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The Herald, 1912-06-28, Page 7.ARCCISTS HIS SPECIALTY DETECTIVE FIGURED IN BOMB THROWING CASES. A" Was Near By When Atteinpt Was Made to Kill King Alfonso and Itis Bride. Detective -Inspector Francis .Tow - ell, of Scotland Yard, London, who retired on June 2, was a specialist in anarchists. He had •seen all sorts ofanarchists, home and foreign, philosophical anarchists and explo- sive anarchists, madmen and agents provocateurs, and he had watched over many crowned heads in Eng- land and abroad. In his home at Clapham he has a table drawer full of moroe•eo cases containing . gold watches, medals, scarfpins, and other presents received from royal- ties. Mr. Powell joined the Metropoli- tan police force in 1885, and five years later was selected for duty in the special branch which deals with anarchists and foreign criminals who seek refuge in the country. His first big case was when he was act- ing as a detective -sergeant under Supt. Melville's orders hi the Wal:' sell anarchists' prosecution in 1891. In that case two Englishmen and two foreigners were suspected Of manufacturing bombs, Mr. Powell• arrested one of them in • Tottenham Court Road and the arrest of the others followed, with the result that they came before Mr. Justice Hawkins at • Stafford and were sentenced to terms of penal servitude. The defence was that the bombs were really intend- ed for Russian revolutionists and that the prisoners were inveigled into their manufacture by a foreign anarchist, a protege of Louise Mich- el, who was in reality A POLICE SPY. In April, 1894, abomb was thrown into the Cafe Very at Paris and sev- eral persons were killed. It was one of the saucepan type—"the marunton," it used to be called in French police slang. Two men concerned, Francois and Meunier, took refuge in England, and Ser- geant Powell was engaged on their case. Francois was arrested at Poplar and Meunier by Supt. Mel- ville at Victoria Station. Mr. Pow- ell took Meunier back to France and handled him over to the French ,police -at Dieppe. Another of .his oases •at'this per- iod was' that of the Italian anar- ekiista Fairriers and another, who Were found in May, 1894, with bombs, with which they had an- ' flounced their intention of 'blowing up the Stock Exchange. Farnara was sentenced to twenty years penal servitude. Mr. Powell recalls the case of Martial Bourdin, the young French anarchist who in February, 1894, blew himself up with a bomb in Greenwich Park. It is still a mys- tery what Bourdin was doing there. Some people thought he intended to blow up Greenwich Observatory, but that seems rather improbable. He may have gone there to hand the bomb to a •confederate. PROMOTED TO INSPECTOR, he has been constantly engaged in protecting royalties from conspira- tors and lunatics. He was in Ma- drid on confidential duty on. the marriage of King Alfonso and was only fifty yards away when the bomb was thrown at the royal car- riage. "The escape bf the royal pair," he said, "was miraculous. The •bomb was thrown between the car- riage and the horses. The latter were killed, but the carriage was only slightly damaged.. But in the. opposite direction the street was like a, battlefield. "The bomb had been loaded with the steel' balls which had been taken from the bearings of a motor car axle, and you may judge of its force when I tell you that at a consider- able distance these balls had pene- trated a granite block." In the last few months Mr. Powell has been the officer who leas been charged with the surveillance of the suffragists and the arrangements of the recent conspiracy trial. He it was who arrested the male suffra- gist who assaulted Mr. Lloyd George• with a lunch box outside the Horticultural Hall a few months ago. ,I• HOW THEY BEHAVED. A maid in a certain family was Heft in charge of the children while her mistress went for a long drive. The mistress on her return said to .the maid ; "How did the children ibehave during my, absence, Caro- 'Owl Well, I hope?" • "Beautiful madams" Caroline lnswered; "land at the. end they fought ter- ribly together." "Why did they 'nght.?" the mother asked, "To de- cide," said Caroline, "which was beha,vina ;; " hr.,,.;t.+' k THRIFTY PRINCESS DIARY. She }Jas Begun to Shop on Her Own Account. • Queen Mary's careful training of ger children is just being illustrated by the doings of Princess Mary. The Queen is dead against extrava- ga'noe, so the Princess is being trained in ways of thrift by her careful mother. She has now begun to ,go shop- ping on her own account. Accom- panied by her governess, she uses a private brougham for her little ex- cursions to the smart retail stores in •and around Bond Street, Lon- don. On every occasion she asks the price of each article before she buys it, a most unusual custom with roy- alties, who are, expected to show disregard of pelf. Having consider- ed the quotation she` often turns round to her govrness and says: "T. don't thinkinotlzer` would wish me, to spend so much as that." In this way she is certainly scoring as a shopper, for the store, risen are put- ting no fancy figures up to her these latter days. Princess Mary has an account of her own with the postal savings bank, but her brothers' allowances are too small to admit of savings. They have to turn to their sister when their - pocket honey runs short, but the careful Princess al- ways wants to know on what they propose to spend the money before she makes them an advance. 