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A despatch from London says: James White, son of the late Field Marshal, and formerly a captain in the army, was remanded to custody at Aberdare on Wednesday on the charge of making statements likely to cause disaffection and prejudice in connection with recruiting. flo prosecution describes White as & "dangerouns character," and claimed Many beginners in biology exhibit as much horror of a worm or a caterâ€" pillar, in proportion to its size, as of a serpent. Mothers in some regions have found it advisable to deliberately teach their children to fear snakes in order to prevent them from handling the dangerous species. In other cases the fear probably comes from assoâ€" ciation with those who had acquired the serpent horror. _ On the other hand, there are many boys and men and some women, who seem to be quite devoid of any such horror. The argument that _ one unexpectedly brought into close proximity to any kind of snake "is suddenly seized with a panic of horror and fear" has very little weight, because it is not universally so, and the same is usualâ€" ly the case when one is brought sudâ€" denly into close proximity with alâ€" most any kind of an animal. Does: woman‘s proverbial fear of a mouse indicate an instinct engendered by ancestral residence in a region where such small animals were dangerous? SON OF LADYSMITH DEFENDER TAKEN INTO CUSTOBDY One who has seen young children playing with snakes, even with rattleâ€" snakes, may well be skeptical about an instinctive horror of serpents, says Junius Henderson, in Science. Tried to Induce Aberdare Miners to Strike if Rebel Leader Connolly Was Executed. Not Instinctive With the Human Race a Scientist Asserts. Lanceâ€"Corporal George Oddy, a notâ€" ed lacrosse player of New Westminâ€" ster, died of pneumonia in Folkeâ€" stone Hospital, England. Lieut. C. H. Collinson, a wellâ€"known MacLeod rancher, has been placed in command of the 61st Battery at Kingâ€" ston. Action against the G.T.P. for $30,â€" 000 over the death of Clifford Milne, Edmonton, has been dismissed by the court. E. Ivey, a bachelor farmer of Dumâ€" mer, was found dead in his barn; the body hanging halfâ€"way out of his buggy. H Th Capt. James Morrison, of Company 3, CA.S.C., of Winnipeg, has been awarded the military cross. Corp. C. W. Hodges, of Calgary City‘s Enginecring Department, has been wounded a second time. While in barracks, Lanceâ€"Corp. J. C. Fryer, 100th Battalion, Winnipeg, dropped dead of hearb disease. 3ri_tish Columbia Indians are comâ€" iowa, committed suicide in Winnipeg.' Pte. J. 8. Scrymgeour, one of Winâ€" nipeg‘s finest cricketers, has been killed in action. Deputyâ€"Mayor MceArthur‘s $10,000 home was completely destroyed by fire at Edmonton. Capt. James Morrison. of Comnanv Ross Finnicum, of Iowa, committed suici THAT HORROR OF SERPENTS What Is From the Middle West NoTEs oOr INTEREST FROM HER BANKS AND BRAES. The Prime Minister has taken care to learn the ideas and views of many persons other than those in purely ofâ€" W from sources in c Premier that Mr tions and confer him that the foati be conducted system. A despatch from Dublin says: Premicr Asquith has reached the conâ€" clusion from impressions gathered during his Irish visit that the old form of government in Ireland has had its day. The Associated Press learns {‘rom sources in closest touch with the Al Premler Asquith to Frame a Proposal to Lay Before the British Cabinet. ENHRELY DIFFERENT SYSTEM _ _ _ OF GOVERNMENT FOR IRELAND W 17 W H R Th viped out } of Bentley is estimat se‘l, dying in a few minutes, y will have another manuâ€" Vancouver men intend to omobile threshing machines. Coffin, principal of Calgary School, is new President of ational Association of Alâ€" s Going@ On in the Highlands and Lowlands of Auld Seotia. MeVi if the pilot of an engine, mpson, brakeman on the _instantly killed at Melâ€" Cross tag day in Lethâ€" ently netted $900. erta school teachers are reâ€" take the oath of allegiance ayor McArthur‘s $10,000 completely destroyed by Mo Mr. Asquith‘s conversaâ€" iferences have convinced future government must on an entirely different OS 1 at $15,000. manager of the Jaw, accidentally n a few minutes. Des Moines, Winnipeg. 