WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1923 » : AT WORK Brief but Important Leasons in Finance, Markets, Stocks, Bonds and Investments No par stock focuses the inves- tor's attention on a company's earn- ing power which is the most import. ant factor in determing real value. Par value is llkely to divert atten- tion from this important t and focus it on a fictitious value inst¢ad.. * Many people believe that when they buy a share of $100 par stock that they are buying a certificate to one hundred dollars worth of pro- perty in the company. If the stock is below par they expect It to come back there some day. : Now, the market price of a stock pays no attemtion to the par value. 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Liverpool "Liverpool, FIVE MAGNIFICENT CRUISES NEXT YEAR - Apply Lecal Agents. HH. B. BEAUMONT, Gena. Agent, Passenger Dept. 1 King Street E., Toreate. | In short, | talized ,and the result is usually the | market price. the earning power of the company. the earning power ls capi- Parning power is determined by | [the capability of the management, not by 'the par value of the stock. | FI TORITY MAKES NO GIEerence the par value is. Consequently, ficial value called par. | WHY THE WEATHER? DR. CHARLES F. BROOKS Secretary, American Meteorological Society, Tells How. ---- The Black-Bulb Thermometer. If one should give the bulb of an | ordinary thermometer a coating of lamp-black or other opaque black substance and expose it to bright | wae T it | stock is labeled no par, the investor | will study the ability of the manage- | ment and not be misled by an arti- CAS SEEN BY POPULAR c MECHANICS c MAGAZINE "Canned Sunshine" for Heat to Aid Fuel Problem "Canned sunshine" for heating pur- poses is the object of experiments being conducted by +a Pacific-coast inventor. He has developed heat from sunlight that sunshine on a quiet day when the | will burn coal, melt lead, and generate a mereury stands, say, at 10 above | gas which he believes can be utilised for zero, the instrument would probably propelling power. This is accomplished register 60 or 70 degrees. would be a crude typé of black-bulb thermometer, an instrument seldom used In the United States | and ! but more generally in Canada Europe. It measures what is some- | times called "sun temperature." -A black overcoat exposed to the sun at the same moment would because it'was black. A white gar- ment would register very much low- er: For example, -on a bright win- ter afternoon when the air tempera: ture was 28, a piece of a black cat's fur frozem in a snowdrift 'had a temperature of 2, while soiled white fur adjoining had a tempera- ture about ten degrees lower, The black absorbs the heat, the white re- flects much of it. The black bulb thermometer of science is a standard thermometer | with a blackened bulb enclosed in a vacuum tube, for which latter reason it would be more accurate than a makeshift device referred to because the wind is kept eut: But the principle is the same. The heat orbed gives a much higher tem- perature, than that of the surround- ing air. ---------- HAD FULL HOUSES. When the Amateur Dramatic Club Gave a Play. Elgin, Dec. 4.--Mrs. Culbert, Athens, was the guest of Dr. and Mrs. Halladay. Miss Lucy Coon, Guelph, is guest of her parents. Mrs. Lottie Kelsey is confined to her room - with -bronchitis. H. Warner and family have moved from the village to J. 8, Dargavel's house, Dr. Harold. Fahey, Kingston, spending a few days at his home. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Coon have returned from spending a week at Toronto, guests of Mr. and Mrs. Elton. Coon. Mr¢ Edward Flemming, Newboro, was a guest of relatives. H. P. De Long is having a radio placed in his home. Thomas Grey, Seeley's Bay, was called here by the death of his father. The play "The Old Fash: foned Mother" put on by the Ama- teyr Dramatic Clib drew a full house both nights, They purpose giving it again in the future. Charles Grey, aged seventy-one years, passed away at his home, on Saturday afternoon, following a few hours illness from heart trouble. Mr. and Mrs. Grey moved to their home here some seven years ago; re- pairing the building and making themselves a comfortable home. His 'widow and a grown-up family mourn his demise, Mrs. Bryden, Mrs. Welsh, Mrs. Grey and Mrs. Kerr; John, Henry, Silas and Thomas, Seeley's Bay. Funeral 'services were con- ducted by Rev. Mr. Harrington, burial being made at Portland. Show me the man you honor--I know by that symptom better then by the other, what kind of a man you are yourself. For you show me what your ideal of manhood is, what kind of a man*you long to be. Strengthens the Stomach Improves Di Digestion By Clearing the System of Sour, Fer. Wastes, Dr. Hamil. tom's Pills Quickly Restore Health, If fermentation of food in the stom- way towards stopping the ho fre quent allment of the day. After once using Dr. Hamilton's Pills the Stomach is cleared of the sour, 4 Jermenting i fa Sey Hage on - anu surprised at " -. n which Hamilton's Pills © Pills nD up the Hes, kidneys and stomach. To > cure the ald your system needs, Dr. Hamilton's Pils. 250. at all deals This | | rays into a concentrator which produces now | 8 temperature of 2800 degrees. 'By burn- have | much 'the same high temperature, | 5-8; by a series of mirrors that reflect the ing chemicals in this apparatus, cooling them, and then sealing the residue in air- | tight containers, the expert expects to market an energy that can be used in many waye. . ; Unique Sealer for Pie Crusts To press the dough or pie 'erists to- gether and prevent the escape of juice _U, §, Training Pigeons to Hr. at Nignt In teaching pigeons to fly at might, army officers claim to be developing a necessary factor in national defense and the maintenance of communications when other methods fail. A band of night fliers in the Canal Zone has been trained, with remarkable success, the birds released at any point in the region, finding their way home on the darkest nights as speedily as in daylight. Unaffected by weather conditions, the pigeons make flights through thick hase and heavy tifSpical rains to a loft having its interior illuminated by electric lights. "These birds were put to a useful pur- pose recently," said an officer, "when a small army vessel was in distress 40 miles flying pigetas was reload with messages asking for aid. In two hours, the birds were at the home loft, and relief was on its way." Many ships and aircraft are now being into. the oven while baking, a metal marker has been made that runs around the edge of the crusts to mark the dough and trims the sides at the same time. quipped with pige before they start upon their trips, to be used as a means of eommunicating with their statiohs in the event that mishaps make wireless messages impossible to send. | Markets Reports | GRAIN QUOTATIONS. Toronto. Toronto, Dec. 4. --Manitoba wheat [ ~No. I" Northern, $1.06. Manitoba oats--No. 3 C.W., 4Jc; No. 1 extra feed, 41 1-2¢. American corn---Track, Toronto, No. 2 yellow, $1.17. Ontario barley-->58 to 60c¢. Buckwheat--No. 2, 70 to 73c. Ontario rye--No. 2, 73 to Tbec. Peas--8ample, $1.50 to $1.55. Millfeed -- Delivered, Montreal freights, bags included. Bran, per ton, $27; shorts, per ton, $30; mid- dlings, $36; good feed flour, $2.05. Ontario wheat--No. 2 white, 94 to 96¢ outside. Ontarlo, No. 2 40c. Ontario, flour--Ninety per cent. patent, in jute bags, Montreal, prompt shipment, $4.76; Toronto basis, $4.75; bulk seaboard, $4.26. Manitoba flour--I1st patents, in jute sacks, $6.30 per barrel; 2nd patents, $5.80. Hay--Extra No. 2 Timothy, of ton, track, Toronto, $14.50 to $15. No. 2, $14.50; No. 3, $12.50; mixed, $12. Straw--Car lots, white oats--38 to per ton, $9 Montreal, Montreal, Dec. 4.--Oats, Canadian western, No. 2, 53 to 54c; do., No. 3, 52 to 53¢; extra No. 1 feed, 50 1-2 to 51 1-2¢; No. 2 local white 49 1-2 to 50 1-2¢. Flour--Man. Spring wheat patents, firsts, $6.30; seconds, $5.80; strong bakers', $5.60; winter patents, choice, $5.75 to $5.85. Rolled oats, bag 90 Ibe. $2.95. Bran, $27.25. Shorts, $30.