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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1912-2-29, Page 7f'11 a d ,N,x9y!i a N$P ..,.ytf•61 WORTH Ten Cents a Pound More GOTS FARTHEST FOR THE MONEY. 'art:/ea wee sae ,'+<,tea--,/aiw;rs PONE E F'tRISII IN THE SN !1't';1ta1nr,E PRIVATIONS POUR BRAVE MEN. outbank on the right limit, and back a little in the timber; the distance being about 26 miles from Fort Me - Pherson, OP "I found the bodies covered, a half blanket also over each. Tho body of Constable Carter was lying about 10 feet from that of Inspector Fitzgerald, and heel evidently been dragged and laid out immediately after death, as both hands haat been crossed on the breast and the fuse covered with a handkerchief." The diary of Inspector Fitzgerald records one of the most Heroic struggles in the annals of Arctic travel. Though Carter, as guide, became confused, only after asdu- ons fruitless attempts to carry out their orders did the party decide on turning back. The terrible hardships leading to the tragedy are best described in the words of the diary: The Story of a Pnthetie Struggle For Life Many Miles From Civilization. The official report of the North- west Mounted Police, recording as it does in. facts and figures the year's work, is one usually devoid of interest to the casual reader. But were it passible for him, sitting before his cosy fire, on winter nights to read beyond the printed lines, and get a glimpse into the real lifo of these northern patrols, he would discover there experiences replete with a heroism, adventure, and pathos of experience that would challenge that of history or fiction. The pursuit of duty across the enowy barren wastes of the far north often dlevelopes into a grim struggle for life. The man' who strives with a famished, worm -out dog team, along a doubtful trail, with the temperature at 40 degrees below zero, often feels the grip of a great fear clutching at his heart. Then it is that the manhood crops out. To give up is easy, but the fight to the finish stamps the hero. That is why the names of four of these oivii servants shall always be mentioned in honor. FOUR HONORED NAMES. Inspector Fitzgerald, Constable Taylor and Kinney and Special Con- stable Carter left Fort McPherson on Deo. 21, 1910, for Dawson, ex- pecting to be gone three months. On March 22, three months later, the emaciated bodies of the whole party were found lying within 35 miles"of Fort McPherson. The constable who brought in the bodies writes: "We came to the place where Constables Taylor and Kinney lay. Here a broken toboggan and two sets of dog harness lay on the trail in the river. A blue 'handkerchief was hanging on the willows on the bank. "Over the bodies were two Alaska LAST HOPE GONE. "Twenty-three below. Tuesday, January 17.—Carter is completely lost and does not know one river from another. We, have now only 10 pounds of flour and 8 pounds of bacon and some dried fish, My lost hope is gone, and the only thing I can do is to return, and kill some of the dogs to feed the others and ourselves, unless we can meet some Indians, "Twenty-one below. Friday, January 20.—Very strong S. gale all day. Could not leave camp, it was all we could do to keep the tent standing. Ate the last of the flour and bacon to -day. All we (have new is some dried fish and tea." On January 24 it says:—"Killed another dog; and all hands made a good meal of dog meat. "Fifty-two below. Saturday, February 4. Going very heavy, and everybody' suffered very, much with the cold." Here closed the pathetic tale. The last few hours of suffering and hero- ism go unrecorded. The Lieutenant -Governer of Sas- katchewan writes: 'While' the. event brings deepest sadness to all, we feel that it is only an event such as this which can give greatest lustre and enduring re- membrance to the•spl•endid Force." DECREASE IN CRIME. The following extracts from Com- sleeping robes and one underneath. missioner Perry's annual report Tho body of Constable Kinneywas give the statistical details of the lying fairly straight with the hands force crossed on the breast, the right foot "During the twelve months 9,418 was bare. Phe body of Constable cases of crime were entered; 7,875 Taylor was very crooked, the left resulted in convictions; and 179 hand being slightly extended from cases were awaiting trial on Sep - the body and still grasping a 20-30 tember 30. There is a decrease of carbine, with which he had evident- 1,167 convictions compared with last ly shot himself. year. A HALF BLANKET APIECE. 