The Clinton News Record, 1919-9-11, Page 3OUR ROYAL GUEST
Highness has captured
.Catada's heert Canadians had heard
of the prime's democratic chi= from.
the fighting men yells met TOM ot the
frOnt, and they were prepared to like
him vhen he collie, As her futare
ruler, Canada gave him a loyal and
enthusiastic *Ginnie. Bot there la a
Tore° bigger rind more, eotpelling
•even than that, which draws all
• hearts to the Prince as he journeyd
across our Dominien. It is his own
personality, his unaffected, straight-
forward, winning boyishness. It is
Edward himself,Pwith 'his blue eyes
And. fair hair, the smile of comrade-
ship upon his lips, the bright, spon-
tenons Mile of the genuine boyof
the unspoiled heart. Dignified as be -
comae his high position, courageous
as he proved on the battlefield, ib ia,
after all, his quiet sympathy and con-
sideration that has won Canada's
homage.
The Prime has now been seen in
Canada under all sorts of conditions
at all sorts of functions, formal and
otherwise, and it is very evident that
his greatest qualities come from the
heart and' not, from thehead. He
They made Striking pair,' OM
white-haired Irian with his eapression
of 14tter Indifferenee, his air of de,
tachment, and the lad, all life and
eagerneas,
"Hari( to the cheering, grand}vel
conies! He comps!" cried the latter
In French, tossing his cap in tho air
againand awn.
"Yes," came the answer in the same
tongue'"he comps, the British
Prince!" .No :friendliness in the tone-
nOTIhee8-111slugr'ging crowd preasel theta
forward, See, he waves to mei My
Prince! Hurrah! Hurrah! Heersh!
My Prince!" The lad's tongs, shrill
with excitement, his -waving cap, and,
who knows, his handsomelace maybe
bolds the Royal vieitor's gaze. For
a moment it was just' one fine youth
gezihis, understandingly at another.
Then the eyes 0.1 the Prince moved on
to the bent figure and the grim patri-
cian face of the old man. The warmth
of his answering salute to the lad was
still in his glance, the smile -whose
potency all recognized during his stay
amongst up -boyish, irresistibly
friendly, still on his lips. This time
On Parliament Hill -H. R. H. the Prince of Wales mating his speech
after the laying of the corner -stone of the Victory tower of the new Par-
liament Buildings. Between the Prince and Sir Robert Borden are Hon.
P. E. Blondin, postmaster -general, and Admiral Sir Charles Kingsmill.
•is not at his best at ceremonial func-
tions; evidently he finds than very
trying. But when he falls informally
into the outstretched •arms of the com-
mon people -ah, that's a different
thing. The Prince loves the glad
shouts of the people. He revels in
their love. He makes' no attempt to
keep hidden his joy at their acclaim.
And again he always gives them of
his very best. He may forget the set
ceremony of many a *ell -prepared
function; but he will never forget the
shouts of the thousands who surged
and swept and swirled around his
auto at the Exhibition grounds at To-
ronto, or the breezy bonhomie with
which the habitants of St. Anne de
Beaupre crowded forward to shake
his hand, or the bouquet of flowers
which the 'told womitt. on the road t.)
Quebec threw at him all he flashed by.
The Prince will leave Canada, his
mind still reeling from the barrage of
addresses and social functions, but
. with his memory stored with intimate
llttla touches when people showed that,
' , while they hailed him as their future
....ford, they looked on him as one of
themselves.
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A Quebec Incident.
A significant incident in connection
with the visit of the Prince occurred
at Quebec. Among the throng stood
an old man and a young man. They
were grandfather and grandson, mem-
bers of a French family that has cher-
ished the religion, the sentiment, the
language, the manners and customs it
brought with it from France when the
fleur-de-lis floated from , Que.bee's
Citadel.
it was the youth with its lure meet-
ing age with its prejudice -and con-
quering.
The grimness melted, the indi,ffer-
ence faded from the -wrinkled face.
You caught the glow ' of sudden
warmth on it, an unlooked-for
softness, and yes, sympathy. He
saluted as only a Frenchman can.