0 Sable -hunting has been prohibited for three years by the Russian Par- liament. Ever Notice A Field' of Indian Corn in the glory of its growing? The best part of selected pearly white Indian Corn is used in making Post Toasties This food is carefully cooked—in afactory that is clean and spotless—not a hand touching\ it at any stage of the making. PostToasties with cream and a sprinkle of sugar are an ideal dish. Serve sometimes with fresh strawberries added. "The fleiltory Lingers" w Sold by Grocers. Made by Canadian Postum Cereal Co., Ltd. Windsor, Ontario, Canada. iVIAKI� SK lfow_. tine Should Invest to Secure Greatest Proportion on of Safety There is No Ineestr•eii1 Absolutely Safe Tinder All Coxaeeliabl;e 'Conditions—Care- ful onld,itions--Care- ftal Distribution of Capital Lessens the Risk in Proportion; to Number of Ynvest- m.ents. The artloles contributed by "Investor are for the sole purpose of guiding pros, peative investors, and, if possible. of eat. ung them from losing._ money through planing it in "wildcat" enterprises. -The impartial and reliable character of the information may be relied . upon, Tha writer of these articles and the pahltshe;> of this paper havo no interests to servo in connection with thie matter other than• those of the reader. Is there any investment absolutely with. out risk? To answer this question one must know exactly what is meant by risk.. I think it is safe to say, that fgrthe man who may want to realize on his in- vestments in a hurry there is no abso- lutely safe investment. Suppose, • at the present time, he bought British Consols— a gilt edged investment if there ever was one, Their price is the lowest it has ever been. The yield, however, le only 3,33 .' per cent.—by no means excessive—for t,y bear only 21.2 per cent. on their par value. Formerly, when they have carried, a higher rate they have sold at a p ee approximately as low, taking yield 'Igoconsideration. But suppose aman bought. these securities and Groat Britain wee in- volved in a war with Germany: Why. there would be a sharp drop at once, and if Ite wanted to, or had to, sell the in- estor would experience a severe loss. •. Or suppose he bought City of Montreal, Bonds. A German fleet might sail np,t'he St. Lawrence, and all the combined.•ef forts of the Niobe and Rainbow would root prevent a bombardment of Montreal and a eonsequent drop in Montreal bonds. Xs an investor never safe? you say. Has he no means of avoiding such a catas- trophe? Of course he has. and the means 'mare- over are in his own hands. Those who have read this column during the past year will remember the oft -re- peated admonition against keeping all one's eges in the same 'basket, lest the basket be overturned and all the eggs broken. The wise farmer avoids such a loss by putting his eggs in different crates, ea oh egg in a compartment by it- self, so that one might be broken, but; the west escape. Now, that is exactly what the wise investor does. He buys a small amount of Montreal bonds to yield him 41-8 per cent. To offset the chance. ('very remote to be sure) of an invasion of a hostile fleet un the St. Lawrence. River, he boos some City of Toronto: debentures, yielding 41.4 per cent. But as Toronto may, at some future time, be affected br just such an industrial oriels as Iiondon, England, 1s now threatened by, he buys the bonds of Victoria, B.C., and so he spreads his risk. He buys Winnipeg bonds, which is the centre of the grain trade, and those of Yorkton, the centre of a farming dis- trict. Then he shifts back to Ontario cities .and towns, and so he spreads his risk over a multitude of different and di- vergent interests. Perhaps, to offset his bounds he buys a few mortgages, and to increase his income he takes on some in. dustrial bonds. But the wise investor is careful to distribute hisinvestments not only over ` a number of different securi- ties. but geographically over a wide stretch of territory, avoiding too heavy boucle of one class. Then, no matter what happens, he cannot' lose everything. A few years ago the town of Campbell - ton, N. B., was completely wiped out by fire. An investor Whose whole fortune was tied up in the debentures of that town might have been ruined had not the Pro- vincial Government of New Brunswick tome to