NEWEST NOTES OF SCIENCE ' -y Keep grease and oils away from your tires and tubes, A broiler invented in England consists of a tent shaped wire in which meat is hung over stove opeén- ings. Several years of experimenting in Cuba have shown that sea island cot- ton can be grown there success. fully. Telephones are built into a new helmet for aviators to permit them to converse with companions while flying. Attached to a mew automobile radiator cap is a fan which, whys révolved by the wind, helps to ¢Gol the water, A gasoline engine driven dynamo that is entirely' automatic in its action fs attracting attention In England. An actress is the patentee of a capacious trunk which can be con- verted into a complete bureau and dressing table. A process has been discovered in Germany for obtaining nickel and cobalt from pit waters containing these mietals. ' Bread can be held at any desired distance from a new electric toaster so that toast is made moist or dry as wished, A Swedish seientist is the invent. or of a camera that has photograph- ed the aurfra borealis on a motion picture film. A new hammer intended for heavy work Is sa reinforced that the inner portion has a cushioning effect up- on the handle, Tungsten, which only in recent years has come into general use, was discussed exhaustively by a Spanish treatise written in 1781 y A Chicago woman has patented a shoe with an electric battery in the heel to supply a mild current to a wearer's ankle as a tonic. Apparatns using a pivoted arm that is strapped to a man's shoulder has been invented in England to teach correct golf strokes. Scientists In Europe have de. veloped a process whereby illumin- ating gas producers can Mmanufac- ture ammonia by synthesis, 'S An eighteen-year-old Utah boy is the inventor of a combined rule and triangle that solves problems in trigo- nometry, geometry and mechanical drawing. " An instrument has been perfected by German electricians for accurately measuring the voltage of high tension currents up to 150,000 volts. Introducing .air into water to pro- ar © THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 1918. eee ty In The Automobile World Coit J sr has tion pump Accordn was se product was fq A fan 5 is a movab ment pate quickly sl Two endless close together and tion, but at diffe new machine f For removing | tanned English ¢ oped process and sc of chemic im as of 60 feet figures, Japan i States in the Ic last year, and Mexico. within which 1 imple. hman for Oo fr belts, revolved n the same direc- . feature a willing small grains. ir from hides to be emists have devel. g lime, sulphur more 'expensive ywmobile alarm whistle fo be connected to the hinders of a car be made to utilize the full force of explosions when desired. By liquifying the gas helium, a Eu- ropean scientist has succeeded in reaching temperatures within six de- grees of the absolute zero Miss Malvina Hoffman awarded by the National Academy of Fine Arts a prize of $300 for her sculpture entitled Russian Baccha- nale, Germany planning to conscript women after the war and make them undergo a regular period of military training such as the men and boys de now, An Oregon inventor is the paten. tee of a sanitary drinking cup to be mounted on a faucet so as to be swung out of the way when the faucet is used for its usual purpose. Experiments have shown that, with the aid of irrigation, cotton can be grown in winter in the Soudan and experts believe that 2,500,000 acres in one region can be irrigated. Spring- brass plates, fastened to- gether in the centre and rwith one end lined with rubber and