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.ble 3 SH IVUNED â€"Coming di- from Mines ted: All ndo No' 716 1’” ; Lam, Lime. rent. C0" l 323T of trim‘ ' the price. In . I cannot afiixd . ‘ ‘ i I {your uoLmng Dealers inâ€" 6000: fly ALL~W00L Special r anything in . -L-_l.! L44- Reason- {s best when lus. especially should brill to order the ' adsay? Why . nd IrOn C0.o 3'55 7‘ “PUEEOI'S they said “1 Willi of the different; meat. and a brief outline of may be of interest. amson of Wflllams¢3n £201: The general Supply of cattle 18 se but m buy enough for the local trad , We not as 800 ressed the council regard- :tablishment of acattle market Lmasay. he: told them that he had “A L‘nr' ‘ :3 get, for good ones. That is almost impos- nea‘ tnlt of an accident or a “corner” but the outcome of a generall scarcity and an mm to the state of afl‘airs that Will “9133ny prevail for some years. The last statement is not mane at mom but is based upon a somewhat mm study of existing conditions; Some people have an idea that govern- men: otllcials are chiefly ornamental and gist principally to relieve the exchequer. ‘ t; is likely true of some officials and ,4 tments to an unfortunate extent but M, p5 to a very small degree is it true of ,f isters of agriculture and their depart- nt. They are increasingly anxious to :. e the public interests by stimulating ..d directing the important and rapidly- , vejoping agricultural possibilitiesiof the ”may. They already have means of an; this in a large measure. One of ‘ .- is by gathering information regarding 1 - prospects for the production of grain 1 .. stock. This is akin to the extensive xperinients constantly being conducted ,._,, .mg the management of difl‘erent up: and soils. Mr. Hodson of the pro- yincial department has received advices Immall over the province, and to quote a Toronto paper these advices show “that ‘ re threatens to be a cattle famine in t} province of Ontario, and that the pres- t high price is here to stay. Various w ions of the country report that there tit no cattle for sale and that the local ket cannot be supplied.” This infor- ion may be regarded as highly reliable hid just as we trust the weather proba- ihues obtained by the government by mmunication with distant parts, and e prim are already above normal and ca reasons are fort booming. m or M : ‘ " -1 J r or IHE REASO\%. veJ We have been accustomed to distend our erg Mutations with the great herds of cattle thi the Western plains of the United States, the lverylikely our most extravagant vis- fliers :tions of the no cattle 1 l’ket cannot xion may be amencan buyers was a Mr. Van 'no closed his inquiries with some about the establishment of a 5rket in this region, and said he ~=inc1ined to take stock in it. He rred to the serious shortage in the n supply and gave it as his opinion 1 "(mid last for years. Mr. Hodsonq “epartment has had his attention 0 this exodus of our cattle, and t different American buyers are 00 and 3000 head. He further says Bill-A “A; o A mg PROSPECTS FOR CATTLEâ€"THE DB- MAND STRONG IN THE STATESâ€"- EXPORT HEAVY T0 ENGLANDâ€" LOCAL MEN TALKâ€"N0 CALVBS re 33 GOTâ€"AMERICANS COMPETE IN ms BRITISH MARKETâ€" LOCAL BUTCHERS WILL PUT PRICES up -SOME suesrn'uras FOR BEEF. 1: will be safe to raise all the calves this aprinzo Farmers mostly know that the present price of cattle both for beef and dairy purposes is unusually high but they may not be aware that these high prices are the result of a generally scarcity, or that this scarcity is likely to last fora number of years. Yet both these things are true and tne farmers Of this district will do well to heed the signs of the times. That beef cattle are worth $4.50, export } animalb $5.00 and milch cows scare at $45 1 550 on the Toronto market is not the re- 1 of them had gone to Amer- He also read nearly a score American cattlemen asking e way from a trainload to lOOOand (1. One of the most prominent American buyers was a Mr. Van )0 Closed his innrfirinn urH-lm can-MA {1105: Pets. s from L0( THEY ARE SCARCE AND WILL BE HiGH-PRICED FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. Volume XLII. Number 18. 5° get the 8 district w GOOD MONEY IN CATTLE >1: in Ontario to stand such scarcity will last for some $L‘TCHERS SEE IT. last year from Peterboro e exact condition of we have talked with the different meat I'JRWATEUMAN-WARDER are taken over there and fed on cheap feed for the English market. Then they are in direct competition with our export animals. The farmers are making a mistake in selling off their young cattle, The buyers get a. good steer for about $16. All it lacks tomake itahigh-priced ex- porter, is flesh. The Americans can give him that at a small cost but very often they feed corn and other fodder that does not make as good beef as that‘lfed by the Canadian farmers on hard grains. It Mr. Thos. Blackwell said: Cattle are comparatively scarce and are held at high prices. The stock has became very scarce in the last two years. Then there were several good bunches in every neighbor- hood but now they are gone unless a few in Mariposa. Now the stockers are go- ing to the States in‘large numbers. They Mr. Arnold was asked