its aid and guaranteed' the •in- vrestors against loss. But if he had had only a tenth, or a twentieth, of his hold- ings in the debentures of that place he wouldn't have needed to be very uneasy. Although unpleasant, the loss would not have been crippling. Perhaps another man had some of the 'Black Lake Asbestos Company bonds, as about 250 Canadian investors bad: If he had been wise his lose would not have been severe enough to have -caused him the loss of more than a year's interest on all his investments. But, you say, X have only a few thou- sand dollars, and I cannot spread that very much. In these days of hundred dollar bonds no one need make that ex- cuse. True, municipalities do not, as a rule, issue such email denominations, but they can be purchased in very small amounts. But, in tbe case of most muni- cipalities, such a catastrophe as overtook Campbellton is so very remote as to bo negligible—a chance of one in line hun- dred at the very least. And almost all industrial companies of any account issue debentures of 8100 now -a -days, although unfortunately few public service compan- ies have done so as yet. But they all are doming to it. To anyone who cares to take the trou- ble, may. with the advice of his invest- ment banker, arrange a distribution of his investments so as always to keep him from npprehension of any unexpected loss of a large part of his savings. OBOTQ ESPOVDENC New Head of the Erjc,s Department—City Pays Big Salaries Sttoe's New Member— AnInteresting Move. It is only a few short years since there appeared in the Toronto City Solicitor's of- fice at the City Hall a new office boy. Ho was so round and well fed that he was immediately nicknamed the,'fat bon from Pickwick." When it was found that hie first name was Roland it was immedi- ately cut down to Rely," and Roly it • re- mains to this day. The boy's mother was a widow, and had been caretaker of the old city hall for many years..,. She was very proud of her son, and when it came time for him to: be"in to do something for himself she had no trouble in getting him a position in one of the offices at the Hell, which site looked after. NOW GETS $8,000 A YEAR. To -day that boy is known officially as, Mr. R. C. Harris, head of the Works De- partment of- the City of Toronto, andthe salary ho is to draw is $8,000 a year. He has never held any position outside of the municipal administration of the city. He has never run for office. He has just attended to the business that lay at +his hand in his civic service job, and he has trot on. Each year has seen a new admin- istration installed, but the good-natured fat boy, and the man he developed into, amen time with had ini�tiativehtto formulate plans and the force to carry them into effect. lie was some years getting to be a chief clerk, but from that point his progress -has been rapid. The control of one department after another has been put under hie control until now ne has the management of the chief spendingiof- flees of Toronto, which spends more mehey. in a year than does the Government,; of Ontario. a MANY OTHER GOOD SALARIES. - ' Mr. Harris' example demonstrates 'that•. a successful career is • possible in taunt. oipel service. And he is not the Oily Toronto official getting a good selg,: The City Treasurer, Mr. R. T, Coady,WhO is shortly to sail for England to sell Mere City of Toronto bonds, gets $8,000 a year, The salary of the Mayor is now $7,6001-nntfl last year it was $6,000, The Assessnient Commissioner gets $5,500. The Mcdloal Health Officer gets 85,000. The City f4 li- ctor gets 54,500. So doos the City Artthi- tect. The City Clerk and the Chief of rte Fire Brigade each receive $4,000. Pol t,e: Magistrate Donisotf's salary is 51,000 a year. But the highest priced man inti,•he eity'9 employ is the City Counsel, htr:" H, L. Drayton, ICC., a comparatively young man, who gets 510,000 a year as City Cd A- sel, and draws another 84,000 as the o• vinoial Government's reprosentativ4 pis the Toronto Hydro-Elootric Commi i. on, making $14,000' a year in all. This a 'fie, no doubt. explaink, in part, why 5 olined the Chairmanship of the Dorn. Railway Board, which, aecording., port, was offered to him. TENNIS ZIHAMPION NOW M. P Some local interest has been ar by the announcement that the vacanc the Dominion Hous in South Si caused by the elevation of Mr. Hang Lennox to the bench, has been file. Mr. Wi A. Boya it is recalled the' was for many roars' orie of the ler yt'. n,4}oa-oI Canada, being an expert and nul'�:i13' player, •.for several season tennis championship o: -9O ario•Mr ,7 is still young—he is only 4",glut he` given up tennis and hockey. Ho nn tiiken to golf and Curling and poltt MINISTER OF EDUCATION MOV As soon as the. new Wing of thee. ment Buildings is completed there b e, 9 a more 'titan usually interesting moving. The Education Department, which for half a century has occupied