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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1912-05-10, Page 3AR OW SHAVES IN TIIL AIR. -Very Thrill.ing Moments , 'Ttwixt Earth and Sky, Since Yuen began to fly a newset of risks have been added toe. The how and .why of the tragedies -that have happened in the 111i can never, of course, be clearly ' non., But the •story of the happns that have shavedtragedy by .a hair's-brea.,dth make blood -curdling reading. A week or two ago, for instance, Beatty, 'the American airman, ass7. cended near New York with 'a lady 'passenger. The day was bitterly cold, and when the aeroplane was 1,500 feet up the gasoline began to freeze. The engine, of course, stop- ped. • The airman started to glide downwards. In the middle of the forst long swoop, the lady, terrified by the 'stopping of the engine, turned hys- terical, and began to sere,am and twist about in her seat. Just as she was about to jump frantically earth- ward, the airman, still managing his machine with one hand, bent back and gripped his scared passen- ger by the neck; and held her firm- ly down till the aeProplane softly "touched the ground. As he wiped the perspiration off bis forehead, he remarked : "Never again for me, thanks! Ladies barred!" An equally hair-raising experience was that of the balloonist, Drury, • who, caught in a fog some years ago, •drifted over Manchester, England. The hundred -yard -long' guide rope hanging below caught firmly round .a lamp -post, and before the un- happy balloonist had realized that he, was anywhere but over the green fields, his balloon swung down over a cluster of tall factory chimneys, belching smoke, and innumerable sparks. For five long minutes the balloon stayed there, the half • as- phyxiated balloonist knowing that one -stray spark would blow the bal- loon and balloonist into innumer- able pieces. An intelligent police- man noticed the rope twined round .the lamp -poet, and, though no bal- loon was in sight, guessed, and saved the situation. But the bal- loonist, who died acouple of years ago, promptly retired from aeron- .autics. His nerve was broken. As an ,example of sheer daring un- der conditions that would make the ordinary plucky person faint with terror, there is, the case of, the two graters- who some years ago were giving a parachute display at an English watering -place. Side by ride,- the two balloons sailed slowly trp' into the air, the two women giv- ing an acrobatic performance on the trapeze below each parachute. The time came to cut free from the balloons and drop to earth. But just at the critical moment the dis- tonneeting cord of the parachute rehitsed to work. Through the still .air of upper space the dismayed acrobat shouted to her sister, who was some yards away and lower down. The answer came iii one word: "Jump 1" Swinging her trapeze like a pen- dulum, the plucky girl gave the perilous leap into space, as though there were a net a few yards be- low. The practised hands of her sis- ter caught her as she came. The trapeze stood the shock, and those who saw the doubly -laden para- chute, drop in safety saw a happy, ending in one of the most sensation- al feats in the history of the air. A most amazing escape from what seemed absolutely certain death was that of Adolf Baumgartner, a Swiss airman, last suinmer. One thousand five hundred feet up, a strong gust caught and upset his biplane, turning it completely over. The airman was, so complete- ly boxed in by supports and wires that he did not fall. Descending like a spinning leaf, the machine, whose engine had stopped, righted itself, tail up, nose rather down- ward. Half dazed, Baumgartner nstinetively gripped the balancing ever as he, hung in suspense. For one awful second the biplane. ung, then, the planes gripping the ir, the 'collapse changed to a down- ard glide. Baumgartner 'got out s calmly as if he had not been per rming two complete somersaults the air, but fainted a few mom- nts after. NOT LIKE MOTHER MADE. 3ohnny and his mother were din- g with a friend. The first course s chicken soup with macaroni in. The hostess watched Johnny as sat quietly gazing at his plate. wally she asked: "Why don't you t your soup, Johnny f" `I don't care for it, please, BANISH PIMPLES AND ERUPTIONS IN THE SPRING MOST PEOPLE N+i TONIC 11>«EDTOTNE One of the surest