Daily British Whig (1850), 27 Oct 1919, p. 13

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£4000 bor he the merchamn the most noun in or nine out © that an a the indi and his er community. "When 1 first began to decided that I didn't care to a typicgl Loeffler MIKOGRAMS our friends to It takes > { distribution » | either interest He Cia iy eneral h profit for i. Koch ible" costs such tment depreci: bad debts rather 4 Xpens es of payroll I and so' forth, I dealer has most to Koch nvestment glected, he pe tailer as tion, to is. rather assu a net profit, Interest borrowed is no difference except that in one etor happens to be the lends the funds to the| + other it is an out- nieres ds is. y there between the two cast the propri son who and in th rson. : vestment 3 An ex f the | Webster gives vig definition: "American economists in general have held it as a share in 3 not properly include or insurance, but re- vard of the employer listinet from that of vings. This éral ly pre- Siness the res k presents for his not deduct as an ex- » arriving is drifting books show business THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG THE RIVER EXPRESS DURING ENGLAND'S STRIKE. -------- ls Photo shows passengers on one ol the steamboats which Westminister in the morning and evening lo take people to and from business. ---- --. Wooden Money. Who ever heard of wooden money? The only known currency of this kind is issued by the Hudson Bay Co. and circulates &11 over the vast ter- ritory controlled by powerful trading concern It is a coinage consisting of pieces of wood known as "castors," which are stamped with a die. These are accepted everywhers in that territory as cash, and are exchangeable for all ha that | sorts of supplies and commodities at i to go in business Negieet ting to figure in- 1 investment and his own and in having $600 in the bettered h jump from $2400 to ¢ 1 23000 ent to bid t in the blow the ast time; fois just omee| 80 cont and, be eligible éven on a oh i icke if 3 If } and w In deiense, on the business, suffer } is own fault. Actually, with the business shows ne| ® fiteer profit taxation assailed as a foreed to declare or for purposes of he 'would figures | profit at all former 3 $00, and £10,000 stocks or bonds) which ald pay | cent interest, or $600. And| s are that he would have] nself much work and worry 1 he done so His the widely scattered stations of corporation The &a governkd by the com- pany is vast. In one straight line it extends as far as from London fo Mecca; from King's Posts to the Pelly Banks is further than from Paris to Sarmacand. Over all of this region the corporation exercises a complete doniinion, employ the ns- tive Indians, chiefly Ojibways and Crees, to collect the furs which fur- nished its revenue Hudson Bay is about two-thirds the size of the Gulf of Mexico It the | to-de families { | | a si Nm i - with than try- is an almost landlocked 3,000 miles of coast line 300 years ago Hendrik fludson, ing to find the northwest p wintered there. His crew mu and set him afloat in an open boat with his son and seven others He and his companions were never seen again The unit of value in tha the world is a beaver skin tens are equal to one beaver The trapping is done in winter, and in spring the Indians bring the pelts the stations, receiving ia for them wooden money. With the latter they buy what supplies oy need at the store maintained by the company at the station. sea More inied Two mar- payment Still Think of Us as Pioneers. Pre-war ideas of Canada as a wild colony "appear to die hard in Eng- land. For instance, a London writer in a famous daily says: "I have just noticed what I r a8 a very interesting advertis in an imposing contemporary: man required for Canada. Good sit- uation, etc, etc. Really I should not have been more astonished if I read that a stockman was for Berkeley Square. Does it mean | that the threatened exodus of well- from this country i already begun? Certainly no every day pioneer wants to take a footmay with him!" Hot Weather, ge, | t part of | to | Foot- | had | required | gE 1 ran between Richmond and A PS IS ICE-COLD WATER BAD FOR | RHEUMATISM? | A