[EE DXT] AN a PAO RNS. Report of the Proceedings of the ~ Twenty-seventh Annual " General Meeting, rrr - » . i : - nN A The Twenty-seventh Annual Meeting of the Shareholders of The Toronto General Trusts Corporation was held in the Board Room of the Corpora- tion, on the corner of Yonge and:Colborue streets, Toronto, on Wednesday, the 3rd of February, 1904. were present xR Hen. J, J. Foy, K.Ci, M.P.P., Hon. Senator Jafiray, Hamilton Cassels, K.C., Sir Wm. Mortimer Clark; W. D, Matthews, B, KF. Walker, S, Nord- hemor, Thos. long: Geo. Porter, Frederick Wyld, J. Bruce Macdonald, Sir Aemillius Irving, K€, EL.D., John L. Blaikie, 8 CL Wood, Peter Freyseng, E. Galley. Fréd! C. Jarvis, J. ©. Scott, K.C., Alex. Nairn, Dr. John Hoskin, K.C., LL.D., J. W, Langmuir, W. B® Couch. W. RH. Brock, A. 1. Malone, W. Ince, Joba Paton, H. J. Wright, F. R. Dymond, A. Bruo- ning, A. D. Langmuir, W. CG. Watson. 28 I" The President, Hi Hoskin, took the chair, agi Mr. A. D. Langmuir, the JAmsistant Manager, atted as Secretary fou ithe nedling. ] The financial -statemetits showing the operations of the Corporation for year enfled 21s4 December, 14905, were submitted and commented upon the Manzgifg Director, Mr, J. W. Langmuir. i . The report ta the Shareholders wie thén read at follows: ENTYSEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE TORONTO GENERAL TRUSTS CORPORATION POR THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1908, f 0 the Shareholdérs:=+ Your Directors have pleasure in submitting the Twenty-séventh Aunual eport of fhe Corporation, together with the usual Pluancial Statements, show ng the operations of the Corporation, &nd the results of the rame for the year ded 31st December, 1908. Hosiness has been accepled Ly the Corporation durtag the past ghe amount of $3,312,171.00, as follows Executorships 'ow Administrations ... Trusteeships .. ... ... . : "nae ardianships and Commiileeships .. vear to Guaranteed Investments ... General Investment Agencies ' Lunatic Estates, Recelverships, ete / $3,312,171 00 : ' "The Corporation has also been appointed during the year as Trustee for he lssue of bonds for a very considerable adiount, as well as to the position of Registrar, Transfer Agent, and Other capacities not fncladéd in the above summary. ! The gross profits derived from the operation of the varlous branches of ithe Corporation's business are plainly set out in fhe Profit and Loss State | ment herewith submittdd, amounting to $275,160.69, as compared with $262. {726.64 in the previous year, or an increase of $12424.15. ° After deducting the eptire cost of the management at Head Office, and (he Winnipeg and Ottawa Branched the net amount at credit of Profit and Loss, including (he balance brougin forward, is $153.350.66, ae corupared; with $136,868.78 lust year. Out offthis amount your Directors have declared and paid 1we geéml- annual dividends, at the rate of seven and one-half (7%); per cent, per annum, amounting to $76000; have entirely written off the amount at the debit of office furniture and vault fixtures, amounting to $5938.60; have placed $60,000 to Reserva Account, bringing that fund up to $450,000, and have car ried forward to the credit of Profit and boss the sum of §22 4(7.16. Your Board appointed Sir Willlam Mortimer Clark, K. C., to the Director ate, in the stead of Mr. Albert E. Gooderham, who resigned therefrom owing to great press of work and fuability to attend the meétings of the Board; otherwise the personnel of the Board remains the same és at the beginniaug of ithe year. All which. is respectfully submtited. J. W, LANGMUIR, JOHN HOSKIN, Mauaging Director. President. Toronto, February 3, 1909. won! "PROFIT AND LOSS . - "sy Yeur 'Eaded $1at December, 1908, exposes at To widemt and Di. Dr : ! ronto. Ottawa | | rectors. Advis- | | ® Ey bal brought ward from cember 81 Less amount vol ed by Share halders to Aad- tors for the vear ended De cembépr 3%; 1907, To salaries, rents, L ance | Provincial x \ rar - i e rR i nd all office ns = and Winnipeg. . $110,428 #4 To fees pald Pre i i mident, Vice.Pre- 3,700 00 ory Boards and AR so Inspection Com By commission ben carned. for man To Cominission agement of uw. paid: on Court tutes, collection Capital a nd Of revenue | QGuaranlee loans y Interest | and expenses for { Lon | superintendence L stoek | of real estate - V . { and @ollection of arre rents ,.....