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'High Class Profit-Sharing Bonde.' Series-8100, L J ] withdr: bc meena Rae i I NATIONAL SECURITIES CORPORATION, LIMITED. CONFEDERATION LIFE BUILDING - TORONTO, CANADA 500, $1000 of eat Bonde" Shak % SPEECH FROM Opening of the Third Session of the Thirteenth Legislature The epeech ' from 'the Throne at the opening of the Ontario Legislature at Torontq on Wednesday is as follows:-- Mr. Bpeaker and Gentlemen of the Legis. lative Assembly: It affords me pleasure to weloome you ! to the discharge of your duties at this the third eession of the thirteenth Legie- lature of this Province. Our thanks are due to an overruling Providence. for the abundant harvest with which Ontario wae blessed during the past year, which has had a steadying efiect on financial and industrial conditions gen- sorally. ~ In common with our fellow-citizene else. where throughout Canada, the people of Ontario have experienced great eatisfac- tion from the return of His Royal High- @: ness the Governor-General to this country, accompanied by Her Royal Highness the Duchees Connaught, whose restoration « to hea has been a matter of.general ¢ thankfulness. ¥ : : 'My 'Government wae represented at the Interprovineial Conference held last fall in the city of Ottawa, in which every £*Provineé in the Dominion participated. The proceedings of the conference relating | to veral important eubjects of public! interest will be laid before you for your ; consideration. : In accordance with ther announcement made at, the last meeting of the Legisla. ture, a Commiesion on Roads and High. "® ways"has been appointed, and has begun the preliminary work for a echeme of road | improve t th hout the Provinoe ¥ Public hearings were held at various! % places .by means of which the views of | municipal anthorities and various organ- izations were elicited. The information » thus obtained will be bodied in the re. port of the Commission. An ngreement has been réached with the Government of Canada for earrying - out in this Province the provisions of the ® agricultural instruction act passed by the Dominion Parliament to cover a riod % of ten years. Ontario's first instal ment, aggregating $195,000, has been received, «and is being epent along the lines of in. . Struction and demonstration. ® It is gratifying to observe the increased " interest on the part of the farmers of the | Province in approved agricultural meth. | ods: An indication of this is found in the | « fact thot the attendance at the. Ontario Agricultural College is about double what | it' was 'ten years ago, while the number | of new students registered at the open. | ing of the present tern shows a marked | advance over that of the previous year. | «To meet these conditions an enlarged equipment hee been provided, and plana *for 'further extensions are now receiving | attention. The number of District Representatives | *of the Ontario Department of Agriculture «has 'been increased and the work of indi- | ' vidual Representative has been made more effective, .One marked feature has been ; the holding of rural echool fairs with a view to interesting the rising generation "in better agricnlture-eeventy of these Faire having been held during the past | season with marked success. It is honed "to. extend this work until the whole Pro- vince is served. * In consequence of the increased oon- sumption of power the Hydro-electrio , Power Commission has been enabled to make a further rednotion in the price of . electricity. The Commission has urder consideration the duplication of the main 'tranemiesion lire, and is constructing a high-temsion line to the western boundary of the Province. Information regarding 'rad!al railway projects has been furnish. "ed. to communities aeking the aeeistance of the Commiesion, while the efforts to interest agriculturists in the use of eleo- tricity have heen continued with promis- Jing results. During the past year the 'Commigsion organized a department for the inspection of electrical