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Skiffs ind powâ€" Howard a â€" @iC k. :M In CITS. mgno _ U ind _ San r what ngs by as S3Yâ€" an en tickets mething but he e cs GO'J'H mM w ronk& o way. foldere ations Row alarly 39 iC M 3 at (on he to hil oy 461 3 NAVAL ACTIVITY INCREASES Traffic Temporarily Suspended While the British Submarines Approach German Coast . A despatch {from London says : Indications of increased naval acâ€" tivity comes from various sources. All steamboat communication with Ho‘lllnd_ !n.l_b.ee'n_ suspended by order of the British Government, and taken in connection with tha news from Berlin that British sub marines have been in the Bight of Heligoland, where the German Adâ€" miralty lays claim to having sunk one and perhaps more, this is beâ€" ltieved to foreshadow some moveâ€" ment in the North Sea. The stoppage of traffic to Holâ€" land was announced in an official statement given out in Amsterdam in behalf of the British Governâ€" ment, which said : "All shipping between Holland and the United Kingdom is stopâ€" ped for the time being. No ships will leave the United %(ingdom for Holland until further notice, and ships from Holland will not be adâ€" mitted to the United Kingdom. It is hoped shortly to resume limitâ€" ed cargo and passenger traffic. Bpecial arrangements have been made for the transfer of mails." GERMAN AVIATORS MAY BE EXECUTED The reports of the intention of CGireat Britain to stop traffic with Holland influenced the rates at Russia â€" Will â€" Institute â€" Reprisals Against Those Who Kill Civilians, A despatch from Petrograd says : Russia is to institute reprisals in some form against the Germans for the bomb-droppt* upon undefendâ€" ed towns of Poland. Announceâ€" men to this effect was made at the General headquarters, which deâ€" nounced the (Gicerman aviators so engaged as "apaches.‘"" It is hintâ€" ed that all such men who may be eaptured will be tried by courtâ€" martial, and if it is shown that they wantonly brought death to inoffenâ€" sive civilians they will be executed. There is specia.f interest in the statement because a Taube was brought down near Sambroff yesâ€" terday and the two men aboard made prisoners. They may be the first In says "‘Though the German air raids are becoming more frequent, they cause practically no damage except when the bombs fall among a dense population. Our aviators confine themselves to bombardment of miliâ€" tary works."‘ Quantity Remaining in Hands of Farmers Smaller this Year. A press bulletin issued by the Cenâ€" sus and Statistics Office, gives the results of the usuwal annual inquiry as to the stocks of grain and other crops remaining in the hands of farmers on March 31st, and the proportion of the crop‘s‘}:&rveswg C Gncsl. ~ itb denan~onfleme conaiiiagne, . in the previous year which turned out to e of merchantable quality. The returns received from cropâ€" reporting correspondents show that of the total estimated yield of wheat in 1914, 124 per cent., or 20,247,000 bushels, remained in farmers‘ hands at the end of March. At the rate of 1% bushels per acre this quantity should allow of the sowing this spring of about 11,â€" 570,000 acres, or 1,522,000 acres more than were sown in the spring of 1914, independently of quantiâ€" ties of wheat stored in elevators which may be returned to farmers for seeding purposes. The quantity of wheat remaining this year in the hands of farmers is, however, smaller than in any previous year on record, the light crop and the high price being together responsiâ€" ble for this result. In 1914 the quantity of wheat estimated to be in farmers‘ hands at March â€" 31st was 38,353,000 bushels, or 