-- * = era AML oe eee aa ¥F = OE Bl weed 3 seth diciaeaaes e ed ti oar ba # ; be when the window is so close to keep them free fe 'the glasses is lost. ~./in which one ean be one's own sal- i eye by the optician, A despatch from North Bay: sdys: Fire which broke out at Kelso at. 2 o'clock on Thursday morning as- sumed large proportions. The Mil- ler Hotel, of three storeys with 200 rooms, was destroyed, as were also: ede Pa Prospect House, Bank of Ot- e, Davis and Dunn's aide store, @nd several other Sie The loss is estimated at 00,000. "athe fire started in the Miller Ho- » from a lamp explosion, the flames spreading very rapidly. * forts to save goods and effects fro! flames resulted in many narrow = capes from death. Several minor Ne occurred, but ing | Bert Wortherly eon saved the pro- pérty of the T. and N. O. Railway. Lack of water "prevented the fire being combated, but a railway en- ine was rushed from Iroquois alls, and moved the freight cars, loaded with goods for Porcupine camp, out of the danger zone. ~TARGEST CUSTOMS REVENUE A Gain of Twelve and a Quarter Million Dollars for the Year. A despaich from Ottawa says: The Customs revenue of the Domin- ion for the fiscal year, closed on Friday, shows the unprecedented gain of $12,280,930 over the fiscal year ending March 31, 1910. For the twelve months ending March 31, 1811, the total revenue was $72,343,866.07, as compared. with $60,061,926.56, the year just ending being the biggest i in the history of the country. The month of March, just closed, shows the largest revenue of any one month also in the lifetime of the Dominion, being over a million dollars greater than the previous largest month, which was August, 1910. The figureg.for March, 1911, are 7,445,474.52, as compared with 85,- 980,989.02 for March, 1910, an in- crease of $1,464,485.20. 0.24.4.4.6.4464.64564 and loosen the frame. If this oc- Se uews & ae ey > Co = role 'Ba28e0e264646 An An tn 4 THE EYE AND THE OCULIST. -In a recent number of a popular 'magazine a writer has given a vivid and harrowing account of his ex- periences when his time came to fitted with glasses. He tells of his wanderings from doctor to doc- tor with all sorts of symptoms that could not be relieved, until, al- though he was not having any loca eye trouble, it occurred to him to try an oculist, who immediately found the eyes to be at fault. _,The vicissitudes into which this discovery plunged him, the months of experiments with wrong glasses, the criminal incompetency of many opticians, the uncertainty and cost- liness of the whole process make melancholy reading. i is driven _-tg the conclusion that only the weal- thy "Teistire classes® will ever have e time, let alone the money, to gg in properly fitted glasses. e are becoming educated to the 4 Significance of eye-strain in its de- plorable consequences to the entire physique, and even if-we only par tially accept the accusations and 'conclusions of the writer here men- 'tioned, it would be desirable that our education should go on until the opticians are forced by awaken- ed public opinion to furnish proper lenses, and to equip their work- rooms with the proper machinery for turning them out. In the mean- there are several ways in which the wearer uf glasses can help himself, and with regard to these points the article referred to is most helpful: The most scientifically fitted! glasses in the world wil do more | harm than good unless they are} properly kept and correctly worn. It is a strong statement to mak but most people wear dirty glasses, S, even those who are careful in all other respects. tain window is a strain upon the vis- jon. How much more must the strain the eye that it is almost a part of it! In this matter adults can look yafter themselves, but happy is the "mother whose child dees not need glasses, for with children it is a matter of unceasing vigilance to from cvatings of; 'butter and jam and tears: yet this} -lmust be done, or all the benefit of | Another matter | 'vation is that of the proper angle. | Glasses must be worn at the exact! angle for which they are presctibed | and no other. For this reason many whie h| ' care should be taken not to handle, fastidiously | Peer- let ing through any clouded and uncer- | then £38.000.000 of 'the tutal was curs in the slightest degree, they should again be fitted and tighten- ed.