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ciation. Meeting i in Quebec, -- . A. despatch from Quebec says: Hon. Clifford Sifton delivered an excellent address at the recent ses- sion of the Forestry Association. | He chose for this subject the ques- tion of "Forestry Problems and Forest Fires.", At the outset -he P out the early difficulties which beset the pioneers in forestry work. Despite the indifference on the part of the public, Mr. Sifton edntended that np movement in modern times had made such gen- uine progress as the conservation of our forests. He told of the early ge ce he had to obtain a vote f $15,000 for the establishment of r forestry school in connection with the Department of the hp Since, the establishment of 'school no Jess than 15,000,000 trans had been planted in the western 'provinces. they ca Mr the chief ae 'From careful investigation it was 'fotind that out of 171 fires in Que- bec last year the railroads caused '75. In Ontario the railroads start~ 'ed 404 out of 432 fires, which took place in the Province. In the west the proportion was smaller, but even there it was shown that they were the chief offenders, causing '186 out of 1,226 fires. "We want carried of the what o them 'penalized for exh 'bees the this i cause, and i the Conservation penalize the railroads for the * use, on by need among the settlers. that a fire patrol was needed along the lines of railroad, no means ther were adop tend to make campers "or settlers more careful," said Mr. BSifton, Tal ; | conclusion he asked for the sup- port of the convention in connec- tion with the efforts being made by) ne it Mr. Hall, Secrecary of the Soci- ety for the Protection of the. Adi- rondacks, told of their fight to se- curé freedom from forest fires. They found after tigation, that the railroads were the chief offenders, a: ad laws compelling them to burn oil in their locomotives while passing through the forests.' This" policy, ¢| together with the cleaning up of the right of way and the establishment of watch towers, had made the Adi- rogiaces peectioniy free from fires. Superintendent of Forestry, gave an exhaustive report on the work careful inves- Campbell, Dominion his department. He |® pointed out the difficulty of proper- ly patrolling large areas of forest, of getting trained fire-rangers, and of educative work He concluded matter of protection 288O8eet zones come in. est?' aa Young Folks ee - - Yers Mn Ana at VOLCANOES IN THE PAN. "Oh, how shall I ever get that old lesson! I didn't know that geo- graphy was like this!" 'Why, what did you think it was like' asked his mother Which is the hot- tropical, near the is the front part of the stove, and the next sct of cov- ers we'll call the temperate zone, and the back covers the polar re- All this spitting and explo- sion of steam ends moves it back, now that it is cook- ed, and she knows what a solid crust forms on what is left on the very back of the stove after break- when mama - .|fast. Well, that is so with th "Oh, all about strange countries ee earth's crust the farther we go from and strange people All about the equator.' where Uncle Harold travelled and where Captain McDonald goes. I can find my way round the world by and by if I study real hard.' "You seem to be studying hard enough,"' said his father, laugh- iffi- ther, ' "There are over two hundred vol- canoes in the world, 'and the Volcanoes are learu their ways, and do not go tuo near, 60 that the steam which is walled up in them "' said his mo- people where the eu "What is it that's so ean i destroy them. The Latin "Ohi, that the world is round, and | PoP fre. fete within tesa hay that it "or its ane x ie! talled them 'vulcanus.' xis, Ig v "So that's how they got their ea "Yes, that's what