installations "4 | the necees 1and gold, while the yield of silver was | been organized under the industrial and lieved that a large eeotion of it will be , vices and activities, onll for increased ex- ' "of Ontario ® and equipment, in' order to afford protec. E THRONE: from the smoker into the vestib day coach and tied handkerchiefs about their faces and entered the day coach with drawn revolvers. Most of the passengers confronted by the thugs threw up their hands, tion to life and property. policy of road development in Nor-! thern Ontario, under the, epecial legisla- tion of 1912, has been extended from the enstern to the western boundaries of the' Provirce. About 500 miles of roads. with bridges and drainage facill- ties, were wholly or partially constructed last year, involving an expe diture of about $1,100000 The effect of thie work upon settlement and upon the value of farm lands has already been noticeable, The mineral production. of Ontario dur- ing the pest year was the largest yet re corded, there having been a considerable increase 'in the output of nickel. copper about equal to that of the previous. year, I'am glad to know that there is every prospect before the mining industry of a period of further expansion. An outstanding. feature of the education: al gituation during the year has been the extension of industrial training through- ont 'the Province. In nearly all the large industrial centres evening o'asses have education act, passed In 1913, showing the widespread desire for this class of in- struction, Sufficient progress hte been made in the work on the Central Prison Farm at Guelph to warrant the anticipation that the Central Prison in Toronto will be va- cated in November next. The plan of pris on reform adopted in the new inetitution hae passed the experimental etage, and proving satisfactory in every respect. The labor of the prisonera fe Defng utilized also in conneotion with the brick manu- facturing plant established at M:mico, the product of which is used only for pub- lic institutions. The new Hospital for the Insane at Whitby is now well advanced and it is be. completed and afford accommodation for five hundred patients by the latter pars of the present year. ' The Commission appointed to revise and consolidate the Rtatutes of the Province. having completed ite labore. has present ed ite final report, which will be laid be fore you. In the meantime the distribu- tion has already been commenced. During the. past year the Provirce re- ceived the Federal subsidy of $72,134,000 in aid of the Timiskaming & Northern On. tario Railway. A regular train service hae been inaugurated on the Elk Lake branch. and the extension to the Abitibi River has been completed. Bettlement in the district served by the railway ocon- tinues to advance, while the inquiries made by proepective settlers afford hope- fn! indications for the future. Legislation respecting compensation to workmen for injrries, representation in the Legislative Assembly and other mat- ters of public importance will come before you for consideration, The growing financial demands of the Province, consequent upon its develop ment and the extension of ite public ser- penditures from year to year To meet these conditions a larger revenue, with your approval, will be obtained from a number of availahle sources on an equit- able and reasonable basis. A serious and protracted illness has be- fallen my Prime Minister. the le~der of thie House of Assembly, evoking the deep sorrow and sympathy of the whole com- munity. It ie very gratifying to know that the recovery of health and strength seems now to be sesured. The public accounts will be brought down for your consideration at the ear. liest moment. and the svpplementary es- timates for the current year will be sub- mitted without delay. It is my earwest hone and belief that your deliberations will serve to advance the best interests and welfare of this im- portant Province, Do Long Breaths Hurt? DANGEROUS PUEURISY ALWAYS BEGINS THIS WAY. Speediest Cure is Nerviline. Ouch, that stab-like pain in the side is like a hot knife blade in the ribs ! 