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NEWSY TORONTO LETTER WHAT IS INTERESTING THE PEOPLE AT THE HUB. The Titanic Catastrophe Dr. Nesbltt Again Legislature Prorogued Bi- lingual School Question. Not -incc the days of the South African war nan the city spent such H<mibrn <l;iy:< as thn week following -.hit foundering of tho Titnnic. Tint, in spite, of lh fact that tin- |ici >.in;il touch wan almost entirely lacking because with one or two excep- tions Toronto ritiieim w->m n> t in -lar- ger In Montreal am! in Winnipeg it vas different Hut the announcement of the almost in- rnn<-<-l\ able rat :l*t rophr, \ he (lays of 8118- I-I.IK. and at last tin 1 li irrowing crtaila sobered ami >|ii>r>\hi-d Hie whole popula- tion. In the clubn men. talked and acted as though there was a funeral in tho promises. Everywhere that people met lit le else was discussed. Even the uiii n-i ini'iit places lost much of their spontaneity and gaycty. And such evi- dences of foiling are not to be wondered at, for history contain* few more piti- able events than '.he wreck of the Titanic. DR. SESBITT AOA1N IN LIMELIGHT. After a total ecUjps^ of some sixteen months, Dr. Beattic Nesbitt is back in the limelight. The marvel is that he was able to keep in the background so long For while there are many things about the rotund doctor that arc difficult to understand, the one thing that is patent about his character to everyone is that he dearly loveii publicity. The doctor ha always hern somewhat of an enigma, even in Toronto, wher<> he in known bi-jt. Opinions as to his anil- ity vary all the way from that which beli< vex ii.ui to be a genius under an tinliickv star to that which dubs him a a vastly overrated mediocrity. But Neabitt knew how to k<x-n in the public eye. He managed to make friends among the news- paper men. He could whet cariosity by a ii.liiiix.liki- silence, and could rush into print with some pronouncement in- at the moment when it would get him the it" attention. Some people who came 1n contact with him describe him as dis- agreeable and affcnsive. To othero he appeared as something ..f a buffoon. And It must be said that many of his actions both in the pat and in the preent chap- ter of his autobiography resemble the acts of a character out of a comic opera. THK LEGISLATURE PROROGUED. Prorogation cornea as a sort of anti- climax to tho excitement of the icsnion. this year furnishing no exception. True, a function of ttatn it wai with all the trapping". Tho Lieutenant Governor at- tended in nUte. which means that he wore a cocked hat, and his moot brilliant uni- form, and that be was attended by a military escort, and that unnont were fired, but the event was Icns^xciting '.ban an afternoon tea. Most of the members of the Legislature were far uway, busy with th spring Deeding and the other private aff:iirii which have had to take pot luck dnriiig the session. It was with difficulty that a quorum could be mustered. But Anally, with the Cabinet ministers, the members for Toronto, a few others who reside here and an odd one who was detained for A Real Estate Mortgage Bond Secured on Central City lloal Estate valued at over $M!>6,000. The to* a I mortgage Indebtedness against Hit- prop.Tly is only 40% of the vuluatfou. The Bonds arc l.sned in denominations of $500 and $1,000 eiieh and will pay the inventor cy t %. tVrilc for full particular*. Murray, Mather & Co. Toronto General Trusts Bui la Ing Toronto Dome special reason, ments were fulfilled. the legal require- The lurk of Interest on the part of the memberg wan in striking contract to the buity liny* of the concluding week of ac- tual work wlien the Legislature, at In the way of all Parliament under govern- ment* of all partiei. forced through a raontb'e bumnria in nix days. At -.he be- ginning of a rtession Brant fifteen minute Mitingt were not nnrnmmon. At ih- end the II.. 11 .n met at ten o'clock in the morn- riMFlon on oontntiou> matters being ing and continued far Into the night, di- hb'-rtriM il or eliminated by mere phyiiical wearincm. THK CEHEMONT. Prayers over, enten Governor. attended by th Lieutenant hi) aides. The . Lieutenant Governor -vn:i.i /..-. hit Ma- jt-M.v the Knur, and the moment is duly ImprenfTe. HI < .ik.-r - (l.i - Honor mount* Uie iona of incfficionry and consequent grow- ng illitera<y revealed by the Govern- nient'B Commission. Dr. t'. W. Merchant. ?ame as a surprise and a shock '. near- v everybody. When that renort is read n conduction with tho official cennug igureM shortly to be announced, showing he increase in the French population of Ontario it will be fully realized what a rcmendous educa.ional problem the Province lias on ita hands. The issue liea principally in the eastern NHUrtiee and in New Ontario. In Kssex and Kent, where the French "colony dates >ack to the earliest times, the popula- tion IH not increaniner BO rapidly, pon- Bibly because Detroit Iwlpit draw off the lurplus population. But In Glengarry, Ktormont. Preseott and Carleton counties there ia a ntcady exodus of Anglo Haxons and a ftcady increase in French, while along tho C. P. R. in Niiiixning -and Al- iroma the French wltler-i largely pre- dominate in many townships. It in eiti- mated that a compared with 150. 