TS eh ee May Ae Es ame hal a) SPEECH FROM THE THRONE Dpening of the Third Session of the Thirteenth Legislature of Ontario The speech from the Throne at the ing of the Ontario Legislature at ronto on Wednesday is as follows:-- eo eyengd and Gentlemen of the Legis- lat: Assembly: ee! ' me pleasure to weloome you Ye the arge of your duties at this 16 third session of the thirteenth Legis- ture of this Province. Our thanke are due to an overruling Proviienee for the abundant harvest with vhich Ontario was blessed during the past ear, whtoh has had a ateadying effect on ancial: and industrial. conditions gen- rally. In commen with our fellow-citizens else- where threnghout Canada, the people of Peperto have experienced great satisfac- jon from the return of His Royal High- ness the Qevernor-Genoral to this country, companied by Her Royal Highnesa the mohess of Connaught, whose restoration to health has been a matter of general thank{fulnees, My Government wae represented at the Taterproyincial Conference held last fall m the ety of Ottawa, in which every AQrovines in the Dominion participated. © proosddings of the conference relating to sevetad tmportant subjects of public interest iY be laid before you for your considera' " In socordance with the announcement mado at The last meeting of the Legisla- ture, a Odmmiesion on ads and High- ways bee been appointed, and has begun the preliminary work for a echeme of road aiproveupaat throughout the Province. Public wivings were held at various placa moans of which the views of mrnios euthorities and various organ- izationg Gvere elicited. The information thus Gptwinad will be embodied in the re- port the Commission, An agreement has been reached with the Goyprmment of Canada for carrying out in Ste Province the provisions of the agriguiftwal ingtruction act passed by the Dominfon Parliament to cover a period ot ten yeire. Ontario's first installment, egronating $195,000, has boon received, * is héing spont along the lines of in- struction and demonstration, tt ts = gh ges to ohserve the increased {uterestdii the part of the farmers of the Provines in approved agricultural meth- ode. Am indication of this is found in the (vot thet the attendance at the Ontario Agriculture College is about double what it wae ib years ago, while tho number of uow wivdente registered at the open- tng of present term shows a marked advance Gyer that of the previous year. To meat eo conditions an enlarged equipmént has been provided, and plang for furtiny extensions aro now receiving attention, Tho nuwber of Dietrict Ropresentatives of the Gutario Department of Agriculture has boén MMreaged and the work of indi- vidual Representative has been made more effective. One marked feature haa been the holding of rural school fairs with a view t)-dn¥Yeresting the rising generation in bett4*. agrioulture--seventy of these Pairs having been held during the past ao2son with marked success. It ia hoped to extend} thia work until the whole Pro- vince i gapved. In cotadduence of the increased con- sumption wT power the Hydro-clectric Power Wommiveion has been enabled to make a forther reduction in the price of electricity. 'Dhe Commission has under vonsidération the duplication of the main traneinic jing, and is constructing a high-tene line to the western houndary of the Srovince. Information regarding rvdial raibway projects has been furnish- ed to commanities asking the sesistance of the Gommiesion, while the efforts to lnterest agricnkturists in the use of elec- tricity have been continued with promis- ing resnlita During the past year the Commission organized a department for the ingpection of electrical installations and equipment, in order to afford protec: tion to Hfe and property. The policy of road development in Nor- thern Ontario, under the especial legisla- tion of 1912, has been extended from. the eastern to the western boundaries of the Province. About 500 miles of roads, with the necessary bridges and drainage facili- ties, were wholly or partially constructed last year, involving an expenditure of about $1,100,000. The effect of this work npon settlement and upon the value of farm lands has already been noticeable. The mineral production of Ontario dur- ing the paat year was the largest yet re- corded, there having been a considerable increase in the output of nickel, copper and gold, while the yield of silver was about equal to that of the previous year. I amiglad to know that*there ie every prospect before the mining industry of a period of further expansion. f : An outstanding feature of the education. al situation during the year has been the extension of industrial