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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1912-03-15, Page 2Is ()TES AND COMNUENTS .A bulletin issued by the statisti- cian of Australia gives the results of the census taken April 3, 1911. The total population of the domin- ion on that day was 4,455,005, males numbering 2,313,035 and females 2,- 141,970. Though the increase in the female .population has lately been greater than the increase -the number of males, Australian is &tin s -country in which men • out- number women by 1'70,0003 or about 8 per cent. It is still a country also of un- developed resources; and the Au- stralian boomers of emigration from Great Britain assert that the is- land eau easily support a popula- tion of 40,000,000. The Australi- ans are prosperous, yet they de not draw from the mother country as largely as might be expected from a consideration of their ad- vantages. In 1910 the emigrants from the British islands to British North America numbered 156,000, to the United States 132,192 and to Australia and New Zealand corm= bined only 45,701, Sonne of the Australian states, however, are increasing rapidly in population, New South Wales and Queensland showing, respectively, 1`_'0 per eent. and 184 per cent. in- crease in the last thirty years. These two states have a little more than half the population of the island. As the area of Australia, is 2,794,- 581 square miles the dominion evi- dently has rooth for a much larger population. Nothing that has been one in caricature and comic journalism to bring ridicule upon the militant activities of the extreme suffra- gettes in Britain can be eompared to the latest "inspiration" of some of these suffragettes. To smash the windows of stores, offices, banks public buildln'u la order .to. a`a tr;1d ,:-, " id titu etweafietemeweaseesieseeeteereeleileaeoele Young Folks ilieliveivelveseWaafeelliesiaarevalsettAtellola THE PLACE THAT TIPPED. Helen Grafton was the only little girl in the place—or rather in the parts of the place where she was allowed to''go. Iu another part there , were many little girls and boys ; yes,. and there were babies there, too. Helen eould look down at them from a kind of balcony, and ware her hand to them. When the children saw Helen wave to therm they would bow and wave their hands back to her and smile. The dining -room was the largest one Helen ever had been in, except the one at the hotel in the City where they had stayed overnight be- fore coming here. On each table rested a kind! of framework of long, narrow boards, made so that one board came at each edge of the table, and two ran down the whole length of it, leaving just room enough for a row of plates on each side of the table. .Helen came while they were at din- ner. She asked what these racks were for. "po that when the tables tip, the dishes won't slide into our laps," said=Uncle Wilfred. Helen sat be- tween Uncle Wilfred and mamma. Just then the tables did tip so much that if it had not been fur the racks, everything on them would have fallen off. A few min- utes later the tables gave another lurch, and then—swish !—in eame abouts a barrelful of water through a :funny Iittle round hole in the wall, rather higher up than where Dice might expeet a window to be. Soon after dinner Helen went to bed. Her room was very small, not larger than the bath -room at home. In it there were four little shelves, two on each side of the room. A wide board in front of each shelf kept a person from falling out 'mime the beds tipped, for in this queer place the beds as well as the tables tipped about in most extraordinary ways. In fact, the whole place tip- ped, first this way, then that; up, up, up and down, down, down. It was very strange. But tip as it might, here Helen ate .and played an. read and slept A ..for 'n.- r v a : ve A MOTHER'S DUTY TO HER DAUCII Hor Health lust Be - Caroli Guarded as Sho ^Corea to Womanhood. Every mother who calls to;,;. her own girlhood knows how gently her daughter is likely need help and strength during; years between early school d and womanhood. Then it is t growing girls droop, become i. gine, bloodless and nervous. Nate� is calling for more uou rishmenI, than the blood can supply, an.< signs of distress are -plainly elide' in dull eyes, pallid cheeks, weak a aching backs, alanguid step, . fit depression, nervousness and a like for proper food. These si mean anaemia -that is bloodlel ness. The watchful mother tak prompt steps to give her giil'`,t new, rich blood her weak system; thirsting for by giving her Dr.W- liams' Pink Pills, because so max thousands of feeble, anaemic, happy girls have been transform into robust women , through '� tl rich, red blood these pills actn.all make. No other medicine has eve succeeded like them, and thousaiict of mothers have proved their worth The case of Miss Marguerite Bene". Clair, St. Jerome, Que., proves .tri truth of these statements. 