quarters in the Normal School building, occupying an en- tire block between Gould, Gerrard, Church and 'Victoria streets, will at last make its headquarters with the other departments of the. Government in Queen's Park. This will, no doubt, be some convenience to the Minister and the staff, who have been obliged to make a half-hour's journey every Incmthey wished to consult the Premier or the other departments; but it is safe to say that the old Normal School building will be left, with many regrets. The chief educational associations of the Province cluster around the building. The Minister's quarters there have long been _fatuous for their spaciousness and Ole - 'sluice, and. it is doubtful if the depart' meet will find as much comfort in their new quarters as they are leaving in the old. The final disposition of the museum and art gallery, which has long been ono of the show places of Toronto, has not yet been finally decided. It may remain where it is, or it may be divided between the Art Museum, that now finds a beau- tiful home in the late Goldwin Smith's old residence, the Grange, and the Pro - * University Museum in Queen'e Park. DOMINION DAY. Canada's own holiday, year after year, Passes in Toronto without tbe slightest celebration of the day as a. real national holiday. As many people as can get out of town, and when the day falls on a Monday, as this year, the number is un- usually large. Those who remain amuse themselves as best they can. It is safe to say that every canoe, rowboat, bow- ling green, tennis court, or picnicking site within reach of the city is fully oc- enpied all day. For the owners of the amusement franchises the day is one of :the biggest harvests of the year. A fine day will take from 15,000 to 18,000 people to the afternoon ball game alone. Even lacrosse, which is making desperate ef- forts to get off the down grade to popular favor, may get as high as 10,000. specta- tors. But as for a real national celebration there is nothing. No one wants the spread-eagleiem of the American Fourth, but many people regret that some effort Should not be made to make the day in Canada's second eity in a way that would be distinctively Canadian. GET ACQUAINTT1D WITH YOUR NEIGHBOR S. 11 you are genteel in appearance and courteous in your manner, you will be welcomed in every home in your locality, When you are showing samples of our su- perior toilet goods, household necessities, and reliable. remedies, The satisfaction whish our goods give, places the users under an obligation to you, which wins for you the same respect, esteem, and in. timate friendship given the priest, physi- -eian, or pastor, and youwill make more money from your spare time than you dream of, besides a host of friends. This 10 your opportunity for a pleasant,. tlreasaT'he BomeSupplynCo., Dept 20, Mer. rill 1'luilding, Toronto, Ont. Entertainments in London are at- teliidedd by 200,000 personsevery St1'nday. i�✓i oa iZa E. . 1 Ni cis"! CONTAINS INO ALL) M CONFORMS TO THE HIGH STANDARD OF GI LLETT'S GOODS. lmomomollIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIlHlIIIIIIIl IL IIIIiIliIIIIIUIIll IIIIIIBJIIQ) MI1I111IjIIIIIIIHIIIIJIIii MIN1011111Il11111 JAPANESE CHINA PAINTING. Great Skill and Minute Accuracy are Required. In painting, as in writing, the Japanese artists hold the brush, which they use for both purposes, perpendicularly over the surface to be inscribed or ornamented, the first and fourth fingers over the two middle ones. China painting in Japan is con- ducted on the co-operative system. Each artist confines himself to one particular part of the work. One specialist sketches the figures, an- other the landscape, and a third the scrolls and arabesques. The cup, vase, dish, or whatever it may be, is then handed over to the colorists, who also subdivide their labor, one of them doing the scarlet, another the blue, and ,so on, until the mas- terworker crowns their efforts by adding the gilding either in broad lines and masses or in:multitudes of tiny dots. When one reflects that every one of these touches must be repeated with the minutest accuracy from seven to nine times on the best china, some idea, may be had of the amount of skill and attention re- quired to produce good Kioto ware. Then, after all, the whole of this la- bor may be wasted upon a faulty article which shows its flaws only on being submitted to the fiery ordeal of the last baking. The artists are paid according to the class of their work, the gold painter and final eritis receiving Most. Next ranks the designer, and lowest of all are the colorists, whose work is purely mechanical, though it requires a long and ardu ous apprenticeship. The final baking Lasts for several hours. The furnace is fed with log of a close -grained wood as hard ani heavy as lignum vitae, which burn slowly and gives a uniform and in tense heat. The fire is allowed die out, and