< 16578 27 aaal rECONe LE] fro allowance to : Tod profits Auditors at To: Fhapnnteed | onte® Oftawa court. funds | snd' Winnipeg net AT { buildings mitteex ed capita and 'ré including ars of tuter on and 3.950 fo net profited for Year Jeera $181,180 mo ba lante at oredit of profit Y : loss Janu : "a Lo Ist, 1908... 22,168 7 and ary fro balance - ried down --§275.150 69 CAT 'fo dividends 8 and od fo balance | debit of | Deposit and office | niture written off .... ffo amount ! ried to { Fund To balance « I ried forward Nos vo hd uw. buy anc brought down at - --- - - . 6,933 50 Cal Reserve 50,000 00 130,933 &0 ar ASSETS AND LIABILITIES STATEMENT Ver Ended 81st December, 1908, ' ANSETS, CAPITAL ACCOUNT Mortgages on Real state Bonds and Debentures... | Loans on Stodks #nd Bonds | Rea! Estate a Office premises and safe { Ul and Ottawa § Adcrued rents re office Toronte and Ottawa Assets Lo at hand and in Banks deposit vats at Tor . . . ' 325.000 sreniiises nd vaults at oe ii : «4 385 B23 esl xs 103088 Wo iors neient $1,826,680 27 | Sundry { Cash on TRUST GL ARANTEE AND AGENCY ACCOUNTS-- Mortgages Oh Peal Hstate x 3 Qovernment nnd "Municipal | Loan Campy Bebéntures Stocks and "Bonds Loans on F Sundry | Cash on hand Debeiitures Houds Rud Debentures n Banks TRUST, ESTATES AND AGENCIES-- Unrealized original assets, including Mortgages. D@bEntared, Stocks (and at inventory value Real Hut LIABILITIES, Tot CAPITAL ACCOENT-- Oapfital Stoek fully pald | Reserve Find Dividend Nao. Gt | Profi} and Tons { srent in Reserve . | Iiance of Auditory Allowance "§1. 000,008 00, 150.400 vo A7.500 2a. 411 18 16.549 86 3 2 cenee-§ 1,526.58 TRUST GUARANTEE AVD AGENCY FULADRS-- i For investment or dist Thun C IIT.TIMEST 13 : wo eee $17,795,897 TRUST ESTATES AND AGENCIES -- { Inventory value of unrealized original edeets of Es i tates aud Ageetied goder administration by Cor i poration Fat a ' ak ¥ +h wb - have placed $50,000 to Reserve Account (increasing th per cent, Ba AUDITORS' CERTIFIL . ~ 3 pf & the widersigned, beg to report thar we bro nade a tull examination of the books, accounts and vouchers of the Toronis General Trusts Corporation to the 31st December, 1908, and find sime to be correct and proper' set forth in ine hbbye ststemeiis of Profit and oss and Assets and Lidbilities. We Late evamiped and find in order all the mortgages, debentures, «bonds and serip of the Corporation, as well as those negotiated for the Bupreme Court of Jultieature for Oniério, and Trusts, Estates and Agéheies fn the Corporation's haude 'snd Rave ¢hetled samé with the Mortgage and Debenture Ledgers and Registers. The Bankers' balances, aller deducting' outstanding cheques, agree wifh the books of the Corporation. y We have also examined the reports of {he Auditors of the Winnipeg and Oitawa Branches, and find that they agree with the Head Office books, R. F. SFSNCE, F.C.A, "CAN," GEO. MACBETH, Auditors, Toronto, January 28th, 1909, MANAGING DIRECTOR'S ADDRESS. The Managing Director, Mr. J. W. Langmuir, in presenting the voiumin- ous statements owing the operations of the Corporation during the past year, said: --I fed} confident that the results of the year's work as set out in the statements which 1 have just read will be aceepled by the Sharébolders as satisfactory. The Profit and Loss Statement so plaidly sets out the operations of the Corporation during the year that I need net take up your time in com- menting on the various gources of revenue as given in that Statement, Suffice ii to say that the gross profits of the year amount to $375,150.69, and after pay ing (he entire expénses of the management of thé business at Tead ] and the Oiiaws and Winnipeg Branches, the net profits amount to $181,181.88, to which Nas to beiadded $22,168.78, brought forward. from las{ year, making the toigl amount at credit of Profit and Loss $158,360.66. Out of these profits vor Directors have paid the Shareholders a seven and one-half (7%) cent, dividend for the veer, amounting to $75,000; have