16‘ per cent. of the h.r%e harvest of 1913 ; in 1913 at March 3ist the proporâ€" tion was 22 per cent. or 50,234,000 bushels, and at March 31st, 1912, it was 27 per cent. or 62,188,000 bushâ€" els. Of the remaining grain crops the proportions of the previous year‘s production estimated to be in farmers‘ hands on March 3ist are also smaller than in any former l ar an mecont COauts cbhow a balâ€" y“r TTE APERTCCCC OHE ance of 85,843,000 bushels, or 27 per cent., barley 7,430,400 bushels, or 20!4 per cent., rye 343,700 bushâ€" els, or 17 per_ cent., buckwheat 1,792,500 bushels, or 21 per cent., eorn for husking 2,928,000 bushels, GEN. IAN HAMILTON COMMANDS Noted British Officer Re!l Message From lol ue < Apcmmmet nin PC Cairo letter to the Times desoribâ€" in: the big camp of the allies‘ exâ€" itionary force for the Dardaâ€" nelles, now at Alexandria, reveals ifoldentally the fact that Gen. Sir erally known ’ l'd T‘ Jq‘”’ ,’:_." says: A A *M M-L&&OB Ananribâ€" to be brought to trial. a statement the general staff THE WHEAT SUPPLY. started Out For England ‘rom London saYS8} & "fiho'nnf'd it was not genâ€" Referred to as "My Chief"‘ in om Gen,. d‘Amade Lloyd‘s and checked the tendency to reduce insurance rates. Nobody in the market seemed to be aware of the cause of the stoppage. _ Merchant and fishing vessels arâ€" riving at Copenhagen report the presence of an Angloâ€"French squaâ€" dron off Savanger, Norway, and stories also are current in the Danish capital of a German fieet cruising in the North Sea. C : The trawler Fuschia reached Aberdeen toâ€"day with the crew of the trawler Envoy and reported that the Envoy had been shelled by a German submarine last night off the east coast. The men on the Envoy left their ship in a small boat, which, they say, also was shelled by the suimarine. No one was injured. The Envoy‘s crew drifted about in the small boat for two hours before being picked up. y "According to Berlia evening newspapers,‘‘ says Reuter‘s Amâ€" sterdam correspondent, "a German submarine stopped the British steam trawler Glancarse off Aberâ€" deen and took it into a German port on the North Sea.‘‘ Aberâ€" deen is some 450 miles across the North Sea from the nearest point on the German coastline. or 21 per cent., and flaxâ€"seed 740,â€" 700 bushels, or 10 per cent. Of | â€" potatoes, which gave the excellent yield last year of 85,672,000 bushâ€" | els, 37.7 per cent., or 32,310,000 bushels were in farmers‘ hands on March 31st, this proportion being larger than in any of the last five years, excepting 1913, when 43 per cent., or 36,619,000 bushels reâ€" mained over from the harvest of 1912. Of~¢turnips and other roots 10,267,000 bushels or 15 per cent. remained over, and of ‘hay and clover the quantity in farmers‘ hands is placed at 2,173,000 tons or 21 per cent. of the total crop of 10,259,000 tons. _ Out of the total wheat crop of 161,280,000 bushels, all but 64 per cent., or 150,793,000 bushels proved to be of â€" merchantable quality. This percentage, although below the exceptional record of 1914, when the proportion of nonâ€"merchantable was less than 3 per cent., is about equal to the average of the last six years, during which the lowest proâ€" portion of merchantable grain was in 1910â€"11 after the poor season of 1910, when 12.8 per cent. was estimated to be of nonâ€"merchantâ€" able quality. The proportions of: other crops in 1914 which proved to be of merchantable quality are as \follows: Oats, 91 per cent. (285,â€" | 988,000 bushels), barley, 88 pet | cent. (32,022,000 bushels), rye, 90 per cent. (1,815,000 bushels), buckâ€" wheat, 84 per cent. (7,279,000 bushâ€" els}, corn for husking, 80 per cent. (11,100,000 bushels), flaxâ€"seed, 88 per cent. (6,370,200 bushels), potaâ€" | toes, 86 per cent. (74,165,000 bushâ€" !’