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ELECTRICITY FOR THE FARM The Minister of Power promised the audience that within a few years his department would have 1,000 miles of low voltage lines through Ontario, and country farms for eight miles all along these lines could be served by power. Mr. Beck told of what he had seen of the op~ eration of electricity on farms in European countries. Plowing, thrashing, milking cows. and many other operations were included. He promised the farmers that in Onâ€" tario all these things could be done by Hydroâ€"electric power, and that the use of electricity would be a great economy. An'experiment ad been tried at Ingersoll of fil- ling asilo by electric power, which showed that the electric operation cost $32 less than the same opera- tion by steam power. A STRIKING DIFFERENCE. The striking difference in the Erica received by the farmer for his « eef and those paid by the consum- er was pointed out in an address on the economical feeding of beef cattle by Prof. J. H. Grisdale, Di- rector of the Dominion Experimen- The Hon. Adam Beck Details the Uses ' ' Power Can Be Put To. ' A despatch from Guelph says: 'A cream separator was operated twice a day by Hydro-electric paw- er in the dairy section at the On- tario Provincial Winter Fair, and attracted a great deal of attention. The machine is so simple that it can be'attached to any electric light fixture. There are also pictures on Show demonstrating the uses to which electricity can be put an the farm. The pictures were gathered by Hon. Adam Beck during his travels in Europe. The uses to which electricity can be adapted onuthe farm were ex- plainedfto over athousand interes- ted listeners from rural garta are public meeting in the City Hall, 031 Hon. Adam Beck. Professor G. C. Creelman, Presi- dent of the O. A. 0., presented the case of his college before the far- mers, urging them to avail them- selves of it, and to spread its 111â€" fluence. He also urged the crying need of the college for greater fa.- cilities and more extended accomâ€" modation and more money from the Government. Temiskaming Line’s Profits for Eleven Months were $492,822. A despatch from Toronto says: The net earnings of the Temiskam- ing and Northern Ontario Railway for the eleven months ending Sep- tember 30 were $492,822, as com- pared with $384,841 in the same period of the previous fiscal year. The gross earnings were $1,568,648, as against $1,480,381 in the same eleven months of 1909-10. In Sep- tember last the net earnings of the Ontario Government road amount- ed to $75,812, and the gross rev- enue to $200,317. In September last year the net revenue was $21,- ROYALTY WAS IN DANGER Duke and Duchess of Fife and Two Daugh- ters in Steamship Wreck. 'A despatch from Gibraltar says: The P. and O. steamship Delhi, bound for Egypt, ran ashore on Wednesday two miles south of Cape Spartel, which is on the northeast coast of Morocco. A number of British Royalties were on board the steamer, including the Prin- cess Royal, Louise Victoria, sister of King George V., her husband, the Duke of Fife, and their two daughters, Princess Alexandra and Princess Maud. The passenger list also included Lord and Lady Kinnaird, Sir Thomas Erskine Hol- land and Sir Lewis and Lady Molesâ€" worth. The Delhi was bound from London to Bombay. The Royal passengers were en route to Egypt, and she had about 100 saloon pas- sengers. Fortunately the Delhi is fitted with wireless, and was able speedily to summon'aid from Gib- raltar and Tangier, Several war- ships were soon on the spot, and in spite of the extremely rough weather all the passengers were rescued. The landing of the passengers was a dangerous undertaking, and all concerned were extremely