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32%... .MN "-4 .-...... ....c_.,u;.. OM...“ ..â€".;.. n..- ., “$31.4... :‘fim nu- : . LC} - -;»::‘-- emu" w. Wm“ again. with the result that lacrossb play- E ers have been making contracts at un- dreamed of prices. There never has been INTERESTING GOSSIP THE QUEEN CITY. FROM A Clergyman's Mistakeâ€"The Race Meeting -â€"Premler Borden‘s Visit-Beanie Nesbitt’s Return. (We have arranged for a weekly letter about Toronto affairs. which. we believe. will be of great. interest to many of out readers. These letters will be from the n of one of Canada's foremost journa- ilts. a man who has covered some of the w’orld's greatest happenings and now oc- cupies a leading position on one of the d‘oronto dailies.) Rev. J. D. Morrow‘s campaign for $40.- 000 to complete it's big down-townlchurch has not. been helped by his action lll mar- rying a. young girl to a Chinaman at. a late hon:- at. night. and the subsequent Police Court. proceedings. Mr. lilorrow is the "marrying" minister of the citY. that. is. he of all the clorgymcn. has the great. ‘ est number of marriage ceremonies to his credit in a year. He boasth that. he turns all the ices over to his church fund. but the fees as a. rule from his patrons are not. large. though the Ciiiuamau gave him 810. Mr. Morrow has been using plenty of other methods of raising funds. Sporting organizations, in recognition of his in- terest in athletics and his former prowess as a sprinter. have raised a goodly sum. but the goal is still a. long way off. some of the wealthier congregations have VlVBll generously. and when Mr. Morrow gets .a chance to go in another minister's pulpit he tells a touching story of his work among the down and outs and his strug- gle. with the financial question. But. large subscriptions are infrequent. Apparently to many people Mr. Morrow is eccentric. \VOODBINE GAYETY. Possibly the gayest social function in the Toronto calendar is the opening of the O. J. U. spring meeting at; the Woodbine. It. is a scene not to be duplicated any- where on the American continent. United States race meets are not society func- tions. They draw a sporting crowd pure and simple. And none of them has the 'beautiful setting that the Woodbine pro- videsâ€"tho lake across the meadow. the unsurpassed green sword. the stately clms and the flower, hods. Given May sunshine and May breezes the whole setting is idyllic. The crowd is the most cosmopolitan that gathers in Toronto. It cuts society in a vertical section. The. highest in the land is there. So is the lowest. Abontutlie stables one may see some rare specimens of humanity. So. also. in the public stand and betting ring. Some are. no doubt. I attracted thither by the love of “man's best friend." but most have the fever of gambling in their veins. PREMIER. IS DBMOCR ATIC. The first visit, of the Right Honorable R. L. Borden to Toronto since his acces. sion to the Premiership was the occasion of a warm welcome. as was natural in a city which is so strongly devoted to his cause and party as is Toronto. While Mr. Borden's character seems on the sur- face to lack something of warmth. newe- napcr men know him to be one of the easiest. public men .in Canada to inter- vicw. His predecessor. Sir Wilfrid Lau- rier. refused always.- and still refuses. to be quoted in an interview about anything. Mr. Borden. on the other band. rarely de- clines to be interviewed. though. natur- ally. he does not make important. au- uounccments by this method... To say that he is easy to interview does not mean that: he is a seeker offipubliciiy. or has not a keen sense of dignityz"Quitc the ‘ contrary. Sir Edmund Oslcr. his host during his visit. has always expressed himself as a warm admirer of Mr. Borden's abilities and character. Sir Edmund is one of Canada's wealthiest 'mcn. the Canadian Pacific and Northwest, lands having fur- nished him with the means of fortune- building. " ’ LIVE WIRE IN LACROSSE. The lacrosse situation has been touched by a live wire this season. said live wire being no less a. personage than our old friend R. J. Fleming. General Manager of the Toronto Street. Railway. whose, chief hobbies heretofore have been Jersey cows and Sunday school activities. Until' last year "Bob" Fleming did not. know u. lacrosse. stick from a baseball bat. Then he had the Toronto Lacrosse Club given to him. It. was literally forced on him. The owners had been losing money. They saw no way of getting even. Tlicv had been playing on the Toronto Railway Company's grounds at Scarboro Beach. and so They went. to thc railway's man- ager and calmly informed him that. itl was up to him to takc the team oil‘ their- hands. He went to see his boys play. They, course. the game in this such doings. Of _ profession- league has been thoroughly alized. and no one plays for glory. And UNWISDOM hitherto