The Exeter Advocate, 1918-1-10, Page 7ROYAL "BANK
OF CANADA
ASSETS NEARLY DOUBLE TOTAL
OF THREE YEARS AGO.
•
Purchase.' of''Quebec Bank Adds 20
Millions—Total Increase During
1917 is 82Millions,'
The Royal Baik of Canada's state
Ment shows a continuance of the ra-
pid growth that has marked the re-
cent history of the institution, a
growth accelerated in the past year
by, the absorption of the Quebec Batik'
on January lst last.
The purchase of the Quebec Bank
added something like 20 millions to
the assets of the Royal. That, how
ever, accounts for a relatively small.
part of the expansion, for the increase
in total assets as compared with NOV
ember, 1916, amounts to more than 82
millions. In the past three years the
bank has practically doubled the re-
sources• at'its •command; they' are ap-
proximately severs times the total of
only ten years ago.
Succeeding 'statements of the in-
stitution continue to give every indi-
cationthat thero •ressive policy of
p g
the management has also been charac-
terized by sound j}ulgnient. As the
bank has gone forward, partly under
• the stimulus of successive absorptions
of smaller institutions, and partly as
a natural result of growth within its
existing business, its position has
been rapidly consolidated and
strengthened before the next forward
nnovement:
Evidence of public confidence is.ap
• parent in its deposit accounts. These
show a growth of 53 millions in the
past year and of 116 millions in the
past three years. Savings deposits,
taken, separately, are about mine times'
the total of ten years ago.,
The statement of profits continues
to show successful direction of the
bank's affairs. A substantial gain in
the past year carried the figures to
the highest level yet reached, With a ,
showing of slightly better than 18 per
cent. earned on paid-up capital against
17.8 per cent. the preceding- year.
As the Quebec Bank's record as an
earner had been inferior to that of the
institution in which it is now absorbed,
the, showing in that respect is highly
satisfactory.
Profit .and loss figures for three
years are compared in the following.
table:
1917. 1916.. 1915.
$ $ $
l'roflts $2,327,979 2,111,307 1,905,576
Prey. bal. . 852,346 6.76,472 614,062
Total .. .. 3,180:325 2,767,772 2,519,638-
Less1
—
Dividends . 1,549,404 1,417.207 1,387,200
Pension F. . " 100,000 100,000 100,000
Premises . 250,000 260,000 250,000
War tax 128,357 118,226 105,966
Patriot. 60,000 50,000 ..
Reserve F.. 623,300
Total 2,616 061 1,935,433 1,843,166
Balance . 564,2.64 552,346 676,4.72
It will' be noted from the foregoing
that a 'substantial addition has been
made to reserve account. `!There was
also added to reserve the .premium on
stock issued to the Quebec sharehold-
ers, and total reserve rose from
$1;2,560,000 a year ago to $14,000,000
against a present paid-up capital of
$12,911,700.
The cash and the "liquid" position
of ' the bank are virtually on .a parity
with a year ago. The proportion of
cash assets, including with cash on
hand the cover in the Central Gold
ReserVe for excess note issue, equals
about 16.4 per cent. of liabilities to
the public, against 16.2 per cent: a
year. ;ago, and the proportion of liquid
assets about -53.9 per cent. against
53.2 pel cent.•
A notable feature of the balance
sheet is an increase of upwards of 21
millions in holdings of Dominion and
Provincial Government securities and
an aggregate' increase of about 26
millions in all security' holdings. The
figures are a measure of the direct
assistance which the bank has been
giving to war -financing, in addition
to the assistance given less directly
through the financing of the business
of corporations engaged in manufac
Luring. war supplies. The circulation
and current loan items both reflect
the large demands of business in the
hate's territory both at home . and
abroad.'
Leading features .. of the balance
sheets for two years follow:
LIA13II;JTIES
19171016
D $
Deposits dem...70,498,667 $ 59,365,396
Iso. notice,, 182,488,715 1.40,362,19€
Do. total , 252,987,332 200,227,59FF.
