votes aro:
Onterio $230,868.83
Quebec 187,409.16
Nova Scotia, 61,144.45
New 'Brunswick 49,407.20
Prince Edward Island 27,832.81
.
British Columbia 52,799.38
Manitoba 58,075.45
Saskatchewan
As, 01,152.31
lbert
51,310.41
Veterinary colleges.,. 20,000.00
Total $800,000.00
The Railway Department esti-
mates include :—New terminals at
Halifax, $13,500,000; wharfs and
docks, Halifax, $160,000; installa-
tion of block and telephone sys-
tems, $164,000; new car ferry and
dock at Port Milgrace, $458,000;
new rolling stock, $1,000,000; east-
ern extension in Halifax, County,
$850,000.
For the Hectson I3ay Railway
terminals and elevators, the vote is
$4,500,000; for the National Trans-
continental, 58,000,000; Quebec
Bridge, $3,000,000; Welland Canal,
$4,000,000; Lachine Canal improve-
ments, $215,000; Trent Canal, 51,-
000,000.
Public Works estimates include
the following capital expenditures
for the continuance of works al-
ready in progrees on harbors 011(1
riyoae Toronto harbor, $1,000,000;
French River improvements, $500,-
000; Se John harbor, $3,000,000,
and a million each for works at
Victoria, Vancouver, Qtiebec rine
Poi t Arthur and Fort William.
Public buildings votes are largely
for the, smeller class, , stenctures,
and prectically all re -votes for the
eontinuance of works already in
progress,
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Ugh Class Profit -Sharing Bonds. Scrles—$100, ssop, si000
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• THE GLOBE IN A
NUTSHELL.
Canada, the Empire and the World
In General Before Your
Eyes.
Canada. .
Middlesex county council may de-
cide on an industrial farm. ,
The Nyberg Auto Co, will legate
at Berlin aaid eniploy 200 hands.
Fenian Raid bounties paid total
$1,585,600, being 58 per cent. above
estima.tes.
The li'ecloral Government's adver-
tising and printing bill for the past
year was more than $1,400,000.
Owing to the campaign that has
been carried on by a lady Dominiore
customs officer against smuggling,
the stores of Port Huron, Mich.,
have decided to stop advertising in
the Sarnia papers until the special
officer goes to other points.
It is reported that the majority
of the menicipalitiee. of Quebec and
of its representatives in Parlia-
ment, as well as the Chambers of
Commerce and labor unions are
giving their support to the unions,
of Commerce of Montreal in its
demand for the immediate con-
struction of the Georgian Bay Ca-
nal,
Great Erftain.
London's strike of coal porters
has collapsed.
The London Times announces
that Sir Lionel Carden British
Minister to Mexico, will sLortly re-
turn to England on leave to report
to the Government upon the out-
look in Mexico.
United States.
An antidote for bi-chloride of
mercury poisoning is said to have
been discovered by a Chicago phy-
sician.
General.
Gen. Villa has repeated his
pledges of loyalty to Gen. Careen-
za, head of the Mexican rebels.
MINING N TR E B1ThNE13.
Tuxeda Island, British Columbia,
Short of Provisions.
A despatch from Vancouver says:
Venanda, the busy mining centre of
Tuxeda Island, was swept by a dis-
astrous fire on Tuesday night, and
a lack of provisions in tho camp
will mean that some temporaey suf-
fering must exist until a boat ar-
rives from Vancouver with a fresh
supply. ,The flames broke out in
Deighton's store, and within a
short time the conflagration had
spread and coesumed the general
store, post -office, telegraph dace
and Customs, as well as Kirkness'
drug 'store and pool-roorn. Dyna-
mite was used effectively on the
Miners' Union Hall to keep the
flames from spreading to the hotel,
Very little was saved from tho path
of the flames,
MAGAZINE EXPLODED.
Italian Soldiers Killed and Serious-
ly Wounded.
A despatch from Genoa, Italy,
says: A powder magazine of the
nearby fortifications exploded on
Wednesday. Five soldiers ancl sone
civilian were killed end nine others
were seriously wounded.
A NO TILER WRECK.
