Bal str, Finan ~ Haddies peed Herings Dominion Fish Go. [WHOOPING CouGH] treatment avoiding odie Ss Spasm ] a boon to sufferers from the antiseptic vapor, in- Special attention to students No acids used, no torn clothes All work guaranteed. Cor. Montreal and Queen Sts 'Phone 960 J. T. Faddock of McGee, Mo., writes: "1 d ar rhewmat ® J weeks. Had tors but did not get much relief. A _jusisted on me trylog R. R, R. and sent bottles, In twenty minutes after the leation § condd turn in bed with ease, two bottles and am well." mati be 'Relief externally to the past or ed, as briskly as circamstances will L Benefit will also be derived from x Ss Pills, thelr alterative action being farly suited to this disease. § Where the are swelled. stiff or contracted. the Re. with sweet oil. fs dn admirable Inbricant WAY & CO., Montreal. Ca Officers me t first Have mp rent ca ilies, swo. iy and whistle EO i Sa e othing tc or us thing too smal) Ww. belts, to no Io supply; y attended to. can save receive our prompt atten ave you money -»nd we guarantee to please nn. Make beet of every grade bull. This is the time to pick up good heifer calves to reinforce the dairy. Never buy a calf from a grade sire No matter how good the -cow, the chances are ten to one that the calf from the grade sire will nowhere hear equal the cow. This is not guesswork--it is a proved fact: Don't let the cows lie on the frost- ly ground. When the nights are cold the place for the herd is in the stable There no profit in frost-bitten grass in the stomach.of the cows. It is better left to protect the grass roots during the winter. The profit in the herd depends a lot upon the condition in which it goes into winter quarters. This all depends upon the man behind the cow. Every cow must be comfort- able to be profitable. Make the stab- les comfortable now, if mot already in order. Do you milk by lamplight? Make sure that the lantern will not be up- set ar otherwise disturbed. Some are pretty careless about this, setting the lantern on the floor, It is always risky. A dog or a cat may run against it, or a cow may unexpectedly get against it. No better way thin to hang it up on a strong hook, Some Profitable Hens.' Every hen at Manitoba Agricultur- al College is trapnested and a strict record kept of eggs laid. During 1913 a white Leghorn hen laid 166 eggs, and this under unfavorably condi- tions, owing to the plant not being completed. The best pen of 20 white Leghorns laid an average of 142 eggs each during the year, and dur- ing the winter months the tempera- ture dropped to 8, 10 and 12 degrees below zero on several occasions. in the poultry house. It was of the cot- ton front type. This record is very creditable. By selecting pullets from eggs of the best laying hens lagt year some 200 egg birds are ex- pected this year, Poultry Talk. It does not pay to pick up fowls off the range and sell them. Put them in marketable condition by M- beral feeding in the fattening pen before you let them go. Poultry know the voice of their master or mistress. It may be one of our fool notions, but we imagine that fowls do better when they are cared for by the same attendant. More farmers should get in the habit to keeping a few geese. There's money in them, taking into account the value of the feathers. Sunflowers are one seed that can be fed fresh from the field and seem to have an excellent effect.on moult- ing hens. Bad housing does not pay the right kind of diyjdends. Those who have learned the poul- try business through a long appren- ticeship never breed frond hen under- Cg or fram very late hatched pul- ets. Food And Milk. Good food produces the best re-! gults, and {it is for the dairymen him- self to find out whether it pays him fo feed it to his cows, One thing may be taken for granfed --that the rich- hess of the food of a cow correspond- ingly increases the richness of the milk, and this result is more notice- able in sound; healthy cows of the real dairy type, cows with high de- veloped milking quantities, and whose consumption of food goes chiefly to further this end, than in poor and neglected animals. The lat- ter fail to do their best. Good grass fs an essential factor in the health and productiveness of dairy cows. To obtain these good general farming is needed, one to a large extent supplements the other. A dairy farmer who neglects his soil and pastures makes a great mistake. Poor pastures are largely answerable for poor milk production. Developing Good Hogs. First, choose the breed, Have an ideal amimgl apd work for it. Breed, from matured and well bred BOWS, Don't sacrifice individuality to pedi- gree. Breed prolific sows only. avoid cross-breeding and feeding too much corn and ice water, as this les- sens the vitality*and tends to