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The Clinton News Record, 1914-12-31, Page 6THE ROYAL BANK ISSUES ITS STRONGEST STATE- MEN1 Caah on hand reaches record level of - 17.93% and liquid asset° total 46.16% of liabilities to public. Bank writes off half a trillion on value of ihveettrente. Surprising results under exceptional trade conditions. • The great care which. _has been exercised We year by • the larger • bank a of Caziada in maintaining them - :selves in the strongest possible"' po- sition., and 'in this way ,being,able to guard against any developments that /might arise in the country, is striking- ly Illustrated*by the sliewing made by the Royal _Bank of Canada in 1ts an- nual etatement for the fiscal year end.' .Ing Nov, 30111, 1814., A clog° study of -the' general state. meat of assets and liabilities would sieeni to indicate, that the managenient has giveu its every consideration to- wards, keepieg the bank strong both in cash and immediate liquid assets, --s-uelt a polity .beinieteridered advieable by the very unusual conditions.• brought about in Canada by the out ' break of the European war, In order to ,maintaln such a poeltion, even OP- ,90rtunitles for profits were apparently 'tenored to some extent, but as a result the statement, as a who/e, is perhaps the strongest ever issued by the Iteyal Bank and at the present time this shauld be as satiefactory to ehare- holders as it Is reassureng to the pub- lic genevally. 'ander the couditions it enables the bank to play a prominent part in helping the Dominion through an 'unprecedented situation. New . Record of Cash on Hand, The part of. the general statement whieh is of particular interest Is per- haps that which shows the cash po- sition rend the liquid assets. At the end of the figeal year, the amount of cash on hand reached the new high level of 927,6$3,855, which is equival- ent to suck an ample percentage as 17.93% of lialtilities to the public. This account Compares with 921,460; 208, last year, which was equivalent to 13.88%, or an increase of over 96,000,- 000. Ineluding the cash on hand, the nquid assets amount to 971,244,677, Which is equivalent to as much as 46.16% •of liabilities to public. The principal aceounts in this department inelude notes of ether banks, 92,525, 2(.5; cheques on other banks, $5,752,- 485: balancedue by banks and bank- ing correspondents elsewhere than in Canada, 93,1.44,502; • Dominion and Provincial Government securities not exceeding market value, 91,168,568: Canadian Municipal securities and British, foreign and colonial public securities, other than Canadian, - 115,062; railway and other bonds, debentures and stocks, not exceeding market value, 913,557,791; call loans In Canada, 98,574,058; call and short loans elsewhere . them in Canada,. 96,080,847. Indica-Ur:41 of Contraction in Trade. With the falling of( in general busi- ness in the country, the current loans have naturally shown,a shglit contrac- tion, these amouating to 284,635,972, as compared wIthe 988,989,390 at the end of the previous year and other ,current loans and discounts elsewhere than in • Canada, 915,002,488, as nom - Pared with 915,651,594. • , GrowthDuring Year. Even metier the unprecedented con- ditions that prevailed, the progress. of stile batik, as Indicated by increased 'deposits, was most .satisfaetory. De. • posits hot.' bearing inthreat at the -end of the yew- totalled 931,224,129, as compared with 936,276,871, at the end of the previous year, while deposits bearing inteeeet reached a new high level•at 9104,827-,078, ne compared with 9101.900,780, The total.depesIts aggre. gated 9180,051,208, as against 9138,- 177,622, a deerease of approxima:tely 92.01.0,000. It will be remembered, hoWever, that during the year the Bank repaid the deposit of the Al. beela and Great Waterways Co,, aznolinting to 97,000,000, and allowing for this, the oedinaey' deposits during the yeai' showed an increase of 95,000.000. - Large Amounts Written Off. The pro& and loss account indicates' that owing to the exceptional con- ditions. the management has deemed 'Butyl -sable to follow a very donserva. the policy in its valuation of Invest- ments, and this year has made . a special reservation on this account of 9500.001, Tim profits for the year amounted to $1,886,142, equivalent to 16.30% on