. els), turnips, etc., 87 per cent. (60,218,000 bushels), and hay and $ 9 vBw /n AnA NAAA clover, tons). Correspondents throughout Canâ€" ada report that the past winter has been exceptionally mild. In: most of the provinces live stock have in consequence come well through and are in good condition. In some parts, notably in Saskatâ€" chewan, the light crops of last year rendered feeding difficult, and aniâ€" mals at the close of the winter were thin. In these cases, however, matâ€" ters would have been much worse had the winter been of normal seâ€" verity. An early spring was anâ€" ticipated, and the prospects for the coming season were hopeful. Farâ€" mers were preparing for a big inâ€" crease in the acreage to be seeded, their efforts being facilitated by the large amount of fall ploughing comâ€" pleted last year. A despatch from London says : Seven million Poles, of whom two millions are Jews, are in dire need of food. This statement was x_nade by Hermann Laundau, a prominent Jewish â€" philanthropist associated with various Jewish charities in London. "Of these sufferers 5,500,000 are east of the Vistula River and 1,â€" 500,000 west of the river," Mr. Laundau said. ‘"The Jews are even poorer than the Gentiles, beâ€" cause of the boycott against the Jews in parts of Poland before the beginning of the war, which imâ€" poverished thousands who otherâ€" wise would have been able to proâ€" vide for their families.‘"‘ Superstition is what prompts & person to believe a horseshoe over the door has more virtue than & lock and key. Ian Hamilton is the commanderâ€"inâ€" chief of that expedition. During a review of the forces, says, Gen. d‘Amade, < force in England and that it was the KOEOR MB M N C @0 British navy that made them back to their harbor again. 'lfi navy saved the country and there _V’ hemsedidedihens tt y °C 7% was never a word of it in the newsâ€" In Dire Need of Food. 83 per cent. (9,094,000 ection, referred to us ‘"my chief." oonmtnder of PRIC:S OF FARM PRODUGTS This photograph was made on March 16 at Univ Aviator Stites was doing a series of aerial thrill picture photographers. The "stunt‘‘ was sudden something went wrong with the machine and Stites to his death. The picture shows the machine just on its fatal plunge to earth. An instant before th below Stites had been blown up as part of the "s is that the explosion shown in the picture caused Breadstuffs. Toronto, April 27.â€"Flourâ€"Manitoba first patents quoted at $8.10, in jute bage; 6@ ond patents, $7.60; strong bakere‘, $7.40. Ontario wheat flour, 90 per cent. patenté, quoted at $6.15 to $6.2%5, seaboard, and at $6.25 to $6.30, Toronto freight. PÂ¥ capsize REPORTS FROM THE LEADINC TRADE CENTRES OF AMERICA. Wheatâ€"Manitoba No. 1 Northern quoted at $1.65; No. 2 at $1.64; and No. 3 at $1.61 1â€"2. Ontario wheat is firm at $1.50 to $1.55 for No. 2, at outside points. a Oateâ€"Ontario quoted at 60 to 6ic, outâ€" side, and at 63 to 64c, Toronto. Western Canada, No. 2, quoted at 70c, and No. 3 at 68¢, cif., Bay ports. e y ho _ Barleyâ€"Good malting grades, 75 to 78¢, outside. > 5 ang s lt alie h h mc it Ryeâ€"The market is dull at $1.05 to $1.10, outside. Peaeâ€"No. 2 quoted at $1.75, outside. Cornâ€"No. 2 new American quoted at 83¢., ci.f., Bay ports, and No. 3 at 8%c, Bay ports. _ _ in o U e ns m Cured meats are quoted as follows:â€" Bacon, long clear, 13 34 to 14e per lb. in case lots. Hameâ€"Medium, 17 to 17 1%; do., heavy, 14 1â€"2 to 16¢; rolle, 14 to 14 1â€"2¢; breakfast bacon, 18 to 19%¢; backs, 20 to 2ic; boneless backe, 23. Lardâ€"The market is quiet, with prices steady; pure lard, tubs, 11 34 to 1%¢; do., paile, 12 to 12"1-%;’\ Colg‘p?