the other with felt, form a new device for cleaning and drying safety razor blades. Persia is the home of a weed the seed pods of which have long horns that enter the nostrils of grazing adimals and frequently kill them by preventing them from eating or drinking. A Pennsylvania scientist claims to have developed a method by which 90 per cent. of the radium in its ore is recovered, a greater percentage than by any qther process in the world. A European record for 'the most heavily laden freight train was es- tablished by a Russian railroad when an American locomotive hauled a train 2,800 feet long with a load of 4,424 toms, has been is When a woman takes up the phys- ical culture fad she is anxious either duce an emulsion, a French engineer ------ omisncnn The Market Reports LAVE STOCK MARKETS. To Montreal. , Mon Mar¢h 8.--Butcher cay , choice, $11.26 to $11.76; good, $10.25 to $11; med- dum, $10 to $10.50 <¢wt. Balls, choice, $10.50 to $11; good, $5 to $0.50; mediuni, $8 to $9 cwt. Cows, choice, 10.26 to $10.50; good, $9 to $3.50; medium, $8.25 to $8.50; can- ners, $5.50 to $6 cwt. Sheap, $11 to $12; lambs, Que- becs (few), $15 to $15.50; Ontarios, $16 to $17 owt. "Hogs, selects, $19.75 to $20 for long runs and $19.50 to $19.75 for short runs. Sows, $177.50 to $18.25; stags, $16.50 to $17.25 cwt, al weighed off cars. Calves, grassed, $7 to $8; milk-fed, $12.60 to $15.50 cwt. 1, and Toronto, Toronto, March 8.--Ex. cattle, * ghoice, $12 to $12.25 export bulls, $9 to $10.50; butcher cattle, choice, 10.60 to $111.25; butcher cattle, me- dium, $9.25 to $9.75; butcher cattle, common, $8.50 to $8.75; butcher cows, medium, $7.25 to $8.00; batch- er cows, can., $56.75 ta $5.85; butch- er bulls, $7.25 to $8.25; {feéding steers, $8.60 to $9.76; stockers, choice, $8 to $8.75; stockers, light, $7 to $7.50; milkers, choice, $85 to $125; springers, $85 to $125; sheep, ewes, $13.60 to $14.50; bucks, culls, $7.50 to '$10; lambs, $18 to $19; Hogs, fed and watered, $19.75: hogs. f.0.b., $18.75; calves, $15 to $17, Chicago. Chicago, March 8. Cattle, receipts 21,000, Market weak. Beeves, $8.- 76 to $14.18; stockers and feeders, $7.60 to $10.80; cows and heifers, 30.60 to $11.85; calves, $8.75 to $14.- 2 Hogs, receipts $66,000. Market slow. Light, $16.30 to $16.90; mix- od, $16.15 to $16.85; heavy, $15.70 to $16.85; igh, $15.70 to $15.90; $12.76 t0.816.26; bulk of sales, 16.36 to $16.95, Sheep, 15,000. Market fixm. Wethers, $10.25 to $12.40; lambs, native, $14 to $17.50. ee New York. March 8. ---Beeves--- Receipts, 2,870 head: market stea- ay; steers, $11 to $14; bulls, §7 to] bag $11.75; cows, $4.60 to $10.25. " Calves--Receipts,' 1,600 head; market lower; veals, $14 to $18; tops, $18.50; culls, $10 to $13; Coy calves, $7 to $9; yearlings, Sheep avd Lambs Receipts, 2. '540 head; markét firm; sheep, $8 to Js Suma. NER to $18; rear , $14 to hy ag 8 ody ot ETE ve SIS; bin. st y at Io Te 3 pigs, '$17.25 to $17.75; roughs, $16.50. ---- to put on fat or take it off. mem steers, $13 to $13.50; hutchery'..$10 to $13; yearlings, $11 to $13.25; heifers, §8 to $11.76: cows, 6 to $10.75; bulls, $7 to $11.50; stock- ers and feeders, $7.50 tp $9.50. Fresh cows and springers, $635 to $135. Calves--Receipts, 200; steady, $7 to $17.50. Hogs---Receipts, ' 9,600; strong. Heavy, $18 to $18.10; mixed and Yorkers, $18.10 to $18.25; light Yorkers and pigs, $18 to $18.45; roughs, $16.20 to $16.10; stags, $13 to $14. Winnipeg. 'Winnipeg, March steers, $7 to $12; helfers, $10.50; cows, $4.50 to $10; $6 to $8.50; oxen, $5 to $9.25; stookers and feeders, $7 to $9.25; veal calves, $6.50 to $12; hogs, se- lects, $19.10; heavies, $14 to $15; sows, $12 to $13; stags, $9 to $10; lights, $14 to $15. 