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â€" Toronto, May 20.â€"Good heavy steers, $14.50 to $15; butchers‘ steers, $!4 to $14.25; butchers‘ cattle, choice, $13.50 to $14; do, good, $13 to $13.50; do, medium, $12 to $12.50; do, com., $10.25 to $10.75; bulls, choice, $11.75 to $12.50; do, medium, $10.50 to $11; do, rough, $8 to $8.50; butchers‘ cows, Montreal â€" Markets. Montreal, May 20â€"Oats, extra No. 1 feed, 84c. Flourâ€"New standard grade spring wheat, $11 toâ€" $11.10. Rolled oats, bag 90 lbs., $3.90 to $4. Branâ€"$43 to $44. Shortsâ€"$45 to $46. Hayâ€"No. 2, per ton, car lots, 837 to $38. Cheese, finest Easterns, 28\&c. Butter, choicest creamery, 55 to 56e. Eggs fresh, 52¢; do, selected, b4c; do, No. 2 stock, 50c. Potatoes per bag, car lots, $2 to $2.10. Dressed hogs abattoir killed, $30.50 to $31. ;..ard. pure, wood pails, 20 lbs. net,l 4c. pr Smoked meatsâ€"Hams, med um. 39 to 41¢c; do, heavy, 33 to 34¢; cooked, 54 to 56¢; rolls, 33 to 34¢; breakfast bacon, 44 to 48¢; backs, plain, 4T to 48¢; boneless, 52 to 55c. Cured meatsâ€"Long clear bacon, 29 to 30¢; clear bellies, 28 to 29c. doz Maple prod: ial gallon, $2 perial gallons lb.. 27e. Potatoesâ€"Ontario, f.o.b. track Toâ€" ronto, car lots, $1.70; on track outâ€"| side, $1.55 to $1.60. | Reansâ€"Can. handâ€"picked, bushel,! $4.25 to $4.50; primes, $3 to as.zs;)r Imported handâ€"picked, Burma or In dian, $3.25; Limas, 12c. [ Honeyâ€"Extracted clover, 5 lb. tins,‘ 25 to 26¢ Ib.; 10 15. ting, 24% to 25¢;| 60 lb. tins, 24 to 25¢; buckwheat, 60‘ Ib. tins, 19 to 20°. Comb: 16 oz., $4.50 to $5 doz.; 10 oz., $3.50 to $4, Cheeseâ€"New, large, 30 to 30%4¢; twins, 30% to 31¢; triplets 31 to 31%¢; Stilton, 31 to 31%4c. Butterâ€"Fresh dairy, choice, 48 to 50¢c; creamery, solids, 54 to 55¢; prints, 55 to 56c. Margarineâ€"34 to 37. Eggsâ€"New laid, 49 to 50¢c; new laid, in cartons, 51 to 52. ‘ Dressed Poultryâ€"Chickens, 40 to 45¢; spring chickens, 75 to 80c; roogâ€" ters, 28 to 30¢c; fowl, 37 to 38¢; turkâ€" evs, 45 to 50¢c; ducklings, Ib., 35 to J8¢: squabs, doz., $7; geese, 28 to 30c.| Live poultryâ€"Spring chickens, 60| _ Wholesalers are selling to the reâ€" tail trade at the following prices: Live ggulir&â€"Romters, 25¢; fowl, 28 to 33¢; ducklings, Ib., 35¢; turkâ€" eys, 35¢; chickens, 27 to 30c. _ Butterâ€"Dairy, tubs and rolls, 38 to 40¢; prints, 40 to 42%c. Creamery, fresh made solids, 50 to 51¢; prints, 51 to 52%e. Eggsâ€"New laid, 45 to 46c. Dressed poultryâ€"Chickens, 30 to 34¢c; roosters, 25¢; fowl, 30 to 33¢; ducklings, 32%¢; turkeys, 40 to 45¢; squabs, doz., $6. . e Strawâ€"Car lots, $10 to $11 per ton. Tayâ€"No. 1, $30 to $33 per ton; mixe«{ $20 to $24 per ton, track Toâ€" ronto. Millfeedâ€"Car lots delivered, Monâ€" treal freights, bags included. Bran Â¥42 per ton; shorts $44 per ton; good feed flour, $2.65 to $2.75 per bag. Ontario flourâ€"Government stanâ€" dard, $11, in jute bags, Toronto and Montreal, prompt shipment. _ _ Barleyâ€"Malting, $1.10 to $1.15, nominal. Buckwheatâ€"No. 2, nominal. | Ryeâ€"No. 2 nominal. Manitoba _ flourâ€"Government stanâ€" dard, $11, Toronto. _ Peasâ€"No. 2, $2.05, nominal, acâ€" cording to freights outside. Ontarnio wheatâ€"No. 1 spring, $2.09 to $2.17; No. 2 do, $2.06 to $2.14; No. 3 do, $2.02 to $2.10, f.0.b. shipping points, according to freights. _ Ontario wheatâ€"No. 1 winter, per car lot, $2.14 to $2.20; No. 2 do., $2.11 to $2.19; No. 3 do, $2.07 to $2.15, f.o.b. shipping points, according to freights. Manitoba barleyâ€"No. 3 CW, $1.15%; No. 4 CW, $1.08%; rejected, 98‘4¢; feed, 98%4c. American cornâ€"Nominal. Ontario oatsâ€"No. 3 white, 74 to 71?9. according to freights outside. Toronto, May 20.