she Malls it, but I thought she'd made # mis- take--and that it's all ruled off in- to latitude ey longitude and equa- and poles and zones, _ like balsa 'striped ball. And yet she says that whichever way I travel- aed, I wouldn't see any lines.' "Those stripes, which you will "find only cn the map, will help you to navigate your ship when you are a captain or a mate,"' said his fa- ther, earnestly, "but you'll have to learn more arithmetic than you have But what is the lesson this "Ve ee cher panion. lately. morning ?"" "Oh, it's about mountains--they re so hard to get over. Now I theught that all mountains wre firm and grand and noble,--they are in the photographs. we have,-- and that, all covered with snow, they just "stood still for ste nery! "But here it is about volcanoes that smoke and bubble and over- flow and spit out stream and rocks and make earthquakes and land- slides and everything! How do they*vhange so?" "You just happened to sce ere the snow-covered ones," said father. ' His mgother, who was patiently stirring the breakfast porridge on the stove, cried out suddenly, 'Oh, come here, <enncth, and I'll show you just how! Don t come too near, or else that biggest volcano near the middle will spit out little corn- meal rocks and yellow lava--I mean porridge--and burn you!' ; 80 the little boy stood by her side and peeped carefully into the porridge-pot, where all sorts of lit- tle cones were rising and bursting, Yhrowing bits of the porridge with each explosion of the hidden steam | Doctor and.sinking again with a little ring, bs or cup at the top, hig id "hot |-«, disappear for some tim e ' "See, that cup is tho crater, all A" de women at xercise ak conduc! discretio Men in years, aeiviee the "Family | queer name!" cried Kenneth. never thought before!' 5 ay Do you think you can re- m sure I spatch Pp and the country _ EX BMGESE IN OLD "AG is = portent part: " boiling inside, but it's a solid crust] ant to. f, -- till new little volcanoes orWhat makes it?" said Kenneth. His father was peeping over his shorter. 'You ought to be the/ty wife,"' makes the voleanoes in the ca: erust. Now here's where your ly hospital member your lesson now ?" asked age can !"' cried the boy. "Natural geography is much more interesting than I thought it was. I guess every boy will be stirring the porridge to-morrow. will Wonder earned so much."--Youth's Com- he tea- how we all en PLAGUE IN PEKIN. Has at Last Entered the City and Claimed First Victim. from Pekin says: ne first death in Pekin since the outbreak of the present mat of bubvnic missionary There had been earlier re ports that the disease had entered the capital, but not until Friday had=a fatal- ity been traceable to the plague. In Manchuria and northern China the plague is slowly extending. number of foreigners, most of them children, are leaving y. The Chinese officia have, to a large extent, surrendeg* N ed command of the fight to they sionary physicians. oceurred in on Vriday, lague end old pn nece! a shou discover by: experi- Naas ce sudden: and ra- 'Abor®al Mth SP pid' Vexertion about be scrupulouges : 500 MILES OF NEW" Canadian Pacific Railway Plans Many N ow Lines in the West. v4 despatch from Montreal says :; was stated on Wednesday oven: te of the CO. P. R. that the pany will build 500° miles of, in secti Wash dates that 'it a by Vice-President, William |€® 4 tock bailast, the ballast Lei made out of the mountains with two On.more seoare, Mr. would be 'onrtraction pronreaiae r of short sate dong; Commission te ; Te parrament to Inaist on Equipment 5 if 'pon the Great ition to this | CANADA. Subscriptions to. Montreal me-j }morial to King Edward are pouring. in. George Book, section foreman, on Friday. Hon. Rodolphe Lemieux announc- ed that he had