the furnace to cool ver gradually, in order that the ponce lain may be properly annealed. Th porcelain is ready for removal in hours after it has ,been first place in the oven. 0-4 A GREAT WAR SHIP. Britain's Fastest, Largest an Costliest Named The Lion. Great Britain's largest, faster and costliest armored war ship h just been placed in eomnlissio The monster battle cruiser.has b named the Lion. Her length is 6 feet, her displacement 26,350 ton her speed, designed for twent eight knots, is likely to re thirty-two knots. Her turbines a of 70,000 horse power. As for h cost it 'reaches the enormous sum $10,000,000. For such a sum twenty years could have been built a first -el battleship, four good-sized cruis and a dozen torpedo craft. For such a sum to -day could built some 2,000 aeroplanes, one of which could with impu. drop bombs upon She Lion and her out of action. Homeless persons in London one night recently exceeded in number, An Absolutely Safe 6/ Investren J The First Mortgage Bonds of Price Bros. & Company 6 per cent. on the inve ment---secured by first mortgage on one of the finest paper mills and over f million acres of the best pulp and timber land in America ---insured with Lloy of London, England, against fire ---offer a most attractive investment. T present net earnings of the Company are sufficient to pay the bond interest twi over. The growing demand for pulpwood is yearly increasing the value of t Company's properties. These bonds have been purchased by the best inform financiers in both Canada and England. At their present price they yield 6 p cent interest. Considering security, earnings, assets, and the likelihood appreciation in value, Price Bros. & Company bonds constitute an exception investment. Write for full description of these bonds. ROYALSECURITIES CORPORATION LIMIT!! BANK OF MONTREAL BUILDING - • - YONGE AND QUEEN STREET R.WHITE TORONTO MONTREAL-QUEBEC-HALIFAX-OTTAW Manager LONDON (ENG.) .:J 51. Also a New Perfection Toaster Also a New Perfection Broiler '°Ger, what a difference in the meals a good stove - makes, said one of the boys. So they called their shack "Camp Comfo t. " And they will tell their mothers and wives about the stove, too. For the New Perfection Oa Cook -stove is as convenient for the home as for the camp. It will bak,., broil, roast and toast se well as a reguul le coal range. 4 THE IMPERIAL OIL COMPANY, Limited Winnipeg, • Montreal, St. John, Hrilifas and Queen City Division, Torgrsto Gsod Meals at Camp C mf s r The boys at Camp Comfort are using the same stove that they had last year. h was the best they could get. It was a Nov Per; eefaoat Y2"K Itn.4t1 L -:I E `til COGk st we This year they got a New' Perfection Oven The New Perfection Stove is handsomely finished in nickel. with cabinet top, drop shelves, towel reeks, etc. Long chunneys, enam- eled turquoise -blue. Made with 1.2 or 3 burners. All dealers. Free Cook - Book with every stove. Cook - Book also given to anyone sending 5 cents to cover mailing cost. Buying Bonds on,the Instalment Plan You may become a bond* holder under our Period- ical Payment Plan in precisely the same man- ner .that you become a savings bank depositor— by putting aside money as you canspare it. Under this plan you may purchase from us tie Bond or Bonds that most strongly appeal to you as an investment suited to your purposes, by mak- ing a small initial pay- ment and , paying the remainder in monthly instalments to suit your income. In this manner you become a bondholder at once without having to save the face value of the Bonds you want to purchase—and you receive the interest on the Bonds while paying for them. We should be glad to submit a list of leading Canadian investment securities which 'yield from b% to .over 6%, which may be purchased on this Periodical Payment Plan. DOMINION BOND COMPANY, Limited TORONTO MONTREAL OTTAWA LONDON, ENG. THRIFTY PRINCESS DIARY. She }Jas Begun to Shop on Her Own Account. • Queen Mary's careful training of ger children is just being illustrated by the doings of Princess Mary. The Queen is dead against extrava- ga'noe, so the Princess is being trained in ways of thrift by her careful mother. She has now begun to ,go shop- ping on her own account. Accom- panied by her governess, she uses a private brougham for her little ex- cursions to the smart retail stores in •and around Bond Street, Lon- don. On every occasion she asks the price of each article before she buys it, a most unusual custom with roy- alties, who are, expected to show disregard of pelf. Having consider- ed the quotation she` often turns round to her govrness and says: "T. don't thinkinotlzer` would wish me, to spend so much as that." In this way she is certainly scoring as a shopper, for the store, risen are put- ting no fancy figures up to her these latter days. Princess Mary has an account of her own with the postal savings bank, but her brothers' allowances are too small to admit of savings. They have to turn to their sister when their - pocket honey runs short, but the careful Princess al- ways wants to know on what they propose to spend the money before she makes them an advance. 