1Vhat's the Use When There's an
Easy Way Out.
Along eith the tea and coff.eo
habit has grown the. prevalent dis-
ease, --nervous prostration.
The following letter shows the
way out of the trouble :
"Five years ego IN08,8 a great
coffee drinker, and from its use I
became so nervous I could scarcely
sleep et all nights, My condition
grew worse, and worse until finally
the phyeician I consulted declared
my troubles were due to coffee.
(Tee, is just as injurious because it
contains caffeine, the same drug
found in coffee.)
"But being so wedded to the bev-
erage I did -not see how. I could do
without it, especially at breakfast,
as that meal seemed ineomplete
1011111011 11 coffee
"On a visit, my friends deprived
MC of coffee, to proye that it 'was
harmful. At the end of &bout eight
Claes I was less nervous but the
craving for coffee was intense, so 1
went back te the old habit as soon
an I got home tied thc old sleepless
nights came near makieg a wreck
of inc.
"I heerd oi Pestum and decided
to try it. I did not like it at first,
becaute, 58 1 artery...m:4s discover-
ed, it wets not .matle properly. I
found, however, that when made
after directions 011 the :package, it
was deliciou B.
"IL had a soothing effect 00 my
nerves and none of the bad effects
that coffee lied, SO 1 bade ferewell
to coffee and lieve used only Pos-
tern since, The most wonderful
aceount of the benefit, to be
sie-
rtved from Pest= could not ex-
ceed rny own experienee."
Name given by Canadian Postern
Co., Wiedsor, Ont. Write for a
copy of "The, Road to Wellville."
Postum now conies in two forms ;
Regular Postion —meet be well
Instant Pesten» — is e soluble
Powder. A teaspoonful dissolves
quickly in a cup of -hot voter and,
with 'cream arid sugar, makes a de-
liciohs beverage 111.81 ati y. Gro-
cers sell both kinds,
'`There's a, Reason'' for Postern.
WHY KEEP ON COUGHING ?
Here Is A Remedy That Will Stop It
„-
Do you realize the di
anger n IL
neglected cough?
'Then why don't you get rid of it?
Yes, you can shake it off, even though
it has stuck to you for a long time, if
you go abont it right,
Keep out in the fresh air 50 11111011 as
you can, build-up your strength with
plenty of wholesome food, and take
Na-Dru-Co Syrrip of Linseed, Licorice
and Chlorodyne.
This reliable household remedy has
broken up thousands of hacking, per-
sistent coughs, which were just as
troublesome as yours, and what it has
done for so many others it will do for you.
Na-Dru-Co Syrup of Linseed, Licorice
and Chlorodyne contains absolutely 110
liarniful drugs, and so can be given
eately to children, as well ea adults'.
Your physician or druggist can conArtit
this statement, for we are ready to send
tnem on request a complete list of al:
the ingredients,
Put up in aseand soc. bottles by the
National Drug and Chemical Co. of
Canada, Litnited. 31 Y
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2tjc_skfs.rs_yotLt. time 1
By uslrur
HAIR RESTORER
Your Gray Hair can be re-
stored to its Natural Color.
THOUSANDS HAYS DENEFITTED
BY ITS USA
At all Druggists Z0c. Beet.
RED UCING. OUTPUT.
Pennsylvania Coal Mines Are Shut-
ting Down.
A despatch from Philadelphia
says: Because of the unusually
mild weather, some of the anthra-
cite coal producing companies are
greatly reducing their output. The
Reading Company's collieries, em-
ploying 30,000 men, closed down on
Wednesday night for the remainder
of the week. On Thursday the col-
lieries of the Susquehanna Coal
Company, a, Pennsylvania Railway
corporation, suspended operations
until Monday. Miners say they
cannot recall such long continued
tnild we,ather at this season of the
year.
MEETING OF LEGISLATURE.
Attorney-Geiteral to Take Charge,
As Senior of Connell.