"My Prince!" cried the lad, his
voice shrill withexcitement
"Our Prince," corrected the grand-
father, his' voice tremulous with feel-
ing. "Prince of our people!"
This Happened in Toronto.
He was a curly-haired, red-headed,
blue-eyed, freekle-faced boy -hatless
and stockingless-but he knew a "real
feller" when he saw him, and Prince
Edward was his hero.'
The Royal auto was`moving slowly
along the streets of North Toronto.
And the boy ran alongside, his eyes
glowing. Every few yards he shouted
a hurrah. For nearly half a mile, dodg-
ing among the crowds, he kept pace
with the car that bore his hero. Then,
breathless. and tired, he waved his
farewell.
But the Prince had spotted him. The
auto stopped till youth -Royalty and
commoner -had shaken hands. Ed-
ward made a hurried exploration of
his pockets, evidently hunting a sou-
venir. None other seemed handy, so
the Prince tossed the boy his silver
cigarette case.
The boy grinned delightedly and
waved his thanks, as he clasped the
gift -probably destined to become the
cherished heirloom of future genera-
tions.
GERMANS OFFER
CHEAP TOYS
Japanese COMpetitiOn in British
Market Even More Damaging
Than That of Berlin.
A despatch from London •says: -
German manufacturers of games and
toys have made advances to distribu-
tors of those articles here to order
them from Germany at prices srven
below those demanded in 1.914. The
journal of the toy shop and fancy
goods trade made enquiries of dealers
' as to the effect of their unrestricted
importation into the country. "It
would close us down, probably," was
the gist of most of the anssvers. One
correspondent writes: "Japanese com-
petition is the most vital thing at
present, and if it is not controlled, it
can easily become more damaging
than German competition."
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"In this world it is not what we
take up, but what we give up that
makes us rich." -Beecher.
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BELGIUM RECOVERING
FROM WAR STRAIN
A despatch from London says: -
"Belgium has got her feet out of the
mud quicker than any other European
country," says a widely known busi-
ness man, who recently has been in-
vestigating the situation in that war -
devastated land. Other business men
corroborate that opinion.
In his latest trip through Belgium,
Mr. Hoover found remarkable devel-
opment and learned that the pre-war
railway facilities have now almost
been attained, and that all the great
industries arerapidlyapproaching an
officio& producing point. Owing to
the compactness of the kingdom, it
has been possible for the workers in
all the. districts to be made fully
aware of the necessity of getting to
work with all speed.
NEW ZEALAND WILL
ISSUE VICTORY LOAN
A despatch from Wellington, NZ,
says: -The New Zealand Government
is issuing a $50,000,000 ,Victory loan
immediately.
ey Ttgt.
trer.
'THE LIGHTHOUSE.
We MUST safeguard "Home Interests" with the light of publicity and education. Any cominnnity that
ignore this cause eventually hinds on the rocke. The only safe coarse is the Trade-at-Honle course. Out-of-
town buying meat§ shipwreck: Spend your money at home.
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Weekly Ma rket Report
Foodstuffs.
Toronto, Sept 9. -Manitoba wheat
-No. 1 Northern, $2.30; No. 2 North-
ern, $2.27; No. 3 Northern, $2,28, in
store Fort William.
Manitoba oats -No, 2 CW., 894c*
No. 3 CW, 87%e; extra No. 1 feed:
87%0; No. 2 feed, 83%c, in store Fort
William.
Manitoba
CW, $1,28; rejected, $1.22; feed,
iam'barley-No. 3 CW, $1.32;
$1.22, in store Fort William.
American corn -No. 3 yellow, nom-
inal; No. 4 yelfew, nominal.
Ontario oats -No. 3 white 88 to 90c,
according to freights outside.
Ontario wheat -No. 1 Winter. per
car lot, $2 to $2.06,; No. 2 do., $1.97
to $2.03; No. 8 do, $1.93 to $1.99, f.o.
b. shipping points, according to
freights.
Ontario wheat -No, 1 Spring, $2.02
to $2.08; No. 2 Spring, $1.99 to P.05;
No. 3 Spring, $1.95 to $2.01.