â€"Manitoba Wheatâ€"No. 1 Northern, $2.24%; No. 2 Northern, $2.21%;. No. 3 Nortilm. $2.17%; No. 4 wheat, $2.11%, in store Fort fiillim. Manitoba oatsâ€"No. 2 CW, 74%¢; No. 3 CW, 71%e¢; extra No. 1 feed, 71%¢; No. 1 feed, 68%¢; No. 2 feed, 65%4e. \ Markets of the World Country _ Produceâ€"Wholesale. Toronto Live Stock Markets. Provisionsâ€"W holesale productsâ€"Svrup MR.PERRY scope 13 coming L 0. GCLT OPPhiask. To SPEND THE Eventing THAT NO Y YE LN Feis s euss Y w2 $2.95 t CNO THE EvEening â€"SEE | YOU TREaAT Him NICELYâ€" sW Svrup, per imperâ€" $2.50; per 5 imâ€" ) to $2.40; sugar, bacon, 29 29c. 4 to BMc; ‘, _ Flowers not known within living * memory to the natives of the districts ;' are breaking out on the sacred surâ€" , face and in the shell holes and dugâ€" ; outs of the battleflelds of France. It 1 is believed that the strange flowers .| have sprung from seeds buried in he .‘ depths of the earth for decades. _A leading London botanist says it is known that seeds have been buried for upwards of 60 years without losing ', their power of germination, and he ‘ thinks it is quite possible that stranse] | plants are now flowering as reported, ,as the tearing up of the earth by -,heavy shell fire may have created conâ€" ‘ | ditions for their growth after having llong lain dormant. A despatch from London says:â€" In the House of Commons, replying to Sir J. Norton Griffiths, Col. Amâ€" ory, Underâ€"Secretary for the Colonial Office, stated that approximate war expend/tures in the Colonies were: _ Canada ....... .. .$1,125,000,000 i Australia ........ 1,455,000,000 I New Zesland ..... 377,850,000 South Africa ..... 115,000,000 ‘ Newfoundland _.... 10,000,000 ’ A _ despatch from _ Washington ) says:â€"Revised figures made public | on Thursday by the War Department | showed that the total casualties of the American Expeditionary Forces |during the war was 286,044. Battle deaths numbered 48,909, and the toâ€" | tal of wounded was placed at 237,135, with the explanation that this repreâ€" | sented a duplication of about 7,000 | by reason of the fact that many men | were wounded more than once. One of the provisions of the Peace Treaty calls for a "ton for ton" reâ€" placement of Entente merchantmen sunk by suwbmarines. _ This means that Germany will have to supply the allies with 9,538,000 tons. 1 In addition to the foregoing, twenâ€" ty British ‘vessels, tonnage 95,000, were lost on Admiralty service. 000 AUSTRALIA LED DOMINIONS IN EXPENDITURE ON WAR A despatch from London says:â€" The Ministry of Shipping announces the number and tonnage of allied merchantmen lost through enemy acâ€" tion, as follows: i Britain, 2,197; tonnage, 7,638,000. France, 238; tonnage, 697,000. â€" Italy, 230; tonnage, 742,000. Japan, 29; tonnage, 120,000. United States, 80; tonnage, 341,â€" Germany Must Make Good 10,000,0¢60 Tons in Ships Canada . .... Australia .. New Zesland South Africa Newfoundianc AMERICAN CASUALTIES TOTALLED OVER 286,000 | A despatch from St. John‘s, NAd., says:â€"The United States navy diriâ€" gible Câ€"5, which escaped from its _ moorings here on Thursday, dropped | into the sea about 85 miles off shore, | according to a radio message receivâ€" | ed by the cruiser Chicago from an "unidentified British steamship. The | steamship said it was standing by the | dirigible. The destroyer Edwards,l which went out in pursuit of the Blimp after it was blown to sea, was notified by wireless of its position and started at once to salvage the airship. y A despatch from London says:â€" General Denikine, commander of the antiâ€"Bo‘shevik forces, has frustrated by a counterâ€"offensive the Bolshevik plan to bisect his army by capturing Rostovâ€"onâ€"theâ€"Don, at the head of the Sea ‘of Azov. The Bolshevik have been compelled to move their