1 isr� Boiselair is sixteen years of ag, and says that since the age of thin teen or fourteen she had beeif'- iiicted with extreme weakness, seemed to be going into a d> of The least effort left her weak;:. breathless, so that she was un to do any household work. had no appetite, suffered from: rible headaches, dizziness and se times fainting spells. She was' der medical treatment, but absolutely'' no improvement, ip seemed to be steadily gro weaker. When her case se most hopeless a lady friend ad the use of Dr. Williams' Pink Pi•. After taking a few boxes she ;beg' to gain new strength, and after continued use of the pills for -ale two mouths she was again as. --w and strong as ever she had b and has:since enjoyed the bon heeltlt: KING SAFE INVESTMENTS VARIOUS FORMS OF PREFERRED SHARES, ay Differ From Each. Other—lm. ot'tant Points for the Investor Con- templating .Stook Investments to Know ow Debenture Stock is Not Stook at Ii its We Understand the Term, °iZe articles contributed by "Investor" 0N' for the, sere purpose of guiding proa- ctive investors, and, if possible, of say - them from losing money through It"cang it in 'wild -eat" enterprises, The itnpartial and reliable character of the /information may be relied upon, The vriter of these articles and the pub isher f this paper have no interests to serve connection with this matter other than Dse of the reader. tang other good things—and bad— e is more than one kind of preferred ock. There is, of course, the ordinary eferred and cumulative preferred stock ilerred to last week, but there is also a referred t which has the advantages oanmo k as well as those of pre- lred'stack. Such a stock, for example, is "participating"s preferred stock. In ease of the "Soo" railway stocks (Soo beitng an abreviation for Minneapolis, St. "aid, and Sault Ste. Marie) 'the preferred area are "participating." The preferred oak,, qualifies for its seven per cent. clivi• rir•rdli before the common ean receive any returtt; but after the common has re. reiveci seven per cent. any further pro- fits which might be divided among the areholders must go to preferred and ro=na'ton shareholders alike. In other eras, after the common shareholders re. ales. the same return as the preference reholders the preference shareholders riertioipate" in the surplus profits of the eempany. This is in many ways a ersr 'satisfactory form of investment, as ft adds to the safety of the preference bare the prospects of appreciation (that e the speculative element) that attaches e the common. still another form of preferred share i•hich has many of the advantages of the trtieipating share is the "convertible" efe:•ed share. For illustration, let us a that ,of the F. N. Burt Company, Iola is listed and well-known on the to Stock Exchange, and who an. report has recently appeared in this In this ease the preferred stook a 7 per eent,' .dividends, which must e' before the •0omunon o +tireeeive n. .so soon, 17•. iryrs, ho his preferxe,. n;F, Diu them an equal uuxuij'..`"tq res of common stock. ot a very sensible exchange, you say:' • o An ,stlfi i !'B X l' itI thee Moe ,beurd and cilli* notions that have ever entered the minds of misguided reformers. It appears that the suffragettes find a parallel to their situation in the coal miners' strike. If the ee,.l ' strike warranted intervention be- cause of its effect on industry and business generally, why will n•rt trade paralysis caused by window smashing compel the governmentto surrender to the suffragettes? The Logic is worthy of "Alice in Won- derland." The cause of equal suffrage is ad- vancing in England, but silly and farcical tactics are not helping it. The window smashing will be stop- ped by a hundred policemen and a few jail sentences. The ''industrial crisis" aimed at by the militant suffragettes is a matter not for a serious government, but for the comedians in the music halls. GRAINS OF GOLD. What ought n-ot to be done, do not even think •af doing. Speculations which originate in guilt must end in ruin. The. commanding intellect should • have the command, and be king. Discontents arise from our de - ,sires oftener than from our wants. Four things come not back --.the spoken word, the sped arrow, the r past life, the neglected opportunity. For . people to live happily to- gethee, the real secrt(t is than they should not live - too much together. If we could read the secret his- tory of our enemies we should find in each man's life sorrow and suf- fering enough to disarm all hos- tility. Boys may be governed a great ideal by kindness and gentle meth- - ods, and by appealing to their bet- ter feelings. But deeds must sec - kind words, when needful, or words Neill b.e, laughed at. "Ah, kind friend," said the mor- lalist, "it is deeds, not words, that :Count," "Oh, I don't know," re- plied the woman. "Did you ever ssnd a, telegram?" R. tire Then ca e a; day ,'hen there was a great deal more than the usual amount of noise and confusion ev- erywhere. At last beds and tables no longer tipped, and now it seem- ed strange to Helen to have them still. "We have anchored in Queens- town harbor," Uncle Wilfred said. Helen Grafton had crossed in a steamship to the other side of the Atlantic Ocean at last.