the paid up capital. As the balance of profit and loss at the end of the prey; oe '5,enr amoun Led to 91,016,119. - total amount available for Mete'. bution, with the profits added, amount,. et to $3.90.1,262. OE- this amount dividends accounted for 91,387,200; 9100,000 was transferred to officers' pension fund; 9950,000, written off bank premises' aceount; 950,000, con-- tributed to patriotic funds; 9500,000, allowed for depreciation in invest- mente. ' This left balance to be carried ferward to ,peotit and loss account at' theend af the year, 9614,062• The atetement of Assets and Lia- bilities, and the Profit_ and Loss ac- count, are as follows: Assets. 1914. Current coin 9 12,905,483 Dom. notes 12,688,371 • $25,683,856 tent gold yes. ' 2,000,00,0 Notes and cheques c ovt. deposit other tanks Dec by other banks . Government securities lelunIcipal see., etc, Bore's, debts, etc, . . Call loana in Canada 8,674,058 'Call tomie oat Canada :6,080,84'7 578,0,00 8,277,6'91 3,148,854 1,158,568 2,185,062 13,567,741 Liquid aseets 971,244,678 Cur, loans in Canada 84,585,973 Cain loons nut Canada 15,002,488 Overdue, debts- . ..... ..°- 568,198 $171,40,337 500,00e Real etate Bank premises •5,861,180 - Other a'ssets i • '1,541,536 Totel assets ... : . ., $179,404,054 -the- ' . 1914.. Carealation , 9 1,8,505,255 Demand', deposits, a a 81,384,129 .Saiiiige: dela, 104.827,078 Due Other banks ,• 2,536,'701 ' Bilis payable • 744,389 Atceptances, • • 1,981,717 • 'Total pub. fiat), s9154;319,272 . To the shareholders:-.'. ' Paid-up capital $ 11,560,000 Heperve 12,560,0.00 Prev, balance ..... 1314,062 Diva, Inc, and pay 360,719 '9179 404 064 Profit and Loss Account Balance of Profit and • Leiss Accotult, 321h November, 1913 .......91,015,119.58 Profits ; or the • Year, afterdedUctingethergee ' , Management, and all:other -expenses, ac. creed' intetest 'an full Proyision for all bad and deubt- ful debts and rdbate of interest on miniature:1 ' , bills .................1,686,142,57 , 92,901,202.25 Appropriated as follows: Dividends Nos, 106, 107, " 108 and 109, at 12 per . cent. per annum" 91,387,200,00 Transferred to Officers' • Penelon Pund . 100,000.0p Written off , Dank Prezolaes Account'250,006.00 Contribution to Patri: one Funds 5-0,000.00 Depreciation in Invest- , rrients . . . . ... '500,000.0 Balance of Profit and Loss carried forward. 614,062.26 • 92,901,262.25 H. S. HOLT, 4138021' D. PEASE, ,President.' Gen. Mane Mentreal,- 18th DeCember, 1914: " The annual' meeting of the share. holders will be.held in Montreal, onl Thursday, January 14 next, and the resume of the president, 11. S. Holt, is looked forward to with considerable interest in finanoial and business, s 4„. • TRAPS FOR OFFICERS. Sonic Tongs -ling Ilrihne. That Rave : Been Refused. Immense public interest is always aroused when the, (names of British officers are associated witlh bribery. Hundreds of attempts are made to induce anen who' hold high rank to betray their country; and before Secret Serviee -was brought to eticblgi a fine art as, it is to -day, atternp were "st618 InOre numerous. While be was governor of Gibral- tar the late Sir Henry Smith one clay received a mysterious letter offering 21,000 in retutrri for "a slight service," -which the letter did not deseribe. Sir Henry took no notice of the communieation. But in a few clays (tame another letter increasing the offer to 22,000, and covertly sug- gesting itthat the goveenter might turn a blind eye on the landing of men and weapon& behind tlhe Reek. .Next, a notable Sheik, Wazir Mat - hornet Alt, eallecl and offered 23,- 000, finally 25,000, for the favor mentioned. Rising abeuptly from his seat the gbeerner, it big, powenful man, tobk the sheik by the 'shoulders, twisted him exeund, Tan -him to the door, and seat him 'sprawling clown a flight 'of steps. Some years ago a Captain Grant wait despatched on diplornati mission to a li,tine state beyond the north-west frontlet' of India, First there was an tettempt upon his life, bat Grant matnaged to convey the idea, to the native ruler, Who knew -no law except fear, that there was 8.0 extensive British force in the background. 