--Youth's Companion. HEALTHY CLOTHING SECRET. One extreme is as bad as the other--undue coddling, and reckless exposure to our variable and try- ing climate. In matters of dress, as in all else, the watchword must be moderation. If men, women ri children, while observing the tates of hy gienic prudence and Prom mon sense in a ther directions, wear such clothing as they find most comfortable, sufficiently warm with- out being burdensome, and best suited for protection from the wea the exact number of pounds whic it weighs is of small moment, and | that the future of the race may be, left to take care of itself. SUNSHINE AND DEATH RATE. | In striking proof of = value of sunshine, o r sublight, the fact may \¥o be cited that in Paris the death, rate from consumption is inversely | proportioned to tne number of the ! windows per head--that persons living on the lower floors of build: | ings are more liable to it. than those | living on the upper stories, for the! simple*reason that the former are less exposed to the sun's rays. er J UNPRECEDENTED REVENUE. Britain's Gross Income for the Year Was £203,850,388. A despatch from London - says: John Bull is able to boast of a re- cord income for the financial year which ended on Friday. e gruss revenue for the year reached the unprecedented sum pounds sterling. Nevertheless the | jnet result is somewhat disappyint- | ther, it may be safely argued that | | showed by blushes, by biting his cole; the ei and the ae ia General Betore ¥. Eyes. CANADA. Lieut.-Col. the Hon. David Tis-| dals died at Simcoe on ayer & The health authorities pb tn the pollution of waters by resorts. Ten engine coal miners in Al- out on strike. The Arnprior Ccuncil has decid- ed to prosecute Chief Mattson, the defaulting tax-collector. The Hydro-eleciric Power Com- mission has made arrangemeats: to extend the system to Windsor. M;. A. Dion repurts that his va- lise containing papers valued at $10,000 was stolen from a Montreal street car. The Trust & Loan Company has offered to give the Corporation of Montreal land worth half a million dollars for a park. UNITED STATES. A meeting to promote internation- al arbitration was held in New York on Friday. GREAT BRITAIN. * The British revenue for the past year was the biggest on record. Rembrandt's picture, "The Mill,'"' will be sent to the United States. Premier Asquith and Ambassa- dor Reid spoke at the Bible cen- tenary celebration. The British Government have un- der consider@tion a proposal to re- adjust the calendar. GENERAL. The Albanians against Turkish rule. There are rumors of fighting in the Amur province. Four separate expeditions are racing for the South Pole. ----- SPEECtHt OF FCTURE KING. have revolted Prince of Wales Performs His First Publie Act. A Parag The boyish Prince ormed his first public act and made | |his maiden speech on Wednesday | lat Dartmouth. ithe observing ef the ancient _,cus- tom of presenting to the Town of Dartmouth a silver oar symboliz ing its traditional guardianship of that har he chief impression left upon his huge crowd of future on ere by the Prince was the from London says: odesty, ses ay his nervousness, which he 'lip frequently and casting frequent supplicating glances at his tutor, 'the Prince came through 'with fly- ing colors and the women were unanimous in pronouncing him "a dear."' His younger brother, Al- bert, who accompanied the Prince, evidently enjoyed his own lack o responsibility and' laughed happily at the crowds. ----T¥ CRIME AT MONTRE AL. Men