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U.S. DID NOT INVEST LARGELY IN BONDS Other eters More Attrac- tive Than Canadian Victory Loan. A peaaich from Ottawa says:— Sir Drayton, Minister of Fin- piss tata that citizens of the United tes did not buy so m: ain Victory bonds a: rted. A great deal of interest was tauae in the flotation, but just as they © rebagas Victoay? and tl jigher rate ne sia neg Catan offer- hikes what. hopes the Government “So long as the poo) eae of ‘ahaa cles so long shall we have an.adverse ” j PBreadstuffs. Japans, $4.75 to $5; ted, trade balance,” ‘he said. ‘If that 5 impor could ne out the sxohangs situa- ee, ern ‘ate mitobe, wheat Fs a ed, Burma, $4; Limas, ine nts Gale Seay ae , $2.27; therm, §2.23, in ney—Extracted clover, 5-Ib, tin Will American chee “get any Stove Fort Wi m. as te 26e; 10-Ib. tins, 24% to 250; 60 dla from the 5 per cent. ex-; Manitoba oats—N 86%; a tins, 24c; buckwheat, 60-1b. tins, 18 harged ipaptiane Canadian’ aie 3 CW, 84e; No.1 Leak Wices Ne omb, 16-07, si 50 to $5 doz.; * money?” he was |, 79%, in store Fort William: 10-07, $8.60 fo.84 doz “The interest on Victory Ti oan barley—! 31.5196 ple pro edict Soe, per imper-] si fiscal year e Lents. a ada’s pens: he cals “oa the Tt is ment that mition the seventy-five Senge loan negotiated in last er represented ue af ate, Be haeae: Cankae oul. calae there. If the amount had been one hundred millions he doubted if it could have been negotiated. fel OEE 2,400 CANADIANS fe STILL. IN BRITAIN] a Military Authoritigs Troubled | by Missing of Sailings. » despatch from London says:— More than a year after the armistice there are stil 04 Canadian soldiers in Britain awaiting repatriation apart from the twenty odd thousand i a men. While x is small, it is supplement- ed by an aa: a of dependents, and a care been giving the military trouble of late thea ide tants eo: exces up at a steamer after their passage had been ooked. A recent decision that married aatdlers be allowed fi after six months’ reasons promises to lengthen greatly the ee of repatriation now almost conclud ——_- United States to Hand Over German Liners to Britain A despatch from pabgery api seaniiye of the controversy isposition of the German Hiker Imperator was indicated ip would “< Siang immedi- sae to Great Bri with paint to the seven nkers, under the German flag, but American owned, now held in the Firth of Forth by the direction of the Supreme Coun- Spore Australia Being by: ae Sate Drought A despatch from seins says:— Australia, especially Sout Wales, is neti the se ip ing drought since white men sided zine haps thousands, of aie havained ih of ma ruin Aricthaitasle New South Wales is ee BP lesert, ‘being stripped] for Galen: on the Megantic on Wed- id are sont ith one of the described as a of everything green. Paddocks littered with the skeletons of catt: and even rabbits are dying in vas numbers, SOE led Str aay ~~ Borne Burden the Famine in Austria A despatch from London says:— Premier: Lloyd George, replying to questions int the House of Commons, “ Hie of amelioration in mic situation of Vienna with- a the} help of the United States. ates ree had already given aid to th remier announced | bond: ‘an, ink oe No, 4 CW, $1. a %3 rejected, at Hee answered. the signing of , 7°”! 80 Washington ven | CANADIANS | Two: Little Peasants Whose have re-! Beaver it! months past, are natives of a village King promise that the Prince ot "Wales shall pay visit to Madrid next year. It is understood that a round of festivities organized. in. -his honor in Spain, EW CABINET OF ONTAKIO LEAVING SU EAAME eT ym left ton right the men are: of Saanne as ets Hon. Lt. vincial Secretary; mn, B.C. Drury, mith, Provincial~ iepee . Bowman, Min. of La Carmichael, a Without. Portfolio ; Prime Min Hon. Lands~-& eae Peo W. B. Raney, Attorney General; R. H. Grant, Min. of eee Hon. H. Mills> ree of Mines. MOUSE, TORONTO, AFTER BEING SWORN IN. Hon. W. R. Rollo, Min. Hon, H. ©. Nixon, Pro- Hon. F. C. Biggs, Min. of Public Works; Hon, Peter — Hon. ming W. Doherty, Min. of Agriculture; i Weekly Ma tket Report , $1.34%%, in store Fort’ Wiliam. “Ame ican corn—No, 2 y allow, $1. 