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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1914-1-15, Page 6.PESENTVRES :rn rn art aart� i Present prices give prospective peri of Sonde• the most attraotiv* OpportunitIto which have been avail". table tor many years. The underntsted representative Securities have been selected from our holdings as combining ell the safe. guards which experience and conservatism suggest, and as affording, in addition, Investments with good incomes, Rata to yield. PROVINCE OF ONTARIO .. CITY OF TORO1TO, ONT. , . , .... , ...4.99%a CITY OF VICTORIA, B.C. , . , , , , • 4 . , . 5,11%a TOWN OF 3ARRIE, ONT.. , TOWN OF COLLINGWOOD, ONT.... 5..3S%v TOWN OF WELLAND, ONT, . , .. , . , ..5.39 TOWN OF CORNWALL, ONT.... , : 5.63% CITY OF NIAGARA FALLS, ONT. ...5.75% TOWN OF AURORA, ONT. , . , . , .5.75% p5 TOWN OF SUDBURY, ONT. ... ,, ..: r ..6.00% TOWN OF HUMBOLDT, SASK. ........6.50% 'TOWN OF ESTEVAN, SASK. ... , ...6.63% Mem!^crs Toronto Stock Exchange. WRITE FOR FULL PARTICULARS, Al. Ai ES C. INVESTMENT BANKERS (Established ts88) tenlon Bank Building, Toronto VEST earetzenaseememistaeseemeasnesurmaeteresztzesatesetes Nigh Class 6 -Year Sonde that ars Profit -Sharing. Series—$100, $500, $1000 INvaas'rMICNT may be withdrawn any time after one year,. on 10 dare' notioe. ,Business at back of these Goads eclat. li,hod 18 years. Send for /meals! folder and full particn!ars. NATIONAL SECURITIES CORPORATION, Lfl, HTED CONFEDERATION LIFE BUILDING TORONTO. CANADA !{ Liij LLE!Dill t th I Lizzie Drew smiled her gratitude for the penny tip left on the table, bade: the departing patron a eheere "Geed -day 1 and bore off the de- bris of his meal .to that mysterious region which was situated behind the par•tit•iea in Penway's Coffee PaIace, "That'I, the lest of 'em," she said, putting the crockery down near the 'tall, angular woman who was vigorously washing plates. "There won't be no one else coin- ing now till tea -time." 'l'he e-otnan was quirk to notice the girl's. forlorn tones. fired. Liz°" she asked, sympa- thedeally, "'No, thank you, Mrs. I'Vest," re- turned the girl. "I'm all right." Airs. West,, stood looking at the girl in silence for a moment. "Can't think what's come over you of late," she said presently. "You don't stem yourself at all. If I didn't, know better, I'd say there was a young roan somewhere." "Of course there ain't,"' denied the girl, blushing. And you used to be so bright and cheerful, too," continued Mrs. West. "But now— Ain't that someone knocking en the table l" Lizzie Drew, at ones alert to the alum -eons, peered round the corner at the partition,. and a sudden ex- citement appeared to animate her. Stepping back to the slip of a •rni:r- ror on then wall. she glanced anx- iously at her reflection. Reassured, she went briskly forward to take the, ardor •of the young man who had .enjered. Mrs, West, marking the instant transformation in the girl, turned to glance through the door of the partition, and nodded sagely to herself at sight of the i..' g girl's s eager= Iles:;, "Bett.er late than never," smiled Lizzie;. "I thought you weren't eourinn at all to -day." "Shouldn't 'aye thou ht you'd g 'ave rnissed. me," said the young man carelessly. "Of course r missed you !" ex- claimed the girl. . "T mean,you're —you're such a gond custom and you've been .coming here regular for such a long time. .Nearly two ment.hs, every workday." "I *suppose I have," said the young man, and. began to read a paper', The girl set a steaming . is •. food before hi g plate of him anal liesitatcdl wist- fully for a; Moment. Setting up his 1. paper in front of him, he continued steadily to read. "So that's it, is it l" crooned Mrs. West, in triumph, when Lizzie p , zie returned momentarily to the back of the shop.; "I don't know what you mean," said Lizzie, looking away. "Oh, I can see as. far through a needle's -eye as anyone else?" re- turned Mrs. West. "It's no good you. re denying it, Lizzie Drew you're gone on that young man!" For a second or two the gir seemed minded to deny the charge. Then, from out of the loneliness