training through- out the Province. In nearly all the large industrial centres evening classes ~ have been organized under' the industrial and education act, passed in 1913, showing the widespread desire for this class of in- struction. Sufficient progress has been mado in the work on the Central Prison Farm at Guelph to warrant the anticipation that the Central Prison in Toronto will be va- cated in November next. The plan of prié- ou reform adopted in the new institution has passed the experimental stage, and is proving satisfactory in youl respect, The labor of the prisoners is being utilized also in connection with the brick manu- facturing plant established at Mmico, the product of which is used only for pub- lic inetitutione. The new Hospital for the Insane at Whitby is now well advanced and it is be- liéved that a large eection of it will be |eompleted and afford accommodation for five hundred patients by the latter part of the present year. The Commission appointed to revise and consolidate the Statutes of the Province, having completed its labors, has present- ed ite final report, which will be laid be fore you. In the meantime the distribu- tion has already been commenced. During the past year the Province re- ceived the Federal subsidy of $2,134,000 in aid of the Timiskaming & Northern Oa- tario Railway. A regular train service has been inaugurated on the Elk Lake branch, and the extension to the Abitibi River has been completed. Settlement in the district served by the railway con- tinues to advance, while the inquiries made by prospective settlers afford hope- ful indications for the future. Legislation respecting compensation to workmen for injuries, representation in the Legislative Assembly and other mat- ters of public importance will come before you for consideration. The growing financial demands of the Province, consequent upon its develop- ment and the extension of its public ser- vices and activities, oall for increased ex- penditures from year to year To meet these conditions a larger revenue, with your approval, will be obtained from a number of available sources on an equit- able and reasonable basis. A serious and protracted illness hae be- fallen my Prime Minister, the leader of this House of Assembly, evoking the deep sorrow and sympathy of the whole com- munity. It is very gratifying to know that the recovery of health and strength seoms now to be assured. The public accounts will bea brought down for your consideration at the ear- liest moment, and the supplementary es- timates for the current year will be sub- mitted without delay. It is my earnest hope and belief that your deliberations will serve to advance the best interests and welfare of this im- portant Province. Just One Moro Woman lises TELE. HER SISTERS THEY CAN FIND RELIEF IN DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS. Mrs. Joka Cabot, After Six Years' Suffering, Tried Dodd's Kidney Pills and Found New life and Energy. White Head Perce, Que., Feb. 23. ~4{Special).--One more woman has risen to tell her suffering sisters they eam find relief in Dodd's Kad- ney Pilla. That woman is Mrs. John Gabot, well known and highly respected here, and she expresses her entlmsiasm in these words: 'I certainly recommend Dodd's Kid- oey Pills, There is nothing bet- ter."' Asked to give her experience, , Mrs. OGabot contanued: 'My trou- bie started in a cold, and I suffered for six yeara. Rheumatism, nour- algia, etiffness of the joints, cramps in the mmecles and heart flutter- dugs were among my symptoms, and 10 finally Bright's Disease, developed. - Lt was then I started to use Dodd's Kidney Pills, and they helped me almost Irom the start. After tak- ing four boxes I feel like a new wo- man.'" Dodd's Kidney Pills cure the kid- neys. Healthy kidneys strain all the impurities and poisons--all the seeds of disease--out of the blood. Dodd's Kidney Pilla not only cure the disease but by ensuring good blood give new life and energy to every part of the body, wlth itcamintcsind Rei nepnineeeinintie MAN WAS BADLY HURT. Tho Prince of Wales Conveyed Him to a Physician, A despatch from Oxford says: Tho Prince o& Wales gave prompt aid te the driver of a carriage who was injuted by being thrown out of the yéhiele when the horse was frighiened by the tooting of the horn of the automobile in which the Prince was going to a fox hunt on Wediesday. The horse tried to jump @ hedge when the horn was gounded, and the driver was thrown out and his leg was broken. The Prince took the man into his | aubomabiie and sped to the nearest | village. Not finding a surgeon he | took the sufferer to another village, lef hin in charge