74, track, Toran °, Peace ‘shipment Ontario cats—-No, 8 white, 87 to 89¢, according to freights outside. No. 8 Spring 1.95 'to $2.01, fob shipping points, according to freights. —No. 2, $2.50. Batley~\Mattine, $1. mee ie $1.50, ac- cording to freights outsi Buckwheat—$1.32 to ae 34, Rye—Nominal ‘anitoba flour-—Government stand- etait stand- mpt. shipment. ots ilivered Mont- fom $0 srt bag inel , $25 to $26; mise, Car ton, $20 Px "322, fede, To- nea Produce—Wholesale. utter-—Dairy, tubs. and rolls, 48 te 44e; prints, , fresh made ciliiss 60 to Sdoqeprae, 61 to 62c. Eggs Held, 52 to 54c; new laid, 65 68c. to by cag a ae malaga | ETE 26 25e; fowl, 2 25e; a oe to 80e; turkeys, 3) to 4 doz:, $4. | —Spring thickens, 2 » be; fowl, Keys, 860, poult to oe; roost cane irae to Sees vip, “38 talc sige! Stilton, 34 t Butter—Fresh rani choice, 58 tol “Sia creamery prints, 64 to 66c, 0 to 6ie; selects, 68 to ie; ne new aid, 80 to BSc. | ickens,' m 23 to 25e; fowl,! 0 we iSe; roosters, 0 to 82c; mit ducklings, 84 urkeys, to Boe; squabs, pri chickens, a 26es fowl, 38 to 25; ducks, 22 to, Beans—Canadian, hand-picked, bus.,! $5.25 to $5.76; primes, $4.25 to $4.75; -|ery, 65% s e Ww, large, 31% ee St 22 to. $7; ewes, $7 to 88 May ial gallon,cmfwyp mfwyp mfwypwyp visions Wholesale. 5 3: 0 81c; breakfast nice caecn 60}, backs, ‘plain, 17 to 1c; boneless, 49 Chest ie Tee clear bacon, 81 to 2c; clear bellies, 80 to Sie. ard-—Pure tierces, 29 to 29%0; | tuber 203% to 805 pa ils, 2994 to 30% ; ;| Prints, 39 to 80440; Compound tierces, tubs, 28 to 28\4c; pail O75 | BG Batter, choicest éream- to 66. Eggs, fr enh, 80c; do, selected, 65¢3 do, No, 1.stock, 58c; 0, No. , BSc. Potatoes, per bag, 0 $2.30. Dressed hogs, r| car lots, $2 abattoir’ ‘elles $25. Lard, pure, wood Ble. pails, 20 Ibs. net, Live Stock Markets. Toronto, Nov. 25-—Choice, heavy steers, $18.25 to $13.50; good heav: steers, $12.50 to $13; butchers’ cattle, choice, » $10 ‘o $9.25; do, med., 8.50; do, com, $6.60 to $7; stockers, $7.50’ to $10; feeders, $10 i canners and cutters, $5.2! milkers, gopd % choice, oifonisbel, Nav 26" -Botsher. stsers; éom., $6.75 to $8. 50; sbuteher heifers, m., 80 to $7.25; butcher cows, $1.50,’ canners, $47 cutters, % ie He 75; butcher Pals ‘ com., $5.50 to $6; good veal, $14 t 6; "medium, $8 to Fea; a $13.75 t 0 $14; common, $12 ‘hope, selects, $17.25; Tights, $18.26 to $1625; heavies, $16.35; sows, $12.25 to ADOPT RUSSIAN MASCOTS Parents Are in the Hands of Bolsheviki. A despatch trom London says:—A] 4 f whos rents are in the hands of the Bolsheviki, but who are themselves to be given an opportunity of becoming Canadian citizens. ~These , who have made their home in the Y.M.C.A. a Hut in Lor for some found homeless-near | Archangel 16 Cenadia with the Huwsia 8 expeditionary foree. The boys, while . O. White, R.C.R., will 1 after sa other one. Prince’s Visit to Spain Said to Be Arranged despatth from London says:— eorge is said to have given a HORE EN: Combined Chair and Cradie. that Great Britain did not intend to} , War, the’ convantenog. Of parents. of greater: p the burden | infants. a combined aes chair and First room of Women Settlers For Canada A despatch from. Lesion says:—h a dismal rain, but canes "pis, the first. official See of Bri men settlers under the Dointaton aay ernment scheme Jeft Euston on Thurs- day morning for the Canadian land of promise and hard work. Others from all parts of the British. Isles joined them at Liverpool, bring- theories of self-determination and the} , No.