Barley -Malting, $1.31 to $1.35, ac-
cording -to freights outside.
Buckwheat-IsTominal. -
Rye -Nominal.
Manitoba flour -Government stand-
ard, $11, Toronto.
Ontario flour -Government stand-
ard, Montreal and Toronto, $10.20, in
jute begs, prompt shipment.
Millfeed-Car lots, delivered Mont-
real freights, bags included: Bran, per
ton, $45; shorts, per ton, $55; good
feed flour, per bag, $3.50.
Hay -No. 1, per ton, $23 to $25;
mixed, per ton, $10 to $19; track, To-
ronto.
Straw -Car lots,'per ton, $10 to $11,
track, Toronto.
Country Produce --Wholesale.
Butter -Dairy, tubs and rolls, 36
to 38c; prints, 38 to 40c. Creamery,
fresh made solids, 52 to 52%e; prints,
5214 to 530.
Eggs -50 to 52c.
Dressed poultry -Spring chickens,
33e to 40c; roosters, 25c; fowl, 30 to
32c; ducklings, 25c; turkeys, 85 to
40e;. squabs, doz., $6.
Live poultry -Spring chickens, 28
to 29c; roosters, 25c; fowl, 26 to 30c;
ducklings, 22c; turkeys, 30c.
Cheese --New, large, 28 to 29c;
tWins,'284 to 291,ic; triplets, '29 to
30c; Stilton, 29 to 30c.
Butter -Fresh dairy, choice, 47 to
49e; creamery prints, 57 to 58e.
Margarine -36 to 38c.
Eggs -No. l's, 56 to 570; selects, 60
to 61e.
Dressed poultry -Spring chickens,
40c; roosters, 28 to 30c; foivl, 34 to
38c; turkeys, 40 to 45c; ducklings, 34
to 35e; squabs, doz.,.$7,
Live poultry -Spring chickens, 33c;
fowl, 30 to 35c; ducks, 27 to 30e.
Beans -Canadian, hand-picked, bus.,
$5.25 to $5.751 primes, $4.25 to $4.75;
Imported, hand-picked, Burma, $4,00;
Limas,15 to 16c.
Honey -Extracted clover, 5 -Ib, tins,
24 to 25c; 10 -lb. tins, 23% to 24c;
60 -Ib. tins, 23 to 24c; buckwheat, 60 -Ib.
tins 18 to 19e; Comb, 16 -oz, $4.50 to
$5 dozen; 10 -oz., 3.50 to $4 dozen.
Maple products -Syrup, per imper-
ial gallon, $2.45 to $2.50; per 5 im-
perial gallons, 12.35 to $2.40; sugar,
Ib., 27c. •
Provisions -Wholesale.
Smoked meats-Hains, medium, 47
to 481; do, heavy, 40 to 42e; cooked,
63 to .65e; rolls, 36 to 38c; breakfast
bacon, 49 to 55e; backs, plain, 53 to
55e; boneless, 56 to 58c; clear bellies,
38 to 35c.
Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 34
to 35e; clear bellies, 33 to 34e.
Lard -Pure tierces, 36 to 37c; tubs,
36% to 37e; 'pail!), 86% to 37%e;
prints, 38 to 89c. Compound tierces,
31 to 31%c; tubs, 31% to 32e; pails,
313 to 321/4c; prints, 32% to 33e.
Montreal Markets.
Montreal, Sept. 9. -Oats, extra No.
1 feed, 99c. Flour, new standard grade,
$11 to $11.20. Rolled oats, bag 90
Ibs,, $4.80 to $5.25. Bran, $45. Shorts,
$55. Hay, No. 2, per ton, car lots,
$20 to $21. Cheese, finest westerns,
25c. Butter, choicest creamery, 54c.
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Eggs, fresh, 64 to 66c; selected, 59 to
60e; No. 1 stock, 53 to 55c; No. 2
stock, 43 to 45e. Potatoes, per bag,
car lots, $2.1.5 to $2.30. Dressed hogs,
abattoir killed, $32.
