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LETTERS OF
A SON IN THE MAKING
TO HIS DAD.
—By REX MQEVOV
[Mr. INIcEV oy will write for
this paper a s3ries of letters
from the west. They will
appear from time to _time un
er the above heading, and
will give a picture of the
great Canadian west from
the standpoint of a young
Ontario mall going out there
to make hisway. These let-
ters shouldbe full of interest
for every Ontario father.]
No. 7.
'Vancouver, Oct. 13t11, 1911.
My dear Dad,—
S am pretty uear ready now to turn
zny face home. It has been an eye-open-
ing trip for me, and when I got back
home again I shall probably never get
through telling you of the places where
I have been rind of what I have seen. In
letters. only the fringe of things can he
touched.
Vancouver is growing wonderfully.
While I write this I hear every now and
then the bobm of a blast where workmen
are clearing away stumps or rocks either
getting ready for building operations or
Slaps a Doep Seated
, Cough is a [luny
Ilk Fertility Supply of Unequaled Course
Remedy for 50c --Money Re-
funded If It Fails.
Cough medicines, as a rule, contain a
large proportion of plain syrup—a good in-
gredient, but one that anyone can make.
A pint of granulated sugar, with 3 pint
Df warmwater, stirred for 2 minutes, gives
you as good syrup as money can buy.
A 50 -cent bottle of Pinex, mixed in a
16 -oz. bottle with home-inado sugar syrup,
ives you 16 ounces of really better cough
yrup than you cociclbuy ready -mixed for
:50. There's a clear saving of 2.00. Full
2ireeti ns in package.
,.
tl o c .� e.
And monevy co, ldn't buy a quicker,
-utter reniedy, Takes hold at once, gives
. almost instant relief, and usually stops
the most obstinate, sleep -seated cough in
1144 hours. 1t stimulates the appetite, is
slightly laxative and has a pleasant taste--
hhildren take it willingly. Splendid for
oarseness, afithzna. chest pains, and other
throat troubles, and unequaled for prompt
results in whooping cough.
Pinex is a special and highly concen-
trated compound of imported Norway
White Pine extract and ie rich in, goal -al
cud other natural extract,
lune elements.
ktimply mix it as directed With saggar syrup
or strained honey, and it is ready for use.
Used in more 'homes in the i,T. S. and,
fxanada than any other cough remedy.
Pini has often been imitated, but never
saocessfaliy, for nothing else will produce
the wane results. Theenuine is guat'an-
toed to give absolute satisfaction or money
refunded. Certificate of guarantee is
wrapped in Your package, druggist
bag Pinex or wi11 get it for you. if not,
Send to The Phlox Co., Toronto, Ont.
•eted
in clearing and grading streets. The
smoke of burning wood is generally be.
twoon us and the mountains, and the
scent of it hangs heavy in the air, like
that of peat. Vancouver is rapidly eat-
ing its way out into the country that
surrounds it, and waste land and frost
is disappearing before the labors of the
builders.
Uncle John and I went over to Victoria,
as I said we were going to. We went by
the C. P. It. steamer, "The Charmer." to
Nanaimo. We had a fine view of the
harbor and the shipping. Steamers from
China. Japan and..Australia,. oonie in .to
the wharves from which wo started and
unload their foreign burdens there. I
noticed the Empress of Japan lying at
the wharf with sheet metal disks hung
over her hawsers to prevent the rats tom-
ing' ashore from her, and bringing the
bubonic plague with them. One of the
things which I was surprised to learn
comes in by boat from Australia is
hardwood, as that is almost as scarce
as hen's teeth in this province. They
might import potato bugs, too, as I am
told there are none here at all.
On our way to Nanaimo we passed tugs
towing barges deeply laden with coal
from the mines at Nanaimo. This stuff
is dear in Vancouver. Though they say
it costs only $2.50 a ton to raise it to
the pit's mouth, it is sold for $7.50 a ton
in Vancouver, and it is soft coal at that.
Hard coal is $10 a ton.
We stayed over night in Nanaimo. It is
as ugly a place in brick and mortar as
you can very well imagine, though there
are one or two pretty spots. One of
these was a rugged hill reflected in a
placid pool. On the brow of the hill were
growing gnarled arbutus trees, with their
smooth red limbs. Tho bark of this tree
sloughs olT, and leaves the red under.
bark exposed to view. Altogether it made
quite a picture. At night we visited a
moving picture show, and found that this
place is in the "thriller" age as regards
moving pictures.