anxiâ€" ous. The waves were tremendous ONTARIO’S RAILWAY. SEED GRAIN MEN. Mr. L. H. Newman, B. S. A., of Ottawa, Secretary of the Canadian Seed Grain Growers’ Association, outlined the aims and work of the association, which were, briefly, to encourage the production and disâ€" tribution of the best stock seed through the country. “It is our aim,” he said, “to put the hand- ling of the registered seed on a high commercial basis. We wish to increase the supply of real good seed in Canada. We have in On- tario this year a little over 3,000 bushels of registered seed. Many times this quantity are required, and it shall be our aim to work to- wards increasing this supply in fu- ture years.” WOMEN’ S INSTITUTE. ta! F arm at Ottawa, who also gave some instances to show how many farmers make. little out of ._their beef cattle. It cost the farmers from six to ten centstlive Weight, to produce them. This cost in- cludes feeding, care, stabling, and all other items of expense. For this the farmers receive from four to eight cents a pound from the butchers, leaving a balance on the wrong side. At the same time the consumer pays from six to twenty- five cents a, pound for the same meat. The lecturer said he could not account for the difierence in price, but believed the butchers might. Nevertheless, farmers could make a. good profit from beef, in spite of the differences, by care and economical feeding. G. A. Putnam, of Toronto, superinâ€" tendent of women’s institutes, who presided, spoke of the value of the institutes from a, community and coâ€"operative standpoint, and refer- red to the good work carried on along the lines of sanitation of schools and the distribution of good seeds. Next year, he said. the con- vention would be extended by in- viting neighboring counties to send delegates. 604, and the gross revenue $119,- 072. Two hundred women from all parts of Wellington County held a. meeting in connection with the Winter Fair for the purpose of dis- cussing the'work carried on by the Women’s Institute of the county. Ncw York Company to Build Shops at Calgary. A despatch from Winnipeg says= The contract for the C. P. R. shops at Calgary was let on Friday by Viceâ€"President Bury to the West- inghouse, Church, Kerr Company, New York. They will commence work on the new buildings at once and are to have them finished by the end of the next year. They will be of the same size as the Win- and the surf boats were constantly threatened with swamping. The Royal Princess and her daughters suffered like the rest. An eyeâ€"Wit.â€" ness of the landing on the beach at Cape Spartel says one boat capsized in the surf and all the occupants were drenched to the skin. Princess Alexandra, one of the daughters of the Duchess of Fife, was narrowly saved from drowning by a, sailor, who grab- bed her by the shoulders and held her up until the two were dragged ashore. The Duchess of Fife and her two daughters, after borrow- ing some clothes at the lighthouse, rode to Tangier on horseback. nipeg shops. One of the launches of the French cruiser Friant, which had renderâ€" ed the bravest of services in taking off the women and children, was swamped and sank. Six of the crew were drowned. The others strugâ€" gled ashore in an exhausted con dition. Several attempts of boats that Went to the assistance of the Delhi were baffled by the tremend- ous seas. It is doubtful if the ship can be saved, but if the gale abates the specie, mails and cargo may he landed. C. P. R. GIVES CONTRACT. . Applesâ€"Winter stock, $3 to $4.50 per barrel. PRICESBF FARM PRUDUETS Cornâ€"No. 3 American yellow quoted at 671-2 to 680, Toronto freight. Ryeâ€"930. outside, for No. 2. Buckwheat~60 to 6510, outside. Branâ€"Manitoba bran. $24, in bags. Toronto freights. Shorts, $25.50 to $26. Beansâ€"Small lots of hand-picked, $2.