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The Brussels Post, 1915-12-25, Page 711 From the Ocean Shore BITS OF NWS ROM TRE MARITIME) PROVINCES. Items of Interest From Place', Lapped 73y WAVes of The Atlantic. Fredericton's new post office has been thrown open for public use. A Moncton hotel recently paid liquor fines aggregating $316.50. Rev, Jos, D, Spidell, pastor of the Baptist Church at ICeutville, has vol- unteered for active service, A letter from the front rescued by divers from the torpedoed Hesperian was reeeived last week by Miss Eve- lyn Spiddell of Dol'eliester, N.B. Prince Edward Island obtained an average of 15 per cent, more lobsters than last year. The Nye lobster shipments from Nova Scotia show a marked increase. Prospects are that there will be an early closing of navigation on the St. John River. A H. Clawson, formerly a resident of Prinoe Edward Island, now of Bos- ton, has been left $20,000 by a former employe. New Brunswick papers published a notice requesting the public to report any case of desertion among the sol- diers. A New York buyer in Lunenburg is said to have purchased 15,000 to 20,- 000 quintals,of fish at $7 a quintal. A young man named John Arm- strong, 25 years old, was shot and Instantly killed at Forest Glen, near Peticediac. A serious fire occurred recently at Canoe Cove, when the store and home of Mr. William McKay were burned to the ground. The infant death toll of St. John, N.B., was 246 last year under 5 years of age out of a total death rate of 857. Halifax seine's have received from $8 to $9.50 per hogshead for sardines. C Company of the 104th New Brunswick Battalion has arrived in Fredericton to take up winter quar- ters. New shed area, more extensive yard room, and .improved facilities for handlhig winterport traffic will be ready for use next month at West St. John, N.B. . A new lumber mill at Newsactle, N.B., will saw,from 12,000,000 to 15,- 000,000 feet of lumber a year. Mrs. Tappan Adney, of Woodstock, Na, who argued a case before the Supreme Court recently, said she had 26 cases already accumulated. Eric Warburton, son of Dr, Jas. Warburton, mayor of Charlottetown, P.E.I., hes been awarded the Distin- guished Conduct Medal for bravery at the Gallipoli Peninsula. As a result of a Scott Act raid by -local police, eleven convictions were' 'secured in the Moncton police court. The fines and costs totalled $682.75. Offers have recently been given P.E.T. dealers for black fox pelts at $1,000 to $1,500 per pelt. The animals are, however, scarce. Premier Murray promised a delega- tion of clergymen and laymen that his Government would give serious con- sideration to their request that the Nova Scotia Temperance Act be amended to provide prohibition for Halifax City. Picton Academy will shortly cele- brate its 100th anniversary. During the century it has leen in operation about eight thousand students have received instruction within its wall, and of this number over three hundred have become preachers of the gospel. GENIUS IN THE ASYLUM. Many Painters, Poets and Musicians Have Become Insane. The great painter Hayden died marl, and Turner was deranged in his later years; Cowper had intermittent fits of madness; Handel and Mozart both died insane; and much of the best mu- sic of Schumann and Donizetti was composed whilst mad._ Quite lately there has been brought to the notice of the world the case of Dr. Minor, an American savant, who, whilst an inmate of a criminal lunatic asylum, •assisted Dr. Murray in the meet brilliant manner in the compila- tion of his great and monumental dic- tionary. Lately, at Nantes, a doctor in the lunatic asylum diecovered a lightning calenlator. Asked how many seconds there are in thirty-nine years, throe months, and twelve hours, lie gave the correct answer in thirty-two seconds, On another occasion, after he had given the number of seconds in thirty years, he was asked 'to explain his mental process. He said: "I know by heart that there ere thirty-one millions, five hundred and thirty-six thousand seconds in a year. I multiply thirty millions by thirty, which gives me nine hundred millions. Then I multiply one million, five hun- dred thousand by thirty, and get forty-five millions;thirty thousand by thirty, which gives nine hundred thousand; and six thousand by thirty, giving one hundred and eighty thou- sand, I add these, and get nine hen tired; and forty-six million and eighty thousand seconds in thirty yeare." To most people the explanation is worse than the problem. Yet this Yuan coeld scarcely read, and could not write at alll BANK OF MONTREAL' NINETY * EIGHTH ANNUAL RE. PORT SHOWS BANK IN VERY STRONG POSITION. Exceptional -interest attaches this year to the Annual Report of Canada's leading Bank, and the addresses deli- vered at the Annual Meeting