8.--~Bulcher $7 to bulls, GRAIN QUOTATIONS. Montreal. Montreal, Month 8.--Oats, Cata- dian Western, No. 3, $1.093%; extra No. 1 feed, $1.09 % No. 2 local white, $1.09; No. 3 local white, $1.08; No. 3 local white, $1.05. Flour, new standard Spring wheat grade $11.10 to $11.20. Rolled oats, bags, 90 lbs, $5.60 to $5.70. Bran, $35. Shorts, He. Middlings, $48 to $50. le. ny > Toronto. } Toronto, March 8. --Manitoba * wheat--No. 1 Northern, $2.23%; No. 2, 82.20%; No. 3, $2.17%; No. 4, §2.10%, including 2%c. tax, in store Fort William, Manitoba oats--No. 2 C.W. 97 %¢; No. 2, 94'ge; extra No. 1 feed, 9315¢, store, Fort Willam: No ™ 1 feed, 90%5c. American corn---No. 3 kiln dried, 32.05, track Toronto. hi Ontario oats--No. 2 white, 97¢ to ae nominal; No. 3 white, 36¢ to e. Buckwheat--$1.78 to $1.80. Ontario wheat--No. 2 winter, $2.22, basis in store, Montreal, Peas--No. 2, $3.70 to $380, ac- cording to freights outside. Barley---Malting, $1.68 to $1.70. Rye--No. 2, $2.25. : Manitoba flour--War quality, $11,190, Toronto, new bags. Ontario flour--War quality, §10.- 70, Toronto-Montreal, $10.70, new 8, Millfeed--Car lots, Montreal; shorts. $40; feed flour, not quoted; not quoted. : Hay--Baled, track, Toronto. car lots, No. 1, $17 to $18: No. 2, $14 to $16; mixed, $13 to $16; straw, car lots, $8.50 to $9. 35; New York. _ Naw York, March 8 --Flour-=Mar- ket firm; $10.55 to $11; tugs, | isin -- Farm Tractor Is Necessity of War. Eighteen million horses on 6,000 .- 000 American farms ate enough grain in the past year to feed 40, 000,000 persons, or about one-third the population of the United States. These figures from the Depart ment of Agriculture assume vast im- portance in the light of propaganda ta increase production of food during the war. However, due chief among -them tendency of the up-to-date farmer to motorize his farm, horses are becoming fewer anc fewer every day. Every horse that gives way to the modern mechanical 'beast of burden," the farm tractor, is helping to defeat the enemy by conserving a daily ration .of oats, bran and corn. Without food and without means of producing food, we cannot win the war. Hence the farm tractor be- comes a necessity of war. It does the work of several teams and men, works twenty-four hours a day and every season of the year, and does not eat food that should go to the armies. The farm tractor, being a neces- sity of war, should receive the same consideration that is given to guns, munitions and liberty motors. Steel must be had for the manufacture of tractors, and unless priority is given, the makers will be unable to produce in quantities sufficient help farmers, fe many causes, AEH | THE AUTO INDUSTRY. Sustains 5,000,000 People In United States, Though it has been in existence only about fifteen years, the auto- mobile industry has in that time out- (stripped every American industry-- | save steel and the' railroads, which are five times as old. And in these gigantic strides it has {at once become the bread and butter of 4,000,000 men, women and child- ren, directly dependent upon its wages. To this add the families of accessory makers and other lines de- pendent upon the motor plants--and the result shows, in round numbers, that 5,000,00 people in the Uaited States obtain their warmth, bread and butter and clothing from the wages of the motor industry. Well might the far-sighted reader be con- cerned when he asks the question: "If the automobile business sustains 5 per cent. of our