The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

THUS INVESTMENT HAS PAID 7% PER ANNUM half yearly ulnce the Socurltli;M of this Corporation were placed on the market 10 years ugo. Husliies* cKtablltihtd 28 year*. Investment may be wlthdriiwn In Hitrt or whole anv time after ono year. Ku|o ni a mortgage. Full uar tlriilais and booklet tfl:u!ly furnished on request. NATIONAL SECURITIES CORPORATION, LIMITED, CONFEDERATION tlPB BUII.DINO - TORONTO. OHT. ONTARIO WHEAT CONDITION make certain the quality of very raw material MtMTCM* TCSTi prove the easy working quality and enduring wear Experiment and Experience Both point to Raiiuay'i Pilot u yoor logtcml choice. In purity. wr nd beauty of color they are unaurpeJMd. In economy they are unmatched. Courteous tervicc from local ueat. Write tor Intereatlnn paint Utetature. (4) A. RAMSAY & SON CO. (E.ubiuh.4 iM2) MONTREAL, Que. CANADA;S NAVY RESERVE Atlantic, Pacific, and Great Lakes the Scene of the Three Headquarters 32,000 Acres Out of a Total of 694,000 Acres Have Been Winter Killed A dcspatcli from Ottawa says: The census and start is tics ^office in a bulletin states that according to re- turns from its crop correspondents, made on May (5, about 19 per cent, of luo area sown to fall wheat in Ontario has been winter killed, this percentage representing a reduction of 132,000 acres, i.e., from 694,000 acres, the area sown, to 562,000 acros, the area expected to bo har- vested. In Alberta the other large fall W'heat province, fall wheat has been killed to the extent of 15.0 per cent., representing 36,000 acres, which will make the area to be har- vested 193,000 acres instead of 229,- 000 acres, the area sown last fall. The total area estimated to be Eown to fall wheat, including be- sides Ontario and Alberta, 3,000 acres in Manitoba, 78,000 acres in Saskatchewan and 2,700 acres in British Columbia, was 1,006,700, now reduced by winter killing in, Ontario and Alberta to 838,700 acres. The condition of fall wheat on May 6 WAS in Ontario returned as (81.3 pe-r cent., and in Alberta as 87.3 per cent. For all Canada the condition of fall wheat on May 6 was S3 per cent, of the standard, or 103 per cent, of the average con- dition of the past five years rcpre- beuted by 100. The condition of the fall wheat crop this year is, in fact, tuperior to that of any year since 1010, when ll>o record was over 89 per cent, of the standard. . Upon the whole, spring seeding was well advanced) except in the Maritime Provinces, where the spring this year is reported as ab- normally late, and in Quebec, where not more than from 3 to 5 per cent, of spring seeding was re- ported to have been done by May 0. In Ontario at this date about 24 per cent, of wheat, 43 per cent, of oats, and 41 per cent, of barley had been got in, and 40 per cent, of the to- tal seeding was reported as com- pleted on May 6 as against the same proportion last year on April 30. In Manitoba 67, in Saskatchewan 79, and in Alberta 88 per cent, of the spring wheat crop was reported as seeded by May 6, these propor- tions comparing favorably with the progress reported last year on April 30. For the five provinces of Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Sas- katchewan and Alberta the propor- tion of seeding reported as effected on May 6 was about 48 per cent, for wheat, 23 per cent, for oats, 18 per cent, for barley and 37 per cent, for all crops. About 14 per cent, of the area in hay and clover meadows is report- ed as winter-killed, as compared with 22 per cent, last year. The average condition of thee>e crops on May 6 was 86.7 per cent., as com- pared with 89.6 per cent. Last year, and 74. in 1912. CFFAf A despatch from Ottawa says : The Government Bureau has issued a statement which says that an ordt-r-Ln-Council has ben passed by the Government and was signed by the Duke of C'on naught authoriz- ing the establishment in Canada of a volunteer naval reserve force un- der the Naval Service Department. A sum is being placed in the esti- mates sufficient