and drudgery 'of her life, there rose a 'vast yearning for human sympa- thy and understanding—a longing for compassion -which swept away all effort at reserve. "Lor', I'd die for 'im!" she burst out vehemently. "'Ush, Lizzie'" begged Mrs. West, scandalized at the girl's in- tensity. "But I woad—1 would 1" she de- clared, and began to sob quietly. "'Ush, dearie ! They'll 'ear you," whispered Mrs. West, laying a kindly hand on the girl's shoul- der. "You mustn't go on like that." "But I do love 'ins!" exclaimed the girl, locking up. "Alt, but ''oo is 'e—what is 'e1" queried Mrs. West acutely. "I don't know,' except that his name's Bert—Bert Mason," Lizzie asserted, growing calmer. "And 'e's a, gentIeman, I feel sure. 'E's so different from all them others we get in Fere." "And has 'e taken any notice of you $" e• "No," confessed the girl, sadly. "It ain't 'ardly wise to fall in love till you're asked to," remark- ed Mrs. West sententiously. .."I can't 'elp it. Every time fe's. come in 'ere I've thought more and more• of 'im. There ain't a thing I wouldn't do to 'elp 'im if I got the chance!" "Well, then," said Mrs. West, with a tolerant smile, "you've .got a chance now to 'elp 'int a bit. You can 'elp 'im to 'is suet -pudding." The girl patted her eyes, and went briskly forward. To her re- gret, another customer entered to divide her attention with the young man. She placed Mr. Mason's second course before him, purposely omit- ting to bring the treacle, so that he should. have to call her again. "Sorry'I forgot the treacle," re- marked Lizzie ypresently. "I don't often forget things, do IV' 'No, yeti -look after me a treat," admitted Mr. Manta. "I only hope 1 shall be as well looked7 after when "if ucy you're talking• of ge married !'' smiled Wee Drew, "`Well, 1'fu getting married i, less than a meeth front to -day, any how," said Mt". Cason, blesy with the treacle spoon; Lizzie swayed just perceptible end olosod her eyes, aiid when sll opened theirs again her fico Vale very white. "I-1 'opsyou'll. be 1uzppy i" she whispered. ., "I've been buying n13' young lady a present this Inarning,," he re narked 'conversationally. ,"W told. yeir like to see iii" He took a -small, square velvet bo:;< fromehis waistcoat -pocket, and, opening it, showed the girl a 'glit-, tering brooch. "Awfully pretty'!' mumbled Liz- zie mechanically, and went back to. the obscurity afforded by the par- tition. Mr. Mason gazed at the ornament with gratification, 'ar d was about to i•eturii it to his pocket, , when the man at the adjoining table rose and came over th him. ' 'Morning, Toff !" • he observed, "That's a nice brooch you've . • there.," get Mr. Mason started perceptibly at the voice, and stared up at the oth- er man. r1 "Brooker l" lie exolaiinedl aghast. ' "Guessed rihht at one°. Isu- pose you didn't recognize" me• with- out ' my moustache—eh 1 But, t, we were £alking'abent that bit of jewellery you've got" "It's My own -bought and paid for," returned Mr. Mason, sullen- ttin; little woiking jeweller. T kne 'he trade, and he'd been taken 'tied his wife was a bit worried, sr be took me' on without asking toe a'aaey awkward questions,'" "Well, wkly, didn't you tell th J oteetiv*e that i" "I knew he'd make inquiries t^ sea if it . was true, And then i' would all, come out---ww•hat I've beftn. -and there'd be the endlr rf ally job. Thin wa.e. why I wouldn't answer.. 'Rut it was only : a waste of time. They -found out who I was worltiro" for, andtook me stri ,iulrt to hiru. He turned up trumps. lis told them.. it was quite right about the brooch. And, what's more, he didn't take. any notice of what Brooker told him about me.,: "Good for 'int !" exclaimed Liz zie,• with enthusiasm. "And—and I'm grateful to you for what you tried to do for me," ho said "I, couldn't 'understand it t11en, I can't understand it now, But I'm grateful. And Pd like ta, give you something in memory of it. Please take it," "13ut--but, stammered 'Lizzie, staring at the brooch which had •eaused all the trouble, '"I, thougll you bought this for your young lady." "She got to learn about me," he answered. "Brooker made a point of seeing her and her father. And she's turned me.: down in conse- quence—she's done with pie !" "`And good riddance for you l" indignantly declared Lizzie. "She ought to believe you when .you say you were going straight." "Do you believe mei" he asked. "I should' just think I do!" "And you don't --you don't throw. the past up at me 4" "I• think too highly of you .as you are." whispered Lizzie. "Then may I come here every day in future?" asked the young man boldly.