A despatch from Toronto says:
The Ontario Legislature will be
called together on. Wednesday,
February 18th, instead of on Feb-
ruary 17th, as originally intimated,
The official ennouncemeet was
Made by the Government on Wed-
nesday. Last year the Houee• open-
ed nearly two weeks earlier. Al-
though no official intimation has
been given concerning the leader-
ship of the House, it is taken for
granted that HOE J. J. Foy, as.
senior member of the Executive
Council, in the absence of Sir
:fames Whitney, will direct the
business.
Two eatives of the Emerald Isle
were discuesing, with evident irri-
tetion, the immigration problem.
"Thim furriners is. gettin,an MY -
fill hold in this counthry," said
Tim. "Three foe yez,",•answered
the other, as he transferred his
corncob to the other side of his
mouth. "1 wuz readin' over last
evenin' the list av min naturelized
be Judge Corcoran, an' ivery wan
ev- thins 13112 furrin 1"
PRICES OF FARM PRODUCTS
REPORTS PROM THE eeaoten TRADI
CENTRES OF AMERICA.
riles* 000 50180, Crain, Cheese arm •Otbei
traduce at Home .ona Abroad.
• Ereadstuffs.
noin'oi'.1:09notol,.Foebe,urt,3„..-0F3.10o,prim--.04n3t6adf 10,,jaELIgh,dt:
Lunt at , 93.55, Toronto: ldanitohae—Pirst
top4a9t0e;n6tsti,:olnnwj bakes'o', 05 ,oda.,0,g,o.seet,#04o.7noda:„
Manitoba wheat—Bay ports,
Northern, 96 1-20, and No. 2, 94 1-20: traeir,
Goileriela. Ali rail. No. 1 Northern, $1.01;
No 2 99 1-2c.
Ontario wheat -Prices of No, '2 are 87
to 88e, outside, and 91 la 920 on track, T -P•
ronto.
Oitte-Ne. 2 Ontario oate, 350, outside,
aud at 38 to 38 1-2e on track. Toronto.
.14ete,,ed.rtumeCafnoaraiNaon,2t.es, a4y0 11-,2coi,u,for No. 2e
B1.rley-54 to • 55e, outeide.
Corn -New No, 3 American, a0c, all rail,
bags, Toronto freight. Shorts, 824 -to $24.50,
aT'oorroonnwto..
lizalitobe bran, $22.50 a' ton, in
Buckwheat -No. 2 at 73 to 76o, outside.
Bran-
Rye—No 2 at, 63 to 64c outside
• Country Produce.
Ihrtter--Olmice dairy, 23 to 2401 inferior,
20 to 210: farnierti' eeparator prints, 24 to
26e; oreamery- manta, 30 to 31c; solids, 27
to 29e: storage prints, 27 to 28e; solids,
26 to 26 1-00..
Egg6-0ase lots of new-lald. 48s per doz-
en; storage, seleete. 3610 350, and storage,
32 to 34e per dozen,
Cheese -New oheeth, 14 1.3 to 14 3.4e for
largo, and 15o for Ovine.
Beane -Hand-picked, $2.20 to $2.25 per
bushel; primes, 8200.
Honey-Extraoteda in tins, 11 .to 120 per
lb. for No. 1; (tomtits, 03 to $3.25 per dozen
for No. 1, and 82.40 to $2.50 for No. 2.
Poultry -Fowl, 12 -to 13e per lb.; chick-
ens, 16 to 180; ducks. 13 to 16e; Rome, 14
to 15e; turkeys, 19 to .22e. ,
I'otathee-Ontarlo, 800 per bag, on track,
and Delawares at 80 to 800, on track, in
car lots.
• . Provisions.
Bacon -Long clear, 15 to 160 oar lb., 051
case Iota Pork -Short cut, $28.50; clus
1RWL $24.50, 11&1116-1rtedium to light, 18
to 18 1-2e; heavy. 17 to 17 1-2e; retie, 75 to
15 1-2e; breakfaet bacon, 18 to 190; backe,
22 to 24e
14 3.4e.Lard-Tierects, 14 I -4o; tubs, 14 1-00; Pails,
Baled Ray and Straw.
Baled hay -No, I quoted at $14.50 to $15
ft ton, on track Imre ; NO. 2 quoted at $13
to $13.50, and mixed at $12 to $12.50.