ordered the mail way. -_ Sir-Alan Aylesworth announced to the House of Commons the suc- cessful termination of the negotia- tions with the United States re- garding the regulation of fisheries. Ge, te Pope, the Bromptonville, ue., recently, is said to have cut his horse's leg and spread the blood he was murder GREAT BRITAIN. day to draft the King's speech. The Commissioners have seats in the be fern ser at the opening of the Lords' veto will be a before the coronation vitheak the creation of Peers. UNITED STATES The death is announced of Mr. Paul Morton, ex-Secretary of the United States Navy. Representative Champ Clark has been selected by the Democratic caucus as the next Speaker of the House. GENERAL. ---_--_4--_--- FOUR BURNED TO DEATH. Mrs. Percy - Brooks and Her Three Children, of Toronto. A despatch from Toronto says: A fire that partially destroyed the frame house, 425 yt was responsible four four des the family of Mr. Brooks, p L upper : now off all caine: TOF the muy maid jumped from a rear wif and escay Mr. Brooks, Man pe and Treasurer of the Fairbanks- Morris Manufacturing Company, is in Chicago on business. He was telegraphed to by neighbors imme- diately on the drips WARSHIPS FOR UNCLE SAM. the ¥ . A despatch says: The United States may pos- sess the two biggest battleships in the world if Congress enacts into aw an amendment incorporated in- to the Naval Bill Friday. The naval building programme involves a to- tal expenditu B of $36,000,000. Of 00 is made this amount, $1 available fageo ee "of not ess than 27,000 tons each.' Ac- cording tod the information receiv- by the Naval Committee, it is the purpose of the Secretary of the avy under this authorization to Vurld, ~ A:despatch from Montreal says: cints should be served at the Mc- Gill arts undergraduates' dinner on Feb. 15 or not was settled on Friday. The ' '"'Wets" when the matter was put to the vote at McGill University "ALL TO HAVE WIRELESS, Passenger Steamers, A'despatch from Ottawa says: It was stated on Friday at the Ma- tment that a bill was in ration which would be intro- 'cuced by Mr. Brodeur in the House of Commons requiring all a es and in the St, wrenoe carrying passengers as a less telegraphy. AS aE : LOSE SAVINGS, - |, al was kilied by a train at Tillsonburg, a car to cover the whole route on the | ¥? Temiskaming & Nerthern Ontario pee merchant, who disappeared grade about to leave the impression that . The British Cabinet met on Fri- mi King has ordered that High = in Mr. "Jobh. Redmond pegebe that | 58 ed ous ailments, sugie romeliiet weakné pares reminded asthma, an d | an early hour on Saturday morning ed different types 'may be found blen+ ; ear able or unfavorable. -- Youth's tragedy becoming ar Will Build Two of the Biggest in de c from Washington > young Wo . question as to whether intoxi-|; 'Drys" defeated the! # business to be equipped with wire- oF post appar- on, simple which all 0 Bie out, anu their phy- hub his toe, at is the oy. will meet pnt, and must Bbility to vari- ms _pleurisy, re- * influenza, or they are con- that a foe waits t the gates of Mfe. wit would be hafd to enumerate e now traced usce peated' attacks trouble, such An accident to the conning-tower | P€8, OF eczen hy people who of a German submarine, as it was|8re of fhe egpty y arthritic type successfully raised to the surface, | Will suffer ed attacks of led to the suffocation of three men. | tonsilitis, or hergiiy or hay-fever e vic- middle life. wil predispo- Sor nervous implies, ult, and of at- be selected as the po téek. These are, in fact, t great types inte which all imper- fect physical materjal may be divid- --the strumous, the arthritic and the neurotic. In many persons two uence ipo: eral fluence which may be either favor: