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The Brussels Post, 1912-5-9, Page 6EFFECTS OF COAL STRIKE GLISH SUFFERED 3101UE THAN THEY WILL ADMIT. Owners Were Able to DisPoseoI Low Gentle Coal at a Profit. The Englishman has alwa.ys as- serted his right tO growl about con- ditions in hie own country, writes a 'Loncton 'correspondent. The florid tide of growling appears to -.have set . • in with the increased land -valuation •and the accompanying rise in land taxes beginning threeyearago. Since then there have been plenty of =eters. to complain ef. These include a series a strikes that up- set bueine,ss, an increase in the cost .of living, and, lastly, the general strike of mine workers. Su the .. _growling has been constant and emphatic. • , Yet there are optinaistes, many of Allem— They refuse:to .concede that Great Britain is going to the dogs, As a matter of fact, th,e average - Briton, while he may exercise his right to grumble, believes the same thing deep down in his heart, bas- ing the belief on innate confidence in British superiority and ability to overcome adverse conditions. So ib is not strange to find many who hold that the coal strike, generally characterized as ''disastrous," "appalling," or -eteeriblee' has not had the effect on the country that surface conditions appeared to in- dicate. and that it proved a bless- ing for a large number of people who expected to be bard hit. It is rather difficult to understa•nd the logic of this view, even in the face of many examples Di beneficial effeet. .About 2,000,000 people were thrown out of work as a result of tea.y is out of work. and, .as the the strike, this figure, including the - Mayor says, "through neefault of ,striking miners themselves; great their own," the potteriee having incluseriei -came to a, standstill, , been shut down oi. aceeneteOf lack British shipping was half demoeal- coal. Two giels faintedein pherch ized,• and railway eotpanies were for want of food. and on immstiga- which is eituated on the, smith Fide of the Meanies, did nob elauffer as much feom 81. else in prices as trice': further 8vi-4 from the run- vsted area. In- the best residen: tiui ditriets there is a tendency bo higher 'trite's, but as people in these are better able to pay the ad- vance the changed eonditiuns have been little felt. Thus, in the oeigete borhood of Hanuver Square coal, bread, meat, vegetables, sugar and butter are up in price, but in the same quarter eggs, bacon and mak are down., milk eonsiderably. ' ' However, the same story eartnet, told oftim rest of the country,. The end of March, when the strike. had been in progress a, month, found, distreas 888wiclesPaead that the local authorities nI many places threw away their Pride and began asking help from the eharitably in- olined outsido.theer ova &sheets'. The contributions of more 'thee $15,000 made by King Geea'ge; Queen Mary and Queen Alexandra indicate how serious is -the situa-, tion,' A TYPICAL INSTANCE, IS is Particular -serious in the great provincial industrial centres; A typicalinstanee is afforded:by the, -conditions in the distrier known as the Potteries, The Mayor of Hoke -on -Trent says in 'appealing for $25,000 to relieve distre-ss in his city that- $20,000 is being eteed every week to provide the bare ne- oessities of life for thonsan.cls of adults and children. In. addition ib became absolettely 'necessary last week ta provide one pint Of milk a daY Inc children Under two years - old or their, mothers, "if actual Stervatioo was to be avoided." _ The funds of the education Com. mittee have become ;exhausted and this will compel the Mayotes com- mittee to find means' of -furnishing a daily nacal for hungry,sehool &li- d:rem All or nearly all, the entire papilla -thin engaged in making pot-. lard put tu at to give an adequate service. Even the British Government suf- fered, fer not only did it have to pay high priers for eoal used hylhe fleet and in Government industries, ba during the month of Mardi it lost $2,000,000 in revenue as a di- rect result of the strike, aneording • to, the Chancellor of the Exche- quer's etatement in the House of Commons. But there is another eider tea the story—a brighter side if one chooses to adopt the view of thotte who say that the strike cloud had a- eilrer lining for them: MINE OWNERS PROFITED. Stories are now being told