Circulation 28,359,351 18,178,228
Pub. liab .` 307,703,795 227,454,469
Total Ilan• . 335,574136 253,261,427
AS SI7T$
:ipecfe ` 16,079,830 76,072,763
3Doni, note . , 18,284,444 14,249,110
Cent, gold rem 16,000,000 6,500,000
Total 0a511 50,364,275 90 821,873
Securities 58,686,24.6 30,506,068.
Balances; etc. , 33,625,775 20,100,339
Call loans Cana.= 12,040,687 11,078,005
.iso. abroad 14,574,136 21,172,026
1)0. total 20,614,823 32,448,031
Total liquid 165,816,706 121,127,003
Cur loa 4.g 101,358;021 80,„138,631
1)0., abroad : 53,764,037 87,0'28,027
Do, overdue . 490,064. 106,640
Iso, total , :;'150,612,129 ,12.5,131,299
Td, argots 335,574,186 253,2,61,427
Several Practical
Al oriels
Small boys like sensible clothes;
and this suit is smart and practical.
McCall Pattern No. 8018, Boy's Suit.
In 3 sizes, 2 to 6 years. Price, 15
cents,
•,
Here are some interesting ways of
making hats. McCall Pattern No.
7850,• Ladies' arc$' Misses' Garden. or I
Sun -Bats. In 2 sizes,. Ladies' and
Misses'. Price, 10 cents.
These patterns may be obtained
from om your local McCall dealer, or :from
the McCall Co., 70 Bond St., Toronto,
Dept. W.
DESPERATE ESCAPE.
Nerve -Racking Experiences in ][fleeing
From Hun Patiaon Candi.
Already the stories of '}heroic es-
capes fr'orn the Hun prison' camps are
beginning to drift back to the United
States. Willett , Charles Smith, of
Norfolk, Conn,, recently landed from
the Swedish steamer Bergensfjord in
New=York with'the story of his nerve-
racking evasion of his German cap-
tors.
When the British steamship Esirte2.
alda sailed from Baltimore early in.
this year Smith shipped as a „seaman.
Returning from Liverpool the ship'
was Halted: by the' Hue raider 1Vloewe,
sunk and its crew taken as prisoners;
to Germany. In the prison of Lubeck,
Sliiith wormed his ,way through, the
"live wire" fence, but was captured
immediately thereafter and cast into'a
dungeon•for fourteen clays, where only
black bread and water : were given
him.
When he was brought forth ,he
feigned partial blindness and was ut
to carrying fertilizer aboard a vessel
bound for Sweden. lie felt his way
along the gangplank to and fro by
guide ropes. Watching his opportun-
ity when' in the hold, lie fell artfully
beneath his sack of fertilizer and bur-
rowed swiftly .,into the odious -brags.
He was not missed until after the ship
had sailed, and succeeded in reaching
Stockholm undetected. For six days
without food or water he remained in
the stifling, ill -smelling hole, at last
reaching land by diving overboard and
swimming ashore in the night. Soon
after he worked his way.to Christiania
where he found a ship headed for, the
United States.
THANKFUL MOTHERS
Mrs. Willie Theriault, Paccruetville,
N. B., says: --"I am extremely thank-
ful that I tried Baby's Own Tablets
for my baby. Thro•ugii their use baby
thrived wonderfully and I feel as if I
cannot recommend 'thein tao highly."
Baby's Own Tablets break up colds
j and simple fevers; cure constipation,
colic and indigestion and make teeth-
ing easy, In fact they cure a1L the
minor ills of little' ones. They are
sold by medicine dealers or by mail at
25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams'
Medicine Co.,i itBrockville Ont.
M
ea -
y .The Children of Jhe Road.
The' -conductor ..may have his trans-
continental' train and the sleeping car
conductor his travelling hotel, but the
section ,foreman with his aix miles of
roadbed and steel track. and switches
has something that these others must
envy as they rush past his house be-
side the track—he has a home to
which lie can come back every evening
to the wife -and kiddies. A trim two
storey house it is, with a garden on
the right of way alongside on which he
can raise his vegetables and keep a
cow and chickens and••pigs. The wife,
as a rule, looks on the garden as her
source of vegetables and small fruits,
but twice a month she may travel on a
pass to the nearest city to make any
purchases she requires.