000 in 1900. the crn PUR figures for 1910 will show Z50.000 Kreneh- Canadians in Ontario. This I* in marked contrast to the figuren com- paring the Anglo Kaxon rural population of Ontario at the same dates. TRAGEDY OF OLD AGE. A WILFIL PRINCESS. Cn^nn Princess Cecilie of Ger- many has given another proof that she has inherited the wilful, im- perious spirit of her mother, Graiid- duchess Anastasia, which, as is well known, overrides all obstacles. A few evenings ago the Princess desired t8 attend the final popular evening concert of the Philharmo- nic Orchestra, and she instructed her master of ceremonies to reserve for her the royal box. The directors sent her the pro- gramme, as etiquette requires. The Princess returned it with the com- ment that as all the selections were from Wagner, and as she >.lid nut care to hear \Vagner music, she would arrange the programme her- self, and send it along later. To this the directors replied politely thai the concert was already ad- vertised as a Wagner evening, and they regretted that on this account the programme could not be alter- ed. The Princess replied : "I shall ar- rive at the Philharmonic (the con- cert hall) at eight o'clock. Your programme will be Beethoven's seventh symphony, Schubert's un- finished B minor symphony, and Brahms' first, symphony." On receiving this word thp direc tors shrugged their shoulders, anc Hpcaker's dais. The Clerk of the Hm <. Mr. A. II. Hydere. a veteran of many yeart service, read* a list of the bilU that have been paased during the e- lon. Mi Honor nods assent. "In )lis Majesty's name," announces the I'l.-ik. "his Honor doth aiisent U> these bills." A similar ceremony in regard to the supply billa or votes of money for the carrying on of government takes but a moment. Ncit his Honor reads the Speech from the TliroiiH, a brief review of the more iuiiHirtant legislation with thanks to the members for their attendance and effor.B. It is always a mystery as to who writ. the -p..;, from the Throne. The Pro- tmriiil Secretary, Hon. W. J. Hanna, In rutlited by Dome with preparing It, but MMrtMUMM Uovernor. like Hir John Olhsoii. who has himself been through the mill, might write it nimself. perhaps con- lulling with the Premier aa to ita con- tent*. Finally, the pe<v li concluded, his Honor glances at Mr. Hanna, who announced that it it his Honor's will and pleasure that this Legislative Assembly be pro- rogued, and this Legislative Assembly is accordingly prorogued." Kut lh Lieutenant Governor, and the n - -."ii in at an end. THE lULINfU'AL PROBLEM. Of the pronouncement of Hir Jamei Win in v on the bilingual school question there is satisfaction i-ipn nl by his sup- porters, while hill opponents say that while his professions seem all right it In only energy und sincerity in carrying out th" . in..fr--,..ir. that can remedy ihp evil. There i> no doubt that the condi- Let "Dick" Choose Pill roar blrd'i seed dUh frrsh with tie htm been Mint, li.en put tcr.\e ol BROCK'S wit h I n rjch, and lee h cw quick!/ Dick plcki out "BiotkV. Feed Mm for a month Brock's Bird Seed let him enjoy the cake of Brack'* Bird Trti Outcome! In every box and notice the Improvement In hie flunuej . health andeonf. Let "Dick" try thla Bird Tonic al our expent*. Mil ui the coupon below, filled In, and we will tend you. beohtcly free, Ivo lull-ilie okei of Brock's Bird Treat. 45 MU10LSON * BROCK t-UPruch8t* Toronto. For tliU coupon plMie lend me, free of chute or obllrxion on my pert, two full size cakes of Brock's Bird Treat, and cbllta. on l'lliotie Stories of Suffering in the Evening of l.iir. Under the heading; "The Sin of Old Age" a writer in the London.. Daily Graphic describes a peculi- arly painful case of poverty wretchedness due to no fault cf the victim, but merely to the fact that he is regarded by employers as too old to be of use. Its "Special Commissioner" says: In a dreary alley off the main track and far from the roaring roads and seething streets of the city there lives a fragment of "bro- ken earthenware," an old man, who is near the "alloted span." The evening of his life, up to yes- terday, at any rate, h.is so far been an oppression and a misery to him. For years now he has been laid aside. He has committed one un- pardonable sin. the sin of growing old, not too old to work, but too old to be employed. His physique