population, what would be come of them if anything happened to the industry?" Five to | a most important part in THERE ARE EQUIPMENTS. Proper Precaution Would Prevent Munch Auto Theft. Ninety per cent. of the loss from automobile thefts could he prevented by the exercise of proper caution on the part of the owners, says the gen- eral manager of an automobile com- pany. "It is estimated that the cost to ear owners from thefts run close to $60,000,000 yearly in the United States," he adds. "In Philadelphia more than 2,000 cars valued at mesr- ly $2,000,000 were stolen during the first ten months in 1917. Less than half were recovered. In Chicago, police records show that $10,000 worth of cars are stolen nearly every day. "There is a certain responsibility resting on the manufacturer to equip his car so that it cannot be easily driven away. Dozens of schemes for baffling the thief have been suggest- ed. The four-tumbler cylinder ig- nition lock has been found very el- fective, as the engine cannot be start- ed unless the ignition system has been turned on, and it is impossible to do it without the key. Some magk- ers are providing these locks with in- dividual keys, and only two keys are cannot use duplicate keys." oie of fie Muto Cis Ou | "lise Me." The motorcar at home is playing the war, and, although few people realize tie fact, it is one of the big silent factors that will help win, The war has forced us to turn to the motorcar, because it helps up to do everything with the least effort, the greatest speed and with greatest economy. We are now compelled to do double the amount of work in the same time. Little did the American people, who are known as a nation | of wasters, think they could accom-! plish half of the things they are do- ing to-day. Shortage of help was first looked upon as a handicap but then the automobile stepped in and made for each lock, so that the theif Sa, oe the car itself. & literally said, "Use me, I can take the place of several men." | 'And how great a truth this has! proved to be! The motorcar to-day is | more essential than ever before. It! has changed our whole method of] living and has been a renaissance in| the art of production. The Swiss Government is conduct. ing experiments jin the use of cem- million empty mouths is the answer. nmin rive, White Corn Flour--Market steady; $6.05 per 100 1bs, 'Barley Flour--Market $13 to $14 in 89 Ib. sacks, Corn Meal---Market firm; yellow granulated, $5.15; white granulated, $5.90 in 100 1b. sacks. Rye---Market unsettled; Western, York. Barley-- Market steady; feeding, $1.90 to $2.00, and malting, $2 to 2.30 cost and freight New York. Corn--8pot market steady; kiln dried, No. 2 yellow, $2.14%; No. 3 steady; No. 2 $2.50 nominal f.0.b, New yellow, $1.94% No. 3 white, $2.26 cost and freight New York prompt shipment; Argentine $2.25 f.0.b. cars, Oats--Spot, market quiet; natural $1.06 to $1.06. Chicago, Chicago. March 8.--Corn--Nos. 2 and 3 yellow, market nominal; No. 4 yellow, $1.60 to $1.65. Oats--No. 3 white, 91% to 92%e; standard, 92% to 92%c. Barley---$1.80 to $2.24. Rye-wNo, 2, $2.77. Timothy----$5.00 to $8.00. Clover---$28.00 to $31.00. Lard---$26.490, ibs---$24.75. Pork--Market nominal, Winnipeg. Winnipeg, March 8.