'Afteewards'he was visited by a dietingui,elhed envoy of the euler, who offered the equivalent ef £500 if Grant would eettle the matter in hand in accorelenee with the ruler's wishes. Gradually the offer in, emoted to X1,500 in money, the bast horse in th-e district, tan(' five wives to -be selecte;r1 by (the yowls officer himself, errent did net necePt the' offer. Sir Robert Hart, the famous ad- ministrator, when in China, one morning woke to find it proceseion of bearers etnd omits ,before his dwelling with money, silks-, vases, tiedien chairs, end valuteble,s to the tune of about 21,000 in English money. All this finery had been clumped down without any prelimi- nary negotidtions by the orders, of aeraanderin, who ;wanted some little ehort,comings in •the efltape ol em- bezzled Oilstones, dues- overlooked. Sir Robert, snore amused then tte- gry, bundled the whole lot back. 1)1f -format treatment was meted out, 'however, by an A.)3, in the navy named Walter Barratt, who triads the acquainta,nce of a cha,rna ins ,and ganCa.l Meleager at Fly- nt -teeth,. They had confidentiel chats, and the Amager- threw ea hints which the ebriughtiterward mind of the aailor failed to trederetancle Fleetly, feeling sure of his man the tempter offered Balknatt beibe af 2500 for the theft of a eignal-codte book, When the bluejacket grasped the situation, he set about (the tOn,n and petrrunelled himenumercitnilly., Bar= eatt was "run in" for assault, but the chargs wao disknissed inunedi- &betty when the magistrate heard tdse etory, What I Know. I know that this, day will never come again. Therefere / will mako it the best da ,y in whith I have ever lived. I know that happiness is a thing win -thin, and 21 10 always in the world and very he,at• to me. I know I have but to- earch for it, and that as eoon ea I begin to hunt it out .E have it, Also, I know that as socer OS 1 get happineee and be- gin to give it away it comes baek doubled—end more—to ane. I know this. I -know that work is a stimu- lus, and that it keeps the world alive and relaying.1 knew that the people who work -with leve in their lient-ts and interest lin their brains are the, real doers and benefactors: of mankind. I know that Iowa be a deer and, a benefateter. I know that life is exactly What I make it. I know that erthe,r people, and other forees seen influence my life tend, work only as, I follow it. I know, that I am young if I live youth; I know thet I am happy if I live hap- pinees; I knew t.that I am worth whi•le it 1 attempt and tacemnplish worth-unille things. 1 knvv othat the greatest thing I oaa ever do is to do my best at allitimee and under every eirounieta,nee.—George Mat- thew Adams. Two, deacons onee ,disputing about a proposed new burying( ground, remarked: "I'll never. be "baried in u that grond as long as I 'What an obstinate men said the ether. "It ntrlifs is spar- ed, I will!" NEW' -trststmenb deplie'd parte METHODS I Notify of.the body ,1Ielen tire Chest • .‘ "*i11 • 7;t, -TREATMENT OF • WOUNDED 1.1N1 t.e,e4 tt 400tet TIIE PRESENT WAR.' I •• ,ern -surgerY is h'elitii--11*4d in ' th'e -a•gbi.teitn•-n-I17-tOtz"•:"°c'fit'a'titedii‘ev;:°u;n:.(idte.e.•(114rnew'tt:he:el seyge.on of • the , day, Alexis Cierel, is new ,iretehittae of one Of the FteneharliVision heresitela The ,preVentlori, ;Of , av*at: ate linown 1313,.‘`;? -0471.19 diseases," • whiali So:one-Me ainciughtesettab ohatyee 114-47,e qds,ilieS:tialiii:;_t:Tyovqi;m6esall-)1v,taitrnd, ey.a9:1!' teination ageinet typhoid', will ate eetriplish much ;.,,bitt Mien better US prety;entiveecif:thie malady ds the praintiee of ;bedding the soldiers', diainkine water.-. The army of 'dee- , :tem will se -tete that:. At tile: ;5.6,411d. IOIBO itehrebvieusethat .thirety men cal the timneeh will Mit aefeain �fl oee .eaniete* :from chinking -water *her evarithen• illarho en. to t ; heno :the: value of- eitedinetherit. . • 1 Bailed ',drinking wadierris hkeWene -,eatiefactony, preVentive era,;although when.tan.e,piclernie el. th.a,t disease bases:Wee ,fitirly started, rinVi' (fruit ;and gat*. Vegetables a:anat. beeagolled: Tye:dine' which usecUte tbe called:. 