signs that the blood is out of order is the pimples, unsightly eruptionsand eczema that come frequently with the'.;ehange, from' winter to spring.' These' prove' that thelong indoor life of winter rias had its affect'upon the blood, and that a toeie medicine is needed toput it right. Indeed, there are few people who do not need a tonic et this season. Bad blood does not merely show itself in disfiguring eruptions. To this same condition is due attacks of ,rheumatism and lumbago ; the sharp stabbing pains of sciatica and neuralgia; poor ap- petite and a desire to avoid exer- tion. You cannot cure these trou- bles by the use of purgative medi- cines—you need a tonic, and .a tonic only, and among all medicines there is none can equal Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for their tonic, life-giv- ing, nerve -restoring powers, Every dose of this medicine makes new, rich blood which drives out impuri- ties, stimulates every organ and brings a feeling of new health and energy to weak, tired, ailing men, women and children. , If you are out of sorts give this medicine a trial and see how quickly it will re- store the appetite, revive drooping spirits, and fill your veins with new, health -giving blood. 'You can get these pills train any medicine dealer or by mail at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50 from The Dr, Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. BERLIN THE RIVAL OF PARIS. It Is Attracting Stra.ngcrs in In- creasing Numbers. Which is the more important city, Paris or Berlin 1 A generation ago the question would not have arisen but recentstatistics show that Ber- lin is rapidly coming to the front as a centre of attraction to the world. Between 1906 and 1910 the number of strangers annually visiting Ber- lin has increased from 1,029,461 to 1,278,609, while the number of strangers who visited Paris in 1908 (th.e last year available) only amounted to 1,09,514. , It -.is true that raf the latter mime ber im - ber no fewer than 460,709 were for- eigners, whereas in Berlin out of the 1910 visitors only 253,838 were foreigners. As against this, how- ever, it ought to be noted that since 1906 the number of foreigners who. have visited Berlin yearly has in- creased by over 42 per cent., which is a more rapid rate than is shown by Paris, and Berlin therefore roust soon overtake Paris. But a man who leads a double life never does two men's work. MAKING SAFE IVES GANGER OF CARELESS REAi, INVESTING, Get^rich•qulck fakirs covering Q present time -Real .Estate W replacing old fashioned Mini' Speculation. 'rho `articles contributed by "1 aro for the sole purpose of guidi. peotive' investors, and, .if possibl4 int„, them from losing moues the Piecing it in "wild -cat" eluarprlr'$' impartial and reliable o aracter d1 Information may be relied up jt writer of theme articles and the 1 iu b of this tuner Have no interests to, •&& in connection with this matter other t those of the reader. (By "Investor.") I: was talking the other day with a salesman who had been travelling'thrd western Ontario in the 'interests of investment house he represented NOY everyone he interviewed lie found,' been buying. or thinking of buying estate—principally western real estaite, Not isolated instances, but number ' '• 1 apparently sane .people, were: buying tapirs' or swamp—they had never seen from'an. they didn't know, on the strength " of drawings and blue prints . wllieh • pts have been borrowed for,;the occasion, slid not only buying but paying out real -hon- ey on their purchases. The amount of money which has gone to—to pa of l estate. So many influence; eon - o to' maths -it • •valuable or te, .41e to et porn its value. Meana of transportation' re particularly important b the (Mee. of Ity er town subdivisigns, A» a .rule you may be sure"that"'tin'y subdivision proper. 