- 25. Middlings, $36.25. Winnipeg. Winnipeg, Dec. 4.--Wheat--No. 1 Northern, 94 5-8¢; No. 2 Northern, 91 7-8¢; No. 3 Northern, 85 6-8¢; No. 4, 78 65-8¢; No. 5, 70 5-8¢; No. 6, 68 5-8¢c; feed, 67 1-8¢; track, 92 b-8¢; No. 4 rusted, 78 5-8¢c; No. § rusted, 71 1-8¢; No. 6 rusted, 68 1-8c. Oats--No. 2 C.W., 37 1-2¢; No. 8 C.W.,, 35 1-4c; extra No. 1 feed, 35¢; No. 1 feed, 33c; No. 2 feed, 81 3-4c; rejected, 27 1-2¢; track, 37c. Barley--No. 3. CW, 56 1-8¢; No. 4 CW, 51 1-8¢; rejected, 49 5-8¢; feed, 49 1-8c; track, 53 1-8c. Flax--No. 1 NW.G, 32.07 1-4; No. 2 CW, $2.03 1-4; No. 3 C.W,, $1.75 1-4; rejected, $1.74 1-4; track, $1.99 1-4, Rye--No. 2 C.W., 64 3-8¢c. ne ~ 3 Chicago. Chicago, Dec. 4.--Wheat--No. 2 hard, $1.09. Corn--No. mixed, 72 3-4-to 73¢; No. 2 yellow, 76 to T7c. Oats--No. 2 white, 44 1-2 to 45 1-2¢; No. 3, do. 43 3-4 to 44 1-2e. Rye--No. 3, 70 to Tie. Barley--61 LIVE STOOK MARKETS. Toronto. Toronto Dec. 4.--Good heavy steers, $6 to $7; butcher steers, choice, $6 to $6.50; do., good, $5.50 to $6; do., medium, $4.50 to $5.25; do., common, $3, 25 to $4.25; butcher heifers, choice, $6 to $6.50; do. medium, $4.50 to $5.50; do., com- mon, $3 to $4; butcher cows, choice, $4 to $5; do., medium, $3 to $4; butcher bulls; good, $3.50 to $4.50; do., medium, $3 to $3.60; do., bolo- gnas, $2 to $2.50; milkers and springers, $70 to $110; feeding steers, good, $5 to $6; do., fair, $4 to $5; stockers, good, $4 to $4.75; do., fair, $3 to $4; calves, choice, $10 to $11; do., medium, $8 to $9; do., common, $4.50 to $7.50; do. grassers, $3 to $4; lambs, choice ewes and wethers, $10.50 to $11: do,, bucks, $9.50 to $9.75; sheep, choice, light, $5.50 to $6.50; do. heavies and bucks, $4 to $5; hogs, fed and watered basis: Select bacons, $8.80; thick smooths, $8 Montreal. Montreal, Dee. 4.--Cattle, med- ium steers, $4.50 to $4.78; common steers, $3 to $4: medium heifers, $4 to $4.50; big bodied fat cows, $4.25, medium ones $3.25 to $3.75; com- mon ones, $2.60 to $3; canners, $1.50; cutters, $1.75 to $2.25; com- mon bulls, $2.25 to $2.75; good veal, $10 to $r1; common, $4 to $6; grass, $2.50 to $3.25; ewes. $5 to $5.26; lambs, good, $10 to $10.50; common, $8.15 to $9.50; good qual- ity Ontario hogs, $9.25; select bacon hogs, $9.25; sows, $6.25 to $6.75. i Baffalo. Buffalo, N.Y., Dec. 4.--Cattle, shipping steers, $9.50 to $12; butch- ers, $7.76 to $9.50; yearlings, $9 to $11; heifers, $5.50 to $8.25; fair to chofce cows, $2.50 to $6.50; canners and cutters, $1.50 to $2.50; bulls, $2.50 to $5.50; stockers and feeders, $4.25 to $6.50; fresh cows and springers active and steady, $35 to $125 per head; calves, $4 to $13; hogs, heavy, $7.50 to $7.60; mixed $7.50; yorkers and light yorkers, $7 to $7.25; pigs. $6.75 to $7; roughs, $6 to $6.25) stags, $3.50 to $4.50; lambs, $7.50 to $13; yearlings, $7 to $10; wethers, $7 to $8; ewes, $2 to $7: mixed sheep, $7 to $7.50. ~ Chicago. Chicago, Dee. 4.--Cattle, best long yearlings, $12.85; best heavy stéers, $12.25; bulk fat cows, $4.50 to $5.50; bulk beef heifers, $5.25 to $6.50; part load show heifers up- ward to $11; most canners, $2.35 to $2.50; beat heavy bologna Ddulls, $4.25 to $4.50; bulk stockers and teeders, $5.50 to $6.50; plain light kind, $5.25 and below. Hogs, bulk good and choice 200 to 325-pound butchers, $7.10 to $7.30; top. $7.35; desirable 150 to to 80¢. Timothy seed--$6.50 to $8; | 190-pound average, $6.76 to $7.05; clover seed, $15 to $23.75. Lard-- $12.05. Ribs--$9 to $10. Northern, $1.07 5-8 to $1.12 8; Dec., $1.06.4 May, $1.14 3-4. Corn--No. 3 87 1-2e. Oats--No. 3 whi bulk packing sows, $6.65 to $6.90: killing pigs, 25¢ to 50c higher; bulk good and cholce weighty kind, $6 to 50; estimated holdover, 6,000. ---- at sea. Soon after dusk a pair of night- | 3 . timothy, | James Emery's sale was well attend- | Useful Clamp for the Woodwork | Bench The drawing shows a simple home- | made clamp that is of considerable use- fulness to woodworkers. It consists of = ee; s wooden block, securely screwed