—London Answers, LORD B:1{ASSEY. Has Resigned the Post of Warden of Cinque Ports. 1y, "Ah, well, Pll have to find whether that's the truth," said other.' "We've been a bit :sus cious about you lately. You' been keeping so,quiet." • "I've been running straight-- straight as a die," declared Maso `Really, I have, Mr. Brooker. don't mind what inquiries you d tectives make about me, you'll I'm telling you the truth. The no need for you to shadow me." "Olt, I wasn't shadowing.you, eon!. Pm keeping my eye open f far bigger game than you. B tell m.e, where did you get th brooch 4'' "Bought it, I tell you!" insist Mason resentfully. "A likely tale!" sneered the d tective, "You're not going to to me that Toff Mason, who's do time for housebreaking and anoth little bit of burglary, has turn 1 honest and taken to buying jew. 3 in a, lawful way ! He did not notice that the littl waitress had tiptoed down to Esteto his words, and was staring; i incredulous horrorat the draw• face of her idol. "I should have thought you' have given a chap a chance. to'ru straight," said Mason. "Come," retorted the detective "tell Inc about that brooch ! Wher did you get it?" Mason made no answer, bu stared desperately at the detective Lizzie's eyes were. on ]rim, Sh had said she would do. anything t serve him. Now was her opportun "'E 'e don't know much aboi it 1" she exclaimed breathlessl tottering forward. Both men turned in surprise. Lizzie, moved by futile inspiration, turned to the detective. "I -I picked up that brooch in the street," she said, "and I gave it to Mr. Mason. I I asked 'im to sell it for me. 'E -'e didn't know 'ow I come to 'ave it.°And—" She stopped and looked at Ma- son, hoping that he would realize to the full the motives which prompt- ed her. Mason gazed back at her in amazement. The detective mere- ly laughed aloud. "Don't .be. silly, my dear," he begged, good-nattrredly. "You for- get I was looking on when he ,show- ed it to you just now." Limply the girl's arms fell to her sides. The detective turned to•Ma son. "We'll just go along and see your. employer," he said. "Come en !'' Mason rose, and held out his hand to the girl. "I—I don't understand," he'said awkwardly.. "But—but thank you l,1 "I did my best," slip said, and continued staring through the door long after he tend his companion had vanished ever the threshold. A miserable three days foe -Lizzie followed, At every newsboy's eel/ she would hasten to the door, lest she should miss the item of intelli- gence for which she had been look- ing with so much: dread. Butpolice-court no oliur p t news contain- ed the name of 'Mason, nocould she catch. any scrap of gossip con - earning him passing between the frequenters of Penway's Coffee Pal- ace. out the pi- pe as n. 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He eaano in almost est wif:h an air of shame, and did not 'look up when Lizzie went to learn his needs, "You ----you're here again, y then 9" she whispered, ''They—they dIid- "They couldn't do anythieg e," he Answered, " r lnto I d bought that brooch square eetrugh, You see, .>'d managed to get a job with E.W. WINNIPEG l otinMrt+9yiil�E�s�trrtmutor GUARD. AGAINST ALUM IN BAKING POWDER, SE:E THAT.ALL INGREDIENTS aria PLAINLY, PRINTED. ON THE. LABEL,ANDTHAT ALUM OR SULPHATE OF ALUMINA OR SODIC ALUMINIC SUL- PHATE 1S NOT ONE OF' THEM. :,714.E WORDS "No ALUM WITHOUT • THE iN-, Gt'TEDIE`NTS IS NOT SUFFi- CIENT. • MAGIc BAKING RC)%A/0p:I COSTS NO MORE: THAN THE OI DJNAAY.. KINDS, FOR., ECONOMY, BUY 'THE ONE POUND TiNS. '"ILLETT COMPANY: LIMITED TORONTO, ONT. MONTREAL 'i/1.H; L.