for this year's w-,rk There is already a volunteer na- val force at Victoria, B.C., which ha* boon financed privately. Ad- miral Kingsniill is on his way to the coast, and this force will be at once given official recognition. There is a petition already be- I fore the department for the forma- ] tion of a company of naval reserves in Toronto, and steps will be taken at once to organize the force.. Mr. Aemilius Jarvis is interested in the Toronto company, and predictH easily the formation of a company of 260 men. The headquarters of the force will be at Ottawa, but it is projx>.scd to organize three divisions, Atlantic, Great Lakes, and Pacific. The Great Lakes division will likely have it headquarters in To- ronto, and will include the Upper St. l^awrcnce, the Great Lakes, and the territory as far as the Rockies. IBS !H PARAGR1PH I tr Pasha, leader of the revolt a-nam t, t'i< j King <>f Albania, will be u-'i i <1 to Itrindisi. V i irdf-r-'d the execution of the entin: M:iff of thirty officers of Gen. (l.-'-iira, 1-V'Jcral commander, whoso annv was defeated at Paredon. Humors of Aviation. Fair Damsel : "Aren't yon afraid when you go up in the air .'" Aviator: "Well, I must admit 1 sometimes feel a sort of groundless apprehension." NK\V ATLANTIC I.1NKUS. Two Splendid Vessels for the Cana- dian l':iri!lr. This season will oe the Atlantic eervice of the Canadian Pacific aug nx-nted by the, addition of two new steamers. These two vessels will br of the one class cabin type, which ar becoming so popular. Barclay Curie & Company, of Glasgow, se- cured the contract for the building of the ships some months ago, and the construction is well under way. They are being specially construct- ed for the Atlantic service and will contain every possible convenience for the comfort of passengers. They will be of the "one class" type, with passenger accommodation for 620 second, and 1,200 third class. These new vessels have been named tin- "Missanbi" and the "Mtr gama. " Their length will be of 5SiO feet, greatest breadth 64 feet, while the breadth of the passenger <lrck will be 41 fe**t. Each vessel will have a dead weight capacity of 7,950 tons, with an approximate cargo capacity for 0,000 tons. The famous cruiser stern, which i* the feature of the new Empress recent- ly placed on the Pacific coast, is be- ing introduced, and the new ships will also have six complete steel decks. In order to ensure safety the hulls are to be sub-divided by water-tight doors and bulkheads, so as to be capable of floating when three compartment* are open. These water-tight bulkhead* and doors will be automatically con- trolled from the bridge. The speed jf oa<'h vessel will be 15 knots, with a draught of 27.6. As for the in- terior of the vessels, each Beeond- class state room will be fitted with a wardrobe and chest of drawers, folding lavatory with mirror, and other conveniences. The public rooms will be ^ dining saloon, smok- ing room, lounge and drawing room. Tho refri- gerating plant will be capable of making 300 Ibs. of ice per eight hours. The vessels will be heated and \."ii i-'-ii ril on the thermo - tank system, ' elianging the air eight times each hour. There will alao be a printing plant on board e^ch ship. u H r .MM;> FROM ALL OVED THE GLOBE IN A NUTSHELL. Canada, the Empire and the World l General lirforo Your Eyes. Caniidit. Forest fires are raging in north- ern Muskoka, near West Cobalt, in the Laurcntian Mountains and in tlio Algonia region. A "dope fiend,'' refused cocaine, slashed Wm. (J. Soper, a London druggist, with a* knife, and then ran away. Prof. Alex. K. Kirkpatrick, of the School <>f Mi'iiu^, Kingston, died at Capo Tormentinp, N.B., fol- lowing an operation for acute ap- pendicitis. Herbert Hutt, ex-city treasurer of Prince Albert, Sank., pleaded guilty to a chargp cf misappropria- ting $3,OHO of the city's funds. Joseph Simon of 1J rant ford, after hearing that he is one of the three iheirs to a.n e.'