about the scare- ity of cattle and said: We are able to get enough yet but have to pay too much for them. No doubt they are scarce and will be for some time. They are going out of the country in two directions. The l English market has had the embargo re- moved and our best animals are steadilv going there. Mariposa sent large numbers ' last year. But the large bulk of our‘ ‘ cattle are going to the states. During the ' past few years their buyers have bought everything they could get hold of. Two years ago a buyer from Chicago told me he had orders to get a million head a fast as possible. They have great advantages for fattening; their cattle get fat out of doors and are in as good condition from the pasture as our well-fed Easter beef. Farmers won‘t sell their calves because they can get extraordinary prices for them at a year old. Iknowaman near Mt. Horeb who got $20 a head for 12 ‘yearlings and things not much more than calves go for $12 to $16 each. The de- mand is so keen that prices will likely stay high and we will have to put our . prices up. It will be a little hard on C consumers but the farmers will Willget ‘ the benefit and then the town will .profit I by the money that goes into circulation in f. the country. \vuab-Ir-me Mr. Primeauâ€"There are always lots of ‘ cattle in this section but just now they are in demand and prices are high. Buyers have gone throuxzh the country offering very high prices. That has made the farm- ers ask us big money for what we need. I think these buyers have gone above what: the market warrants and will not continue to offer so much. We expect to get hold of some animals that they have contracted for and will never take away. They usually pay about $1.00 per head down. and in a ;good many instances will prefer to lose that than take them away the way the market stands now. We have already had offers to buy from shippers at the price they paid. Good calves and young cattle are scarce. They are going to the other side in large numbers. likely to continue. The American demand is immense and they can feed any number of our stockers, so that it looks as though prices will'be high, and while the farmer gains the townspeople will have to pay more for their meat. Mr. Thos. Rick w ho occupies Mr. Calvert's old stand at the foot of Kent-st. said : The .t “farmers are making a mistake in shipping t their calves and young stock to the States. t simply means that the Americans fatten Canadians mightj ust as well feed them as ; the Americans. an d they would have the , them over there, to the e is very little firstâ€"class What is fit for export is sent away to England. It would be no use to us at anyrate. It is too heavy. They n in Toronto, although they can manage heavier meat there than we can, for they sell larger roasts. A well- fed beast that weighs about 1000 or llCO j pounds is what we need, but they are very scarce. Calves can hardly be got at all. “Are they not bred?" was asked. “Oh yes,” said Mr. Bick, “every farmer has from 10 to 15 running about but wants to sell them to the American buyers who take anything from suckers up.” “Why could you not buy them as well as the Americans ?” asked the reporter. “Because,” said Mr. Bick, “they are lean and no use to butchers. These buyers take them to fatten.” ~JAAâ€"â€"4‘â€"‘ Mr. O’Halloran said : There is a scarcity of good beef cattle and I think it seems If N ‘ sible to get; calves at all. raising them, for w supply would hav been all right for the local trade. As it ' ' When asked how _Ma.ud McDonald. agirl of 17 years of age, daughter of Mr. Addison McDonald, had a. terrible experience in Campbellford on Thursday night of last week, which nearly had a fatal termination and sent a. thrill of terror into every person who witnessed it. The girl was employed in Mr. Thos. McLean’s tailor shOp, and about 8 o’clock, While She was engaged running aseWing machine, alamp slipped off the stand, and falling to the floor was smash- ed to-pieces. In a few moments before she had time to realize her danger, her clothing ignited from the oil that was spattered upon it and it quickly becam ablaze. Miss Laum Whit. -L- _._ . ~Tuesday morning of last week Mr. u, Sharland Blather-wick of Huntsville, ll Muskoka, returned from Dauphin, Man., where he had been employed since last November. He says living is prettv ex- pensive there. Ordinary board is $1 per per week ; beef, 15 to 20 cents per pound ; pork, 1:223. ; ham, 16; cats. 42 cts. per bushel; wheat, 39 to 50cts per bushel; potatoes,‘ $1 per bag; flour, {1.10 to $1.85 per c.w.t . green apples, $7 per bbl; dried apples, 10 cts. per lb ; salt, $2.25 per bbl for Windsor brand; prairie buy or grass, $5 per ton. It was as low as $2.50 per ton during the winter. Poplar wood is plentiful in that locality and is delivered to consumers at $150 to $2 single cord two foot wood. Coal is verv little used as it is $14 per ton, and blacksmith coal is $16 per ton. There is plenty of oak on the Riding Mountains fourteen miles distant. The water, which can be had at a distance of from five to fifteen feet from the surface, is not good, but is better than that found in the neighborhood of Brandon. Land seekers