Baled etre-iv-Car lots, 98.60 to $8.75, on
track, Toronto.
Winnipeg Grain.
Winnipeg, Feb. 3.—Cosh:—Wheat, No. 1
Northern, 86 Sac; No, 2 Northern. 84 7-8e;
No. 3 Northern, 82 7-8c: No. 4, 77 1-4e; No,
5C79l'ga.;1-zeIgoiN.2e
.'6665 rircetmlee
1-20: 100.
9
.1r°7ietted
tieo.e,00;
No. 3 rejected eeede, 77 1-2e; No, 1 smutty,
819-00; No, 2 sniutty, 79 Pk; No. 3 smutty,
77 1-2e; No. 1 red Winter, 86 5-8e; No. 2 red
Winter. 84 Me; No. 3 red Winter, 82 7-8e.
°)cati-Ti 11(e'. 7! t 33FiC
. , o. ce , ,
No. 2 feed, 31o. Barley, No. 3, 41 3-40; No.
4, 40 1-40: rejected, 38 I -2e; feed, 38e. Flax,
No. 1 N.W.C. $1.27 1-4; No. 2 C. W., 91.24 1.4;
No. 3 OM., $1.11 1-2
United States Markets
Minnoapolls, Feb. 3.—Wheat, 69 1-8 to
89 1...4o; July, 90 3-4 to 90 7•Ce asked. Cash:
No. 1 hard, 91 3.8 to 918-00; No. 1 Northern,
88 1-8 to 90 Me; No, 2 Northern, 85 1-8 te
87 6.80. Corn, No. 3 yellow, 58 to 58 ale.
Corn, No. 3 yellow, ES to 69 1-4c. Cate,
No. 3 white, 36 1-2 to 30 8-4e.
Duluth, Feb. 3.—Wheat, No. 7 herd,
89e; No. 1 Northern, 8Sc; No, 2 North-
ern, 86c; May, 90 to 90 1-6e; julla
81 3-8e. Linseed, cash'$1.50 I-8; May,
81.63 1-5; July, $1.55 1-3.
Live Stock Markets.
Toronto, Feb. 3.-0e ttle—Good but-
chers, $3 to $8.25: medium, $7 to $7,66:
common, $6 to 30,25; choice cowe, $0.50
to 46.75; good, $6 to $6.251 medium,
$5.50 to 35.75; common, $4.50; cutters
end cannerfas $3.25 to 37; choice
99,57 tio0 t78.395.; good, st.$1,110 zt Sa6n. a51) ; common,oaae,
Steers, choice, $7 to 67.35r good, $6,10
to 46; light, $3.60 to $5.26; milkers and
springers, up to $80. Sheep and lambe
—Light owes, 35.50 to $8.75; heavy, $3
to 43,12; Spring lambe, $8.00 to $9.50:
buck.% 33 to $3.50, with 75e off, Hogs—
$9.15 to 39.40, fed and watered; 08.80 to
$9, f.o.b.; $9.25 to 99,50 off cars. Calves—
Coed veal, 38.75 1.0 $11; common, $5 to
$5.50.
Montreal, Feta 3.—Prime beeves, 7 3-4
to 8 1-2e; medium, 5 8-4 to 7 1-2e; com-
mon, 4 to 5 1-20; milch cows, $40 to
475 each; calves, 4 1-2 to 70; sheep,
about 5 1-20: lambs, about 8e; hogs,
about 10e.
Brant county councillors again
reject the proposal to join with
other western Ontario counties to
secure an Industrial Prison Farm.
Guns in the fortress near St. Pe-
tersburg were fired all night to
warn people of their danger when
a cyclonic storm clros-e the water
of the Gulf of Finland into the
river Neva end flooded the lower
quarters of the city..
CANADA'S RAILWAY LINES
The Dominion Now Has Under Operation
Twenty-nine Thousand Miles of Steel
A despatch from Ottawa 'says:
Some interesting facts about Cana-
dian railways and the statistics in
connection with them are contained
in the annual report of Jobe Lam-
bert Payne'comptroller of railway
statistics, tabled in the, House on
Thursday evening by Hon. Frank
Cochrane. ,
During the wear ended June 30
last operative mileage increased by
2,576, bringing•the total up to 29,-
304 miles. Ontario leads, with
9,900 miles; Saskatchewan is second
with 4,651; Manitoba is third with
3,993, and Quebec fourth, With
3,986. At the end of the year 13,-
647 miles were under construction.