that miue owners- and tethora engaged itt dealing in coal on a 1aegre scale really profited by the -shutdown of the mines. .This condition was brought about, it is eXplained, by • the fact that. they were able to, die - pose of surplus supplies of the peoreste grades of coal which had been &drug on their hands at prices 'higher than the best coal brings' in normal timee. Some small &entities 'were made in this way, it is assert- ed.' • . Then the railways were able to take, advantage of the. situation. through withdrawing trains that brought, no profit, and to confiree their service to trains that were rmoney-makers. It is eonte»ded fleatewhatever was lost by the rail- ways through inability to carry all the freight offered was overcome by the saving in the direction inelieated• and the minion:stop of excursion and other commutation rates. ton showed that thew family, con- sisting of the father, who. was a, potter ; jets, wife_ aneLeevemehiklren, were living On what was ecareely enoughfor two arid- WereeToo proud -to ask for assestance. . re And there- are- other Stones east-, as had which hardily fit in with the idea that England has not been hard hit by the, strike. • "• — THE OI D' PLEA. _ He "Didn't Know It Was Loaded." The coffee drinker seldom realiees that coffee contains the drug, caf- feine, a serious poison to the heat and, nerves, causing many forms of - disease, noticeably dyspepsia. "I was a lover of ooffee and Used it for many yeaes and did not the bad effeefs.LWas suffeting. froen its use. (Tea i$us-enju ri- ous as coffee. }meanie it, too, con- tains. caffeine, the seem drug found 10 coffee.)e. ' 'At first l I was trembed with -in- digestion,- ,I did not attribute -the trouble to the use of coffee, but thought it arose froth other eaeeese With these attacks I had siek head- ache, nausea and vomiting. Final. ly my stomachewas in such a condi- tion I could scarcely retain any food. iet 'consulted a physician ; eves told all my troubles „came from indi- gestion, but was not jai:limed what, caused the indigestion, I kept. on with the coffee and kept on with the trouble,..too, and aily ease con - turd to grow evoese from year to year until it' developed into chrenic ehareheae antieriee • and severoate • . There is no doubt that the miners tack -s of vomiting. I could kee,p _and other work people haVn suffer. nothing on thy stomach end became ed by the strike, and the trade a mere shadow, reduced from 159 unions' have been hit heavily by the to 128 pounds, drain an their relief 11111(18. It IS in ceiV speeialiet informed me I had this fact that the mine operaeore a very severe ease of catarrh of the . and Mime- other employers of labor stomach which had got BO bad he find the .greatesb degree of salisfee- could do nothing for me end I bo - tion. Te the depletion of these came Convinced my days were num- frinde is attributed the efferta of bema. many of the minere. le,aelers and "Then I chanced to see an article Laborite members of Parliament to setting forth the, good mialities of induce the strikers to vote to re- Post= and explaining how coffee turn to work. Without, a good sun- injures people, so I concluded to ply of money the miners and the give Postum -a trial. I soon saw other unionists ^whose, trades slif• the good effects—my headaches fered from the strike will be pre- were lees frequent, nausea and vented from enforcing demands on vomiting only came at long inter- employere for a long time to come. vats and I was soon a changed man, LONDON SUFFERED LITTLE. feeling much better. "Then I thought; I could stand Lmld" aufrPre4 Ina than a'nY coffee again, but as soon as I tried part of England, Scotland and it my old trouble,e returned and I - - Wales from the &drew: caused by again turned to Poetum. Would . lack of etath The London County you believe it, 1, did this three Council had been Inc '41lte'd times before I had seller enough to enougb to lay in a plentifttl supply quit coffee for goed and keep on ab f1 and it 1155 1115M1PC1 to keoP with the Postern, 1 am now a well public Utilities going. Theo. the man with no more, headaohes, siek kpeo Teeedon eeppliod with fond- ready gained leek to 14"/ pounds." railways made a specrial 011001 11 stomach or vomiting and have al - stuffs. So active were they in this Neale givert by Canadian Postern reelmet that -the price of .milk we- Co, Windsor, Ont. thally went down, end in some Look in pkge, Inc the foremast lit - places within the metropolitan dia. tie book, "The Reed to Wellville." triet eggs were cheaper. Eger read the above lettere A nese 586 But there VAS much distress not- appears from time to timo. TheY are withetandinge due mainly, it is sup• nenume, true, and tun of human Interest posed, ton, heavy increase in tlin --q4.