make too light a bone. Feed young stock and the breeding sows oats, shorts, bran and oil meal, with buf little corn. Give plenty of exercise. In finished off a fat hog nothing is ahead of corn and pure water. Give plenty of room in sleeping quarters and teach young pigs to eat early. March and April litters are best. Keep salt and charcoal by them at all times. first six months and the keeping of equal-sized pigs together must be looked to. It requires intelligence af- ter the ideal hog is secured to keep it and not allow it to degenerate. New Year's Lambs. Now is the time for that. If you expect to have lambs to sell in July, you ought to have them here by the middle of April at the latest. We inate our ewes about the first of Nov- ember. That gives us fatrly good lambs for the summer market, It will do to do it a little later almost as well, however. The first thing to do is to take out Deafness Cannot Be Cured. logtions;, as they cannot seased portion of the ear Way Lo cure deafness, and that is by Dons Htutionad remedies. ness is caused by an inflamed con- dition of the mucous Nning the eus- an Tube. When this tube is amed you have a ru: € sound or r, and When It is en- the . restored tg is normal condition ring will be des- tro i nine cases out of ten are Catarrh, which is noth- ng pig EL condition of the su 'We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (o Pa 's rrh) that cannot be ured y ; oF ree, 0. Oh Rod by Take Ha for constipa- tion, The growing of frame for the | {ove feet . i ground line. Such & construction with] of the flock the old sheep. No old sheep should be wintered. You may think they are healthy and hearty, but the first you know, they may be attacked by some sickness and away they go, a dead loss, By selling them now you can realize a good price for them. If you wish to keep your num- ber intact, go out and buy enough to take the place of those you dis- pose of. As to the sire himself, I do not like to use one from my own flock. It may do a year or two, but really it is always-better to put new blood into your herds. And it will pay to get a good sire, too, He should not be too young. Maturity is best, His legs ought to be fairly short. He should be some good approved breed. Try to get something better than you have ever had before. It may cost you somtthing to do this" but the lambs will be enough better to pay. An then, do not mate the sire with too many ewes. This is a mistage many make. Forty ewes are enough for the strongest buck. Some say fif- ty, but the lesser number is better to my notion. If you are situated so that you can, take the buck out some of the time every day and feed him well. He should not be too fleshy and yet in good order. Somebody has said the buck is half the flock. About right. E, L..V, Wintering Fall Pigs. The farmer that intends to keep fall pigs must have things arranged s0 that he can give them the best possible attention. The pigs should be farrowed about September 15.and should be allowed to run with the sow until they are about eight weeks old. During this/time they can be taught to eat corn' and drink slop. Hogs never make such rapid and economical gains \as when they are young. Feeding with skim milk and the slop from the Kitchen should commence as soon as the pigs can be induced to drink. I have two lots, with a fence separating them, where I feed my pigs. The fence has a gate in it that slides up and down, so that when I feed I can raise the gate en- ough for the pigs to get through, but the sows cannot, The pigs will soon learn to go through this gate and eat the grain unmolested on the other side. At the beginning I feed more ni- trogonous foods, such as skim milk, shorts, wheat middlings, and ground oats. These foods will develop the muscles, bones and vital organs, and by feeding this way the pigs are soon growing nicely, and before cold weather comes they are a good size and in good, thrifty conWition. To keep them in this shape one must have warm houses for them to sleep in. I clean my houses out about once a week, sweeping the dust off the floor and then sprinkling the floor with a disinfection, making it pretty strong. = This kills the lice that are in the beds. After sprinkling the floors I bed the pens with clean, dry straw, making it 8 to 10 inches deep. The pigs should also be sprinkled to keep the lice off them. Coal oil and grease mixed together is also good to put on the pigs. I also give them stock food occasionally, as I think this keeps them free from worms. 