and morale have been ruined by a long period of economic stress. Health and hope had practically left him when I met him. Kind- hearted neighbors told me about him. He w<"ild never have ap- pealed himself, for he is full of stern resolve to maintain his self- respect, and plots and plans against poverty and makes all sorts of shifts to keep from the clutches of Bumble. The serious, physiologi- cal effects of living under the pres- sure of chronic want are writ all over the little man. His story was very simple and undramatic. Wife and children had all preceded him to the great be- yond, and this lonely man has strug- gled on, his meagre earnings bare- ly sufficing to pay the rent of the little attic he occupies. His dull eyes shone and a gracious sweet- ness irradiated his haggard and wrinkled face when he was made to realize what my advent meant. There was light in the darkness of that little abode and that man's life before I left him. Another brave struggle has been going on in another poor home near Ilford. An elderly widower and his grown-up daughter have fought together against overwhelming odds. Within tho last two years the father, chiefly through inade- quate food, has been unable to con- tribute much to the weekly budget. Since then the daughter has worked doubly hard, notwithstanding whieh they found themselves practically at their last gasp. Months ago the man wanted to ease the burden of his daughter by going into the work- house. She would not hear of this, her excuse to me being that father "has been always such a model fa- ther and was so good to dear mo- ther." Not a pennypiece was owing on rent. Pride had kept up the pay- ments at all costs, their fear being that the landlord, who lives in the name houvc, would knotf of their particularly hard straits. Rut piti ful pretense was no match for pov- erty. While the mother of a family was in hospital, the husband lost his i situation and on the day of tho J woman's return home the landlord seized tho furniture for rent, snld nearly everything at a great sacri- fice, and told them to clear out by the end of the week. . Crown Prinreos Cecllc. the orchestra played according to the Princess' dictation to a house crowded with music lovers assem- bled to hear Wagner. Tho Crown Princess' autocratic manner is discussed with headshak- ings by politicians, who fear that characteristic, combined ivjth the Crown Prince's impetuosity, may land Germany in trouble. 4. TO SAFEGUARD POISONS. One woman has had an inspira- tion and has practically put the 'sting of death" upon all bottles lolding poisons that for domestic^ reasons are required to be kept in ,he house. Two commoa pins aje. run sidewisc through the cork, op- posite each other, with the pin points extending past the heads of the pin about one-eighth of an inch. The pins give warning immediately of its deadly con.te.nts if the bottle is touched day or night. BO no "taken by mistake" tragedies arc apt to occur in that household. Of course, all of the members of the household are. told of this safe- guard, .and the bottles arc kept on a high -In 'f out of the> reach of children who have not yet reached the age of understanding. Itching and Burning on Face and Throat Sores Disfigured So He Dreaded to Appear in Public, No Rest Night or Day. CuticuraOintmcf.t Cured, "Sit months ago my face and throat all broke out and turned Into a running sore. I did not bother about It at lirst, but In one week's time the discuao had spread so rapidly over my face and throat and tho burning Itching sores becamu so painful that I began to seek relief in Uifi'renl nieillclncs. but none seemed to give me any relief. Tlia sores disfigured my face to such an exteut that I dreaded to appear in public. "I suffered terribly anil could g"t no rest night or day. At last a fricnil advised ma to try tho Cuticiira lii'ini'iliiM. I hud about Klvcn up hopu, but thuuiriil I wotiul liavo .-.in more try, and HO I used a lilllu Cuticura i 'iiitiiu'iii. and It helped me from the start. I continued UMMK it anil in blx weeks' tiino waa completely cured, and can tiny I would advlie unyono sulfuring front skin I|I,IMV> to use Cutiiuira Olntirmut, ex It i.i tin- lu^t healing lialni in tho world." (Signed) lloscoe Good, Seven I'ri ,iins, Alt,;., Feb. IS, 1011. FOUND RELIEF ONLY FROM CUTICURA SOAP AND OINTMENT " My little girl when only & few weeks old broke out on the top of her head and it be- came a solid scab. Then her chucks became raw and sore and after trying dilferent remedies found relief only from using CutU (ura Hoap and Ointment. It luted six months or more, but aftur a thorough treat* mcnt with the Cuticura Soap and Ointment never had any return." (Signed) Mrs. W. a. Owen, Yadkin UolUtge, N. C., Hay 16, 1911. For more than a generation Cuticura