In Sp Scientists have counted 276 spoken languages and dialects-in Africa Electrically operated "hair clippers have been invented /i& save barbers' time. or European chemists have developed a methyd for distilling alcohol from chicory roots. A rubber heel has been invented that can be slipped overrthe high heel of a woman's shoe About 16000 New Zealand farmers keep bees, their apiaries being subject to government mspection. A novel revolving tooth brush is driven by a water motor that can be connected to almost any faucet Glass paving blocks, used in an ex- perimental way in a French city street, {asted less than two years. Fabric slippers, th be worn over shoes for polishing floors, have been patented by a Mississippi woman Japanese naval constructors have built a cantilever crane that can lif 200 tons 105 feet from its centre Mare durable than the usual canvas |! awning is a new one made of metal that folds very compactly when hoist- ed. NEWEST NOTES OF SCIENCE | Experts in China are investigat ing the possibility of using bamboo pulp in the manufacture of paper nap- kins. A roller conveyor has been designed especially for moving bricks quickly about a building under construction. After many tests under government supervision in Germany salt has been | ¢ found the best preservative for butter. |i For making up pay rolls a machine has been invented that drops into en- velopes coins for. which keys are |: pressed. An Englishman has invented an alarm clock that awakens deaf per- sons by administering light blows with a paddle. Nearly all artificial gems are com- |1t pounds of alum and coloring sub- stances crystallized under special con- ditions. A sun shade that can be adjusted to || any angle on its handle has been in- vented by an Englishman for automo- |t bilists. ( Safety features a new electric (1 switch in which the fuses cannot be |1 touched without first shutting off the current. European rivers are estimated to be The Market Reports | LIVE STOUK MARKETS 2 Pa NX Toronto Toronto, Oct, 26.--Heavy steers $10.50 to $10.76; choice butcher $9.76 to $10.25; do good medium $9 to $9.60; do common $8.60 to $8.16; hefters, good to choice $8.50 to $10.00; butcher cows, choice $8 to $8.60; do medium $7 to $7.50; bute] bulls, choice $7.76 to $8; do good $7.50 to $7.75; do medium $6 0 $7; feeders; 900-t0--1,000 lbs. $8.50 to $9.26; stockers, 700 to 800 ibs, $7.25 to $8.60; do med., 650 to 760 ibs. $6 to $6.50; do light, 600 to 650 ibs $6.25 to $6.75; sheep light $11 to $13; do yearlings $10 to $11; canners $5 to $5.50 cutters $6 to $6.- 25; lambs $15 to $16.60; do heavy $6 to $9; calves $8 to $15.50; hogs, 'fed and watered $17; do off cars $17.25. Montreal Montreal, Oct, 26/--Butchers' cat- tle, choice $9.75 to $10; do, medium $9 to $9.50; do, common $8 to $8.- 25; canners $5.26 to $6.75; buteh- ers' bulls $6.75 to $8.25; mlilkers, choice, each $110 to $120; do, com. and med., each $90 to $100; spring- ers $75 to $85; sheep, ewes $10 to $10.60; bucps and culls $9 to $9.50; lambs $14.50 to $16; hogs, off cars $17.25 to $17.75; calves $8 to $15. he. Buffala Buffalo, N.Y. Oct. 26.--Cattle-- Prime steers, $14 to $15; shipping steers, $11.50 to $13; butchers, $9.- 50 to $11; yearlings, $12.50 to $13.- 50; heifers, $6.75 to $10.25; cows, $4.75 to $9.50; bulls, $6 to $9.50; stockers and feeders, $6.50 to §9.- 25; fresh cows and springers aotive, $60 to $125. . Veals $7 to $165.50. Hogs--Heavy, $16.50 to $16.75; mixed, $16 to $16.35; yorkers, $16 to $16.10; light yorkers and pigs, $14 to $14.50; roughs, $15 to §15.- 25; stags, $13 to $14.50. .' Sheep and lambs--Lambs, $12 to $17.50; others unchanged, Chicago Oct. 26.--Cattle--Beeves, $6.76 to $17; western steers, $5.90 to pr stockers and feeders, $6 to $11.40; cows and heifers, $4.75 to $11.75; calves, $9 to $16. t, $14.60 to mixed, hate 2 He a $14.80 to |! a . » to $15; pigs, $10.50°to $14.25; bulk of ean Wethors, 15; Jambs, native $12.65 to $17.75. % ---- GRAIN QUOTATIONS. Toronto, Oct. 26.