Companion. metal laces are pretty fea @ winter hats sign with dressy lothes. en with tall rettier or fox for collars . especially for of evening) omg no longer in evidence e for g5; all have at lunch hour. The result of the| Marabontifeathers are much used, polling was 138 against liquor, and} and, as tet elty, cocks' © 78 it. The way the 1911 wind] feathers | mateitthe the*primary 48 blowing is also shown by thelcolors of the Fowt have arrived. vote. The young men are more ond f ré becoming averse to indul- ba, B already planned to Gence in intoxicants. replace fi = = of soft, thin vk. breitsch wan with 'old cachemire silk ; ovode the neck the edge turns Over a little to ow the ree |ducks, 13 to Idec per Ib.; 'through billed. Oats-- w Prices of Cattle, Grain, 4 and Othe: Produce at Home and Abroad. BREADSTUFFS. . Toronto, Jan. 24.--Flour--Win- "| ter wheat 90 per cent. patents, $3.80 at_seaboard. Mscitate flours --First patents, $5.40; second pat- ents, $4.90, and strong bakers', $4.70, on track, Toronto Manitoba Wheat--No: 1 North- ern, $1.04, Bay ports; No. 2 North- ern, $1. 01%, Bay Sa and No. 2 at 984c, Bay port Ontario Wheat--se 46 87c outside for No. 2 red and white, respec- tively. Barley--Malting qualities, 56 to = outside, and feed, 48 to 50c out- ae, Oats--No. 2 whice, a to @ ees on track, a and ai at side; No. W.C. oats, '= Bay ports, ey No, 3 at 37%, ad Corn--No. 2 American yellow 538c, prompt shipment, Toronto freights. Peas--No. 2 shipping lots, 79 to 80c outside. Rye--No. 2 at 61 to 62% outside. Buckwheat--No. 1 at 48c outside. Bran--Manitobas at $21, in bags, Toronto, and shorts, $23, in bags, Toronto. Cntario bran, $21 to $21.50, in sacks, Toronto, and shorts $23 COUNTRY PRODUCE. Fin jae a $4.50 to $6; Bald- wins, 84 to 85; Greenings, $4 to $4.50; No. 2 assorted, $3.50 to $4 per barrel n Dean Cae lots, $1.70 to $1.75, and small lots, $1.85 to $1.90. Honey--Extracted, in tins, 10% to lle per Ib. No. 1 comb, whole- sale, $2 to $2.50 per dozen; No. 2 ramen wholesale, $1.75 to $2 per doze Balod hay--No. 1 at $12 to $12.- 50, on track, and No. 2 at $10 to = s* 50. Baled straw--86.50 to $7 on track, Toronto. Potatoes--Car lots 75 to 80c per ag. Poultry--Wholesale prices of dressed poultry :--Chickens, 12 12%%c per lb. ; fowl, 8 to 10c per Ib. ; turkeys 17 to 19c per Ib., and geese, 12 to 1240 per lb. Live, 1 to 2c less. THE DAIRY MARKETS. to 29. Creamery, 27 to Be er lb. for rolls, 25¢ for 'clits, and 24 to 25c for separator print Eggs--Case lots of Triad bring 26c; cold storage, 27c; selected, 28 to 30c, and strictly new-laid, 32 to 25e per dozen. Cheese~--Large are quoted 12'4c, and twins ut 1246. at HOG PRODUCTS. Bacon--Long clear, per Ib. in case lots; mess pork, $24; short cut, $26. Hams--Light to medium, 16c; do., heavy, 15c; rolls, 12%; shoul- ders, 114c; breakfast bacon, 18e,; backs (pea meal), 18'4c. Lard--Tierces, ioe tubs, 13%c; pails, 13%4c. MONTREAL MARKETS. Montreal, Jan. 24.--Oats--Cana- dian Western, No. 2, 40% to 4lc, car lots ex store; extra No. 1 feed, 39% w 40c; No. 3 C.W., 39 to 39/46 j No. 2 local white, 38% to 38%4c; No. 3 local white, 274 to a Ronetlere for two battleships of |long silkfcords, by which to 'swing | 36 Flour--Manitoba a toximately 50,000 tons each. them fro patents, firsts, $5.60; do., seconds $ ---- Huge collars of | $5.10; Winter wheat patents, $4. A "DRY" DINNER. fur or fa: ark the 1911/75 to 85; strong bakers', $4.90; ae evening s of fur are pa aa rollers, $4.35 to $4.50; do., cGill Students Oppose I: .i-, at the foo n bags, $2 to $2.10. Rolled oats-- cants at Function. ine Ber bbl-, $4.45; bag of 90 lbs., $2 * meshes 110. Barley--Feed, car lots ex store, 49 to 5744c. Millfeed--Bran, -- $19 to $20; Manitoba, $18 © 820; middlings, Ontario, $22 to pa. 50; shorts, Manitoba, $21 to $22; mouillie, $25 to $30. igge-- Selected, 32c; fresh, 40 to 43c; No. --Westerns, 115-8 to 12%c; ecast- UNITED STATES MARKETS. Buffalo, Jan. 24.