they have played for moderate cash considerations. But between R. J. Fleming and Gen. Jones. an cit-Australian. who runs a big billiard parlor in Van- couver. and who is the lacrosse magnate of British Columbia. salaries have been boosted to dizzy heights. In the Newsy Lalonde affair it. is understood that, Jones paid $5.000 for a one-season contract after Fleming thought; he had him at $4,500. of which $2.000 had been paid over. When friends point. out that at such salaries hc can't hope to make money. even if be filled the largest grand stand in the city at. every game. Mr. Flem- ming declares that: all he cares about. is to get; a team that will win games. With big league lacrosse so thoroughly commercialized it. is a. pity that tho situ-. ation in the amateur leagues of the na- tional game is not. better. But there is a hope that. the rivalry between the Ca- nadian and Ontario associations will be straightened out. before another season. DR. NESBITT HOME AGAIN. Dr. Beattic Nesbitt is again in our midst. The method of his home-comino: was quite in keeping with his character. How to get. front the Chicago train to 'thc jail without running into a reporter or a photographer was 9. problem that gave a new turn to the game of life. but as a game which offered 'some measure of enjoyment ii; appealed to-tllc jovial doctor. and as such he entered into it. with his accustomed zest. Those who'suw the doctor in court de- clare he has aged greatly in the sixteen months since he left: Toronto. He has lost. weight, added wrinkles and lost some of his accustomed lightsomcuess of man- nor. Sympathy is expressed for his wife and child. a little girl. Mrs. Ncsbitt was one of the two daughters of the late Mr. Hub- bard. who had built up a big business in dental supplies. and eff. at his death an estate of some $200.0 0. Dr. Ncsbiti: man- aged the business for a. period. but un- sucecssfully. t}..- TIIE ACUTE PAIN FROM NEITRALGIA Permanently Cured Through the Use of Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills. Neura‘lgia is not a diseaseâ€"it is only a symptom, but a very pain- ful one. It is the surest sign that your blood is weak, iwatcry and impure, and that your nerves are literally starving. Bad blood. is the one causeâ€"good, rich, red blood the only cure. There you have the real reason why Dr. Williame Pink Pills cure neuralgia. They are the only medicine that contains in corâ€" rect proportions the elements needâ€" ed to make rich, red blood. This new blood reaches the root of the trouble. soothes the jangled nerves, drives away the nagging, stabbing pain and'bmces up your licalth in other ways. Among the sufferers from neuralgia, cured by Dr. Wil- liams’ Pink Pills, is Mrs. Chas. Brown, Durham, Ont., who says= “For months I suffered intensely from neuralgia. The pain in my 1 . head and face at times was so great as to be almost: unbearable. I tried two doctors. and many remedies, without. finding a cure, as there seemed to bevno let-up to the plan. Finally I was advised to try Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills, and I began their use. Soon I found the pains becoming less and after taking the pills for somc'weeks the trouble en- tirely disappeared and has not since bothered me.” If you are suffering from any blood or nerve trouble begin to cure yourself to-day with Dr. Wil- liams’ Pink Pills. You can get these pills from any medicine deal- lost. He dOt‘lllNl to (rt-i some new players. or or by mail at 50 cents a, box or But he was informed that under the rules of the L. A. he would not engage new players at. that. stage of the season. The incident shows what a novice he was. But this year he was not, to be fooled When the " . Appetite. Legs A bowl of I Post Toasties with cream hits the right spot. .» “Toasties” are thin bits of corn: fully cooked. then toasted to a crisp. golden-brown. l l i This food makes a fine i change for spring appe- tiles. Sold by Grocers. and ready to serve from pack- age instantly with cream and sugar. “The Flemory Lingers” Made by Canadian Peatum Cereal Co.. Ltd. Pure Food Factories Windsor. Ontario. Canada. i 1 six boxes for $2.50 from The Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co., Brock~ ville, Ont. v.- ANCIENT SURGICAL FORMS. Hippocrates Wroic. Fractures and Wounds. There is no doubt. that: some. rough form of surgery must have existed from very ancient times. but; it; is strange to find that so com- 'l‘rcaliscs on - MAKING SAFUNVESTNJENlS OF BUYING CERTAIN SHARES ON PRESENT MARKET. Several instances of Where the Investor Should Leave the Field Severely Alone and Let the Speculators Take the Chances and any Ultimate Profit. __â€" The urtlcles contributed by "Investor" are for the sole purposo of guiding pros- pective investors. and. if possible. 