--Manitoba wheat--No. 1 northern, $2.25%; No. 2 northern, $2.20%, store; No. 3, $2.17%; No. 4, $2.09%, including 2% -cent tax tax, in store Fort Wil- lam. i oats--No. 2, 67%e¢; No. 3, 64% 0c; extra No. 4 feed, 64%c; No.1 feed; 62%e¢, in store, Fort Wil- 1 oats--No. 2 white, §3¢ to 64c, nominal; No. 3 white, 62¢ to 1.16 to $1.18. ute RY are 3 to sample, in bags, prompt shipment, tribute its contents more evenly than making crystals of sodium nitrate so pure that they can be used in optical instruments. States seem to be the only ones to re- sist severe mildew m the vineyards 'of or east iron borings at a speed up to four. tons an hour. vented that sounds a whistle when an automobile meg yields an oil of much value in ed for a new front drive automobile mounted beneath the hood. has been invented by a Frenchman. automobiles on bridges first rolls two feet, then slides anc hulls of vessels and the water British engineers hope to save steam craft 12 chine of cylinder, $8.80. to $12.- K The capable bi power, 000. ; rset. 7 46,000,000 horse ia alone, 12,000,- shells of crabs and formed pincers hears have been pa- FCF 1g the lobster with hondles tented Italy requires contaunng them Yed on the cuts perly ighel them Flour®madfle from th cotton seed after the « tracted has been food value English makers are experimenting with the manufacture of paper from wattle bark that already been used for tanning. A handle appears on one side of a new salt shaker that is said to dis- pec cheeses to paint de and to pro- makers of oleomargarine e kernel of the has been ex- found to have much the usual type. A Paris scientist has succeeded in Vines imported from the United of Western France. Machines. have been built in Eng- and for making briquets from brass An automatic valve has heen in- tire contains either much or too little air It has been found that a nut grow- ing in Brazil that is allied to the nut- too the manufacture of soap. Along list of advantages are claim- n which al Ithe driving 'mechanism is A locomotive sand box from which 1 stream of water carries the sand to the rails with a minimum of waste When struck, a new bumper to stop ) finally rises, re- arding a car without a shock. By pumping films of air between the yer cent. of the fuel consumption, To protect automobile tires from he sun when a car is standing Shades yperated on spring rollers, to be nounted beneath fenders, have been nvented. A new French static electrical ma- high power uses an ebonite ws i) can be warméd in Autom cr rm obil > eather, instead of the custom- y _ghwep disk "To hdld a skein of yarn while it is ; wound into a ball is the purpose ng wire frame that can be to a chair or other piece of h scientists are conducting a experiments to ascertain how t crop production can be increased with the use of high frequency electric currents As a Denver inventors machine is passed over a road the earth is loos- ened; pulverized, distributed evenly at any desired angle, and patked smogth- ly with a roller To protect a Swiss railroad from avalanches, snow retarding walls have been built on a mountan side at points from which the slides start to hold the smow until it melts A new automobile spring lubricator resembles a -hatchet, grease being contained in the handt#™and passing between the leaves of a spring. To lessen the humming of telephone wires when fastened to buildings a system invented in Europe. encloses them in cement cylinders -that are softer on - the inside than the outside. Far tourists there has been invent. ed a clothing closet mounted on a wire frame which can be folded and carried in a trunk, being extended and hung on a nail when a hotel room is reached. After experimenting for = several years Swedish railroad officials have decided that peat powder is an effi- cient and practical fuel for locomo- tives with a value about two-thirds tha_tof coal. To facilitate rapid writing there