'ties sow an :Ithe market are too Par away. from the centre of things to Melte it pos' aible to dispense with some means of ra- pid transit, and if there is no rapid tran- sit there is no value to the property ex - c at Its a speculative chine that some dty; a oar line may tun that way. However, words and rules will not i.n- ibleoce anyone who has gone so far as to be prepared to buy unseen land, and are not required for those who have had ex nerien.ce or areotherwise too discreet to 1>liv under such circumstances. There is one rule you may be mate sure Of: - Tf any property is ,suflioiently a bar- gain to ar- rain'to warrant any one buying it as .a sound speculation, you may be euro it would be cheaper and mush less trouble to'sell it to people at home who know all about the place than to peddle it about the country. It is only subdivisions miles away from anything that can be bought at it low enough price to make it worth while going to all the expense of sending saleemeu through the country to sell on the installment plan. In many instances In the West of cities of not more than 20,000 inhabitants, the country about them has been subdivided further out from the centre of the city than has Toronto, a City of over 405,000. 3fy friend the bond salesman had this complaint also; I go to sea a man and offer hila a sound security.' T tell him its good points and its bad ones. I offer him roods that I would gladly buy myself if I bad the money. I have the house back of me with a good many years' reputa- tion, and as I have been an this district a number of years now I am pretty well known and could get the strongest refer- ences from any of the bankers, Can I sell' them bonds? Not one quarter of out West—and even to Toron a e . what the wealth of my district would jus - Por subdivision property ;amend t days'alma tify. Oh, no. Everyone is buying first is ,appalling. Not sine •.•'- . George H. Munro sold farmers and otba ers Canadian Marconi shares at $5, n: Share, • which he bought on the open mar' set at not over $1,.50, has there been se much foolish eagerness to be 'swindled displayed as at the present time. Early in this series of articles I gave some particulars about investing in real estate, and showed that nothing could be less wise than buyingland which one hasn't seen. No sensible farmer' would in tiettspsbuy ise&nexownhhe circumstances seen on the strongest advice of a trusted` friend, and yet at the present time many ae mental rules ofelementarytinvestment just because the land—mold you it banal• ly isn't even a farm, which could saarcely fail to be some good—is situated in the wonderful West. No form of speculation or. investment requires more careful thought than buy - ass Marconi, then mining stocks, now land, from men they don't know. who probably would get references from the bankers which would shut them out of business wore they indiscreet enough to ask for them; who have no reputation, no strong house behind them, and whose land not one In ten would take a chance on buy- ing for himself. It doesn't seem right." S couldn't console him much. Oh, well," I said, "they'll lose their money and learn a hard lesson." That didn't seem to satisfy him, for he was strongly under the impression, and on mature considera- tion I agreed with lam, that if they lost all their money they wouldn't be able to buy bonds or in fact anything else. He's quite right, and particularly so when be said that a great many people will believe a good whopping lie" who are more or less skeptical wben they hear a plain unvarnished talk from a salesman who doesn't need to lie to point out the good points of his bonds. Meanwhile, if you are tempted to dabble in real estate, if necessary spend half your money going to see the property, and then you may save the other half; but 'don't buy real estate ou a stranger's "say so." ` nmn But your mamma said you liked cken soup." tI do like mamma's chicken soup, She don't put the windpipes man tae, ci ~ complains of his s 1 eletlo11s---if she hasn't .any. "MY STOMACH IS FINE Since Taking Pia-Drud;o Dyspepsia Taklets" Mrs. j, Merkhuger, Waterloo, Ont., enthusiastically recommends Na-Dru-Co Dyspepsia Tablets. Her experience with them, as she outlines it, explains why. "I was greatly troubled with my stomach", she writes. "I had taken so much medicine that I might say to take any more would only be making it worse. Mystomach just felt rade. I read of Na-Dru-Co Dyspepsia Tablets, and a lady friend told inc they were Very easy to take, so I those Blit I wool 'th give them a trial and reall wonders... .A:nyy'ou wrong with his sttrfia ! _ to cul Na-Dru-Co Dyspepsia Tablets -a tr they will do the rest. My stomacli is fine now and I can eat any food," TORONTO CORRESPONDENCE INTERESTING GOSSIP FROM QUEEN CITY. TI4E Another Bank Merger—Toronto's Base Bail Fans—Illness of Mr. Mabee, Chalr- of Dominion Board of Ralf+ - :way OcuunissionerS, One of the Many: good features of Na-Dru-Co Dyspepsia Tablets is that they are so pleasant and easy to take. The relief they give from heartbrtrn, flatulence, biliousness and dyspepsia is prompt and permanent. Try one after each meal—they'll make you feel like a new person. see. a box at your druggist's com- pounded by the National Drug and Chemical Co. of Canada, i.itnited, Montreal. 