Sentenced "for Manslaughter, Stabbing and Wounding. berta and British Columbia are i of Wales per-) oe oe malo toa D ae ALL ARE SKILLED FARMERS The Vanguard of U. S. Settlers Has Reachéd Winnipeg. A despatch from Winnipeg says: The vanguard of the 1911. army of United oe settlers reached Win- nipeg "at 1.30 pth 'clock on Wednesday morning. There was a train- load .of effects, comprising forty- one carloads, and two olonist sleepers attached te rain, which contained the membérs 25 families. Every man in the. ad is a skilled farmer. They are equip- ped with everything that experi- ence has shown i is necessary -- a start on virgin prairie. In ad tion to machinery and Kepochcld effects there were a large number of horses and cattle. Some of the farmers also brought along gas tractors, which will be put to work on ground-breaking. The actual worth of these farmers is estimat at $100,000. + INCREASE IN IMMIGRATION. Returns For Eleven Mouths of Cur- rent Fiseal Year. A despatch from Ottawa, says: Mr. Scott, Superintendent of [m-; immigrants who arrived in ee | Was 271,392, as compared with 175 729 during the contending months of the last fiscal year. The gain therefore is fifty-faur per cent. 486, as against period of the last financial year, an same eevee months, the corre ; pn last fiscal year" por ee were > 86, , the gain from this source being. pestle four per cent. ----_,.---_---- . DISEASE AT NORTH BAY. Greck Found Suffering From Cere- bro-spinal Fever. A despatch from North Bay says: A few days ago a young Greek was taken from a passenger train at North Bay very ill. The doctor. who attended him was surprised to find that the "symptoms suggested cerebro-spinal fever, a ase which caused two ocean steamships A despatch front Montreal says: Thursday was sentence day in the Céurt of King's Bench. Judge La-/i to twelve years in the penitentiary | for slashing a compatriot with a ra- to be tied up in New York harbor 3 under rigid quarantine, and which is dreaded because of its malignant A of 203,550, 588 | vergne sentenced Pasquali Bisnco | qualities and contagiousness. $5. test was made from the patierft and. a report submitted to the Toronto | ing, os Se being only £5,606,- 257. He cut a gash'Tive inches jong | laboratory, where a specialist con- 706. 1e exp a of this is that in the cheek of hi$ fellow-country- 'firmed the case as cerebro-spinal | £31,500,000 sterling are arrears of man Rosario Cazavant, found 'fever. The Greek died after an ill- 1909-10, the collection of which was guilty of manslaughter by causing | ness of a few aays, and was buried he Lhrad rdla hrdlaaldrhaa hadr | earmarked to meet the deficit of 1909-10. Sy VICEREGAL VISIT TO WEST. Earl Grey and Party Will) Spend Twe Weeks in Winniveg. A despatch from Winnipeg says: Ear! Grey, accompanied by the Countess and family and the vice- regal suite, will spend two weeks on an official visit to this city this month. They will reside at Gov- ernment House. The primary ob- ject of the visit is to attend the an- nual competition for the Earl Grey | | musical and Reamiatic trophies, I during the win may 'val of ne mrire, in which the Sh: field Choir ;will take part. a WHEAT WINTERS WELL. = increas" in Average Under Grain-- . Snow Helped | It Along. A despatch from Winnipeg says: Careful investigation by local grain bers, in mill men, vat plowink, aes this would have been s further increased had it not "en for drough' But heavy and frequent snowfalls, which have had a chance to soak Well in, haye removed this danger, It is difficult to estimate how much new lafd was broken last pore ncaa where entirely new dis- of sami a enor brought eter the i j jail. unprecedented era of prosperity. t. ms ing him a blow on the head, was} sentenced to six years in the peni- I tentary. Sebastius Coristi, guilty | of wounding a fellow-countryman by cutting him on the chest with a sharp instrument, was sentenced to three years in