Soap and Ointment Imve alTorded the most suc- cessful Ueatrceiit for skin, an/l scsj^ troubles BRITAIN'S FASTER SHIPS. Submarines and Fleet Destroyer of Great Power. The board of admiralty is payin much attention to the improvcanen of the .smaller units of the Britin fleet, the -submarines and torpedo boat destroyers, vessels which man experts believe- would be of greatc use. in case of war than even th big modern battleships, and battle ship cruisers, .since some might hav a speed of forty knots. Great Britain has a fleet of mor< than fifty submarines, some of th latest mounting small guns to repe attacks. Improvements an, being effected. The men of A3, lost off Ports mouth in February, were carrying out tests of new appliances, th s-Tcrets of which are known only t' t!ic' admiralty, one of the reason that sj .little was heard of the caus< of the accident and such pains were taken to- prevent eyes from examin ing the hull after it was raised. A foreign salvage company was given the contract to raise the sub marine, but as toon as it had at tachc-d the nece-eary chains to the vessel the admiralty took over the work. The dock in which the vessel was placed after being raised was sur rounded with a canvas screen, am no one was jillowed aboard. As al the crew lost their lives the public will not be let into the secret to test which the A3 went out on its fatal mission. While great advance is being made in the submarine branch even greater improvements are be- ing made in the destroyers. I<t is believed that the expert* of the ad- miralty have discovered something that will give Britain another leaci in naval affairs. There are bcinj completed twenty vessels provide* fur in the estimates of last year, but before the naval estimates for 1912-13 had ben placed before par- liament the government called for tenders for twenty vessels whic! those estimates provide for. These new destroyers will be the In-t word in the. sTi.iHer type ol fighti'tg ships. They will be'of 1,200 tons and upward, somewhat smaller than the "Swift," an experimental ship of 1,803 tons, with which the admiralty has been carrying out tests for two years. The "Swiff has engines of 18,000 horse power and attained a speed of more than thirty-five knots in service. The new ships will be, in nize, be- tween the "Swift" and "Tartar" and, having great powers of attack and defence, will be what might be wanted in the rough North Sea. They will be armed with 'three four- inch guns and fitted with two dou- ble -twenty-one inch torpedo tubes, as against two single tubes in all recent type*. It is said they may have a epeed of forty knots and out- run any other ship afloat. TinKJSH ROBIN H001). Famous Brigand of Smyrna is "Of- ficially Ke.oortcd" Dead. Tchakirdjali, the famous bri- gand of Smyrna, is dead. In Eu- rope brigands have ceased to bulk argely on the horizon of the aver- age man ; but in Asia Minor the bri- gand is an institution to be reckon- ed with as soon as you go outside the town, and the wealthier inhabi- tants of the province of Smyrna are profoundly relieved to hear that Tchakirdjali, greatest of them all, is dead. At least, the governor of the pro- vince says that he is dead ; that he was killed, in fact, by a company of soldiers recently sent after him. But this is not the first time that Tchakirdjali'u end has been offici- ally recorded. Tchakirdjali, they say, was wounded in the fight and made his young body-servant kill him to avoid falling alive into the hands of the Turkish soldiers. Brought into Smyrna and hung up- side down in the courtyard of the governor's palace, it has been re- cognized by his wife, who was brought in to identify it. For nearly twenty years ever since, as a boy of eighteen, he suc- ceeded his father, treacherously murdered by the Turks under a false amnesty, as the chief brigand lea- der of Asia Minor Tchakirdjali has been the terror of tho rich, and the idol, at once feared and wor- shipped, of tho poor. Only fiuee months ago he carried off a j>ch Greek merchant of Smyrna, wito has i house in London, and extract- ed from him as his raiiHum scvor.il thousand pounds. After such exploits, two or three, of whieh he, would carry out oitch year, Tchakirdjali would disappear, with his band of about a d'ize.n free- booters, into the mountains. Though he was often pursued by troops, he always managed to evade them, the peasants shielding li>m from motives both of fear and j-a- titude. For it was the brigand's custom to punish any attempt to betray him in the most- ruth'ess way. He would swoop down ;inox- pectedly upon tho village which he suspected of giving information of his movements and shoot dozen of its chief men in their own market- place. On those who helped him with 'supplies of food for which he CONTAINS NO ALUM MADE IN CANADA TORXHM f O ^O J4 T. irainmmiiiiiiiiiiiii oMnfants, children and adulli, Aslniflet-aka always paid double value or with of Cuticura Soap and box of Cuii.