During the year a careful and
judicial revision was made of the
capital statement. Duplication .and
extinguished liability has been car-
ried along for many years. Tho ree
vision led to the elimination of
$157,000,000 of stocks end bends,
and left the total in force on June
:30 at .$1,548,256,796. This was di-
vided as follows: Stocks, $75.9,845,-
016; consolidated 'debentures,
stock, $163,257,e24; bonds, 5625,-
354,356.
Since the 'process of deletion cut
out more liability than was added
during' the year, there .appeare a
email, reduction in the total for
1913 as compared with. 1912. The
actual inereese, howeVer, 'was
$100,483,633,• made up of stocks,
$47,882,910,and funded debt, 552,-
600,723.
The 'cost of Government-owned
end operated railways, re,preeent-
ing 2,131 miles of line, reached is
total ,of $126,900,887 in 1913. This
is not included in capitalization,
The' amount of cash subsidies
paid dreing'the year 'was $9,758,084,
distributed 50 followes—
Over
By the Dominion, $9,176,234; by
the provinces, $554,500; by munici-
pelities, $27,350. The additions
brought the t,otel account on June
30 up to the following :—By the
Dominion, $163,251,469; by the pro-
vinces, $36,500,015; by municipali-
ties, $18,078,324.
Gross earnings for 1913 aggre-
gated $256,702,703, as compared
with 5219,403,753 in 1912, an in-
croaee of seventeen per cent. The
increment of 537,208,951 was con-
siderably the largest of any year.
In addition $24,588,410 was earned
by Canadian railways in 1913 from
outside operatione, making a final
total of $281,291,113.
Passenger earnings were $74,-
431,994, anti freight $177,089,373,
operating expenses aggregated
5189,011,690 in 1933, as against
$150,726,540 in 1912. Railway
equipment includes 5,119 locomo-
tives, 5,696 passenger cars, and
182,221 freight cars.
The movement of trains in 1913
resulted in the killing of 710 per-
sons and the injury of 2,966. In
addition 32 persons were killed and
1,606 injured froni other causes
than the movement of trains. Of the
killed from. all MIMS 41 Were pas-
,
sengers, 324 -were employee, and
418 were cleseified as "others." Of
the injured, 667 were passengers,
3,407 were employes, and 498 were
"ethers."
One paesenger„, in every 1,236,599
was killed, arid one in every 71,124
\YRS injured. This was e compara-
tively low record in respect of fatal
aecidents, but the propoetion of in-
jured passengers was high.
The number pf employes increas-
ed by 22,751 in 1913, bringing the
total up to 178,652. Salaries and
wages amounted to $115,749,825, ris
compared 'wall $87,299,639 in :1912.
Comment on Events
Overtaxed Japan.
The detailed story;of 'the teerible fa -
male that has Tollowed 11. crop atilure
In Northern Japen ,eeveals one or many
reasone Tor the utter absurdity of the
Otto jupenese war , ecare The eorre-
*pendent of the London Tirl108 that
it is tho worst famine that %Japan,
which lo well used to famineeahae ex-
perlenced Jr; a renters', end that 1;ii Ma
11:,ese,tfoevril3leabfe,,,seen ..thVoughout the coun-
But wholly asale from this•uribaPPY
condition or things, which will doubt -
es:, stir the heart of the warlat Flo that
prompt vollef ,aneasuree will , follow,
Japan cannot afford the nexery of "war
for manY 'ears 001 oorne. Taxes 110,00
more than thillbled Sine0 IRO Wall WW1
llusein, mid are 0010 about thirty per
cent. of tlie income of business men
and property holders. The Industries
are crippled by the lack of iron 111 the
country and the lack of skilled Mbar.
