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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1925-04-02, Page 3Dominion News . in Btief St. John's,-Nfid.-As the result 62 other 125,000 bushels from railway) the snccessfel outcome of -last year's oars, making a total of 726,000 bush- fishingoperations froin•Newfoundland,l o1 ele,which can be moved in and out when the highest prices ever known each hour, or 350 tons each minute. history of the industry_except 'Ottawa, Ont. -•Exports` of pulpwood in the h t y • were 50 000 cords during 'the great war years -were to the 'United States ' than realized, there will be rnueh increased'; greater durbig -January, 1926th last pr,oseeution of the cod fisheries this -.during ,the corresponding coming summer. I year. Altogether, some 129,405 cords Halifax, N.S.-Of the 4,448,188. tons, were shipped to that market, as cern- of coal sold in Nova Scotia during the pared with 79,405 cords in January, year ending September 30, 1924, ac=, 1924. coding to official figures, the largest Winnipeg, Man. -Since the incep- buyor was Nova Scotia, which took 1,- tion of the Manitoba Good Roads Act, 782,41.3. tons. Quebec tools 1,570,733 3,508 miles of road have been improv - tons. New Brunswick bought 529,872 ed, 1,530 miles have been gravelled and tone, and 209,230 tons went to New- 24x/ miles have been paved within the fcund:rind. The, United States took province. During the year ended Aug. 5,706 -tons, while European buyers 31, 1924, the total mileage graded -was took 3^,7 261405 miles were gravelled and 117 1 G4 ions. St. John, N.B.-The total arrivals •if :''reight andpassenger liners at St. John (cotincluding coulees and oil structures in the, way of bridges and culverts were constructed. Edmonton, Alta. -Alberta rural so- teekors), numbered 174 up To March cieties' have made a particularly good 1Jtli from the beginning of the winter Iehowing' daring the past year, with port season ° i November 20th. There i about $900,000 outstanding in the way were 142' arrivals in the cor:tpundingof' loads. under the rural credit period of the season 1923-24. The ex-' schemes. The collections for the past year amouhted to 60 per cent. In peven years' operations .the province has .not sustained any losses whatso- ever through its guarantee of the legal credit loans. Creston, B.C.-,Fruit and vegetable production in the Creston Valley in 1924 had an estimated value of $358,- 000.This shows a gain of $118,000 in comparison with the 1923 figure of $245,000. This is in part accounted for by an increase from 160,000 boxes of apples to 220,000 boxes, and in part by the better prices received, particu- larly for apples and strawberries. On the _strawberry: output of 22,617 crates, •: the price averaged almost 40 tie; 23 arrivals this season are meetly ciao to the large number of ships en- gaged in the potato' trade between this point and Havana. Montreal, Que.-Montreal's fedi- Y. ,. ities for handling grain are now un surprxtssed by any port of the world, according to a statement made by, T. W. Harvie, `general manager of the port. eAt the present time thirty of the, port's vessel loading berths are equipped with convey or galleries for grain, making it possible for twenty- three ocean vessels to be loaded simul- taneously with grain at the rate of 460,000 bushels an hour. At the same time 150,000 bushels can be unloaded, each hour from lake boats and an- cents higher than in 1923. THIRTY-THREE BRITISH FAMILIES ARRIVE GERNLAiN ELECTORS FAIL TO CHOOSE HEAD Another Election for President of Republic Will be Held on April 26. Berlin, Monday, March 30. -AS was generally predicted, the, German Presidential election yesterday to choose a suecessor to the late Presi- dent Ebert proved.,abortive, none of the seven candidates obtaining a clear majority, which was necessary for a choice. There will now be another election on April 26, when only a -re- lative majority will be required. The final figures of the voting, which