3 MAN WAS BADLY HURT. The Prince of Wales Conveyed Him to a Physician, A despatch from Oxford says: The Prince of Wales gave prompt aid to the driver of a carriage who was injured by being thrown out of the vehicle when the horse was Probably got overheated 1 too fast--now there 1s congestion, tightness, such soreness you can't draw a long breath. This is the beginning of Pleurisy. .y Pleurisy is far too serious to neglect a single Instant. t Quickest relief will come from a vigorous rubbing with Nerviline. This trusty old pain reliever will fix you up In no time-- will take away the con- gestion--make you well just as it did Mr, Samuel St. Johns, of Stamford, 'who says--"In running to catch a train last week"I became much over- heated. I put up the train window and rode that way in order to get! cooled off. In an hour my side was so full of pain and my breathing hurt so much that I thought I had pneumonia, ¢ I' always carry Nerviline in my grip and at destination I rubbed my side thoroughly three times. The warm penetrating effect was soon notice- Jbl Jd Julekly 2 Telit Nerv): ne I consider saved me from a seri: : susBiseus | "cold can: be qui "Any a 'cold can be qu 'at dealers everywhere. mil rie fn 4 x ES. Nee line ir : frightened by the. tooting of the horn of the automobile in which the Prince was going to a fox hunt on Wednesday. The horse tried to jump a hedge when the 'horn was sounded, and the driver was thrown out and his leg was broken. The Prince tok the man into his automobile and sped to the nearest village. Not finding a surgeon he took the sufferer to another village, and left him in share of & physi- cian. The Prince continued on his way to the hunt. A ig FEMALE DOMESTICS WANTED. Marriageable Women Are Also Wanted In Australia. a ae or |Tood it but four men attempted to resist. instantly. emt iy ROBEED OF FIFTY DOLLARS. -- An Old Blind Man Held Up, in the North Country. . A 'despatch from Cobalt says: One of the meanest thefts ever per- petrated in the North Country was brought to the attention of the Co- balt police on Thursday when Adol- phus Meloche, a blind man consid- unable to defend himself 'against atfack, reported to Chief Burke that an unknown person had lured him out to a lonely spot beyond the Hudson Bay camp and there held leaving him to get back to town as best he oculd. The thief asked the blind man to buy a watch, but the is | latter refused, saying he had no money. 'hand over. up, and "Mi «Fr wd a 10 POWERFUL LOCOMOTIVES. thief then told him to D-or he would beat him e did so. From Germany. A despatch from London says: The South-castern Railway has placed a contract for 10 powerful locomotives with a German firm at Tegel, near Berlin. The placing of this contract is of more than ordi- nary importance, for, although some years ago the. Great Central, the Great Northern and the Mid- land Companies introduced a num- ber of freight locomotives - which had been built in America, and the Great Western has introduced French locomotives into its Pad- dington and Plymouth express ser- vice, no German-built. locomotives have ever been imported into Great Britain, with the exception of some small, narrow-gauge engines for contractors' purposes. -- 41-YEAR-OLD IIORSE, Had Been Used By Five Genera- tions of One Family. A despatch from Trenton says: Probably the oldest horse in On- tario, dn Indian Arabian pony, died recently at the farm of Mr. W. B. Scott, Prince Edward Coun- ty. The pony had been used by five 41 years of age. dren and grandchildren drove her and rode her up to the past year, when old age began to make its appearance and the pony's teeth failed. She was then fed on grain. She had the Western brand of AB on her shoulder. AFRAID TO EAT Food. . 