'Cativo fever, ope .Of , the,: great destroyers; of biennien in:forth- er :days; in spread, ite was recently. diseover,ediley:the 'body douse. ' 's THE BEST. MEDICINE -*- -FOR LITTLE (DIE Fewer Ainputatiens and Bospital Gangrene Is Almost Unknown. The great European whi hats seep, the aPplication el ne* methods -IA military :surgery. It is ,said :that' among the French tiboses there have heen.,very few eesee.of insfeet-„ ed wounds: ,The percentage of re- covet:lee hest:ben surpeisingly high, and reletivety' fee, limibshave, been antputated, ,Tleseniethoda exhpinyed in the, trgatment of .1the' 'Woutecteck ere new:within the last few yea** and'they. represent the ntea'betst aOl- 'vgiispe in; operative and,clinizat sahe gery teinee' Lister di -wavered • anch revealed 'the peineiples: of anti- •: Evn osho111t bitae ago an dna, idg the`-,Sitenistr-Anierichn *dr, ;it Was custennerr? tee *443ho neoundh wittlfsilap and water thelbre"aPply- inennt clreesing, Thesurgeone ie the: Fre reih and GO meat. armies 'to-clay de Mothing of the kind., einites pr.' KuIzert Blue, 'eurgeon genefal of the. United 'States 'public health ser' vice; -in theYfintli'i ConmAnCeil- They do not- waish wain% a all. Ineteed the Milithig ditittor irides up a wad of sterilized absorbent cottonwith his forceps, dips it into a. (bottle' that Contains & mixture'of iodine and benzine, ' and gently dabs it Over the latera?ed part. Pre'bing is avoided. Iodine is now recognized as the best germ ,killer in existence. Benzine tea first rate 'Meaner t as it evaporates it takes the grease off the skin. To finish the cleaning and leave the wound in a germ free condition, ready for the application of the 'sterilized dress- ing, the eurgeon usea mixture of one-third iodine and two-thirds al- cohol. , ' • Rospital Gangrene. In the present conflict nothing is heard of "hospital gangrene." Happily. this worst horror of war has now been done' sewa,y with. A few years ago hospital ,gangrene was a mystery ; no one knew whence it came or how it was *cm- municated. To -day We -know that the malady is etteisbatableoto a spe- cific germ, and that in foemer times when ignorance regarding it pre- vailed, it was -spread chiefly the doctors and nerses in the military hosititalet,as they went from pa. tient to patient dresaing the wounds with bare, germ -carrying hands, Everything possible is clone with instruments. If the wound is a out, forceps with serrated edges for grasping is employed, after the wound has /been cleaned, to draw the lips together. Then the lips are sewn tagether with •a needle that has :been sterilized in boiling water, ,Siippose that the leg bone has been broken by a fragment of a shell. When eueb, a thing heppen- ed in the 'Spanish war, the surgeon, after carefully shatving the leg, washed it with soap. and water. Now the military suegeon merely disinfects the wound with an iodine thixture in the manner already de- scribed. He removes any frag- ments .of hone or foreign matter, sets the leg, in order that thetbrok. en ;parts iney unite, applies a ster• Mead dressing and leaves the rest to nature, The operation is mach quicker and the results incompar- ably quicker. ' The military surgeon tp-daris ex- tremely reluctant to amputate. The surgeon Aloes not amputate un- less he is absolutely -compelled to de so, and even then he tents off as little as he can. If a maten hand is crushed and even the little fin- ger ean be. saved, it is well worth eaving, inasmuth se it can hold something. The ,soldier's leg may be ,frightfully injured, yet the sur- geon will nob cut it off except as A Last Resort. Rather (than do so, he will leave it alone Inc a while to take ooze of itself, after applying, of course, the neeeSeary treatment twith anti- septie cleansing and suitable dress- ing. His Object is to give nature a 'chance to aocornplish all that she can do. When amputation has to he -performed, the patient's ,chance ef reeovery .undm er odern eoneli- tions, with the -help of the ecien- tifie methods of treatment now un- de,rstopd, 6s certainly more than twice as good as it aped to be. , .The number of ,men wounded :n the ba,ttles on the present war is enormous, but the percentage of deaths' ie'aid to lie rernarkabdy small. That, of Coulee, is largely owing to ,the /znproved metheds of surgical treatment and also bo the fact that trioderu rifle bullets inflicts much emaller and cleaner wounds bu than the llets of foamier day*. Thebullet in use to -lay, although only three -tenths ef an ineleehes great penetrating power. It leaves the muzzle of the rifle at a speed of nearly half a mile a second, end easily passes through the thickest part of a :Men. It does very little tearing, and so ena,keert wound with clean