by the President and General Manager, They afford an insight into the financial consequences of a year of war on the eountry generally, and into the out- look for the future; as interpreted by men who have every opportunity ,to judge it, Mr, II. V. Meredith, the President, pointed out that the effect of the war. on Canadian trade had been less in- jurious than had been expected, and Mr. II. V. Meredith that this' year's bountiful harvest may not only be expected to stimulate cur- rent trade, but to attract renewed emigration to Canada. Tho Annual Report shows the Bank of Montreal in a position of unprece- dented strength. With assets of $302,980,654—an increase for the year of $38,800,138—it takes rank with the most powerful banking insti- tutions in the world." Of this enor- mous sum, no less than $170,007,568 is in chsh and liquid assets. This •is over 64 per cont. of the Bank's total public liabilities -a ratio whose sig- nificance will bo better understood when it is compared with 55,4 per cent. last year, and a little less than 50 per cent. (considered a high pro- portion in normal'times) in 1913. While holding so large a proportion of the Bank's assets in liquid form does not tend to large profits, it is a source of great strength not only to the Bank, but to the whole of Canada, in these trying and difficult times. The profits for the year, however, were most gratifying. Amounting to $2,108,631, they provided for the usual quarterly dividend and two 1% bonuses on the Capital of $16,- 000,000; the War Tax on Bank Note Circulation, $127,347; and left over $60,000 to be added to the Profit and Loss Account, bringing the balance of the latter up to $1,293,952. This, of course, is in addition to the Rest Account of $16,000,000 -.--equal to the Capital. Awing to the reduced volume of commercial business in the country, the current loans dropped from $108,- 845,332 in 1914 to $99,078,506. Loans to municipalities, on the other hand, show an increase of over two mil- lions, reaching the figure of $11,203,- 472. One of the most striking and im- portant features of the Report is the remarkable increase in Deposits. Those bearing no interest have he - creased during the year from $42,- 689,081 to $75,745,729, while interest- bearing deposits have grown to $160,- 277,083—a total increase of $39,800,- 138. Though this is partly accounted for by special transactions, it must be regarded as highly satisfactory and an especial mark of public confi- dence. In reviewing the year, the President laid special stress on the record har- vest in the West, where a greatly increased area under cultivationhas given the highest average yield in the history of the country. The esti- mated value of the grain crop of Manitoba, Alberta and Saskatchewan he placed at four hundred million dol- lars—a sum which could be depended upon to liquidate much indebtedness and stimulate current trade. Referring to the remarkable change: in Canada's position from a debtor to a creditor nation, Mr. Meredith said: "In the seven months ending Octo- ber 31st, 1918, the value of exports of Canadian products was $245,550,- 000, and in the same period of 1914 Was $226,757,000; while this year in these seven months we have exported Canadian products of the value of $326,430,000, or $100,000,000 more than lust year, and the great crop surplus has still to go forward. "Comparing the foreign trade of Canada for the seven -months' period ending with October, imports have declined from $890,544,000 in 1913 to $253,107,000 in 1915, while exports of domestic products, as I, have said, have risen from $245,550,000 to $820,- 430,000; and adversebalance of $145,- 000,000 being converted into a favor- able balance of $78,328,000, or a bet- terment in respect of foreign trade of no lees than $218,000,000 within the,' short space of two years." Taking A prudently optimistic view of the future, Mr, Meredith geld; "The position of Canada is a highly) favored ono, with an assured future of growth, development and general prosperity. At present however, we live in the shadow .of the great war, to which all else must be subeervieet. What its duration will be, and the position in which its termination will' find us, eau bo matter of the merest conjecture, The vast armies now en- gaged in the struggle cannot be kept' in the field indefinitely. The financial factor is daily assuming 'increased. importance; and in this respect the advantage is ,unquestionably- with Great Britain and her Allies. "After the war, a readjustme>rlt of. trade conditions is to lie expected, 4 The flood of wealth which has attend- ed the export of munitions and war supplies must of necessity be largely curtailed, and a new set of problems will have tab() faced. As I have said on former occasions when I have had the pleasure of