| ate, but he S; several weeks | Sub eke wate o.casnaitieg and little he 5 to reached Toga ‘Small attention “a paid her} asta British: Burma officals, ;| have begun an agitation for ineloding 8; Burma in NEW CONSTITUTION = FOR EGYPTIANS sai a SCOTLAND. a-| Britain Will Also Confer Self- Government on Malta. ateh’ from London says:—A constitution for Egypt and local self- government for Malta, both of which we Tom Skene, a native gf Tain, was married recently in Winnipeg, to Miss Margaret Mackenzie, of Delny. “| The death has occurred at Ainess of Alexander Ross, brother of Town . Ross, qed trench digging have een, ee ssfully resorted to to quench the moor and forest fires in fue district. sighin of smaller nationalities. xtreme Egyptian sane five raised the banner o} lete fimlependence, Hk6 the Sinn: Wein} mai ST ae | Cairo mesages say that the Cabinet) ield | brother of f the Egyptian complaints has | Dobbie. Deen that Great Britain has publi hed its intention to, maintain a protecto kept the Egyptians in the dark: ceganding “wisi is meant Mrs. Mackenzie, of Castle eid, of Inverness, has =| been aapotiio Medical Officer of Health for Lochearron paris! sisting of 22, ae aa is being sola’ | renting an Egyptian nationalist dele-| py sir Keith F: gation from going to the Paris Con-} “andrew Lin ae ap. ference to present grievances has been ae pnaedaced plaint. rnmient’s justification be- foe the charges of neglecting Egypt has been the ee load of other| ger of St. John of Jerusalem ae oh on its hands. The death is announced ner paennliaian which is|M. McAdi to esetiats the causes of unrest in egypt, has not yet <tarted, and me etre threaten to ee and r fuse to give any inform: Malta was in a state et aE for during the summer, f Golspie, has been appointed a cei Heutenant ie Sutherlandshir e Duchess of Sutherland has been pilates a lady of Grace of the Or- of A. M. le, for twenty-five years secretary of the Glasgow Caithness eae ee) las Vickers has arri heen at Tulloch “Castle Dingwatl, for the season. Dit “on account of ot When Water Talks. overshadowing. nts, “Katie,” one of the most wonderful ae Bek OF tie: sibs ie that| inventions exhibited at the recent ship- of Burmese, with the ping engineering exbibition in London, is likely t the. most valuable aid to sea captains and navigators yet discovered. “Katie” is the name given i @ (<7 e new measures of self- Ae which. the Montague ;| scheme will ae India. piiich cba maker writer an automatic float, with a sen- sitive depth-finding mechanism con- ected telephonically, and ts placed on e surface of the water. Another fislicate inaccoinen postecoustha tote When Hiseainy Ise Insects. it is no trouble at all to breed in- ea Gh = = o iy B 4 g = e = o 5 5 a 2 of the kind of food preferred by the ug. Most insects feed on plants. It is a] up “Katie” on the Side and she tells question then of providing a closed rej him the an dept! | ceptacle containing the x food sin soft, jerky buzzes in nd ing plant may be used. Grain weevils will/breed in a jar oe ne sort of cereal pro- Santry the! onomie citbsnaloeiats make panels of breeding the bugs in ren may happen to be spetiall stutters. If the current is too strong she becomes speechless. “Katie” will 0 warn a captain how much water has got into the hold or the engine- room after a collision. floating ship's safe is another terested. In this way they study ME wonderful invention. It automatically life history and, what is very impor- | casts itself adrift from a sinking ship, identify their parasites—j, and will sen@“up a . For the parasites breed along with the “hosts.” ing the number to A hardier, healthiér pening lot baits eves Jett this and Setore, Al uniform, an under no ittucion. PhaP tects encctel eof mn ‘housewives ~who cure He in of these coe pioneers must be prepared to welcome vigorous yor ane women pe have Conttabred the awful habit of w Every one in this pilgrim band wears @ Son spray of maple leaves on