0! sav- ing them from losing money through lacing It in “wild-0M." enterprises. ‘ The mpurtlal and. reliable character or the information may be relied upon. The writer of these articles and the publisher of this paper have no interests to serve in connection with this matter other than those of the render. (By “Investor."l ‘At the present; .ch the Toronto and Montreal stock exchanch are showmg the greatest activity for some months past. Several important. investment and semi-investment securities like Rio do Janeiro Trumways. Sao Paulo. Winnipeg Electric and Toronto Railwayâ€"not. to men- tion C. P. R.â€"have been strong and ac- tive. Of late, however. there has been a decided prominence given to the .common shares of a number ofnndustrial com- panies. which may be Justified from u- sneculative point of VlO\V. but: which no one should purchase under the impres- sion that he was investing 111 the true sense of the word. For those who can afford to take chances. and can dispense with income from their investments for some time to comeâ€"several years, per- hapsâ€"there is something to be said for well chosen purchases of industrial com- mon stocks. Anyone. however. who is suf- ficiently well versed in the financial situ- ation to make such purchases With pro- per discrimination requires little further in the Way of general financial education. For t-hc' average personâ€"particularly those away from the chief centres. where information (of a. sort) more or less in- formed may be had for the askingâ€"it is the reverse of wise to "dabble" in the stock market. That. of course. 15 all they would be doing were they to purchase these securities at. the present time. The most recent. of the common shares to move were those of the "Steel Company of Canada." Most of this stock was given away to the promoters and as a bonus to underwriters of the bonds. As such it represents merely the value placed on “good will." and at present. and for some years to come. is chieflyfi‘watcrf' that. is stock created for various pur- poses for which no money is paid, and. therefore. represents no investment of cash in the plant. When in years to come the increase in the value of the plant: and other assets has justified giv- ing.u value of par for this stock the "water" is said to have been “squeezed out." ~ - The earnings on “Steel of Canada." com- mon shares are about 3.8 per cent. It should be some years before any diVi- dend is attempted on the common shares and so they are not worth what. they are selling for today. though the specula- tive chance that a dividend may be paid ,sooner than generally expected gives them a value in the market quite dis- tinci; from that which one would give them from an investment point of view. Spanish River Pulp and Ontario Pulp and Paper Companies‘ common shares have also been moving excitedly for some time now. butas those interests closest to the inside are at. a loss to justify the present pricesâ€"for as yet earnings do not. justify them. though they may before long â€"there is not much to be said on the subject. Other shares like Sawyer-Massey com- mon are moving upwards too.‘ The Saw- yer-Massey common stock is doubtless nearer dividends than many others more recently issued. but the water hasn't vet been squeezed out in a sufficient degree to justify the purchase of the stock as an investment. albeit an unl‘emunerative one, for there is no dividend in sight for some years on that; stock either. The policy of not paying dividends un- til a good substantial reserve is built up is a sound one. and any shareholder who urges his company to not otherwise is so eager for the fruits of the present that he jeopardizes the possibilities of large crops in the future. And so. anyone who buys non-dividend industrial common stocks at the‘ present. time, unless he has reason to think the period of reserve building is at an end, is not investing wisely. In any case his in- vestment savors rather too much of specu- lation to be in any sense sound. CHURCH-GOING IN COMFORT. Sunday morning in Holland is strangely different from the same occasion in this country. In the first place, a great many of the church‘- goors travel to the place of worship in their boats, and the canals are often packed with people in their full Sabbath attire. The Dutchman is a. very dcvout church-goer. but he takes his religious service with con- siderable. comfort. In the first. place, except when devotions are actually in progress. he smokes his plex and delicate an operation asvpipc 0i. Cigar within the sacred building. Whilst waiting for the service to begin the congregation talks in ordinary tones. discussing matters of interest, and new-com- trcpanning is one of the oldest. So far as actual records go. Hippo- crates gives us the earliest account. He wrote treatises on fractures, dislocations. and wounds “of the head. in which he described the method of procedure to be followed in the case