are now forced to go at least twenty miles distant from the railway as all the land 1within that limit is takenup. The Mc- Kenzie and Mann railway, which runs from this point and having for its objective points Prince Albert and the Pacific coast, will Open up avast area of excellent agriculture lands where settlers can get within easv range or marketing stations. â€" A petition has been presented to the license inspector and commissioners, ask- ing to discontinue the license to the liquor shop in Beaverton, on the ground that is not required, and if cut 03‘ would place that village in the same position as all other towns in the north riding of Ontario. ‘ â€"Mr. D. Evans of Cannington had the tap joint of one of his fingers removed in a peculiar manner on one day last week. While lifting a. small box at the freight sheds in some unaccountable manner the top of the finger with the nail was sudden- ly torn away. Medical assistance had to be procured. â€"In the appeJl of Angus McDougall, against the award of the engineer of the township of Thorah under the Ditches and W'ater Course Act. Judge McIntyre has decided the matter against the town- ship with an order to pay all costs. -Orillia is about to erect a. $13,500 Col- legia-te institute building. -Mr. C. H. Lopp, a former resident of Bracebridge, Muskoka, has been appoint- ed citv engineer of Vancouver, BC, at a. salary of $2,500. The whole question of stock-raising itself and its relation to farming operations is suggested by this subject. but discussion of these will be withheld till a future issue. _ .7...“ ‘va vuv difficulty of managing them is not great and that a one-acre trout pond wifl produce as‘ much food as twelve acres of pasture. feeding beef. Many will be glad to forego much of their beef if they get trout in its place. We are not so English that we can eat no meat but beef, and the present scar- city of cattle may result in radical changes in our bills of fare. re..-‘ -- uv uuuvu U001» It may be a surprise to some of our read ers to know that fish promises )0 become an extensive substitute for beef. At vari- ous points throughout the province trout ponds are being conducted with the most encouraging results. It is said that the lin the English market because 0‘. the t Superior quality of our beef. The price as i paid for export animals is high and where :e farmers can afford to hold their young :n stock and fatten them well they Will make L: more money than by selling them to the h Americans. At the present time they are [ulnot doing doing it and the cattle are a scarce and dear. We have beef hang- d ing in the shop now for which we Paid $5.15 ahundred, and plenty that 00813118 $4.50 and we are selling at the seme prices as when we used to buy for $3.50. But it r can‘t last ; the prices must go up in the 3 butcher stalls before long. EAT SOMETHING BESIDES BEEF. With the above prospects of higher prices for beef it is likely a good many , people will take to other kinds of meat. Statistics show that comparatively little ‘ ‘ pork is eaten in Ontario. The dainty ‘ article that is now being produced from 2 young, lean hogs will make it no hardship l to have it on our tables till beef gets down F again. As one or two of the butchers 1 said pork is cheap and if farmers can get I bia prices for their cattle we will be glad of it and eat pork in the meantime. f. If we tire of pork there is poultry. t Canada has scarcely begun to raise poultry; 0 but recently that industry has been thriv- E ing. Not only are individual farmers cl raismg more but several stock companies D have been formed for that purpose. They M are in existence at Toronto, Smith’s Falls, 5e Brantford and other places. This will T1 provide a dainty and acceptable flesh at diet in the place of so much beef. H costs us more but if we keep on and? fatten our own cattle on first class feedl we shall in time get a. decided preference ! District Happenings co realize her danger, her ed from the oil that was lit and it quickly became Laura White, who is also LINDSAY, THURSDAY, MAY 4th It; is said that the ascertained. wv notified of the arrest. On Monday Cons- table Clark took the prisoner to Whitby, where he elected to he tried summarily by the Police Magistrate. He was found guilty and remanded for one week for sentence. Mr. McGillivray defended the prisoner, and County Crown Attorney Farewell prosecuted. Ashton’s family is very respectable, and he has borne a good reputation. He is a young man not much1 more than of age. He seemed relieved‘ 1 when he was captured, and said his crime had been preying on his mind. All the money which he took from the company cxcept $1293 was recovered. Before leav- ing he locked the safe, of which he alone had the combination, and it had t) be taken to Toronto and drilled before the amount of the defalcations could be . uucrleu asnton, the driver of the C. P. ‘ R. stage between Myrtle and Osha vva, had 3 cleared out with $1,200, belonging to the 3 Dominion Express Co., and told him that ' Mr. Wilson of the Marks Bros. 00., had . seen the man in Orillla that morning. a The constabte interviewed Mr. Wilson, and got a description of the absconder. He found that