eclges, which is mach less like- ly lo catch and hold germs. In the present teonfliet a 'vast amount of suffering Inc the wound- e.d Is prevented by t10 ese of an- aestheties, especially where Opera; tions have to be tperforrned. It is likely that the French and Ger- mean in their field end bare henna" als 'are atsingt when emputillope heve to be Made, such tepecial pain deadeners 412 novoeeine and ;Mono- lamine,hwhich are inje-cted into the spinal, canal. They • have the ad - tentage that they do not le,aye a. Man ,beltpless for matey hours after the operation, They are utilized,: ;however, only in caaes where oper- • 1Volualt • Suffers ...1,1141i-Chronif AUckaclie •. There is Trouble Ahead.' Ceristantly" on their Met, ateriding to' the wants Of is large and exaCtin .,family, women: Often break down with nervous exhaustion, In the stores, factories, and on a farin. are weak, alliag wenten, dragged doNvia with *timing backache and oaring down pains. Such suffering ien't natural, but it's dangerous, becabee due to diseaeed atidneys.. ' The dizziness, insomnia; deranged manes and other. symptens of kidney conaplaiet. caret cure themselven, they require' the asSistbnce of Dr. Handl. ton'e'Pills'whIch go direct to the seat eerthe trouble. - ' 'To, give vitality and poWer ti the kidneys,. tmiend ;aid to4;the bladder and liver, to free the blood of .poleona, prOhnbly here is no -remedy so $ue. cesifni as Pe, liemilton's 'Pills, For all -women's 1z -regularities their earn „ Is Well Because of ,their matt -soothing. and healiag,teffect, Dr. Hamilton's Pills are safe, and - are recommended for, gitis drake and lautteenut box, at all dealers.. Refuse any sub. stitute Inc Dr, anunntone Pills of Mao, an,d .,weine.n.,..01.a_1,1.,4,ag_ess_, 2: cents Per GERMAN PRAISES FOR ALLIES. British ,Are the Toughest- and Bravest : Foe They Have • Met. • Evidence ,of the reaction of German ; officers and soldiers' lighting at the es• front ageinsli the tendency to belittle a the fighting qualitieS • of' the enemy continue to Accumulate in Berlin. t Soldiers' letters and rbturulug sol- diers speak in terms of high appre- elation cd the militaiY. prowess and soldierly- qualities of their opponents, r and among seyeral hundred, wounded with whom the correspondent of the Associated.Prees has talked in his vire its to hotpitals the last fortnight, no one was found who refused to credit the enemy in general — Russian, • Preach- and Belgian and English with bravery and -military skill. Distinctions. are drawn, it is true, the British being generally reckoned aff.oathee tOughtst opponents on the west The Germans had a high opinion . of the fighting qualities of the French • soldier before this war began, The fighting which occured on the march from the Belgian frontier to the , Marne and "'aria, tended to lesson their respect 'for toughness ef French moral gbre, but the last two znonths have changed that again, and sol- diers' letters reflect increased respect for them. The recent fighting of the remnaet of the Beleian army in Flan - dies also has greatly raised the Ger- Man eStimationi of the Belgian soldier, wile, in the general army opinion, had not greatly distinguished himaelf at Liege, Namur and Antwerp, and the Intervening field cmgagemeets. As to the British, field post letters continue to bear out the statement from a German eepert as to their ro- nuit fighting qualities. One of 11latest of these letters printed in 111Cologne Gazette, contain the 'follow- ing striking passage; "People at home appear tb have wrong notions about the fighting quelittes of the enemy. The English are the toughest and bravest foe we have to meet, Every individual man keeps on shooting coolly szo long as he is not taken prisoner, and these trained veterns shoot well, Whet we storm a position, the Preneli wIll run when we close in with our Shouts of 'hurrah,' but the English stick teilel a leaks)tans'ly to their.entrenchments to Danger's Arneezeitung; the leading military eublicetion of Austria, Pays O high tribute to the Servian, Belgian and Rhe Russian troops. TServiette aro called brave, but declaratiou is made that they are without food and ammunition. Credit is given. the Bel- gians for staading with Thigland and Prance "when they must have realized that their own cause was irredeem- ably lost." The press is critized for its attacks on the Russians, saying they are brave and captains. Baby's Own Tablets are the bee medicine foe -little .erlea. They age guaranteed by a government ana 1,yet to be absolute/yea:le and neve fail to oureconstipation, coliagolds and &iinple feverts by regulating the stomach -and -bowels. 