1 have a two-acre lot adjoining the pens into which I turn the pigs for exercise and also for pasture. I give them salt and ashes quite fre- quently. I never like to ring the pigs through the winter, for I think it is injurious. By taking care of my pigs in-this way, 'when spring comes | they are in a good growing condition, and by putting them out on good pas- | ture and feeding them more carbona- ceous rations, by June I am able to market a good bunch of hogs--W. P Thurston. | So---- | Advice To Dairymen. J. E. Middleton (New Jersey professor of Gairying/ i sdys that cows must be treated with | great consideration.) {If you're acquainted with a cow, Be gentle in your speech, Approach her with a courtly bow, Don't threaten, but beseech, Say not: "Stand still, You skin!" Nor kick her in the slats Or you may miss-yeur profits in Proteids and butter-fats. stupid If in the corn she should appear, Some pleasant summer day, Go, whisper gently in her ear, 'Please, madam, come away, I would confer with thee apart, Come, join me at the stile," Then lay your hand upon your heart And treat her to a smile. Feed Alfalfa Carefully. much of a good thing is often injur- ious. Horses should not be given a chance to overfeed on alfalfa hay. When fed in large quantities to hor- ses it may cause kidney trouble. A rule followed by John L. Tor- mey of the College of Agriculture of the University of Wisconsin in feed- ing alfalfa hay is to give each horse one pound of hay for every 100 pounds of its own weight. The leaves are rich in protein, whieh is highly nutritious when not fed in too large quantities. Herein, according to Mr. Tormey, lies the danger as far as horses are coneern- ed. They are quite likely to overeat, and an excessive strain upon the kid- ueys may result. Some Old Silage. 0. W. Righter, an Indiana farmer, reports that he placed well-matured corn in a concrete slid 14 years ago and emptied the bottom of the silo the past July. Mr. Righter says that the only difference that he was able t¢ detect between the 14 and one year old silage was that the former was slightly wore acid than the lat- fer, but that the cattle ate old and new silage alike. A very important fac{ in connection with the silage keeping so, well is that the corn was ripe when it was placed in the silo. Incidentally the silo was a home- 'hush; beets, (der a tropical sun. Alfalfa is a good thiffg -- but too! made, Sud the base of which was 3, SATURD. 0W the' surface of the 5 corn well packed would al- most .fusure good silage for several years. " Produce And Prices. Kingston, Dec. 11.--The meat pric- es: * : Meat--Beef, local, carcase, 10c. to le; hind quarters, 15c. to 16c. a th; Saree Ae. to 22.; mut. ton, Be. to 12¢, per Ib.; live , Car. case, - 88'per eowt.; ES og, sap He. to 13¢.; pork, 12. to 13¢.; per lb.; by quarter; veal, 8c. to 12c.; lamb, le. to Me: per Ib. by 'carcase. J. A. McFarlane, Brock street, . re- ports grain and flour selling as fol- lows : Oats, 60c. per. bush.; wheat, $1.20 per bushel; « yellow feed corn, 95c. per bushel; bakers' flour, per 98 lbs, 33.25 to $3.50; cornmeal, $2.50 per ewt.; bran, $25 ton; shorts, $27; baled straw, per ton; loose straw, $7.50; barley, Bc; loose hay, 816; pressed hay, $17; ground and cracked corn, $1.85; buckwheat, 85¢. bush. The Dominion Fish company reports the following prices : Whitefish, 13c. ib.; 'pike, he. Ib.; blue fish, 13ec.; Chinoo salmon, 30¢, per pound; salt water salmon, 15¢., 20¢., 25¢. Ib. fresh haddock, 1230. per Ib.; steak cod, 124c.; salmon trout, 15c. per Ib; bloaters, 350c. a doz.; pickerel, 15c. per lb; kippers, 60c. a doz; fresh salt water herring, 40c. dozen; finnan haddies, 12jc. per lh.; oys- ters, 50c. and 60c. a quart; fillets, {amoked), 15¢. a 1b.; fresh smelts, 20¢. to 25¢. 1b.; mackerel, 15¢. lb. Poultry--Fowl, 50c. to 81 a pair; chickens, 60c. to $1.10, or 10c. to 12¢. a 1b.; ducks, 10¢c. to 12. a Ib; turkeys, 10c. to 1dc. a lb; live fowls, 90c. to 81 a pair; geese, 8c. to 10c. a lb. Dairy--Butter, creamery, 33c. -to 35¢.; prints, 30c. to 33¢c.; rolls, 28¢.; eggs, 40¢. to 45c. Vegetables--Onions,80c. to 90c. a 50¢. per bushel; cab- bage, B0e. to Te. per dozen; po- tatoes, 60c. a bush.; apples, 30c. to 50c. peck; pumpkins, 6c. to 10c. each; turnips, 60c. a bag; carrots, 50c, g bush,; celery, 5c. to 10c. a buneh. R. H. Toye quotes fruit thus: Bananas, 20¢c. a dozen; oran- ges, 20c. to 60c. a doz.; cranberries, 10c. a quart; Malaga grapes, 20c. a Ib; grape fruit, Sc. "to 10c. each; new figs, 15¢. to 20c. a lb; mix nuts, 20¢. 