written off $5,938.50 from vault egiipment und office furniture, being balance cat debit of jis nt; fund to $450,000); and | have carried forward fo the credit of Profit and Loss Atcount $22,417.16, included in our Capital and Reserve funds are our bulldings at Toronto' andl Ottawa. The former 1x taken in at $159,000, including vaults, vault fixtures and eafe deposit boxes, which alone cost over $50,000. The Ottawa building, witleh stands at $175,000, is situated in the very best part of that city, and, as sole of you may know, is one of the finest buildings on Sparks street. The nel rents from (hege bulldings, including a very moderate charge for our own océupation, and also including the rents received from the safe deposit vaults, amount to $22,988.50, being equivalent to a return of a fraction over seven (7) on the $325,000, at which amount our buildings stand on:our books. You will, therefore, -nee that this portion of our $1,450,000 of Capital and Re. setve Is well and permanently luvested. | think that these buildings, at a very conservative valuation, and baving regard to the nel renis received, wre worth somewhat over $400,000, and even If increased to that amount would yield a return of nearly 5% 9%, therebxgncreasing our Reserve Fund to 'over half & million dollars, insiead of $450, 'ou will algo observe that; if addi- tioh to the $525,000 of our capital so well tnvested in real ektate, We. have over $600,000 invested in mortgages on real estate, all ¢t which have been caretully selected. pas Regarding the dividend that we pay, I am frequently asked why jt is that it is fixed at seven and g fraction, instead of an ever amount. Share holders are, perhaps, not awars that when we amalgdmated With the Trusts Corporaticn of Ontario the Act of amalgamation restricted us to. the pay- mént of a dividend net exceeding 7% per cent. until the Reserve Fund reached the sum of $760,000, No such provision exists in thé chartérs of any other triet company in Ostario; nor is it previded for in the general Act ApEcting trdst companies: nor, indeed, in any joint stock company of Which 1 dm AWATre, If such a law Is necessary im the working of trust "companies it should have bden incorporated in the general Act mnd made applicable to ll companies, but as this was not deme it is obviously unfair to the Corporation that it should be bound by this provision. Application hds, therefore, been made by petition for the Issue of Supplementary Letters Patent with a view to placing this Corporation on the same footing as all other trust companies in respect to the peymeit of dividends. Another question that Is fréquently asked~-chlefly by investors in the stack of the Cérporation, and Shareholders in banks--is: Why ls it, with the enormous mags of business under the care of the Corporation, aggregating over $35,000,000, that the net profits are only about $130,000? I hive en- deavored to answer this inquiry when addressing the Shareholders at pre- vious annual rueetings, but will again do so: With the excéption of the in- vesiment of our capital funds, and of moneys given to us for investment under the Guaranteed Investment Principle, this Corporation is simply a cotporate manager of estates, trusts and agencies committed to its care, and for such management and care we receive a moderate compensation fixed by the epurts. We do not specnlate with our capital funds, or with any funds, and even when we accept moneys for investment under the Guaranteed Prin- ciple, we do so strictly within the terms of the Trustee Investment Act. We do not underwrite or invest In any industrial issues. Under these cirenm- stances our profits may be smaller than they otherwise might be, but in strictly gdhering to this rule the investment ef eur capital money and that of eur clients is as sade as human care can wake it. After all, while our profits do mot! perhaps, equal those obtained by banks, or even long-established lean eenipanies with large reserves, still we have from the origin of thé company paid eur Sharcholders good dividends, and, in addition, Rave accumulated, almost entirely out of profits, a rest of $450,000. I think, therefore, that I am warranted #i saying that the state- wents | have just rewd, and have eoniluuuted eon, should be satisfasiery te the Sharshelders. So muek frem the Sharehelders' pelnt of view in the Cor- poratien's epérations, Coming mew te the general work and utility ef the Corporation, 1 have vety Htile to add te what has been sald 80 previous annukl meetings. It will be s2en om réference te our statelsent ef Assets amd Liabilities that the Cor- poration has now under its sontrel and magagement -ssets to the extent of over $35000,860, showlpg a net imcremse over 1997 of approximately $2,250. 