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7 h i markets of the wisslssfs i choke 90 to 150 do com and raed i 05 to 75 springers 90 to 150 bread tfuffs i liht ewes 13 to 15 yearlings 12 toronto ap 29 manitoba wheat to 14 choice lambs 18 to 19 no 1 northern 224i no 2 1 spring lambs 12 to 15 calves good northern 2 21 no 3 northern to choice 15 to 16 hog fed and 2174 no 4 wheat 211 a in store watered 2225 do weighed off cars fort wutwm 2250 do fob 2150 manitoba oats no 2cw 75c no 3 cw 72c no t feed 70c tf- no 2 feed 67 tic in store fort wil liam manitoba barley no 3 cw 10sc no 1 cw 101 vic rejec ted 94c feed 94ie in store fort i your thumb is a very interesting william j subject to alt medical students of american corn no 3 yellow 183 neive troubles there arc points which no 4 yellow 182 nominal track coaa w giveu bv lulm to toronto prompt shipment- j prove the importance ot this member ontario oats no 2 white 13 to irn- v st i i aino- but tho most extraordinary is that ioc io 3 white il to ioc according to freights outside i v termed in medical worn as the ontario wheat no 1 winter per i thumb centre of the brain car lot 21 1 to 220 xo 2 do 211 i it is a wellknown fact amongst to 519 no 3 do 207 to 215 f ob nerve specialists that by an examina- shipping points according to freights tion ot the tlmmb they can tell if the ontario wheat no 1 sprint 200 j patient is aceeted or likely to be tit- do fected by paralysis or not as tlio s do 202 to 210 fob shipping wi his a l0 thumb lore the more brain you have the longer will be your thumb points according to freights peas no 2 200 nominal ae cording to freight- outside barlej malting p7c to 102 nomina time before there is any trace of the disease in any other part of the system if there is any trace or such affection is j indicated an operation is at once per- euekwheat no 2 si 10 nominal j formed on the thumb centre of the rye no 2 160 nominal j brain and if the operation is success- manitoba hoar government stan- ful which is proved by an examinu- dard 1075 toronto i tion of the tlmmb then the patient is ontario flour government stand- savei ard 965 to 975 in bag toronto interesting point is full bags 6 shlpment ithc old theory of midwiveswhich is millfeed car lot delivered monaslly seen to contain a great deal of treai freihts h icuctl bran truth they held that if an infant was 42 to 45 per n whorls 10 to 15 inclined to keep the thumb inside tho per ton good food hour 265 to 275 fingers for some days after birth it per bag j fovesliaiknved some groat physical de- hay no 1 2i to 28 per ton ii mixed 20 to 21 per ton track to- ifj luys after bil the tlmmb ronto t t t there was good straw car lots sic to 11 per ten reason to suspect that the child was country produce wholesale j mentally delicate butter daifv tubs and rolls 33 when visiting the asylums of tha to 40c prints 40 to 42c creamery country you cannot fail to notice that fresh made orints 63 to 04c i m congenital idiots have very poor eggs new laid 42 to 43c j weak thumbs in fact some are so dressed poult vy chickens 30 to weak as not to be properly developed 34c roosters 25c fowl 30 to 33c eveu m shape ducklings 32e turkeys 45c squabs doz pjtoo live poultry roosters 22c fowl 28 to 33c ducklings lb 35c turkeys 35c chickens 27c wholesalers are selling to the re tail trade a the following prices cheese new iniffo 2r to 28 twins 28 to 29c uinlets 29 to these facts are remarkable taken in conjunction with sir charles bells discovery that in the hand of the chim panzee which is the nearest ap proach to the human the thumb though well formed in every way if measured does not reach the base of the first finger the deduction 29c stilton 29i to 30c old large therefore that tho higher and better- 2oy2 to 30c twin so to soyic proportioned the thumb the more the butter fresh dairy choice 50 to 52e creamery solids 03 to 64c prints 05 to g7c margarine 34vi to 35c eggs new laid 47 to 48c new- laid in cartons 49 to 50c dressed poultry chickens 40 to tho intellectual faculties rule or vice ver sa we find in the war history of tho children of israel instances of their cutting off the thumbs of their ene mies it is a wellknown fact that in 42c roosters 28 to 30c fowl 37 to many oriental nations if the prisoner 38c turkeys 45 to 50c ducklings lb when brought before his captors 35 to 38crsquabs doz 700 geese covers his thumb with his fingers he 28 to 30c is in dumb and eloquent fashion giv- potatoes ontarios fob track to- ng up nis wiu am independence and ronto car lots 140 on track out side 135 to 13v beans cana handpick bus uphdo- primes 3 to 325 imported hand picked burma or in dian 350 limas 13c honev extracted clover 5lb tin 25 to 26c lb 10lb tins 24 v to 25c 60lb tins 24 to 25c buckwheat 60lb tins 19 to 20c comb 16oz 450 to 5 doz 10oz 350 to 4 doz maple products syrup per imper ial gallon 245 to 250 per 5 im perial gallons 235 to 240 sugar lb 27c provisions wholesale smoked meats hams medium 37 to 39c