--Wheat. -- Spring, No. 1 Nerthern, carloads store, 81.1834 ; bahcata No. 2 white, '95c asked. rn--No. 3 'yellow, 50c; No. 4 yellow, 48} 4s on track, | e--No. Minsenpolis, "htion. -» Jan. Wheat--May, 81.07% to 81. ia, Barley Penyrssy 87¢ to 81.- Ry No. 3 wheat $1.02; to $1.05, Bran ents, $4.85 35 to $2.95 LIVE STOCK.¥ MARKETS. at e% co a2 eal lan -Tuled: :sten 12 to 12Ke drew gicause of t , | plosion of a la ./acar, whet .| Snow. 1,03}4 No. 2 Northern, $1. 04% to Si. writ Montreal, dan. 24. --Choice pears able 5c, Ge ege er A|is "ment Regarding Operation of Line, ke ddapitch trom Ottawa 'says: A telegram was oe on hes hesday by the Hon. ham, Minister of Hilvays and Cas nals, from Charles: M. sident of the G th the. Government respecting the operation of tue Hud- son Bay Railway. while no terms bi mentioned, it is surmised tuut e Grand Trunk Pacific would de- ae a lease similar to the dne un- der which it will operate the esst- ern section of the National Trans- yeontinental. A substantially simts eae is has alre % lar offer. it. said, been réceived f from the Canadian' Northern,-and it is hoped that bet- ter terms may be r 'eceived from one of the other companies. The present proposition contemplates the construction of a line from t Grand Trunk Pacific from Saska- ~~ toon to the Pas Mission. This pro-@ position follows on a conference held here recently in which Presi- dent Hays, Mr. Wainwright and Chief Engineer Kelliher partici- pated. CANNED CHINESE BOGS Seized at 5 Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars' Montreal. A despatch from Montreal says: consignment of canned eggs from China, valued at $75,000, Las been seized by the city, and the Board of Control ordered on Thursday that not a single can must be sold in the city. The owners were a terwards given permission to move the eggs from the coald-stor- age warehouse, but if there is any delay in removal every can will! destroyed. From the fuformation -| were probably. ly any noticeable _ as would have been expected small par' of the eggs from a were take. n and placed in u warm tem oa ure. a rg See of a violent nu- turo resulted in out 24 hours, i showing the presence of large num- bers of bac . Su ria introduced at the time of packing, the -- freezing checking their action." An experiment was ontineted to the etfects of a small a given to the board it was shown that the eggs were dangzrevs to public health. In the analysis, which was made vy experts, some surprising facts were brought cur. e experts in tueir report say: "Tho eggs in the vans were found to be frozen, and are said to have come from China. The eggs, while in the frozen condition, had hard- portion of th® eggs, when inocu- lated into a guinea pig. On De- cember 24, a sample of the mixture with sterilized wacer was injected subcutaneously into a guinea pig, the pig died in less than two days. The consignees were ordered to re- move the stuff from the city, and some curiosity is exhibited as 4 who. will finally get them, per pound. The demand for calves was good, and sales were made at 4c to 7c per pound. Hogs un- changed. Toronto, Jan. 24.