% M ,,,,;: -:. u.0„u°n' Nl<PL ,Si`,d;U#T. (lUlf,Eit 0 ECTIoNS • w MM r.,.,' >d fry T111S ' !t BAKING POWDER "x COMPOSED OF THE''s YOuoBINte Went !NTS AND NONE OMEN P11041NATE BIO1411 . OPIATE OFSODA A!dr PORN. I�Wlltitr of NYUNliia rotaarn,awr.. --NT41NS ESO 14001 ust000st itflowl0i li ' ` WOO �iiirarrsr�irl iii paint' to be picturesque or lively. He breaks away from a description, of a brig in bad weather to say the right thing about owners and in- surance; and n-surance;'and the right thing is like oil on the craters; it spoils the storm. At every foreign port his t habit, when he arrives, is to make adlry survey of the commerce, pop- ulation, oharaoter of the natives, elevation of surrounding hills, main buildings, and beauty of the view. Inasmuch as he is able to grasp the state and: chances of shipping here, there, and .everywhere, his observa- tions are of considerable value, but for the rest lie might have got his facts from the nearest gazeteer. But Lord Brassey possesses some- thing better than a picturesque pen. He has a master's certificate; he has the steady enthusiasm for the sea that carries hien over th thousand six hundred iiauti miles on. one trip. On a, hund occasions ,at the hospitable tab of colonial' governors and the cor- porations Lord Brassey has been called upon to make speeches. He has never shirked them, nor the serious questiones of Empire and Labor that he has been asked to solve in more quarters of the globe. than any man alive. His speeches remain as the models of their kind. • His miniature experiences on board the Sunbeam have given him theclue to many of theedimeulties of the labor question. As good sailor he has the respect of his men; he has their respect, too, for own- ing a. thoroughly serviceable and sporting yacht. She is sporting be pause she goes vast journeys; be- cause she is a little boat that faces big'' waves. She can -round :the world with a complement . of no more than eighteen seamen: and three stokers. Lord .B•rassey has never been a timid piaster.; He be- lieves with Browning that— "The honest earnest man midst starer and work, Accepting serfdom.” Lord Brassey is net unknown to Canadians, and the news that he has resigned the Wardenship of the Oinque Ports has been received in this country with interest. It is only a couple of years since he and his famous yacht, The Sunbeam., were seen .at all the principal har- bors on the Great Lakes. Lord Brassey is seventy-seven years old and was born with the ` first rail- way. Of This parentage he makes a, re- cord: "For myself, I amproud to know that ' I am the son of a con Lord Brassey. tractor for public works, whose good reputation was the best part of the heritage which descended to his sons." .When the first of Eng- lish railways was in contemplation, Stephenson was shown " over the Brassey works by their owner. On leaving Stephenson said: "Well, young roan, there is something promising about you. 1 .see a great field for railways. It would be well for you to follow my banner." The young man did, tendered for a por- tion of the Liverpool Railway, and get it; daring the construction of the first ten'' miles of that railway Lord Brassey was born., The sennet is well known. "Here comes a man with brass on his face, brass on his tongue, brass in his pocket, am his name is Brassey," was the description -the first clause of whichdemands that one should have seen the tanned sailor recent-- l.y returned from si scorching voy- age -given by one of Lord Brassey's earliest opponents at the hustings, The tan has never been allowed to disappear; the brass has never given out. Lord $rassey has his museum in his house in Parte Lana. Like all sailors, he comes home with, so to speak, a parrot and a handkerchief full of treasures. In ABstralia he found opals for Lady Brassey's hair, and a whole Stackof proper- ties p P ties for his glass eases.' To the or- dinary matt some of Lord Brassey's exhibits inay savor a little too muoh of the Imperial Institute.. There is the mark of the British Doings in Europe. 