addressing you, if economy be exercised to meet the in- creased burden of taxation, of which we must bear our share, and the pro- duction of exportable articles in-, creased to the utmost extent, to pro- tect our gold supply and minimize our borrowings, and if we keep strong in working capital, then no matter what difficulties the future may have in store for us, we can look forward to thein with a degree of complacency. Our agricultural resources and unde- veloped wealth will enable us to bear the strain which may be imposed upon] us, and we shall in the end come safe- ly through the period of economic upheaval and world-wide conflict—; with a larger debt, it is true, but, with our ability to meet it unque$'- tioned and our economic position not seriously impaired." .5 SPECIAL WAR STAMPS. HOME TRUTIIS! Cider gets sour with. age—just like some of us. You can always rely on a fool to tell the truth -at the wrong time! About the hardest work in the world is trying to rub along without any. A luxury is something the other fellow thinks we don't know he can't afford. It is just as well to let one leg know that your other log is being pulled.. Any schoolboy will tell you that the hardest branch of learning grows on a birch tree. ' Old Father Time hands each of us a wrinkle every now and then to re- mind us, probably, that eve haven't been forgotten. It is no uncommon thing for a man who cannot speak even one language correctly to be able to swear fluently in three or four. Financial stress is brought about by successfully underestimating and over-estimating—according to ' whe- ther you are buying or selling. How to Say Your Eyes Try This Free Prescription Some Issues Have Already Become Valuable. Stamps that a few months ago were of very little value will be much in demand in the future owing to the alterations in the map of Europe, and indeed of the world, brought about by the present war. Among some curiosities already be-' don Answers, may be mentioned aling collected and treasured, says Lon - number of Red Cross postage stamps' issued from the French post offices in Morocco, from which certain let- ters and figures have been omitted. England has not issued any official war stamps whatever, but it is inter esting to observe .the issue of "occu- pation stamps," in the invaded Ger- Man colony of Togo. No postage stamps of any descrip- tion were found in Lome after it had been evacuated by the Germans, for they had destroyed_ or hidden all there were. But a great number of stamps were discovered in a box sunk in a dry well in another village, and they were over -printed, some with French and some with English words, for pro- visional use. But only alimited num- ber were treated this way, and the demand for them from stamp dealers all over the world has been so enor- mous that the price has already risen considerably. Denmark, although not yet involved in. war, has prepared a special war postcard and supplied it to the naval and military forces which have been mobilized. It is the ordinary five ore postcard that has been overprinted with the initials, in black lettering, "S. B.," which signifies Soldater-Brev- kort, "soldiers' postcard"; one card a week is handed out free to each sol- dier and sailor. It is said that one of the most valu- able stamps. in the future will be that of Samoa, which was overprinted by the New Zealand postal authorities with a local surcharge. One single sheet containing 100 stamps has a peculiar error, and as only forty of those stamps are available already the price paid for them has reached £20 each. F THE VERY TIME When Powerful hood Is Most Needed. The need of delicate yet nutritious food is never felt so keenly as when a convalescent gets a set back on ac- count of weak stomach. Then is when Grape -Nuts shows its power, for it is a most scientific and easily digested food: "About a year ago," writes a west- ern woman, "my little six-year-old niece moved to a new home. She naturally had a change of clieb and of course a change of water, and some- how she contracted typhoid fever. ]After n long siege her case seem- ed hopeless, doctors gave her up, and she was nothing but skin, and bones, couldn't eat anything, and for weeks did, not know even her father or mother. Her parents, in trying to get something delicateand nourishing that she could eat, finally hit upon Grape -Nuts food, and it turned out to be just the thing. "She seemed to relish it, was soon conscious of her surroundings, and be- gan to gain strength so rapidly that in a short time she was as well, play- ful and robust as if she had never been l. "WcIlall fool that Grape -Nuts was the predominating factor in saving the'sercet little giri's life," Nance given by Cmtadimt Posture Co,, Windsor, Ont.. jI i aver -rand the above Setter ? A newt one avocets