her a8 ge. i ae - To Irrigate Holy Land. If the proposals of a Norwegian engineer are carried out, there will soon be a subterranean canal directly r the city of Jerusalem, carrying rom the Mediterranean to the For the Dead Sea, that strange body of heavy saline water, is 1,292 ft. be- low the level of the Mediterranean, and not more than 50 miles away. other communities that have made no} progress since their names were re corded in the manuscripts of the Bible, | is an interesting prospect. pa at te et | Those fish which sleep do so a their eyes open, as they have no eye- lids. y ample electrical supply, available for | the modernizing of the Holy City and | Winnipeg conven- . S. Wood, Miss Mary McCal- Mrs. John McNaughton Mrs. Geo. Brodie. tion: Back r jum; ee e mhabitants of Stornoway were | Old persons, the t. | at 9,998,771, a a to be dead at 2,991,800. (To the losses| com d_woun to the invention of an engineer, by B talk. Dead 12,980,571. A \ despatch Losses $331,612,542,560 = from Washington includes {put at $1, 750,01 000, "000. it ap incl a of production, put at $45,( a i ” 0,. oe war relief estimated ai ee 0,000. the capitalized ae oe ya is man life, also direct costs, is placed a i $08,501.276, There Ernest L. Bogs estimating the “capitalized value of human life,” ‘orth of the individual nging from ; re the economic worth of the individual to, the nation is placed at the hi; Al additional allowed for civilian losses. Although many of the latter were of giles Beli estimate gi e civilian loss is believed to oe conserva- ive. é The number of known dead is-placed , and the missing presumed ‘rom death an ere is added <ihoge resulting font disease, vert lence, privation, hardship, physical = ustion and similar causes.” ees A Motor-Cycle Charge. That the infantry did not monopo- a all ee Kd in =a war is proven Eee . Corcoran in his book, za of the. Army, thm te oH following incident in the life of a dispatch rider with the Bri- ched a cross- ads on the right was the turn for hom motor cycle took the oe at a dan- rous angle, and as he once more swept aN an site cs raised his head to ew road. He me looking for h he fellow ees but at distance of not more than a sacie yards he saw six mounted uhlans. There was no time to turn; speed of the motor cycle decided that. ‘here was little time to think. Would he surrender? That might insure his life, but the idea of a German prison dd not entice him. He was going about sixty miles an hour, Throwing open the throttle of his machine, he sent miles, He Jans fingering their them, probably a sergeant, was shouting an order to the others—they. were aad across the road. ing one hand pia the natalanetps fe drew his re- enty. ‘five yards away. the. two re uhlans were taki ad. With j himself erect in his saddle and then suddenly let his body fall along the a of his tank, at the same time fir- ing his revolver. He heard their bul- their aim. He saw one man topple over, . Another's horse reared and came down with a crash on the two uhlans on the left. rider shot through the broken line, he sent two more bullets point-blank at the men on his right and tore p&st, a dark streak on the dusty highway. Crouching over his might indicate pursuit. They came. fe could hear the pounding of horses’ hoofs on the hard road, but no cen- taur could have caught up with his motor cycle. iz} nother bullet shot past his ear. He crouched still lower on‘his saddle, and was soon well out of range Concrete Coffins Ar: Being Used i ‘, Britain A despatch from London says:: Owing to a_ prohibitive . price wooden coffins, substitutes of concrete have been delivered for the burial of poorer people. Up to a few weeks ago many ceme- tery authorities declined to sanction Conerete coffins answer the purpos dmnisehll cond tee wi uchoigtoak thar wooden ones. eS Nea Niagara-on-the-Lake Has Won Forty-Seven Crests Niagara-on-the-Lake