to the benchtop in the position shown, and faced on one side with -in. sheet iron. This forms the permanent jaw. A 2 by 4-in lever, also faced at one end with sheet iron, and slotted at the other end a: shown, is arranged to pivot on a straj hinge that is screwed to the benchtop and bolted to the lever at the point indicated The upper end of the lever forms the movable jaw. The vise is tightened by 'means of a 2 by 4-in. cam, attached ti the bench leg with a butt hinge, the nar- row part of the eam fitting in the slot of the lever and extending outward abeut 6 im. so that it can be operated by the foot. Forcing the cam lever downward brings the vise jaws together, clamping the work between them. If the object is too small to be held between the jaws, | one or two small wooden blocks are put | between it and the jaws. ee @Bhips in East Prussia travel on dry land when going from Elbing, the sea port, to the lakes in the highlands. Spe cial sluices have been built aiong th canal connecting the sea with those waterways. When a vessel has to "climb," it is loaded on wagotis run over a double- track railway in the water. 1b.; oleomargarine, 22¢ per 1b. Eggs--Fresh specials, 8bc; extras, 55c¢; storage extras, firsts, 30c¢; seconds, 32c. Bacon--Windsor, boneless, 39¢ per lb.; breakfast, 26¢c to 29c per 1b. Dressed Poultry--Milk-fed chick- ens, 35¢ to 38¢ per 1b.; broilers, 35¢ to 45c; selected chickens, 30c to 34c; turkey, 36c to 40c; ducks, 26¢ to 40c; ducks, 26c¢ to 35c; green ducks, 30c to 38¢c per Mb. Dressed Hogs--Fresh killed abat- toir stock, $13.50 to $14. Maple rup---Choice . Imp, gal. $2.25 to $%.50; dark, $2; small tins, 319 to $1.85; choice sugar, 23¢ per 1b. Flour--First patents, $6.30 per bbl., and $3.15 per 98-l1b. bags de- livered; second patents, $5.80; strong bakers, $5; winter wheat, choice, in jute bags, $5; broken lots, in cotton lots, $5.90. Milifed bran and shorts in box car lots, $27.25; shorts, $30.25. Rolled Oats--Standard garden, $3.05 per 90 1b. bag. Potatoes, ex-track, in 90 1b. bulk, N.B. Green Mts, $1.20 to $1.35; American No. 1, f.0.b. Montreal, $6 to $6.25 per barrel; American No. , $4 to $4.25 per barrel Hay---Baled, per tom, in car lots, new crop, No. 2 timothy, $13; No. $14; delivered to Mont- fall 2c; real Parham Briefs. Parham, Dec. 3.--No complaints ate heard about water being scarce. Some of the hunters from here had the misfortune to lose their hounds. ded and good prices were realized. The ladies of St. James Guild met on Thursday with' Mrs. H. K. Colman at the rectory. Dainty refreshments were served at the close by the hostess 8. Wilder and G. Richard- son are loading wood at the siding fos shipment to Kingston. M. Teal has mowjd into W. L. Goodtellow's house Eagle Lake. Mrs. James Davidson, ill for some time, is able to be out again. Mrs. I. C. Hart- man and son, Ray, spent a few days last week in Kingston. Mrs. E. M. Barr and children have returned from visiting her parents. Rev. W. W. and Mrs. Weese. Miss Ella Card is with Mrs. W. D. Bir- trim. Mrs. B. Cornwell visited Mrs. J. C. Hartman recently. A ---- ---- At Oso Station, Oso Station, Dec. §5.--Owing the soft weather, the farmers are busy plowing. Mr. and Mrs. George Daust and daughter Frances, King- ston, spent the week-end at Mrs. Viliiam Combey's. A number of ends from here attended the fun. eral of Mrs. 8. Bourk, at Carleton Place. Mrs. Robert Carr and daugh- WE CAN SUPPLY THE FINEST KIND OF Uniform rades.owell milled--in Flooring, oint, ovelty Siding and Sheathing. et us have your inquiries. ALLAN LUMBER (0. VICTORIA STREET. "Phere 1042 < Ril yo 1 ois pe A gut PLUG Halliday PHONE 94. MAKE YOUR WORK EASY Have the Hotpoint Electric Goods in your home. We have everything you may need to bring comfort -- Irons, Toasters, Heaters, etc, f Electric Co. CORNER KING AND PRINCESS STS. 115 BROCK STREET -__ - CATERING IN DAINTY PASTRY Cream Puffs, Chocolate Eclairs, Charlotte Russe, Fresh Made Daily F. C. HAMBROOK ALL ITS BRANCHES . 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