be- came available at an early hour this morning, are, in round numbers: Dr•..Jerres, Nationalist, 10,400,000; Otto Braun, Socialist, 7,800,000; ex - Chancellor Marx, Centrist, 3,600,000; Thaelmann, Communist, 1,800,000; Dr. Ifellmach, Democrat, 1,600,000; Dr. Held, Bavarian People's party, 1,600,000; General Ludendorff, Ex- treme Nationalist, 300,000. Thaelmesin's vote shows a large Communist loss since the Reichstag December election. Then the Com- munists polled 2,700,000 votes. Judg- ing from present indications, their Party of 5500 Arrivals Special- ly Selected Under New Policy. Halifax, N.S., March 29. -As fine a body of new settlers as ever came to Canada were landed here to -day from the Canopic of the White Star Dominion Line, and are now travel- ing toward various destinations in Quebec, Ontario and the Western Provinces, on board a special train of all -steel cars operated over the Can- adian National Railways.' There were approximately' 500 in the various par- ties -which passed through the Immi- gration Department's inspection this morning, and officials of that branch frequently commented upon the splen- did appearance, fine physique, the. sturdy children -and the general air of confidence and alertness which mark- ed these groups from the British Isles who have come" to test the Dominion as a land of opportunity. The total of 500 'rusts formed of sev- eral parties, one being made up of 33' families brought to Canada under the' scheme of assisted settlement of ap 'total votes at the present election will proved. British families in which the be 1,250,000. orroNTO ' iA hrt,roly HIA0LLBSARA FA i % '^ • �J t o tr-t. •wIL W Lywww,LLn 15 uve•IH' ,5to5i NI0DL6 P •I,pEi�ppR.'f InMMfl+LL•�i^—"'—'` 055/,$1.0' (ALEPWIIY °A rton+5-AidviA o00;W ILLS - •rAs vdt5.R garlesroll Sr rovecA w Ten ALP* euHVIRN •STIWTLANA nrnete al Jo.mas'rov'N H ocasureri" of PWLT?,esd''- t1T.t15015) ' e^1 ePeoYe.PWA ,Ann.A: nAHwItr1A�Leuoo GCHLYM LIVMIIA HUGE DISTRICT IN 'U. S. DEPENDENT ON POWER FROM THE ONTARIO, HYDRO DROsystem last Under long term contracts taken over from two companies the publicly owned OntarioHydro electricity for distribution in the United States. The district supplied is2000 smiles l about east hoWest. A oe r, Y 11 now have to be paid on all the power expor•ted and is miles long from east to west. A tax of $1.0.) per h.p. will must be .shouldered by those whoget the power or by the Hydro municipalities which supply it. All the places on the map get Hydro power. Girl Dying of Paralysis CANADIANS RETURN Saved by Grafting Gland FROM 'UNITED STATES A despatch from', Lille, France, ReCOrdS l�l'oW Bexng Kept of 'says:—One of the strangest opera- tions ever attempted has just been ac- Citizens WhO Declare Eisen. cos moment of tionf Resettling in the P Dominion. LORD RAWLINSON DIES AT POST IN DELHI British 'Commander - in- Chief in •India •Wor Honors in' Gsaat War. m li bed here. At the O wagons, and other equipment create a execution f two murderers Olivier 2, 33 to 34c. Dairy prints, 28 to 29c. g e owner,while eral Lord RuB itish' fence i Commander -in- Eggs -Fresh extras, in cartons, 37 � feel}ng of pride in the e and P alysisi, a little girls was le the Ottawa says:- India, 6 to so, fresh firsts, the labor in applying and the expense A despatch from Chief . t} . 'fish forces in to 38c • loose 3 paralysis z to Canada be Ire to 34c splits 31 to ,,.,c. of the ma , Total immrgratxon n d" Friday ght His tertn in 33 p THE MARKETS TORONTO. Natural Resources -Bulletin. The Natural Resources Intelligens Service of the Dept. of the Interim- Ott nterior Ottawa says :- Manitoba wheat -No. 1 Northern, Spring from time immenioriul„lx;it $1.81%.; No. 2 North, wheat i$l CUi✓3• beep lcnown as ,housecleaning time, North., .