of a physi- . "She Prince then cortinued on his way to the hunt. ae Nee ae ilway lines in P.E.I. are block- by entw, some drifts being fif- teen fest high. : The Kmg attended the smoking concert of the Royal Amateur Or- thestral Society of London, taking % large party from Buckingham alace, He applauded several, per- ' formera, smoked' cigarettes, shook hands With teading membere of the sociciy, and epgaged in animated convérsaiion.on the programme. | GOING BACK HOME. Miss Elsie Mackenzie is a sweet, curly-haired, gentle-voiced, win- dow-breaking, jail-defying, hunger- striking: militant suffragettes. Not long ago Mrs, Pankhurst sent her to America to help Mrs. Oliver H. P. Belmont get votes for women. The other day she ordered a 5-cent pot of cocoa in Mrs. elmont's lunch and suffrage temple in New York. Tho pantry girl gave her extra measure. "Why,"? said Mrs. Mary Mor- gan, superintendent of the food de- partment, "not to speak of the co- coa, there is 5 cents' worth of milk in that pot." Miss. Mackenzie can break a win- dow or bash a policeman, but she doesn't like to be spoken to harsh- ly. So she gave Mrs. Morgan an- other nickel. Miss Mackenzie re- marked as she did so, in newly ac- Miss Elsie Mackenzie, quired American slang, that now Mrs. Morgan was 5 cents to the good. Ten minutes later she was standing in Mrs. Belmont's more or less awful presence. "You not only took more than a nickel's worth of cocoa in a5-cent pot," said Mrs. Belmont, "but you insulted Mrs. Morgan. You must apologize." So Miss Mackenzie is going back to London and window-breaking and war and hunger-striking. She says she likes peace. pe Sie me Ke ---- The Trath About Early Rising. Gibbs--I believe in early rising, don't you? eee 4 Dibbs--Well,.'theré's no abstract excellence in early rising ; it all de- pends on what you do after you rise. It would be better for the world if some people never got up. oe The Marquis of Salisbury address- ing the Herefordshire Chamber of Commerce declared that if land- owners ate deprived of existing authority they will spend no more money on land, but will sell and quit, 10 POWERFUL LOCOMOTIVES. Railway Importing Them From Germany. A despatch from London says: The South-eastern Railway has placed a contract for 10 powerfu! locomotives with a German firm at Tegel, near Berlin. The placing of this contract is of more than ordi- nary importance, for, although some years ago the Great Central, the Great Northern and the Mid- land Companies introduced a num- ber of freight locomotives which had been built in America, and the Great Western has introduced French locomotives into its Pad- dington and Plymouth express ser- vice, no German-built locomotives have ever been imported into Great Britain, with the exception of some small, narrow-gauge engines for contractors' purposes. English sya. ROBBED OF FIFTY DOLLARS. An Old Blind Man Held Up in the North Country. A despatch from Cobalt says: One of the meanest thefts ever per- petrated in the North Country was brought to the attention of the Co- balt police on Thursday when Adol- phus Meloche, a blind man consid- erably over middle age and totally unable to defend himself against attack, reported to Chief Burke that an unknown person had lured him out to a lonely spot beyond the Hudson Bay camp and there held him up and robbed him of $50, leaving him to get back to town as best he oculd. The thief asked the blind man to buy a watch, but the latter refused, saying he had no money. The thief then told him to hand over $50 or he would beat him up, and Meloche did so. ve THE EARL OF SCARBOROUGH. Will Run an Up-to date Restaurant at Skegness-on-Sea. A despatch from London says: Like many another member of the old British nobility, the Earl of Scarborough has decided to go into trade. Before the seaside season begins he will, if the justices grant him a license, be retailing tea rolls and butter, not at a charity bazaar, but every day in the week, at an up-to-date restaurant at Skegness- on-Sea. In short, the Earl has de- cided to relinquish his investments in real estate and to go into busi- ness as a caterer and restaurant keeper. ot ADMIRALTY WILL ECONOMIZE $2,500,000 By Abandoning Naval Manoeuvres. Save A despatch from London says: The Daily Mail says the British na- val manoeuvres for 1914 have been abandoned, ostensibly on the ground that there is nothing more to be learned from naval manosu- vres, all that was necessary having been ascertained in 1913. The pa- per adds that the real reason is a desire for economy in the Admiral- ty, to save the' $2,500,000, which the Manoeuvres would cost. It is re- called that the manoeiivres of 1907 