The house, which may have cost
$3,000 to build, is supplied by the rail-
way at a Nominal rent, in places where
houses are difficult to obtain, and
many other privileges are also al-
lowed. Section foremen, for instance,
are permitted to use old ties as fire-
wood, so that their fuel costs them
nothing. Many of thembecome so at-
tached to their six mile stretch that
they would not leave it on any ac-
count, but the more ambitious may be-
come road -masters.
The section foreman has a busy life
keeping the track in good repair, pro-
perly spiked'and jointed, with ditches
well preserved and drained.' He must
keep the right of way. clear of weeds,
and look after farm crossings, test the
crossing alarm bells -where such exist,
and . generally police the track,watch-
ing against possible danger from
freshets or fires; replacing worn rails
and ties.
Prizes ranging from $10.00 to
$100.00 are "given each year to the
foremen who show the greatest im-
provement on their sections, and these
are eagerlyy competed for, the men
taking extraordinary interest in their
work. Many of them; began work upon
the road as •casual laborers,, but now
with their comfortable houses and
their $80.00 to $90.00 a month (and
ten dollars ' a month more in the
cities), with a pension when they
reach the age of sixty, with free fuel
and garden, and with a family pass
once a year over any part of the line,
they consider themselves the "Chil-
dren of the Road," and its chief stip-
port and mainstay.• ' Just now they
have particularly good reason to feel
satisfied,as the scale of pay has been
re -adjusted in. their favor by an arbi-
tration board to an extent which is
costing the C.P,R., :for instance, over
a million dollars a year.
•
A little pipeclay dissolved in water
used for washing saves a great deal
of labor and soap.
\slash ng eggs destroys the l)r•otect-
Ing ,lilln with .which they are covered
and he.ett:ns their spoiling. „ fCeeping
the nesse cIe n is the way to g,el"'
A: =casual glance at some orchard by
passersby would lead them to conclude
that the owners had contracted a case
of colic from eating green apples, and
1here£m•c, •put the blame on the or-
chard, The trees are scraggy and
scrawny in appearance, while some
of them look as if they were on their
last legs. It is a:shanne that these
big profit -makers ace allowed to go iso
euiu, when ;just a little care each' year
would :save them,
LONDON POLICEWOMEN.
A Highly Efficient Force Now Num-
bering 650.
Only a woman understands a wo-
man is a saying- whose truth is no-
where so clearly prover: as in London
to -day, where female "cops" are con-
trolling the "painted woman" evil as
man never did. These policewomen,
called into action when the majority
of the "bobbies" from Fleet Street,
the Mall and all London thoroughfares
departed for the livelier exercise of
their powers in the trenches, now
number '650 and are increasing in
force.
They patrol the streets exactly as
did the men, apprehending criminals,
curbing drunkenness, and guarding
important buildings and dignitaries
with all the efficiency which the Lon-
don police department showed of old. 1
They show a distinct superiority to
men in protecting returned soldiers
from the vampires of the streets,
their ability to detect a wanton, mis-
chief -bent, in a crowd far surpass-
ing the discernment powers of the
men. Policewomen can "spot" a
gold -hunting prostitute from- inno-
cent gills in any crowd where women
gather to worship the heroes returned
from Flanders. No matter how. the
depraved women conceal their pro-
fessional characteristics in unsensa-
tionai attire, the lady "cops" can
sense their moral deficiency and guide
them out of the crowd.
Their work in munition centres is
often fraught with danger. Isere the
women act as guards, and their work
includes the checking of the entry' of
women into the factory, the examina-
tion of 'passes, searching for contra -
brand, matches, cigarettes and alcohol,
and the work .of patrolling the dis-
trict for: the protection of women go-
ing home from work:
At one factory the military and
male police guaada.have been with-
drawn. Here several thousand wo-
men are employed in the manufacture
and disposal of some of the most dan-
gerous explosives demanded by the
war. When an ail raid is in progress
the operatives are cleared igom, the
sheds, and they are left to the . charge
of firemen and policewomen, who take
up the stations allotted to them.