po:i-‘ tions to the northward. Denikine Frustrates Plan To Bisect His Russian Army med.,“fito’?li;l;fl' ingers, $90 to $160; light ewes, $18 to $15; yearlâ€" ings, $12 to $14; choice lambs, 318.50 to $20; spring lambs, $12 to $15; calves, good to choice, $14 to $16; hogs, fed and watered, $21.25; do, we‘ghed off cars, $21.50; do, 1f.0.b., $20.25, Montreal, May 20â€"Choice select hogs off cars $21 to $21.50 per ewt. Choice steers, $14 to $15.50; inferior quality, $9. Choice butcher cattle, $10 to $12; poorer grades, $8.50 to $10. Milkâ€"fed calves, $6 to $10. J FINALLY DROPPED INTO SEA 85 MILES OFF THE SHORE MOC TD MECs CC, BTCG, PIT7.0C °O $11,00, do, medium, $9.25 to $10; do, com., $8 to $8.50; stockers, $8.75 to ‘::J feeders, $12 to $13.50; canners ‘ cutters, $5 to $6.75; milkers, good toi choice, $90 to $150; do, com. and $12 to $13; do, good, $10.50 to $11.50; Battlofie!d Mystery. Her mother and the eccentric old monarch, William IV., quareled conâ€" tinually, but the old man seems rather to have liked his youthful heiress apâ€" parent. At his death, only a short time after she had attained her maâ€" jority, the 18â€"yearâ€"old girl became queen of the mightiest nation on the globe. _ The student of her life is struck by the quiet composure with which the child shouldered the burâ€" den, but he is more impressed still, asJ In celebrating "the Queen‘s Birthâ€" day" on Saturday, "the 24th of May," â€"Canadians will also be celebrating the | centenary of the birth ‘of the late | Queen Victoria. _ Born on the 24th of May, 1819â€"in | England â€" instead of Germanyâ€"beâ€" cause her parents purposely returned from their German sojourn in time to make her a native of the country which they foresaw she might one day | |play a leading part in, she lost her| father, the Duke of Kent, before she | was a year old, and was thenceforthi under the care of her careful German mother, and her shrewd uncle, Prince‘ Leopold, who, even after becoming King of the Belgians, continued to write her helpful letters, the answers to which are not the least interestâ€" ing part of her voluminous publlshed‘ correspondence. f Some of the Characteristics Which Made Her One of Britain‘s Most Successful Monarchs. BORN AT KENSINGTON PALACE LONDON, MAY 24, 1819. CENTENARY OF QUEEN VICTORIA B RINGING SsOME SHARPâ€"SHOOTING REQUIRED. Is there any way to stop this flight? How many communities are making an effort to check this stampede of money THAT FLIES OUT of their home town. What is OUR community doing? What would all this money mean to YOU and MBE, if it were spent with our own business men? The picture is no DREAM OF FANCY. The artist has simply brought HOME to us the hard facts. Let us face them as they are. The group of men with rifles provides the right ACTION for US. Let us organize to stop this flight. Let each one of us REMEMBER: That HOME values increase in proportion as we spend our money at HOME. That HOME values disappear with every dollar sent away. A Queen at Eighteen. ds x C 7 ) i Horar al. _ / J\ “'V\ x ~’§; é'Qfi/ A\’ .é/( ): ( vals 4 se 0/ 2 in‘ ‘ R Â¥ §-='~‘;:/ C J A TORONTO of the credit for her first successes.! She was very much in love with heri young husband, Prince Albert, of | Saxeâ€"Coburg, and insisted again and | again that his title of Prince Consort’ be changed to King Consort, and that, ‘ as was the case with William and Mary, he be empowered to rule joinfly with her. Her careful old counsellor evaded the question again and again, but driven at last to a frank expresâ€" sion of conviction, he is said to have burst out: "Does your Majesty realâ€" ize what you are running the risk of doing? If you once got the English people into the way of making kings | you would