$L78 .4 ; Ne. During recent -years this period 1103 Man. oats -No. 2 -CW, 60 ec; No. 3 CW, 561/4,e; 'extra No. 1 feed, 57%e; No. 1. feed, 54}/ e; No. 2 feed - 60%c. All the above c.i.f. bay ports. American coin, track, Toronto -No. of outside woodwork, Wood, when es. - 0 yellow, $1.29, posed to the weather without protea Millfecd-Del„ Montreal f:Nithts, tion, quickly deteriorates, it bears a bags 'inoluded:. Stan, per ton,$28; shabby and neglected appearance, and, shorts, per ton, $30 middlings, 220; in a great majority of cases, is but an good feed floury per hag, $2.30. index of the enterprise 00 carolessriess Ont. oats -No, 2 white, 40 to 43c. Ont. wheat -No, 2 winter, $1.39 to of theowner. $1.43; No. J winter, not quoted; No. 1 A statement was made a short time conunercial;, nominal, f,o.b. shipping, ago by a prominent lumberman that developed a popular' slogan `e::can up and paint.up.” This is especially ap- plicable to the protection and painting points according to freights. Barley -Malting, 72 to 77c. Buckwheat -,-No. 2,nominal. Rye-No.2,$1.05 to $1.09. Man. `flour, first pat., $10.10; To - Ont t n s-9 pat., Ont. flour -90 per cent. 'pat., $7 to' the protection of forests, it might, renter do,d 49 5O Toronto unless Canada exercised more care with her forest resources, the day was not far distant when we would be Without our supplies of limber. White this statement referred particularly to $7.10, in hags, Montreal or Toronto;. do., bulk, seaboard, $6.60. Straw -Carlota, per tori, $8. Screenings -Standard,, recleaned, f. o.b. bay ports, per ton, $28. Hay -No. 2, per ton; $11 to $12 ; ton,p9 to$10.0• mixed with equal force, be applied'to the protection of our buildings, fences, farm implements, and other equip- ment ment into the making of which wood largely enters. In the case of the No. 3 per , .0 forests there is the timber only that is lost, while in the decay through pcC-Lon, - to , l Cheese -New, large, 24xres to 25c;lneglect or carelessness of woodwork twins, 25. to .25x,4c; triplets, 25% to there is'also the loss of'the human 26c; Stiltons, 26c. Old, large, 25 to energy that was required in the trans- 27 to Imaterials into 26c; twins, 26. to 27c; triplets,formation of the raw - 28c. Butter Finest creamery prints, -36 to 37c; No. 1 creamei,y, 35 to 36c; No. the finished product. Well painted houses or outbuildings, A despatch from Delhi. says Gen - the of aral sis iii a hospital. While the o' the rt ry tenial from .its preservative o ie niis Poproski roski wdo stilliwarm, atter4 to 5 lbs. arranted, Paint body of p n December 31, r. His Live poultry -Hens, over results, are fully •w had done its work,doe- tween March 31, and would have expired in hlovembe c spring chick - the guillotine wasGeneral Sir William Bird- 20c; do, 3 to 4 lbs., 18 , P g also a protection against fires rem authorization of the successor, and over M F. 24c: do; corn the cuplin tors, with theens, 4 lbs. a his house of Comm wood who has just been promoted to 1.5c;ducklings, 5 without, as, by preventingg prefect, extracted a gland from 7 Canadians s In add b field marshal, was grafted it on the sick girl. The opera- i 1924,100,570, it was stated in the Com -Mons on Thursday after- noon,ition 37 31 ane ian who had migrated tote United fed 22e roosters, named by the lbs. and up, 22c• and warping of woodwork there Is sparks throat, rushed it to the hospital, and i e a le mars a , ` not the same opportunity for . 1 1 h U 't d States Bl tisk Wal Office on Dressed pot 1 y ems to have succeeded. to lodge. tion se eels many Canada this P Governments of Great Britain and of Canada are co-operating, The families numbered in all 168 indi- viduals', and will settle in various parts of the Dominion reached by the The general prophecy is borne out that no candidate would be elected President at this election, necessitat- ing a second election on April 26. Assuming 28;000,000 votes were Prince's Itinerary The route to be followed by ti e p•inee on his forthcoming' tour below the lino is shown on the above map. The inset sketch shows more detail of his itinerary in South Africa. In addi- tlon to visiting the Argentine republic in South America, he will also tour parts of the republics