143 6% INTEREST AND SAFETY (4 int 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 t Company at present approximate twice the bond interest. The new pulp mill in course of construction will double this earning power. Purchased at their present prize they pay interest at the rate of 6 per cent. The best posted investors in Canada 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. If you have money to invest write us for complete information. t A A CORPORATION LIMITED BANK OF MONTREAL BUILDING - - - YOt'IGE .ANIS QUEEN STREETS TORONTO R. M. WHITE MONTREAL -QUEBEC -HALIFAX -OTTAWA Manager LONDON (ENG.) ,0 Acquiring all Interest in a Success- ful Canadian Industrial Comm An opportunity of acquiring an int>Ti'est in the Siemon Company, Ltd., the well-known and successful manufacturers of hardwood flooring and (umber, Is afforded to the holders of the 7 per cent. Preferred and Profit-sharing Stock of the Company. The Preferred Stock, a small block of which we are now offering, subject to prior sale, in addition to the 7 per cont. cumulative dividend, shares equally With the Common Stook In all dividends paid in excess of the 7 per cent. dividend. in this way, When 3 per oent, Is pald en the Compton an additional 3 per cent. will have to be paid on the Preferred, and when 6 per cent. Is paid on the Common the sante amount will also have to be paid on the Preferred In addition to the 7 per cont. regular dividend. The Siemon Com!aany Is a consolidation of companies, .with mills and, plants located at Marton, Parry Sound and Lakefleld, Ont., and there has been such a Steady demand for the produots of the Company that it Is unable to Olt more than 60 per `cent. of its orders. Important extensions are now necessary in order culareIt pace esired the eltdevelopment Of yblarge business, and valu- able hardwood timber limits Which the Conipany now holds, It Is with a view of financing these extensions that we now offer a small block of the Proferred Stooka investments in the preferred stook of successful Canadian In. destrial co1ipdnies have been the safest Whloh Canadian sties. 'tore nave over hada • We would be p eased to forward special circular containing" full particulars tegatding 'the Company, or, if you prefer, would make arrangements to have one of our representatives call to -satpply any information' you may claire. NATIONAL SECURITIES CORPORATION LIT CONFEDERATION LIFE DIJIL»IN3, "TORONTO,, ONT, Tt fWe ]lave arrlinged for a weekly letter about Toronto affairs, which, we believe. will be. of great interest to many of our I readers,Theee letters will be from the perp of one of Canada's foremost journa• rrr LOOK FOR\ // •Iy" ,.... .TH &C�% 1� a �s !,oK�'4�1.•ice �+^�,,tate CAREFUL; MAKES'F I t. SEE THAT L (8EL-ON, C AGE .IS BLUE. a OTHER COL R EVER USED ON OVA .,,,H.• E , T ante . GD •, ,RE tai► E!i� SEl� �'6�tJl. R ®FLUE E � E.W.Gp O 1LLE�TTCO. LTD •.. ■ '4 O C V TO. — 14T. . M MWIP GILETT COMPANY IM MO ty rOR ONTO, HNnNTPEPi be analysed it will be found that as far as direct results go the decisions of that body have not been very radical or in any degree oppressive on the corporations. At the same time the work of the Board has been of the utmost value. It has been breaking new ground, and has proceeded surely, if, perhaps, cautiously. It has been asserting its jurisdiction on general lines and in a multitude of details, rather than attempting to enforce revolutionary changes. It bas established precedents which seem to assure to the Board exceed- ingly .wide authority over the inanagement of Canada's railways. But that authority has not yet made the railways squirm to any appreciable de- gree. That may come later, perhaps un- der the present Board, or it may be that a, new generation of commissioners . will reap the harvest the present Board bas sown. BOARD SEES FAIR PLAT. hits, a man who Lae covered some of the world's greatest happenings