has been invented a metal device to be clamped to the little finger and with a shelf on which to rest the next fin- ger and slide over a surface written upon. ; Because locusts are rich in nitrogen and phosphoric acid the government of Uruguay has appointed a commis. sion to ascertain if the insects cannot be utilized in fertilizers, soap and lu- bricants. To enable a rifleman to see where his bullets go an Ohio inventor has designed a target which, when hit, ex- tinguishes lights in front of it and shows a light from the back through the bullet hole Rubber tree tapping by a series of small borers set in a circle, the inven- tio of an English expert in the Bel- through the blade as it is jnserted | gian Kongo, has proven a more pro- World smn 3 EE ---- mmm) ductive method than the vertical insision system. For detecting leaks in underground water pipe n instrument has been invented consisting chiefly of a rod to pe thrust into the ground to pick up the sound and a teléphone receiver with which it can be heard. For determining the character of the bottoms inland ' waterways sounding pads containing micro- phones havé been invented, mud bot- toms producing dull noises on vessels using the devices and stony bottoms a series of taps ; A patent has been granted for a woman's ready made dress with a pro- tective lining that is removed when the garment is sold, safeguarding the purchaser ' from possible infection from persons who may have tried it on in stores. customary ol ~ Slow or stop on entering the main auto highways A signal for every move to warn the man behind, My downcast lights shall never. daz. zle any man or put him or me in peril. If any car comes facing with blind- ing lights, slow 'down and warn of danger with hand or horn. He de serves worse, ~ Use the horn on the sharp curves, even if the cocksure person in the other car doesn't. Help the perplexed in trouble . Carry equipment on tour to get my- self out of any ordinary difficulty. Respect especially those signs which say "PLEASE drive slow through our town." Give heed to the,automobile speed rules of the little places, even if they can't afford a cycle cop. Swear at the detours. Have a smile ready for the traffic cop. Let the twin sixes go by when they hoot, and do it without fighting, for the speed honor's with them 'S no use. Give every car, big or little, its half of the roadbed. Insist on staying on the road my- If. And-- SOME day I shall put an armored wheel on my left front, and then I'll BUMP some of these road hogs. Won't that surprise 'em? $9.80 Montreal, $9.60, Toronto: Milifeed---Car lots, delivered, Montreal. $9.60 Toronto. Millfeed--Car lots, delivered, Montreal; shorts, $42, bran, $35; feed flour, per bag, $3.25; middlings, $45 to $46. Hay---Baled, track Toronto, car lots, No. 1, $12 to $13; No. 2, $11 to $11.50; mixed, $9 to $11; straw, car lot, per ton, $7 to $7.60. 'Winnipeg. 'Winnipeg, Oct. 26--What--No. 1 northern, $2.21; No. 2, do, $2.18; No. 3, do, $2.15; No. 4, $2.07; No. 5, $1.94; No. 6, $1.87; feed; $1.80, Oats--2 C.W., 67%e; No. 3 do, 4%c; extra No. 1 feed; 643%c¢c; No. 1 feed, 625%¢c; No. 2, do, 623¢. Barley--No. 8, $1.20%; No. 4, $1.15%; rejected and feed, $1.- 10%; No. 4, $1.15%; rejected and feed, $1.10%. Flax 1 N-W.C,, $2.97 No. 2 C.W., $2.94; No. 3, do., $2.83. Chicago, Minneapolis, Oct, 26.--Com, No. yellow, $1.99 to $2.00; No. 3 yel- low, $1.98 to $1.99; No. 4 yellow, nominal. Oats--No. 3 white, 60 to 603;c; standard, 603% to 6lc. Rye No. 2, $1.81 to $1.82. Barley, $1.15 to $1.37. Timothy, $6.00 to $8.50. Clover, $18.00 to $24.00, Montreal. Montreal, Oct. 26, n--Ameri- can No. 2 yellow, $1.26. Oats--Can- adian western, No. 2, 78% ¢; do., No. 3, 76% cc; extra No. 1 feed, 76%; No. 2 local white, 72¢; No. 3 local white, 71c. Barley---Man. feed, $1.- 26; malting, $1.31, Flour----Man. Spring wheat patents, firts, $11.60; second, $11.10; strong bakers', $10.90; Winter patents, choice, $11.