37,000 TURK PRISONERS that it was able to prove that he went to Aberdare to induce miners to strike if John Connolly, the rebel leadâ€" er, was executed. Documents found in the possession of the prisoner proved, it is charged, that he was consorting with the enemies of Great Britain. White has figured previously in conâ€" nection with the agitation carried on by Jim Larkin, who organized the street car strike of 1913. Some people seem by intuition to :ee only truth and right; others must needs work out their faith by failure and sorrow. A despatch from London says: One of the suggestions for dealing with the Irish problem which has gained many supporters in the past few days is for the appointment of a Commisâ€" sion to arrange a settlement, the memâ€" bers of which will include Premier Borden of Canada, Premier Hughes of Australia, and Premier Botha of South Africa. Discussing this proâ€" posal The Chronicle says editorially: "The settlement of the Irish question is not only a matter of great moment, but also a condition precedent to any scheme of Imperial federation. There is thus a double reason for the coâ€" operation of the Dominion Premiers." The compulsion bill was introduced by Premier Asquith in the House of Commons on May 2 last. It becomes effective a month after its passage. The Government is authorized by the measure to call to the colors all males, whether married or single, between the ages of eighteen and fortyâ€"one. The bill also provides for the estabâ€" lishment of an army reserve for inâ€" dustrial work, to which the Governâ€" ment may assign as many men as inâ€" dustrial conditions demand. A despatch from London says: The compulsion bill passed its third readâ€" ing in the House of Commons on Tuesâ€" day by a vote of 250 to 35. AsK DOMINION PREMIERS TO SETTLE IRISH TROUBLE COMPULSION BILL PASSES IN BRITISH COMMONS. Russians soldiers are feeding thousâ€" ands of refugees, sharing their daily rations with starving women and chilâ€" dren. A despatch from London says: More than 37,000 Turkish troops have been captured by the advancing forces of Grand Duke Nicholas in Asia Minor during the last three weeks. The Russians have also captured vast quantities of munitions, which had been sent from German factories and conveyed to the Ottoman front by proâ€" digious effort. On every hand the Russian troops as they advance find evidence of Turkish cruelty. The Otâ€" toman soldiers are massacring all Christians. Whole villages are left in flames as the Turks fall back. The ALLIES TAKE STEPS TO FEED THE POLES Members of No Conscription Fellowâ€" | ship Punished by Court. | _A despatch from London says:â€" |Eigcht members of the National Comâ€" mittee of the No Conscription Fellowâ€" ship were arraigned in the Mansion iIlouse Police Court on Wednesday under the defence of the realm act in connection with the publication of a pamphlet demanding the repeal of the compulsory military service act. This pamphlet affirmed the determination of the committee to resist the act, saying: "We cannot assist in a war which to us is wrong, which the peoâ€" ples do not seek, which will be imposâ€" sible only when men who so believe remain steadfast to their convictions." Each defendant was fined the maxiâ€" mum penalty, $500, with $50 costs. ‘ FOES OF COMPULSION FINED IN LONDON His Belfast visit gave a good hint to the Premier that the Ulsterites would not accept a direct proposal imâ€" plying home rule. But it is believed that