-tiid- of $163,000,000 left by an uncle, in San Francis; >. went back to work at the Radiator Company ' factory. Micharl Urisou.ll, tramp, who tried to stab a servant v.ir\ who ro- fusixl' hi'in a undwic&i pleaded drunkenness wliwi brought before the Hrantford magistrate, ami was allowed to go. When an automobile, turned tur- tle at a curve in the road at Alex- andria Hay, four Kingston men ./err. seriousjy hurt. They arc Her- bert and Allan Moore., Arthur K. Uoutcly and Allan Ileid. The B.C. Rifle Association passed A resolution of confidence, in the ability of the Na'tional Rille Associ- ation of England to conduct the Bi&ley Mat/ohes in the interest of Empire rifle snooting. At Elk Lake Tuesday night the plant of the Big Six Mining Com- pany was totally destroyed by bush fire, entailing A loss of several thousand dol-bara, and it is also feared the Regal Mine plant is also gone. To please the people of the pro- vince, who do not like the contrac- tion "Alta.," the post office de- partment has decided to discontinue the use of the contraction "Alta." in the postal service, and to recom- mend that letters and other mail mattrr for the. province should, wherever possible, bear the name "Alberta" in full. Jack Kong, the Chinese boy on trial at Vancouver for the murder of Mrs. Millard. said that, when he hnd burned the porridge, she said t In-'d cut his ears off, and approach- (><l with a, knife. In a struggle she I fell and struck a chair and was killed. He cut up and burned the body. Previously he had hidden some jewellery to get e\ en with his employer for overworking him. !.:i ., i Ilritain. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and his wife have sailed for New York and will go to the Canadian Rockies. Stephen Townwnd, lecturer, au- thor and actor, aJid husband of Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett, is doad in London. A Conservative member of the British ('ominous raises the ques- tion as to whether there is aiv An- glo-German 7>act against participa- tion in the Panama Kxposition. May Rldiardi-on, the militant who slashed tho "Rokcby Venus" and was released from jail after a hun- ger strike, was re -arrested. lnitel Slates. Five person swere killed near Ashville, Ohio, 25 miles south of Columbus, on Wednesday, when a Scioto Valley traction car struck an automobile at a crossing. (General. General Villa is reported to have defeated a large force of the Fed^ erals. DID III! WORK UrtMV Strong on Right Food. You can't grow strong by merely exercising. You must have food the kind you can digest and assimi- late. Unless the food you eat is digest- ed it adds to the burden the diges tive organs have naturally to carry. This often means a nervous break- down . "About a year ago," writes a.r Eastern lady, "I had quite a seri- ous nervous breakdown caused, as, I believed, by overwork and worry, I also suffered untold misery froan dyspepsia. "First- I gave up my .position, then I tried to find a remedy fc . my trouble*, something that *"uld make, me veil and strong, some- thing to rest, my tired stomach and build up my worn-out nerve.x ,md brain. "I tried one kind of medicine a.f- ter another, but nothing seemed to help me-. "Finally a friend suggested chang? of food and recommended Grape-Nuts. With little or no faith in it, I tried a package. That was eight, nmnihs ago and I have never boon without it finoc. "Grape-Nuts did the work. It helped mo grow strong and well. Grnpo-Nuts put. new life into me, built up my whole system and mnde- another woman of me!" Name given by Canadian Postum Co., Windsor, Ont. Read "The Hr.'id to Wellville," in pkgs. "Thcro'a a Reason." JBvtr rd tb* above letter? A ntw OB* appear* from time to time. They re (enulne, true. ud full of human later.it. BEFOBTB FBCM THB X.EADINO TRADE CENTBrS OP AMERICA. Frlcee of Cattle. Grain. Obeeee anfl Other Produce at Eciue ana Abroad. Brcaastr.tfo. Toronto, May 20. Flour Ontario wlicul flours. l0 per cent., J3.SU to $3.86. seaboard, and at $3.85 to S3. 