On the whole, it is thought far bet-
ter for the women patrol or police-
women to be trained through some
organization. Much depends on a
woman's vitality and endurance'; for
the most part the age Iimit is from
27 to 40, or even 50." The ideal police-
woman is well educated, capable,
tactful and well balanced, for her
work is by- no means easy, She may
have to give evidence• or stand in the
dock beside a woman or child. Or she
may help aiicl befriend a girl traveller
who has lost her purse or her ticket.
Throughout all her experience, she
must, of all qualities, be rich in pa-
tience and loyalty. `
Never allow a iiiii'ror to hang in the
sunlight, or its ,backing will• become•
clouded,
Grease the bottom of pots and tet
tiesbefore putting over the coal end:
they will niet become black,'
minaret's' Libiintcnt Cities 6$artVot ibt Caws
iAifd ? NOT A k71T
LIFT'.YOUR CORNS
QR CALL(SES OPP
I 'No humbug 1 Apply,few drops qI
' then just, lift there away !'
with finnera.
0-0--o---0-.
This new drug is an .ether, com-
pound discovered by a Cincinnati
chemist. It iscalled
freezone, and can now
be obtained in tiny bot-
tles .as' here shown at
very little cost from any
drug store. Just ask
for freezone. Apply a;
drop or t:wo rectly
upon a tender cern ar
callus and'iifsta.ntly the
soreness disappears.
Shortly you will find
the corn or .callus so
loose ate catiit
off,' rootthayndu n all, lifwth
tire: fingers.
Not a twinge of pain,
soreness • or irritation;
not even the slightest
smarting, either when
applying freezone or
afterwards,
This drug doesn't eat
up the corn or callus,
lint shrivels them so
they loosen and cote right out. It is
no humbug! It works like a charm.
For a fav cents you canget rid of
every hard corn, soft corn or corn be-
tween the toes, as well as painful
calluses on bottom of your feet. It
never disappoints and never burns,
bites or inflames. If your druggist
hasn't any freezone yet, tell hint to
get a little bottle for you from his
wholesale liou,sel
Britain in Palestine.
Among the hosts of ancient stars
That o'er Judea shine
Again the Star of Bethlehem
Reveals its light divine,
For lo! Mohammed's crescent. sets
This Christmastide in gloom,
To shed its evil rays no more
Upon the holy tomb.
Along Jerusalem's narrow streets
Once more a cross is borne.
The crimson cross of England's flag
Salutes the Christmas morn
And while the bellsfhristendom
Christendom
Announce the Saviour's birth
It brings the promise in its folds
Of lasting peace on earth,
—Minna Irving.
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KAISER'S FAMILY 7"REg
1311ght of Topmost Twi Should Ee
Cut Out Well Below Diseased Area,
Some People are of opinion that the
•Kaiser's fereily'tree, is now the gal-
lows, but he has;another, anti, it hangs
—eat grows—{n the pailce at 'Pots-
dam, This geneaiolicai t,r eo 1005 ga
its rootthe name of King David, and
as its topmost twig the name of Wile
liens the Secoud, king' of P)'006igl, and
Germarl Emperor. Needless to say it
is a very big,ti'ee, and (3011talas a lot
of branches god leaves,
Considering ,tile ]'Kaiser's contempt
for everything English, including the
British army -elf not the navy—it is
surprising that he should stoop to the
indignity of tracing this Biblical des-
cent through Isis mother, And there-
fore through the English royal family,
but the very existence :of such ;e tree
not only shows the Kaiser's belief in
his "divine mission" and divine right,
but also his conviction that he is the
right king of. England; seeing that he
is the ,eldest sae of Queen Victoria's
first -barn. Accordingto this reci4us .nd are- t
p 1 1
posterous tree the reigning house of ;
Britain is descended from Xing David,
the Sweet Singer of Xsrael through the
eldest daughter of Zedekiali, ~pito fled
to Ireland, in charge of the Prophet 1
Jeremiah and • .eventually married
Freremon, !King of 'Ulster.