600. This, together with the fact that over $3.000000 of new work, exclu- sive of Trusteeships for Bond Issues, e(c. e¢ic; has heen placed under our care during the Vear, notwithstanding the increasing competition that exists between Trust Companies, shows that the Corporate Executor, Administrator and Trustee continues to gain in publi¢ favor. Ang why shotild it not. with the great advantages it offers over that of individuals acting in these capacities? An unchanging and undying trustee--a Beard of Directors drawn .from the best ability in the community, comprising presitents and directors of banks and loan companies, railway directors, lawyers, mérchants and capifalists-- methedfcal and systematic bookkeeping and a continuous audit of estates -ac- counts and securities--careful selection of weorigages and other Investments for estate or trust funds, inspected by competent appraisers and passed upon by a compétent Board, and the setting apart and sarmarking of the securities to the estates or trusts te which they belong. All of this is dome at a mini mum of expense; the charges of the Cerporation ds fixed by the Courts of the Province being no greater than the compensation allowed to individual Trus- tees: indeed, if anything, rather less, i I might peint out that of about $17,000,060 of Trust and Guaranteed Funds invested by the Corporation (exclusive of the unrealized original as estates), nearly $12,600,000 is invested in mortgages on real estate, i g that the Corporation, while strictly keeping within. the terms of the Trustee Investment Act, thereby saféguarding the Capital of the eéstales, is obtaining the largest possible revenue return for its clients. It will be seen; therefore, that, in addition to being the pioneer and largest Trust Coropany in Canada, we also take place as the second largest Mortgage Loan Company In conclusion I wish te thank the members of the Advisory Beards at Otiawa and Winnipeg, and the staff ef tlie Corporation, both at Head Office and Mranches, for the interest and efficiency manifested in the discharge of their several duties during the year, Thé President, Dr. John Hoskin, K.C., in moving the adoption of the re port, sald: On former occasiens, in moving the adoption of the annual report, 1 have dealt at soine lemgth upon the various functions otf this Corporation, its aims and objects, and the advantages resulting te the publie, all which mat tors have been discussed, and their particulars published, and are now well known: therefore, reference to them may, {or this year, be dispensed with, The Managing Director has, in his rewarks, gone into the details of our year's operations, which I need not repesi. The report ig shorter than usual. but not the less interesting, and not the less satisfactory, and 1 am sure it will commepd Itself to the Shareholders. A glance at the figures will give yout 'some idea of the volume of business under the control of the Corpoga- tion, to manage which entails upon your Directérs aud the staff much anxiety, responsibility and labor, and (he resulis, as shown in the statements, to- gether with the increasing confidence of the public, speak for themselves. [It is, therefore, with confidence | now move the adoption of the report, which motion will be seconded by the Hon. Mr Wood The Report of the Directors was adopled, as was also the Report of the Inspection Committee, as presented by Sir Aemiliug Irving, KC. The following Shareholders were elected Directors for the ensuing yeari. W. H. Beatty, W. R. Brock, John L. Blaikie, Hawiiton Cassels, K.C. Sir Wm. Mertimer Clark, K.C., Hon. W. C. Edwards, Hon. J. J. Foy, KC. M.P:P, Hon. J. M, Gibson, KO; A. C. Hardy, John Hoskin, KO, LL.D. Sir Aemilius 'Irving, K.C., Hea Robert Jaffray, J. W. lanzmuir, Thomas Long, W. D. Matthe Hen. Peter Mtlaren, J. Hyuee Macdonald, Hon. Sir Paniel MeMillan, M.G., Samuel Nerdhslnier, E B. Osler, MP, 1.