they might be induced to enter into a concerted plan which could posâ€" sibly be arranged to meet their most serious objections. ficial circles, and these persons have offered greatly varied suggestions. None of these, it is believed, could be adopted in its entirety, but it is thought they might be welded toâ€" gether to form a proposal to lay beâ€" fore the Cabinet. ug TAKEN BY RUSSIANS. "The general officer commandingâ€" inâ€"chief in Egypt reports a successâ€" ful enterprise against the enemy / at Bayoud and Mageibra, which was carried out by a column of Austraâ€" lian and New Zealand mounted troops A despatch from London says: The following official communication conâ€" cerning the operations in Egypt was made public Thursday night: A despatch from Calgary says: Reports received here from all parts of the province declare that despite the lateness of the season everything promises a splendid crop. A despatch from London says: The Daily Mail says that the nonâ€"alcoholic beer recently approved by the Govâ€" ernment has been put on sale in sevâ€" eral London saloons and has met with astonishing demand during the hours when the sale of alcoholic drinks is prohibited. One saloon drew | forty gallons of the new beer before | 11 o‘clock on Thursday morning. The trouble is, the Daily Mail adds, that the beer won‘t keep and the supply | must be made fresh daily. | CAMPS OF ENEMY IN EGYPT DESTROYED BY AUSTRALIANS Cit t Great Aid for French and Belgian ] Refugees. } A despatch from Paris says: Frank J. Gould has taken the first practical step toward helping the homeless war sufferers by ordering 6,000 portable houses, which are about to arrive from the United States and will be given to French and Belgian refugees whose homes were destroyed by gunfire. The Cri de Paris declares that "more charity is dispensed in Frank Jay Gould‘s chateau than anywhere else in France," and that "no war sufferer is ever refused help, though hundreds call." BRITAIN‘S NEW BEER ONLY KEEPS ONE DAY Iwere brought into action, checking the Germans, apparently with heavy |losses before they had reached the ‘!French positions. The German artilâ€" |lery is still continuing its bombardâ€" (ment in this sector, indicating a probâ€" ability that further attacks are to be launched. The French guns are reâ€" plying. Successful Enterprise Carried Out Against the Turks at Bayoud and Mageibra. : ALLIED SUBMARINES IN BALTIC P SUNK THREE GERMAN SHIPS OFFERS 6,000 PORTABLE HOUSES Germans Make Another Atâ€" tempt on Hill 304 Front. A despatch from Paris says: Anâ€" other attermpt was made by the Gerâ€" mans on Thursday afternoon to break through the French line on the Bois d‘Avocourtâ€"Hill 304 front, on the west bank of the Meuse. The French trenches were subjected to the usual violent preparatory bombardment beâ€" fore the German infantry deft its trenches, but the moment the attack was launched the French fireâ€"curtain was thrown out and the mibrailleuses, FAIL TO BREAK VERDUN LINE off Landsort, in the Baltic. Reports conflict as to whether a British â€" or Russian submarine sank the vessel. The Hera left Stockholm on Tuesday to take iron ore to Oxloesund, carryâ€" A despatch from London says: A large number of Russian and British submarines are operating in the eastâ€" ern and southern portions of the Balâ€" tic Sea, which is now iceâ€"free. The German steamer Hera, 4,750 tons, was sunk on Thursday morning off Landsort, in the Baltic. Reports conflict as to whether a Rwitichk â€" .A« Sea is Now Ice Free and Activity on Part of Underwater Craft is Renewed. Aiberta Crops Look Good RUSSIAN TROOPS MARCH IN MARSEILLES rival of the Czar‘s troops, "Thirtyâ€"six camels, a quantity of Turkish ammunition and one Turkish soldier were captured at Bayoud, and the enemy camp there was entirely destroyed." May 16. The enemy made no resistâ€" ance and fled at