--- ptiee of coal and increase in tha A Hale tip will dot e„,,, a wait - 041851 of nmet necessaries at litc, " of destnos. The number of school children foe whom the „Am:aim provide,' `,"(leorge, dear, said tl.,te er,oung mettle increased 50 per ant. "Y" aro grellrIng "4°°8°111* normal yeerse It is netieeable from er every day." "Yeas darling,V, d TORONTO CORRESPONDENCE lerrenzerneo omit, FROM THE . , QUEEN .CITV. Major Peuchen and the Titania Disaster --G. T. R. Management -Street Railway Trouble. tWe have arranged .tor• a weekly letter about Toronto affairs, whieh, we believe, will , be tlf 'great interest to mane of 0111 regclore,'' Those letters wilt be from the een of one of °amide's foremoot murea. nsts, Man who has covered time of the world's greatest happeniegs and now cm. 01113/00 a leading pOsition on one of the Toronto dailies./ Alter the first horror of the Titanic, MO - aster bed Wont off the chief loyal inter- est in the event neutered around the 1188'- -0011 118 Major Peuehell.. who on a call be. ing tgade for: e.eamen to help mail a life. boat offered his serviera and was there- by' saved. Major PeUelien is 18 wealthy Man and has been preminent iu military end yaehting circles, Re has item, hew - 8151, Balired in nubile nifeirs, and was Mail the present eveut known only to a eoniparatively small eirele. But during the pinit week a perfect storm of private couttorersY has centered ground his name.' It Is diftleult to deseribe or to es, plain ,the heat and acrimony have characterized -the discussione, in which has, participated peactically . every man, woman and child in the entire popula- tion. •Perimee it is a fair statement of the eituation • to say that moderate.mintled men have .no heeitation acrepting' Major Peurben's story of Ilk csrape as absolutely true. It has in e.i.y ease been amply corroborated by other eye-witness- es,'Where he made his mistakes were .811 Itis eritieisms, the • eweeping nature of which, as originally published, he sub- sequently denied, and in his speedy an- nouncement of a certificate of bravery signed by the seeped offiver of the Ti. taut,. Much of the critaimee of him loss cleeibtless been unjust; end a lood deal of Sympathy for • positien has been aroused. • • ' • • , To hear a lot of, comment one would think that Men who by Ihe thousand in the iity 'do not give up their Seats in street ram woinen,. would 'never thlek of -trying to save themaelvee if on. a sink- ing ship, even if they. could de so without taking any WOLUon'S • soot in a 'lifeboat. WILL BEAD TEE G. T. IL? ' The less' ef 0. M„. Hays leaves the' Grand TrttnIc- etailwee and •ite allied' linee tem- Poravily withent• a heed: Speculation so to his successor in ,ccuitrollieg the des. tines of the eystein broke oti' Oonn tta it was definitely learned lie Wei dead. The vanres.4nost prominently MIL forward in - etude .11. If.• Fitzhugh,. Vire-President -CT the Grand Trunk; E. J Chamberlin. Viee-Tresideet et the Grand Trunk Pacific; William Wainwright, and Major Leo. nerd.; Mr. Xitzhugh • has -had a dong ex- perience under variOUS Grand Trunk tO. gimes, Though be 1114 never been charged with full, responsibility he' is' understood to be 'a. mow Of resoureefulness 'and »Inch COOOO of -cherneter. - Mr.,• .Chhanberlites work with...the. Grand. Trunk Peak. 