°G. Scott; K.C., B. E. Walker, D. R. Wilkie, Pen. 8; CC. Wood, Fredarick Wyld. --Carrfed. At a, subsequent meeting of the Board of Directors, Dr. Johy Heskin, Ky wag re-elected President, and Hon. 8. C. Wood and W. H Beatty, Vice- Presidents. { MER VIEW OF ECONOMY. dignantly retorted, 'I'd have less need to beg if they were mins, for then 1 New Year Economies Discovered | wouldn't have to pay ten cents a day ! By Chas. Schwab. {to hire them." Chicago Inter-Ocean. mm 'harles W. Schwab, at a dinner Stop Falling Hair. Pittsburg, discussed his Tt is easier to keep the hair onohomics: . He said : | have thaw to restore' it when once "1¢ is nevedgary to economize. to | Jost. 'The use of Dr. Dawson's Hair shit" np sowie of éne"s hoses and so | Restorer will always enable von to an, heeause of the innumerable claims | stop 'the fallisg out of bair and to on ann. Aud all these claims are al- | quicken its growth, Restores sray waytijust, you know.' Why, 1 never | bal ts ite matural color. In bet- saw 4 eldimant yet who wasn't quite |dles Bhc. sack at Wade's drug stove. d¢ sure of his rights ae the Altoona an er cee tgghr woman. In' making an effort to kiew him- TK Dogar 'woman, with three fing | celithe average man wastes a lot of children shivering beside her, stood on | time that he wight spend in forming a windy cornet in Altoena on a bitter more ayuveeible sequaintaness. winter day. A <chaygity officer paused Beef, Iron amd Wine, "'our own vi & sia make; pint bottles, 0c, at Wade's CL Yom" he said, 'yeu bagging. And Porn stqre. {Wosc childean aren't yours, at all' Taber is the only prayer that is dver 'Woll, sir,' the beggar woman in- | answebed, in New Year you " OLD FUN OF RUNNING TO FIRES at Bad Husbands. New York, Feb. 12.~The march of impr. has its good points, but it' has some sad things to answer. in this part of the world, and ofie i that it is knocking out the o ious pleasure of ing to fires in York. Until recently a fire dn this city was about a hundred 'times as exciting as a fight, for so many rang gongs whistles ihrough so many streets th about a quarter of a million peo were compelled to know that 'wero frequent enough to that they might be losing heen costly and dangerous, city installed it, and now all tne can ae nt o fire is a lot of mey directing | hose nozzles which throw enormous streams of water without any aid from visible machinery. No more mand dak of foaming horses through he streets, no snorting, trembling engines with a voldano of sparke and. five from | each. no struggle of small boys to got | gine, no swearing mateldy between firemen; no gaping throng of specta- tots, consequently no gang of pick. pockets and sneak thieves, not even the small army of police that used 10 be neeessaty at any sort of fire. Moan or yet, there is no likelikood od * good old times coming back again, the high-pressure service has provet that it éan throw far more Walir inn given time and, theréloco, pul out a fire far quicker than could all the ew gines that might get close enough to attend to business. What is to be come of ae ? No more public hangingg in the city, no old-fashioned election- day riots, no prize fight hall gamer in the streets, and, a nis, wo moro fun in runiing te fires ! "You cain lead a horse to water but | vol ¢an't make him drink," is an old | saying that came back to many mon who read tha recent report on wine drisking a= a eure for the liquor curse. The report was made to a committee of the American Wine Growers' Asso ciation, and the gentleman who made | it had -spint a long time in European. countries where wine is made in great quantities and consumed as freely and generally as ten or coffe in the Uni- ted States. All authorities, including prohibitionists, are compelled to ad- mit that drunkenness is practically un- known in the countries ref The report also called attention to the seat winemaking possibilities of the { nitetd