626 MEN ON FORCE. "Camping overnight 18 miles from Alberta 276 the fort, we reached the place where Inspector Fitzgerald and Constable Carter lay about 9.30 a.m. the following morning. They were lying on the top of the river From Our Ovens To 'Your Table Untouched by human hands — Post Toasties —the aristocrat of Ready to -Serve foods. A table dainty, made of white Indian corn—presenting delicious flavor and whole- some nourishment in new and appetising form, Tho steadily increasing sale of this food speaks volumes in behalf of its excellence. An order for package of Post Toasties from your grocer will provide a treat for the whole family. "The Memory Liners' Laaasdidn Positim Cereal Co., Windsor, Ontario, Canada, Saskatclhewan 282 Northwest Territories 27 Yukon Territory 41 Grand total 626 On September 30, the strength of the force was: 50 officers, 576 non- commissioned officers and consta- blas, and 566 horses. Compared with last year, there is a decrease of 28 men, • DYSPEPTIC PHILOSOPHY. Flattery is the ooin with which some people pay their way. Lots of us trouble most about the things that never trouble us. One good turn deserves another, but it doesn't always act as a boom- erang. A girl is known by the company she keeps, and incidentally most girls are keeping company. It's the little things that count, but that is no reason why you should let the, big things get away from you. It sometimes takes a quick-witted man to go slowly. Fortunate is the man who eau. pick This own brand of success. Many a fellow's only source of in- come is a latah key. Tho fellow who is full of ginger may be excused for feeling that he is hot stuff, A floating debt is a poor life -pre- server to keep a man's head above water. In spite of the fact that theories' seldom work, the, army of the uncial - played is far from being a theory. Irtm averalerc man is more reedy to lend his ears to a hard -look story than to lend a hand. Sema popple have such .a dread of taking something" that doesn't be- long to theme that they won't even !take h$ iiia. MAKING SAFE INVESTMENTS SHARES OF STOCK, UNLIKE BONDS, INVOLVE NO "PROMISE TO PAY.' A Company Not Obligated to Repay to Its Shareholders Par Value of their Shares —Bondholders In a Different Position. The articles contributed by "Investor" aro for the solo purpose of guiding pros. peettvo investors, and, if possible, of env. Ing them from losing money through nmparttiialt and }reliable cha actereof the information may be rolled upon, The writer of these articles and the publisher of this paper have no interests to serve in oonnectlon with this matter other than those of the reader, (By 'Investor.") So far, in this series of artioloe on the general principles of investment very brief referonee has been made to stook Investment. Thera aro tworeasons for this, First shares in joint stook oom. panes are not—as a olase—idoal securi- ties for investment, and secondly, be. cause any investigation which may be found useful in determining the safety of a bond may bo applied—with modifi- cations, of course—in the case of shares. Shares of stock and bonds aro essenti• ally different. Ae Wee pointed out some time since, a bond is a promise to pay, a share is as equity only; if the con. pany is liquidated the bonds aro paid in full and if there is anything left the stockholders divide it—that is, in the case of a company being wound up. - In the ease of an actively operating company, the bondholders receive their regular in. Serest, 4, 5, 6, or 7 per cont., whatever it may be. The shareholders may receive nothing, or, as in the case of Winnipeg Electric, they may receive 12 per cent. per annum or even more. A farmer working hie land is, in a small way, similar to the shareholders' of a large company considered collec- tively. Ile may owe John Smith money eeourod by a mortgage. John Smith gets his interest every year and his principal when it is due, or ho forecloses the mort- gage, sells the farm, pays himself and gives the farmer the residue. If the far- mer can pay his interest he bas to de. duct hie operating expenses from what is left over, and the balance he uses to supply the necessaries of life, or, if for- tune has milled, luxuries for his wife and family. Ills profit, after paying in- terest and operating coats—wages, feed for his stock, etc.