Next morning we ran down by rail to
Victoria, and we saw a good deal of bush
along the way. We were at Victoria
shortly after noon, and directly after
dinner took the street car out to Esqui•
malt, about twenty minutes, or half an
hour, away. Here, in a beautiful land
locked basin among the •rocks 'we found
H. M. C. S. Rainbow. There is a dry-dock
here, and a marine railway on which
great boats nbe
ca drawnout f
o the water
for repairs to their bottoms. There were
quite a number of boats lying there at
the time of our visit. We took a boat
and rowed about the harbor, circling .the
Rainbow. We were very interested to see
it because it is the only Canadian man -o' -
war, which is still in commission, the
Niobe having gone ashore, Another very
interesting ship that was lying in the
harbor was the "ire etorer." 'The duty of
this vessel is the repair of submarine
telegraph cables, We were told that it
has not been out of the harbor in three
years, but it is always kept there with
steam up ready to leave on a moment's
notice if anything happens to any of the
cables in the Pacific.
Next day we spent in and about the
capital of British Columbia. I was very
much impressed by the Legislative biiTld-
ailed .revolutionist; 13r. 1 erty shall be .res 1 led,
inn, which are of noble proportions and.
are built of white stone. Their architect
was a young fellow iu his early twenties.
They are on the Marge. of .Tames Bay, and
the 0. P. H. boats tie up at the edge 01
the water that you always see in pictures,
of this pile. With the new Empress Hotel
in park -like settings they make a notable
group of buildings.
Victoria, as everybody says, has not the
bustle of Vaucouver, but it has a deliglatr
ful charm as a place of residence. Its'
business streets are very fine, a' couple of
them being a hundred feet in width and
flanked by modern structures. The Chi•
nese quarter in Victoria is on a much'
better scale than in Vancouver, and while
passing down the street that is lined with
Chinese dwellings and stores, with Chi•
nose things in the windows and strange
Chinese vegetables in baskets on the side-
walk just at- .the doors, I saw quite :,e
Chinese curiosity. This was a Chinaman
with a white pig -tail. I had never seen a
Chinaman with white hair before; neither
had. Uncle John.
Up towards the park in the residential
section, there is a high cliff' called Bea-
con Hill, from which. a beautiful view out
over the strait is to be hada There was
a big bush fire in progress over on the
United States side while we were there.
and the sight with its pillar of smoke
was exceedingly grand.
Next day we took the Princess Char-
lotte, the C. P. R. steamer, and had a
picturesque trip back to Vaucouver. The
first part of the voyage is through an,
archipelago of islands, densely wooded,
then we came out into the open water
of the Gulf of Georgia; and made a bee-
line for 'Vancouver. Just before we round-
ed Stanley Park into the harbor we
passed the fishing 'town of Steveson, and
aaw the fisher fleet setting out to work.
There are great canneries here, and we
will see them 'some time.
Farewell,
ST. VITUS DANCE
Cured Through the Use .of Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills,
Chorea, or as it is more general-
ly known, St. Vitus dance,tis a dis-
ease that usually attacks the young
children, though older persons may
be afflicted with it. Its most cox
mon symptoms are a twitching. of
the muscles of the face and limbs.
As the disease progresses this
twitching takes the form of spsmst
in which the jerking motion may be
confined to the head, or all the
limbs may be affected. The pati-
ent is frequently unable' to •hold
anything in the hands or to walk.
steadily, and in severe cases even.
the speech is affected. The disease
is due to debility of the nerves and
is always cured by Dr, Williams'
Pink Pills, which enrich the blood,
tone and strengthen the nerves and
thus restore the sufferer to good
health. The following is a striking
instance of what Dr. Williams' Pink
Pills will do in this trouble., Mrs.
Chas. Phipps, Pelee Island, Ont.,
says :--"At the age of fourteen niy
eldest daughter, Edith, became
much run down, and the trouble
developed into St. Vitus dance.
First her left arm became affected,
then the left leg and entire left
side. She grew so bad that she
actually could not hold anything in
her hand, and could only go about
with a sliding, jerking motion. Not;
withstanding that we were giving
her medicine, she seemed to be
growing worse, and finally her
speech became much affected. We
became so much alarmed about her
that finally her father got a supply
of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, and we
began giving her these. In the,
course of a few weeks she was much
bettor, and before all the pills were
gone she was again enjoying per-
feet health. This was in 1208, and as
she has not had a symptom of the
trouble since I .feel justified in say-.
ing the cure is permanent."
Be sure you get the genuine pill$
which are sold by all medicine
dealers or may be had at 50 cents a.
Uorsix
box boxes for $2.50 from The
Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brocke
ville, Ont. .
THE DIFFERENCE.
• Young Hopeful—Father., what is n.
traitor in politics?
Veteran Politician—A traitor is
a man • who leaves our party and
goes over to the other one.
Young Hopeful—Well, then, what
is a man who leaves his party and'
conies over to ;yours?
Veteran Politician—A • convert;
my son.
If the good die young We beeausw
they have no say in the matter.