'lies been Commended end he is 're- earded as' a, ebining• railroader. Mrs. Straltisn'ight,is'Irtghly estimable. but his age .and ;date of health kent his name from being .aa.prominently ineutloned 08 3011)0 ,of L.the opera . BOATg WILL -BE CAREFUL. • • " One effect of the Titanic (11'., '511', un- doubtddlYi is theft water travel, whether on the ocean oe on the lakeN, will be safer .from.now on than it has been for 109 10. •.. A, false confidence , has- been abrood.. Shine de not sink now -a -days we'S the feeling. and if they 'do wireless telegraphy would bring aid 'before live were.loet. .Speed and comfort were, there. fore. given twine regard; in 1110 1181 to Milky. Rad the catastrophe befallen s mailer hoot'81,5larger celes would still hese felt, that' thoy were safe, •and there rimy, therefore., be ,something •of Provi- deece in the tact that was' the 'Titanic. the Mightiat 'of' timid all, thet was se- lected tor • the slanglitee. Now,- every othee..veeeel knows that ' it 'Must hence- forth relax TIO osible. precaution. Loca1. lines heve been taking stock or their safety anidianees, and may be depended upon to do all- Aliat is possible. MAY BE STREET OAR STRIKE. • • Trouble.,•is brewing betweenythe Toronto Stre'et Ralluoty .Gempany. and Ito employes,' organized 0 the Stmet'Rallwaymen'e 1181. ion. with a-rnemberidilp• abOut 1.500 men.' .,An-ageeenient• made ,two years ago eonies to an end on Inne- 15.. and.the men 'declare that they, must have h teller Ivages• and 'ityrptcoled term/Mime of work or on that ,date they. will go ou• Strike. - • 881 081108' lebor .trouble- that ran 'threat, en 'Torimto eontaius such possibilities of inconyrnience as . a , street railwair strike. Toronto spreatle' beer,' suelt• wide area that Many.. peonle .noW live five' M* six miles • from their ..werk... A etrike .ineana' the embareement of fentaries ittid stereo, and tremble hir every 'Inc. ret'peesent the luen's'enexhirom wage is -26 rent, an•heur. - • •They dennInd 30, An- other ohlef.geievanee lire in the (11, 8181),,- 11011 of 'their heurs. Owing to the rush treffir. night end non/Ming hundreds ef extra men have •to be put on at those periods. They put in 'the • remainder of theft' .cleys' work • whenever they' - get a thence. They complain thet often Om have to remain dtity fifteen ov Mee •honrs •in the • day • to • get in their nine hours' work. Public opinion rnes so antegonistic 11 the company that it is likely the men. will hove a lot of moral support. How long this would last ender the Moon. 0•5181011e0.5 of strike is a elle:Atoll. In the last year oe two the men have been rerruited by a great number of immi. grants whe are sometimee exeellent ger. vanta of the public, and sometinme the reverse. HO 17SE F•ULL OF ELECTRICITY. Wilke] Dean Sap Eleetrieal Tonle' Will Cure Malty Dia. That. the modern house of the near future will be equipped with electrical eparatits which will with- out the inmates' knowledge keep them constantly charged with elec- tric -Nee, therefore 'warding off many of the iles and aches that flesh has hitherto been heir to, is the pre- diction made by Dr, John P, Suth- erland, (leen of the Boston Univer- sify school of nietlieine, High frequency apparatus has been found exeeemety valuable, but hitherto it has been eonfined mostly to direct, contact of the patient with. the poles 01 1110 coil. It; has recent-, ly been 'demonstrated that the in- tervening air will serve to conduct the high voltaged current for -a. dis- tance, of many feet. This meant, aceording to experts in 1< dost dose pemensewith this electrical tonie without it being neceesary for them to eotne itito contect with any machine and without their knowing • -Piet they are being influeneed. Dr. Sutherland seer; he lime two machines in hie -office which he hal meet in general practice with good resulte, and the saps •the appareathe la a "iritIlln especially in ntee-knfee- the reeorte received that in the Plied the knowing Geoege. „It toile diseases , 1) tte rheumatism More thiekly populated dietricts' ft waY have Just before' your birth- nervotie Inengestton, headachei anti " Metropolis, melt as Southwark, (0Y , general debility'. ) I ONE OF THE 'NEWEST,SHAPED • HATS. • What woman - does not heave sigh of infinite -relief -when the aw- ful problem of•the speing hat erea- tien. is •definitely settlede The note of Fashionis eimplicity this season, an51. the unto:test. hats, 4140 _sugges- tive .of .elmoet Puritanical. severity —even the Mere elaborate affairs aie, no longer a, cc:U.:feud mass of flowers, chiffons, lace eiee. featbere. Timo wae when, palpitating with excitemeot, we yet gladly produced a fat 2011,01 bills to pay for some- thing in headgear that , was some, thing when balanced on the head, But, now—alas, what , 118. there to show for the expenditure 1 . A -wisp of lice, piped with Imutere et green velvet, -a fluted band .of similar material, a rhinestone buckle-, -black hemp of lifilan'seraw, the vaguest suggestion of au upwardecueve, and there you are 1 • • • - • • Yet it must he admitted, -though, the hats suggest an rtievenothinge Ni CA,N1"D" CO N 'TAINS NO A L -LJ CONFORMS TO THE HIGH STANDARD OF GILLETT'S GOODS. ,2,W STYLE LAO, 11 1111J1111111111J111111111111111111111111111111111111111.11111111111111111111111111111111111111f11111111111111111111111111111 MAKING SAFE INVESTMENTS LONDON MUSEUM. 