—represents the divi- donde, sometimes Large, often small end perhaps nothing, in which event he may have to look to his 'small savings, or the bank, totidehim over, And so, it is with the shareholders of a company. Xn lean years they may get no dividends, in fat years they may get large ones. But it is the bondholder who doesn't have to worry. lie. has to have hie interest or the shareholder stands to lose his property. In other words, shares (speaking generally, of course, for many shares are far safer investments than some bonds, and some shares are as safe 'as .most bonds) shares are in nature speculative, while bonds aro not. The purohaso of a sharp of stook in a company involves no reason to expect a return of the money so invested. If the. company prospers your dividends are large and if you want to "got your money out" you can sell to some one who wants to buy, even the holders of 0, P. R,,or even Bank of England shares, have no other method of ever getting their money back. Xn 1670 the nucleons Bay Company (its real name is the Governor and Company of Adventurers of England Trading into the nucleons Bay) was form- ed and its shares issued. These shares aro aotively traded in on the London market. In the 240 years since they were put out, there has .been no time at whioh the shareholders could got their money back except by selling their ehareo to. others. Offhand, I can think of no bond whioh would not have been redeemed at least four times (and a fifth time in 1920) during that period. These aro the chief pointe of differ. enee between bonds and stooks, Stooks, however, have many good points, whioh will be taken up subsequently. UNCONVINCED. Gladys—You don't like to see me wearing earrings? Why, they're in fashion now. Bachelor Brother—So aro bad colds. Here's the biggest can of easy -shining stove .polish on the market. it'd a ante—easily applied—and. gives a brilliantly black polish that 1e not affected by the heat, $gess good for stoves, pipes, gretee and iron work, • "black Knight""Stove 7Polis1i et n0 u his tittle and 10e. and we wiilaend a full site tin by return men. S5 TNR F. P. TILLEY CO„ UMOTSO, itnknrs °tom fnmorie 9to l'ehosroWb, rM'� Nil � ,C.{�i 4 ,T}�{CtLlT tiw.i.: t, 10.'7 fl :� X e .�:. � �•.y (� I11f1�IIfIIII U� 0 11 ��(�I MVO uiouuhlllgil)110111)1111IIII1I t�,,.ti, RlfY M i Np t 71'Y �'" i` vu C nsforrns fo Me 11;i0 $ftnderd of 'lifeff's goods: Useful for fve hundred purposes. z� E'r T9 KING FREDERICK King Frederick of Denmark who is slowly recovering, though anxi- ety in that country has not bcea entirely removed. HOW WE BITE. Strength of lite Jaw Muscles Tested By an Instrument. A ten -pound bite requires a forty pound contraction of the, human jaw muscles. That is because our jaws are built on the same principle as a pair of tongs. In order to ascertain the strength of the ordinary jaw, an instrument was recently devised, I with et name that would put tbe average jaw to a severe test—viz., the gnathodynamometer. With this weird instrument about fifty experi- ments were tried on all classes of folks, the full register oft the gnatho, etc., being represented by 2751b. A working butcher may fairly be taken as quite a,strong man, but his bite, only registered a power of 165- lb. Tho man with the highest re- cord was a printer, who registered 2701b. Amongst, the women the high- est was 1601b. In selecting meats for these teeth - testing experiments, it was found that the tenderest 'meat was hot boiled tongue., the central part of which only offered a resistance of from alb. to 5 Ib. In order to crush loin pork chops a foroe of 201b. to 251b. was requir- ed, while muttca chops demanded from 3olb. to 401b. Round of beef took 401b. to 501b., and beefsteak, well done, 601b. to 80lb. 5. THE DOCTOR HABIT. . And How She Overcame It. When well -selected food has help- ed the honest physieian place his patient in sturdy health and free from the "doctor habit" it is a source of satisfaction to all parties. A