once, pursued by us. The very great heat and the bad goâ€" ing over the deep sand made it imâ€" possible for the pursuit to be carried very far. ture A despatch from Winnipeg says: The wheat acreage in Manitoba is five per cent. less than last year, accordâ€" ing to the estimate of J. H. Evans, Acting Deputy Minister of Agriculâ€" ! _ The annual average fire locs in Canada for the past three years has been $35,000,000. _ Add the cost of insurance protection in excess of the losses paid, and the cost of maintainâ€" ing waterworks and private fire proâ€" tection, another total annual cost (will _ aggregate _ over $61,000,000. These are colossal figures, and when . you add to them the cost of fire waste in the United States, it makes. ia grand aggregate of $230,000,000 a year in the United States and, !Canada. | A despatch from London says: Sir Edward Grey, the Foreign Secretary, announced in the House of Commons on Thursday that the Government had been informed by Sir Henry Howard, British Minister at the Vatican, that representations have been made to Germany by the Vatican with a view to inducing Germany to abandon subâ€" marine warfare. MANITOBA ACREAGE POPE AsSKS GERMANY TO STOP Uâ€"BOAT WAR One of the most beautiful women in the British Court circles. She was married to Sir Charles H. Paget, sixth Marquess of Anglesey. Lady Victoria Marjorie is daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Rutland, and has a litble girl, Alexandra Mary Caroline, three years old, who inherits much of her mother‘s attractiveness _ and good looks. The sinking of two other German steamships by a submarine, believed to be a Russian, is reported in a Reuâ€" ter despatch from Stockholm. The steamships were the Kolga, Hamburg for Stockholm, and the Bianca. ing a cargo of 2,000 tons. Her capâ€" tain was ordered on board the subâ€" marine with the ship‘s papers, and made prisoner. Sufficient time was given the crew to leave the ship. Alâ€" though the weather was rough, all on board were saved. Lady Anglasey IN WHEAT REDUCED Fire Waste A despatch from London says: A scheme of war pensions was announâ€" ced in the Commons on Wednesc~y by Williamâ€" Hayes Fisher, Parliamo tary Underâ€"Secretary for the Local Covâ€" ernment Board. Jt provid« for grants of $520 yearly to marric‘ and unmarried men called to the «â€"lors where financial hardships result. This is irrespective of the allowan~ : alâ€" ready given soldiers‘ wives. 1 was announced that the assistance would be extended to include rents, ijsurâ€" ance premiums, taxes, loans, ::.! inâ€" terest installments. BRITISH Duluth, May 23. â€"Wheatâ€"No, $1.224; No. 1 Northern, $1.214 to No. 2 Northern, $1.18% to $1.194 sead cash, $1.954; Mauy, $1.94% $1.964 white, 424 to Shipments, 46 to $19.50. â€" Duluth, Mas N Winnipeg, May 23.â€"Cash quotations â€"Wheatâ€"No. 1 Northern, $1.188%; No. 2 Northern, $1.164; No. 3 Northern, $1.13% No. 4, $1.09%; No. 5, $1.018%; No. 6, S3i%c feed, 896c. Oatsâ€" No,. 2 C.W., 47ic No. 8 C.W., 46¢c; extra No. 1 feed, 46k0 No. 1 feed, 45%¢; No. 3 feed, 44%c. Bar leyâ€"No. 38, 684¢c; No. 4, 68¢; rp!emed §8c; feed, 58c. Flaxâ€"No. 1 NW.C $1.1704; No. 2 C.W., $1.674 ed. 27¢; Potatoe $1.15. of 90 lbs. $2.50 to $2.60, Millfeedâ€"â€" Bran, $24; shorts $26; middlings, $28 t« $30; moulllie, $30 to $35. Hayâ€"No 2, per ton, car lots, $20.50 to $21.50 Cheeseâ€"Finest westerns, 1898 to 19%c do., easterns, F84 to 19%c. Butterâ€" choicest creamery, 29 to 29%¢c; seconds freights outside Ryeâ€"No. 1 cc cording to freig Manitoba flow bags, $6.70; seco $6.20; strong b: ut i + be APlisanes BPA 2P s c ud Nlcs ID J ... > No. 1 Northern, $1.26; No. 2, $1.24%; No. 3, $1.184, on track, Bay ports. Manitoba oatsâ€"No, 2 CW., 53%c; No. 3, do., blÂ¥c; extra No. 1 feed, $lic; No. 1 feed, 50%¢c, on track, Bay ports American cornâ€"No. 3 yellow, $3¢, on track, Toronto. Canadian cornâ€"Feed, 76 to 77¢c, nomiâ€" nal, on track, Toronto. Ontario oatsâ€"No. 3 white, 48¢, outside. Ontario wheatâ€"No. 1 commercial, $1.05 to $1.06; No. 2, do., $1.03 to $1.04; No. 3, do., $1 to $1.01; feed wheat, 92 to 98¢, u(-vnrdlng to freights outside, Peasâ€"No. 2, $1.70; according to samâ€" ple, $1.25 to $1.50, according to freights outside. 