get them into the way of unimaking them." H Lord Melborne, the Prime Minister | ficult situatiorn of those early days, violent in temper; In the Crim and rough in speech, but discreet and as devoted as tactful withal, deserves a great deal | worker in the he reads on, by the tact and wisdom f comes to royalty you with which she carried it, from start | with a trowel." to finish. Endowed with no apparentâ€"| A contemporary ly remarkable intellectual gifts, she | nearly constant pd nevertheless proved one of the most | made her useful labo successful monarchs of history. Her| instinctive appreciat record shows pretty conclusively that |thing to do and say qualities of heart are as useful in high | She was "never flurri places as qualities of head. | front of her" Her s PATCTHKEE Her Prime Ministers. As women make 90 per cent. of the purchases for the homes, their acâ€" tion in this is the most important single factor in righting our adverse balance with the United States. "Buy Canadian goods and products" is the recommendation of the Canadian Trade Commission. The greater longevity of the typiâ€" cal Briton as compared with almost any other race is due to the fact that he loves sports.â€"Prof. E. H. Starlâ€" Farmerâ€"That‘s ‘cause his horse wuz eatin‘ my hay. ‘There hain‘t no danger o‘ yew eatin‘ it, I reckon. Motorist (blocked by load of hay)â€" I say. there, pull out and let me by. You seemed in a hurry to let that other fellow‘s carrlage get past. worker in the land. Her forbearance !at the time of the Trent affair played ts part in preventing war with the United States. Inclined perhaps rather toward Presbyterianism than towards the Church of England, of which she was the nominal head, she showed no intolerance toward Cathoâ€" lic, Protestant or Jew. She had no great interest in sects, but a deeply religious natureâ€"so deeply rellglouu‘ that one matterâ€"offact French hisâ€" torian complains a little of her trend toward mysticism. She swayed her people because she loved them. "How y kind they are to me!" she was tond‘ of saying. I In the Crimean War the Queen was as devoted as any nurse or hospital A â€" contemporary â€" explained â€" her nearly constant popularity, which made her useful labors easier, by her instinctive appreciation of the right thing to do and say when in public. She was "never flurried by a space in front of her." Her selfâ€"control in difâ€" ficult situations was admirable. comes to royalty you should lay it on with a trowel." A Reason For It. "Bhure we have, sir," said Pat, "We had so much land here in Ireland that we had to put it in heaps." "I say, Pat, what a lot of hills you have in Ireland." A Pat Reply. An Englishman, for the first time visiting Ireland, was out driving one day with Pat, when he remarked to Kim: "Good!" said Johnl’xy. ‘"Now, ma, remember your promise. You said if it was necessary to cut into the second pie I could have another piece!" The minister laughed. "Well, Johnâ€" ny," he said, "since you are so polite, I will have anothor." / They were entertaining the minister at dinner, and after dessert little Johnny said: ‘"Won‘t you take another piece of pie?" A despatch from Winnipeg, Man., says:â€"Winnipeg is in the throes of t‘a general industrial upheaval. In | spite of the energetic efforts made by |\ Premier T. C. Norris and Mayor 'Charles F. Gray, in spite of numerâ€" ’ous meetings at which workers and employers attempted to come to a ibasis of understanding, the threat of‘ labor has been carried into effect. ' As a last resort Ottawa was appenled‘ |to by the Mayor. Senator Robertson, Minister of Labor, can do nothing.