States and to the cheapness at which plain but sound wine, as good ad the mass of Europeans drink, might be retailed here. Buy some of the men whio recalled the horse proverb knew find observation in New York that the average American won't 'drink wine unless ho can't get beer or apirity and even then he makes a face at it. as if he were taking melicine. Even Americans of foreign birth don't take kindly to their native countries' wines that are brought over here. have long beoh a few, a wine-shops in New York--ab ne to ovary five hundred rum-shops, out one by one they are going out of business and new ones do not take their places. Each had a few customers as soben antl respectable aa anybody, the qual- it¢ of the wines was good and' the prices were within the means of drinking mam, but the business cc not get and maintain a paying 1 Its stock-in-irade was not fillive enough to suit the beer-soak, not ex- citing enough to satisfy the wi «bo: craving. Nobody could get £ 'oy drank ow it; or even fuddled e uch to make the place worth patron ing by sharpers ov political pullarmin. A party of acquaintances could now swal- low epough to make them want to paint the town red. So, although the wine might he very good, what waa it really good for to ihe class that keeps thé saloons going ? nwere lew New York is always beating the re. cofd on something. When it rannot find any other eity's record to heat, it proceeds cheerily to beat its own. 144" latest record-breaker was in Bible distribution, the figures exceeding fif- teen thousand copies in a single month. All these books were placed where they would do the most good, ov so thought the distributors, who were veterans at sizing up the ungodly andl the sinner. Years ago, when waste-paper could be sold at three or four cents per pound, wood pulp not having yet been invented, the story wad current that junk-dealers followad the Bible-distributors from houss to house and bought in the books at a cent or two each, according to size, and sold them by the ton to the pa- per mills; nowadays, however, the junk man won't take high-grade printed pa- per as a gift, so there mast have been a legitimate demand for the gatput that broke the record. As to that, a lot of highly intelligent sinners in the book trade--men who never enfer a church excepting to attend weddings or funerals, and who qudte scripture only in the form of swear-words, de clare that. there are more naw and handsome editions of the Bible got out year hy year than of any popular or standard author; and that the de- mand at hook store counters increases avery vear, although any one can get a copy from the Bible Society for pothing by pleading poverty. If this is what comes ai a book being ~ Jead."' &% a lot of erities insist the Bible is, every publisher and author will hepe for the spesdy death of agy hook in which he is financiglly interested When any New York industry be comes so great as te require the en- tire time and attention of one or more courts of law, it may honestly alaim that it has got up inte the vo- ns close as possible to theif pet én ing laid on what | good - work among the suffering poor scription known that and said Dr "Besides, it greatly build up your muscular strength and health." | of Rengo. and easily pound a day.' Rango. $1. slouch clase. Among such industries, ave wmurder, insurance eases, landlord dud teuant disputes, burglaw, di vorae, killing or maiming by trolley- Kingston by Menry Wade, Druggist. We Stopped At Once With Pure Willow Charcoal, the Greatest Gas Theve is no necessi ity to suffer the 8 » humiliation, chagrin and discomfort oad cently biliousness, y+ stomach, Bik Tosentetat charocal will cline the siomach and make it pure and sweet, > Do not drug voursell when little natural made | 2 t willow yes, swoetenod with honey, will add tome to your stomach, liver and intestines, rapidly foul odors of Charcoal will absorb one hundred times ita own volume in gas. A box full of charcoal placed in a bedroom will keep. the air of such a room pure and sweet, A little charcoal lozenge dissolved on the tongue after meals will also keep tha stomach fresh and clean. Charcoal is justly called the scrubbing