\}‘nd, tube, 9 34 1 0_ T Aia diket: ts t W war‘ 4W VW to 10c; do., pails, 10 to 10 1â€"4¢ so Montreal, April 27.â€"Cornâ€"American No.: 2 yellow, 8212 to 85. Oateâ€"Canadian Western, No. 3, 69 1â€"%¢; extra No, 1 feed, 69 1â€"%¢; No. 2 local white, 67 1%¢; No. 3 loâ€" cal white, 66 1%¢; No. 4 local white, 65 1â€"2%¢, Barleyâ€"Manitoba feed, 80¢; malting, 86 to 88¢. Flourâ€"Manitoba &prin_f wheat patâ€" ente, firste, $8.20; seconds, $7.70; strong bakere‘, $7.50; Winter g:tenm, choice, $7.80; straight rollers, $7.30 to $7.40;_ do., bage, $3.45 to $3.55. Rolled _ oateâ€"Bbis., $.15 to $7; do., bage, 90 lbs., $3.25 to $3.35. Bran, $%. Shorte, $28. Middlinge, §33 to $34. Mouillie, §35 to $38. Hayâ€"No. 2, per ton, car lots, $18 to $19.50. Cheeaeâ€"Finest weeterns, 17 12 to 17 34¢; finest easterns, 11 to 17 146. Butterâ€"Choicest creamery, oo < melull hy oo B pieces, $20; UAMAUN HUCCTLa 45 to 55 pieces, $27.50. Lard tierces, 375 lbe., 9 12¢; wood 1 net, 10¢; '!)suro. tierces, 375 lbe., wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 1%¢. Winnipeg Wheat. Winnipeg, A&r‘u 27.â€"Wheatâ€"No. 1 North: ern, $1.58 38; No.â€"2 Northern, $1.57; No. 3 Northern, $1.54 34; No. 4, $1.50; No. 6. $1.46 1.2; No. 6, $1.42 12. Oateâ€"No. 2 C. W., 656; No. 3 C.W., 6%¢; extra No. 1 feed, 61 34¢c;° No. 1 feed, 60 Tâ€"8¢; No. 2 feed, 59 78c.. Flaxâ€"No. 1 Nâ€"W.0., $1.79; No. 2 C.wW., $1.76. United States Markets. Minneapolis, _ April 27.â€"Wheatâ€"No. 1 hard, $1.61 34; No. 1 Northern, $1.57 14 to $1.61 14; _No. 2 Northern, $1.52 34 to $1.58 14; May, $1.55 1â€"4. Cornâ€"No. 3,yelâ€" low, 73 14 to 73 34¢. Oateâ€"No. 3 white, 54 34 to 55 14c. Flour and bran unâ€" changed. Duluth, April 27.â€"Wheatâ€"No. 1 hard, ;{.61 5â€"8;° No. 1 Northern, $1.60 38; May, ‘59 38. Lingeed, $1.98 14; May, $1.98 3â€"4. New York, Alrril 27.â€"Flour firm. Rye flour steady. ay _ steady. Hope quiet. Hides steady. Leather firm. Live Stock Markets. Toronto, _ April _ 27.â€"Butcherse‘ cattle, choice, $7.35 to $7.60; do., :6°°d $6.90 to $7.15; do., medium, $6.50 to .15; do., comâ€" mon, $6.50 to $6.15; butchers‘ bulle, choice, $6 to $6.80; do., good bulls, $6.25 to $6.30 ; do., rough bulls, $4.60 to $6.75; butchere‘ cows, choice, $5.50 to $6.75; do., mufiu:x‘x. CUREMATN COTROCCOORSr i |Â¥rin¢erfl. $50 to ©75; light $7.50; do., h»rf §%5 to §6. $3.50 to $4.50; ambs, $5 1 $5.50 to $10; hogs, fed and and sales of selected lote (W §9.50 to $9.00 per owt., woig! and in one rr two lnlh?eq #9.75 was pald for emall loté. * Wasted Time. Mistressâ€"‘"In the time it takes me to tell you how to do the work 1 could do it myself !"‘ $s could I." & CQus® V SVOCCY Housemaidâ€"‘‘Yes‘m. And in the time it takes me to listen to you, 50 Montre: Business in Montreal. Aviator Killed While Performing for **Movies." Country Produce. Provisions. We m TORV C ce ehort mess, bble., 35 to 45 ada ehortâ€"cut back, bbls., $27.50. Lardâ€"Compound, 9 1â€"%2¢; wood 'pn._ill.nm Tbe. made on March 16 at Universal City, Cal., as ng a series of aerial thrillers for the moving The ‘‘stunt‘‘ was suddenly terminated when with the machine and Stites was dashed 500 feet ure shows the machine just as it started tilting arth. An instant before the dummy aeroplane blown up as part of the ‘‘stunt.‘‘ One theory hown in the picture caused Stites‘ machine to 11 12; pur®, PEREMYSL NOT SHORT OF FO0D Capitulation Due Simply to Ausâ€" trian Stafft‘s Conviction That Resistance Was Useless. A despatch from Petrograd says: Gen. Seliwanoff, the victor of the siege of Peremysl, who has returnâ€" ed to Petrograd, has paid a tribute to the sportsmanlike conduct of the Austrian garrison. ‘"I consider it desirable to point out,‘"‘ said Gen. Seliwanoff, "that while the discusâ€" sions of the surrender of the garriâ€" son were in progress no stores were set on fire and no ammunition was blown up. Such explosions as ocâ€" ' L 1. 