of a. fractured skull; His direction was to cut away a piece of bone so that the pressure on the brain might be removed. There are also records about. this time and later of a file being used for this purpose. which at a time when anaesthetics were undreamcd of must have been, to say; the least, painful. Accordng to Dr. '1‘. Rice Holmes. the operation of removing pieces of bone was performed long before historic times. The effects on the skull are easily seen after death, and are visible as long as the bones are preserved. From inspection of certain skulls of the later Stone Age in Ancient. Britain Dr. Holmes has come to the conclusion, as he an- nounced in a lecture at the Royal Institute. that some of these had undergone the operation. must havorbeen performed with a. ‘ which stone implement. L______ . It’s easy for a. girl to believe a. man is a hero because he isn’t. A friend in word is not; always a. friend in deed. / " \DIFFERENT KINDS O of Goods atrouinmspros - OLE'AN and SIMPLE to Use. l NO chance chain: the \VRONG Dye {or the Good! one bu to color. Allcolors from your Drugglst or Dealer. FREE Color Curd Iflll STORY Booklet to, The Johneon-Rlchnnlson Co" Limited. Montreal. Illliillllflllllllilllil ers are shown to their pews by a neatlyâ€"attired servantâ€"girl, who takes the place of our sexton. Then again, the Dutchman does not re- move his hat whilst in church, and so saves himself many a cold in the head. ’I‘ There are times when every man has to take a certain amount of 'back talk from his conscience. , F R MAKING SOAP, 'SQFTENING WATER, REMOVING PAIN T, DISINFECTING SINKS. CLOSETS,DRAEN5.ETC. SOLD EVERYWHERE REFUSE SUBSTITUTES llllllillllllllllilillliilll .liiliillllll lliilliiillil ‘ WHAT l “Begin every day well,” said the philosopher. “Sure!” said the grouch. “But what are you going to do if you’ve got chronic indigestion I” The world would get along bet;- ter if some “people would change 801110 of their dollars into sense. 6'2 [REST ably increase in value. ROYAL BANK OF MONTREAL BUILDING . R. M. WHITE " Manager AND SAFETY 1] Price Bros. and Company Bonds pay 6 per cent on the investment. ofi‘er the strong security of first mortgage on 6 000 s uare miles ' o . . ‘ l Of V tnnber landsâ€"which are insured at: Lloyds against firg. Dun) and Company at present approximate twice the bond interest The ac ‘ ' ' _ . . . .,, w ul mill in course of construction Will double this earning power. Purchased at tlTell? present price they pay interest at the rate of 6 per cent. * Canada and England have purchased these bonds. increasing demand of the products of the Company, these bonds will unquestion- ,It‘ you have money to invest write us for complete information. 5 E CU RITIE S CORPORATION LIMITED They The earnings of the The best posted investors in meg to the security and YONGE AND QUEEN STR TORONTO EETS MONTREAL-0UEBEC-HALIFAX-OTTAWA LONDON (ENG.) and December ist. thexprefcrred pays 3 per cent. MOMWANTED FOR LARGE MANUFACTURING COMPANY The business of the Slemon Company, growing so rapidly that an Immediate increase of capital is re- quired. We are lnstru:ted to offer $50,000 preference stock, In shares of $100; in this Company, on the following terms:â€" We guarantee a dividend of 7 per cent, payable on June lst This dividend has never been passed. Investors desiring the names of parties all through Ontario who have been receiv- ing dividends of?’ per cent. jbr eiglit or nine years will kindly write us, and we shall be pleased to scndficll particulars. Preferred SIOGkhOIdN‘S also share in! the dividends on com- mon stock. as foliows:â€"lf the common stock pays 3 per cent. in addition” to the 7 per cent. guaranteed, or ll) per cent. En all. investors may rediem their shares at par at any time after one year upon giving sixty days' notice. Nlllilllll SEGURIliES BURPURAllilN. ill], CONFEDERATION LIFE BUILDING, TORONTO, ONT, Limited, has been .i .,.‘- .-.a\v“.-b:fr.'>f 4~m,v-.’4J~.~'ru‘x:'1' . 1-3 Z It uses all the heat.‘ ' It cooks eoenly.l It broils both sidesfat once. It doesn’t smoke.\ ' THE IMPERIAL Our New Perfection Broiler ls pleasing many women. It enables the housewife to broil as Well on the New Perfection Stove as over a coal fire. OIL COMPANY, Linii’ced Winnipeg. Montreal, St. John, Halifax and ’ Queen City Division, Toronto And of course you are Ianfiliu with the Néw Per tion Oil nggtovc ll is such 1 convenience all the year round. It will bake, broil. rout and tout just as Well as a regular coal range. Ask to see the New Perfection Stove II your It is handsomely finished in nickel, will cabinet top. drop shelves, towel rech. etc. It has loin. cunme' . Iurquoisc-bbie chin . Music With I. 2 or 3 burners. l-Ice Cool» k With every stove. Cools-Book elm given In nnyonc acnde 5 cent: to cover mailing coil. ,wv-v-“wJa A v.5» ) f) . .. (I .r 1". n».- .r'sa’v’ J’s.” ‘M'g‘~'”‘c Niko ..