- 50 to $2.35 per bushel. Honeyâ€"Extracted, in tins, 11 to 120 per lb. Combs. $2.50 to $2.75. Poultryâ€"Wholesale prices of dressed poultry:â€"Chickens, 12 to 130 per 1b; fowl. 9 to 110; ducks, 12 to 140; geese, 11 to 120; turkeys, 18 to 200. Live poultry, about 20 lower than the above. Butterâ€"~Dairy, choice, in wrappers, 26 to 28c; store lots. 23 to 250; and inferior, tubs, 17 to 180. ‘ Creamery quoted at 51 to 320 for rollsuafidVZB to 29c for Bonds, pet 1b. ' I ' Baconâ€"Long clear, 111-2 to 115-40 per 1b., in case lots. Pork, short cut, $22.50; 110., mess, $19.50 to $20. Hamsâ€"Medium to light, 16 to 161-20; heavy, 14 to 141-20; rolls, 10 3-4 to 110; breakfast bacon, 16 to 170; backs, 19 to 20c. REPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES OF AMERICA. Prices of Cattle. Grain, Cheese and Other Produce at Home and Abroad. BBEADSTUFFS. Toronto, Dec. 19.â€"Flourâ€"Winter wheat, 90 per cent, patents, $5.45 to $360, sea- boatd. Manitoba floursâ€"First patents, $5.50; second patents. $5; and strong bak- ers‘. $4.80, on track, Toronto. Baled hayâ€"No. 1 at $16 to $17, on track, 11d No. 2 at $14 ’00 $14.50. Potatoesâ€"Car lots, in bags. quoted at $1.30, and Delawares at. $1.35. Out of store, $1.45 to $1.50. Cheese-Large quoted at 151-20, and twins at 153-40 per lb. Minneapolis, Dec. 19.â€"Whea.tâ€"-Decem- ber, $1.001-2; May, $1.051-8; July, $1.061-4 to $1.065â€"8; No. 1 hard, $1.015-8; No. 1 Northern, $1.011-8; No. 2 Northern, 985-8 to 991-80; No. 5 wheat, 955-8 to 935-8c. No. 3 yellow com. 55 b0 56c. No. 3 white oats, 50 to 540. No. 2 rye, 85 to 860. Bran, $23 to $25.50. Flourâ€"First patents, $4.80 to $5.10: second patents, $4.40 to $4.70; first clears, $5.50 to $3.65; second clears, $2.20 to $2.60. Manitoba wheat~No. 1 Northern, $1.08 Bay ports; No. 2 Northern at $1.05, and No. 3 at. $1.01. Bay port's. Oatsâ€"Car lots of No. 2 Ontario, 43 to 431-20. and of No. 3 at 42 to 421-20; on track, Toronto. 46 to 461-2c; No. 2 West- ern Canada oats. 460, and feed, 440, Bay ports. Barleyâ€"The market is very dull, with trade about over. Baled strawâ€"$7.50 to $8, on track, To- ronto. Eggsâ€"‘Strictly new-laid, 45¢, delivered here, and fresh at 27 to 280 per dozen, in case lots. Western, No. 2, 471-2c: do., No. 5, 460; extra No. 1 feed. 46 to 461-Zc;; No. 2 local white, 461-Zc; No. 3 (10., 451-2c; No. 4 (10.. 441-20. Barleyâ€"Manitoba. feed. 64c; malting, 96c to $1. Buckwheat. No. 2, 65 to 660. Flourâ€"Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts, $5.60; seconds. $510; strong bakers’, $4.90; Winter patents. choice, $4.75 to $5; straight rollers, $4.-25 to $4.40; do.. bags, $1.95 to $2.05. Rolled oatsâ€"Barrels. $5; bags. 90 lbs., 52371-2. Branâ€"$23; shorts, $25; middlings. $27 to $28; mouillie, $29 to $54. Hayâ€"No. 2, per ton, car lots, $15 to $15.50. Cheeseâ€"Fin- est Westerns, 141-2 to 14 3-40; finest East- erns, 13 7-8 to 141-4c. Butterâ€"Choicest creamery, 301-2 to 311-20; seconds, 29 to 500. Eggsâ€"Fresh. 600; selected, 30 to 310; No. 1 stock, 26 to 27c. Potatoesâ€"Per bag, car lots. $1.25 to $1.271-2. Ontario wheatho. 2 white, red and mixed, new, 88 to 89c, outside. Peas-Good shipping peas, $1.05 to $1.- 10. outside. Lardâ€"Tierces, 115-40; tubs, 12c; pails, 121-40. Buffalo, Dee. 19.â€"Spring wheatâ€"No. 1 Northern, carloads store, $1.13; Winter, No. 2 red, 981-20; No. 3 red, 961-20; No. 2 white, 981-20. Cornâ€"No. 2 yellow, 64 3-40; No. 4 yellow, 62 5-40, all on track, through billed. Oats~No. 2 white, 521-40; No. 5 white. 513-4c; No. 4 white. 50 3-40. Barley â€"Malltiug, $1.18 to $1.25.