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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1912-04-19, Page 7E- a e h a,t 1S Ira lett ed it- ei Or it od :rt,: )e, 1st )1, ter Lan meld aid Incl yin los- rith ap- Ter, oei dis- e a. in get - les of sin five savrn ba ab ,rk M tr et A Real Estate Mortgage Bowe Secured on "Central City Real a Estate valued at over $1,490,000< The total mortgage i1 F indebtedness tetlnes 13 1tl,alUSt this property is only 40% of:the valuation. The Bonds are issued in tlunolninations of $500 and. $1,000 each and will pay the investor 0%%. Write for full particulars. Murray, Mather deCo, Toronto General Trusts Building Toronto MAKING SAFE INVESTMENTS TS •SEASONED TRUST ANO WELL MANAGED LOAN COMPANY SHARES GOOD. ;But Avoid the New Ones and Those Not Well teenaged—Hydro-Electric Has Put Public Utility Shares Sadly OUt of Favor --Navigation Shares Depend Large- ly on Coed Fortune, a Thing Investors do Not Count on --What to .:o When Seeking Advice. The articles contributed by "Investor" :ere for the so', purpose of guiding pros „peetive investors, and, if possible, of say ing them from losing money through placing it in "wild -eat" enterprises. Tho impartial and reliable character of the information may be relied upon. The writer of these articles and the publisher ,of this paper have no interests to serve In connection with this matter other than those of the reader. (By "Investor") After bank stocks the Canadian inves- tor has a long list to choose from, So far, In the country's history, the well man- aged trust companies' and loan compan- d les' shares have been entirely satisfae- `4't 'dory -far more so than hank shares -and very profitable: though sometimes of ra- iker narrow market. But the clanger of making the mistake and buying ;;hares in fi me oft he iii• • mina <d or new tom i:ai i•':c gr!s•at enough to make it scarcely wise In g;,. -e these a prominent place. Frei+i,.• utility companies' shares were at ono' :tiro ' prime favorites with the Cana. Bien inventor; but the competition of the fyf1ro•1lectric Commi,siou of Ontario a•+ per these stocks out of favor. And, Indeed,,an investor was unfortunate who 1 e1d shares in the smaller companies, such 44 the London Electric, in whirl) romps'- atIt,ion by the government has wiped out stout 90 per cent, of the shares' value. ]Yefore the Hyth'.1ilectrie entered Lon. don the stock of the London Elecn•i; Company sold as high as 134, in 1899, and 97 in 1904. Since then it has sold around 15, and it is doubtful if one could get much more for it. I know one widow unfortunate enough to Have 25 shares, which cost her about $3,000.00, now .worth but little more than $350. No doubt the march of progress justifies this;; but we Can feel sorry for the victims -and not invest In public service shame Ourselves. Railway shares -•and of theme we really have but C. P. R. and its subsidiary, Miuneapolzs, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie -- owing to their teeing 1enlc in ehiefay out- side' Canada are ton epeeuletive-not from point of view of seruritYe but because of their fluctuating market. C. P. R., for ex- ample, has moved down and up over 20 points each way since the fall, and "Soo" about the stone, so that an investor -except orae of the most hardened sort - would be quite uneasy. Of course, the yield is mow -,fust 4 per cent. on C. P. &- while the prospect of appreciation in the long rmi„ say ten years, is high, These are features that should appeal only to the wealthy investor who alone run af. ford to sacrifice something in the way of safety and income for the sake of specitlaiive riossibiliticv. Lake navigation companies are proper - 3y divided into two Classes, the passenger and package freight boats, and the "bulk" freighters. During the past few *ears the hulk freighters, those that tarry each eargnes as grain, roe] and ore. which is dumped into the hold loose and trans- ported in the cheapest possible way. have done a very unremuner(tive business. There has been plenty of freight, lint enmpetitiou has been so keen that in some instances they have scarcely made ex• enses, The passenger Inlets, on the cnn- rary. have been making new records for elf r'f�ya ��ill THIS is a HOME i YE That ANYONE can use 1 dyed ALL these' � DIFFERENT KINDS of Goods M; with the SAME Dye. used !CAN a.it1a SIMPLE to use. note n f taingtiie WRONG bye feer the Coeds A to color. All colorli (rem year 3)1110alat or (111qt rioter Card and S Otty Cookie! It rfunan Itlrhnrdseu do., Limited, dloatrenl, ab s.;, t, ,bormoory,,, earnings eaoh year. Shares in the co panies controlling these vessels are n • particularly attractive to. the Careful 1 vector, as so 'much depends on good fo tune. 