were abandoned for the sake of economy, whe FEMALE DOMESTICS WANTED. Marriageable Women Are Also Wanted In Australia. A despatch from Ottawa says: Australia's necessity for immigra- tion, especially of female domestics, is set out in the first report of the Dominions Royal Commission, ta- bled in the House on Wednesday by Hon. George Foster. A demand for marriageable women is also empha- sized, there being a difference of 226,000 between the male and fe- male population. The commission, of which Mr. Foster is a member, visited. Australia and New Zealand last summer, oo) AFRAID TO EAT Girl Starving on Poorly Selected Food, 'Several years ago I was actual- ly starving," writes a girl, "yet dared not eat for fear of the con- sequences, "T had suffered indigestion from overwork, irregular meals and im- proper food, until at last my sto- mach became so weak I could eat scarcely any food without great distress, "Many kinds of food were tried, all with the same discouraging ef- fects. I steadily lost health and strength until I was but a wreck of my former self. "Having heard of Grape-Nuts and its great merits, I purchased a package, but with little hope that it would help me--I was so discour- aged. "T found it not only appetizing but that I could eat it as I liked and that it satisfied the craving for food without causing distress, and if I may use the expression, 'it fill- ed the bill.' "For wnonths Grape-Nuts was my principal article of diet. I felt from the very first that I had found the. right way to health and happiness, and my anticipations were fully realized. : "With its continued use I regain- ed my usual health and strength. To-day T am well and can eat any- thing I like, yet Grape-Nuts food forms a part of my bill of fare," « Name given by Canadian Postum Co,, Windsor, Ont. . Read "The Road to Wellyille,' in pkgs. "Phere's a Reason."' Hver read the above letter? A now one appears from time to time. They efo genuine, true, and full of human snterest. THE EWS A A PARAGRAPL HAPP .NINGS FROM ALL OVER THE GLOBE IN A NUTSHELL Canada, the Empire and the World fe General Before Your Eyes. ~ Canada. Northern Volunteer. Firemen's Association will hold this year's tournament at Lindsay on July 30. Sixty-five beneficiaries have been selected to participate in the lakes disaster fund, amounting to $110,- 834. Henry Woods, 108 Oak Avenue, Hamilton, and four children are seriously ill with diphthei 1, Two children have already died from the disease. : Thomas Lyons, employed as a marine watchman at Sarnia, was arrested at Point Edward on a charge of placing explosives in a kitchen stove at the home of Tho- mas Taylor. A monster petititen, 2090 yards in length, and bearing 10,000 names, from the women of British Colum- bia, asking for the franchise, was presented to the B. OC. Legislature. Twelve Hungarians who have been working in Brantford for some years are going home with about $35,000. One, foreman of the city sewer gang, is said to have about one-third of it. Harold Gillespie, M.D., aged 29, a graduate of McGill University, but grey-haired, was sent to jail at Vancouver as a vagrant, his fourth prison term in three years. He is a drug victim, Information has been laid against 15 residents of Bonfield, a small village 20 miles east of North Bay, for hooliganism in connection with the wedding of a local couple, who were pelted with ice. That there was nothing in the Workmen's Compensation Act to deprive an injured person from ob- taining benefit if injured on Sun- day was the decision of Mr. Justice Gregory in setting aside the deci- sion of another judge in Vancou- ver, Great Britain. A militant suffragette attacked Baron Weardale with a whip, mis- taking him for Premier Asquith. The system of confidential re- ports practised in the British War Office was strongly condemned by a London court. Unionist members of the House of Lords decided to support the mo- tion calling for an inquiry into the charge of the newspapers of the purchase of titles by subscriptions to the party funds. United States. A terrific rainstorm devastated six orange-growing counties in southern Oadlifornia, on Thursday. Boards of Trade in the North- western States may be subjected to a Congressional probe in regard to alleged control of wheat and fiour prices. More than 160,000 members of the Salvation Army from 46 countries will assemble in San Francisco August 16 to 22, 1915, for the Inter- national Convention, The Alaska Railroad bill, author- izing President Wilson to construct a $35,000,000 railroad from Alas- ka's coast to the coal fields, was passed by the Amorican House, vote 230 to 87. The extension of the free tolls