-uia oint- wflrn '; ni . s O f tn _ ninvomorira ,f *l.n mont are often siiftlclent. Alllmugh sold by ' ' "' l movements .-f tlio ilrumkls and dealers ihroueliotit the woild, troops gpnt after him, he 'ised lo a liberal sampln of each, wilt. ;t-' p. book on !'ir ikin, n ill bo unit frro, ou application to j'.ittrr DniR A Client, Corp,, Cl Unumbua /.-,e.. Button, U.S. A. bestow gifts <..f money which in half- starved Anatolian peasants Boomed of fabulous amount. SPANISH GYPSIES. About 55.000 of Them Said to Be in tho Country Now. One of tha things to attract the notice of every traveller that visits Spain ia that strange race which he Snds .scattered here and there in small groups in the. remote rural districts or near the great centres of population. It presents a type /hat can be mistaken for no other in he Spanish dominions. The lips thick, the eyer, large, >lack and piercing, the hair long, >lack and straight, the complexion olive tinted, the Spanish gipsy, whether encamped in a sheltering ravine or under the arches of an aqueduct or in the shadow of an overhanging cliff, is indeed Span- ish because born in Spain, but in all else he i* a gypsy. Time wa-s when Spaniards of the rue blue blood called gipsies "New Castilians," or "Egyptians," or 'Moorish footpads" ; but while heir traits have undergone no change their name is now definitely fitanos, or gipsies. Between fifty and sixty thousand s the number of them now in Spam, s-iys Ataerica. Most of them u vi- no fixed abode ; but in some parts, and notably in Andalusia, here are several email settlements, or towns they can hardly be called, where these wanderers have taken iQsseseion of caves in the mountain sides, whence, they sally forth to ,ell fortunes and to filch. Wher- ^-er they are they are inclined to e quarrelsome among themselves and to enforce their arguments by means of wicked looking knives, which they wield with great dex- erity. TIIANKSUIVINU PSALM.. Rhythmical and Uruloful ('hunt A teacher in a Terre Haute pub- ic cchool joins in tbo chorus : "Teaching is a business which re- uires a great deal of brain and icrve force. Unless this force is enewcd as fast as expended the .eacher is exhausted before the lose of the year. Many resort to timulating tonics for relief. "For 3 years I struggled against Imost complete exhaustion, get- ing what relief I could from doc- ors' tonics. Then in the spring of 903 I had an attack of la grippe nd malaria, which left me too weak o continue my work. Medicine ailed to give -me any relief, a tiange of climate failed. I thought should never be able to go back n school again. "I ate enough food, (the ordin- ry meals white bread, vegetables, tc.) but was hungry after meals. "I happened at this time to read n article giving the experience of nother teacher who had been elped by Grape-Nuts food. I de- ided to try Grape-Nuts and cream, s an experiment. It was a de- ghtful experience, and continues o after a year and a half of con- tant use. "First, I noticed that I was not ungry after meals. "In a few days that tired feeling eft me, and I felt fresh and bright, nstead of dull and sleepy. "In three months, more than my sual strength returned, and I had ained 15 pounds in weight. "I finished the year's work with- out any kind of tonics was not ab- sent from duty even half a day. "Am still in the best of health, with all who know me wondering at the improvement. "I tell them all, 'Try Grape- Nuts !' " Name given by Canadian Postum Co., Windsor, Ont. "There's a reason." Ever read til* above letter? A new on* appears from tlmi to llmt. They art genuine, true, and lull Of human Inttrost. MAKING SAFE INVESTMENTS HOW INDUSTRIAL COMPANIES MAY BE CLASSIFIED WHEN CONSIDERING THEIR SHARE?. Industrial Shares are Scarcely High Clast Investments, and $ome are Very Danger- ous-Constant Vigilance Price of Such Investment Preferred Shares Good Business Investment. The article* contributed by "Investor* aro for the sole purpose of gnidlcg pros- pective Investors, and. if possible, of sav- ing them from losing money through placing It In "wild-cat" enterprises. The impartial and reliable character of the Information may be relied upon. Thn writer of thce articles and the publisher of this paper have no interests to serve In connection with this matter other thaa those of the reader. "Investor.") Industrial stocks have the name of be ing particularly unfit and unsafe for in- vestments. Without any qualification whatever a certain type of inventor bland- ly wipes them off the slate of investment posttibilkieH. Of course, this sort of thing is just as foolish as the attitude of the mining stock wild-cat