‘ Ryeâ€"No. 2, track, $1.05, through billed. Montreal, Dec. 19,â€"Butchers’ cattle, choice, $6.25 to $635; 110., medium, $4.50 to $550; do., common, $3 to $4; canners, $1.75 to $2.50; butchers‘ cattle, choice cows, $5.25 to $5.50; (10., medium, $4.50 to $5; do., bulls, $5.50 to $4.50; milkers, choice. each, $75; (10., common and medi- um, each, $50 to $60; springer-s, $50 to Montreal, Dec. 19,â€"0ats â€"â€" Canadian UNITED STATES MARKETS BUSINESS AT MONTREAL BUTTER, EGGS, CHEESE. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. COUNTRY PRODUCE. HOG PRODUCTS V- icon, on the great work being done for needy consumptives in the Muskoka Free Hospital for Consumptives. In fact, the young people everywhere, in Public Schools, Sab- bath Schools, and through their many different organizations, are proving them- selves a Wonderful help in this Christmas Stamp campaign. If no one in your town is active in this workâ€"if you want to be activeâ€"write the Secretary of the National Sanitarium Association, 347 King Street West, Toronto, and learn all about the possibilities of this little one cent Messenger of Healing. The Boy Scouts of the country, ever true to their creed, have enlisted in the battle against consumption. Under the direction of their superior officers, they are planning to do real substantial work in the selling of stamps, between now and the ' end of the year. Liv- ing 11 p to their motto that each scout shall each day do some kindness to another, theboys have resolved that this slogan can be well made effective in the selling of Christmas Stamps to help Durbar Ceremonies Come to an End Without Accident. A despatch from Delhi says: The Durbar ceremonies having come to an end, King George and Queen Mary departed on Saturday from this city. Their leave-taking was most impressive and there was an affectionate popular demonstration When they left. 'The King-Emper- or took a special train for Nepal, where he is to spend a. few days shooting tigers, and the Queenâ€"Emâ€" press went to Ag_ra. Last Week 27 Cases Were Report- ed With 24 Deaths. A despateh from Ch‘iasso, Swit- zerland, says: The oflicial bulletin issued by the Italian Government regarding the cholera epidemic in Italy shows that the disease has very materially decreased during the week Dec. 3-9. The cholera is now limited to the Provinces of Caltani‘setta and Girgenti, both in Sicily. During that period there were 27 cases and 24 deaths report- ed. The remainder of the kingdom is declared to be immune. Max Schultz and Accomplices Get Penal Servitude. A despatch from Leipsic, Ger- many, says: Heavy punishments were meted out on Wednesday to the British spies arrested at Ham- burg on March 18, and who had been on trial behind closed doors before the Imperial Court for sevâ€" eral daysf Max Schultz, an Eng- lish ship broker, was sentenced to seven years’ penal servitude. One of his associates, an engineer named Wulff, was sent to jail for two years; a. merchant named Von Maack and Max Schultz’s houseâ€" keeper each received three years. Proposed Law for Military Service for German Females. A despatch from Dusseldorf, Ger- many, says: The Patriotic Women’s League has appointed a committee to promote a law for compulsory military service of German women in war and peace times as nurses and helpers in the transportation, commissary and uniform depart- ments of the navy. Toronto, Dec. 19.â€"Butcher cattle of or- dinary good to choice weight sold from $5.65 to $6, with extra choice Christmas cattle not uncommon sales at $6.10 to $6.50. Lambs were much firmer at $5.25 to $6 for the choicest ones. Sheep and hogs were unchange_d. A despatch from Delhi, British India, say-S: King George, on Thurs- day, reviewed 50,000 British and native troops. ‘His Majesty held an investiture in the Royal Camp at night, bestowing orders on ninety- three Knights and two hundred Companions. The Queen witness- ed both the review and the bestow- al of orders. $40. Sheep. ewes, $3.75 to 84; bucks and culls, $3.25 to $3.50; lambs, $5.75 'to $6. Hogs, f.o.b.. $6.50 be $6.80; calves, $3 to $14. HIS MAJESTY IN INDIA Reviews 50,000 British and Native I'roops . and Held an Investiture. BRITISH SPIE S SENTENCED . BUY SGDUTS FIGHTING GONSUMPTiON KING TIGER SHOOTING. CHOLERA IN ITALY. W0 MEN IN WAR. GENERAL. Delhi will henceforth be the ca.