do heavy 33 to 34c cooked 52 to 54c rolls 32 to 33c breakfast bacon 43 to 47c backs plain 40 to 47c boneless 52 to 55c cured meats long clear bacon 29 to 30c clear bellies 28 to 29 lard pure tierces 3054 to 31c tubs 31 to 31 vic pails 31 to 31 prints 32 to 32 compound tierces 25j to 25 c tubs 25 to 26ic pails 26 to 20mc prints 27i to 27 c montreal april 29- quotations oats extra no 1 feed 84 lie flour man spring new standard grade 11 to 1110 rolled oats bag 90 lbs 375 to 1 bran 14 to 4550 shorts 45 to 1550 hay no 2 per ton car lots 29 cheese finest easterns 24 to 25c butter choice creamery 63 to 01c eggs fresh 48 to 49c potatoes per bag car lots 190 to 225 dressed hogs abat toir killed 3050 to 31 lard pure wood pails 20 lbs net 31mc live stock markets toronto april 29 good heavy steers 1425 to 1550 choice but cher steers 1350 to 14 butchers cattle choice 1325 to 14 do good s1250 to 1275 do medium 1150 to 12 do common 975 to 1025 bulls choice 1125 to 12 do med ium 925 to 10 do common 750 to 825 slockers 875 to 1150 begging for mercy gipsies in their judgment of ciiaracter make the thumb the foundation for all their re marks o may 1 the earliest date germans can reach versailles ingenuity of an explorer a four thousand mile tramp through the wilds of africa in order to obtain an accurate des- a despatch from paris says the cription of the route taken through an german government has officially ad vised the allied and associated gov ernments that the german plenipo tentiaries would not leave berlin be fore april 28 and that they would reach versailles may 1 at the earliest seven newspapermen will accom pany the plenipotentiaries the des patch added canada steamships star atlantic service may 24 a despatch from montreal says canada steamship lines limited announce today that arrangements have been completed for the inaug uration of their new atlantic service and that freight steamer bilbster 8500 tons will sail from montreal on may 24 for french ports after this first sailing it is intend- ed that a regular tenday service shall be established unbroken country there is required an amount of hard and incessant la bor of which few of us have any con ception for example william junker a rus sian by birth and an explorer spent five years in endeavoring to trace the course of the river welle which lies i of between the headwaters of the mba uppm to copy all the notes made and the congo in africa with a view fay book to determining the position of the generally though sometimes watershed between the two rivers twq b uge tq r when he was actually on the march march if the night were clear the doctor junker wore a coat designed travellers work would end with an ob- country is entered as from wooded to grass lands or from desert to fer tile soil the prominent objects met on the way with their apparent height and distance aro all indicated so also are the names or the tribes and any local information that may have boon obtained the time and duration of every halt is carefully kept as it is necessary to know the actual distance gone doc tor junkers average rate was a little more than three miles an hour when the night camp was reached after the real heroes the real heroes of this war said a recently returned officer are the nursing sisters nothing too much can be said about their courage their untiring patience and their ability what the men had to endure in the front line trenches was childs play to the work of the nurses after an en gagement when the badly shattered men were brought in and left to their kindness which never failed their only reward in many cases being the intense worshipful love of the men by himself having numerous large pockets especially arranged for the handy use of his watch compass ane roid thermometer and notebooks from one of the buttons of his coat there hung three pencils one rod for marking his route another blue for noting the rivers and streams the third black for recording the time of starting and halting together with all the more notable incidents of the days march in a little notebook ruled for the purpose the exact time of starting wa serration for determining the posi tion of the camp this done he felt that lie had earned his right to rest in this extraordinary manner doc tor junker travelled on foot four thou sand miles through a wild country a large part of which of course had never before been visited by a white man and the information thus de rived was of great service to geogra phers one of the mysteries that has puz zled bcllmakcrs for years was how is the earth round is lumber deal in british columbia operation of new li c company to be conducted on world- wide scale a despatch frcm victoria bc says what is undoubtedly the most gigantic lumber enterprise ever con ceived and a scheme that is fraught with tremendous possibilities in the development of the british columbia lumber industry is about to be launched by a syndicate headed by percy furber president of the mexi