'TREASURES The Collection oe Antiquities Is e. • Rare and Curious. PROSPECT cis APPRECIATION IN IN- DUSTRIAL STOpKS ONLY REASON All the treasuree. of the old Lon- - FOR BUYING THEM. don Museure have now. been trana. ferred to Keusingeon,Palaer), Where ' they have been enriehed by someee Ties es oreatest Just After Industrial noteworthy additions. The new -in- Depression and Least During Deed Tirnes-eNot a Proper Investment for stitutioie has juse been opened for - Anemia Who Has to Depend On I nOOnia: i:001Y• by the King and Queen. The, From Investments. . , OaleatiOn of antiquities is. Tare med. . curious, including relies of Roman, Celtic, Saxon, and leroeirran Lon - Tee artiolea contributed by "Investor" g:tif:: itiihyee'Eistoolve9, ph.unred.oet epfosvitbIldi.n go f px: ([110011c: sat61,11aVIC. bl I ao,seoolf.giPaina,n4tangdenceotAeTnin:. ine them from losing money through : plactug it in "wild-ortt" enterprises. The porary periods. One snecial tree,- imeeetial and reliable character of the etre is -an actlial Reiman sandal ill informetion may be relied upon. The leather, -like those, figured in. mane, writer of theee articles and the publisher Stitt1103.. .T.his extremely ,rare ob- tinhoroggrttlii°enrnihert." m. of this limner have no interests to serve jecb was found in some digging op- - atter other than •. orations -tic Central." Lieleclon—a ball . . Olt "Laves-tor:1 of rand • and black- unintelligible The safety of an investment in an ire mese.: The experts .of the Museura, ,, spent days in boiling ib, steeping it; dwarfed stock as we saw Met week de. in. Oil, and piCking it, Out with inn, nese, they are exceedingly chic and grig. tl'1'10111(130t"Wallefgeginpl% Ig.ziii;;I: nite, care. The number of fifteenth - and sixbeenth century shwa is Tarp and their patterns- various. . Of similar interest are the Tudor clips, which belonged to Seymour 1,11Ct1B, MA. ; eeveral of them are- exactly like those it Holbein's picturee, A, little later in date ie a new and im- portanb acquisition, the steelyard, or weighing machine, which be- longed to Sir Thomas Greshameand is insceibed with hi.o. naxne. This has a complete hisbory, though no one knoweavlioanade.the sevententh century additions; which evidently were an -attempt to 'glorify -tin his- torical relie In at mine* is ti ser- ies of etriking repxoductions of London' before the. great: fire. Here axe the remains of a, Roman galley, found in the old -bed et the Thames, :dating from about A.D. 203',- as is knonin by the 'coins of Ceitritusius which were found in it. Hexe, too, is- the' Inuit ' earlier "-A-tug-out" canoe,' »ith „ gehrt reminiscences of •old•Newgate and Smithfield: , We all ',Wends to be per- el--.....„......i4.0..i: . , reedy frank aliont'eether .people. • becoming. • features. Perhaps -equally as tinieli, how. . , . , . ever,it depends on the men at the . . head of .the 00311108)3'. When you hear ., AleGeLeee lejeerre. • • that ah experienced miller like the late Toweree'of-lfecehrge „ . . the. that the company will be rue properly. Robert Meighen is at the head of a mil. ling company, you natueally -conclude WurtaPC la C011arierri --- On the other hand, if you Mare that a f .5'. a:Q:1cl. Alia: gitufltlitt‘isns. i.eisef epinr.tei stall)It-os-.elt.to'ht;lieimati.e. omen whose' whole experiee lins been in tahe •steel and iron hueitiesee5is to ame.i.:.:no.rba Afghan tribes, . 'Med'. 91).atui:inthe'llj.17c.mer. mnPanY's. not fitim.tOlettre, the avenger dOeas, sceleirePt Pc'InP"Y Mr. 1.'1'4 1;?'':ve(11111a. blood' lend e'.. mtalein.'gte:1:1117:::"0:1r1::;:huRe::1;71Unar7401:T' aml'1:0::: kills - ally relative that 51,1,1 ir.)ese to show t h.oriliti. 0130 zer ieli,laulti,a.:1:31.3omesestactueb,:0- 02./11_ O_S'' hallCtly; aTithaise,k,iaallitzlicrnin, etittee. movever,71-gt raleleri a th . 