ex- emption to coast vessels of all na- tions, which would permit Cana- dian vessels to go through free, is one of the compromises suggested in Washington in regard to the Panama Canal, General. A commission for the study of the economic consequences for France of the opening of the Panama Ca- nal was formed in Paris. It will make a report to the Government. The marriage of Crown Prince George of Greece and Princess Elizabeth, of Roumania, will be celebrated at Athens May 21st, and the Kaiser, who arranged the match, will be present. Pope Pius has prohibited the emi- gration of priests to America with- out sanction of the Congregation of Consistory. Authorization will be refused when the motive of the trip is speculation. Co 41-YEAR-OLD HORSE. Wad Been Used By Five Genera- tions of One Family. A -despatch from Trenton says: Probably the oldest horse in On- tario, an Indian Arabian pony, died recently at the farm of Mr. W. B. Scott, Prince Hdward Coun- ty, The pony had been used by five generations of the family and was 41 years of age. Mrs. Scott's chil- dren and grandchildren drove her and rode her up to the past year, when old age began to make its appearance and the pony's teeth failed. She was then fed on grain. She had the Western brand of AB on her shoulder, SO RURAL POST-OFFICES. ee The Government May Establish Libravies in Them. A despatch from Ottawa' says: Mr. Borden told Mr. W, A. Buch- anan in the House of Commons on Wednesday that the Prime Minister had received a number of communi- cations urging the establishment of libraries in the rural, post-offices of. Canada. The Premier added that the matter was under considera- tion, j : aie 2. an 4 PROS OF FARH PROQUGIS| REPORTS "ROM THE LEADINO TAD? CENTRES OF AMERICA feices sf Cattle, Crain, Cheets ana OFne? reduce at Home ane Abroaé Crop Outlook Favorable. United Kingdom--Weather generally fa- vorable, and outlook for ¢rops fine. France--Some-fears of damage from Tre- cent severe weather, but generally the outlook is favorable. Weather mild. Germany--A succession of freezing and thawing will result in damage. Weather is sezsonable, but not severe and there is artial snow covering. ; 2ussia--Crop conditions continue fayor- ..vle, with weather milder. Roumania--No complaints from crop, with weather seasonable. Hungary--Complaints are coming to hand of damage from recent severe freez- | ing, a6 the crop has a very light snow pro- tection. Large importation expected dur- ing now and April. Italy and Asia Minor--Crop outlook fa- vorable, with weather seascnable. Spain--Outlook unfayorablé, owing to deficient rainfall during the winter. Wea- ther mild. India--General rain has been confirmed, but too late to benefit to any extent, and is against harvesting in early districts. In northern regions ofierg of wheat are prac- tically nil. "3 : North Africa--Reports are contradictory, but generally favorable. Belgium and Holland--Sowing progrese- Rain urgently ing, with weather mild, wanted. Breadstuffs. Toronto, February 24.--Flour--- Ontario wheat flours, 90 per cont., $3.70 to $3.75, seaboard, and at $3.70, Toronto. Manitobas --First patents, in jute bags, 35.40; do., seconds, $4.90; etrong bakers', in jute bags, $4.70. Manitoba wheat--Bay ports, No. 1 Nor- thern, 98 1-2c, and No. 2, 96 1-2, Goderich, 1-2 more. No. 1 Northern, North Bay, $1.04, and No, 2, $1.01 1-2. Ontario wheat--No. 2 at 91 to 940, out- side, according to freight, and 9c, On track, Toronto. Oats--No. 2 Ontario oats, 36 to 35 1-260, outside, and at 38 to 38 1-20, on track, To- ronto. Western Canada, oats, 40 1-20 for No. 2, and at 39 to 39 1-2c for No. 3, Bay ports. : Peas--No. 2 at 950 to $1, oniside. Barley--Good malting barley, 56 to 660, outside, Corn--New No. 3 American, 69 1-20, all rail, Toronto. Rye--No. 2 at 62 to 630, outside. : Buckwheat--No. 2 at 760 to 7éc, outside. Bran--Manitoba bran, $22.50 a ton, in bags, Toronto freight. Shorts, GA $24.50, Toronto. Country Produce. Butter--Ghoice dairy, 22 to 2303 inferior, 19 to 200; farmers' separator prints, 22 to 5c; creamery prints, 30 to Sic; solids, 2? to 290; storage prints, 27 to 280; solids, 25 1-2 to 260. Eegs--Case lots of new-laid, 35 to 360 per dozen; storage, selects, 33 to 34a, and storage, 31 to 520 per dozen. Cheese--New cheese, 14 3-40 for large, and 150 for twine. Beans--Hand-picked, $2.15 to $220 bushel; primes, $2.10. _ Honey--Extracted, in tins, 11 to 120 per lb. for No. 1; combs, $3 to $3.25 per dozen for No. 1; and $2.40 to $2.50 for No. 2. -- Poultry---Fowl, 12 to 130 per Ib.; chick: ens, 16 to 18; ducks, 13 to 160; geese, 14 to 150; turkeys, 19 te 22. Potatoes--Ontarios at 83 to 85e per bag, on track, and Delawares at 9c, on track, in car lots. per Provisions. Bacon--long olear, 15 to ite per Ib, in case lots Pork--Short cut, $286.50; do. mess, $24.50. Hams--Medium, 18 to 18 1-20; do,, heavy, 17 to 180; rolls, 15 to 15 1-4; breakfast bacon, 18 to 190; backs, 22 to 2c. Pard--Tierces, 14 1-40; tubs, 14 1-20; pails, 14 3-40. Baled Hay and Straw. Raled hay--No. 1 at $14.50 a ton, on track here; Noe. 2 quoted at $13 to $13.50, and mixed at $12 to $12.50, Baled straw--Car lots, $8.59 to $8.76, on track, Toronto, 2 Winnipeg Grain. Winnipeg, February 24.