of Uruguay and Chile. Government railways. cast, the absolute majority required In addition to this large group I for, election is more than 14,000,050, there 'also came by the Canopic an- and, as the :favorite=the Right bloc Other party of farm laborers and a candidate, Jarres-is credited by his )mall party of boys -the latter brought to Canada under the auspices of the British Immigration and Colon - most sanguine adherents with not more than 11,000,000 votes, it appears. certain that the April election must be 'mitten Association of Canada, with held before it is known who .will be which organization the Department of ; Ebert's successor in the Presidential Colonization and Development of the National Railways is co-operating. The family group formed an espe- cially interesting body of newcomers. Officials of the'Department of Im- migration and Coloni .)tion, who were cies that these parties will concentrate on hand to receive them and direct i upon one . candidate, probably Dr. them, had a busy time answering quer- Marx, nnd.comntand among them suf- tions fired by spectators, who everg ficient votes to defeat the Right bloc visibly, impressed by them.,These candidate, even if 1m is backed by the combined strength of Nationalists, German People's party, "Voll Tach' Extremists, the Bavarian People's party, and smaller groups. On the other handl, the Right parties still are. ]loping the Republicans- will be di- vided at the second election, as they now, are,, and will split their votes among two or more candidates, -thus enabling the Right candidate to be- come President. _ chair. —tt- chair•. The Republican parties -Socialists, Democrats and Centrists --already are prophesying victory at the se6ond' elec- tion. It is assumed in Republican cir- • March 20. t tr --Hens over 4 to 5 returned to live 10 Canada between P ) reorganized the lbs 28c do 3 to 4 lbs 2�c• spring t ear, General g and over, M.F. 35c, April 1 d December 31 las v A ft rho war and 4 lbs. a , t aw utson - 1 pri an Indian rtny afterchickens, Previous to April 1, no record of re- brought it to 0 high state of efficiency, do, corn fed, 32c; rooster', 20c;s duck - turning Canadians was kept. At the sante riffle he greatly reduced Bugs, u lbs. aryl up, ..7c, tar ey , Immig'rat'ion during February am- the military expenditure, thereby con Beans -Can. hand-picked, lb., Gra; ounted to.2,210, an increase of 203 siderably benefiting Indian.. finances, PrH neyec60-1b. tins, 13x/eo per Ib; over the previous month, according to I'Ie took keen intez st in the aspire -110-1b. tins, 13x�c; 5-1b. tins, 14c; 2%. an official statement by the -Depart- tions of political India to found a na lb. tins, 16x/ to -16c. ment of Immigration and Colonization. Menai army and encouraged as far as, Maple products -Syrup, per imp. and evidence prosperity: Let , us In immigrant arrivals, January and possible Indianization of the army. i gal., $2.40 per 5 -gal. tin, 22.30 Per I our part to advertise Canada as a' Februney are the low months of the When the British war hof ors were gal.; maple sugar, lb., 25 to 26c. {home for progressive peogie. t Smoked meats -Hams., med., 30 to I �q Train Wreckers Suspected of Causing Accidents in France A despatch from Paris says: -•Two railroad wrecks within 24 hours are season 'ex - visitors by rail and motor. They will in large measure, form their opinions:, of the country by outward appear- ances. Well -painted buildings and the tidy appearance of the groundd' will naturally create a favorable opinion year, as mid -winter is a season xn distributed General Rawlinson was which. immigration is not encouraged 33c• cooked hams; 45 to 47c; smoked by the Canadian department. raised to the peerage as Baron Raw -roils, 20 to 21c; cottage rolls, 24 to Of the February arrivals 542 were linson of Trent and received a grant 26e; breakfast bacon, 28 to 30c; spe- British 800 from the United States, of 530,000..In the latter part of 1919,cia1 brand breakfast bacon, 30 to 