1% wosll EMTUTM .ME Csonog ts ote curred were the result of fires lighted before the discussions beâ€" gan. "It is incorrect to say that Perâ€" emys!l was forced to surrender owâ€" ing to starvation, as stores suffâ€" cient for two weeks were found there. The surrender was due simâ€" ply to the Austrian staff‘s convicâ€" tion that further resistance and sacrifice were useless. The men of the garrison suffered most severely from rheumatism, which incapaciâ€" tated thous:nds of them."‘ Lighted the Straw and Sent Them Into Russian Camps. The Morning Post publishes in the notes of a Hungarian woman just returned to England â€"from Germany and Austriaâ€" Hungary, & story of the revenge of a Honved regiment because the Russians had disturbed the Honveds‘ Christmas celebration. The story was relatâ€" ed by the colonel of the regiment, as follows : £ ; ‘"‘We were happy and singing, waiting for midnight, when the Russians, at 11.30 o‘clock, deliverâ€" ed a furious attack on the village we held. We suffered terrible lossâ€" es that Christmas night. _ "When the Russian Christmas came, and the village was held by them,. some of our men, with the idea of revenge, caught hundreds of cats, dogs and goats and a few wild bulls They tied bunches of straw on the backs of the cats and dogs and between the horns of the goats and bulls, soaking the straw in petroleum. They lit it and drove the animals, roaring and howling, into the village, where the Russians were peacefully singing Christmas chants. At the same time they fired volleys into the villages, and the living torches, rushing about on the dark streets, together with noises impossible to describe, made the superstitious soldiers almost lose their heads." Admiralty May Close Ports Without Notice A despatch from _ Washington says: â€" Consulâ€"General Skinner, at London, cables that the British Adâ€" miralty had given notice that cerâ€" TIED STRAW TO ANIMALS. tain ports of Great Britain may be closed to shipping without noâ€" tice. ‘"Closing will be indicated,"‘ the message said, "by three vertiâ€" cal red lights at night and three red balls by day,. When these sigâ€" nals are displayed vessels must proceed to examination anchorage or keep to sea.‘"‘ A despatch from Rome says : Reâ€" ports have reached here from Canâ€" stantinople that the bubonic plague is raging in Turkey and that the victims of the disease are very nuâ€" merous. The contagion is spreadâ€" ing in an alarming manner owing to the neglect of sanitary precauâ€" E’on‘: .é;:e';a:l cases have occurred at Balonika. Bubonic Plague in Turkey. Austrian Air Scouts. FROM ERIN‘S GREEN SE NEWS BY MAIL FROX IREâ€" LAND‘S SHORES. Happenings In the of Interest to An extremely large (recruiting meeting was held in Dundalk when a free %ecture was given by Lieut. T. M. Kettle. Om: Captain William Morgan Hunt, R.F.A., a nephew of Mrs. Hunt, Askeaton Co., Limerick, has been aevffrely wounded in the Persian ulf. The War Office have placed conâ€" tracts in Dublin for a considerable quantity of saddlery items so that local employment may be brisk. The death is announced of Mr. Stanislaus John â€" Lynch, Senior Land Commissioner, at his home, Elgin road, Dublin, after a short illness. At the annual meeting Of UnC Irish Medical School, the Arnott Memorial Medal was awarded to Lieutenant T. J. Kelly, R.A.M.C., of Killarney. Enthusiastic scenes