'Several years ago'l was actual- ly starving,' writes a girl, "yet dared not eat for Rar of do sequences. "I had 'suffered indigestion from overwork, irregular meals and im- proper food, until at last my sto- mach became so weak I could eat scarcely any food without, great distress ? all with the same discouraging ef- focts. I steadily lost health and strength until I was but a wreck of my former self, : 'Having heard and its great merits, I purchased & ju e, but with little hope that|2 | would help mo--T was so discours | Bi ol found it not ny Sppetd nt | p ! stibule | between the smoking car and the| Three of these were felled almost Jatie dng, with wea nted. seconds, erably over middle age and totally | ba him up and robbed him of $50, | English Railway Importing Them |. +25 1-2 to 26. generations of the family and was|% do Mrs, Scott's ohil-| 4 Girl' Starving.on Poorly Selected 85. oon-| or "Many kinds of food were tried, [31 14° of Grape-Nuts| ments 86a80na Asia . % ble + ed tically nil, BE ] rte are Eh rouns Carat Wa > - Breadstufts. - Toronto, February 2. ~Flour--Onta: wheat flours, 9% oent., $3.70 to $3.75, seaboard, and at $3.70, Toronto. Manitobas --Firet patents, in jute bage, $5.40; do., 8 fakad strong bakers', in jute anitoba wheat--Bay ports, No. 1 Nor- thern, 9 1-2, and No. 2, 9 1-20, Goderich, Prva Te Th ed ih 3 an 0. 2, 3; Ontario wheat--No. 2 at 91 to 940, out. side, according to freight, and 9%e, on track, Toron! Oate--No. 8 Ontario oats, 35 to 351-20, outeide, and at 38 to 38 1-2, on track, ronto. Western Oanada, oats, 40 1-20 for No. 2, and at 39 to 39 1-2 for No. 3, Bay ports. x se Peas--No- 2 at %e to $1, otteide. Barley--Good malting barley, 56 to 580: outside, . 2 Corn--New No. 3 American, 691-20, all rail Toronto. - WN ; TE Rye--No. 2 at 62 to 630, outside. Buckwheat--No. 2 at 75¢ to 760, outeide. Bran--Manitoba bran, $22.50 a bage, Toronto ' freight. $24.50, Toronto. Country Produce, . Butter--Cholce dairy, 22 to 23¢; inferior, 19 to 208; farmers' separator prints, 22 to 250; creamery prints, '30 to 3lo; solids, 27} to 290; storage prints, 27 to ; solids, Egge--Case lots of new-laid, 36 to 360 per doven; storage, eelects, 33 to 340, and storage, 31 to 3% per dozen. Cheese--New cheese, 14 3.40 for large, and 15¢ for twine. Beans--Hand-picked, $2.15 to $220 per bushel; primes, $2.10. Honey--Extracted, .in tins, 11 to 12 per 1b. for No. 1; combs, 83 to $3.25 dozen for No. 1; and $2.40 to $2.50 for No. 2. Poultry--Fowl, 12 to 130 per lb.; chicks ens, 16 to 18¢c; ducke, 13 to 150; geese, 1 to 15¢; turkeys, 19 to 2%. 3 Potatoes--Ontarios at 83 to 85¢ per bag, on track; and Delawares at 9c, on track, in car lots. Provisions, . Bacon--Long clear, 15 to 160 per 1b, in case lote Pork--Short out, $28.50; do. mess, $24.50. Hame--Medium, 18 to 18 1-203 do., heavy, 17 to 180; rolls, 16 to 15 1-20; Dregkfas) bacon, 18 to 1%; backs, 22 to Lard--Tierces, 14 140; tubs, 14 1-20; pails, 14 3-40. : Baled Hay and Straw. Baled hay--No. 1 at $1450 a ton, om track here: No. 2 quoted at $13 $13.60, and mixed at $12 to $12.50, Baled etraw--COar lots, $8.50 to $8.75, on track, Toronto. Winnipeg Grain. Winnipeg, February 24.--Oash:--Wheat-- No. 1 Northern, 90 1-80; No, 2, do., 88 1-40; No. 3, do., 86 3-4: No. 4, 82 1-20; No. 5, 74 1-20; No. 6, 68 1-20; feed, 63 1-20; No. 1 rej , seeds, 85 No. 2, do., 83 340; No. 3, do., 82; No. 1 emutty, 85 3-40; No. 83 340; No, 3, red So: No. 2, Winter, 9 0., 86 3-40, 41c; £ lax--No. 1 N..W.C,, $1.31 1-2; No: .29 1-2; No, 3, do., $1.15 12. a Montreal Markets. Montreal, February 24.--Corn---American No 2 yellow, Tio. Oats--Canadian West: ern, No, 2, 43 to 431-2; do., No. 3, 42 42 1-20; extra No. 1 feed, 42 1-30. Barley-- Manitoba feed, 48 to a} malting, 64 to Buckwheat--No. 2, 66 to fo. Flour-- 15. Rolled oate--Barrels, aha 84.35; big of 90 1bs., $2 to $2.10. Millfeed-- Bran, 3 United States Markets. is, Fel 24.~Wheat--May, bid: No. 1 hard, ; Na. 92 78 to 94 3c; wheat, $178 so. 89.700. Corns. 