'Ahe loss of a boat, though covers by insurance, moans heavyloss of ear ink.., power until it is replaced, and unless one is in very close touch 'with t) business these shares are ou the what not" a , desirable investment, ' At tinit• however, investments in navigation stook have been highly profitable, as witnen the move in Niagara Navigation. Thi company, however, is a brilliant excel tion to the average. There is one class of share investneen to which in most of the' instances abov given these oritieisiu's' do not 'apply. W took up some tinie ago the question o preference shares, .and the preferenc shares in practically all of the classes o companieia, 'mentioned -where sueeh ' share exist -form very desirable investments when chosen with the same care wi which one would choose a bond. We will next deal with industriq stocks. While industrials are no more, i as melee of tworthy e i'C asses considered sin tthi article, there have been so many case whore unwary investors have purchased them unwisely, and so many industrial companies have issued preferred shares of quite decided merit that they will be given an article to themselves. • It will be gathered from the foregoing that the writer does not consider com- mon shares a nroner investment for those who cannot afford to take chances. One might go further and say that no one who is not in daily touch with market stt ckginvestnents, conditions should ex pert disinterested advice. And when seek- ing advice give the expert the fullest in- formation 09 to what your object is in seeking it. Too often a broker is asked if a certain stock is a "good buy,'' when for a speculator it is, Find fora perman- ent investosr it is decidedly not. If yon can't trust your financial adviser with in- formation about yourself certainly don't trust him with your money. Get one you can trust. - NERVOUS DISEASES IN THE SPRING Cured by Toning the Blood and Strengthening the Nerves It is the opinion of the best me- dical authorities, after lung obser- vation, that nervous diseases are more common and more serious in the spring than at any other time of the year. Vital changes in the system, after lung winter months, may cause ,much more trouble than the fainiliar spring weakness and weariness from which most people suffer as the result of. indoor life, in poorly ventilated and often overheated buildings. Official re- cords prove that In April and May noulalgia, St. Vitus dance, epilepsy and other forms of nerve troubles are at their • worst. and that than, more .than any. ether time, a blood -- making, nerve -restoring tonic is needed. The antiquated custom ,of taking purgatives in the spring is useless, for the system really needs 111 strengthening, while purgativ c s -f• n only gallop through the bowels, I leaving you weaker. Dr. Williams' t medicine, Pink Pills are the best' c for they actually make thenew, I'i t riclu, red blood that feeds the starved nerves, and talus cure the many forms of nervous disorders. They cure also such other forms of spring troubles as headaches, pour appetite, weakness in the limbs, ,13 ••� well as remove unsightly pimples I Yrs, and eruptions. In fact they un- I to failingly bring new health and se strength to weak, tired and depress- ed men, women and children. Sold by all. medicine dealers or by mail at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50 from The Dl'. 