'Concerning them Mrs. S..Shannetno Urady, N. S., writteo: "I halve ueed Baby's Owm 7.ifibl•ets for eriy two Children and think they ,are met what little ones need: I'would not be without them," The Tablets are 'sold by meclieine dealers or by meil at 25 cease, bon; horn The Dr. Williams' Medicine 0o.,.Brocke4lle, Ont. 'CIOW SIJEOT IS MADE. Molten Lead Is Dropped From a 'Ugh Point into a Water Tank. The mannfacture of shay describ- ed by Mr. 0, O. Horn, in Forest and Stream, necoiresea, high tower, it perfarated pen, a tank of water, and "tempered" lead. Shot is made by dropping molten lead from a high point to •the math.. The lead forms into globules just as the rainetreps do when they fall NOM the oloude, we do not realize Opt raindrops are - little anheres, but ander the proper cen- clitions (they freeze, end we have hailstones, which may be called ehot made of ice. In film making,of shot, Inge lead is melted mad mixed with & "tem- per" that oonsiets mainly of tin, and them poured into a, perforated pam erste*. The perforations vary occoeding to the aize ef shot to be made. A temper is mixed with the lead in order to ma,ke the globules form when the lead faLle, If intro lead were mead, it would fall in the form of little hers, instead of ;routed Mint. In order that the globules may have plenty of time to form, the lend must fall a long distance, and eo towene la.re built The towers used to be made as thigh as two hun- dred feat and even more, but mod- ern towers ctre rarely over ono hun- dred end fifty feet The perlocatecl pan into whieb the molten lead is pooled is at the top of the tower, and the globuletsaf Lead- fall through (the perferationn into (tanks cif water lathe bottom of the tower, Mc water mole them, end aleo prevents them from flat- tening out, at they would if they fell on a. solid flora. Erman the water the Shot go to Meath dryers, After drying the per- fect shot ere teeparated from the ern - perfect by means of &see tablets, in- clined enough eze that the shot; when palmed on ett, one ead of the ,bable, will roll ta the other end. At the fzurther end of the table are -two gutters, side by tsicie, The imperfect shot slowly sled with eclitfloulty, so that they have net enough mto- ntentam to carry theft beyond the Bret 'gutter, The perfectly roiled ehot roll easily and mealy, and when they teeth the foot of late ta- ble, they jump niriably seross the, first gutter end land in the seeend. After seperationa (the perfect shot are polished by rolling in plumbe,go, and workmen then put them in begs for shipment, oe senol them direct to the tearidge-filling department to be loaded into shells. Savages Insignificant Size. Is it not potreible tha•t• we who here never ventured Tett from our home may under -estimate the intele lige/roe and brain ca,piteitY of these great tribes. of ,saya•gge who are but a netine .to as. A ecientiet, leetueing recently in Lonclon, stated that he wets one ole party begat:eta who jemeneyed to ;Torres Straits, end Pi eareying out haveetig-etions ditizecte, mad thebothe head measutemtent, er cranial capacity; of the natives wee just- 'about the eame as that of the average University undergiadisette. Iti the i-nterior ef Borneo the scien- tists unearthed a savago tribe who live in houses a hundred yards long, reise-d on twenty -feet poletz, „with ethane/sere for eateh family,- and .a long doeridor for the eimmunal of the. joint tenants, The natare ol these latter dwellings indisputably Shows that the otativee iNt,Ve' it -keen eense• el the hygienic, tied their eo- Mal intercourse exhibits tihe true of ..l?rothlerhood. . . , At a 'crowrt, t ded concert, hear Patio a young lady was looking for is 'seat. "Is it it s•eat you wenn miss 7' asked the Irish ashe r. (a asat, please." ' 'Laded , mitte,"' said Bat, "I Omelet be glad to give YOti 'Sate, but 110 empty ones- are an. full." • , - ,reinarirs tine:ant Owes Garget in OoWl. • Woman to the ReSeite., "Are you a native <if -this 'piece 7" asked a traveller in Alabema, of a renident. "Am1 av:hat7" was the puzzled reply. "I say are you a native hare?" While the man was ;still .hesitat- ing over his 'anewer, Ids wife eame to the -door. 