—Youth's Companion. Pa Twaddles—"Why are you spanking Tommy?" Ma Twaddles —"He needs a lesson, and I am im- pressing it on his mind." Pa Twad- dles•---"We1l, you've got a mighty queer idea of where the lad's mind is situated." Convincing Argu mein t A single dish of Post Toasties with Cream. Delicious Wholesome Convenient "The Memory Lingers' Sold by Grocers. Canadian Postern Cereal Co,, Ltd., 'Windsor, Ontario, Canada. I <a ee for ta2,60) •fru iii 'he Dr Hams' Medicine Co., Broc,:i'F' Ont. LOVE MADE IN GERMAN't'. How Courting and Eetrothals , Ire Conducted, Elopements are, never heave of in Germany, and yet there iS 110 such thing as getting married there without the consent of the permits, Certain prescribed forms must he gone through, or the marriage ill, null and void. When a girl has ar- rived at what is considered a mar- riageable age, her parents make e point of inviting young men to the house, and usually two or three aro` invited at the same time, sa that the .attention may not seem tori` pointed. No young man, however, is ever` invited to the house until after he has called at least once, and thin:; signified his wish to have social in'. tercourse with the family. If he takes to calling on several oceasionti, in rather close succession it is taker,; for granted that he has "intens tions," and he may be questioned concerning them, In Germany the man must be at least .eighteen years of age before he can make aproposal; but when it is made and aeepted th eproposai is speedily followed by the betroth-' aI. This generally takes place pri- vately, shortly after which the fa- ther of the bride, as he is then carni ede gives a dinner or supper to the most intimate.friends-on both sides, when the fact is declared, and, na- turally, afterwards becomes a mat- ter of public knowledge. te SMALLEST CIRCULAR SAW,. ell, ell! THIS is a DOME DYE that ANyO,`,<I can use Certainly not, when the common bears four or live per cent. dividend) but au pose, instead, it were • eight or ten` p cent. Then, of course, by the simple p cess'' -of exchanging the shares the old per omit. preferred may be converted in 8 or 10 per cent. common with a oorr spondiug increase in income, though, course, not of market price, as the fa that the preferred shares are convertibl will prevent any great divergence in th market t notations for the two classes o stock. There is also preference stock whi carries voting power, and which has t right to elect certain members to th board, and there are other ingoniou kinds of preferred shares calcuiated attract the investor who wants a oortai amount of safety coupled with a littl speculation. Of an entirely different class, however is the security known as "debentur stook," which, as part of its name im- plies, is more in the nature of a bond though as a general rule, and as some- times may be inferred by the use of the term in the name, is perpetual. This fact and the fact that it may be subdi- vided and must be egistered in the name of the owner, constitutes the chief similar. ty between this class of security and a hare. If, however, through any cause he debenture stock's interest is in de• ault, the mortgage under which it is se- ured—for it is in this manner nothing ut a special form of bond—will be fore• closed and the holders of the debenture tuck will be repaid, as if they were hold- ers of the ordinary mortgage bonds. So debenture stock should not be confused ith shares, for the difference between the two is quite as great, if not quite so pparent owing to confusion of names, as etween bonds and shares. These complete the common forme of shares and stocks, and, although one may nd, many other variations,-. if one looks and enough they are by no means usual important, being chiefly alterations in ame rather than formINVESTOR, (The next few articles will be devoted to e discussion of various classes of shares, eh as bank, railroad, Dubuc service, in• strial and navigation.) a P- er r0. 7 to e• of et 0 e f ah he 0 a to n e e s t f 0 b s NV a b 51 h or 0 ch su du 1////fithli le fill tOt4AVVOISON orartab ,„,,,,,,„rt„„„„. nmu„ ,t , ernnJwaterIII"► I'191 -',"1p,„ ,. Igl,p I llr•nli�gpr.illlllfJ' �1! I Ilsl,l111a 11((1 ' G4gr!� a1f: a 1. 1±r t i e' e 1I uIIIDi�.. . Itlgliiplgi Ill ill II. J iii Uul"+IIUIIiIuliUlll. .r SInivS ( os uln,,Ilowit,, Iii ,,,,,,,„„a,,,„„„„. i I �kllllqulplllllhlgllll' IAII uRIN111111 Rllhiil(ul�� martyr othe�°�purposes E. oM3u ILLETT CC1MPANV LPtv!1 TED TORONT®,0NT. "A man tried to pick my pocket • in the street, but my wife prevent- ed him." 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