1j liams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont, ei PEROXIDE'S MANY tSE,S. OUR E.tc1.YToRON1 INTERESTI NC •DOSS IP. FROM CAPITAL OF"ONTARIo. .' The 'Movement Against Vice--Visii of Duke of.'0dnnauaht-eainbjine on Horse Racing, Etc,,., Etc, • (Wehave t arranged ane For a wockl -e ' g d y tt about .Toronto affairs, which. we hilt will .be of great interest to 'many o readers. These letters will be from . pen of one of Canada's foremost iourn lists, a man who has covered some of the world's greatest happenings and now o9,, copies a leading position. on one of the. Toronto dailies.) rdiiirr�;; .,,.,,, �•�rs,...r rtT The convening here of what is tcrnae,14. a World's Purity Conference calls et- tension to a striking development of •tie= last two or three years. 'There are no r organized bodies for the suppression •0 the White Slave- traffic, for the edifeataou of the young in questions of sex .for the suppression of the Social Evil, and- am nd varix• aus allied matters. •Anyone who hats handled copy in. a newspaper, office will recall that up to two or throe years ago a reference to these matters in the news of the day -was exceedingly rare. Now they are of daily occurrence. The change. indicates that a new movement of great proportions agallst an old form of vice has been inaugurated. 'One of the speakers at the recent con- vention complained that he had been :de- ceived as to "Toronto the Good." He said that on the strength of a written statement emanating from the Morality, Department he had cited Toronto all over America as an illustration of a city which did not tolerate the social evil. Now he found that statement wss untrue. Another American speaker took a round out of the press. The tone of the news- Papers, he said, was at i.s lowest ebb. In this he was quickly corrected by a To- ronto clergyman, who said that whatever might be the cease in the United States, the criticism did no: apply in Toronto. One reason why the convention was not bigger and why it did not create a bigger stir is to be found in the fact that while the vast majority of Toronto/liens sYm- patltize warmly with the ends aimed at, very few of them este to discuss the questions in public, and tome even quer:- tion the desirability of brass band me- thods in a campaign of this character. THE DUKE IS COMING. S.oeie:'y is making elaborate prepara- tions for the second visit of the Duke of Connaught to Toronto, which its scheduled to take place during the Woodbine race meeting in the lest week of May Hai; Royal Ilighner:a is. an e,ithusiastic pa_roit of horst, racing, and lus latendance at the function this year is expected to make the event the most brilliant in ',le history of the ,jockey C'1ub. The entertainment; which will accompany his visit are likely* to be of a less nubile nature than on his, first sojourn in Toronto lase autu;nn, They will take the form of luncheons, dinnees: and. small parties, in private housed -and clubs. While society will rejoice at the nren. este of his Royal Highness here will, in other quarters, be criticism of hi3,lencling his support to horse racing, wish the pre Pounced gambling element that 11;•• -asses ciated with it. And St .i" 71 t itossidale `that before the visit is leMelud.d chic; • erLieh-nt may .find open expression in I formal language from store than one i... quarter. • LOTS Or IIORSE RACING. Apart from His Excellency's .reaponsi- ility in the matter, it in interesting to site what a hold horse racing noir lies stablished on this; Province. Wilt the har , tering of two new rectum assoei:ztions his year, Ontario alone is likely to •have n less than 112 days of razing, as fol - 1w8: Woodbine. Toronto . .... 14 days Dulferin Park. Torouto ..., 14 days Hamilton ...... ... 14 days Windsor ... , „ • • •. 14 days Fort Erie` ........ 14 days Ottawa •.,. 14 days Thorneliffe. Toronto 14 days London ... 