--Oats--No. 2 Mouil- ¥C.W., 97%e; No. 3 C.W,, 94%4¢; ex- tra No. 1 feed, 93%¢; No. 1 feed, 803e; No. 2 reed, 86%¢c. Barley-- No. 3 CW, 31.76%; No. 4, *1.71%: rejected, $1.44; feed, $1.42. Flax-- No. 1 NW.C., $3.72%: No. 2 C.W., $3.68; Neo. 3 C.W,, $3.50. GENERAL TRADE. : Butter. : Belleville, 50e per Ib.: Port Hope, $5es and Woodstock, 46c to 50c per e inde ir ei Eggs. Belleville, 680c to 65¢ per doz: Port Hope, 50¢; and at Woodstuck, ¢ 10 60¢ per dozen. A Hope, 27¢c; and Woodstock, 28c¢ per ms. : Wheat. : "Belleville. $2.10 to $2.15: Port Hope, $2.12; and Woodstock, $2.12 he # i, _. Bellevilie, 95c to $1 per bushel; Port 'Hope, $1.02: and Woodstock, #5¢ per bushel. Belleville, $1.25, and Port Hope, $1.65 per bushel. Belleville, $12 to $13 per ton: ;_ springs, winters, $10.25 to $10.50; 'Kansas, $10.60 to $11.00. : ye : £00 $1460 3 $14.50 to $15; jute. Port Hope, $15; and Woodstock, $15 { Finan' Haddie, Ib. Hake, Belleville, 25¢ to 30c per 1h.: Port pressed turf as a substitute for cual. Complete Service to Ford ~ Owners Everywhere OURTEOQOUS attention to your needs wherever you ma travel is something you appreciate, and being a Fo owner you canget it. You are always "among friends", There are more than 700 Ford Dealer Service Stations through- out Canada. These are always within easy reach of Ford owners --for gasoline, oil, tires, repairs, accessories, expert advice or motor adjustments: The cost of Ford Service is as remarkabl Nineteen of the most calle $5.40. Just compare this with the cost of spare parts for other cars and you will realize the advantage of owning a Ford, & > "meme" Runabout - - $575 Touring Coupe Sedan THE UNIVERSAL CAR Chassis - - - $535 One-ton Truck - $750 F.O.B. FORD, ONT. Van Luven Bros., Kingston - Moscow G. H. Richardson, Tamworth. J. A. Goodfellow, Parham. r low as the cost of for parts cost only $595 $770 $970 - Oats, Kingston, $2.25 to $2.50; Port Hape, $2; and Woodstock, $2.25 per bag. ; Seeds at Toronto. : Red close clover is $1 per bushel easier this week, being worth from $17 up to $21.50 per bushel. Alsike is also 50c easier, being worth from $10 to $12 per bushel. Sweet clover has firmed up 50c in the week, and is now worth from $12 to $14 per bushel, and timothy is steady at $2 to $5 per bushel. Vegetables at Toronto. Carrots are worth 49c per bag on the Toronte market, according to Dawson & EMiott, with turnips at 45¢; and beets and parsips, $1.10 to $1.15 per bag. Onions have come down in price, and are worth around $1.50 per bag Millfeeds at Toronto. Shorts are quoted at 340 per ton at Toronto; bran, $35: and mid- dlings, $45 to $46 per ton; and good feed four $3.26 per bag. sii, | The Kingston Market | Kingston, siareh 9th. a Products. Dairy Butter, creamery, 1b Son . a Butter, rolls, 1b, . Cheese, 1b. .. ... Eggs, fresh, doz. Eggs, storage |. is Oleomargarine 37 ---------- Fish. Cod. Ib. ........ Eels, 1b, .. F1 10 ve es "s he wo ve Ibs «+. ne ay Halibut, fresh, 1b. "a Herring, fresh, 1b. 5 t at. 70 Perch, Ib. .. .... .. Pike, ib. ... ... .. Rock-fish 25 20 fh Norway Cods .. . .. White fish, 1b... . © Clremll) .. .. . is 1 Otter, up to .. .. Flour, Govt, stan- dard, cwt. .. Hay baled, ten Hay, loose, ton .. Middiings, ton Oats, Man., bush local, bush! Shorts, ton .. Straw, baled, ton Straw, loose, tom. Wheat, local, bush. Meats, Beef--- Cuts, 1b. ain Local carcase, Ib. Local, hinds, 1b, Local, fronts, 1b, . Western carcase lb Western front, 1b. Western hinds, 1b. Hogs, live, cwt. Hogs, dressed, cwt. : 25. Mutton .. ...%: < 30 | Poultry. Chickens, dressed, 1b . : Chickens, live, ib. . Hens, dressed, 1b . 'e | Hens, live, 1b, ., 2 Turkeys. 1b... .= a 38 | Vegetab { Beets, bus. . 