1 Merlin Feels Blue Over Business. According to authoritative repores tate big department stores' in Berlin are go ing to have the poorest Christmas in rears. Usually by this time tbe' etoree leave begun adding tio the number of their employes and aho;ppiug' is in full swing, hut no. extra help has been taken on oo far and the ehorpjng is tar below tho average of former years. Tight money is said to be causing even those usually veryexpenditureliberasl wthitish time, gifts to curtail their, The industrial deprcesidn, resulting in an immense army of unemployed since last spring, ie keenly felt in Bsr-ie, 'where building is at a complete eland, still owing to the impess:bility: of bor- rowing money en real. -estate and build- ings. That meads that thousands of leer.. 110 workers and their :families will . not have even a semblance of Ohrietznau cele. bration. 'More than 10,000 met and wo• nem who usually are ab :o to earn extra pay for six weeks by the demand for ex- tra help will be disappointed this year. The population of Berlin is deereaeing. Not only are laboring classes moving out ree to the country to find work but the cal wealthy aro forsaking the city for more red pretentious homes in _be nearby suburbs; 'Phe exodus has been so steady during the • les last eight monthsthat Berlin today itas over 41,000 lessinhabitants than it had, en ,flare, 1. The present year is the only one to show a deoreasein population since 1373. For six yearn past the rale of inererse Las been eoattparativoly Glow, but as re - witty as 1906 there was a gairr of 54,OCO in twelve months. Now thetide huts turned , the other way and the municipality is alarmed over tho departure of nineteen millionaires, in the German' sense, in the throe menthe ended, June 30. The ducecity'd,s tax receipts are correspondingly re - Mars to Rule 1914, Mrne. Thebes .Asserts. Dime. Thebes predicts 1914 will -witness mudh trouble in Europe, but prophesies ane disaster for America. Among her pre. dictione for the coming year a .ret The planet lltars twill predominate, with ivar . aiways menacing. Eugmand. will suffer critical peri'.o in India. London will be threatened by floods, a catastrophe taking Iaoe as a result of the inundations which will arouse the pity of the whole oivil.ized world, Portugal is to see a resteration"ol thr monarchy. Austria will be sorely tried withziot. ing. There will be bloodshed and lira in the streets of 'Vienna; the situation will be.even worse than that in hungers, and the Austro-Hungarian dynaoty will be in grave peril. Germany will experience a severe up. heaval, bringingeprofound ohauges in the character of its uational life. Ita$• will witness a new pope, who will be friendlier to the monarchy, ' . It will be the good fortune of Russia to promote peace in the Balkane. France is to be afflicted with scandals, riots, bloodshed' and industrial troubles in the northeaet. Paris will have a fayorable'rear. Prison For Bank Wreckers. And he believes -That most men, at thecall, are honest and earnest. Thus he has ` taken on, in •obscure foreign ports, men left behind by other vessels for insubordination, and found them excellent. He is not .primed full with the anxiety --the curb and curse of the conventional man—of doing exact' the right hing exactly . right. Eve to cricket he brings something of a sailor's happy- go -luckiness; and bis tenacity at the wicket shows his zest for the bat. This tenacity, perhaps, was in the mind of the Normanhurst butler, who, as um- pire in one of Lord Brassey's most delightful stories, found it avery delicate matter to give a decision against his master.. Lord Brassey had got his leg in front of a straight ball. "How . is it?" yelled the field. The 'batsman turned ''a severe eye on James of the white coat, who said, after a pause: "I'm afraid I •must say. 