40c; he was sent to North Russia to con-' backs, boneless, 88 to 440. and 868 from other countries. Immi- duct the withdrawal of 'the alliedi. Cured meats -L clear 1bs.bacon,,8 0 gration from United States shows an troops from Archangel and Murmansk to 70 lbs., $17.50, 70$ increase of 168 over January. urn was commander at; 90 lbs. and up, $15.50; lightweight 1 causing the people of France to w, on -. the Un -and on his let rolls in barrels $44; heavyweight der if a new kind of 'terrorism• has Canadians returning fromAldefshot fora year, rolls, $40 pet bbl, been inaugurated. to 20 ti Seymour Raw- `rtes 20 3 , Henry -are tie Lord Lard --Pure General 1 having in. iThe Paris -Vienna Express narrowly country for six months or over, and linson Commander -in -Chief of the tubs, 20x4 to 21c; pails, 21 to 21%c; l escaped a frightful disaster through declaring their intention of remaining British forces in India since 1920, was prints, 221,4 to 23e; shortening tierces, the action of train wreckers, who had permanently in Canada, totalled 2,012. one of the hast known British generals 14% to 15c; tubs, 16 to lax�c; pails, ' t 1G'F to 17c 1 ited States after beenthat In matters that can be decided but once there should be mature consid- eration. families went through the inspection with flying colors, and 'were comfort- able on board' the special train. DEADLOCK IN NOVA SCOTIA COAL DISPUTE Strike Enters Upon . Fourth Week With Issue Still Undecided. A despatch from Halifax says : the PRINCE STARTS ON dications are that the tie-up in TRIP Nova Scotia coal mining. industry will 25,000 -MILE enter .its fourth week with the British Empire Steel Corporation and the Undergoes Typhoid Inocula- ' United,Mine .Workers of ,America, they ,.tion on Advice of Shivz parties to the' dispute, still Hopelessly doaoc dl k_e ov d ee the-gaestion o£ tile' Deaden' ' 1025,wage scale, and the Provincrall On'Board H.M.S. Repulse, Marchi Government, which has attempted onl 29. -The Prince of Wales was greeted; several occasions to use its good offices, to -day with warns sunny weather a ndcruiser he battle h s as t , •'?} undecided as to its a smoot oa as i moire. , sLt herb moire. I Repose ploughed its, way through the In the meantime, distress among l Bay of Biscay headed fel'- South the families of the '.12,000 .miners Africa. affected accentuated but not directlyi . Yesterday shortly_ after the C1111941'occasioned by the industrial battle, is left Posismouth for the trip to South the Prince America, • 1 AinE roue fries and Smith grouting apace, despite the gene A response e to p ub l]c " a P 9)15 for aid. nidartve it typhoid hofd noculation. lie In Cape Breton, the. leaders of .the gallantly led a band of volunteers who tools the inoculation on the recommon- • diition of the ship's doctor. The. Prince intends to enjoy e thor- ough rest before the arrival of the crui or at Bathurst, on the west coast of Africa, April 4, the fast leg of his 25,000 mile • trip. Warring factions were reported to be awaiting further word from Prenuee E. Ii. Armstrong in response to then• publi,ihed comments on the tentative basis for the reopening Minister negotiations o J submitted by' Deputy Brown. CROS S -WORD -PUZZLE- THE UZZLE- THC INTC1INATICNAL SYNSICATC. SUGGESTIONS FOR SOLVING CROSS -WORD PUZZLES Start out by filling in the words of which you. feel reasonably sure. These will give you a clue to other words dossing them, and they in;turn to still others.