0 Sable -hunting has been prohibited for three years by the Russian Par- liament. Ever Notice A Field' of Indian Corn in the glory of its growing? The best part of selected pearly white Indian Corn is used in making Post Toasties This food is carefully cooked—in afactory that is clean and spotless—not a hand touching\ it at any stage of the making. PostToasties with cream and a sprinkle of sugar are an ideal dish. Serve sometimes with fresh strawberries added. "The fleiltory Lingers" w Sold by Grocers. Made by Canadian Postum Cereal Co., Ltd. Windsor, Ontario, Canada. iVIAKI� SK lfow_. tine Should Invest to Secure Greatest Proportion on of Safety There is No Ineestr•eii1 Absolutely Safe Tinder All Coxaeeliabl;e 'Conditions—Care- ful onld,itions--Care- ftal Distribution of Capital Lessens the Risk in Proportion; to Number of Ynvest- m.ents. The artloles contributed by "Investor are for the sole purpose of guiding pros, peative investors, and, if possible. of eat. ung them from losing._ money through planing it in "wildcat" enterprises. -The impartial and reliable character of the information may be relied . upon, Tha writer of these articles and the pahltshe;> of this paper havo no interests to servo in connection with thie matter other than• those of the reader. Is there any investment absolutely with. out risk? To answer this question one must know exactly what is meant by risk.. I think it is safe to say, that fgrthe man who may want to realize on his in- vestments in a hurry there is no abso- lutely safe investment. Suppose, • at the present time, he bought British Consols— a gilt edged investment if there ever was one, Their price is the lowest it has ever been. The yield, however, le only 3,33 .' per cent.—by no means excessive—for t,y bear only 21.2 per cent. on their par value. Formerly, when they have carried, a higher rate they have sold at a p ee approximately as low, taking yield 'Igoconsideration. But suppose aman bought. these securities and Groat Britain wee in- volved in a war with Germany: Why. there would be a sharp drop at once, and if Ite wanted to, or had to, sell the in- estor would experience a severe loss. •. Or suppose he bought City of Montreal, Bonds. A German fleet might sail np,t'he St. Lawrence, and all the combined.•ef forts of the Niobe and Rainbow would root prevent a bombardment of Montreal and a eonsequent drop in Montreal bonds. Xs an investor never safe? you say. Has he no means of avoiding such a catas- trophe? Of course he has. and the means 'mare- over are in his own hands. Those who have read this column during the past year will remember the oft -re- peated admonition against keeping all one's eges in the same 'basket, lest the basket be overturned and all the eggs broken. The wise farmer avoids such a loss by putting his eggs in different crates, ea oh egg in a compartment by it- self, so that one might be broken, but; the west escape. Now, that is exactly what the wise investor does. He buys a small amount of Montreal bonds to yield him 41-8 per cent. To offset the chance. ('very remote to be sure) of an invasion of a hostile fleet un the St. Lawrence. River, he boos some City of Toronto: debentures, yielding 41.4 per cent. But as Toronto may, at some future time, be affected br just such an industrial oriels as Iiondon, England, 1s now threatened by, he buys the bonds of Victoria, B.C., and so he spreads his risk. He buys Winnipeg bonds, which is the centre of the grain trade, and those of Yorkton, the centre of a farming dis- trict. Then he shifts back to Ontario cities .and towns, and so he spreads his risk over a multitude of different and di- vergent interests. Perhaps, to offset his bounds he buys a few mortgages, and to increase his income he takes on some in. dustrial bonds. But the wise investor is careful to distribute hisinvestments not only over ` a number of different securi- ties. but geographically over a wide stretch of territory, avoiding too heavy boucle of one class. Then, no matter what happens, he cannot' lose everything. A few years ago the town of Campbell - ton, N. B., was completely wiped out by fire. An investor Whose whole fortune was tied up in the debentures of that town might have been ruined had not the Pro- vincial Government of New Brunswick tome to its aid and guaranteed' the •in- vrestors against loss. But if he had had only a tenth, or a twentieth, of his hold- ings in the debentures of that place he wouldn't have needed to be very uneasy. Although unpleasant, the loss would not have been crippling. Perhaps another man had some of the 'Black Lake Asbestos Company bonds, as about 250 