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ordered the dead and the dying to be
buried pellniell. Being told that
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ASTHMA. CbUGHS
IMMIX count sesmitentax7sot7
raosican IS CAMARO
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alai mope the isauhL,
INNImas ▪ Wages:
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ad
IWhole Wheat Griddle Cokes
Gilft one quart et whole wheat Seer
with elm teaspoon of Wallis powder
and one teaspooa et salt Imo bowl
Mid me tablespoon oll smelted latter.
me tabisepoeu or sugar. two eggs,
mil Mateo. eall two eons ot rank.
Beat all together tor tbree ntleetee.
Sobs la eves resod aka oa griddle.
Serve wtth genes Mom.
Care 0 Klinkeos Dishes
Meek 0 the Savor, Maw amd
ortionsoommees or Nod depends mon
no proper aro 0 an amen, mod
atemodle properly eared tor Wit INN
Imager tbaa them wklelh ore Mt Tta.
stood or trea ~eft OMNI be ea
•dtatnerossa Aka end SUM
THB giGNAL : %-(IT)RRICH : uNTARIO
11E IATINT DIARIES
Tomato Cattle atarket
an met sewn by Meg maw in
am sod
powders or tablets army Medea heir
coma are tharah. Dr. Moms
loam Rost Pills do cure sick head-
RaprosentatIve pekoes SW- ode In dare eassible way b• ire=
=at*teen to 28•60 the coastipatien or Mc%
iolos Mews • • • 7.35 7.75 which caused them. Dr. bleree's
Illasker steers. good .00 1.16 Linn Soft Pills an purely vow
• nodheat 7.01 labia. km ham my hanaltd drug
1.44 enk aall sun. %Vbse you led the
7.60 hondoche means tabs
6 76 Indian Root Pill.
cse
IIIANY HAWKS AND OWLS- .
FRIENDS OF FARM
Natters. choke 7.26
Go. medium 4.00
illateber cows. otione 6.00
do. good 6.64
Ile. medium 6 . 00
do common 4.64 11.0
111•Acher bulls, choice 6.11 4.76
do. medium 6.114 6.76
do rough bologna 4.60 6.26
S tockers, 750 to 800 lbs. 6.00 6.26
6o light, 600 to 660 4 60 6.0
Canners 3.76 1.16
Cotters 4.16 4.11
Milkers, choice. eacb80.00 100.0
Lam• be. light. 7.60 6.00
lo. heavy 6.71 7.26
awes. light 1.00 6.71
Dalls 1.00 4.00
Hogs. weighed olf cars. 7.61 0.00
do. fed and watered. 7.10 0.00
Fernolos Market
rollowing are the latest quotations
tor term produce at St. Lawman
L arket, Toronto.
Wheat, bushel $1.12 to 11.11
Goose wheat 1.12 0.00
Oats, new .111 .53
Barley SS .70
Buckwheat .10 .00
Itre 1.02 1.05
Mixed and clover 16.00 16.00
S traw, bundled 11.00 18.00
do. loose 2.00 12.00
Fo• wl, dressed. lb .10 .12
Apples, basket .20 .25
do. barrel 1.76 1.25
Potatoes. bag . so .70
Onions. bag "1.50 1.76
Pork, per pound .111 .20
Toronto
Grain Prices
The following wholesale prices are
quoted at the Toronto Board of Trade:
Manitoba Wheat -Lake ports. new
northern. $1 • No 3 northern,
$1.23h.; 7.sc per bushel more on track.
Manitoba Oats -New crop, No. 2
bay -parts. reed, 1414c.
()ntarlo 0ats-New. outside, 46c to
Ontario Wheat -No. 2, tar lots, 11-011
to $1.10. outside, according to freights.
American Corn -New, No. 3 rouow.
ali nil shipments, Toronto freight.
outside. ,
, Barley -Good malting barley, out-
side. 66c Le 67c.
Rolled Oats -Per bag of 80 pawns.
0 to 33.20; In smaller lois. 112.26 to
$3.31, Windsor to Montreal.
Buckwheat -760 car tote, outside.
Mtlifeed--Caziots. per ton. bran.
126; shorts. Pr; middlings, $30 to
332; good feed flour. 134 to 140.
Destroy Mice and insects Wholesa'r
end Very Seidem Make Raid on
the Poultry Yard
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Assam all our birds there is no
P'oup which stands in need of pra
(action as touch Li the hawks an'
owls. writes A B. Slush. to
The Parser's Advocate Tte mutat,
for this la because as a group they
are sadly misunderstood All hawks
and owls are condemned by the far -
Mier Lod the sporeuess because et the
harm which is done by • very few
Taken as a groap the birds of prey
perform a most necessary service for
the farmer. • service which is carried
on quietly and oontfauousily, ant whit%
ts never realised or appreciated until
It is rendered less efacient by a
diminution In the numbers of thee.,
birds This service is the destruction
f small rodents. Where ta. birds
of prey have been very much reduced
in numbers the leld mice have in-
creased to such an extent as to con-
stitute a veritable piague. It may
seem an anscronissn to many to Clash
any hawk as an Insectivorous bird.