DRITISH SEANAN'S EXPERIENCE This story of Wm. Rogers, a seaman | {in the Mine Sweeping Branch of the "Royal Navy, is absolutely true and can | | be readily verified At Niagara C 'amp, in 1914, Rogers con- | tracted Rheumatismi. He was sent to the | { TorontoGeneral Hospital, where for over | 19 months he was a patient, finally being | discharged ae incurable. In despair he | | took a friend's advice and tried Temple- | | | ton's Rheumatic Capsules. The results | { were astounding--in a short time he was | | able to pass the stiff examination set by | the Navy, and became an AB. in the | Mine Sweept ng Branch. | | For 17% months he did service in the | { North Sea. On three occasions he was | | | blown into the sea snd remained in the | | ice-cold water as long as eleven hours at | a stretch. Despite these hardships Rog- | | ers had po return of his previous | | trouble. Think about it. If T. RCS | did so much for Rogers--will they not | i do the au. for you? Ask ist or write us for our mew book' er Tt id interesting and cogts you nothiag | (lempletons, 142 King West, Toronto), We | Mail T.R.C\'s anywhere on receipt of $1.04 | } © agent for Kingston, James B. | | McLex BARGAINS IN HEATERS NEW, ALSO FEW SLIGHTLY USED FIRE KINGS AND STATION AGENTS, ALL SIZES QUEBEC HEATERS MUST BE SOLD AT ONCE. Do Noi Delay CAN BE SEEN AND BOUGHT AT A. SPEIZMAN'S 69 QUEEN, ST., KINGSTON. Also Plumbing Sapplies. U.S.L. Storage Battery DISTRIBUTOR AND SERVICE STATION DON. M. CRAIG Expert Storage Battery and Self Starter repairs, All size Batteries for all cars. 207 PRINCESS STREET, WINDSOR BLOCK PHONE 1818. HOUSE PHONE 1683W. We have several five passenger Taur- ing Cars, from $250.00 up. Don't go home without seeing our new Reo Six. Boyd's Garage, don't | Mrs. Ga 5 plied for a permit. Jones or personal services have earned) "Call this hot weather, sald a s 1 ap- (h im $2400, as they would have in his | 1 visitor to Canada. "Why, I've seen 129 Brock Street PICTON VETERANS MEET Phone 201 rv friends say that 1 went afte agamn,) nvhow, in person. 'alse I brought bac f summer keeps s head of » some of them in the windows. 1 would go to the moon, even though it were dry; if I knew 1 could buy something good for u. Mike yo At the Fou intain $26 Main. GETS GOOD RE ULTS FROM SCISSORS SALES A common article, such as a pair of scissors, lends i to . successful sales possibilit as the demand for Beigsors is 3 ys good and the as- gortment endless, The Bronson Com- pany of Cleveland, holds such a sale monthly, displaying all sizes, shapes &nd kinds, from the commonest to the Specially designed scissor's on velvet- ed tr: Each sale has been great. er than he Inst and a ve actory business on this article ry has been developed EXPENSE SHOULD. INCLUDE INTE REST ON CAPITAL ¥Interes investment is becom- ga mie} important' element' of gost in these days of fair-price in- on PA cn AANA Sr ita a real | | the } the | $600 for it, and if he merely content- | satis- | { sold because, [fos me *osition His capital has earn- | »d him $600, as it would invested | anywhere at 6 per cent. But his busi-| ness has earned him nothing. if he borrowed the capital for! isiness he would have to pay ed himself with owning the business and hiring some one to run it for him, | he would have to pay $2400 to get a man as good as himself, ADS SOUND KNELL OF THIS CHURCH BELL In future the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Hoquiam, Wash., | will not summon the congregation to] service with the ¢langing of a bell. | Display advertising will be used in| the local papers instead. "A bell is all right on a country! church," declares the Rev. W. W | Switzer, pastor of the First M. E,! { "but it is an unnecessary antique on | a twentieth-century house of worship | in any progressive ¢ity or town that | has the advantage of newspapers and | the publicity. which can be obtained | through the use of their advertis sing | columns. Our belFwill be removed and in future, we will de- upon the power of the word." < pend solely printed The Fathead. It would surely be imprudent to address that formidable creature the | "| swordfish as Fathead, yet the term | Could