were witnessâ€" ed at Omagh Railway Station when eleven postmen and post office ofâ€" ficials left to join the Post Office Rifles. An East Cork Crimean â€"veteran has just passed away in~the person of Jeremiah O‘Shea, whose death accurred in Midleton at the age of 79 years. A large number of men all over the county have been charged unâ€" der the Defence of the Realm Act, and charged with interfering with recruiting. The death took place at Paddensâ€" town, about five miles from Mullinâ€" gar, of James Mulvaney, who had celebrated his 100th birthday last month. Much regret has been occasioned in Athlone at the death of Second Lieutenant P. B. Rohan, King‘s Own Light Infantry, who was killâ€" ed in action at Neuve Chapelle. The farmers of South Wexford are this season making an extenâ€" sive use of seaweed as a substitute for artificial manures, which have considerably advanced in price as » result. The threeâ€"masted steamer Upon, of Newry, which was bound from Ayr to Warrenpoint, capsized when off the County Down coast, and only two of the crew of eight were saved. } At a meeting of the South Dublin Union a resolution was under disâ€" cussion asking the Treasury to con: sider the advisability of increasing the payments to old age pensioners by fifteen per cent. i } uit Biicc h us Gedit Antulitieduts A6d Exciting scenes were witnessed at a fire at Brand & Co., Belfast, where upwards of 150 girls were at the time. The workshops were gutâ€" ted, but fortunately all hands were able to reach safety. Information has been received of the death of Alfred James Hanter, 3rd Battalion, King‘s Royal Rifles, who has been killed in action. He was the youngest son of: the late Mr. J&Shn Hunter, Omagh. C Many recruiting appeals are to be seen now in Dublin on the street cars, and the Dublin jarvies are also displaying large posters in their cars, and the general post ofâ€" fice is covered both inside and out. By the sinking of the auxiliary cruiser Bayano, the Boys‘ Brigade in Dublin have lost one of its youngest and most promising ofâ€" fAcers in the person of Harold Wharton, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wharton, Dolphin‘s Barr. s Three hundred and eightyfour invalid soldiers have arrived by the Red Cross ship Valdiver, in Dubâ€" lin, a number of whom came direct from the trenches. They were reâ€" moved to the 15 city hospitals in a little over five hours. The Local Government Board has intimated to the Coleraine . Rural Council that they have received a. petition from the electors of Portsâ€". tenant requesting that the town be constituted an unban distriet. A local inquiry will be made. Two shooting outrages were perâ€" petrated in the police district â€"of Turloughmore, â€" County _ Galway, when a lodge occupied by John Doyle, and the dwelling house of a farmer named (Coen, at Carranâ€" teeny were fired into, but none of the inhabitants were injured. County folk in the neighborhood of SBawtheld, U)ster, have been alarmed recently by & series of loud explosions at night, and wild rumors have been afioat that a Zeppelin raid was in progress. The police have discovered that pracâ€" tical jokers are at work. Orphans of France. A despatch from Paris ug!: It has been decided by the Cabinet that children made orgam hy the desath 1:“ war of their fathers should cared for by the Btate. The Cabimet considered this matâ€" ter at length and determined in Erlnciph that these orphans should e made public wards, to be mainâ€" be m;h:oxublic wards, to be mainâ€" tained educated according to a plan to be decided upon later. A commissgion represezisng the sevâ€" eral Ministries concerned will be appoint=4 to study this