- 25; straight rollers, $10.70 to $11.- 00; do., bags, $5.30 to $5.35. Rolled oats barrels, $8.30 to $8.40; do. bags, 90 lbs. $4.00 to $4.10, Bran, $35. Shorts, $40 to $42. Midlings, $48 to $50. Mouillle, $55 to $60. Hay, No. 2, per ton car lots, $12.00 to $12.50. Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Oct, 23.--Corn, No. 3 yellow, $1.98 to $1.94. Oats, No. 3 white, 58 to 69%ec. Flav, $13.13, Floor unchanged. Bran, $30.00 to Duluth. ! Duluth, Oct. 26.<Linseed, $3.11 to $38.14; arrive, $3.12; October, $3.11 bid. ' November, $3.11 bid; December, $3.06 1-4 bid; May, $3.08 lv New York. New York, Oct. Flour dull; spring patents, $10. to $11.45; winter patents, $10.65 to $M.90; winter straights, $10.15 to $11.40; ansas straights, $11.15 to $11.40. Rye flour steady; fair to $9.50 to. $9.80; choice to $ No. 1, § $10.25. Hay steady: ] No. 2. $1.15 to $1.20; No. 3, to $1.05; shipping, 90 to 95¢c. Ho Talat; 'medium to ch , 1917, 8 to 8 1916, nominal; coast, 1917, 35c, ------ -~ ' Guelph, 43¢ to 47¢; | Tc to 48c as 35 to 38¢; 1918, 20 to : Seiarilio a " 52¢ per Ib. § J 1 to a 3 Hamilton and Patarbore.]. 43 to Soe; Covours, 4Se to dei 48c; London, 47¢c; Owen Sound, 40¢ to 43¢c; Peterboro and Port Hope, 45c; St. Thomas, 45¢ to 48c; and Wood stock, 40c to 47¢c per doz. Chickens, Belleville, Brantford, Guelph, Hamilton, London, 26¢ to 30c per Ib.; Cobourg, 28c; Chatham, 30¢; Kitohener, 30c¢ to 32¢; Owen Sound, 20e to 26c; Peterboro, and Woodstock, 26¢; and Stratford, 26¢ to 30c per 1b, ---- Potatoes Belleville, $1.50 per bus.; Brant- ford, $1.65 to $1.75; Cobourg, Port Hope, $1; Chatham and London, $2; 'Guelph; $1.36 to $1404 $1.60 to $1.70; Kitchener, $1.30; Owen Sound, 90c to $1; Peterboro, $1.25; St. Thomas, $1.30 to $1.60; Stratford, $1.25, Woodstock, $1.50 per bushel. a Wheat Belleville, $2 to $2.05 per bus; Brantford, Kitchener, Port Hope and Stratford, $2.10; Cobourg, $2.10 to $2.15; Chatham and St, Thomas, $2.- 07; Guelph, $2; Hamilton, $2.20; London and Woodstock, $2.12; Owen Sound, $2.06 to $2.10; Peterboro, $2.15 per bushel. ' Barley Coarse Grain at Local Points. Belleville and Port Hope, $1.10; Brantford, $1 to $1.20; Cobourg, $1.- 15; Chatham, $1 to $1.15; Guelph and Kitchener, $1.00; Hamilton, $1.- 16 to. $1.30; Owen Sound, $1.12 to $1.15; Peterboro, $1.25; St. Thomas, $1.50 to $1.60; Stratford, $1.20 to $1.30 per bushel. Oats. Belleville, 62¢ to 65c¢;. Brantford, 60¢ ta 70c; Cobourg, 65¢ to 67¢; Chatham, 50c;Guelph, Peterboro and Port Hope, 60¢c; Hamilton, 70c to T4c; Kitchener, 65¢; London, 6lc; 'Owen Sound, 68c to 69¢; St. Thomas, 50¢ to 60c; Stratford and Wood- stock, 55¢ per bushel. Belleville, baled, $10.50 per ton, loose, $10 to $12; Brantford, baled, $10, loose, $10; Cobourg, baled and loose, $10; Chatham, loose, $14 to $15; Guelph; baled, $12 to $13; loose, $11 to 12; Hamilton, baled and loose, $10 to $13; Kifchener, baled, $12 to $12.50, loose, $8 to $10; London, loose, $10 $12; loose, $9.50 to $10; eterboro, baled, $15, loose, $12 to $14; Port Hipe, loose, $11; St. Thomas, loose, $12 to $14; Stratford, baled, $8 to $9; Woodstock, baled, $15 to $16; loose, $12. Port Hope} to Owen Sound, baled, $12 to $12.50, White fish, Ib... . i. (fresh) .. .. . 18 Whiting, 1b. .....~ Cucumber, box .. Dates, Ib Grape-fruit, each. pedOg HH Musk Melons, each " Oranges, doz .... Peaches, dozen ... Plums, dozen .". ... Barley; bush. Bran, ton ... Buckwheat, bush. . Corn, cracked, cwt Corn, meal, ewt. ... Corp, yellow feed bush . . Flour, ewt, first . BBG a's ave vee ie Flour, cwt, second BIRO «oo nes sons os Feed flour, bag . 3.10 Hay baled, ton 12.00 Hay, loose, ton ...8.00 Middlings, ton .. .. Oats, Man., bush, ... .. Oats, local, bush, Shorts, ton ... Straw, baled, ton. . Straw, loose, ton. Wheat local bush. ; Meats. Beet-- Cuts, ib. .. + 16 Local carcase, 1b, 14 Local, hinds, 1b . 'e Local, fronts, Ib. .. ve hd Western, fronts, 1b .. Western, hinds, 1b "a Hogs live cwt. . Hogs, dressed Lambs, spring = . 