1 Tif;f I.!' 11.1n"g" shl; i. les are, wiped out, ri..,„weston in ettrolici)Ae leiter? an experielic04 mauaettaercsobun me complicated that taiTilieen, corinno )0 ns rev + ie the tril ' el.vieli:, eha-k ilia je -Lisa . goiftartie...4. e'oetell'heoeniee stich a man 1 called upon to •ine t a Welmn .111:cgstini.tsgst'lens-s. .I, r o a .nieo.ute utiur i bson,d forsetheeex otherwi Il. 'Ilitt!i°e1 a bresityatet: illinie ali.ok(Ing. stirtanteeriv %mi.:, ,tipr. age ieasoen" gal one of the dt. whale fai:1:mne.:() t two stones bid e by•sicle in ehe , Rje;retieto.do et r!..ili :I/Ey., whibuounnycjin 01.0.nizen IslIfilise t ,siii.1311. 1_11:3.: . •tecid being put out of sighab •bc:.:ar°4111V117tert'llen?Itir°3114Y ol 1 tsle-rencP must a Man of the mullah as symboli tdtaiisrts: relyloortp.toollItioholcilla perience-not rage eolliat? 4.1.5 - ate mLnetowes a tower of . refu e ',311goe).1.1:n• it.1 I:1:1Tc 1- EeePcgui3 •men. but it is ee:senrZitif 4. .,1. q*Irittli,•,,,,,svot:hBact O. n si il enri 'IV:jZ1 tguiae rAtig .go I Newer oii.41,17e" although it is 010.or one in 01.1 s.1 le two paities are free to • areconet;n3Do. B. Hanna, 'or Z. A. Dmaelin.daar, "dilint;i711T64or0s1 " clfrgtogig2O'f n?"betinan17' Imes the are ,soleinnly desieterred .11n. i tee of sueh a' ma* n WashegirPged and tilil"' Evie°r°tIAriligahtaneaa b•thel: agflin, villager,- of Moder- th mo2tboeatrourilya. managed companiest, 'uOn S:aalOxia. inti.311. 1.11.tecnevOellIs171.1c1oLohisdcosti..011.3.1b.e...icovot1p.t. ,missi.i4ellemenat f.oiregirinl conclusion leiree 20 f and mud, _eaessee'eb perreeetly'solid for •thel- ••stenrichtiietbcloorgara .1050' "III rope and t•I'leall on e a hole -just largeeenougrila qs taie,kr 5 , Pi:otec6t9eal' 'thii:'..ti3."11a.beaillnig: tarillia4b114:t914c:::118WalaY::::408Sel'aa;--a°10eciettss 1;14' an . ja atm - Tire rate :t1:1r814).1'17tmentl e I 'Iyheoaillie be high to roamnpegatset71 surrounded by 'o. • II ' <I- tee ve ': 'thlee lelest e.: covered over to Make it, latitable of the average indu% 3" win'erei teelnotractie. 8., _ganer_.- Twee,- except, of ascent is by a y Lafrasstelli are usually reacsjonggyr°1atii it:faianri,w011:e.heilotnlbslofela.tt; f‘.olvni.ite1.513 ilian-ntlals:nel I.. fbri.31-ig, e. 'takesrnl.. rthe fitill gg es. • eYpeelle ' alt lifteria1715e,e1;it'-e:b'ngil'tahh ele :site it:heal° In. th. izz,,,14,„ tyt.Atest:Walt0tgr ' Crawl threrogl 0 Packers ConunoT; 4,.,: . bo. 10.4 l'itietsetiiit..; time the proipect t p .bigher; but strayed out se long .as.foodand wee about, 8 per emit., uniese, there .is smite sre.°e.ak should yield the eountry. lie can never be n industrial -common ter axe brought eehine by a AVOMail.• very good . reason for • the stock to seli .A traveller in. Afghanistan .tells tern at least. 6 3.4 to? per,..it. higher while a• 'preferred steek should re- *. It is quite i3upossible to mr-iitiv son - of seeing Orte tOWor of refuge whose erastatement with respeet to the erne owner. had not stireede metal& tf. vertibiitYiiof in,detrtal shlIresifn an , 511.5e, 1o7:znesho:ld notcountensoars. sonyaratse62enti11eAy11.175otit,ature tSas taking shot& at the oceneitent cif .meese008 01 511 Pre°10 1111g 1° "1°11 10- a another tow•ee, whichweredilly re -- turned. , To the mean.. tinie „their wives visited each othereend go's-- siped and were on terms of perfect amity. TIIE ICATSEltlqS' CHARACTER. _ He Is Liked Best Where He Is Best Known. There is much that one cannot) help liking in the character of Wil- helm II., and 31 is those who .know hint best; appreciate, him, saye a writer in the Strand Magazine. Imperious •anet amtoaratic to a de- gree he undoubtedly is, and .he has a will of iron that hates to be die couree, the ch lef reason 'illy one ,buYe tn. !auratride This should: 'be present in higly degree-cr. there ie tiara°. -tibn in buying ,the sieek at all. • As a "011014)1 rale the mospect of appreeiation is greatest at the end of au 10111115810,31depression. and leaet nt a time like the 1)1000811 when industrial centlitious have been extremely satisfactory for an ex. tended period. 