} \He wired in reply to the message | sent last night by Mayor Gray statâ€" | ing that when conciliation and arbiâ€", ; tration were declined, "and the workâ€"| | ers refused to respect the governing | powers of their organizations," the| Government could do nothing. _ He! ’ldded that it was regrettable thnt: | the metal trade employers would notl lmeet their employes‘ chosen repreâ€"| llgntat.ives for the purpose of dilcus-l sion. Free automobile rides for pedesâ€" trians is again the order in the city streets. The question of the city‘s granting the jitneys permits to opâ€" erate is being considered. The Webb pressmen have decided to remain at work, and this will mean that all the local newspapers will continue publication, Winnipeg is now breadless. Bakers in most of the bake shops left. work promptly at 11 o‘clock a.m. on Thursâ€" day. Drivers also quit work. City Without Breadâ€"All Efforts at Settlement Have Failed. GENERAL STRIKE IN WINNIPEG "Herr Durmburg alleges that the annual burden laid on the shoulders of German taxpayers from this debt will amount to 17,500,000,000*®marks. But this does not represent the total charges that the public debt will reâ€" quire from the taxpayers of the Emâ€" pire, There must be added interest on the special debts of the severalJ Federal states ard townships which needs annually another sum of 6,000,â€" 000,000 marks to cover it. Therefore,| the grand total that the Empire will! have to pay in interest each year‘ stands at over 23,000,000,000 marks."’ treaty, and by the statement of the new German Finance Minister, Herr Durnburg, just published in the Kolnische Zeitung. "The German public debt, accordâ€" ing to Herr Durnburg, totalled 161,â€" 000,000,000 marks on January 31, 1918, and had increased to 185,000,â€" 000,000 marks on April 80 last, conâ€" sequent upon further issues of Treas-] ury bills in the beginning of the years. The floating debt and .ilsue‘ of bank notes continues to grow withâ€" out interruption. ’ CRBTD NTRITETTCCC HF PE heavy war burdens had been quieted by assurance too confidently made in some quarters, perhaps, that Germany might and can pay, have been painâ€" fully awakened to realities by the finzncial conditions of the peace A despatch from London says:â€" The correspondent of the Daily Teleâ€" graph in Paris wires his paper under date of Wednesday: "Those here whose apprehension of grave finanâ€" cial difficulties in France from the‘ French Confidence in Enel Ability to Pay Appears Unfounded. The Reward of Politeness. 23 BILLION MARKS p 27 "I‘ll go you one better, :1 father replied. "I hopo tha! &re that old you will know a you think you do now," "Bay, Gov., I hope old as you are I‘ll know do." The son of the family w« his first vacation since ho | ed to the dignrity of co} He and his father wore < fairs of the day, and 1: remarked : "Well, it would all depe sort of young man it was them she could have seen t ily enough." "My dear," he said as the supper, "I heard such a sad day about a young girl. They she was going blind, and so a operated on her and found "Yes," gasped his wife expe "That she‘d got a young ma eye," finished the hushan1 chuckle. For a moment there «: ‘Then the lady remarked sio He was fond of playing jok« wife, and he thought he had winner. The Distinguished Servi« has been awarded to Serg« gins, Damside, Hawick. Three of the four captured ( guns allocated to Alloa for ex! purposes have arrived and hoen in Meadow Place., Major James McLennan, son of McLennan, Orchardknowes, Coly has been awarded the D.S.0 The Hon. Hew Dairymple ha appointed convemer and Sir H Maxwell viceâ€"convener for the « of Wigtown. The Victoria Cross has boeen a1 ed to the late Sergeant Louis M« fie, son of Mrs. E. McGufie, Wist | _ Adam Scott, of Selkirk, has ro« | the O.B.E. in recognition of work