Canadian investors bad: If he had been wise his lose would not have been severe enough to have -caused him the loss of more than a year's interest on all his investments. But, you say, X have only a few thou- sand dollars, and I cannot spread that very much. In these days of hundred dollar bonds no one need make that ex- cuse. True, municipalities do not, as a rule, issue such email denominations, but they can be purchased in very small amounts. But, in tbe case of most muni- cipalities, such a catastrophe as overtook Campbellton is so very remote as to bo negligible—a chance of one in line hun- dred at the very least. And almost all industrial companies of any account issue debentures of 8100 now -a -days, although unfortunately few public service compan- ies have done so as yet. But they all are doming to it. To anyone who cares to take the trou- ble, may. with the advice of his invest- ment banker, arrange a distribution of his investments so as always to keep him from npprehension of any unexpected loss of a large part of his savings. OBOTQ ESPOVDENC New Head of the Erjc,s Department—City Pays Big Salaries Sttoe's New Member— AnInteresting Move. It is only a few short years since there appeared in the Toronto City Solicitor's of- fice at the City Hall a new office boy. Ho was so round and well fed that he was immediately nicknamed the,'fat bon from Pickwick." When it was found that hie first name was Roland it was immedi- ately cut down to Rely," and Roly it • re- mains to this day. The boy's mother was a widow, and had been caretaker of the old city hall for many years..,. She was very proud of her son, and when it came time for him to: be"in to do something for himself she had no trouble in getting him a position in one of the offices at the Hell, which site looked after. NOW GETS $8,000 A YEAR. To -day that boy is known officially as, Mr. R. C. Harris, head of the Works De- partment of- the City of Toronto, andthe salary ho is to draw is $8,000 a year. He has never held any position outside of the municipal administration of the city. He has never run for office. He has just attended to the business that lay at +his hand in his civic service job, and he has trot on. Each year has seen a new admin- istration installed, but the good-natured fat boy, and the man he developed into, amen time with had ini�tiativehtto formulate plans and the force to carry them into effect. lie was some years getting to be a chief clerk, but from that point his progress -has been rapid. The control of one department after another has been put under hie control until now ne has the management of the chief spendingiof- flees of Toronto, which spends more mehey. in a year than does the Government,; of Ontario. a MANY OTHER GOOD SALARIES. - ' Mr. Harris' example demonstrates 'that•. a successful career is • possible in taunt. oipel service. And he is not the Oily Toronto official getting a good selg,: The City Treasurer, Mr. R. T, Coady,WhO is shortly to sail for England to sell Mere City of Toronto bonds, gets $8,000 a year, The salary of the Mayor is now $7,6001-nntfl last year it was $6,000, The Assessnient Commissioner gets $5,500. The Mcdloal Health Officer gets 85,000. The City f4 li- ctor gets 54,500. So doos the City Artthi- tect. The City Clerk and the Chief of rte Fire Brigade each receive $4,000. Pol t,e: Magistrate Donisotf's salary is 51,000 a year. But the highest priced man inti,•he eity'9 employ is the City Counsel, htr:" H, L. Drayton, ICC., a comparatively young man, who gets 510,000 a year as City Cd A- sel, and draws another 84,000 as the o• vinoial Government's reprosentativ4 pis the Toronto Hydro-Elootric Commi i. on, making $14,000' a year in all. This a 'fie, no doubt. explaink, in part, why 5 olined the Chairmanship of the Dorn. Railway Board, which, aecording., port, was offered to him. TENNIS ZIHAMPION NOW M. P Some local interest has been ar by the announcement that the vacanc the Dominion Hous in South Si caused by the elevation of Mr. Hang Lennox to the bench, has been file. Mr. Wi A. Boya it is recalled the' was for many roars' orie of the ler yt'. n,4}oa-oI Canada, being an expert and nul'�:i13' player, •.for several season tennis championship o: -9O ario•Mr ,7 is still young—he is only 4",glut he` given up tennis and hockey. Ho nn tiiken to golf and Curling and poltt MINISTER OF EDUCATION MOV As soon as the. new Wing of thee. ment Buildings is completed there b e, 9 a more 'titan usually interesting moving. The Education Department, which for half a century has occupied quarters in the Normal School building, occupying an en- tire block between Gould, Gerrard, Church and 'Victoria streets, will at last make its headquarters with the other departments of the. Government in Queen's Park. This will, no doubt, be some convenience to the Minister and the staff, who have been obliged to make a half-hour's journey