brash for the stomach. The oll monks of medieval fimes curad hat cases. of stomach - trouble, east aut dovils from the system of man by feading such a man charcoal. Scientific men of y believe in the great chreoal for the ro of human ill Too much it pendent children--one-third of the €-|cyunot, harm ane. The ata % tire number in' the United States; and iy just like an animal = ne and spending three million dollars a year os snlb oY Care updn them, there is a natural reluet- a, ever: so often " "b| pors into the stomach ge mod is ance to increase the load. Harty Phil {acme it » Stompch og hry anthropists have as many doubts asia tion of the = stomach and filters hopes 'of the p sed 'Domestic Re-| (1 ough all the food, abéorbing gas, lations Court," for much stress is be-| niging digestion and giving tone to may he by en: | ha juices, so that when the food goes deavors fo reconcile husbands 10 de-| 4, the intestines, and there mcets peudent families, with whom they a¥él i. digestive fluids, Ue charcoul at odds. Some women who do muchiy 440 (he impurities and thus keep them from the blood. Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges are made from pure willow. They are préparcd fragrant by the wie of honey and trsities Eiiec i they generally go to the bad to institutions, and as the eity is al- ready supporting 'thirty thousand de- ? "1 insist that - many wayward husbands may be reclaimed by patient and. spec- s. | effort; men who admit this proba. bility insist that . the effort : should take the form of a hranding-iron or a! cat-o'-nine-tails, or perhaps a frequent | alternation of the two. --~GARGOYLE A FIVE YEARS' DRIFT in Series gections. on was stoves -- a Freedom From Disease. 1i you are run down start running up towards sound health. Debility sweetened so they pliado the taste and {tha public. Every druggist sells them, Across the Poldr Sea By'An Ex-1 thon and judge for yourself of their nounced to a mecting of the Royal Hixon at work all might, for your bad the polar sea. mail free. Address, ¥. A, Stuart Co., 1910. We shall make for San Francis Barrow, the most northerly point of | "From this place the last news will | 51. Made Known in Berlin--Over age with ag small a crew ad possible. London, Feh. 13. Major A. J. Reed, most favorable place for pushing far- ing the operations of German spies in across the Polar sea. ment had recently received informa- the vessel heeomes fast in the ice a the United Kingdom. "These German "What 1 expect to find in the un- es," as they are termed among the great masses of land, « thers of small." coast defences, railways, of sound ng when she was built, and con- guize of money-lenders and more often fo better "&hip could be found for the industrial eenfres of Scotland alone wtafi. It is now known that the whole . a Vito Berlin, The. number of Germans power to accomplish things. Wade's | : to be over n 3.000, They are a great nerve strengthener are easily dissolved. They have an caormous Hale, thus {9h ocnts per box. Go to your drug { gist to-day and buy a be¥; then after plorer. Lwnerit. London, Feb: 18.--Ronald Amund-| Several taken at bed time will prove I Geographical Society "on Monday #t |Lhreath will not be sa bad after all. tral : Day Burlington House his determination | Scnd us your name and address and "With the Fram, equipped for scven [200 Stuart Building, Marshall, Mich. veare, and a capable crew, I shall co round Cape Horn, take in coal and provisions at the former place. Wo a North America, which 1 hope to] GREAT BRITAIN reich by July or August. 1 -- he sent home before the real voyage : begins. On leaving Point Barrow, it 5,000 German Spies Are Oper- ating King Edward's Do- "Wa shall then make for the dvilt ing ice i irection rth by nortl s ; ing ice ing direction Do HOEEY | the Perthshire secretary of the Prim- rose League, has made . an extra ther north. When this has heen found we shall go as for in as possible, and | 40 niged Kingdom in the course of a speech at Blackford. He declared "Throughout our voyage, up to thig point I iotaid to make oocan-graphiic | j,, revealing the organization and functions of the special department. of of observations will be bogun with