can oil field co of new york and john arbuthnot financier well known in this city this syndicate will bo known as the furber lumber com pany and the operations of the syndi cate will be conducted en a colossal and worldwide scale orders have already been placed with the syndicate by british inter ests to deliver 30000000 feet of lumber which in thj event of a sat isfactory agreement ocing reached on purchase price with the sawmills and lumber manufacturers will be sup plied by british columbia mills great honors to be paid the body of edith cavell a despatch from london savs the body of edith cavell the english nurse who was executed by tha ger mans in 1915 at brussels will be brought to england from belgium on may 15 and taken to westminster abbey where cermonies will be held the body will be brought to dover on a warship and will be transported on a gun carriage with military escort to victoria station and thence to westminster abbey internment will be at norwich the home town of the cavells 343830801 cost of last year of war a despatch from ottawa says a hlue book tabled in parliament gives details of expenditures under tho war appropriations act during the fiscal year 191s the last full twelve months period of the war total expenditure for the year was 343- 836801 the expenditure in canada by the militia department was 201- 288628 while overseas exoenditure3 amounted to 115381243 naval de fence cost 9666229 during the twelve months period while the in valided soldiers commission requir ed 11393654 the remainder of the total was spent by the various other government departments wonderful work of royal air force a despatch from london says the air ministry has published an astonishing record of the work of the air force during the war it states that before the war the air forces consisted of 272 machines 197 officers and 1647 men while in oc tober 1918 there were 22171 ma chines 27900 officers and 263842 men from july 1916 to the armistice the air force on the western front brought down 7054 enemy- aircraft dropped 6043 tons of bombs and flred when this question came up in an english law court it will scarcely be believed that the overten and a halfmillionrounds at question ot the shape of the earth ground targets could ever have disturbed the peace- ful atmosphere of the law courts 500000 congo natives says a london newspaper yet in j have died from influenza 1879 the question indirectly indeed j did come before three learned judges a despatch from brussels says and the case excited a good deal of great loss of life among the natives interest and amusement the ci ftsss ff ta cumstances were as follows despatches received here some el ates place the number of deaths at the plaintiff one hampden enter tained tho opinion that the world was not round and issued an advertise- meiit in a paper called scientific opinion challenging philosophers i divines and scientific professors to prove the contrary from scripture reason or fact he deposited 500 500000 life such a thing canal or lake hymnwriters lease of the death of the rev william henry biiss the wellknown hymn writer at tho ago of 85 is a reminder of the fact which has often been in a bank to be forfeitod to anyone inoote namely that hymn writers who could prove to the satisfaction of gecm t0 live to a riper ago than auth- any intelligent referee that there was ors engagea in other deportments of convex railway litoraturc i fanny crosby reached the age of the challenge was taken up by no fl5 mra alexander who wrote there less a person than the late professor j hill was 77 charlotte ei- alfred russell wallace who proved llott author of just as i am to the satisfaction of the referee the and jjv cousins famous for tho curvature to and fro of the bedford sanda of time aie sinking wore both level canal between witney bridge 82 the writer of our blest redeem- and welshs dam six miles to the harriet auber died in her fioth contrast these with thackeray who hen not more than 52 dlcksns y 58 scott g2 and keats 28 nas a circumference of thirtyfour j his deposit on the ground that the feet at the rm to hang it nowadays v affair was a wager and thore- would require the most uptodate f nicral blue pencil it is instantly designated mechanical apparatus and how it mometer were taken a brook crosses the path s well as the direction of its current i was hu1 of years ago is and its estimated breadth and depth mystery which has never been every change in the ciiaracter of the so tho wheat crop of south africa is now worth about 20000000 a year pleasant contrast mike phwat i was just thlnkin after we get out of the trenches an back homo again how nice an peaceful that old boiler factory will sound to us jsiefcxiorgfrlejfsres- otde s- jffty eemevife thinks im at the opetwan ihkvetotcll heu vi1at i taw vhen kit rfcsj h0meflxtj v 5h jotsfietpf oo v l i aj ifm ls with s ho u h mow that moihex i fop you want fou to eplaith the opera fou sw tomkht to me- jssiv 3yw titum mm