--Hogs sold on the basis of $7.25 to $7.35 f.o.b. country, while sheep, lambs and all other commodities were steady and unchanged. re ONTARIO LIVE STOCK SHOW, Results of the Year' s Seed Grain , Competitions, a, oars, tario Live "Stock Stiow was the an- nouncement of results in the year's seed grain competitions. wiinies were: Oats, W Dunford, Siberian; Thos. Bobcaygeon, Yellow Russian; Peter Drummond, Keene, Irish White; 8. W. Rilance, Beaverton; D. Coon, Frankford; H. W. Bernard, Billi- 4jc, and 5 ifenike from Gc to 6c BUNG FORCED OUT. Liquét in Barrels of Frozen Water Seized in New Ontario. A despatch: from Cobalt says: Chief of Police Coldbeck returned on Wednesday afternoon from Kel- so, where Constable Lefebvre seiz- ed yes cases of liquors being ship- roche the gold country. A very was used for con- sisting of five cases. were pac in straw in barrels, which were filled with water. --_ ae efeby: ag the nat because the sade of o barrel was ps en out by the freez- Ling of the w. This was con- 'signed from Toreiko to the East Whitney Mining Company. The balance was packed in cases and addressed to fictitions names in small lots. Samuel Morgan, of Co- baltj-was summoned to explain the o; M. 8. Campbell, Dominion- boro; vilé; W. J. Barber, Dossmore; Geo. R. Bradley, Carsonby; An-' « Knox, Norwood; spring , W. J. Oats, Queen' 8 mg ; "McMillan of Seaforth spoke on "The Beef Cattle Industry in Ontario," and Prof. W Day of Guelph on undertraining. | * SS, r LEAPED FROM CABOOSE. Trainmen Hurt in Escaping From Burning Caboose. A despatch from Portage La Prairie, Man., says: Conductor Howe and Brakesman John Alex- ander and Frank Moore, of the C. P. R., are®in the hospital here, though not seriously hurt. The trouble was the ex- which set*fire to e train war fiye miles west of this city. were un- able to open the door, but broke the window and leaped out into the oe petit Fon PLOTTERS. Condpired Againas Lives "al Japan ese Imperial Family. A despatch from Tokio says: matter, as he was said to en deavoring to get the ehipment through. ey 4.000 ACRES OF FLAX. <Ailberta Lana Company Pre ; "paring to Farm Its Molding. A despatch from Calgary says: . Briggs, who in company with associates, purchased twenty sec- tions, 13,000 acres of non-irrigable land, within thé irrigation block, south of Kininvie, last summer, an- nounces that he has now organized the Boston-Alberta Development Company, and that they propose im flax this land with traction plows. It is the intention of hig%eompany to'put the greater ai of the owe fai area in wheat, as soon as possi rd WOMAN AS LEGISLATOR. School Teacher to Enter wegian Parliament, A despatch Christiania, Nor- way, says: toga Oaiat is about to experience the novelty of-a wa- man, representing one of the Chria- Public No Dr. D. Kotoku, his alleged wife, and twenty-two other pe -ha been sentenced to death con-! erns, 11 to 11 5-8¢, | Butter --/sniring against the lives on "the | er. 25% to 25/4¢; seconds, Imperial family. Two other men, 23%¢ C. ~ |who were associated with them have ; ¥ ived sentences of eight and bY fen years apiece, with hard la- bor, for concaling explosives. g|tianla seats. en. Bratlie, presi- dent of the Storthing, has been» obliged to retire from his seat. tem- porarily, in order to assist in the work of reorganizing the army. His substitute, Miss Rogstad, a Public ov! teacher, will enter the Storthing this session. NEXT GOVERNOR - GENERAL ught C neral of Canada ugh no -- ge a: shave been saocived hei Government yet that the Duke af ecnneneh will be bn anada this y Duke of Teck Suggested in Case Duke of annot Come, ing in an informal way that Duke of Teck would be oie to rh ° choice as successor of Teck, sean brother of Queen 3 Ts, $3.25,,to $3.16; second clears, $2.- ants may be the mea Ch in-caso it is found that ee Wake ot Connaught cannot be spa The matter has as yet not per © bepcaed the stage of tentative suggestivn, but it is known that hs is under con- sideration, is e Highness is a Branston of the fi first Duke of Dambridie meek son as repr tative 'of the jag. Bie. ot resence sin the lato Dike of Teck an | H. Princess Mary Adela st ioe bie We presen val Highne sie 8 mel i for tha' : ayea eas Worth the of H.R.- © i