and now co- ' copies . a beading position on one of the • eronto .dallies.l The Merging of the Traders Bank with the ,Royal Bank has not been received with any great enthusiasm in Toronto, partly. no doubt, because it means the loss of the control of a leading finan- cial:'institution to this city. In recent Years ' Toronto has rather been giving it- self'airs as the city rapidly assuming un- disputed supremacy as the banking cen- tre of Canada. While Montreal had the head offices of the Bank of Montreal, Mer- chants", Royal and Molson's, Toronto could point to the Bank of Commerce, To- ronto, Traders, Imperial, Dominion, Met- ropolitan, Sterling, Home, and Standard. Now control of the Traders goes to Mont - teal,' and Toronto is not altogether pleased. It was just the other day when the Bank of Commerce invaded Montreal by absorbing the Eastern Townships tank, but mw there comes a correspond- ing set -back to Toronto's aspirations. Nor dues• Toronto like to hear Montreal say anything about the Sovereign, Ontario or Farmer:a Banks, all Toronto insti'.utions of late lamented memory. SIX BANKS HAVE HALF BUSINESS. Apart from this Abase of the question. there is some disposition to argue whe- ther these bank mergers are it good thing or not. It is surprising to find there are fewer banks doing business in Canada now the,n there were many years ago, in shite of the fact that new ones are con- tinuallybeing organized, It is also sur- prising to find that the six biggest banks now have ever half of the banking' capital in the country, more than hall of the de• posits, and more then two-thirds of the discount or loaningbusiness. This is a striking concentration of the money power. 'Whether it is a good thing for the country is a question for the economists. There aro not wanting argumentative gladiators on both sides of the centre - away. BASEBALL TO THE FRONT. The real opening of the Baseball season as. far as Toronto is concerned came with the first week of May. Threeweeks earlier the International League opened with the Toronto team away from home, batt the event was so overshadowed by the Titanic disaster that it failed to reach the general public in even a mild degree. Viritli the first appearance of the team at borne it was different. Tho players and tiflici.als proceeded in carriages, as if in state, through the down town streets to the ferry, thence to the Island to the big grand stand that holds 15,000 people, com- pletely surrounding the diamond in an oval. There were plenty of Hags and mu- sic and big guns to clo the honors. All the iilayers, itr uniform, lined up and march - &d across the diamond and back again to let thefans get a good look at them. theta there was the formal 'first" ball, and the game was en. MA3 0R IS A PAN. There ' are a lot of fans among Toronto's Ylublie. men. The Mayor himself is one. ,Controller 'Tommy" Ohurch is another. Controller Hocken likes to sec a game sccasionally, and many others of the r(llln(lll-alt ..Q$ .4. the garde wltnnthver get " chance.' James b. Hug ce, .5ipllool Inspector, is a (lyed-i� ;'WOOI Akin so are T, d, Robinette, J. a c@is prominent R. lawyers. off Ogler nt Ia moron 'l and- Norman Macrae, of 1' la, Hammond, Co.,i latt & Co.rarely 'mise a gams, and there are IS few clergymen who enjoy an ocea- s soul contest. Municipal\ties sometimes find themselves at it disadvantage before the Railway Board, because the railways are always represented there by staffs composed of the best lawyers they can secure, and these staffs have become practically per- manent. They travel around with the Board from place to place, and are as familiar -with the railway law and all its intricacies as a good Presbyterian is with the Shorter Catechism. Their work brings them before the Board day in and day out the whole year round. If one of the Commissioners has a headache they can detect it as' soon as he comes inside the door, and govern themselves accordingly, Anyone 'coming before the Board on an occasional case cannot but find himself under a handicap when matched against these champions of the law. But the handicap is generally overcome by the desire of the Board to see fair play to all, In form the Board is as democratic as anyone could desire, but there is a dignity about Mr. Mabee's "court" that prevents anyone taking undue liberties. The amount