Chicago woman says : "We have net had a doctor in the house during all the 5 years that we have been using Grape -Nuts food. Before we began, however, we had '`the doctor habit" and scarcely' a week went by without a call on our physician, "When our youngest boy arrived, 5 years ago, I was very much run down and nervous, suffering from indigestion and almost continuous headaches. I was not able to attend to my ordinary domestic duties and was so nervews that I could scarce- ly control myself. Under advice I took to Grape -Nuts. "I am now, and have been ever since we began to use Grape -Nuts food, able to do all my own work. The dyspepsia, headaches, nervous- ness and rheumatism which used to drive me fairly wild, have entirely disappeared. "My husband finds that in the night work in which he is engaged, Grape Nuts food supplies him the most wholesome, strengthening and satisfying lunch ho ever took with him," Name given by Canadian Postum Co,, Windsor, Ont. Read the lithe book, "Tho Road to Wellville," in pkgs, "There's a reason." Ever read the above letter? A new one appears from time to time. They are genuine, true, and 41111 of human Interest, UTILIZING WASTE COAL. New Device at Holl Saves a Lot of Slack. The feasibility of using for power purposes coal that has previously been rejected ss worthless is said to have been successfully demon- stratedin a public exhibition of a new patent water -tube tut Hull, England. The system employs the known principle that almost perfect combustion can be obtained by mix- ing air in proper quantities with pulverized coal before the latter is introduced into a furnace, This in- esureS better combustion with less air thou usual, and with a conse- quent increase of boiler efficiency by reducing the amount of beat car- ried away by the escaping gases. The. results obtained with,the poor- est kind of feel are claimed to be al- most total elimination of losses; the rapidity with which steam is raised under ordinary conditions; the burning of the smallest and Oleo - nth, lrindS of :slack with ease and the reduction of the, necessary su- pervision. '5". . THE PREPARATORY WASP. A clever convict, who wanted more than the regular prison fare, once made a complaint in rather ingenious terms. An inspector en- tered this man's cell, and found 1t very hot and stuffy. "Why have you got your venti- lator closed 1" he asked. The prisoner answered plaintive. ly, "Well, inspector, the last time I had the ventilator open a wasp flew in, yon see, and carried off my dinner while my back was turned!' THE FLAVOR OF TEA. The flavor of tea is contained in an essential oil. With age the oil decays and the agreeable aroma and flavor of find tea is destroyed. Tea keeps better in sealed lead packets than it does in open chests or canisters, but it deteriorates more or less under any circumstances. Fresh tea is as necessary to a suc- cessful tea trade a,s fresh butter is to a successful butter trade. No wholesaler or retailer should keep a pound of tea in his stock for more than four months, yet, with some, the fashion is to keep it for years, during every day of which it is de- teriorating. In Ceylon—that land of eternal summer—every bash in a tea garden is picked over every week in the year, and you always get it fresh and fragrant in the "SALADA" packages. "SALADA" does not show the dealer as large a profit as other teas, but it gives him, through his customers, Nero satis- faction. e• AIR LINE ACROSS SAHARA. Route 'Laid Out Between Algeria and the Niger. The first step in the direction of establishing a practical aerial route across the Sahara Desert has been taken by M. le More, a young. Frenchman, whose + home is in Tours. He spent 13 months in the Sahara country and managed to make a journey of 1,200 miles across the desert in furtherance of his plan. M. le More asserts that he is fully convinced that if a sufficient num- ber of relay stations aro established there will be no great difficulty in maintaining a regular Sahara route for airmen across the high tableland between Algeria and the Niger. He believes that the air journey is pos- sible by this route. Young 1e More has nerve. When he got to Algeria 11e went as far toward the desert as the railway train took him and then pushed for- ward by wagon to