'The present, therefere, Is not a good time to buy stoeks, and for the same reason lt is a good tiule to bus soiled bonds, Stability of market mire is almost wind. ly lacking in industrial atoeks. They flue. taste quickly and, sharply. lip one day Red down the next, 'Peke Canaditin Gen- era] bilectrie. In 1889 it geld at 140, in 1901 it tounlied 231, in 1902 11 got bark 10 193, while in 1908 it worked down to 83. Xt Is now aronnd 114, There is n,,,lel, ueli stebility here, Preferred thm e(Nett- ate far loss, of course, and, in feet, gen- e)ally may be minted to remain with- in- a 1581)010 or ten points, 'Fo min up, Industrial Fitocks ape in- vestments proper only for business men verte,c1 from its purpose, Ho is also tral nyose tennis with conditione and •eer. t y never for anyoue who fa depend. extremely hasty in his judgments eta on the income from their investmento as much as en his actions. No one 101 livi"g" is in -ore quick to realize els failures, however, than he is hinmelf, and be has been known after a hooted out- burst to go to the Minister or offi- cial who provoked his wrath nlItosb Tile VOWS a man makes at thc marriage altar do not, worry hint half as much as the silly promises immediately afterivard •renct offer his he made to the woman in the case apologies, and agree that a differ- hell)"8he led him thare• ent course from 5411181 1)0 had at first) . demanded would possibly be the wisest. All apt 'ease in 1)013118 15 the fammie telegram there his lelajesty sent; to the late President Paul Kruger upon his defeat of the raid- ers under Dr. Jameson, It) is es-. sealed by those who were abotte the Gevman and British courts et that time that the, Emperor was heard within to day or two, and when he had had time to correnler folly the' poet:dile seriommess of the action, fremiently to exprefte regret thab 110 had ever allowed hinteelf to put pen to paper On Ow eat -eject, and ft ie etabed that, the Temperor at onee wrote vevy fully to Queen ViCtOria On '1110 matter, reiterating hie re- grets and explaieing the eireem- stamen thet led up to the despatch of the wire. Eight Year of Bad Eczema on Hands AtontThal ltnag Afiny - A, Bentley' ' Cured by Cuticura Soap and Ointment Miss Mary A. Bentley, 08 University St.; Montreal, writes, In a recent letter; "Some Mee years ago ./ noticed small pimples break- ing out on the back of my hands. They became very Irritating, and gradually became Worse, so that X could not sleep at night. 1 consulted a physician who treated me a long time, but It got worse, and I could not put my hands in water. 2 was treated at the hospital, and it was just the eam svas told that it was a very bad ease of eczema, 'Veil, /just kept on itsleg everything that I could for nearly eight years until I was advised to try Oeticura Ointment. 1 did so, and X tome after a few applivalions the burning sensations were disappearing, 1 could slew well, and did not have any itching during the night. I began otter a midi° to use Oakum Soap, / stuck to the Outtenra treatment, and ti100511 If X conld use other remedies for over eeven :veers With nO result, and after only having a, feW applications and linding easefrom Onticuta Ointment, ie deserved a fair trial With a. severe and stub- born case. .1 used tho Cutfeura Ointment and Soap for nearly six months, and X am gded 40 say that 2 have hands as dear as unyone. It is my wish that you publish thie lotter to all the world, waif auyone doubts it, let Citlitleuro,rm‘riScOamp0a.nd Ointment aro sold by dreaskis and dealers everywhere. For a liberai free sample of each, with 32-p. book, Send tO Potter Drug .k Chem. Coip., 85 0,313i,ehee Ave., Boston, U. S. A. wareememeznaanameinommr, An Absolutely Safe 6Z Investment q The First Mortgage Bonds of Price 13ros, &Company 6 per cent. on the -invest- ment...secured by first mortgage on one of the finest paper mills and over four million acres of the best pulp and thnber lahd 111 America—insured with Lloyds, of London, England, against fire...offer a most attractive investment. The PreSent net earnings of the Company are sufficient to pay the bond interest twice over. The growing demand Inc puifewood is yearly increasing the value of the Company's properties. These bon& have been purchased by the best informed financier's in both Canada and England. At their present price they yield 6 per emit interest. Considering security, earnings assets, and the likelihood of ?ppreciaPrice tion in value, Eros. & Company' bonds constitute an exceptional tevestmente Write for hill deseription of Mete bonds, 11017AL SECURITIES CORPORATION LI VI I TE BANK OP MONTABAL MALIN/go 0 YONCE AND outEN STREETS R. M. WHITt TORON'f0 MONTREAL .0UFORC-14 A LIFAX.OTTAWA MOnaller 1.0140084 11141),1 SAD LOT OF BRIM EIRLS CA NNOT MA ILE T111E1,11. .OWN WAY IN 'TUE W0111,D. Daughters 'of ;Kiddie