ooa‘r)filica.ted anestion and examine bills alâ€" question and examine bills ; ready introduced in Parliament. the annual meeting of the ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO occasioned WAS A GERMAN SCHEME Expenses of Delegates to be Paid if They Will Pass Resolutions Without Discussion . A despatch from Paris says : It is charged here by Madame Ducro Tmetzu, president of the French Women‘s National League, that the Women‘s Peace Conference to be held at The Hague is nothing more nor less than a German proâ€" paganda manoeuvring under the: colors of international intervenâ€" tion. And this Madame T‘metzu holds to be true, partly because the Women‘s National League has been offered all expenses for their delegates to the conference if they consent to the prepared resolutions without discussion. Consequently all French feminist groups have unanimously refused to participate in the congress at which Miss Jane Addamé is to preâ€" side. It is their intention, howâ€" ever, to sick iCull closely, for it does not pay to board idlers. Do not attempt too much to AC¢â€" complish thoroughly. Every insect left to mature will decrease the profits of the flock. Fâ€"iâ€"lâ€"tâ€"h spells failure. Good stock is the best foundation but it must be handled with comâ€" mon sense Hens are not magicians ; so CANâ€" not manufacture eggs unless given the proper materials, f Indolence and poultry-breeding make a combination which would bankrupt a wealthy financier. Just a little observation _ will prove that the Iâ€"knowâ€"itâ€"alls never make successful poultrymen. Kindness shown to fowis pays 1" increased eggâ€"supply. Lice multiply rapidly in uncleanly surroundings. May chicks pushed to maturity, make fall layers to fll in the time when earlier hatched birds are resting. Shawle n oi ie ob . No mixed flock can give the saUs faction of a single breed. One‘s favorite breed is usually the best with which to win success. Pullets should be separated from eockerels as soon as sex can be disâ€" tinguished. Eul0 ce cparitng . s s ineo ut ave ‘/lll‘ulu.-â€"‘.. Quickly kill the chicks which are dwarfed or crippled when hatched. ‘ Rush young birds towards maturâ€" ity if you wish large profits. Select breeders early and dispose of all other male birds. Try to waste no feed, either by overâ€"feeding, careless methods, or oneâ€"sided diet. Unless you give your flock reguâ€" lar care, they do not pay to keep. Very few poultrymen know â€"so much that they can learn nothing from the experience of others. "I hope, Flora, that you have seâ€" riously considered the matter," said a Scottish lady to her servant girl, who had "given notice‘‘ beâ€" cause she was to be married "that day two weeks." "Oh, indeed I have, ma‘am,‘‘ was the reply. ‘""I‘ve been to two forâ€" tuneâ€"tellers, an‘ a clairvovant, an‘ looked in a signâ€"book, an‘ dreamed on & lock o‘ his hair, an‘ I called on ane o0‘ the asterrologers, an‘ they a‘ tell me to go ahead, ma‘am. I‘m no‘ a person to marry reckless like, ye ken."‘ fiEfuscs to VYote Military Credits A Paris despatch to the Central News says that the opening session of the Hungarian Chamber was a gloomy sitting. The Chamber reâ€" fused to vote the new military oveâ€" dits demanded by the general staff. The attempt of Count Tisza, the Premier, to break down the oppoâ€" sition was futile. B The Morning Post‘s Berne corâ€" respondent gives a different version Canoes, Skiffs, Motor Boats THE PETERBOROUGH LINE. Epocification No. 2B @ving engine prices on onâ€""The Penstang Line" Commerolal and boats and Canoes. If any canoe can give you satisfaction, it is a "PETERBOROUGH." 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