14 days The last two named, being newly organ - ed, may not be in shone to hold meets is year, but the other fixtures are eer- intirsth neietwo flfvendayeah$ 10tfirst haf the season, tate other mn the second. No two tracks, with the exception of Duf- ferin, a half miler, which is a sort of a poor relation to the others, will be open at the same time, so that the horses and the whole paraphernalia will, at the con. elneio11 of one meet simply move on to the next, In sporting eireles the circuit is known as the "Merry Go Round." A Valuable Antiseptic and Can Re Etuployetl in Other Ways - 1 t 1 O e 1n u t in b a to in a nl • p w hs a so ce du ti Th by by 0 phOne of the most powerful bleach - ng agents employed in various rades is peroxide of hydrogen, also mown as hydrogen dioxide and xygenated water. The, natural odor in ostrich plumes is removed y it and it will also bleach a grea,t umber of other things, such as ones, ivory, silver, wood, silk, eat - on, and hair. It can be used to re Store the color to old oil paint- gs which have become darkened y age. Peroxide is a valuable ntiseptic and will also destroy ob- etionable micro-organisms in wa- er. It can even be used to ;cure digestion, but for this purpose, s well ars other medicinal uses, it ust be diluted. A drop of pure oroxido is strong enough to raise a hite blister on the skin. Minute quantities of peroxide of a drogee are found in the air, in inwater, and in snow, 'and it is metimes found in. the, juices of rtain plants. The liquid is pro - keel on a large scale by the ac - on of acids on peroxide of sodium. e solution may be concentrated allowing the water to freeze -out, passing dry air through it, or by vaporation in a vaeuum over. 8111 - uric acid, • TORONTO KEEN ON BETTING. There are probably few cities in North America where gambling on horse rat• int has a stronger hold than in Toronto.. This gambling is by "no means confined to the few. weeks each season when -there is racing in Toronto, though no doubt it is fotctered by these meets. There are several thousand 'men in Toronto who "follow the races" every dav, the whole year round. Not only ole they keep in close 1raelc9, touchuthey fellow with the ethetres tlts ts on call over ttnan dttBy rast the w hCanaaheze are only or three states, in the -Cbmnionwealth which' pei'niit gambling on rating,' Kentucky and Moreland being the chief of these, Even Calwinteraircnit• hhas banishted heaprotlethe so that naw theenthusiast has to lay his winter bets. on Toning in far away .Mexico. It is not merely an • academic interest he tskes on these far away events. He bets his good money on them, and hun- dreds of wagers are laid in Toronto every clay, even all through the winter months, Despite the vigilance of the law the fa- cilities are at hand for the betting. !There is even a direct telegraph wire eonnmted with all the tracks for furnishing speedy results, which even beats that of the most enterprising newsnaners, groin Toronto these results. are flashed tO.various points throughout the Province, so that two or three minutes after a horse race is run in say Juarez, Mexico, Ontario' knows all. about it. NEW HOSPITAL TAKES 'SHAPE.. Hospi tal, tvhchais beim" eeclded tedvatGancost of 83,500,000, is now taking Shape, One of the buildings, the Pathological building, is completed, and is now ill use by classes at the 'tluivertity, 5egerel r others aro completed, as far as the exterior .Work is concerned, and all the others are on the way. The group of .;buildings which occupy the blocks on the south side of College street are already looking quite feet The site is 725 feet by 620 in size. Now that over halfof the three &and a I. half million dollars has been spent some interesting discoveries • have been made, Although the original estimate of rost'L Getting cosh Is an ,expomisive' hie eta urs; amo:c Went A lofty self-esteem oks m seldo` to w ut% exalted to others. . _ a, tion pital, 1,400,00s it_.� ow. folrad th�tt>r; int note ave fable will riot bo stif�, aria .:the problem ' (al1800 worry, ez odd t:1att„ is that the institution ave very 111 1e increased aceonir00.. l'rr the Public hoer the old a»1'1 it ie thought that the ol, build.. i 104 112; '04 Gerrard street east will have to bh t'8tiafne1 as an east end hospital: The nekv i''istitution will have 449 beds for pub - it( patients and 98 private beds. Medical anti sue disposed to criticize on the gr fund that, the new hospital will not be as,er•:dery as it ought to be, They saY tit t the claim that it will be the finest is Ilttuerica is a pretty steep claim to tl)11r ` for it. t>r alt 1LtN JEWS GROW FEWER. selves exclusively to . trades, the learned professions, and