Aehton had been in town since Thursday, and traced him to the station. where he had purchased a ticket for Scotia Junction, had got his valise checked to that place. and had talked of a ticket to the Northwest. He then wired Chief Constable Sloan of Gravenhurst a description of the runaway, and asked him to arrest the man. Constable Clark left for Gravenhurst by the next train, and when he got there found that Can- stable Sloan had captured Ashton about half an hour before. They searched him and found $1,119.05 Constable Clark brought his prison-Ir home on Saturday, and Police Magistrate Lafl‘erty remanded him till Monday. Meantime the superin- tendent of the Dominion Express Co. wan Then probably the kidneys. In the chest? Then probably the lungs. In the Joints? Then probably rheumatism. ' No matter where it is, nor what kind; you need have it no longer. It may be an hour, a day, or a year old; it must yield to In the Back? The Perfected Product of years 0' Patient Toil. ‘ Placed over the chest; it is a powerful aid to Ayer’e Cherry Pec- toral in the treatment of all throat and lung aflections. Placed over the-stomach, it stops nausea and vomiting; over the bowels, it controls cramps and colic. Placed over themall of the back, it removes all congestion from the ~The Orillia Packet says: On friend calied Constable Clark's to a paragraph in the Globe st: one Fred Asthn, the driver of I1 .' employed there, but was at this moment i l at the foot of the stairs, heard the fright- a ened girl scream, and on reaching the top 3 of the stairs she saw a burning apron lying} e in the doorway, and Miss McDonald was‘ 3 near it, pulling ofl‘ her clothes and making {desperate attempts to put out the fire. 3 Failing in this she rushed out of the room, 3 dropped her skirt on the landing of the: 2‘stairs and ran down to the street. By : ' this time her clothing was burning like a lighted torch. Mr. James Shaw, who was standing a little way from the entrance to the stairs, grabbed her and threw her down on the sidewalk, and in his tfi‘orts to smother the fire three fingers of his hand were burned. Nearly all the cloth- ing of the poor girl from her waist to her boots was consumed, and her legs are burned in a shocking manner, every inch of them being affected and in some spots the flesh is almost cooked. She was con- veyed to her home, where her injuries were immediately attended to. She has suffered severely, and it was feared that! the injury combined with the nervous shock she received might prove fatal, but her condition at the present time is im- proving. A new combination of new remedies. Made after new methods. Entirely unlike any other plaster. The Triumph of Modern Medical Science. rImmediately after applying it you feel its soothing, warming, strength- ening power. It'q'uiets congestion; draws out inflammation. It is a newfiplgster. ntime the superin- n Express Co. was On Monday Cons- says: On Friday, a. e Clark's attention Globe stating that GARRMGESAND BUGGEES I have something new in the above line of goods t 0 offer this spring to Intending purchasers. About four years ago I lutroc' .uced the first sort (f the justly celebrated RICHARDS 1002 distance 8X1! 3, and they gave each satisfaction that I handled qulte a number of them I mst season. Mr. Lang of Maripoaa. Mr. Fannlng of Cambray. Mr. Cayley of Ops. Mr, O'Connor of Eunismore and Mr. Howard Davidson of thtle Britain were a few of the purchasers, and those gentlemen would not an? hangs them for any other axle made. They are a high prlce, but withal a I :heap axle, all their good qualitles considered. They are guaranteed to t! avel 1000 miles with one oiling, and are perfectly dust proof. The oil is ' distributed from the cups in such a manner that It reaches just the spot whey s it is needed. This year I have gone into this style of axle very largely , and I want every insending purchaser to call and be convinced that it ls tb 3 axle, and the only first-class axle in use today. Don't fall to see the 1000 mile axle betore you buy. It will pay you to have a sett. I have somethln' 5 new in Shafts that I want you to see also. RICHARD; KYLIE Box 415. A small commisswn will be paza to sale within 60 days of such information. F, Lindsay, Corner Sussex and Peel~sts., 3rd door north of W. M. Robson's store FOR THE SPRING OF 189 9 The birds will soon begin to build. Perhaps you are thinking of doing the same thing. It may be you will put up a barn or house next spring. If so I am anxious to let you know that I have the Building Ma- terial you require, from Rough Lumber and Planks to make a silo, up to the finest Turned and Carved Stuff for the interior of an elegant house. Think over what you need in Doors, Sash, Mouldings, Shutters, Planed and Turned Goods, then drop in and get figures. DOMHMO“ l Wetheru p, THE VICTORIA PLANING MILE A o 3 â€"Sewing Machines and ~MeBurney-Beatie Bicycles any person giving such informatxou as will lead to a TRADE MARS ~Genuiue Bell Pianos and Organs, â€"The Dominion Pianos and Organs, â€"â€"Mason and Risch Pianos. ~The Hendelsshon Pianos. â€"Or any other make desird. Sacks and Barrels, asy to load at LAND SALT! 75 Cents per annum PAGES 9 T0 12