Many a man's deficiency in dol-,
Tars is due to his deficiency in
sense.
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MAKING SAFE INVESTMENTS
4WORTGAGES CANNOT APPRECIATE IN
VALUE LIKE OTHER SECURITIES.
Moreover are Extremely Difficult to Rea.
dine On in Case Should be Necessary—
Forced Sale May Cause Severn Loss of
Principal—Of Course, Have Good Fea-
tures—High Yield One.
The articles contributed by "Investor"
are for the sole purpose of guiding pros-
pective investors, and, if possible of say.
lug them from losiug money tl:rtngh
placing it in "wild -cat" knterprises. The
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 servo
in connection with this matter other than
those of the reader.
Undoubtedly mortgagee possess sever-
al points of advantage as mediums for
investment, -Farm mortgages, as a rule,
possess these in a higher degree than
most other real estate securities, for the
reason that a well tilled and fertile farm
is almost always readily saleable, al-
though they have their off periods. So,
if one is careful not to overvalue the
property being mortgaged, and is also
wlse enough to loan not more than 50 per•
cent. of such valuation, there is no tea.
son to fear that the principal invested is
not safe.
As we saw last week, however, there
is no great confidence felt in the cer-
intyof interest payments being
• promptly met in the general "run of farm
mortgages. And this is an important
featu,rte for the private investor. This
is, oeVeurse, speaking comparatively, for
in many oases this feature is not con-
tingent, owing to the relatively small
emout'alof the mortgage, and therefore
of theinterest payments.
Wo hate learned in the general talks
on investment which have appeared in
this (zoliumn that, other things being
gaud, .a'high return on an investment im-
plies weakness in some of the other four
points. In the case of farm mortgages
the safety of principal is sure; but that
of interest is doubtful. But this is not
alone enough to cause the high yield cf
8 'per cent„ which they usually return.
There is absolutely no prospect of a
mortgage appreciating in value. Its face
value is fixed and the amount loaned is
always the par value of the mortgage.
La case of a bond, however, or shares in
a sound company there is always a chance
for the investment to increase in vain
during tho time the investor holds it.
I'll" this way he may increase his capital.
For instance, several sound issues of pub.
lie utility" bonds could have been bought
within the last ten years at a price
around 90, which may now be sold at par,
giving investors an increase of ten per
ceut.' in their capital during that time
in addition to their regular interest. In
the case of a mortgage this is not pos-
sible. ' So, as there must be some reward
for lack of this feature there is neces-
sarily a higher return on the amount in.
vested.
There is another feature, however, that
most investors would consider more of a
drawback, if they took the trouble to go
into the matter—when investing in mort-
gages of any kind—in an enlightenel
why. Most people, when investing, place
their money in a security with the feel-
ing that some day—perhaps befbro its
maturity, when a bond or a mortgage --
they may require to realize on the
amount so invested. In the ease of a
mortgage, however, this can be done only
with the greatest difficulty, and then only
with luck. Few people are willing to
buy a "second hand" mortgage except at
a substantial discount from its face value.
And even then there is often no one look-
ing for that sort of an investment, and
so its sale may require a very long time
to effect,
5o the element of weak marketability
is au important feature to be consider-
ed in the case of mortgages. In the case
of most negotiable securities—that is
shares and bonds that can be transferred
without trouble—there is almost always a
market for the investor to sell such of
his holdings as he desires, or is forced
to dispose of. The reasons for this re-
quire more space than are available this
week and will be treated further later.
A SHINING CORNISH METAL.
There is a legend among the peas-
ants of Cornwall in England that at
night there may be observed a
faintly shining mineral among the
rocks brought from the mines. That
this is not pure fancy has been
proved by Prof. Strutt. A speci-
men of the mineral autunite, which
is also found in Wales, was sent to
him from Portugal because of its
luminosity. He finds that is close-
ly resembles artificially prepared
salts of uranium and that its
luminosity is due to spontaneous
radio -activity. The light it sheds
is stronger than that of nitrate of
uranium. Upon parting with its
water of crystallization the mineral
loses its luminous property.
HAD, BAD SORE FOUR YEARS
Zam-Buk Ilas Healed It!
Mrs. Wilson, 110 Wickaon Ave.,
Toronto, says : "About four years.
ago a sore spot appeared. on the
right side of my face. This spot
increased in .size until it became
about half an inch in diameter and
very painful. I went to a doctor,
but the ointment he gave me- did
not have any good effect. The sore
continued to discharge freely, and
was most painful. I had it cau-
terized, tried poultices and all
kinds of salves, but it was no good,
and I continued to suffer from it
for four years!
"A sample of Zam-Buk was one
day given to me, and I used it. Al-
though the quantity was so small,
it seemed to do me some good, so I
purchased a. further supply.