1b.; hickory nuts, 10¢. a qt.; dates, 10c. a lb.; Messina lemons, 20c. a dozen; Sunkist seed: less lemons, 30c." a doz. John McKay, limited, hide ment, reports the following tions on hides and skins : ides, trimmed, green, 120. a 1b.; - hides, cured, 13c. lb.; sheep skins, fresh tak- en off, 81; decons, $1; veal skins, 15¢ per lb.; tallow, fine rendered, 6c. lb.: wool, washed, 2e¢. Ih; wool, un washed, 15¢., per Ib. MOISTURE ON FAR-OFF MARS. depart- est a Gets Water From Poles as There Are No Equatorial Oceans. The Boston Advertiser. The results of measureménts by Prof. Very of spectra of Mars and the moon obtained by Dr. V. M. Slip her at the Lowell Observatory at Flagstaff, Ariz., on 'the night of Feb- ruary 6th, have been published. They confirm Dr. Slipher's previous spect- roscopic proof in, 1908 of vapor and oxygen in the Martian atmosphere. The spectra, to use Prof. Very's words, "rendered certain the fact that we are dealing with actual mois- ture in the Martian atmosphere." Prof. Very adds: 'There is the novel information that the moisture in the atmosphere of Mars is not uni- formly distributed, Mars has little moisture at the equator, while the water vapor increases largely near the borders of the snow cap. "It is therefore evaporation of moisture from the melting snow which replenishes the dry air of Mars with its aqueous vapor. The poles are the storehouses of the wa- ter supply on Mars. There are no equatorial oceans 'and 'therefore no source of supply by evaporation un- To the polar snows Mars must look for its water, and this is what Dr. Percival Lowell has maintained all along." -------- Had To Stay. There is a government official at Washington whose entertainments are rather dull, but who himself pos- fesses a sense of humor. One evening he was leaning against a wall for a few moments' refreshment and" surveying the throng of guests gathered at his wife's bidding, when 'a talkative young man stepped up to him. "Pretty slow, eh?" volunteered the lively youth. "I wonder if the par- ties these people give are never any livelier than this." "Never," said host promptly. "Then I shall go away," said the SOU rn HS "Lucky dog," said'the host, with a grin. "I'm obliged to stay." There must have been something in his tone that enlightened the youth, for the latter flushed and be- gan: to stammer his apologies. But his. host held out his hand in most friendly fashicn to his indiscreet gliest. { : "You can go with a clear copscl- ence," said he, pleasantly, "for you've given me the only amusement I've had this @vening: : War Oddities. Paris--King Al is suffering from a bad case of chitblains acquired from much tramping . mud. and slush. He continues visi the v o- spite much pain, but in shoes three times larger thane usually wears. the unrecognized London-Gi "naturalized", sold with a ° name of the i lod Hs DECEMBER 12, 1914 |" emicAco sEATS VERY row, Offered at $850 Against $1,200 in July. Chicago, Dec. 9--Memberships on the Chicago Stock Exehange are of- feréd around $850. This compares with $1,200 before the exchange was closed last July. The figures are coh- Blderably below the book value . of these seats and are regarded as be- ing the cheapest privilege of any ex- change of importance in the country. Gem Exports Off Sharply. New York, Dec. 9--Because of the war the gem imports to the United States for 1914 will be the smallest in many years. According to an es- timate made yesterday by a n lane authority they will not reach $20,000,000 less than one-half of the total in a normal year. Extra Money By Tobacco Co. New York, Dec. 9--An extra divi- dend of 4 per cent,; in addition to the regular quarterly payment of 3 per cent, was dellared by the directors of the R. J. Reynolds: Tobacco com- pany. ae On September 4 the directors de- clared the regular quarterly dividend of 3 per cent, in 6 per cent., inter- est-bearing notes or scrips, redeem- able on January 1, 1915, in the pre- ferred capital stock of the company at par, or in cash, at the option of the company, but a later announce- ment stated that the scrip certifi- cates would be paid in cash at the company's office on January 1st, 1915. ° During the year 1913 the company paid 9 per cent., and § per cent, ex- tra; in 1912, 6 per cent, and 3 per cent., in 1911. Dividends Being Paid. New York, Dec. 9--The dividend situation continues to improve. A dozen or so companies during the last fortnight have resumed dividends while the number of concerns mak- ing reductions is decreasing. Several companies have increased the divi- dend rate for the first quarter of 1913 above that paid for the last two periods of 1914 Sells New Note Issue. Boston, Dec. 9--The Toronto rail- way Co., fas sold to William A, Read and Co., an issue of $1,500,000 six per cent notes, due $750,000 Dec. 1, 1915, and $750,002 Dec. 1, 1916. The bankers are offering the notes at 1003 for the 1915s and par for the 1916s. -- Big Rail Order. New York, Dec. 9--Atchison rail- road has placed an order for 12,500 ton rails with Illinois Steel Co., and for 6,500 tons of tie plates with Rail Joint Co., the latter order will be ex- ecuted by the Illinois Steel Co. also. Novemer Fire Losses. Montreal, Dec. 9---According to the Monetary