'Not at home', your Lordship." "What do you mean V' queried Lord Brassey, still hesitating. "Well, then, if you will 'have it," came the answer, "I mean you are hoot!" After a trial lasting 114 days Herr,Ohm, managing director of the Niederdeutsohe Bank, Dortmund, Germany, which failed 'with liabilities of $12,000,000, on July 27, 1910, was sentenced to seven years' lei pl`isonnteut for . wrecking the institution by appropriating funds. A ,public aee countant, lion' Hartwig, was sentenced al n the same time to three years' imprison• amens, and a flambee of other bank erre ployete to terms of from tour to six menthe each. The bank was started some yams ass :E on a email capital. ' Ohm appealed to the poorer olassee to make deposits and spur• red them on to do so by the use of ee ligious enotatione. Later' on the capital was increased until it reached $3,000,000, The evidence showed that Ohm made fraudulent entries and published fates balance sheets to cover up the bank's con. dition. It Made a Show. Usher -"What did the bride's father give for a wedding -present?" Best Man= "A check for $500." Usher—"Why, that old bankrupt hasn't a dollar." Best Man—"That's • why he gave a ,cheek:" 14Iest of your friends will stand by you as longg as you .have a dollar. Probably- •some men Hesitate about paying their debts because they fear their creditors may have heart failure. An It•'ngiishrnan had bot:igllt through an agent an estate in the Northern Highlands, and when summer ne z i x cellae he went toinspect e it. 5 p One part t of his jotilncy '...was by ooh and d 1te thought to i3 get some rination about the place from driver. So after some prelim - •les "You may know a place t ed Clach no, Kitty?" "1 de" "You_ have been th °re have been that." "And what on think of the place 1" , ' `I will. be thinking reach." "()h ! Tell what think es the de II tethered: there' ye'd s info the irate tall possessions on most, of his 'tree,- the surds; and his interest its thingsis`' ESI essentially a Britlsllcr's Ittcreet. do Lord Brassey's •style, as .a, writer,, not y rerninds- one of his museum. It is tete constructed on a conscientious be, _ to r sis. That is 'to say, he is at 'tio $ Y'. The Caarevitch. Por a long time the Ozarevitcli 1184 been suffering from sonic malady, the nature of which has been, variously .Itat. ed.- Apparently now it is admitted that 'his case is hopeless, and that he is d'. ing of tuberculosis of the bones. Latterly, whenever he appeared in public he . was carried by an orderly, and The !inhere not many menthe ago publiehed a pie. .. tore of him attending the 'venoms cele, bration of the Romauoir centenary in this ,fashion. The tragedy is all too obvious: Ten Czar' is suppesed'to be the most. powerful despot in the world. elle rules over as enormous population and territory. Hitt will is law. He is the head of his church and state. Hie . wealth fs incalculable, And ,Tet he can- no more save his son than can ;the poorest Gubject in all hi,s empire In similar circumstances. He can send frantic messages, offer untold sums to tits greatest' scientists in the. World. ilio can provide anything and everything saws this one thing—life. Those wlto can not pity the Czar of all the hussies will atleast pity the father and 'mother, '•They, too, are after all, •lin. pian. Aud to them as to all others death le inexorable,- As for fee boy. at ante he will be ' ,spared the hloodetained throne of Russia. Must Not Shave the Upper Lip. As:;officers in,the A,uetrian petty have been shaving the .upper , lip, and this ie against the reggttlatione, the War Office has just hsuod a e iec1ai notice calling upon them to grow Moustaches again at once. Only' one regiment, the l?Ourteenth Dragoons, or Wiedieehgraetiere, has the privilege of tieing the razor en the tipper' lilt. Phis date, . from 171'1, when the Vitt' mont, eompor,ed of young beardless bnye, distirtgnished imelf at the battle of Koine Sieca menet tehe,nacs e or he/bit eaters i at i ally crept Into ether regifuettte., Tint Fourteenth will, go on ehaving. The War Omi;es'e edict lute caused a good deat of 5rgeabl!ng in all regiments, t. •tris 'Nov. 24, 1.91" S r t Time at da1• try Co!, "luty papa 1s a mounted poliee- lean," sail! small Erie to tt vlSitet.; "Is that better than being 'a walking policeman?" ticked' the; visitor, "'''Course it is," replied °p1feC1 I;lie. 'If there is trotrhle he eat) get away guiek1il'," Same self-made tyle sbe job i t1 d• oddntly did • ;j.