Live Stock Markets.
Toronto,- Sept. 9. -Choice heavy
steers, $13.75 to $14.50; good heavy
steers, $13 to $13.25; butchers' cattle,
choice, $12.50 to $13; do, good, $11.50
to $12; do, med., $10.75 to $11; do,
con, $7 to $7.50; bulls, choice, $10 to
$10.50; do, med., $9.50 to $9.75; do,
rough, $7.60 to $8; butcher cows,
choice, $10.25 to $10.75; do, good, $9
to $9.25; do, med., $8.50 to $9; do.,
come $7 to $7.50; stockers, $7.50 to
$10; feeders, $10 to $11.25; canners
and cutters, $4.50 to $6.25; milkers,
good to choice, $110 to $140; do, corn.
and med., $65 to $75; springers, $90
to $150; light ewes, $7.5d to $9; yearl-
ings, 810.to $11.50; spring lambs, per
cwt., $13 to $14.50; calves, good to
choice, $14 to $18; hogs, fed and wat-
ered, $20.25; do, -weighed off cars,
$20.50; do, f.o.b., .$19,25; do, Lob. to
farmers, $19.
Montreal, Sept. 9. -Steers, per cwt.,
choice, $13 to $13.50; good, $12 to
$12.50; fairly good, $11 to $11.50;
fair, $10 to $10.50; medium $9 to
$9.50; light steers, P to p.50; com-
mon, $7 to $7.50; cow's, choiCe, $9.75
to $10; good, $9 to $9.50; fair, $8.50
to $8.75; Inedium, $8 to $8.26; com-
mon, $6 to $6.50; canners, $4.50 to
$5.50; bulls, choice, $8.75 to $9; good,
$8 to $8.50; fair, $7.50 to $7.75; mect-
ium, $6.25 to $6.75; common, $5.50 to
$6. Ontario lambs, $13.60 to $14;
Quebec lambs, $12.50 to $13; Ontario
sheerf, $7.50 to $8; Quebec sheep, $6.50
to $7. Hogs selects, $21.50 to 22;
mixed lots, $1,9.50 to $20; sows, $16.50
to $17; stags, $14.50 to $15.
THE PRINCE INVESTS IN
,WAR SAVINGS STAMPS.
Not the least amongst the many
gracious acts performed,by the Prince
of Wales during his 'brief stay in Ot-
tawa was to invest in a complete cer-
tificate of War Savings Stamps. His
Royal Highness was delighted to find
that in Canada, War Savings Stamps
are on sale similar to those that are
so popular in England, It was his in-
tention to call at the post office and
make his purchase of the stamps in
the regular manner, during his stroll
around Ottawa incognito, but pres-
sure ot other pgagements prevented
this' being done. The stamps were
therefore sent to him at Government
House and the sale, duly made, in
cash, by the Secretary of the National
War Savings Committee. The Prince
was quiteIwilling-, that his investment
should be made known and kindly
sent the following letter, with per-
mission to publish it, to Sir Herbert
B. Ames, Chairman of the National
War Savings Committee:
Government House, Ottawa.
lst September, 1919.
"Dear Sir Herbert, -
"I am pleased to be the holder of a
Canadian War Savings Certificate.
"I am delighted to find. that In Cana-
da you have War Savings Stamps on
sale, similar to those we have in Eng-
land.
"1,.svish the War Savings campaign
!very sucoess. •
I remain,
Yours sincerely,
• (Signed) Edward P."
NEW ZEALAND RATIFIES
TREATY WITH GERMANY
A despatch from Wellington, N.Z.,
says: --The peace treaty with Ger-
many was unanimously ratified by
'Parliament, after members of the
Labor Party had criticized the pact.
Events In England
'
Lord Harlington has accepted tho
mayoralty of Buxton for another year.
The National Union of Railwaymen
will loan Willesden Council $125,000
for electricity extension.
Mr. and Mrs. G. Bartle, Worlington,
near Middenhall, Sussex, have juht
celebrated their golden wedding.