Jet many species feed very largely
upon insects
If we look for a moment into the
food of our common Canadian hawks
and owls we shall see that most of
them are among the most valuable
allies which the farmer possesses.
The red-tailed hawk. • large species.
eommon In the blast, In which the tail
is red above. is commonly termed
"hen -hawk.- but u a matter of fact it
very mreiy takes poultry, and by far
the greater portion of its food con
Fists of injutious tubule It also
feeds extensively up= large insects.
ouch as grasshoppers, crickets and
The red -shouldered hawk is the
commonest large hawk in many parte
of the East It may be known. when
at rest. by the reddish coloration of
the bend of the wing. and when ta
the air by the underside of the tail
haviag narrow bands ot black and
white. This species shares with the
red -tail the name of ku-hawk. a um*
even let merited than in the case
ot the red -tail. since less thin me and
one-half per cent. of Hs food coastal.
ot poultry or game birds. Its tastes
am decidedly omnivorous, and it feeds
on mice. snakes, frogs, lish. grass-
hoppers. centipedes. spiders. cray-
ash, earthworms. snails, and an ace. -
Moroi ground -haunting bird.
The rough -legged Hawk, which
breeds in the West and is seen as a
migrant In the East. feeds almost ex-
clusively upon field mice. It takes
also ground squirrels and sometimes
either wild or domesticated. This is
one of our largest hawks, being two
feet tn length. and may be recognised
by Its having the legs feathered down
to the toes.
Swainson's hawk, which is the com-
mon large hawk of the prairies, may
be known by the broad hand of chast-
en* across the breast, which contrasts
Ptrongly with the pure white ot the
length. This suedes is about twenty
Inches in length It feeds almost en-
tirely upon field mice. gophers, and
large insects
Butchers' cattle. choice .$7. 76 to PI .
Canners 4.00 6.00
Butcher's cattle. cows6.60 8.71
do medium 6.111 6.0
do bells 6.26 1.641
Milkers. choice. each70.00 111.10
Sheep. ewes 1.41 1.116
Becks and coils. 4 50 4.75
Lambs 7.75 S.
Cartage alir Neale .
Cattle--Ilarket Ns; asses, maim.
36 10 to 3.0.00; wasters *Nero WM
to 37.75; eows aad balers. 33.00 to
Hogs -Market Now; light, 34.70 to
17.15; mixed, 34.00 to 37.16; Leavy.
ion 10 47.16; rowel. 08.90 to Wei
34.16 to 17.10.
Sheep -Market slow; &beep. N.10 to
0.00; western. $6.16 to 14110; year
lingo 16.11 to 3710; lambs, natio%
34.16 to 12.25
East Duffels Cattle
Cattle -glow aad steady to strong:
ovine eters. 0•71 to 32: 0411010.
limiters. 0 Id to 0; eows. 31.111 to
Rogs--Aetive; Mosey aad maned. r;
yorkers. 17 to 17.11; plea. ST.111 to
to 34
Ineep tad lasibe-filow; lambs. MI
ie DAM; rearempt. 16 ha 17: mother*.
1140 to 11.71; yaw PUN N WWI
sheen Mask $11.111 be
TIC CAPIDIIIII MICE
SOON TO LEAVE CAI.
Seensiehee from London and
flonabory Cann say that the
PASSIM Patricia Contd..* LigIst
torsary regiment left toe Fame
en lhooday.
hary hare bees crowded into me.
sod this my be takes& to seas ita
Mailer departure tor the tarot that
spank to The Tomato Globe.
MajorGeaoral Aldan* Malmo ot
as ammell. Own Rase, no Royal
Dolly Owe, all Tomato Ortgannatioas,
Wag 111S•gli sit the Toronto Regbaeat.
?be MalakON, Wiaalpes, Yammerer
amil Vltava Highloadoes Mee bees
allatally aimed die Caaadian Soot -
Hearty every bouselsoldir la the
Sallebary,, district will *Merton two
se throe Canadian soldiers on Christ-
ina* In,. Mother donate+ states
that tbe _commanding *Moors of ail
the Camdian battalions fare gone to
Prance to learn et first hand the war
alto& Um
ROWELS OUT OF ORDER?
WE GUARSTEE RELIEF
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RUSSLiNS RETARD
ADVANCE ON WAISAW11
Germain Checked aod Suffered Heavy g
Meow Entirely Mythioal
It is sow apparent that the German
aisles Is Poland have been checked
bo the Rosanna ta treat 0 Warsaw
aol that von Hindeaborge Nader*
are actually In daager attains Pm
tke rear. neaeral von 1111n4101111110 -
scary. which has bun advsalkIll NI .