the penitentiary. | Louis Goguet, guilty of obtaining money under false pretences. was sentenced to eighteen months in a TO SUCCEED DR. SAUNDERS, Prof. Robertson May Become Di- rector of Dominion Farms, r. A despatch from Ottawa says: It is stated that Prof. Robertson, head of the Commission on Techni- 'eal Education and Industrial Train- ing, is likely to be induced to re- iturn to the Government service acd guecenl Dr. William Saunders as Vrector of the Do minion experi- aot farms. a ee AN ERA ores PROSPERITY. Prediction of Newloundland' s Gor- ernor to Legislature. A despatch from St. John's. Nfld., says: After a session lasting but seven weeks, the shortest regu- lar session on record, the New-} foundland Legislature was ore-| rogned on Wednesday. In 'his clos- E, Williams, expressed his belief | to that the colony is entering upon*'an THE MONARCH LAUNCHED. Largest Battleship Ever Built. by of increased M seed tse en delayed by the Lords' rejection of the dbath of Ernest Bigras in strik- i in the local cemetery, unnamed and unknown. uring his treatment in North Bay the Greek waS rigidly quarantined and carefully watched, ----1s KING GEORGE'S GIFT. Gave Aged Couple House Rent Free for Rest of Their Lives. ~~ A despatch from London says: A story of King George's kindness of heart was related on Monday night. The King recently visited arg aged couple in moderate circum- stances, who had resided for a long time on the Royat estate at Nor- folk, and after a friendly chat the King offered to the husband a ci- gar. The aged man thanked the King, adding: "I don't often get a chance to smoke cigars." A few days later the man received a let-, ter in the King's handwriting giv- ing to him his house rent free for the rest of his life and expressing the hope that this little relief to his income would enable him to afford cigars as long as he liv oh SAVED HIS FAMILY. But Man Residing Near Haileybury} Was Severely Burned. A despatch fren Cobalt says: A woman and five childrep had a ling speech the Governor, Sir Ralph) narrow escape from sng burned eath in a house near n> ell over Ca and me at from Jamp. $5.4u ; second nts P= -- sod stfong, baker, 27 on} ae ern, ay Bay ports; No. 2 North- First patents, 'Wheat--No, 1 North- ern, 93c, Bay ports, 'and No. 3 at 9lc, Bay ports. J Ontario Wheat--No. 2 red and white, 80 to 8lc, outside. 'Barley--Malting yualities, 64 to Cie yore according to asia and_ feed, track, Togonto, "32 to fey out- side. No. 2 W.C. oats, 36/4e, Bay Corn--No. 3 American, 5134 - 52c, Toronto freight. Peas--No. 2 around 80c outside. e--66 to 68c outsi Buckwheat--No. 1 at 48% to 49c outside. Bran--Manitobas, $23, in bags, Toronto, and shorts, $24.50, in bags, Toronto; Ontario shorts, $24.50 to $25. . COUNTRY PRODUCE. Apples--Bpys, $5 to $6; Bald- wins, $4 to $4.50; Greenings. $4 to $4.50; No. B paint hi $3.50 to $4.- 50 per barrel. . Beans--Car lots, $1.75 to $1.80, and small lots, $1.90 to $2. Honey--Extracted, in tins, 10 to lle per lb.; No. 1 comb, wholesale, $2 to $2.50 per dozen; No. 2 comb, wholesale, $1.75 to $2 per dozen. Baled Hay--No. 1 at $11.50 to $13 on track, and No. 2 at $9 to $10.50. Baled Straw--$6.50 to $7 on track, Toronto. migration, issued the following! Poultry--Wholesale prices of statement on Wednesday : "For the dressed poultry :--Chickens. 15 Pye eleven months, April to February, | !® ot ante Ib. ; fowl, 11 to 13c per I of the current year, the number of tur The occasion W8S The number who arrived via 'ocean ! 8c pe ports for the same period was 164,- 'solide, go" 22 to 23c for separator 89,241 for @ like! prints. t. United States for the! 14%c. - | Cheese-- Westerns. Potatoes--Car lots, 80 to 85c per , and New Brunswick, 90 to 95c. 19 to 2le per lb. Live, 1 to 2c m THE DAIRY MARKETS. Butter--Dairy prints, 18 to 20¢; inferior, 16 to 17c. Creamery, 27 to r lb. for rolis, 24 to 24%4c for Eggs--Case lots, 18c per dozen. ed roils, $20 to $21. Hams-- ight to medium, l5c ; do., heavy, 12 to 1Be ; rolls, 12%4¢; break- er bacon, 164 to l7c; backs, 15 to 18%. Lard--Tierces, 12c; tubs, 12\c; pails, 12%<c. BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. Montreal, April 4.