of business got through. is amaz• ing. NATIVE SONS OF ONTARIO. As a native son of Ontario, this Pro- vince takes a special pride in the career of Mr. Mabee. He lived a good part of hie life in Stratford, where be quicklybe- came a shining light in lav acid polities, The latter he dropped long ago. Another son of Ontario whom the work of the Board is bringing' into prominbnae i; kir. E. W. Beattty general solicitor: for tits .C'aTlatiteee-aP n lt(ilwati •f ripan'. Ilir:• Beatty, though beet- Wing aeneii ti Ya= E spensible position, etal scarcely more than 35 years old, but he concedes honors to few in his handling of a ease. In 1894 Beatty entered the 'University of Toronto from one of the nearby High Schools. After completing his arts and law courses he joined the C.P.R.'e legal staff,. whore he soon showed his mettle. Now he draws a salary which is doubtless well advanced in five figures, and travels in his private ear., the same as the members of the Do• minion Government's Railway Board. TOO SOON. Mrs. Murphy—So your son Din- nis fell from his airyplane? Sure, Oi thought he was learnin' to fiy in a correspondence school. Mrs. Casey—He was, but he sthopped short in the middle of a lesson. Perhaps the worst thing about charity is that it covers a multi- tude of Sins that should be exposed. 7fd85 is a HOME DYE 'that ANYONE can use 1 dyed:ka these e.--->DIFFERENT KINDS s with the SAME Dye.. used ONE itioRAiL 11NDSorGOdbt CLEAN and Siti.ilPl.E to Use. NO chance of Using theWRONG Dye for the Goods one has to color. All colors from your Druggist or Dealer. FREIE Color Curd and STORY Booklet I D. Th'e Johnson -Richardson Co,. Limited, Montreal, xr°��',�,,..f'c...,r..1 {ln Ilk • .. r�'iir $2011,06 IN GOLD' MEN AWAY FREE LPAI?E 1 NREOCA CPAIIE Saert '..:"'..i'$r`eaaa:-.%n'. a,.. -dal r; eass,t.raesears I'Creasf"`ia✓s e UPPells I ATSWRYREsf3 RCYREF-7 ( YORAPRSRE ERPA Can you arrange the above sets of ,jumbled letters into the names of eight well known fruits. If so, YOU CAN SHARE IN 11111 DISTRIBUTION' OF T11F snow ,vRIZE. It IS no easy task. nut by patience and per- serorenec you can probably make outs or 6 of them. To the person who can make out the largest number we will give the sum of One. hundred Dollars. To the person making out the setond largest number the sum of Fifty Dollars, To the persod making the third largest number the sum of Thirty Dollars. 'To the person making the fourth largest number the sum of Tacnty Dollars, Dwelt] two persons send answers equally correct, the 5tst two pries vitt he divided between them, (tach receiving Wad) Should three send In equally correct answers. the first three prizes will have to be divided, (each =chugg6o,005, Should tour persons send equally correct answers, the whole sum of §:co.00 will be equally divided (each receiving §5o.oa), and so on in like proportions, provided (`bey c,mply with a simule condition about which we tral write as soon an nretched.ers are retched. wE DO NOT WANT A CENT Op 1'or'R TR/NE? wiinta YOU ANSWER THIS ADVERTISEMENT. If you cnn make mut anything like a complete list. waste: us at once enclosing ,.cent stamp for OW reply, DO NOT DELAY. WRITE AT ONCE, Address, OANADTAN TIP.mrCIn'E CO., Dope iii, MONTROAT,, QUE. tAtLWAYS NOT Ol5l'11116S1i). >I"I'tis 113`19Oo. said to 'Insinuate that Mr. abee has fevered the railways Betl en the •stork e4 the Dominion ltariwrY pial and. et Milt. Mabee to ditto comae to The New Perfection Oil Cook -stove Suits Everybody' It suits the most exacting French chef. It suits the housewife. h is found in luxurious villas --in camps—in fauns --in humble city homes. Everybody uses it; everybody likes it. h is the all-round stove For all the year round. It bakes, broils, roasts and toasts as well as a coal range. It is equipped with a special heating plate, and we sell the New Per- fection oven, broiler,.toaster, and pancake griddle—each specially de- signed for use with the LAU 1C, \;4,i02A-stoic All &alers Belt the stove. It is handsomely finished in nickel, with na'hinet top, drop shrivel; towel melts, etc, Lottg chimneys, ea- snieled'turqunse blue. Mede vt+ith L 2 or 3 burners, THE IMPERIAL OIL COMPANY,Lixnitedu Winnipeg, Montreal, St. Jobs,, 1'1alifax: and Queen City Division, Toronto Free Cook - Book with every stove. Cook -Book Alta given 10 • anyone sending S Cents to covet mailing cost.