which 1 hope to solve some of | 5 ants, " he continued, "are divided into two One section is known part of the Polar sea, I will say nothing about at present. Some spies themselves. These are men in all grades of life, rom Inborers to mer- [he Fram built in 1803, and has been laid up for a number of [proyisions, ete. The second section is formed of tra- sderiye she came from Nansen's long voyage without a serafloh, after with- las German commercial travellers, dir- . ect the work of espionage, and make purpos. . there are at this moment no fewer than 1,500 persons, male hnd female { i of life it of the defences of Scotland have heen means a loss of 8 portion ol lile 1 frequently secretly investigated during ged. Vitality means new life, new ? ! \ 5 lregularly collebting information in fron Tonio Pills (Laxative) build { pnd, more esporially on the fast health by supplying the system ' and blood maker. In boxes, 5c, at Wade's drug store. Mouvey back if stamping them with the approval of | your next meal taka twor or threo of en, the famous polar explorer, an-!to you in the morning that thoy have to undertake a five-year's drift across we will send vou a trial package hy leave Norway in the boginning shall then shape our course for Point | yyw THE DEFENCES OF i ia my aitention to continue the voy- mains. west, where we will then look for the ordinary series of statements regard- prepare for a four or five years' drift that the British intblligeneo dopart- observations, and from the moment the German secret police operating in the hitherto unsolved mysteries. known as fixed agents, or 'letter hox- people have pup forward theories of chants, wha make reports our years. But the vessel is found to be velling agents who sometimes in the standing the enormous pressure of ice, payments to the fixed agents. In the in the employ of the German general 3 the past two years and reported on energy, freedom from disease and the J | with | " A and south is computed rich vital blood. not satisfactory. When Greek Met Greek. | Chicaga Post. -- The mayor of the city of C 'ago, Meaning Of Word "'Cravat." | with a merry party of friends, enjoyed "Ciaval" or rather the French {an auto trip across lowa. It was fine av y | | : : . summer woa ther. Yoravale," yp ( i : : fl Fava he megs Smply Fontan When nearing Des Moines, thie nay pe of ire roc as "Cravates or, wishing to make sure he was tak 1 Tartars i and Comsacs." |NE the right rond toward the capital Pat the French borrowed the word for city, brought the chugging motor to " in a SL i . the new ncckwear introduced amoag |e. abrupt Lo dds Very resp them in imitation of the linen scarfe | "00 P ah ie } ou edi h . worn by the Croatian mcrconaries allo, there © he § uted, wt got h fi saw during the: thirty Ino response from a farmer with hroa.. ou war. Tn English 'cravat' bas |Deadgear energetically wielding a is 5 . ol 9 H ranged in meaning from a tie to a | seythe. : : iN v 4 out \ r Sohb comforter, and. has varied alse in pro- | omewhat put out, the mayor sent punciition, both Pope and Dryden as- this chauffeur info the fell, i "Sir, do you realize w ; stor conting the word upen the first 'syl- ER *alite Who. My, master lable. 'out: there is *" 5 "No. Wha is he?" "He's the mayor of Chicago." "So? Tell him be is doubly wel come in the haylield. T'nr the gover * . [nor of Towa, myself !¥ Special Notice | aT er Feast | Officers of a Sikh regiment in India To Fat People aanoved: by some native Langing * {about their camp dnd "siping them "1 am givisg you hére the omly pre- With a rifle. Tha eolonel sent for bis ¥ will safely," surely orderly, a native soldier, and said he pickle reduce your fat to pormal, {wanied a squad to go over the moun Soup ol 8 aa tay time | tain that night and catch the mis lercant who was annoving them The orderly saluted and begged to be al Bo do the drug Sore. fia Dackege | owed io act alone, | nsawring his and saiely reduces your fat # colonel that he would soon eatch the ; " v4 culprit, The officer, admiring his Just gr i 2 hb. agrend, and the nost morning When is the sky like the seam in a child's garment ? When overcast. 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