So the Kaiser is a bit of a'li Trish- j
man in his own estimation, and lie is
certainly a "broth of a'bhoy " He has
turned the world into a Donnybrook
fair, but there are few who will not be
glad to attend his wake!
Apparently, the Kaiser is fond0 f
gazing an this "proof" of his ancient
and honorable lineage, for the chart'
occupies a prominent place in his
study.
TAKE NOTICE
\17a publish simple, straight testi-
monials, not press agents' interviews.
from well-known people,
From all over America they testify
to the merits of MINA.RD'S LINI-
MENT, the best of Household Reme-
dies.
MINARD'S LINIMENT CO., LTD.
Food Controller's Duty.
Speaking recently in Ottawa, Ven.
Archdeacon Cody of Toronto, said that
-there appeared
to ie awide-spread
I.
misunderstanding with regard to the
coup,
'o0' *often
Jt g' wd reit, ,
}•,rear' ralmaving
Paint»
icor disinfecting'
refr (3otators,
ainiee, eiopotcia,
dirainyarrazfore eQ,,
ether pierpoeel
ei¢cuo t sussTiri)rt*, •.":
War Marriages.
The war resulted in 200,00Q English
people being married between August,
1914, and June, 1917, ' who X151 `the tar,
dinary cour.
se:would not have mere/ed.
,
The marriage rate for 1915 was the
highest recorded ---19.4.
These figures are given out by Sir
Bernard Mallet, registrar general of
births,deaths and marriages in Eng-
land,
MON'EY ORDERS
,A Dominion 18$pr'ess Malley Order
for five dollarrs costs three cents,
Not far from Lake Victoria,Nytiiza
there isto be found a large' block of
almost :chemically pure sesquicarbon-
ate of soda covering 50 square miles,
which is so valuable that itwill proby
ably cotyle iin`fur some consideration
in the adjustment of tlie.wai.
!lard's Liniment, Glues Distemper.
Hyacinths Sed Cronus pleirte+:i° xn i Ste
now will flower late this winter, Set,
them away in a dark cool place for a
while until the roots are properly
formed,
It2XS CEELAN'E OBSS
,('j 1Nt?101i, V11.40148, .l t71I11'34. ITC.,
+,JJ internal and external, cured with-
out pain by our Borne treatment. Write
Is before too late. 3)1', Benlniecn '!,,diem
Co.,, !,united, r,1oIlingwond, Ont,
The Soul of :a Piano is the
Action. Insist on that
14OTTO 'H GEUV
MEAN-* ACTION.
TU!ES
GIRLS! LEMON JUKE 'functions of the Food Controller, „
ISS SKIN WHITENER whose primary duty was not to de -
i g
1, ry i
T
E
How to make a creamy beauty lotion
for a few cents.
The juice of two fresh lemons
strained into a bottle containing three
ounces of orchard white makes a
whole quarter pint of the most re-
markable lemon skin beautifier at.
about- Ole cost one must pay for a
small jar of the ordinary cold creams. ,
Care should be taken to strain the
lemon juice through a fine cloth so
no.lemon pulp gets in, then this lotion
-will keep fresh for months. Every
woman limeys that lemon juice is
used to bleach and remove such blem-
ishes as freckles, sallowness and tan
and is the ideal skin softener, whiten-
er and beautifier.
Just try it! Get three ounces of
orchard white at any drug store and
two lemons from the grocer and snake
up a quarter pint of this sweetly frag
rant lemon lotion and'massa.ge It daily
into the face, neck, arms and hands.
Savagery in Belgium.
Les Nouvelles of Masstricht, re-
ports that the well known athlete, M.
van Rentergem, of Ghent, who was re-
cently condemned to death for espion-
age; was dragged through the prin-
cipal streets to the place of execution
at the end of a chain -20 yards in
length. The guard of soldiers in whose
charge he was grossly maltreated him'
and spat in his face. The unfortunate
man, who was shot at Ouclenarde, met
his fatte with the utmost courage and
without littering a word of complaint.
llttinarcr's Liniment Cures Diphtheria.