every Incmthey wished to consult the Premier or the other departments; but it is safe to say that the old Normal School building will be left, with many regrets. The chief educational associations of the Province cluster around the building. The Minister's quarters there have long been _fatuous for their spaciousness and Ole - 'sluice, and. it is doubtful if the depart' meet will find as much comfort in their new quarters as they are leaving in the old. The final disposition of the museum and art gallery, which has long been ono of the show places of Toronto, has not yet been finally decided. It may remain where it is, or it may be divided between the Art Museum, that now finds a beau- tiful home in the late Goldwin Smith's old residence, the Grange, and the Pro - * University Museum in Queen'e Park. DOMINION DAY. Canada's own holiday, year after year, Passes in Toronto without tbe slightest celebration of the day as a. real national holiday. As many people as can get out of town, and when the day falls on a Monday, as this year, the number is un- usually large. Those who remain amuse themselves as best they can. It is safe to say that every canoe, rowboat, bow- ling green, tennis court, or picnicking site within reach of the city is fully oc- enpied all day. For the owners of the amusement franchises the day is one of :the biggest harvests of the year. A fine day will take from 15,000 to 18,000 people to the afternoon ball game alone. Even lacrosse, which is making desperate ef- forts to get off the down grade to popular favor, may get as high as 10,000. specta- tors. But as for a real national celebration there is nothing. No one wants the spread-eagleiem of the American Fourth, but many people regret that some effort Should not be made to make the day in Canada's second eity in a way that would be distinctively Canadian. 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When one reflects that every one of these touches must be repeated with the minutest accuracy from seven to nine times on the best china, some idea, may be had of the amount of skill and attention re- quired to produce good Kioto ware. Then, after all, the whole of this la- bor may be wasted upon a faulty article which shows its flaws only on being submitted to the fiery ordeal of the last baking. The artists are paid according to the class of their work, the gold painter and final eritis receiving Most. Next ranks the designer, and lowest of all are the colorists, whose work is purely mechanical, though it requires a long and ardu ous apprenticeship. The final baking Lasts for several hours. The furnace is fed with log of a close -grained wood as hard ani heavy as lignum vitae, which burn slowly and gives a uniform and in tense heat. The fire is allowed die out, and the furnace to cool ver gradually, in order that the ponce lain may be properly annealed. Th porcelain is ready for removal in hours after it has ,been first place in the oven. 0-4 A GREAT WAR SHIP. Britain's Fastest, Largest an Costliest Named The Lion. Great Britain's largest, faster and costliest armored war ship h just been placed in eomnlissio The monster battle cruiser.has b named the Lion. Her length is 6 feet, her displacement 26,350 ton her speed, designed for twent eight knots, is likely to re thirty-two knots. Her turbines a of 70,000 horse power. As for h cost it 'reaches the enormous sum $10,000,000. For such a sum twenty years could have been built a first -el battleship, four good-sized cruis and a dozen torpedo craft. For such a sum to -day could built some 2,000 aeroplanes, one of which could with impu. drop bombs upon She Lion and her out of action. 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BANK OF MONTREAL BUILDING - • - YONGE AND QUEEN STREET R.WHITE TORONTO MONTREAL-QUEBEC-HALIFAX-OTTAW Manager LONDON (ENG.) .:J 51. Also a New Perfection Toaster Also a New Perfection Broiler '°Ger, what a difference in the meals a good stove - makes, said one of the boys. So they called their shack "Camp Comfo t. " And they will tell their mothers and wives about the stove, too. For the New Perfection Oa Cook -stove is as convenient for the home as for the camp. It will bak,., broil, roast and toast se well as a reguul le coal range. 4 THE IMPERIAL OIL COMPANY, Limited Winnipeg, • Montreal, St. John, Hrilifas and Queen City Division, Torgrsto Gsod Meals at Camp C mf s r The boys at Camp Comfort are using the same stove that they had last year. h was the best they could get. It was a Nov Per; eefaoat Y2"K Itn.4t1 L -:I E `til COGk st we This year they got a New' Perfection Oven The New Perfection Stove is handsomely finished in nickel. with cabinet top, drop shelves, towel reeks, etc. Long chunneys, enam- eled turquoise -blue. Made with 1.2 or 3 burners. All dealers. Free Cook - Book with every stove. Cook - Book also given to anyone sending 5 cents to cover mailing cost.