A memorial service for the Berk-
shire Cadet Force was held in 81.
george's Chapel, Windsor Castle, re-
cently.
For the first tune In England an air-
plane was sold by auction at Hendon
the other day, realizing $2,375.
Farmers in the Alton district of
Hants are putting more of their land
under grass in order to reduce the
wages bill.
A I3elgian, aged ninety-eight, and
his wife, aged ninety-four, left Clerk-
enwell recently for their old home in
BeTIghieum,
state 'apartments at Windsor
are now open to the public on Mon-
days, Wednesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays.
George Ellum, tvho has been head-
master of the Church of England
schools at Eastchurch fOr the past
forty years, has tendered his resig-
nation.
J. A. Goldsmith, of Ashford, who
has been ansengine fitter with the S.
E. & C. Railway for the past fifty-eight
years, died at the age of eighty-flve.
Of the 730 applications received for
houses by the Watford District Coun-
cil, 413 are from demobilized soldiers,
sailors and women.
Lord Lindsey has given instruction
for the sale by auction of his estates
itt IJffington and Tallington, Linos,
comprising 3,000 acres.
For the tenth year in succession
Rev. Principal D. J. Thomas has been
appointed chairman of the Wood
Groan Education Committee,
Sir Hervey Bruce, the owner of
large estates in Nottinghamshire, has
died in Ireland at the age of sexenty-
six,
Sir Philip Sassoon, M.P., for Folke-
stone, intends to build houses for
local fishermen to help solve the
housing problem.
Among the most recent adinissions
to the Sheppey Workhouse aro a wo.
man aged ninety-seven, and her son,
aged seventy-two.
Sir Douglas Haig has In a letter ex-
pressed his warm admiration for the
splendid work done by the Life Boat
Service during the war.
Among sonic old books which were
sold by an Ealing lady , as rubbish
were found three first editions of
Shelley, which were sold afterwards
for &47.
A stone axe -head, apparently of Cel-
tic origin, was unearthed by W. Eyre
at Matlock, Derbyshire.
WAITING LIST OF5,000
FOR PASSAGE TO CANADA
A despatch from London says: -
The Canadian Pacific Steamship Com-
pany have a waiting list of 6,000 peo-
ple waiting for transportation to Can-
ada. The Cunard Company list will
not be cleared until the end of Nov-
ember, and it is stated that over 500
applicants call at the company's of=
flees daily.
A cheerful face is nearly as good
for an invalid as healthy weather. -
Benjamin Franklin.
GIFT TO WINS OF
• CANADIAN GUNS
can. Which Fired Last Shots
in Great War to Form
• 111emorial.
A despatch front LerldcM says: -An
interesting event took place at Mona
recently, when Lieut -Col. W. Hovey,
0,0, Canadian Section, France, pre-
sented on behalf of Canada, the two
guns of the Canadian Artillery, which
fired the /apt shote in the Great War,
to the city of Mons. The ceremony
was performed, at Pavillan, and Burgo-
master Lescarts received the Funs op
behalf of the city of Mons.
A large number of distinguished
Canadians and Belgians were present
at the ceremony and at the banquet
which followed,
The gum had been located after
conalderable search. They were orig-
inally with the 3rd Canadian Division,
which, under Major-General Sir F. 0.
W. Loomis, K.0.13,, actually entered
Mons.
BABYLON 'REDEEMED.
The Great War Has Re -opened Won-
derful Region to Civilization,
The earliest reeorde civilization
were found in the ruins Of ancient
Babylon, and in the Valley of the Nile,
These two civilizations existed side
by.side for More then a thousand
years, the one in Africa, the other in
Asia, in the valley of the Euphrates,
within SOO milee of each other, with-
out either lmowing of the ether's
existenee. When they finally discov-
ered each other, each tried to con.
quer the other, with the result that
both were finally destroyed.
The rich valley of the Euphrates
and Tigris rivers, the original home of
Abraham, and the place of captivity
of his descendants in later times, was
at one time a garden spot of the earth.