3 67 to 67 14a. Onts--No, 3 whi 12 Mr, Murphy, |had been let to the Tense Situation Develops Over Ex | S. Benton by G:neral Villa A despatch from Washington says: A slumbering Mexican situation was brought quickly to a point of interes inbordational interest on Friday by the flash of a message stating that William 8. Benton, a British subject; had been killed in Juarez by: order of General Fran- ro. | cisco Villa, the Constitutionalist commander. ' 8ir Cecil Spring-Rice, the 'British Ambassador, 'conferred with Beoretary Bryan about' if; President Wilton and his Cabinet discussed it briefly, and a thor- ough investigation was ordered by the State Department from Consul s representatives on the border. In this case, for the - first time gince the present revolution 'began a year ago, the general warning from the United States Government to Mexican factions to protect all foreigners went unheeded, though there is evidence to show that both the British Ambassador and the State Department were advised too late of Benton's impending fate to intercede specifically for him. The news shocked officials generally, who had come to believe that Gen- cution of Will eral Villa fully realized the posi- tion of the American Governmi in regard to the protection of for- eigners in Mexico, pai in the 'north of that coun How Did Ben says: 3 tish subject, met his fate rebel firing squad or fell from a 'hullet fired while he 'was in Villa's be knowin. Villa left on an early train on Friday for ~ Chihuahua and refused bo make any further statement: about the 'affair. Before going he took with him all of the guards he had at his headquarters, including the men who are believed to have taken 'part in the execu- tion, if there was an exe tion. Mexican officials here claim that Benton was tried by a court-mar- tial composed of Judge Advocate Lic Adrian Aguierre Benavides, presiding Judge Jesus Rodiguez, Major Gloria and a court steno- grapher, They claim that Benton was found guilty after a ia) trial of being implicated in th to kill Villa. iy : % KILLED IN THE WOODS. Westminster Township Farmer Loses His Life. A. despatch from London, Ont., says: Thomas Watkins, aged 63, of the Second Concession, West- minster Township, was fatally in- jured in the woods near his home on Thursday, when a tree he was cutting down fell on him, He: sus- tained a fracture of the leg at the 75 | thigh, a triple fracture of one arm, and injuries to his hedd, and died in a few minutes. . ever en Dr. 0. 0. James of the Depart- ment - of Agriculture, Ottawa, speaking to the Guelph Canadian Club, advocated growing alfalfa in- "|THE EARL OF SCARBOROC RR. so WR] will Run an Up-to date Restaurant at Skeghessfpu-Sea. A despatch from Tendon says: Like many another member of the old British nobility, the Farl of Scarborough has decided to go into trade. Before the seaside season begins he will, if the justices grant him a license, be retailing tea rolls: and butter, not at a charity bazaar, but every day in the week, at an up-to-date restaurant at Skegness on-Sea. In short, the Earl has.de- cided to relinquish his investments in real estate and to go into busi: ness as a caterer and restaurant keeper. --ae Railway lines in P.E.I. are block- ed by snow, some drifts being fif- stead of wheat in the West. teen feet high. 2 CONTRACTS FOR MILLIONS Four Sections of the New Welland Canal Wi Cost Over $21,000,000. : # "A despatch from Ottawa says: | Information = regarding the con-|! tracts for work on the new Welland Canal and on the Hudson Bay Rail- way were given by . Hon. "Frank ochrane, in reply to questions by in the House on Thursday. The contract for the first section of the Welland Canal, said Mr. Cochrane to Mr. Murphy, ! ~ Dominion Dredging Company, Limited, at a price of $3,487,795, with $200,000 deposit required. Portage, 185 miles, $3,078, Thicket Portage to Split Lake, 68 miles, $1,811,285; Split to Port, Nelson, 165 miles, $3,668,128. The time limit for the Le Pas sec: tion had been twice extended from December 1, 1912, and was now De- cember 1, 1914, as also os he other two sections. Deposits of $200,000, 000 'and - $150,000 'had been 'on 'the three sections, re. rely. 7 . is i 'Minister of Railways told that the office is not known and may never ik 364;