--According to cable advices, the foreign wheat si- | tuation is very weak. ats--Cana- dian Western, No. 2, 38t4e, ear lots ex store ; extra No. | feed, 38c; No. W., 37)4c; No. 2 local white, 364ic; No. 3 local white, 35éc; No. 4 local white, 34¥.c. Flour---Mani- rapa Spring wheac patents, firsts, ; do., seconds, $5.10; Winter Siar patents, $4.50; strong bak- ers', $4.90; straight rollers, 84 to 4.23; do., in bags, $1.75 to $1.85. Rolled oats--Per barrel, $3.90; bag of 90 Ibs., $1.95. Barley--Feed, car lots ex store, 49 to 530c. orn American No. 3 yellow, 56 to 56'4c. Millfeed--Bran, Ontario, $22 to $23 ; Manitoba, $2! .to $23; mid- dlings, Ontario, $24 to $25: shorts, Manitoba, $23 to #25; monillie, $25 to $30. Eges--Fresh, 20 to 23c. 12% Butter--Choi- 24% to + to I2e. seconds, easterns, 11)2 cest, 26 to 4: Bc. UNITED. STATES MARKETS. Minneapolis, April 4.--Wheat -- May 921-8 to 92ijc: July, 934 to 93 5-Se ; cash, No. 1 hard, 94 1-8¢; No. 1 Northern, 925-8 to 935-Se; No. 2 Northern, 901-8 to 915-8; No. 3 Northern, 881-8 to 905-Se. Bran--821.50 to $22. Flour--First patents, $4.35 to #4. 65: second pat- ents, $4.25 to $4.55; first clears, . to $3.30; second clears, $1.- 85 to $2.50. Buffalo, April 4. Northern, carloads, Winter. No. 2 red 92c. 3 vellow, 49c; No. 4 yellow. 47%c,] « os _on track, through billed. Oats ce; No. 3 white, . 4 white. 32°4c. Barley-- Malting, $1.10 to $1.14. ----e LIVE STOCK MARKET. Montreal April 4.--Steers sold at from 534 to 6%c, cows at from 34 to Sue. and balls at from 4 to de per p sold at 4% to 5e per Ib., $5 to' $7 each. porm, and No. 3 at 36%4c, Bay |? to eta ed that many women and children | j FARMERS MUST BE UaREFUL. Government Says Mangel Seed Must be Carefally Watched. - A despatch from Ottawa says: co most unfavorable, and it is feared that the percentage of vitality will be very low. The department of lagriculture advises farmers to from at least one-half more mangel partment also strongly advises the buying of seed from' reputable firms, d the bags or packages of which are branded with the percentage of vitality. --_----_--3-----_ TRAFFIC DIVERTED. Leading Line Has Placed Two Extra Vessels on Canadian Ronte. A despatch frou Antwerp, Bel- gium, says: The diversion of Euro- pean emigration from the United States to Canada is said to be seri- ously affecting the Atlantic steam- ship lines. The Red Star on Wed- nesday gives up to the America- Canada line two of the best special emigrant steamers afloat, the Goth- and the Samland. These ves- sels heretofore in the Antwerp-New York service are now to be operat- ed from Rotterdam to Canadian ports. There are now 1,500 emi- grants bound for Canada held up here by a lack of - 'transportation fa- cilities. There is a proportional A despatch from says: Another substance from which paper may be manufactured has been discovered by a manager of a sugar estate at Trinidad, ac- cording to the United States Con- sul at that place. The new sub- stance is ground sugar cane, to which is added bamboo fibre. The combination of these two, the dis- coverer believes, produces a sub- stance of which the fibre is the right length to make a oa and excellent paper. e m paper by this process =tthoxt the use of chemicals. The quality of | the paper, according to the report, can command the market against any wood paper now being manu- feet red. ----g-------- POLLU UTING THE WATER. Tannery Firm in " Giiehee Province Has to Pay a Fine. A despatch from: Montreal says: The Lesage Company, operating a tannery situated at St. Leonard de Port Maurice, was fined 3750 in the Court of King's Bench on Friday ' morning for contaminating water by >| products from their mill. fore they were summoned