90, Toronto. Manitoba:* --Klr.il patentM. ir. Juto taen, $5.60; do., seconds |5.10; KtronK linkers'. In jute batf". $* Manitoba wheat Buy ports No. 1 Northern $1.01J an<l No. 2 at 99Jc. Ontario wheat No. 2 quoted at S1.04 to J1.05. outside and 1.0. on trnck, Toronto. Oatu No. 2 Ontario oat, C9J to 40c. outside, and at 42c. on track. Toronto. Western Canadu oatu 43ic for No. . and at 41c for No. 3. Hay ports. P"M!> II to $1.05 outside. Itarley Good malting barley, 56 to D8c. according; to quality. Hye No. 2 at 63 to 64c. outside. Buckwheat 83 to 8Bc. outside. Corn No. 2 American, kiln-dried, quoted at 78Jc. Toronto. Bran Manitoba bran $24 to $25 a ton. In bags. Toronto freight. Shorts. $2 to $27. Country Pruauce. Butter Choice dairy, 18 to 20c; In- ferior, 16 to 16c; farmers' separator prints, 21 to 22c; creamery prints, fresh. 23 to >4c; do., storage prints. 22 to Ue; solids, storage. 20 to 21c. Eggs 21 to 23o per dozen. In case lots Honey Extracted. In Una. 10| to llo per Ib. Combs. $2.26 to $2.50 per doz- en for No. 1. and $2 for No. 2. Cheese New cheese. 14 to 14|o for large, and 14) to 16o for twins. lieans Hand-picked. $2.25 to $2.30 per bushel; primes, $2.10 to $2.20. Poultry Fowl, 17 to 18c per Ib; chickens, 1 to 20c: ducks. 20c, geese. 16 to 16c; turkeys, 20 to 23r. Potatoes Delawares. $1.20 to $1.25 on track here, and Ontorlos at $1.10 per bag, on track. Provision*. Bacon I-ong clear. 16 to 16c per Ib. In case lots. Hams Medium. 18 to 18Jc; do., heavy, 17 to He: rolls. 15 to lEJc; breakfast bacon. 18 to 19c; backs, 20 to 23o. Lard Tierces. 12gc; tubs, 13c; palls, ilia Baled Bay and Straw. Baled hay No. 1 at $14.50 to $15 n ton. on track here; No. 2 quoted at $13 to $1.1. 26. and clover at $10 to $11. Baled straw Car lots. $8.25 to $8.50. on track. Toronto. Winnipeg Drain. Winnipeg. May 26 Cash: Wheat No. 1 Northern. 96|c; No. 2 do.. 94|c; No. 3 do.. 93|c; No. 4. SSfc; No. 5, SOJc; No. 6, 76|c; feed. 70Jc; No. 1 Win- ter wheat. 96Ic; No. 2 do 94Sc: No. 3 do.. 93Jc. Oats No. 2 C.W.. 38|c; No. 3 do.. S7ic; No. 2 feed. S6ic. Barley- No. 3. 49c: No. 4, 48ic; rejected, 46Jc; feed. 45c. Flax No. 1 N.-W.C.. $1-3J, No. 2 C.\\'.. $1.351; No. 3 do.. $1.23i- Montreal Market*. Montreal. May 26. Corn American No. 2 yellow. 80c.' Oats Canadian Western, No. 2. 43J to 44c; do.. No. t. 42Jc. Bar- leyManitoba feed. 60 to 61c. Klour Manitoba Sprlns wheat patents, lirsts. $5. CO; do., seconds. $6.10; strons bak " ers'. $4.90; Wlntr patents, choice. $D.26 to $6.50; straight rollers. $4..0 to 54. 0: do., in bags. $2.20 to $2.35. Rolled oats Barrels. 54. 60; bag of 90 lbn.. 52.15. Millfeed Bran, $23; sforts. $25; middlings, $2S: moulllle. $28 to $32. Hny No. 2. per ton. car lots. $14 to $10'.50. Chese Finest westerns. 12| to 12Jc: do., easterns, 11J to 12c. But- terChoicest creamery, 23 to 23 Jc; sec- onds 22 to 22Jc. Eggs- Fresh. 2 to 24c: selected. 26 to 27c; No. 1 stock. 23c; No. 2. do., 21 to 21Jc. Potatoes Per baB. car lots. 95c to $1.25. Minneapolis. Minn.. May 26. U heat. May. 93Jc; July, 941c; No. 1 hard. 99Jc; No. 1 Northern. 95J to 98Jo; No. 2 Nor- thern, 3| to 96tc. Corn. No. 3 yellow, 68 to !Jc. Oats. No. 3 white, 381 t United States Market*. 39i<\ Flour and bran unchanged. Iniluth. Minn.. May 26 I.lnueed. cash, $1.568; July. $1.67J. Close wheat. No. 1 hard. 97Jc; No. I Northern. 9Jc; No. 2 Northern. 94Jc to 4Jc; July. 96|c. Live Stock Mai^et*. Toronto, May 2. Cattle Choice but- chers. $7.90 to $8.30; good, $7. BO to $8.2D; common cows, $5 to $6.26; can- ners and cutters. $3.60 to $4; choice fat cows $6.50 to $7.26; choice bulls. $7 to 57.50. Calves Good veal. 5S.75 to $10; com- mon, $4.76 to $7. Storkers and feeders Stocrs 800 to 900 Ibs.. $7.25 to $7.76: good quRlity. 700 to 800 Ibs., $7 to $7.60, light, $0.25 Sheep and lambs Light owes. $8.60 to 57: heavy. $5.75 to 56. 25; bucks, $5.75 i to 5V. 25: R\>rlng lambs, each. $6 to $10;' yearling lambs, $9 to $9.50. Hogs $8.35 to $s.40. fed and water- ed; $8.60 to $8.65, off cars; $S to $8.06. f.o.b. Montreal. May 26. Prime beeves 80 to near 8jc: medium. r, to 7Jc; com- mon, 4Jc to 61c; cows. $30 to $80; calves, 8c to 7c; sheep. 