who generously re- ferg to all mining shares as "invest- ments," a thing which in the nature of things is an extremely remote posxibilitr. In the first place, industrial companies should be carefully dandified. For my own purposes I have divided them rough- ly into the following: (1.) Companicn producing necessaries oJ life, such as flour milling companies. (2.) Companies producing requirements for our large and essential enterprise?, ai car factories, locomotive worku, coal uiin- ing companies, etc. (3.) Those making machines for use io agriculture, like ploughs, threshers, tra tion engines and. of course, the small garden tooli. (4.) Iron and steel companieff and those. fabricating basic iron products into other higher products, such at) the i .m.ida Foundry Company, which produces strae- nir.il gteel, etc. (5.) Companies manufacturing supplies' whose product is somewhat of a luxury for example, those making plumber sup- plica, asbestos products (used iu buildinsX etc. (i.) Those making emi-luxuriei<, break- fast foods (or fads) automobiles for plea- sure (apparently tho commercial motor has come to stay, and may be classed differently), bicycles, etc. (7.) Companies making luxuriei. (8.) Companies manufacturing patent ar- ticles like safety rasora, patent mcilicinti, etc. Now this claBsiflcation is a decidedly rough-and-ready affair, which any invm- tor can probably improve on without linn li trouble, but I have found it quit* useful. It is arranged no that the flnl Is the most stable, while the last is highly precarious. Like most rules, however, this one hat many exceptions, and one mu<it necessar- ily look for them carefully. For example, the Shredded Wheat Company would com* under (6). but it makes a product which the experience of a long period has shown to be almost as stable a flour. In examining industrial stocks for in- veatment or speculation one must beat in mind that there is usually a certaii amount of chance involved. The cossv pany'x statement will show whether ol not there are any bonds outstanding. It there are it lessens the security behind the stock, but also adds a feeling of coi>> fldence. owing to the fact that to make: a successful issue of bonds there must DO something substantial about the com- pany. Another thing to noU< is as to whether there is too much money borrowed num the banks in the business. If this amonBl less bills receivable i substantial, as coo pared with the total value of the com- panies' assets, it is not a good sign. ! brief, one must watch everything with jealoua eye. For the inventor who wants to take certain amount of business chance. In- dustrial preferred share* show many at- tractions. They pay a high rate usually 7 per cent. They usually sell something above par and they are more protected from the misfortunes ot hard times thaa are the ordinary shares. The history ol preferred shares in Canada has been li the long run satisfactory, making due al- lowance, of course, for the Amalgamated and Black Lake Asbestos fiascos. There is one important point for the in. dustrial stock investor to bear in mind, which is, that he must at all lime be) vigilant to watch for alterations in busi- ness conditions ; for on business condition! practically alone does the HUCCWB of th more precarious companies depend, while on business conditions rests part of tin dividend on the commoner shares of 1* many instances -even the most stabli companies. A series ot bad years may easily conspire to cut off the dividends of not a few of our Boundcxt companies. During 1907, tor example, Canadian Oen- eral Electric found it neeessary to cut t'.i dividend from 10 per cent, to 7 per cent. Of courw, the products of the Qeneral Klectric 'are in some degree luxuries which people do without during periodi of trade depression. An Absolutely Safe 6 Investment q The First Mortgage Bonds of Price Bros. & Company 6 per cent, on the invest- mentsecured by first mortgage on one of the finest paper mills and over four million acres of the best pulp and timber land in America insured w ! th Lloyds, of London, England, against lire.-offor a most attractive investment. The present net earnings of the Company are sufficient to pay the bond interest twice over. The growing demand for pulpwood u yearly increasing the value of the Company's properties. These bonds have been purchased by the best informed financiers in both Canada and England. At their present price they yield 6 per cent interest. Considering security, earnings, assets, and the likelihood of appreciation in value, Price Bros. & Company bonds constitute an exceptional investment Write for full dewription of these bondi. F>riVAI SECURITIES I*U * AL. CORPORATION LIMITED BANK OF MONTREAL BUILDING R. M. 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