and or- dered to make improvements to stop the nuisance, but this order was repeated on Friday morning. YOUTHFUL INCENDIARY. Montreal Boy Admits Causing Three Fires im North-end. A despatch from Montreal says: Fifteen-year-old Hector Lefebvre on Wednesday pleaded guilty to the charge of being a firebug. e ad- mitted that he had been the direct cause of three outbreaks in the sovithe roo' HELPING THE CLOVER CROP. How. to Improve a Better Catch of - the Seeding. During every season since 1905, the Bacteriological Laboratory of the Ontario Agricultural College th the smal! nodules or "knots,"' are natirally formed on the roota of clovers, and which may usually be readily seen when a clover of alfalfa plant is dug up and the earth carefully broken away from ak supply of nitrogen in the air (about four-fifths of the air is agi gas), and transfer it to the gro ing plant. Thus, by the aid of rl aitrogen-gathering bacteria the meee piant is ale to get its sup- ply of this most valuable fertiliz- ing elemnt, nitrogen, from the air, instead of having to depend upon what is in the soil. This explains the fact which every farmer knows, that clovers and other closely relat- - ed crops are such good soil enrich- ers. When these crops are plowed under, the extra amount of nitro- gen which has been stored up in them becomes available for sueceed- ing crops. It is absolutely essential that the. nitrogen accumulating bacteria present in order that the storing of nitrogen in the clover plant be ac- complished. If a-clover or alfalfa erop has been successfully grown as shown by thrifty, vigorous growth and the presence of plenty of nodules on the roots, it indi- cates that the necessary ria are already present in the soil, and --_-- to penetrate the roots as soon Washington bed Twice be- S. F. Ed north end of the city, in one o :|which four horses were destroyed. -- d se in the migration to the caee--nares. 2S, - _-- United State tes. me $ germination of the seed occurs. a ee ee ; in Ge ee tl oe r unsuccess- HOG BRODIE... | SUBSTIEDTE HOR WooD-PULP. | homers, itis probable Bacon--Long*clear, 12%e per _ th ed by some lin case lots; mess pork, $20 to $21;/Trimidad Planter Claims Have and they should be supp Ravrrease do., short cut, $24 to $24.50; pick- Discovered New Su "ee has shown that the most sati#fac- _ method of inoculation-is to ap- ~ the bacteria baa! to a before sowiu This is method to be softomad with oe cal tures = out by the College at Guelph. Last year there were 3 375 of these bacteria cultures sent to 1,881 farm- ers, and of 771 who retu re- ports, two-thirds states that the in- oculation of the ad aided in securing a better crop. the present season, the ng ade | College will send cultures for the inoculation of the following kinds of seeds :--Alfalfa, red or mammoth clover, alsike clover, white clover, crimson clover, vetches, peas, beans, sweet peas. Each kind of requires a different culture. The cultures are sent by mail with full instructions for their use. There is only one size package prepared, that being sufficient to treat sixty pounds of seed. There is a nominal charge of 25 cents for each pack- age of serpin ---- cover cost of ma- terial and spptcations ee ~~ Scind and amount of seed to be treated, and "should be per et with enclosed postal note, stamps, or money order to > Agricultur- ada. ' . F. Edw: al College, G UNION JACK Flag te be Displayed on Public Buildings Every Week Day. A despatch from Ottawa says: The Minister of Public Works has issued an order, in accordance with the decision of the Cabinet Coun- cil, directing that the Union Jack shall fly over every public building in on eyery day except Sun- day during the yegr. At present the flag is flown only over public buildings in sea rts of --_ along the international boun- ry. NEARLY $9,000 IN FINES Unlicensed Liquor Dealers in Cochrane and Kelso Raided - '/ despatch from Cobalt says: Clifford Vans. $100; "