64 The Leading Markeis , 894c. Oatsâ€" | 8 C.W., 46¢c; extra 1 feed, 45%¢; No. i No. 3, 684c; No. feed, 58c. Fla Barleyâ€"Maiting, 65 to 66c; feed 68 to ¢, according to freights outside. l}ug'}‘q\'heu_l-_â€"_"'() to 71¢, mccording to 'o_runm, May 284 United States Markets Live Stock Markets PENSIONS sSCHEME ANNQOUNCED Winnipeg Grain. May 23.â€"Cash quotation o. 1 Northern, $1.18%; No .164; No. 8 Northern, $1.13 §; No. 5, $1.01%; No. 6, 93@ 1 st 1 commercial, 93 to 94¢c, nc freights outside. flourâ€"First patents, in jut« second patents, in jute bags g bakers‘, in jute bags, $6 Egegsâ€"P Breadstuffs 23.â€"Manitoba wheat 0. 2 CW., 411 No. 1 feed, 464 feed, 44%c. Ba sh 48c, ouiside commercial .03 to $1.04: #1 $1 $19.00 sel« hard Iin ud v 224 _ "If I keep myself on earth," he conâ€" tinued, "and as a good Rus#ian think about this war, then I can say, ‘What a fine thing it will be to beat these Germans.‘ I can say to myself, ‘We will give them a good drubbing and teach them to mend their mannere.‘ I can say to myself, ‘We are better than they.‘ But, wait! I remind myâ€" gelf that war is a serious thing. It is a very awful and a very tragic calâ€" amity. It is a matter of woupds and death, of great pain and mutilations, of suffering and bereavementâ€"for many people a matter of lifelong deâ€" No.| _ Harold Begbie, the wellâ€"known Engâ€" No (lish journalist and author, writes as No. follows from Petrograd: 0n| Almost as soon as I arrived Rusâ€" ‘sian people said to me: "You really "!â€"/ musp see Prince Obolenski" (the exâ€" ide. ! Procurator of the Holy Synod). They ‘m}: would ask each other, knowing my to desire to understand the religion of .m-’the Orthodox Church, who was the hts first person for me to see. And alâ€" ; l'_,,lwnys, from everybody, the same anâ€" |swer would be given:; "Alex Obolenâ€" l0|5ki." "There is something 1 : say. Do you remembe poor Miss Edith Cavell priest the night before ecuted? â€" She said, ‘Patu enough!‘" He paused, ward, put a hand on m added, "That is a saying one stop, which makes Patriotism is not enoug} â€"even a danger!" He said, too, "The peasant does not bother about the morals of his priest. They will go to church, find the priest is not there, and start off to fetch him, saying, ‘The Little Father was drunk last night; he is oversleeping.‘ And they will catch hold of him, any say, ‘Get up, pig; get up, little pig,‘ and force him to go to the altar and perform the service for them. The Higher View. The Prince walked away suddenly; then came back and said to me, "There is something I should like to sav. Do you remember what that ! _ The Prince, who has the fine and |discriminating expression of a conâ€" noisseur, is a very agreeableâ€"looking | person, whiteâ€"haired, with a moustache !and imperial. He wears pinceâ€"nez. |He dresses extremely well. And he | does not look in the very least like an _ exâ€"Procurator of the Holy Synod. I am afraid that, a little embarrasâ€" sed by his high spirits, my first quesâ€" tions were rather clumsily put. I do not want to tell you, however, what the Prince said in reply to those ?qucstions, for what followedâ€"sponâ€" taneously and surprisinglyâ€"is _ of greater moment. But J must relate that (not quite understanding my questions) he treated with amuseâ€" ment any conception of religion as a matter outside of morals, and told me with great spirit a number of amusing stories, which showed how ridiculous such a _ conception could become in practice. For example, a man starting off to murder a woman