--Cash:--Wheat-- No. 1 Northern, 90 1-80; No, 2, do., 88 1-4o; No. 3, do., 86 3-40; No. 4, 821-20; No, 6, 741-20; No, 6, 68 1-20; feed, 63 1-80; No, 1 rejected, seeds, 85 340; No. 2, do., 83 340; No. 3, do., 82c; No. 1 emutiy, 85 3-40; No, 9, do, 83 3-40; No. 3, do., 840; No. red Winter, 90 1-6c; No, %, do., 87 1-40; No. §, do., 86 340. Oate--No. 2 ©.W., 350; No. 3, do., 340; extra No. 1 feed, 340; No. 1 feed, 33 1-20; Mo. 2, do. 383-40. Barley--No. 4, 440; No. 4, 411-20; rejected, dia; feed, 40 1-20, -Wiax--No, 1 N.-W.0., $1.31 1-2; No, 2 O.W., $1.29 1-2; No. 4, do., $1.15 1-2. Montreal Markets, Montreal, February 24,--Corn--Ameriosan No. 3 yellow, 7ic. Oate--Oanadian Woat ern, No. 2 43 to 43 1-20; do., No. 3, 48 ta 42 1-20; extra No. 1 feed, 42 1-20. Barley-- Manitoba feed, 48 to 490; malting, 64 to 650. Buckwheat--No. 2, 56 to 670, our Manitoba Spring wheat patenia, firsts, $5.40; do., seconde, $4.90; strong bakers', $4.75; Winter patenta, choico, $5; etraight rollere, $4.45 to $460; do., in bags, $2.05 to $2.15. Rolled oats--Barrels, $4.25 to $4.35; bag of 90 lbs., 82 to $2.10, Millfeed-- Bran, $23; shorts, $25; middlings, $28; mouillie, $28 to $38. Hay--No. 2%, per ton, car lots, $13.50 to 815, Cheese--Finest weet. erns, 13 3-4 to 14c: do., easterns, 13 1-2 to 13 3-4c. Butter--Choicest creamery, 27 1-2 to 28 1-20; seconds, 21-2 to 270. - Egge-- Freeh, 36 to 380; selected, 32 to 330; No, 1 stock, 30 to 3ic. Potatoes--Per bag, car lots, 77 to 850. United States Markets. Minneapolis, February 24.-Wheat---May, 91 1-4 to 9178; July, 93 bid; No. 1 hard, 95 3-80; No. 1 Northern, 927-8 to 94 340; No, 2 Northern, 907-8 to 92 5-80; No. wheat, 877-8 to 89 7-8. Gorn--No, 3 yel- low, 5% to 57 1-4c, Oats--No. 3 white, 36 1-2 to 370, Filour--Fanoy patents, $4.75; first clears, $3.45; second clears, $2.60. Ship. mente, 60,870 barrelg. Bran, $22.50. Duluth, February 24.-Wheat--No. 1 hard, 91 34c; No. 1 Northern, 92 3-40; No. 2 Northern, 91 1-40; Manitoba No. 2 hard, 88 1-4 to 89 1-4c; May, 92 3-4c; Jnly, 95 5-8e. Linseed--Cash, $1.54; May, $1.57 1-4. o Live Steck Markots. Toronto, February %4.---Cattle---Cholece butchers', $7.90 to 88.50; good, $7.50 to $7.75; medium, $675 to $7; common, $5.75 to $6; chotoe cows, $6.25 to $6.60; good, $5.75 to $6; medium, $5.25 to $5.60; common, $4.25 to $6.25; cutters and canmers, $5.15 to $3.76; cheive bulls, $6.75 to $7; good, $6.75 to 86.25; common, $4.25 to $5.50. Stockers and feaders--Stoeers, choice, $6.75 to $815; good, $5.25 to $6.35: light, $3.30 to $5.10: springers to $82; milkers, 885. Oalves-Good veal, $8.65 to $1t; common, $4.60 to $5. Hogs, fed and watered, $9.35 to $9.45; f.0.b., $9 to $9.15; off cars, $9.50 to $960. Sheep and Jambe--Light ewes, $5.50. to 87; heavy, $3 to $3.50; Spring lambe, 89 to $9.75; bueke, | $3 to $3.50, with 750 off. Montreal, February 24.-Good steers and heifers sold" at $8.25 to $8.60, fairly good at, $7.50 to $8, and the lower grades at from $5 to $7 per ewt. Choloe butcher cows 'ad $6, and the common and inferior at. from $4 to $5.50. Extra choice bulls, $7.50, while eboloebrouglit $6.46 to $7, and the oom- moner onée from that down to $4 per cwh. Sales of sheep were made at $9.50 to $6, and lambs at $6.25 to 86.50 per cwt. Calves ranged from $2 to $12 eaah. as to size and quality. Selected Jots of hogs sold from $10 to $10.25, and for small Jota ad high as $10.50 waa paid in some caves per ewt., weighed off gars. Ga eg See KILLED IN THE WOODS, ne, Westminster Township Loses His - Life. A despatch from London; Ont., gays: Thomas Watkins, aged 63, of the Second Ooncession, West- minster Township, was fatally in- jured in the woods near his home on Thursday, when a tree he was cutting down fell on him. He sus- tained a fracture of the leg at the thigh, 4 triple fracture of one arm, and injuries to his head, and died fn a few minutes. Farmer | High Class Profit-Sharing Bonds. INVESTMENT may be withdrawn any time after one year on 60 daye' notice. Business at back of these Bonds estab- lished 28 years. Send for apecial folder and full particulars. NATIONAL SECURITIES