•: A; letter- belongs in each white space, words starting at the numbered. squares and running either. horizontally, or vertically or both HORIZONTAL ""� ' 1 -Flying mammal 4-lmpaselve - 9,-Avehicle 12 -Work animals - 14 -An Ideal spot 15-M Islay 16 -To indicate 17 -Part a volcano 18-A girdle 121 --.Garden vegetable 23 -Pronoun 24 -For two performers 26 -Appearance 27 -Point of compass (abbr,) 28 -'-To sietil " 29 -Endeavor 31 -Collection of notable sayings 33 -Single 34 -To perch 85 -The sewn edge 37 -To perform 89 -Brawl 40 -To peruse 41 -Toward the top 42 -Malicious look 44 -To be alive with livestock 47 --Food for 50 -Birdhouse 63 -Lying down 64 --To leave out 57,-A luminary 68 -To set free 59 -Affirmed'" 60 -Female sheep VERTICAL a -Portend 2 -An edged tool 3 -Sensitive 8 -Mark aimed at In quolts (p1., 6-A department of the;army (abbr.) 7-F.rench article 8 -.Unit of measurement 9 -Annoy 10 --To employ 11-A slave 13 -Contradiction 15 -Southern State (abbr.) 10. -The beard of grain 20 -Perceive 21•=Polgnant 22•Averted i 24 --Refusal ' 25 --.Stupor 29-PreposItton 30 -Pronoun 31-10 like manner 32 -In or nearby" - 36 -Repaired 37 -owing; 38 -Unfasten (poet.) 39 -Return payment 43 -Distant 44 -To prove faster than a walk' 45 -Comrade 46 -Funeral pile 48 --Japanese sash 49-A degree (abbr.) 51 -Exists 52 -Uncooked 56 -Mother (abbr.) 56 -Pronoun during the World War. He was horn 15x/ to 16c; -prig s, z I February 20th, 1804, and was edncat-Choice heavy steers, $7.76 to $8.40; Provins, 50 miles front Paris. The 1 do ood $7 to $7.50; butcher steers, train was derailed and it seems a mfr g torn up nearly 20 yards of rails )tear - ed at Sandhurst, `entering the army ,• $7 to $7.75; do, ',good,, 46.50, in 1884. Ito $7; do, med., $6.50 to $G; do, tom.,. He was employed at the War Office, $4.50 to $5.25; butcher heifers, on the outbreak of the World War,! choice, $6,75 to $7; do, med., $5.60 but was given command of the 4th' to $6; do, coma, $4.50 to 35.26; butcitea fair dee ravine. The dining car actually Army Corps in October, 1014. He�cows, 0hoi3.50-to $4.5050anners andiwas ravinever the dining and commanded the 4th British army dor-i cutters, ;$2.25 to $2.75; 'butcher bulls, now is suspended in mid-air, part of, ing the battle ee the Somme, achievedi good $4.60. to $5.50; do,' fair, $3.70 it overhanging a 60 -foot precipice. important successes there, and was to $4: bologna, $2 ri0 to $3.25; feeding fortunately, no one was hurt. promoted to general in recognition of 'steers, good, $6.25 to $7; do, fair, $5 But the belief growing tl his services. to $6; stockers, good, $5 to $6.50; On August 8, 1918, his troops, in, deo, fair, $4.50 to $4.76; calves, conjunction with the French, attack-' choice, $11 to $12;.. do, med., 47 to ed the enemy in the region of Amiens, .48; do, p;zassers, $3.50 to $4.60; milch cows,choice, $70 to $80; fair cows, and they gained a signal victory.which' $40 o $50; springers, choice, $75 to heralded the general advance of thet$90; good light sheep,$8 to'$9; heat/-. Allies. General Rawlinson's army Ties and bucks, $4.50 to $6.26; good ewe played a prominent part a few weeksllambs $14.50 to $1G; do, mel., $thi k later in the storming of the Hinden- $12; do, culls,. $8 to $9; hogs, burg line, and in the subsequent vier smooths, fed and watered, $13.35; do, :$12.60; do, off cars, $13.70; select premiums, $2.60. Fifteen Year Old French Girl MONTREAL. Discovers Chea• Fuel Gas Oats, Can: west., No. 2, 69c; No. 3. p 61c; extra No. 1 feed, 68c. Flour, Man. spring wheat pats., firsts, $10.10; A despatch from Paris says :-Re- seconds, 49.60; strong bakers', $9.40; markable claims are made for an winter pats, choice, $7.60. Rolled oats, automobile fuel named "Iroline," after bag 90 lbs., $3.65. - Bran, $28.25; its discoverer, Irene Laurent, fifteen shorts, $30.26; middlings, $36.25. Hay, No.2,per ton, car lots, $14 to $15. year-old daughter ofe a French to chemist.