suddenly remembered that it was a saint‘s day, and postponed the murder to the following day. | _ Imagine my surprise _ when the Prince suddenly drew up his chair to mine, and with a good humor which was friendly and delightful, but a little disconcerting for the matter in hand, invited me to burgle his mind. But before 1 had got over this surâ€" prise, everybody in the room ceased speaking, every face was turned in our direction, and I discovered that our conversation was to be in the nature of a public discussion. To my disappointment I found the Prince, who was in a merry mood, surrounded by friends, How were we to talk about matters so difficult and so serious in the atmosphere of a reception ? tians. The phrase haunted and still haunts me. An English friend in Petrograd with whom I discussed this matter said to me, "You are trying to understand the central mystery of Russian character." You may imagine, then, how I was looking forward to this conversation. Nothing in all the varied life of Rusâ€" sia has so great a spell as the mysâ€" tery of the Russian religionâ€"a reliâ€" gion which does not lay, as we do, its main emphasis on conduct, but apâ€" parently either overlooks or neglects conduct in its devotion to love. Mr. Sazonoff had said to me that there are many sinners in Russia, and great sinners, but that all are Chrisâ€" After dinner one night I was driven by a Russian lady to the Prince‘s palace, which is on the quay facing the Neva. As we went along she said to me: "I am sure you will like him; he is the most sympathetic of men." A Study of the Russian Religious Thought by Harold Begbie. VIEW OF THE WAR TAKEN BY PRINCE OBOLENSKI MYSTERY OF THE SQOUL OF RUSSIA The Neue Stuttgarter Zeitung says the food situation in Rhine towns is Five German soldiers in uniform, although fired upon, cscaped across the Swiss frontier at Rodesdorf, near Basel on Tuesday. They wore inâ€" terned at Berne. of the Landsturm, have begun to ask food from the Swiss soldiers. The Germans say they have not eaton meat for weeks. A despatch from Geneva says: German soldiers along the Swissâ€" Alsat'iag frc_.mtier, chiefly elderly men Food Situation in UNTIARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO GERMAN SCLOIERS ASK FCOD FROM SWISS ON THE FRONTIER Russian Religion m y said lotism ) ont m i Rhine Towns Becoming Intolerable Kaiser‘s Men Deserting. Idenly ; to me, like to that o the _ and makes think. not for. | _ You rarely run across a : \has fallen exhausted from : ‘the dictates of his conscience been made for the home forces of the British Isles. This month another order for 3,000,000 pairs was given in England by Russia and contracts for Portugal and other allies are coming in daily. Resources of British shoe trade are being employed almost to utâ€" most capacity. supphed up to April 1 by British manufacturers to active forces _ of Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy and Serbia since the beginning of the war. _ Several million pairs have also ki Insurance companies will not knowâ€" ingly accept as a risk any building in which stoveâ€"pipes issue through roof or sidewalls. Should such a condition be established and a fire occur from this cause, the companies are not called upon to nay the loss. the noliev being utm o Proper and safe chimneys should be provided, and, where necessary for pipes to go through frame partitions meta!l thimbles, provided with ventilâ€" ated air spaces, should be used. The same care should be exercisâ€" ed with stoves and ranges in summer as in winter. Woodwork should be protected by sheet metal, with a* least two inches of air space between the metal and woodwork. Sheet metal should also be placed under the stove projecting sufficiently to overcome the danger from live coals falling upon the floor. A sequence of the annual spring housecleaning period in the home