Ghardaia, where he bought a rifle, ammunition, and a camel and got the services of a native guide and a white native. The only baggage of t'..: ;;s:t), be. sides t'hn rifle awhd conn l t ei col+1- sfsted of a folding bed a. d pru.i- sio, Eneight days' journey 1:•, 0::.,glrt them to El Golub, a French itrlldary out- post, where they wore received cor- dially, Pushing on they got to Sa- lah at the end of 13 days. A map of the journey was made, with points suitable for relay stations marked on it. M. be More and his two compan- ions had some interesting oxperi- enecs, • .A cavalry sergeant who was going their way accompanied them through the Takoumbaret gorges which M, le Moro thought magnifi- cent, At Tamarasset they found a missionary, Father Fourcaud, liv- ing in a hut without any neighbors, De had been living in. that lonely part of the desert for ten years, From that point the route was across the most difficult part of the desert, It took the three mon 89 days to reach Kidal, en the upper Niger plateau, and in that entire period they did not meet a human being. Between Kidal and Guo they went for ten days throu,g'gh a oven - try infested with robbers, but wore not molested. Several recently - made graves showed that there had been tragedies. From Guo to Timbuctoo the jour- ney was by water. After three months in Timbuetoo M. le More made, a second trip across the desert from Kidal, following a new route to Timmissao, tthenoe to Inzigo, and returning to Insalah and Algeria along his previous route. M. le Moro hopes to be ono of the first to cross the Sahara in a flying machine. c CUBE FOR CONSUMPTION. Read this proof of what Cope - land's Cure for Consumption will do fey those afflicted with the white plagues 11r. Copeland•— Dealt hili,—I shave boon troubled with my :ing) ion a long time. Duetors and all mold eines did me no good. My say Is .that, your Cure has done me the world of load I will answer any correspondence, ,t, opomnaend it to any pilo sViifering 'ram (1Rnoumpt]on, knowing what It baa dine for me. Yours truly, D. McBAOB:DRN Manager Rogers Lumber bo., Lam:, `leek. 1 am receiving letters daily like the above after all other medicines have failed. This euro for con- sumption, •weak or bleeding lungs, lingering coaoghs and bronchitis can be taken on the most delicate stom- ach, on which it acts as a tonic. Price $1 per bottle; 6 for $5. Mention nearest express office when ordering. Sold only by Wm, R. Copeland. 511 Pape Ave., Toronto, Canada. A 51, INVESTMENT gl Western Canada Power Co. First Mortgage 5% Bonds selling at 90 yield 555 f.. This company has perpetual water rights from government on Slave Lake. Plant is located 35 miles from Vancouver and New Westminster, B.C. which cities it supplies with electric power. This year's net earning should be over 3 times bond interest. Can develop Ioo,Ooo H.P. as needs of rapidly grow- ing British Columbia demand: Engineer in charge --Mr. R. F. Hayward, late of Mexican Light Heat and Power Co. ; President, C. 1-1. Cahan. Directorate, A. R. Doble, Secretary Bank of Montreal; Sir Max Aitken; T. J. Drummond, President Lake Superior Corp.; John Hendry, Vancouver; Wm. McNeill, Vancou- ver; Campbell Sweeney, Manager Bank` of Montreal, Vancouver. Western Canada Power Bonds will appreciate in value. An absolutely safe and profitable investment. Write us for literature with list of bondholders and full information. RoyAT SECURITIES CORPORATION LIMITED BANK OF MONTREAL BUILDING - YONGE AND QUEEN STREETS R. M. WHITE TORONTO MONTREAL-ODEOEC-HALIFAX-OTTAWA Monet,,��® LONDON (ENO,) KIEL TRAYMORE ON TIIE OCEAN FRONT, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. A Magnifleont ton -story, flroproof addition ie just being completed, malting thei famous hostelry the newest and most tUrto-date of Atantio 01ty hotels. A now foature is the tuitional alto of the bed rooms, averaging 10 foot equaro. /Avery room oommande an ocean view, both attached with ilea and fresh water, Chevalglaee In every chamber. Tonmeratnro regulated by Thormosdgdt the latest dexo opinont 1n atom)) boating. Telephone in ovary room, Golf Urivllegeo. Oapaoity 600. Write for illustrated booklet. CHARLES 0. MARQUETTII, TRAY/ORE. HOTBSL COMPANY, Manager, n. a, WHITE, Presttiont. FROM ERIN'S GREEN ISLE NEWS BY MAIL