Excessive and unnecessary heat pro-
duction and the death of bee cononies
by . starvation -a common occurrence
—are closely connected. The more
heat the b'ees•are called upon to gener-
ate the more honey they' will consume.
In consequence if inadequate stores
are provided for them they starve be-
fore the winter is aver. The thrifty
bee -keeper will aim to save bees, not
therefore blLl
stores, and will be lier
termine the price of foodstuffs bet to
see to it that there was a sufficient
supply for export.
Minard's Liniment Cures Colds, Etc,'
Flow Englishwoman Serves.
-- In a London district recently, short-
ly after midnight, a light was seen
moving from one side of the street to
the other. It »was carried by a post
woman, who was delivering letters
after delay caused by an air raid. One
of the recipients remarked to the
young woman:.. "You ought to have a
medal for doing this at this late hour."
The postwoman replied: "I are a sol-
dier's wiferenadam, and I know the
value of these letters I am carrying."
Such ideals of service -are becoming
common enough in England and in
many other countries. And every
time they "carry fui'thar than the next
street."
RINE Granulated `Eyelids,
sore iEyes Eyes Inflamed- by 1
San, DaaeandWind ciuickiy 1
rdlleVed by Murine. Tfy It in 'I
your Eyesand In Baby's Eyes.
1110 Smarting,JuttEge Coisfert
1 a2r1ne 0ICeB8eli At t,& p -se l�t'e or by
my"�Gca�er bCt�a. t54ai•!n®
'itis Salve, In Tabes 26.. For Soot, of BAc - f r&a,
Ask lErarine Eye Remedy tVo., 6iateaaar a
Germans Eat Sea. Weeds.
Germany is, despite its contrary
claims, getting desperate for food. A
recent issue of the International Re-
view of Science and Practice of Agri-
culture announces that the Prussians
are eating seaweed, as one of the food
substitutes. They boil the ill -smelling
water growth and disguise it in cakes,
hoping to derive the unquestioned
nourishment which it possesses with-
out being too conscious of it. ' Rhu-
barb leaves are also used iaow. Wheat
and oats straw is ground, sugar beet.
seeds are made into meal Nuts from
the forest are collected and made into:
flour. Grape seeds are saved and
ground also. Countless weeds .from
the fields are eut, dried and boiled in
soup.
OUR
in his providing. If he really wants
to save stores, however, he can do it
by supplying insulation instead of
Stinting the bees.
ED. 7,
SSLIE
r
Virhen a post-
card will bring
free samples
CUTICU A
SOAT
and Ointment
which give
-
'S quick relief
and point to
speedy heal-
ment. Then
wliynotmake
these sweet,
:r - pure, super-
creamy em-
ollients your every -day toilet prepara-
tions and prevent little skin troubles
becoming serious.
For free sample each address post -card:
"Cuticura, Dept. N, Boston, if. S. A."
Sold throughout the world.
No Need to Rub
Try Sloan's Liniment and see
how quickly the swelling is xeduced
and the pain disappear;. No need
to rub; it 'pene-
trates quiclkly and:
bringsrelief. Nave
a bottle handy for
rheumatic pains;
neuralgia, back
ache and all mus-
cle soreness
Generous si
bottles; a t your
druggist, 25c,,;.
509i; $1.00,
1 WI-IEELOCIC ENGINE, 18x42.,
New Automatic Valve Type. Complete with supply and exhaust plpine».
flywheel, etc. Will accept $1,200 cash for immediate -sale,
1 ELECTRIC GENERATOR, 30 KM., 110-120 Volts D.C.
WIlI accept $425 cash for Immediate Bale.
1 LARGE LEATHER BELT. Double,' Endless. raxaaki ; a a
Will aoeept $300 for immediate sale, although bolt Is In axa eQYent
t
ditlon and new one woulit cost about $600.
PULLEYS, Large Size.
26X66---$30 ; 12x(30--$20' l 12%9x48--••$12 ;
2 BLOWERS OR FANS, Buffalo znai
satyr 10 Inch, ether 14 Inch 1iacharee•-.-,4130
1.E.Ale ESTATES -CORP
12x30
each,
ION, LTD,
Go Ji'roltt St. West, To