4000 cwt. .e car, Ibs .. Poultry. Caiexens, dressed, Chickens, live, 1b. Hens, dressed, 1b. Hens, live, 1b. .... Furkeys, Ib .. .... igef lt i he % 2 MY MOTOR CREED || A < SH fies just been Now _ rE _-- lighter. SUITE NN SAN SHI DON sav) AN MINN DN SO) MMM. ELIAN 7 py LL) 4 RS GRANBY'S ANNUAL REPORT Gross Income Over Twelve Million Dollars, New York, Oct. 25.--The annual meeting of the Granby Consilidated Mining, Smelting and Power Com- pany, Limited, was held here. Gross income of $12,259,185 was reported '} by the company for the fiscal year ended June 30th, 1917. This com- pares with $9,299,337 in 1916 after the payment of increased openating costs, interest and depreciation. The balance of $3,966,210 was equal to $26.44 a share on the $14,998,520 capital stock, against $3,819,295, equal to $25.46 in 1916. The rea- son that earnings on the company's stock were got much larger than the previous year, in view of the in- creasing gross income, was due to the fact that the company set aside $1,256,267 for depreciation, to which account mo money was credited in the previous fiscal year. At the meeting of stockholders the number of directors was reduced from thir- teen to eleven and he retiring direc- tors were re-elected U. 8. Steel Dividends. New York, Oct. 26--The direc- tors of the United States Steel Cor- poration will meet Tuesday and it is ted that no change will be made in dividends. The corpomation will i , We used to say: : "The Maxwell's real greatness is on the inside--the mechanical parts you can't see." But the wonderful new 1918 Maxwell has delivered to us. we've changed our tune. Today we say: "The Maxwell is great inside and out-- great in EVERY POSSIBLE way." Always the most efficient--most econom- ical light car built, the Maxwell now has:-- A 6-inch longer wheel base, making it larger and roomier. Heavier and more rigid frames--®6 inches, instead of 3 inches deep--and yet is 50 pounds Compensating underslung rear springs-- the last word in spring suspension at any price. A sloped windshield--style of body equal to the highest priced cars. Friends, the 1918 Maxwell is the best looking, best built car for the money we ever Roadster $1045F Coupe $1840; Berline $1540; Sedan $1640. All prices f. 0. b, Windsor Local Agent. Q Ra A 3 NNN NW ANN N\A NNN oe NAR NR A\\ NAN WN J. W. MARTIN, 110 Clergy Street. $¥FOR STYLE ONLY ~~ Do not use this name in any advertisement, but set the name of the Local Dealer as nearly as possible in this typographical style. rector of the Dominion Bank, has Just been elected a director.of the Chevrolet Motor Company. Directors of the St. Lawrence Flour Mills Company, Limited, Montreal, at the annual meeting of shareholders placed the common stock of the company om a regular tive per cent per annum basis. Canadian failures for the first nine months of 1917 totalled 846, according to R. G. Dun & Co., with total assets of $9,741.57 and total hubilities = $13,741,191. n all human probabilit Nova Scotia Steel will distribute $56 per share a year regularly on its com. mon, The Maple Leaf Milling Company directors declared a dividend of 2% bi sl ® 1873 = STAND OF CANADA HEAD OFFICE - TORONTO ~~ per cent. on the eommon stock plus 13% per bonus; also a dividend on the preferred stock of 1 3.4 per cent. The Atlas Glass Planf, Montreal, or later known as the Premier Glass, which has been in the market [for some years, has been acquired by a company which will be known as the Consumers' Glass Company, compos- od of well-known local capitalists. Hand picking of the eggs and the adult insects is one of the most effec- tive methods thus far devised to con- trol' squash bugs. Spraying with nicotine sulphate in some cases re- luces the damage considerably. Have you running water in your home, or is your wile always running to the well or spring for ts THE ARD BANK To-day and To-morrow The certainty of success lies in one's gbility tomake provision for to-morrow, to-