The Garden of Edeu Is said to have
been. located there. Irrigation ditches
extended over the entire valley, and
a dense population lived on the pro-
ducts of the fertile soil,
In later centuries tile blight of Turk -
Joh misrule has been over the land,
and the population has consisted of a
few nomadic wanderers who followed.
their flocks from one patch of grass to
anotIVer. The Great War has again
opened up this wonderful region to
civilization. It is now in the posses-
sion of a British army, and let us hope
is forever free from the rule of the un-
speakable Turk. Who shall say that
within a few years this valley shall
not again become one of the most
prosperous farming regions in the
world, a destinY to which its marvel-
ously fertile soil and its genial cli-
mate entitle it?
Pioneer Therapeutics.
A subscriber who was interested in
a recent article about a painless
method of treating burns that the war
surgeons have discovered ealbs our at.
tention to the fact that the pioneers
of 1848 bad a very similar method of
curing burns. They used a combina-
tion of, resin gathered from the fir
trees and of beeswax, and sometimes
added mutton tallow. While the mix-
ture was hot they spread it on a piece
of tightly woven new muslin, and an -
plied it to the burn, face down, as
warm as the patient could stand it.
They then bandaged the injured mem-
ber, and each day removed the outer
dressing until the healing was ac-
complished, which was said to be very
soon. A daughter of Dr. William 1,
Adams, one of the pioneers of that
time, says that she has seen_ many
cases of raw burns, hands .cracked by
cold and blistered feet cured quickly
by the resin -and -beeswax application,
and always with instant relief from
pain.
At that time, of course, when sup-
plies were brought by ox wagons,
drugs were almost unobtainable.
Later, when traffic became more es-
tablished, the pioneers substituted
shoemakers' wax for the home-made
mixture. They melted it over the
flamo of a tallow candle, spread it In
thin layers,' one on top of another, on
a piece of muslin, and applied it in
the manner described above.
How Tommy Atkins Got His Name.
The British soldier was not always
known as Tommy. it happened in this
way. The war office issued a little
notebook to the men requesting each
ono to fill In the little blanks in the
front a,s,to namo, age, date of enlist-
ment, etc. So that they would not
make any mistakes a copy of the
front page was filled out properly in
each book under the name of Tommy
Atkins. It did not take long for the
name to stick to all the soldier boys,
and it is to -day as significant of the
English fighting man as John Bull is
of England itself.
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"Your hair is getting thin," said the
barber as ho rat his long fingers
through the stray hairs of his victim.
"New, we have the greatest hair tonic
in the world, guaranteed to-" "0,0
but 1 put something on it every morn-
ing!" said the customer. "may in-
quire what, sir?" "My hat!"
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Dr, john kileCallum Lang, of Pais
toy, lias been appointed Assistant
Medical Health Meer for Lowes
Lanarlohlre,
4 memorial tablet luta been unveil-
ed in Ferniegair Parise Chtrell,
Hamilton, In memory of A. L. Baxter,
glecarten,
Sergeant J. Wilson, of Motherwell,
the holder of the Orelit de Gnerre,
has 'deo been awarded the D.C.M.
Anderson Turner, known as the
"Scottish Deerfoot" a; half century
ago, died recently at the age of
eighty-one.
About thirty overseas students un-
der the guidance 01 Professor Wallace
recently visited the famous hard of
white cattle in Cadzow Park, Hamil-
ton,
The corporation of the town of Ren-
frew recently presented the freedom
of teat burgh to Sir Douglas Haig.
'Mungo Syme has been appointed
town chamberlain of Renfrow, in the
placesof John McLaren, resigned.
The' late Sir Donald Mackenzie
Wallace has left a legacy of 500 to
the Royal Alexandra Infirmary, Pais,
ley.
While workmen were erecting a
pillar box in ,Bay Street, Port Glasgow,
they found several cannon balls -61.
shout 814 inches in diameter,
Lieut. T. C. Kirkwood, Canadians,
son or T. B, Kirkwood, Beall, has
been awarded. the Military Cross.
Dr. 11, M. Drennan, son of IL Drell -
Ilan, late or Sanguliar farm, Ayr, has
been appointed Professor of Anatomy
in the University of Cape Town,
Hugh Cunningham, the new Provost
of Stewarton, has served for fourteen
years in the town Council.