hent time to time. Thor aro .geattino, true, and ,fun of lu'mtan into:est. BIG AUSTRALIAN CRUISER. First of :i'Ype Constructed Entirely by British Colony, The cruiser Brisbane, the latest unit in the Australian navy, which was launched successfully at 'the Cockatoo Island Naval Yard, Sydney, last month, is the largest vessel of any typo yet launched . under the Union Jack in the southern hemisphere, The Brisbane is of 6,400 tons, and is the first cruiser to be constructed com- pletely, by any of the oversea British dominions., ' At the launching she was christened by Mrs. Fisherthe wife of the Prime Mini Minister, who s from Queensland. It is after the capital of that State that the cruiser is named. Itis hoped to place the Brisbane in commission next August. Site is to bo followed on the stocks by another vessel of the same type, to be called the Adelaide, in honor of the capital of South Australia. A GENTLE LAXATIVE FOR LITTLE ONES Baby's Own Tablets are a gentle laxative, They are absolutely safe and so pleasant in action, that once the mother has used them for her little ones, she will never •again resort to that harsh, ill -smelling, bad -tasting castor oil, which baby always fought against talnng. Baby will take the Tablets with a smile, and thousands of mothers tell us their little ones will coax for them. They are sold by medicine'. dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. 3 His Chance. "What chance has he to win that suit? The evidence is all against him." "I know he's on the wrong side of the facts, but he has the best lawyer in town." Do your eyes give you trouble ? De you already wear eyeglasses or spectacles? 'Thousands -of People wear these "windows" DYAD might easily dispense with them. You may be one of these, and it is year duty to save yon' eyes before it is too late. Tho lyes aro neglected more than. any other organ of the entire llody. Atter Vinci finish Sour day's work'you sit down and rest your inuscles, but how about lour eyes 7 Do you rest - them 7 You know you do not. You read or do something else that keeps your eyes busy;. you work 1000 eyes until yon go to bed, That ie, why so many have, strained eyes, and fin- ally other eye troubles that threaten par- tial or total blindness. Eyeglasses are merely crutches; they never cure. This free proscription, which has beaelittecl the 0709 of so many, may work equal won- ders for you. Use it a short time. Would you like your eye troubles to disappear as if by magic 7 Try this prescription. Go to the nearest wide-awake drum store and get a bottle of Bon-Opto tablets; nu a two -ounce bottle with warm water, drop iu one tablet and allow It t0 thoroughly dissolve. With this liquid bathe the eyes two to four times daily. Just note how nttiekly your 0705 clear up anti low sopa the inliammation will disappear. Don't be afraid to use it ; 1t is absolutely harm - •less. Many who, are now band might have saved their eyes had they started to care for them in time. This Is a simple treat- ment, but marvellously effective in multi- tudes of cases. Now. that you have been warned don't delay a day, but do what you can to save your eyes, and you an likely to thank us as long 013 700 live for pub- ltshing this prescription. The Vnlmas Drug Co. of Toronto w111 fill the above prescription by mail, if your druggist cannot.. Accommodated Hint. A doctor, celebrated as much for his love of good living as for professional. skill, called upon an eccentric noble- man who was just beginning a most elaborate dinner. After a while, re- ceiving no invitation to join his lord- ship, the medical main said: "Now sir, if I were in your place, I should say, 'Pray, doctor, do as I am doing.'" "So sorry," said his lordship. 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An instance is given of a 7,000 -ton boat which was all ready to sail, with 200 passengers, when it was taken over and sent to the west coast of South America, although it might, have been loaded with coal and rea- lized a small fortune. Another case is given of a G,000 -ton boat at Huelva about to load with a cargo of iron ore for England, which was requisitioned suddenly and sent empty to the Paci- fie,'although there should have been plenty of merchant .ships available much nearer the desired destination. "How long," asks the journal, "will these methods be tolerated? In the national interest, a committee of ship- ping men should have been selected to argltuize tate Admiralty charter- ing." The matt who to afraid of work deserves to be scared to death, Minerd's Liniment Cures Alnhtherla. Explained. "Your daughter plays some very robust pieces." "She's got a beau in the parlor," growled pa, "and that loud music is to drown the sound of her mother washing the dishes." 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