'Ain't Yon got 'raio,senise, she exclaimed. "The genrman means was yo' Hybl! ,heah (when yo' was born, er Was yo' been before yo' begin he -ah , Now enswer the genl'naan," p. muRpIREB Pat right 0110 fyf blioinese, Irbolo fadn. of oorne by .Put.a.ana's Cern Drtrnotorr, whioh owes conic and warts in one day. No pain or sca.e if "Puitmorn'a" lused. Rofitom iso.substitates, 2So: per bowie at ale den, 'When Et1a1 was five years old she went to echool for the fast time. "How do veil like yeer ,teacher, .Ethel 1" asked her mether. mamma, I don't think the teacher knows very ratich." • "Why not, my deer 3" '`Why she' keeps aek:eg coeetions all the. timer , minaret's Liniment cures cahm, eta. trla:ece.alcljilnet,;7ttietb,:r"aMllelse 9:a7:11"1101?ttoril.el'lint is followed thirt-y Menace later by a train travelling etiety min'a ne hour, At what point will the second' tratie rim into the first'? Boy —At the hip,ci end of the rear ea,r. ED. 5. ISSUE 1—'11, ' TILE KAISER'S LAIldST LTIM U M. ktott,_Getoatset,, , Gott, atten ti roi Yeer ,leardner Vilhelm'e here, tilkd dos a word or two to say Inelo your naivete :Oar ; So durn away all udders now Und lieten yerto ine, For eat I say conoeroc me anuoli, Meinself uiid Sheremeny. ;Iron ott, 1 vas your Utel Trbm mein hour of birth I quietly la you rule in Heffen, ' Vile / ruled here on earth' - Und yen a toldt mein •Eroidiere • Of 'byegerte battle days, I gladly 'split de glory, , end hall gave you of praise. In every way I tried tp prove' hOIejn he.ent to y-ou vas true; Un -.h- only claimed mein honest In tgthreaalt-edeeds dot ve do. You could nob haf a ;better friend In sky, or land • or sea, Dan ICalser Vt.:helm number tlWo, De Lord of fithermarae So vat 1 say, (kat Gott, di din, Dat ve ahould still be frienclts, Cad you ,should help to send soy foes To meet deir hitter ends. Itf you, dear Gott ,ill die ane do I'll nothing ask again, Dad you end I will bardners be For evermore, Amen 1 , But listen, Gott, it Intleb he mighty quick Your help to me -you -send, Or else I haf to stop atteek - And only hday .deiend. ,Se four and twentit hours I gif To make de Allies run Und put me eale into mein hla,ce— De naiddle el de 'Sun. If you de dis, Ill do my barb I'll tell de yorld clot feet, Bat if you don't, den 1 must tink It is an hostile eat,. Den var at -once I -vitt declare, • Und in inein anger rise Und send mein Zepplin ehips 10 wage A fightole nP in 'e skies. Din ulthnaluen new, dear' Gott, - Is von if many more, Mine Jniud 'is settled up to clean 'De whole world off cle,ilecni. Becaues. you vas enein bardner, Gott, .An . extra chance is giffen ; So help at ponce, or elm I'll be De Elnperor of Heffen, —Van De Todd in 'Canadian Megaziee. Bo Lolly! Beath s Hurt? DANGEROUS PLEURISY ALWAYS BEGINS THIS WAY. • Speedleat Cure is Nervitine. Ouch, that stab -hike pain le the side' Is like it hot knife blade in de ribs! Probably got over-heated—cooled too fast—now there is congestion, tightness, such soreness you can't draw a long breath, Thie is the beginning of PleurisY. Pleurisy is far too serious to neglect a single instant. Quickest relief will come from a vigorous rubbing with Nerviline, This trusty old pain-roliover wilifix you up In no time—Wiii take away the con- gestion-- make you well linen it did Mr. Samuel St. Johns, of Stamford, who says:—"In 'running to catch a train last week 1 became much over- heated, 0 put up the train window and rode that way in order to get cooled off. In au -hour my gide was so full of pain and my breathing hurt so much that 1 thought I had pneumonia, always carry Noryinue in my grip and at destination I rubbed my side thoroughly three times. The avarm penetrating effect was soon ponce - able and I quickly got relief. Nervi - line I consider savedene from a seri- ous illness." . Any sort of a eold can be quickly broken .up with Nervitine which in a marvel for reducing inflammation, for relieving congestion in the throat and chest, for curing stitch in the side, lumbago, neuralgia, sciatica or rheum- atism. Nothiug more soothing or powerful. The 60c. large family size is the meet economical. Small trial size 25c, at dealers everywhere. ./. The School Boned. Out