passed its mil- of the famine in that country. ete has been patented BRINGING UP FATHER — JUST: Loos HTER HAS PICKED © SHE CERTAINLY stows How TO <ET IN WiTH SOCIETY FOLKS: WHY 19 1T Nou CANt ao HAY GIRL'S FATHER 1S AN’ CULTIVATE, 15 ACQUAINTANCE ‘4 Lord Ji | Hall as a Bitt to t sts | somerset, has ‘purehased the Camer- are ton Court ees Y| will be supplied goods red: $33; 351, 000,000 su os ating! eats shipping craft dur. is 'W | 1915, 374,000 tons: lets whiz by him, but he had spoiled | ¢o, As the dispatch gi London thi he | Ki ENGLAND. folcey has Cages Morpeth Town motor lorry loaded with churns from ; London to Sir F. Beaucham; amp, of Car imerton, An explosi a eae RAF. motor SHaunch at Fouls. carne’ the death of Sergt. Thomas le new sae of Windsor is WY, Fairbank, M.V.0.," surg 2) @ Society mn a week's the Bradford. Co-operat! ‘The Bishop of London presided ata ~ meeting of the Waifs and Strays Scie held in Leicester on October death is announced in the more Berkshire Hospital, at Reading, of William Henry Mooney, secretary of Bradfield College. e death took place at Carlisle while travelling in a from Glasgow t ense for a slanchierttnes tor e purpose of killing horses for con- Buen of Buckingham, killed in the n open market has been set up in Brook Street, tion of Demobilized Soldiers and Sailors, oS British Losses of Mer- antmen, Mr. Alex. Johnston, Deputy Minister of Marine at Ottawa, makes the fol- lowing ‘statement of British losses of ing tho wi rotal maiiay s British merchant. men lost by enemy action during w period, 2,479; gross tonnage, 7,759,- 090 tons. Total British merchant ships sunk by submarines, 2,099; gross tonnage, 8,635,059+ Total sunk by mines, 269; tonnage, 637,417, ie remainder wére sunk by tor pedo boats, aircraft and from other. hah gross number . lives lost on the ‘oaigaa ships, 14,287, Single of fishing vessels lost, oes 8 tonnage, 74,765; number ogee 434. In addition to the above losses these losses the nét mer chant tonnage launched in the United Kingdom for Britis! 1917, 752,000 tons, foreign owners were: 1915, 36,000: and 1917, 20,000 net Losses of Canadian merchantm while they are included in the total of of British losses, have not yet been se Aaa The King to the Rescue. Driving recently from Balmoral to Royal car, containing the ing, dreW" up beside a humble two- seater, apparently im difficulties, and occupied by his wife. Stepping out, the King asked what the trouble was, and stop- ‘@ passing motor lorry, prevailed on the mechanic to rectify the trouble, The King did not leave until the re-~ pair was mad ERR SOc Life Would Be Impossible. Little Harold was grieving because all day,” suggested 3 other vthat would be the best itt Fite could have.” Harold agreed with the old lady, and. kent oe his compact thoroughly. much Baling enjoyed your gift, Marola?” asked grandmother at night. “Why lon't you fo this every day?” The small boy drew a breath that came from his very boots, “I'd rather die, grannie, than live like’ this every day!” he said fervent- ¢ Local Time. Mr, Hall was ae ne through @ country village, and, home from the flelds, stopped his car and Leg it timo is {t, my lad?” “Almost 12 o'clock, sir,” answer6d the bo: “Twelve o'clock!” Pompaiade Hall, thought ft was mo) “It’s never any noise here,” gph it Just be. ed the boy in surprise. “It gins at 1 again.” mney Mountaineering in a Tank. No thought of contributing to the and now, in the French. Alpine coun. try, whole bus-loads of excited passen- ers are to he seen scaling mountain trails hitherto inaccessible to any Kerley mounted on the ro cane ats of & Sriokraaa army ti ON situ jail “ieunched upon an um A small vreed Aintst by an bc dita Such * ‘his Print new year hod you waite th the vessel goeth, And ae upgroweth, God ts iknow But sail the ship, and plant the seed; | ‘What is done in faith Is done indeed,”. < * yy