FROM IRE,. LAND'S 51I0RES. • happenings In the Emerald Isle of Interest to Irish. Wren. The South of Ireland has bad the worst flooding for 85 veers. A fish hatchery is to be estab- lishad at the Zoological Gardens, I]ul'an, The price of bread was raised in Lelfast on the ist ult. by one farth: ahg per 2 lb, loaf, The lower Shannon district re- cently suffered from a severe snow- storm, the worst in years. At the age of 100 Mr. John Flacks has just died at Lakeview House, Dromore, County Down, Floods in Ireland have llssij di ing farmers from their lands jp boats, swimming their live stook an front of them. The !'Irish National Boy Scouts' aro pledged to work for `ilei inde- pendence, and "never join Bats Cain's armed forces." One of the oldest inhabitants of County Armagh, Anne MoClelland of Mullan, Middletown, has passe4 away at the ripe old age of 102 years. A satisfactory report regarding the health of Belfast was issued p4 the 1st alt, The death -rate for the )lastlowest yearon wasrcoord(8, whioh is the 17, Operations have been started in connection with the erection of the Hartley Bridge, near Cootehall. The undertaking will give a great deal of local employment, A shooting outrage is reported from the Buan district of County Clare, when a herdsman, Michael Ryan and his wife, were fired upon in their home and both wounded; The body of a , oupg woman named Carmody, who had been missing from Limerioir since De- cember 20, was found on Saturday in the River Shannon, seven miles away. A demented boy, who was later committed to Ballinasloe Asylum, wrecked 8 stained glass windows valued at about $1,500 in the beeu- tiful new chapel of Aughrim in Co. Roscommon. A curious hoax has been played on the inhabitants of New Ross, During last week the town was pla- carded with notices that a connois- seur would attend on a certain day to buy all the cats available, as they were wanted to combat a plague of rats in the West of Ireland. Need- less to say, the purchaser was ab- sent, 5 A REAL ROMANCE, Sir Henry Graham's Daughter Weds Son of Signalman. A romance of real life, as charm- ing as anything in the books of fairy tales, has been made public by the recent marriage in London, Eng- land, of Mr. Harold Knowling to Miss Elsie Graham,daughter of Sir Henry and Lady Margaret Graham and niece of the late Lord A1wynie Compton, It was quite a "society" wedding, yet the bridegroom had a humble start in life, Rio father, indeed, is a signalman on the Great Eastern Railway, but Mr. Knowling, jr„ in the days of his prosperity, is still proud of his parents, said they occu- pied a position of honor at the wed- ding. The ceremony, which took place at St. Peter's, Tewin, near Sir Hen- ry Graham's house at Marden Hill, was shorn of some of its glory owing to the death of Lord Alwyn° Comp• - ton, an unc',e of Miss Graham, The family party which gathered after the party was a distuguialhed ono, and included the Marquis of North- ampton, whose niece the bride is, Adeline%, Duchess of Bedford, Lord and Lady Loch, Lady Cowper, Lord Compton, Lord Douglas, and Lord Spencer Compton. The presents in- cluded a diamond brooch and neck- lace from Lady Margar.t Graham, • mother of the bride; a diamond ring from the Duchess of Portlaad, and aluable gifts of jewellery, etc., rem Lord Revelstoke, Lord Knol- ys, Lord and Lady Desborough, Lord Spencer and Lady Salisbury, As a boy, Mr. Knowling, jr,, at- ractcd considerable attention by the singular beauty of his voice, and his parents stinted themselves to rovide him with a first-class musi- al education, They hada his voice rained by Edward Lemare•, the amnia organist, who had him laced in the choir of St, Mairger- et's C1nu'ch, Westminster. It was hero he met the charming and wealtlhy,youmg lady who became his bride', Mr, Knowling has held an appoint - tient at the Law Courts, and now at tho ago of 23, has a prominent post. tion in tho Lord Chancellor's' office. Miss Graham has hoot a frequent visitor to the signalman and his wife in their eottagc at Stratford, and Mr, and Mrs, Knowlfn 's pride in on t th i e•. e s he only equalled 11y ,lair dol:ght at the charm and gracious- , teas et his bride. v p 0 t p In Germany twoahty-three playixig- ttrd itiotorios have prodtwsd in ons +t8e1 i.,,279,04l pc,gks of cards.