Provost Morton, of Ayr, recently un-
veiled a roll of honor for the men of
the Ayr_Corporation Tramways De-
partment, containing 58 names.
Peter McConchie has served fifty-
eight years as clerk of the West Kit -
bride berltors.
-Among the recent gifts to the
Burns Museum at Mauchline is a nor -
trait of Mrs. Thomson, a daughter of
the poet.
The death is announced at Kirkin.
tilloch of George Jackson, a well
-known west of Scotland breeder of
Clydesdales.
Master Neil Rutherford Moraig,
Helensburgh, aged nine, has been
awarded honors by the Royal Draw
.ing Society.
Dunoon town council has before
them a proposal to extend the Wes(
Bay Promenade a half mile to Art1
fillayne.
Pennyghael, containing six thou,
sand acres, on the banks of Lock
Scridin, in the Isle of Mull, has bees
sold.
Campbell of Shirvan has been ap,
pointed vice -convener of Argyll, in
succession to the late Sir James Pat.
ten MacDougall.
CANADA'S SHEEP AND GOATS.
Department of Agriculture is Foster.
ing Development With Marked
Success.
The sheep population of Canada duns
ing the last five years has increased
from more than 2,000,000 head. to over
3,000,000. In the past the two main
excuses for not rearing more sheep
have been the expense of erecting
fences and the liability of the sheep
being killed by dogs. Both these dila-
culties, it is"thought, Can be overcome.
The ideal type of sheep is one which
will produce both mutton and. wool.
"We are anxious to promoter the high-
er grade of mutton in the countrY,"
said W. Teller, live stock branch of
the Dominion Department of Agricul-
ture, in charge of an exhibit at the
Canadian National Fair. "To bring
this about 11 15 most essential that a
Pure-bred sire should be used." To
encourage the use of good sires, the
DonliniOn department was prepared to
offer to any man who had not pre-
viously used a pure-bred sire, a bonus
of $5 for two years on their purchase.
Some Provincial Departments.are also
offering an additional bonus, while it
is estimated that 90 per cent. of the
weeds on an average farm would be
destroyed by sheep.
'So far, the majority of goats are
raised in British Columbia, but they
aro gradually working east, where
they are becoming more popular. It
is possible to get good wholesome goat
milk in quantity at reduced cost. The
milk isiaore easily digested than that
of the cow, as the globules of fat.are
smaller. Moreover, the milk is sup.
posed to be free from tuberculosis. ra
some countries, goats are far more
widely bred than sheep, especially in
Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Nor.
way, France, Italy, Spain and Serbia.
So far in Canada there are only a
few hundred flinch goats registered.
For people living in the Alburtis it ia
thought that the keeping of a goat
would help to reduce the IL C.iof L.
They are easily fed and cared for.
Tho only ,essential is cleanliness. Their
mutton, though not as fine a quality
as sheep mutton, is good to oat. An
ordinary goat would cost from $15 to
$25. It is hoped teat the quality of the
goats in the country will be graded un
by the usgeof pure bred sires, and the
Dominion Government tire prepared
to loan these to any hssociation who
apply. •
•
14rgest Inland Sea,
T.1,e Caspian Sen. is the largest in,
'Mild sea In the world. It has an area
exceeding 170,000 square Inibos, an4
It is sitnatoci between Europe ansl
Asia.to the sou.teafit
lies in it demdepression, and le ts
bast bye, gOeloglale toll nal nrebablYr
formed, With thIttalc Cad
an inland sea of vast extent. SalmelK
end .1t111gcon are ahuntlant and the
sola,lhellsihilibvrcys
rsiuirionipcitn\f,)..01
ga flow into.
f mir.inad, lienar and Astrakhan are
its chief ports. WatorWayil, eonsiS1.
lug of rivers and °allele, eennect lit
with the Mack and Daltio seas. 0
Ito nren, square miles belOng to it
At the present time its
face 1104 ciglity.six feet bele* the
level of the QpitiV