Theme are 1111110 of,. the ,laanaieems set
forth with inueli delet by a recent Ob-
server, George Sherwoed Delay, in
"The New lara, in the Past." He de-
clares that, except as a matter of stelf-
defence, Japan is far too poor to dream
et another wee for generations. Re is
elect convinced that the recent ouccee-
ses of the People as soldiers, sailors
and merchanto are only an outward de-
velopment, and that the heart ot 'the
nation—the life, the morals, the etblos
of the people—are still under the spell
oil the Middle Agee,
Regulating Morals by reeding.
Having tried every other experiment
on Sall prisoners, including operations
on the brain for the removal of crimi-
nally affected iarts oa the cerebrum,
the theoriets. now propose to improve
the morals of prison inn -settee by regu-
lating their diet,
The process Is under way at Oak-
land, Cal. The food furnished the pris-
oners is expertly treated both as to
quantity and quality. Duch prisoner 10
.studied for his individual tastes and is
givem such edibles as will, in the be-
lief of the exponents of the idea, in-
cline him to reform.
Perhaps the Oakland theory is found-
edon the proposition laid down lay Mis
Bumble, the pompous parish -beadle in
Dickens' "Oliver Twiet," who declared,
in an analysts oT Cniverhi outbreaks,
that "It Isn't madness, it's meat." 01111
is borne out by tee Pact that their men-
ue Tor tho prisoners largely comprise
fruits and light articles of food which
excel in nutritive qualities.
However, they should remember the
injunction of Augustine, who wild: "N
Flail 511011111 judge us in meat or drink.
Let him not despise him that eateth net,
thatte
let r, not that eatetb, jum
dge hi
t
Nebuchadnezzar IVOR a rampant ve-
getarian, and we all recall Ills curious
antics. 1011jah, on the other hand, was
fed with tleeli, and John subsisted on
locusts. Meat of swine is forbidden to
the peoples of at least two religions,
NIA Mill IF the favorite (Deb of otheth.
What is good for some Is poison Tor
others, and what makes' one thin will
make others fat. Just whether this
dish will cause crime and the other pro-
duce a benevolent, kindly disposition,
remains to he Seen.
Eruption and Earthquake.
Tho volcanic eruption and earthquake
which overwhelmed a populous city mid
several villages in Japan is the worsl
disaster of the kind eine° the French
Leland of llartinicue 10100 laid waste In
1902, with the loss of 30,000 lives.
Without doubt It Is the most appalling
catastrophe in the history of Nippon.
lenge Shima, which housed 04,000 pee-
eu, mi,8 bau rineT1 61eurnntleir'°'ansPheeist °aril
Thousands who escaped the whirlwina
of flre and the rush of molten lava
were drownee in the tidal wave that
swept over the city. Others Iled only
to be trapped and perish in blazing for -
sets. The tale or honor may not he
,eet complete, for two other V0105110014
tbe same range have burst 'forth. The
'sympathy of the whole world wil/ go
out to Japan in this manifold visita-
tion oe evoe, and there 13, need for im-
mediate aid to the ninItitudes of home-
less refugees in a stricken land.
. The Slaughter of Bulgarians. ,
At this time, 1V11011 Tuelcey Is care-
fully preparing to lake from Greece
what was Tented from the Ottoman
Empire by duress of arms by the Bal-
kan allies, and when the heart a the
suffering, deNtitute and frenzied Bul-
garian is racked with. the bitterness of
venom towarcl Servia. and Clreece, the
heart of 511011 is bowed with grief over
the shocking spectacle presented by
-the devastations remelting from a de-
eire to place the croes above the cres-
cent.
It to figured that the male population
of Bulgarian Macedonia was reduced in
the eourse of hostilities from 175,600 to
42,500. In 13ulgarlan Thrace there ere
226,000 male survivors out of a Pendia-
don of 494,000. In the district 01Mus-
tapha Paeha, to the north of Adrian-
ople and cloao to the old Bulgarian
frontier, 4,000 men and boys remain out
of' a total of 33,000. These figures are
"iLtifu
f°rwl3u114141na'
Tilleatice In the census
showing is that it relates entirely to a
decreaee in the number of male Bulger-
BUIS. Yet In the face of thio extraor-
dinary slaughter the IMO' spirit grows
apace and the day Is coining when Bul-
garia will preee forward to regain its
lost ground and wreak vengeance upon
those who have so sliocleingly despoil-
ed her!