"Each box did me more and more
good, and, to my delight, before I
had been using Zam-Buk three
weeks, I saw that it was going to
heal the sore. In less than a month
it was healed 1
"I know a lady in the east of the
city, whose husband suffered for
years with an open sore on his leg.
On my recommendation, Zam-Buk
was tried in that case. The other
day, when I saw her. she told. me
that it' had healed the sore cum••
pletely."
Zam-Buk is a, sure cure for ec-
zema, piles, abscesses, ulcers, scalp
sores, ringworm, cuts, burns,
scalds, bruises and all skin injuries
and diseases. 50c. box, all drug-
gists and stores, or post free from
Zam-Buk Co., Toronto, for price.
In tp,se of skin disease use also
Zam-fuk Soap, 25c. tablet.
Itr. Grogan—Oi hear Kelly war
in an automobile accident. Mr.
Dooley—Yis. LittI.e Tommy Riley
across th' way threw a bride at
wan, and it lauded on Kelly's face. !
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THE SITE OF DAVID'S CITY
JE1HJ SITlE SUPPOSED U) IIA nt
BEEN POUND,
English explorers Searched 'Virgil
Vi"ell milli Claim to Find Pool
of Siloam.
Early in May last great excite.
ment was created in Turkey . ,anti
throughout the Mohammedan world
by a rumor that the Masque et
Omar had been violated, says
London cablegram. A party c
English archaeologists, it was sai4
had entered the sacred precincts x#
search of the regalia of Solomot
and the ark of the covenant, t114
tables of the law, treasure worth
hundred million. pounds Turkish of
whatever else the flamboyant in
agination of the Orient might sug
gest.
The leader of 'the party explaine(
on May 8th, what its real object
were. He and his friends we
looking for the tombs of David an
Solomon, and they had in connect:
tion with that search, cleaned our;
and carefully investigated the sok
called Virgin's well and the tunnel
that runs from it to the pool of Sig
loam. They also had definitely as,
certained the site of David's J'eruf
salem, and of the Jebusite cit
which preceded it and obtaine4
evidence of Jebusite occupation fol
2,000 years before David's conquest,
A FULLER ACCOUNT.
of the objects, methods and result(
of the explorers was intrusted to (
well-known member of the E'chol(,
Biblique et Archeologique in Je
rusalem. Meanwhile a shorter velli
sion of this account has just bees
published.
The translator's preface stater
that in June, 1880, there was aa
cidentally discovered an ancient hi
scription cut upon the rocky war
of the ancient conduit, or subtee.
ranean passage, which had been cur,
through the southern spur of ill{
hill on which the mosque of Omai
stands, in order to bring Ovate(
from the Virgin's Well on the east
ern side of Jerusalem to the Pool v
Siloam on the south. Of the die
covery Professor Savice said:
"Underground Jerusalem hal
been but little explored, and if w(
may find a record of the kind in
spot which is easily accessible and
has been not infrequently visited,.
what discoveries May we not expect•
to make hereafter, when the tenipk'
era can be thoroughly investigated
and the subterranean water course%
of the capital of the Jewish mon-
archy laid open to view 2"
It is with the discovery of some
of the most important of these sub-
terranean works that the forthcom-
ing pamphlet will chiefly deal. The
explorers rather erred on the side
of superfluous caution than of reek -
less zeal.
THE TRUE SECRET
of the Hill of Ophel has never yet
so nearly been revealed as by tho
expedition whose work down to
April 15, 1911, has been described
in the pamphlet.
The pamphlet goes on to describe
the construction known as the Vir-
gin's Well and the maze of tunnel's
and chambers connected with. The
debris found occurred in two dis-
tinct layers. Above the fragments
in dry earth were clearly Jewish
pottery mingled with Hellenistic
work and even with some of the,
glazed red pottery galled Semian.
Beneath there was blackish stud and
the rough fragments of a thick
earthenware with sides of uneven
thickness, its paste relatively homo-
geneous, but crudely worked in
coarse clay, red or yellowish in tint,
sometimes dry, friable and uniform
in color, with a kind of glaze en the
concave walls to mark the inside of
the vessel, sometimes showing those
characteristically unequal zones of
imperfect baking which betray the
novice who does not know how to
harden the walls of his vessel
right through in all directions in
oven.
Veri.
A few fragments of handles or of
pattern borders are the only places .
of any real significance. Yet, slight
as these fragments may be consider- •
ed, they furnish a practically cer-
tain proof of Israelitish origin,
Some may, perhaps, be attributed
to Can.aanitish potters, but not one
can be dated as late as the ninth
century before Christ.
IT I5 COMING;
September soft—
October gay
With leaves aloft
In bright , array--•
November -stop 1
Tbe. rhyme must pause.
Tt's tiixte to shop
1i'er Santa Claus!