61c to 8Jc: spring lambs, $4 to $6 ench: hogs, 01 to 9Jc. FOl H MEN KILLED ON SHIP.' Vessel Was Participating in Naval MnnoMivres at the Time. A despatch from Bi/orta, Africa, says: Four men wore killed and one was badly wakled through an accident in the stokehole of the- French destroyer Renaudin on Wed- nesday. The llonaudin was partici- pating ait the time in the annual naval manoeuvres. FOR MAKING SOAP SOFTENING WATER DISINFECTING: JLOSETS.DRAINS, SINKS, BEARS AT STURGEON POINT. Several Have Been killed and Others ilave Been Seen. A despatch from Minden sa>;s : Bears seem to be particularly tame just now in the North Country. It is eeldorn that a bear is sen 'at Sturgeon Point, yet one trotted pact a lady recently and disappear- ed in the bushes. A big black bear, weighing 250 pounds, was shot by Mr. Ezra King, of Belmont Lake. The skin was in prime condition. Phil Aldred, of North Harvey, shot a bear which he had previously trapped. The- pelt was jet black, and valued at $13. The bear was a large one. _ _ . HELD AS SLAVE IN PARAGUAY British Charge d'AITuirr* Una Been Asked to Report the Facts. , A despatch from London says: Sir Edward Grey stated in the House of Commons that the atten- tion of the Foreign Office had ben called to a report that a Britieh- C'anadian was being held in slavery in Paraguay, arid that, the British Charge d' Affaires had been re- quested to report the faots imme- diately by cable. JUMPED FROM MOVING TRAIN Kingston Man Died After Reaching the llos;>ilal. A despatch from Brockville say's : In jumping from the eastbouftd Grand Trunk express, on which ho was stealing a rido, Fred McC'or- rnack, a Kingston man about 2o years of age, fell under the wheels as the train was coming to a stoj> at the local depot. One arm and one leg were- severed and other seri- ous injuries inflicted. McConnack died four hours later in the hospi- tal. INFORMATION FOR INVENTORS Me-ssrs. Pigeon, Pigeon & Davis, the patent solicitors of 7lA Stf.' James Street, Moutrcn-1, repv*^ that 115 Canadian patents ver Issued for the week ending May 5th. 1914, 80 of which were graiite<i to Americans, 16 to Canadian, 12 to residents of foreign countries) and 7 to residents of Great Britain and Colonies. Of the Canadians / wero of tha Province of Ontari.i, 3 of British) Columbia, 2 of Ma litoba, 2 of Sas-. kntehewan, 1 of Nova Scotia and 1 of Quebec. BRITAIN'S NEW AEROPLANE The King Was Enthusiastic After Witnessing a, Flight Secret Will be Kept A despatch from London says : It is stated that the Government wish- es to maintain the seeret of the new snfr'ty aeroplane which is the pro- perty of the War Department. While this would give a groat ad- vantage to tho BritJHh army iverial serviee, it is pointed out by some that it would bo ngainat the inter- ests of hunmnity in the conquest of the nir. The King i enthusiastic over the new machine. After wit- nessing a flight at Aldershot ho ex- oliiimed: "Why haven't you a hun- dred of these in the army?" Col. Seely, Secretary for War, in an interview said the invention -if the machine was due to the brains of many men. Four orgaimations hnd played a part, namely ; the Na- tional Physical Laboratory, the Ad- visory Committee on Aeronautics, the Royal aircraft factory and ex- w perimental fliers ''The new aero- plane," he said, "i* inherently not.! automatically stable, that is to sa its stability depends on the shape,] not on any mechanical attaonmont.l The eret can be applied to thoJ monoplane as weJl as to the bi-J plane. The new aeroplane, whiohl is all British and all tho product oij British brains, except the engine,' has be-on put to all manner of trials.'. Tt has been flown in a gale, flung atl air pockets and eddies, and 1 bankt-dj steeply, and has pro\$l stable in all ways. A novice can quit* eafolyj control it in tho air, but still the greatest problem of all remains t< be solved tliat of safe landing, have flown hundred* of miles, an< know tliat this is one thing that i^ checking the adtvce of flying." I