CORPORATION, LIMITED, vA INVESTMENT | Series--Si00, $500, $1090 CONFEDERATION LIFE BUILDING - TORONTO, CANADA HEAVY OUTLAY BY THEC.P.R. When Present Programme of Work for 1914 has Been Completed Will Have Spent $450,000,000 A despatch from Montreal says: Canadian Pacific extension plans last year and this will involve a total expenditure of around $85,- 000,000, according to authoritative forecasts current here. Vice-Presi- dent Bury is in town conferring with the head of the road, but nei- ther as yet has handed out-an offi- cial statement. The large amount quoted, however, is said to be spread over a number of years, and that double-tracking and other parts of the programme will be pro- ceeded with conservatively as the need arises, At the present time there are 133 miles of double-track under way be- tween Sudbury and Port Arthur, on the Lake Superior Division, which alone will cost $6,000,000; 178 miles of double-track between Brandon and Calgary, to cost $5,- 000,000; 139 miles between Revel- stoke and Vancouver, to cost $7,- 000,000. : All this is in addition to other works going on at the same time in other sections of the eountry--new lines between Swift Ourrent and Sedgewick, a distance of 270 miles; two other branch lines on the main line in Alberta; there is the Wey- burn branch, which is comprised in 476 miles, of which 196 miles have already been constructed. But while no new or startling features are announced, the work mapped out will mean as big a disbursement as if a sensational programme had been made public, Before the Can- adian Pacific Railway is through with its present programme of work in the West, including the irrigation works, the double-track- ing, and the new trackage, amount- ing-to about 1,200 miles, it will have spent something like $450,000,- 000 in the western part of the coun- try since its inception. CONTRACTS FOR MILLIONS Four Sections of the New Welland Canal Will Cost Over $21,600,000. A despatch from Ottawa says: Information regarding the con- tracts for work on the new Welland Canal and on the: Hudson Bay Rail- way were given by Hon. Frank Cochrane, in reply to questions by Mr. Murphy, in the House on Thursday. Tho contract for the first section of the Welland Canal, said Mr. Cochrane to Mr. Murphy, had been let to the Dominion Dredging Company, Limited, at a price of $3,487,725, with $200,000 deposis required. Baldry, Yer- burgh and Hutchinson, Limited, had obtained the contract for sec- tion 2 at $5,377,185, with a deposit of $150,000; section 3 had been let to James H. Corbett for $10,220,- 665, with $400,000 deposit; section 5 to the Canadian Dredging Com- pany, Limited, for $1,945,788, and $100,000 deposit. The time limit for the completion of the Sth section is April 1, 1918; that for the others is April 1, 1917. Regarding the Hudson Bay Rail- way contract, Hon. Mr. Coohrane informed Mr, Murphy that Mr. J. D, MacArthur was the contractor for the three sections at the follow- ing figures: Le Pag. to Thicket Portage, 185 miles, $3,078,354; Thicket Portage to Split Lake, 68 miles, $1,811,285; Split Lake to Port Nelson, 165 miles, $3,668,128. The time limit for the Le Pas sec- tion had been twice extended from December 1, 1912, and was now De- cember 1, 1914, as also for the other two sections. Deposits of $200,000, $150,000 and $150,000 had been made on the three sections, re- spectively. The Minister of Railways told Hon. George P. Graham that the Grand Trunk Pacific had not ap- proved of the change of grades made on the National Transconti- nental Railway since the new Gov- ernment came into office. Mr. Cochrane also said that the cost of the mountain section of the Grand Trunk Pacific was estimated ar $97,035 by the Government's chief engineer and at $102,775 by the chief engineer of the railway. The cost per mile of the prairie section was estimated at $45,180. Comment on Events The Age Limit In Polar Exploration. One line of work hae lately been discoy- ered in which a young man, even ff he hag not had the luck to get into lockstep at an early age, still has hig opportunities. This work is that of polar exploration. "The younger the better" rule hag been tried and found wanting. The age of 25 or #0, once highly favored, has now be- come the minimum, From 25 to 40--such are the Himits eet by Sir Ernest Shackle- ton for the personnel of his forthcoming ex ition to the antarctic. 'he younger tho age tho greater the power of endurance. But polar explora- tion requires much more than endurance. It demands seasoned judgment. In a po- lay expedition there is little margin left for mistakes. 