Scourge of Paresis.
Another of humanity's fearful male, -
dies hitherto set clown as incurable is
yielding to modern science. Paresis,
commonly called' softening of the brain,
was the cause of Insanity in 17 per
cent. of the men admitted In one year
to the state hospitals of New Yorlc and
the proportion probably holde good
among the insane elsewhere. Former
workers in the Rockefeller Institute for
Medical Research have discovered that
an agent known as &Oversell Injected
into the spinal canal will conquer one
of the direst scourges of the race, end
several complete cures of paresis are
now reported. It Is no wild prediction
that n. generation now born will live to
see the clay when medical science recog-
nizes no such thing as incurable disease
of bode or mind.
The 111811 Commissionership.
The position ot I-ligh Commissioner
at London is the blue ribbon of the
Canadian civil service. Many distin-
guished names are nioptionecl as pre-
behle successors to Lord Strathcomt.
The office caeries with It social re-
eponsibility that place it beyond the
reach of any but wealthy men, the
salary attached bring inadequate to
maintain the prestige ,pertnining to
the Malec, Any , appointee who roan , fill
it within a reasonable degree of the ef-
fieleney of the late este.emed incumbent
will render BIS country a great eeevice.
Kidney Trouble
Is Hereditary ?
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Dresden Man, Who Iuherited Trou-
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manent Cure in Dodd's Kidney
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Dresden, One, Feb. 2.—(Special).
--Whether Kidney disease is here-
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ion. Me. Samuel Burkett., a well
known 'resident of this Oleo, is
convilieed that he inherited his
from his parents. He knows that
Dodd's Kidney Pills cured it.
"I inherited my 'Kidney Dieettse
from my parents," Mr. Burkett
states. 'I was teeeted by a doctor,
and tried earieue medicines, lout it
was not till about eighteen months
ago when I staeted to use Docld's
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'
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Dedel's Kidney Pills never fail to
cure any :form' of Kidney Disease.
Hamilton Police Commissioners
granted increases of pay to the
force,
Is absolutely necessary to g;ve
the' health that brings happiriess, '
a gOod , appetite, reetful
and make,, you eager for. lifo's
duties. HOOD'S SARSAPARILLA
makes pure blood and so creates
thls Much -desired condition.
NEWS -RECORD'S CUB-
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CHINESE BANDITS.
Virtually Bunted. the Yerlire City
of Lilian Chow.
A despatch from Shanghai,
Chine, • says 0k force of 2,000 ban -
on Thursdey sacked and bum -
ed virtually tha entire city of Linen
Chow, in Ngan-Hwei Province.
W. Entwhistle, of the China Inland
Mission, wi•th his wife and children,
succeeded in escaping to Luchow-
Fu, but the Catholic missionariee
are Still in the looted city, and it is
believed they have not been in-
jured. The brigands apparently
are connected with the bawls com-
manded by "White Wolf," who
have for a considereblo time been ,
ravaging the eastern part of Henan
Province.
Wanted.
Wanted — Twelve well-educated,
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pupil nurses • in City Hospital,
Cleveland, to fill vacancies caused
by graduation. Unusual variety of
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COLLISION AT SEA.
Nineteen Passengers and 22 of the
Crew 11rowned.
A despatch from .Norfulls, Virgin-
ia'says I The most shocking tra-
gecly in the history of the Atlantie
eaastwise trade was enacted off
Hog _Island, 60 miles north-east of
Cape Charles, Va., er the early
hours of Friday. Nineteea passen-
gers and 22 rneinbers uf the crew of
the 4,700 -ton passenger Ship 141011-
o E the Old IThininion Steam-
ship Company, lost their lives when
the Monroe was rammed in the
dense sea fog by the steamer Nan-
tucket, of. the Merchents arid 'Min-
ers,*Transportation Company, The
Menebe, rent from her stem clear
to -leer engine -room, filled and sank
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