- pital of the Indian Empire and seat of central government. The Government will probably make Saskatoon or Vicinity the eastern terminus of the Hudson Bay Railway. The contract has been signed for the building of the St. John Valley, N. B., Railway, from Grand Falls to St. John. It will be operated by the I. C. R. Montreal proposes a, civic pen- sion for firemen, police, clerks and permanent employes of the Roads Department, to which thev contri- bute one per cent. ofitheir rwageis. The House of LoVrds rejected the naval prize bill. Mr. Lloyd George was seriously injured in an assault by a male suf- fragist, on Saturday The War Office has offered prizes for competition by military aero- planes, the contest to be open to the world. 5 The Labor party in New Zealand has gained the balance of power at the polls and a dissolution may fol~ low. The British Government has inti- mated its determination not to isâ€" sue tenders for army and 'navy contracts to the indicted United States meat packers. The Berlin waterworks yielded a. ne§>prof_it of: $14,170 during the year. John Samson’s prudence in tak- ing a memorandum of the numbers of his bills was instrumental in re- covering his summer’s wages and convicting a, pickpocket at Mont~ real. Canadian trade with the United States increased over $61,000,000 during,the last fiscal year; with Germany it increased $2,280,000, and with France $1,726,000. The increase with Britain was only a little over two millions. According to C. 0. Castle, Do- minion Warehouse Commissioner, there is from 30 to 40 per cent. of the Western Canada crop still un- threshed in the fields. Threshing still continues in many sections of the Prairie Provinces and, given fair weather conditions, the grain will be clean-ed up by February. The “House of Lbrds passed the national insurance bill on Friday. IHE NEWS IN A PARAGRAPH HAPPENINGS FROM ALL OVER THE GLOBE IN A NUTSHELL. a Pérrin’s confectionery works at London, 01113., were damaged by firg 0n_ Sgturday morning. 7 In an official report, Dr. Ruther- ford, livestock commissioner, strongly recommends the establish- ment of municipal abattoirs. The British Parliament was pro« rogued on Saturday, T‘he ihreatened sfirike on British railways has been averted by an amicable settlement. King George and Queen Mary were much concerned during the investiture of the King-Emperor, when a large tent adjacent to the Royal shamiana was gutted by fire, according to a, despatch to the Cen- tral News. The Royal quarters were in considerable danger for a. time, and great excitement pre- vailed. M}. J. C. Edton has given u$25,~ 000 to the Winnipeg General Hos- pital. The Railway Commissign is mak~ ing rules for the inspection and begging oifurailway fengipes. Cane/(1a, the Empire and the World in General Before You: Eves. CANADA. 7 The penitentiary statistics show a large number of convicts under twgptyiyeaixjs of age. Th6 Berlin Boa'rd of Trade i51 agitating the question of the de- velopment of New Ontario, Sir William Mickefizie is report‘ ed to have bought a tract, of oil lands in New Brunswick. Wilfred Mandly was killed and Archie McDonald badly hurt by a prgmature explosion at Cobalt. 7 The announcement of new when phone rates in Winnipeg has argused a storm of opposition. TENT GUTTED BY FIRE. GREAT BRITAIN.