occupa- tions which are calculated to post- pone marriage until the age of 35. Another eauoe for the diminution of Jews is the two -child family, when it is a fact that the race which does not produce families of three and four must die. Another ,Mixed 'Marriages and Smaller cause is m, hich lead to the adoptionixedmarr•ofiagesChristwian- atuities Cause Worry. its. Of the Jewish marriages in At a recent Zionist meeting in Hamburg alone 61 per cent. are .Berlin complaints were made of the mixed, and the bulk of the children gradual extinction of Jews in Ger_ are not educated in the Jewish many. It was stated that 80 per fa th. cent, of the German Jews a cen- Zionism is suggested as the sole tury'ago lived in villages, while to- remedy whereby a national Jewish day not more than 10 per cent. are reservoir can be built ,at Palestine, found in the Country. The tend -I to keep the stream of pure Hebrew envy of these is to be absorbed in f nationality flowing through the the towns, where they devote, them- I world. 6Z INTO Q Price Bros. and Company Bonds pay 6 per cent on the investment. They offer the strong security of first mortgage on 6,000 square miles of pulp and timber lands—which are insured at Lloyds against fire. The earnings of the Company at present approximate twice the bond interest. The new pulp mill in course of construction will double this earning power. Purchased at theirresent price they pay interest at the rate of 6 per cent. The best posted investors inCanada and England have purchased these bonds. Owing to the security and increasing demand of the products of the Company, these bonds will unquestion- ably increase in value.!f you have money to invest write us for complete information, SECURITIES CORPORATION ATI.O 1 1 i X~kiwi; 0r VTREAL EUILDINOiCdEAtr.. U4,T�SCR s.:. € E�1iv MON,TF6AL-7U3naC-HiLl"A)-OTTAi;A'lace5er LONDON t;ENG,1 BRUCE'S BIG FOUR FIELD ROOT SPEONITiES k1711JL'5.'9 Qi.IA:i1' 'toss 1131Ebi\di BEET -Tito most valuable 411'1d Root on the aneaikat; Oosnb2nes the rich Qualities or the Sugar Beet with the lona; tiee,ilnx Isarge size and heavy cropping qualities of Vito iaun;reJ. :1-4 lb. cede. 1.13 1'1,. ie.w 1 lb. OOc., postpaid. 144E 1E•9. llLtiIIIRY®TIZ INTEU lg8IATE S11Oo1`4I 141I1TE 4'AisiroT— The` test brialL ltelt1 carrots. 1.1 lb, OO,'., 1-3 10. 81.24, 1 10. $0,80, postpaid. 38IWCE'S I ELI.OW riE11Y1'k OIATE RIANGSL—A very 01050 second to our 1, Ibis lFcesung fleets and equails easy to harvest. 1.4 Lb. 2Oe., 1-2 ib. Ole., 1 lb« '"cis postpaid. r"lL$:t:¢'ECE NEW CENT1'I111- SWEDE 1'L1It6IP—CLO best sbRtping a•:ariet, AA WOIIzo.0 the best for cooking: handsome shape, aanieornt growth, purple to. 14 30 1St„ 1.2 10. 24c., 1 10. 40c•., 4 lbs. $1.40, pastpuId. FREEOur handsomely illustrated 112 -page catalogue of Vegotabie, Farm and Flower Seeds, Plants, Bulbs, Poultry Supplies, Garden Implements, etc., for 1111'3. Send for it. J4 +41' A. Bruce �r Co., Ltd ., H. A.MILTON, ONTARIO. Established Sixty-two Years.' s,1....i,,.._ • Offering of $(1,000 of Stock of mucecomirewnarasurrnsuceaarancoamerar ;,hoses vstrnent e .1gan j, Alt Divided into 5,000 Shares of $10.00 each, par value, A 11sa0 per share® "mi the Company's Aulival Report, 31st December, 1911: Paid-up - - - - w - $343..7711.50 At credit Profit and Loss Account taking Real Estate Holdings at cost - - - - - 1 t c r edi5 Profit and Lose Account tut l ing,' Real Estate Holdings at l'�alket Vallis (Independent eon- Etva,tive valuation after allow- ing for cost of Marketing) - - rt immtehmict. Dirpii-vs ":1.61. (erza.0,.,, J0.1% ;Enquiries gas to:the Com,a Company's standing and the integrity and at its Directors (of whom the President, ManaginggDirrectoror Secretary -Treasurer devote their time exclusively to the Com- a %kiisiness) may bemade of the. Blank of Nova Scotia, Mont - 1'1 .p0,rtioulere regarding the Company's business and a copy' 11rtli Annual 11eport may bo obtained from t11e Fiscal A py Com�p*atty�, gent �'I q. l7 BANKgOF OTTAWA Ann pm yp lib NQl 16tt+71@f►�6"d Aw, ��y CBOCoDILE, C..PC.fI Tq, Superstitious Bol'neas hill Them i Spirit of Revenge. It is a common sight in Borneo to • see, a large crocodile sunning