in Norton the superintendent WalS examining the school., "Who wrote Hamlet'?" he asked. A very ifrightened little boy rose end emid : "Please, tit, I didn't." The Wee Pi et ender; t ,WaS tater- ward relating the incidezat to the members of the school board. "Haw, hew," saffewed One, "1 bet the little ratecal slid, all the same," TAKE. NOTICE We pi„ba:4, sini9e, Earnight Ceetintom. not 00801 1,0004-4' itrtery!Ows, from A,10!1,21temot 100;1'4. PrOni n.1.1 ovs,r Anion.oa. alley tmitify to lute.tiv 1,1IN0RD'6 DINTIIDNT, tho bLet COi itranodies, 14,1NARD'S LINIMENT 00., LTD. Pht sney 00n." inmonMelli A custom eoarantosily obeerven newlyenueried coutzles ameng. the ancient Teutoes was cleirilhog is Wine made from honey clarinet the fitat thirty claye alter marrnige. The ere of the word "moon" was need 'simply to designete the period of time,, one month, thet the nee of the wine continued. In no other respect 1Ms litho mom tsupposall 10 twee ,significance in the anal:et% Al- though the custom of arialhing 01C3 partionlaw kind of wine ,wae long a•go ahatedoned, the word honey- moen ihai survived in 1. different sense. It is now apelied to the period itfter marriage, lo,nts abort; gen,ozally devoted to a trip away 1rom holue. Delicately flavoured -- Highly concen- trated, WHY WORRY I Choose your variety and ask your grocer for 'Clatk's'', ° FARMS FOR SALE. H. W, DAWSON, Mindy oelberne street, Toronto. Te YOU WANT TO BUT OR SIMI, A Pratt, Stook, Grain or Dairy Form, write W. Dawson, Brampton, or 90 Ool, borne, St., Tc,ronto. H. W. DAVISON, mamma St., Toronto. . • miseeteetreous.' CANGER, 1I.8.0105. LIMPS, ILTO„ internal and external', Opted with. out rain by oil: linnio treatment. Write us before too in.te Dr. Beliman Medical Limited, Collingwooct. Ont. machinery For Salo Engine, shafting, belting. pulleys, etc. from large factory for sale. Wheelock engine, 18 by 92, complete with cylinder frame, fly wheel, bear- ings, etc.,- all in good condition. Shafting Tram one inchto three inches, pulleys thirty inches to fitpyaritn.ehes, belting six inehes to twelve inches. Will sell entire or inf NO REASON..111143 OFFER REFUSED. 8. Frank Wilson 'S,:s Sons, 73 Adelaide Street West, Toronto, Seeing Under Water. It is undoubtedly true thet, en- cler certain oanditicana'it is peerihle. from a good nititude te perceive t jean at a -certain depin below the euefivoe bat this is mainly tn.: eaes with -calm, :clear water, with a fa- vorable light. In the choppy geay -Waters which abczurel reend Briti °oasts, a teuhrearine would raeely be detected, more especially es the view from the pil-ot's aed observer's seas is, in the majority of enees, most detective ,at the present ting, and the fierce eliptstreem hem fez propeller revelving in frent, oidel to the high epeed of travel, reeder the use of .geggies imperative But, in the opinion of a writet the London Daily Telegraph, mitge difficulties such as there may, ned no claubt will, be overcome 21 thee, end experience alum: ean :dew in how far the tateroplane rerVf; ta protection against eubmaitinec. - minard's eminent cures Diphtheria, "Charles -says I grow more beau- tiful every time lie zees rue," aff that's 'the maze you ought to Itinke him eall twice a clay," came the reply. TOUR OWN DRUGGIST WILZ, TELL 'YOK: 'Vey MorineEyeltometly 400. 10,,,, 015,0, Warm* Eyes and GrannIntrd Nyellds; No Hamilton. - last Bye Quinton Write tor flook or tho :03 .).y mail :Tree. Maine Eye Remedy Co,. Chicago. Some peeple are willing to almost any old thing except minard's Liniment Derail Diatom:to An Irishman, hearing of a Friotel who had a stone coffin mede lir exelaimetl: "Faith, that's good. Sure, ail' a atone 'coffin lest a man a lifetime." WHAT IS YOUR MIRROR'S STORY? JOU can't have a 1 beautiful complexion for the asking. aseh COLD CREAM used regularly will remove blemishes, and make ;he shirt smooth, clear,and soured. Vaseline Cold Creezn contains no anirrial or veg- etable fats. k is sterilized i n the malting and delicately perfumed. A full size jar of Vaseline Cold Creana will 'be sent to you direct on receipt of the price.: --15e. Drug and department stores everywlano sell the various "Vaseline" preparations. Write for free, illiistrated "Vase, Ilhe booklet telling &ll abottt them, C.1-riE1 B100601-1 MF'G. CO. (Coimadm,,d) uso cHaeot AVE. MONTREAL