-uter; No. 1 pasteurized, 32x/ • to The product is understood to have for 83c' No. 1 creamery, 31xyz to 82c; sae its basis a solution of sugar and is only, 840x; to 31c. Eggs, fresh extras, said to cost less and go further than 39 to' 40c; fresh car 6 70c370. Po - any other substitutes for gasoline yet tatoes, per bag,lots, tried. Calves, good, $7.75;.do, fair, :$7; do, Automotive engineers who have come, $6 up; bogs, mixed lots, $14.75. tested the new fuel in a long run in an Human Life Average Will ordinary machine are quoted as being aclo that, all the coaches were not tele- scoped. The wreckers had chosen for the crime a point where the line skirts a torions advance eastward. f.o.b., $12.75; do, country points, The "fro- Soon Reach Seventy Years A despatch from Miami, Fla., says: -The average life of man, which was forty. years in 1850, has been lengthened to fifty-eight by the de - astounded by the results. Th lino"' used in the test was made the night before by Laurent in his own kitchen.. , lie is that to accident to the Bordeaux -Paris -Ex- press the day before, when five. pas- sengers were killed .anti. 40 injured, was also caused by' wreckers. — London Tabby Warriors Earn Their Living A despatch from London says: -A descendent of ICipling's "Cat That Walked by Itself" is living with seven brothers in a street down by the Thames and, like the original cat, is working for his living. The old offices and houses in the city area contain many nuee and the owner of one ware- house has sopda number of business ats and train and keep hire them out for mousing. This man charges a shilling ).`week for the hire of one of his tabby war- riors, all of whom are experts. The hirers, of course, are expected to pro- vide board and lodging, and he has found it a lucrative side -line. The owner of this warehouse has found by many years' experience in training animals that the best of them is a striped tabby, the sandy cat cowl- ing next, while one with long hair is of no use at all. Housewives, as well as office people,. hires these cats 'and it has been found they treat them well, as the cats seem- ingly are quite satisfied with this mode of existence, - Loses Reason as Result of Skin -grafting Provides 0Baby velopment of surgery and preventa- With Upper Lip and Chin tive. medicine and soon will fulfill the Biblical promise. of "three score and A despatch• from Prescott, Ont., ten," says Dr. Charles II. Mayo, of says :-A delicate slain -grafting opera- Rocheste}•, Minis. tion was successfully performed at the "The lengthening of the human life Hepburn Hospital, Ogdensburg, on un has had a decided effect on the grow - infant p ing prevalence.. of cancer," Dr. Mayo triborn without chin orleg upperfr tip. said,"this being a disease which gen- child'sStrips taken from the e of the oraly 'chooses its victims among ' father and only i replace the; Persons past middle age. however, missing Parts and only slie a union was esearch offers the hope of future suc- cess in combating this disease." made. Solution 'of last week's puzzle. DOM MOVEMOOMO 0000AMOU mal D ea UO ®gIlliVa i',,'p., UMW • am , ®o. ®A. 0� WO Iframm ,3 100 p @, �1 j� mmo -a:©".� tri,. v,Q u� �®®Li Goitre is another disease which is on the increase, according to Dr. Mayo. This is due, he said, to the fact that Cross -Word Puzzle Mania A despatch feon1 Rome say5:- Italy's first cross -word puzzle victim entered a lunatic asylum last week. He is a street carconductor who, after passing through the usual stages et the mania :at last began breaking., furniture: His family then called in physicians who prescribed solitary confinement. without cross -word puzzles as the only agriculttu•e and erosion are gradually hope of restoring reason_ exhaustingthe su'ppiyof iodine in the Charades to Succedd Cross - so• il: High Character Necessary to Locksmith Trade. deckled have locksmiths • -den los Urea they will not train any burg:ars to says it Berlin des Word Puzzles as Fad A despatch front Nuremberg says; -Charades will be the neat world-wide fad, in the opinion of Ger- man specialists ingames, who have annoy posterity, a had much to do with popnlaririeg latch. They have agreed to employ:cross-word puzzles in this country. 1 The cross -word puzzle is 'a direct high character - tides of l only apprentices g lineal descendant of charades, they de - who can' prove that they have had stare, ants one of the many e n .o ;, religious instruction in school. ;7hey h and interesting games which have regard high character indispensable to gown out tf plays on men in. their' trade.