Warsaw over a wide front WPM'
the Vistula and the Pala SINN.
011 Saturday the sew Maim
pontleu aloag the Bears River and
sostbward to Ram, with the result
that another big battle is In progress
The Russlans retired across the
Mara River. destroying dm hrlinie
band thensArand two German &Nob -
moots which fo owed over a partly
burned bridge were attacked, and are
said to have been annihilated. 60
sarvt•ors being takes primmer..
Tide is oaly the Meaning et the
great battle tor Warsaw. hors which
tbe Germans are sow only 10 allow
or lees Field Marshal ma Haden
berg expects stern resistance. wkich
the strongly reinforced Rusann army
to aortae to offer to his further ad -
Team. protected by tin Vistula River.
witick the Germans bare been enable
to cross
Tbere Is no apparent justification
ter the extravagant claims of Gerautay
to an overwhelm:rag victory last week.
Yon know us --and. when ore guarantee
Retall Orderlies to satiety you or your
Irback, you boow it is became we
eeraith in them. We mat you to sans
to us and pat a par:knee al thins. Use a bw.
or the cane box. Theo it mot 'Mir* sat-
isfied, come back and ere Ira.= beck
your saw. Voir
noniog_ We your 1111011-MCII
We USe- ve NO Ns bur
bowel remedy made limy sios
candy Soothing and essy la they
do not came loping news"
exceave looseness, hank
Reza Oolerbee tome aod the
nerves mad moats of the booth and
prompdy rebeve bilges( to
removing the chief cause 0 sieh
bdrowenern bed break airs iho=dIZ
ottree is mod by Inactive bowels la
o at 10r,
Toalini=== mono
Roma Siam sad ebr lcora d ea
It
Redford Ittork. to- • sett.
Going Imo Settle
oval, who is mow ressI. wigs
meet, 011ua W111.411 Waii 111V.804
for the Ire. hoe The e. a -A
halloos began to Av. 'rim reveille, feel-
1,,it that No Iwww had 01,4111., show .
h mate lit ilia CV new, '•DiOna 1. 1
14,9audie. re. shoot ye r
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QUICK NAPTHA
WOMAN'S SOAP
WOULD NO T NEAR BOURASSA
Riotous /MOMS In Ottawa Theatre
May Result In Trouble For lieoldiere
The Militia Department has ordered
• thorough investigation into the dis-
orders arising from the attempt of
Mr. Henri Bourses.- to speak in the
Russell Theatre at Ottawa. A doses
/oilier' of the second eontiageat
were coaspicuous leaders in the in-
terruptions which broke up the Meet-
ing. The soldiers were in uniform.
and wttli them were two or three noa-
oommissioned officers They climbed
onto the platform. and two a them
endeavored to canton Mr. Bourses&
to wave a Union Jack. kr. Boo:rasa
retorted that he would wave It as a
tree BritIsh subject, but not under
compulsion. Then th• storm broke
loose, wtrich compelled a hasty lower-
ing of the curtain.
LAST 07 INDIN ORZW
Canadian Vessel Retooled tor the Littfe
Sand Who Rasped
Party inea of the lirew of the Ger-
mina eraser Roam. win were len
ea Cocoa Island orb*. the Australian
eraser Sydney dleomored lito many
amd toned her le ena ashore seam
two Manne as bar, aad started rati-
ng eannieree In Ike Pheilkl. Moir
w ow a piracy. however, was *bort-
INN tor tt was Marooned es PrOday
Japan captured tbe satire °alt.
The Empress of Japan Is me 0 the
C.P.R. Met a steamships. aid was
tabs. over by the Orkin Goveranorat
ea tM outbreak et Intr.
se▪ restml MINN swim., of
INNS rim ems from ammort.
Ost.. wirer* he bad lived bat • tew
Nountha before salletiag with No Grey
Vereaty Regiment. Tkls regiment was
War attached to tke 44th algliamders
of Toronto obb is reported to have
lees can/10 lo Eagan. with Iments-
atlas paper ea Um after oreaplag
tram the cusp.
Cortese* to Take 140Iday
gar 01Beo at ILoados promos to take
▪ beltday train o'elrf- is es am asst.
Doessabor 34 to o'clock
anaemia' night. Marls( vale% period
se sews wilt be passed for tram-
selealoa
Loewe. Strange Coma
IPM G. T. Tosamond 0 the T7th
lhogtoost. Doodle. ea Iowa Nits et
ft • Weaned Cana NW shorn, after
IN WISHING YOU
trrg ghtistutas
we take the opportunity
to express our apprecia-
tion of the loyal support
of our friends and cus-
tomers during the year,
and hope that 1915 will
_bring you a full meas-
._ ure of health, happiness
and success.
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CHAS. C. LEE
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