hiln- self on the muddy bank of a river, He takes no notice of the natives even though they pass quite near hiin. So common indeed is the sight that the Dyaks themselves pay no' heed to these dangerous reptiles; and yet it is 'no unusual thing in .Borneo to hear of some human life being taken by a croco- dile, says C:hambers's Journal. For months perhaps the croco- diles in a river live at peace with mankind and then suddenly one of these creatures will carry off some lad bathing in the river or even, at- tack some one paddling along in his beat. I know of a Dyak girl who, when sitting and paddling at the stern of a canoe, was knocked over into the water and carried away by a crocodile and her com- panions could do nothing to save her. There seems to be no reason why the crocodile should suddenly show a man-eating propensity in this way. The Dyaks account for it by curious superstitions. They say that if food is offered to a person and he refuses it and goes away without ht least touching it some misfortune sfor tunic is sure to befall 'him and he will most probably be at- tacked by a crocodile. Also it is said that one of the ways the gods punish crime is by sending a crocodile •to" attack the culprit ; and I have often heard it said by Dyaks of some one who has been killed by a croccdile that probably`he, has displeased the gods either by paying no heed to the warnings sent, him in dreams or by means of omen birds or by commit- ting some hidden em'inme. The Dyaks of Borneo will not kill a erccodlile, except in revenge. If the animal will live at peace with him the Dy-ak has no wish to start a quarrel; if, however, the croco- dile breaks the truce and kills some one, then he feels justified in I retaliating, Under these eircum- lstances the Dyaks set to work to . find the culprit, and go on catching and killing crocodiles until they sui;eeed in doing so. The Dyaks generally wear brass ornaments, !and by cutting open a dead eroeci- dile they can easily find out if he is 1 the creature they wish to punish. 1€1,"SB. 9ND ENGLISH "BULLS." Sir Boyle Roche Aided, "What alas Posterity Done For Us?" 'Time was that whenever an ,tld jest showed itself in a net garb it was credited to Charles Lamb end perhaps made to stammer a little as an additional infirmity or if it were a pun the author was given as Douglas Jerrold, whose reputation through the nano atrocious puns credited 'o Bunt was made to s,iftee greatly. It is, by the way, a singu- lar fact than nu puns are to ne found in Jerrold's novels or in h's shorter '•tories, and that less than half a dozen have been ventu sod upon by him in his plays, of which "Black -Eyed Susan' is time best known. Now cones an Englishman, J. C. Percy, with a shilling book on "Bulls Ancient and Modern," ill which a pronmbie.nt place is given to our Irish friend, Sir Boyle, Roche. It was Sir Boyle who re- marked that. "a man could not be in two places at the same time, un- less he were a bird " .Another famous gem was brought forth when Sir Boyle; in animpassioned speech, desired to know -why should ave beggar ourselves for posterity? 'What has posterity done for us?" Among others of. the sante son of Erin is, "The cup of our trouble is running over, but, alas, is not yet full," and "Little children who cbnlcl neither walk nor talk were running about' the streets'cursing their maker," and again, Malay thousands of these people were destitute of even the goods they possessed." It is quite likely that Sir Boole has not been guilty of all charged against hire. Some of later date have been culled from English and Irish news- papers. A ]Cycling paper advises its readers :---"The `The best way to pass a cow in the road when cycling is to keep behind her." A summer tourist writes that he "selected ;1, shady nook and basked in the sun- shine," The chairman of the meet- ing requests, "Gentlemen, take your seats till we see how we stand." Another :••--"I suppose vriu think that on our board half of the directors do the work and the other half do nothing. As a matter of fast, ,pentlenitial,, the reverse 4 the cast', What's' )) woman's news is an- other �l wolllans�` 'o'ibles -•,''a- Back talk is a,.5r