Not Sleep Officer, 338 King St., Kingston, Ont., writes: "For three years I suffered from nervousness and sleep. Jessness. I believe my condi- tion was brought about by 'overwork. I had frequent - headaches, neuralgic pains and i of. nerves and 1 had indigestion, . was short of breath and easily tired. I commenced a treat- "sment of Dr, Chase's Nerve Food, and seven boxes of this medicine cured me of all my symptoms. I am now feeling one hundred per cent. hrm . than I was, and have to thank Dr. Chase's Nerve Food for the good health I am now en- Joying." Dr. Chase's Kesed Kod, 1 cults 4 box, § for $275 of Pdmanson, Bates & Cty { halibut heads. Mr. Earnest Clark, Police |, discovered that salmon heads | were rich in oil, and since then the | production of it has been a consider | able industry in connection with the gallons, | cumstance connected with modern | 'wise, and few women bather? would | France, says the London Express. In | the summer of 1871, when this great | Jady went bathing at Dieppe, her ar- { rival on the beach was hailed with | & salvo of artillery. | the especially created { dent uniform, i royal highness { water reached her knees, when he | retired with three profound rever- | mllent swimmer, then proceeded to t anjoy hersell. {i winter in an inexpensive shelter would be quite appropriate. | The heads of 100 average sword. | fish will yield sixty-five gallons of an | oil that has high market value. Re fined and sun-bleached, it is indis-| tinguishable from whale oil, and fetches the same price. In fact, om-| mercially, it is. whale oil. | Whale bil is obtained on a auch] larger seale from halibut heads, ! which are treated in the same way | as the swordfish heads--i.e., cooked { to a pulp with steam and pressed. ! | A short ton of them will yield forty gallons of oil. Boston and Gloucester | (Mass.) annually produce 12,000! gallons of refined whale oil from | Away back in the seventies somes} Pacific salmon fishery. By 1895 the annual output had risen to 50.000 Swimming de Luxe. There is not much pomp and cire sea bathing, either mized or other care to take their dip with the pomp affected by the Duchess de Berri, whe first made sea bathing fashionable in post of "In- spection des Baths" had to be there to receive her, attired in a rvesplen~ cocked hat and white functionary led het into tha sex until gloves, This aces to change hie shoes and stoek~ ings, The duchess, who was an ex- In South America two dainties are isards and baked centipedes. Ensilage may be fed to beef cattle The holder of | i ; = WA. lt HIE Y, ¢ ol) < 4 Tn edn Hg ug | Kh | i NG it so hot down south that the pop- corn popped right om the stalks" "Whew!" exelaimed the host. "And that's not all; the juice of the cane in the next field turned to molasses, ran through the fence, mized up with the popcorn and formed the fines! combination of popcorn and molasses that ever crossed vour line ' such as a one-ply board shed. Absence of Harry J. Flynn Causes| Disappointment, Picton, Oct. 27 A mass meeting returned soldiers resident in and! around Picton was held in the Town Hall here Saturday evening. Lt.-Col. } M. K. Adams occupied the chair, and | [HB | the GR W.V.A. Command), of (Ontario Lewis, organizing secretary for er. Provincial | pressed at the absence of J was the principal speak- Flynn, ea a tes sa sr Bis ms Some disappointment was ex-|had looked forward to a warm debate Harry | between the representatives of the of Toronto, as the veterans | okt and new veterans' associations. A Ba AA it NEN. $0 OU are certain to get value when you buy STANFIELD'S -- The Underwear that protects your health --your Comfort and your Money. STANFIELD'S is soft, warm, durable, and is'worth every penny your dealer asks for it. Stanfield's Label is your guarantee for genuine underwear satisfaction. Made in Combinations and Two-Piece Suits, in full knee and elbow length, and sleeveless, for Men and Women, Stanfield's Adjustable Combinations and Sipe Jor. growing Children. (Patented). Sample Book, and fexlures, Fl different weights mailed free. -- Write : ST ANFIELD'S LIMITED, - TRURO, N.S.

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