'The ill-considered action of one man may imperil the ves of all What the man of 35, say, has lost in spring and verve he more than makes up in -experience, judgment and staying power. Shackleton 'himself was 35 when he accomplished his great march. Scott was 33 when he set oul for the antarctic and 44 when he died. There is @ similar contraction at the other end of the scale. The man of middle age must also stand aside. Here the rule applies as early ap 40, the age at which, in this field of work, the effects of a slightly diminished Vitality begin to tell. Those outside both these limita. may congratu- late thenmelves that few men are required for work at the poles and that, before many years pass, none at all will -- be neoded. Ther might even' go eo far -- in view of the fact that standards tend to survive beyond the needs of the cases ba- $1.55 12; lee Dishing them--as to hope that such nar. @ > Frow bounds may not continue to exert an' influcnee after the particulary lino of, en- deavor calling them into being shall be a thing of.the past. Race and Color Distinotion. A gentleman of color who had sent .& messenger to purchase a tieket in "the or- cheetra sate of a Calgary" theatre, on appearing at that theatre in pérson wad refused admission to hia seat, and was in- formed that he obuld havo hig tokeb ex- changed for a seat in the haloony. Being a British enbject and a oftisen of Catgary, he resented the insult and eourht legal advive 'as to his rights in the nintter, the sequel being thut.a writ forsdamhges has heeu entered in tho courte 'Mhia ig a free country, and whether a man be black or white, a British sabjieet or an allen, no fone hae the right to draw the color or any other line to subject him either in indig; nity or inconvenience: Gambling on Ocean Liners. The lateat eastward. trip of one of the big Atlantic liners wae notable for the scale On which gambling 'was condnuoted---- unvearslly lergeé profits for the fleecers and unusually ehrill equeals from the fleeced. Everybody knew-tbat a gang of ramblers wae ahoard, hut nohady, seem: ingly, oould vive then the gohy. The epake lay coiled ip the amoking-room and the dazed rabhis came up to he ewallow- ed : There Avae formed the customary pool on the day's run. The ship 'was to heave to for repairs and some! knew it in advance--our old friend, "inside informa- tion." The wise "deep sea fishermen" bought the low end of the pool and made heavy side bets in addition. The win- nings, commonly a few hundred dollars, rogé to five thousand. Is an Atlantic trip, despite all -recant amellorations through wireless, daily newspapers and facilities of every kind for entertainment, etill so drear a thing that men must piece out its few days by gamb- ling? Is the average passenger still so selfeonfident and eimple-minded as to suppose that he can hold his own against the seasoned professionalP Or is the smoking-room wager a consecrated phase of sea travel which every new tourist thinks he must indulge in if the savor of his first trip is to be complete? Be all this as ib may, warnings have been many, the ship authorities have somotimea shown themselves reluctant to act, and the cau- tious frequenter of the smoking-room will do well to keep his sparé change out of poole and games of chance. He can use it in tips after landing. Should be Printed In School Text Books. It is mortifying to the newspapers that in spite of all the publicity they give, the man who rocks the boat, and the boy who didn't know it was loaded, and the woman who hides her money in the cook stove or under the parlor grate, keep on doing. It. We are surprised that none of the innuy merable critios of sthe public echools ar- raign our syetem of education beeanse 'it doesn't teach that these: thinge must not be done. Neither education nor the press accomplishes the task of the fool -killer. Lahor Troublos In Now Zealand. 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Strikes were classed ae among the impossibilities, But the facts of the situation in New Zealand ere vastly different, Strikes have been goneral for several months and have accompanied by violent riotin Bo serious is the situation that at Rates agoounts farmers were arming themselves and joiaing the anthonities to preserve property and to restore onder, v And.now {t appeare that the great troable in New Zeuland ja that the leww are not effective Gnd donot apply equally to both 'sides, "Aecording to the testimony of these who have been 'on the'ground, the lawe for inguring arblsration: batween em. ployers and' etiployed do not apply to the organizations of the latter unless they fornially agree, in advance, "to accep them. 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