Times' estimate, Cana- da's fire loss during November smounted to $858,932," compared with a loss of $772,115, and $2,200,- 486 for the corresponding period of last year. Financial Notes. The Sa Diego & Los Angles Steamship" company has been incor- porated with a capital stock of $200, vou, It is said that the London Stock Exchange contemplates asking the ireacury for permission to re-open on Dec. 14th. Sir Donald Mann expressed the opinion, in an interview, that the amount of capital available for Can- adion development will not be less- War. The Montreal Financial Times gives currency to a report that'a se- cond reorganization of the Spanish River Pulp and Paper company will be necessary. A sale of a seat on the Philadel- phia Stock Exchange has béen made for $3,500. The price named is $400 more than the last sale in Oc- tober, A bid of $3,500 has been made for ancther seat. American Express Co., completed plans in Chicago to establish a farm- -to-table service. The company will use its 10,000 agents from coast to *oast to gather up produce and drum up purchasers. A G. Ross, formerly connected witn the Trust and Guarantee com- pany of Toronto, has been appointed general manager of Saskatchewan General Trusts Corporation. United States Envelope Co., has received on order for 20,000,000 win- dow envelopes from Western Union Telegraph Co. Net earnings .of United States Steel Corporation for the current year are not expected to greatly ex- ceed $75,000,000. As a result, the amount of money to be distributed {0 employees under the bonus plan will amount to little if anything at all, Southern Minnesota is marketing the finest and largest crop of corn in the history of the state, and the corn is moving three weeks earlier than usual. The total is estimated at above 100,000,000 bushels and as corn is averaging 50c a bushel on the farm, the crop is worth more than the wheat crop. The Renfréw Bilectric Manufactur- ing company has finished its first year with a profit of eighteen per cent., on the paid-up capital. A divi- dend of eight per cent, will be paid, afd the balance carried tp the res- erve account. Gross receipts ftom the 1913 crop of raisins, handled by the California Associated Raisin company, amount- ed to $6.187,117.78. Costs of packing and selling amounted to $1,861,218, 44 so that the net amount received by growers affiliated with the asso- ciated was $4,325,809.34, The cost of receiving and concentrating rais- was $125,359.55. i ened by the enormous waste of the OF CANADA EAD OFFica TORONTO KINGST up STON. BRANCH, THEROYAL BANK OF CANADA INCORPORATED 1869 Capital Paid Up = = $11,560,000 Reserve Funds - Total Assets . . COLLECTIONS Having 370 Branches throughont Canada and the -------- est Indies, this Bank unrivalled facilities for handling collections with economy and espateh., LONDON, Ena., Ornice, SARK GLPAS.. PRINCES STREET, C.0. KINGSTON BRANCH, "MUTUALIZATION"" A long word, and significant, Ome of the largest: life compan. ies in the world, having a business of $2,500,000,000, is being 'from a stock to a mutual basis. One more t, if one were needed, in favor of the mutaal system. So much desired: is the change in the above instance that the policyholders are paylug the stockholders $010 for each $100 THE MUTUAL OF CANADA has been conducted on a mutual basis from its inception in 1860. It is the only Canadian Company established. on this ideal system. A 'company of policyholders, conducted by policyholders, for policyholders. Agent. {| 60 Brock St. S. ROUGHTON _-- AUTOMOBILES DO YOU WISH TO BUY, TO SELL OR Vo EXCHANGE? We store, list and advertise cars for sale, and will supply ex- perienced chauffeur for demonstrating. Cars for sale may be seen at any hour. Garage well heated, central and fireproof. PORRITT GARAGE CO, Limited Phone 454. 210-214 Wellington Street, The Right Way To Strike a Match Once in a while we have complaMts about our matches breaking in two. This is no fault of the match. as BDDY'S MATO aro made from specially selected straight-grained wood only. - For the benefit of those who are still in ignorance of the proper way to bold a match (and there are many) we give the following rule-- "The forefinger of the right hand should be placed" "'over the tip of the match, and withdrawn quickly" "when the flame comes. This provents any undue" "leverage on the match, and instinct prevents one" "getting one's finger burned," THE E. B. EDDY COMPANY OF HULL, CANADA, Felt Slippers Always make a most acceptable gift to any member of the family. WOMEN'S FELT SLIPPERS . 76c up to $1.50 MEN'S FELT SLIPPERS $1.00 up to $2.50 GIRLS' AND BOYS' FELT SLIPPERS 65¢ up to $1.25 CHILDREN'S FELT SLIPPERS . 50c to 75¢ -- SHOP EARLY -- *1.H. SUTHERLAND & BRD. The Home of Good Shoes.