5 i Cabbage, head .. a i Carrots, bus, .. ns Celery, bunch .. . &i | Lettuce, bunch .. oi i Parsnips, bushel oh 75 | Potatoes, bush. .. i Onions, dry, 1b. { i Hides, Fars, Etc. | Goose down, per 1b Red Foxes, Prime No. 1, up to... Raccoon, up to Skunks, up to Mink, up to .. Hides, beef, Ib. Lamb skins, fresh upto .. -... .. Veal Skins, 1b. .. Deseon skins, No | Horse hides, No. 1 large .. ... . . Tallow Cakes .. . Wool, washed, 1b. Weel, utiwashed, Gensing, wild dry per ib. +. . . Beeswax. Ib. up to Shearlings, up to Rips, Ib... ... . Beaver, up to .. . Black Bear, up to Fisher, upto .. . Cross Fox, up to . Lynx, upto ., . . Marten, up to .. Weasel, upto .. .@ i] EI m---------- New Moon in Solar System. 'Berne, March 9.<S&n astronomical Apples, doz. .. Dates, 10... . . Lemons, doz. .. . Oranges. i sous diesovery of extraordinary interes: is 'reported' from the Observatory of Heldeterz University. relative to studies made of a ifttle planer ro cently discovered. The planet's orbit 1s between those of Mars and Japiter. ibul.an unusual features comnocied fwith It is the faet that it has a tins moch ve nde According % with his appetite re . jdend declaration, the first year, which is of 12145 cents a share, with a bonus of an equal amount, or, 25 cents in ali, pavable March 15th, Sth. were FINANUIAL MATTERS, The Brake Company ' Earnings. New York, March 6 The York Air Brake Company clared a quarteriy dividend eof per cent. on its stock, putting stock on a twenty per cent. basis The company has been paying div- idénds for the past fifteen months at regular and the rate of tem per cent ten per cent, extra. Mining Corporation Liberal, March 8.--No stinginess is indicated by direcfors of the Min- ing Corporation of Canada, Cobalt"s divi- the Toronto, latest for big producer, in their. to holders of record March Quarterly payments last year 18% cents each. Rubber Merger Projected, Montreal, 'March 8.-~--~The rumor is Cana- Felt Company Cana- { dian Consglidated Rubber Company, Com- No specific time for this mer- heard on the street that dian Consclidated about to be merged with the the and Ames-Holden, pany. ger is stipulated. McCready has Keeps Up Big New de- five anpual Disbursement at New Record. New York, March 8.----Interest and { dividend disbursements this month; Com- i A sl i. po according to the Journal of --- is new high record. This compares with $$174,758,6656 in March a year 80. One hundred and seventy-three corporations will distribute in the aggregate the sum of $09,162,736, a decrease of $2,795,929. Commercial Notes, The Monarch Knitting Company, Limited, shows an increase of net profits of approximately thirty-nine per cent, for the year ending Nov- ember 30th, Directors of the Great Lakes Tow- ing Company to-day declared a divi- dend of five per cent. on the common stock for the ensuing year, Baldwin Locomotive ' Works in year 1917 earned $34,563 a share on common stock against $6.10 in 19- 16, highest on record. United Cigar Stores in 1917 ¢arn- ed $9.41 on the common stock as against $10.09 in 1918. The Dominion Steel Corporation in 1914 showed a favorable balance merce, will réach $175.662,736, a in profit and lose account of 2, 350,220. 'On March 31st, 1917, the balance was $7,596,803. Forecasts for record-breaking earnings for Penmans, Limited, are well borne out by the financial statement for 1917, which shows, as compared with 1916, an increase of $270,963, or about thirty-afie per cent, in net profits from operation, and an' increase of $176,765, or about twenty-four per eent.. in the balance after writing off the bond interest. At oon en po pi to Seawab the Bethle. this yaar will" be ¥ man was ever so wich ty Jove THE STANDARD BANK OF CANADA HEAD OFFICE +« TORONTO Money Orders and Drafts are issued by this Bank payable in all parts of the world, KINGSTON J. F. ROWLAND, : EST"D 1873 i 4