CUSS Ono of boon I ry's Iliost Serious Problems. Miss Josephine IC1101V,IeS, W110 18 well-known student,. of eociological questicins, declared, in a, lecture in London,- England; -recently,- that the peeition, tend prospeets of un- married :claughtere in the middle ohms, homes a.Englaml constituted the most serious unsolved problem of the preserib •elay. .. Thew evere __doomed, sho Said, te. levee dull., aimless, mono- tonous life 'aii hothe because they wero not provided, like their lavoth- ers, with opportunities for making •their way in the, world.. They were, therefore, financially dependent on their fathers, who often treated them with leSs oonsideration than they.,showed to their ,servants. The servants could give notice, whereas the daughters could not, Many daughters really did the work of households for lees than the, wages of 'a,',honsentraeel, And .suelt was the quieb menotony of their daily life that they had no opportunity such -ae rich girla' had of meeting eligiblo suitors. In a great many cases they had the oliejee eithei, of Marry -- Mg a dull, uninteresting man, or of remaining unmarried all their lives. TOO MUCH NOVEL READING, Their one chance was often ne- gteeted because, they read novels and .dreamed dreams.; for -there was no one to tell them bow Bette relation there was liebeyeen the -cerents 110110.10(1 an a sllgau3 novel and those which haPPened en real life, In course of thne the .un - Mae -reed W815 oFeee apt -to become frumpish because she had. no real interest in life, and to the ,-egeme -erase-7'13e- attrihaed many nerroue breakdoWns. Mose girls could not afford to drees seyliehlY, and they weee three handl- eepped, for, men were snobs, and always showed a preference for those who -were smartly dressed. When the lather died the daughters were often eeft destitute or with a mere pittance on weich to„eubsist, end therefore the nmober Of &s- tressed gentlewomen was always very great, a,nd was stoadily-grow- ing. The workman's daughtel.e. in con- sequence of the institution of pub- lic elementa•ry schools and the poly- technice, -Was coming up and met with the disttesseele gentlewoman on her way down. Women, as )v -ell as men, should be taught to TARN THEIR OWN. LIVING. „.. nmv definition was wan bed for the word lady; ie sheet(' be appliedeto the woman who could do 50 IT1 0 - thing. Horne life, 'mole as -it exieteel arriong. the rftid•tlleel 885011 at the "PreSent ,evorablo to the ferenation of filen:dabs be- tween thee -014e Mid iamb ere of ;the onneeiteisexe -zotiig men Were ,3e1- 0 1' never introduced; and the, fatleet neyer took 1)10 udamghter oust to parties,- or dances. Moreover, many young men wene Mit to the Doinlnionse ' - The lecturer concluded by making a,. suggestion fel' "e :remedy to the state, of, things depicted.. .• It was that hotele should:he treated in the 'Do -Minions to which .yeaung oneinen could-ge"itifid s6aCee evhilelooking out) for eue eengagernent. .11e:eves ,a pity thea'Seal,e, millionaiees did -not fin- ance, lecnne eitelieselleme' histatiel of might be obtained for the, purpoee. Islootpereectihin.dgmbin. itthias 07,0ayil,mwannclgraslniet geeing te_pi_ople who did nob said, to form a committee to do want them, She intended, she YEAR IS 1912. Madame r.l'Itelies Prophesies 'More Marine i sa st ers. Maclaine de Theb,es, in a recent interview, wee unable to substan- tiate the euanor eurrene in Paris thab she warned the late COI. John Jacob Astor that he would lose his life at eea. She ' stated, however, that six years ago she warned William T. Stead that danger by water 'threat- ened him, She 100111 (153 "Steed /aughed at me then, and said that he would -have duo warn - Mg from his femillare in the spirit world if any dangee inenteced him, -Since that time he had jokod with me on more than one occasion about my premonition, pointing to his various long journeys ttecomplisheel without; mishap, •1 only repeated 811"1\1111Lernier10 llaf. . y 152 is a. black year. Other Marine catastrophes will fol- low the Titanic wreek. Oataelysnee threaten on all sides. The eea te- pecially 18 marked Cue as a, erottree 01 danger. The dangeeous epoch will lest) until Meech 21, 101)9," DON'T :13kLONG, Tixo'w.orst combination I'm certain, Limb grows, Is springy seraw bee And a ivintry red rose, The largest; bone in the 1111111:141. frame is elle wishbone.