d ‘ for the Y.M.C.A. in France. A concert organized by Nrs. H ]loy. of Kelso, on behalf of repatria ; prisoners, realized £70. The Rothesay Town Council hay agreed to divide the Marquis of Bute wedding dowry beiween two old w men of the tow». J. C. Sharpe, who has been ch man of the Cumbrae Parish Com for the past twentyâ€"sight years, | been unanimously reâ€"elocted The death is announced at Con more, Oban, of John Vass, marine gineer, a native of the Ross of M» A rare speciment of a whale, thi: nine feet long, and with a crca white skin, has come ashore at \a rihamsh, Argylishire. Major James Pender has been ed chairman of Dunoon and ( Combination Hospital Board. The trustees of the Carnogie He Fund have awarded a silver watch a ten pounds to Margaret G. Williams for saving a man from drowning Dumbarton. The Military Medal has been as ed to Sergeant W. Macrae, son oi Macrae, Oldplace, Kilsyth. â€" The death is announced at Kii of exâ€"Provost George Stirling, i seventyâ€"sixth year. C Mr. and Mrs. John Veitch, House, Chirnside, receantly « their golden wedding. ‘The D.S.0.. has been award Lieut..Col. Stuart McAllum and 1 Col. W. H. Forsyth, both of Borw The Meritorious Service Me been awarded to Lanceâ€"Corp H. Henderson, Coldstream « Berwick. The Galashiels Town Coun: decided to extend the Municip: ings, as a memorial to Galashi who have fallen in the war. Borderers who are resid« Lawrence, Mass., have sent "Victory" gift and ninety ; socks to the Galashields 5 Comfort Fund. Miss Ramsay Smith, d J. Ramsay Smith, Kingso Peobles. has been awarded de Guerre. The Military Cross has b ed to Alex. W. Davidson, s A. P, Davidson, late of 5t Church. The Victoria Cross has h« ed to Lieutâ€"Col. Clar} Knockgray, Carsphairn. The death took place Dundrennan, of David N\ puty Lieutenant of ki shire since 1878. The three German field ; to Linlithgow as war trop: been placed in position in 1: Sheriff Court Building. A shrine of teakwood H.M.S8. Britannia has be« side the North Berwic) memory of soldiers and have fallen in the war. The Military Crogs has hbee, ed to Rev. Duncan Blair, mi the Prestonkirk UF. Church lantry and devotion to duty, Military Medals have | to two Hawick soldiers, ( Montgomery and Sign: Smith. FROM OLD SCOTLAxp NOTES OF INTEREST rrovy ugg BANKES AND EBRArs What is Going On in the Highlang and Lowlands of Auld The Higher Hope His Complaint n 1 ‘rdod John M W 2O OPOCCmp NB monkeys sng crocodile k’“ such f“ Also ed in their shells were natives . While vary his f"h. a horror u,, Aying a» ; tunity of flavor re Zobra st. meat js 3 Rake fairly good inclihed to be & C0O0ked. Girs®a 6 Elephant mea according to the it is sometimes The trunk of t cacy resembling , the suecculent me wood ashes in ; people in E pressions ni which the : ed their diet that the best eland steak, as satisfying an English o Diet of T Th of t foun of C days der hobe FEAST C at the hei Palestin display« fence a tack. V never f, Canadia: Ypres a tralians poli, and the spril three Do denbure African I by the R. rn "It is w gratitude you marc don. Th« minions b stant read and respo have shov the Britis} comrades vied with . which wil! membran c« yourselve: new and . and endun exactine m ©Xx} ; _ **~ Samp with in powdered brick M The f King was persal of commissi: overseas The King an investitu the salute a H. R. H. Pr accompanied rie at the hes led the proce lowed Gen. C lians, Gen. Y. landers, Col. 7 Africans, and Newfoundian High St stained knives The march B8rd of the 01 unique Empi crowds of ch the route . w corated | stre. flags, presont the bright «u of airplanes, ; circled and s of marching t W1 General Curric A UNIQUE EN OLD LON alls the Capital of the His Majcs The King Also tor fav m