is the exodus of cooking stoves and ranges to the summer kitchens. This removal involves a considerable fire risk. The summer kitchen naturally suggests a building of more or less flimsy construction, usually a frame leanâ€"to without a _ proper chimney. Too often a stovepipe through wall or roof serves as a smoke outlet, without even protection of the surrounding wood work. Danger From 26 per cent., while the average was 92 per cent. This evidence should be sufficient to convince every {armer that it pays to spray. It does not cost much and is not so troublesome as many imagine. If you have not full directions at hand, write now to the nearest Experimental Farm or the Central Farm at Ottawa and you will receive complete instructions reâ€" garding making and applying Borâ€" deaux mixture.â€"F.C.N. in Conservaâ€" tion. () _ Potato diseases may be controlled in different ways; some by spraying, some by seed treatment and some by seed selection. For early and late blight and for flea beetles, Bordeaux mixture is very effective. By adding poison to this mixture the Colorado potato beetle is also kept in check Numerous experiments have been made which demonstrate clearly the practical value of spraying with Bordeaux mixture. At the Vermont Agriculture Experiment Station exâ€" periments have been conducted for many years. (Over a period of eightâ€" een years the yield on the sprayed area averaged 271 bushels per acre while the unsprayed gave only 159 bushels per acre for the same period. The lowest gain from spraying was spair. Very well, I remind mysel{ of lthis, and then"â€"he pointed to the | ceilingâ€"*"I try to see the matter as jGod sees it. What a difference, what a difference! 1 am no longer on the !earth, I am no longer a good Rusâ€" | sian. I try to see it as God sees it, and I ask myselfâ€"‘Is Russia of such ‘moral value to the world that God !delires her to win?â€"and is He willâ€" 'ing that her victory should be bought at such a costâ€"at such a cost? Dare 1 say that Russian culture is of imâ€" portance to God? Dare I say that it is so much better than German culâ€" ture that the price of its victory is nothing? Dare 1 say that?" MHe ‘shook his head. _ From 12900 to 1215 the average anâ€" nual yield of potatocs in Canada was 78,405,000 bushels, constituting one of our important field crops. The anâ€" nual yield, however, is greatly lessenâ€" ed by the ravages of discases and inâ€" sects. The season of 1915 was admitâ€" tedly one of the worst in years for late blight, and the Botanical Diviâ€" sion of the Central Experimental Farm observes that, in one small province of Canada, the loss from this disease amounted to about 2,â€" 000,000 bushels, not including loss in storage. From 1905 to 1915 the nual yield of potatocs in 78,405,000 bushels. cons pn One could see that everybody in the room agreed with him; and everybody in that room was a Rusâ€" sian patriot. Neglect of Treatment Causes Heavy Annual Loss. scarce Fighteen German cattle dealers arâ€" rived in Basel on Tuesday hoping to buy cattle, which are becoming becoming intolorable. The newspaper advises the Government to take drasâ€" tic measures to change the mode of living of the people. It supggests that cooking in private families be prohibâ€" ited, and that the population be orderâ€" ed to eat in common at restaurants, where meat would be served once daily, at noon, and only vegetables in the evening. upor void SAVE THE PoTATO CROP oid. It importan sSUMMER KITCHENs and Proper Chimneys Big Boot Orders 000 OO( hoe pay Stoves Without Safe had h« April mpanies are . not the loss, the policy therefore of the to provide safe the annual spring iod in the home ooking stoves and on the spray« bushels per acr 1 gave only 1i IP8 e same period. spraying was ‘ average was ence should be every {farmer It does not ol _ armj made anc man who following mm«