T autos frwo

uunsss Tens!

' ALWAYS PLEHSE e mpq have dune so ﬁr? 56 Years

JMMMIHMIII

Above are shown Charlie chap when, 1t I: said, Charlie ordered iimfilm comedian, his ‘eon, Charles ‘an erd to an early morning party Spencer, and his wife, the former at the Chaplin Beverley Hill; man Lita Grey, who ha; left her hus- Lion. His wife says he referred at band and declares she will never z mes to her friends as “commonﬂ 'eturn. The marital break came

nnawnzes CITY 0F PARIS 5% BONES

(Loan of 1919) DRAWING OF OCTOBER 22, 1926

843,245 The SOD-Irene bond bearing the number above in redeemable at One Million Francs 2.034.392 Th! 5004mm: bond bearing the number above is redeemable at 100.000 francs 2.911.390 The 500-franc bond bearing the number above is redeemable at 50.000 francs

1.904.129 1.971.004

860.205 2,107,879

itach o! the four SOD-franc bonds bearing the number: above is redeem-

able at 10,000 francs

83.999 700.1111 1.043.338 1.712.859 3.114.755

2.965.834

lach of the six Still-franc bonds bearing the numbers above ls redeem-

able at

5,000 francs

8.617

711L126 '1 .33 $21,974 S. FD.’

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1.000 francs

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These lists appear regularly in our Foreign Exchange Bulletin which '

l! 8011f 12'9"‘ rllcnts. We ciluct mill-mum oi bonus-rs for bondholders. without charge. THE INVESTMENT HOUSE OF

C. M. CORDASCO 8: COMPANY srnri.-u.izmc a,\c1v.-1v1-;1.1- m roan/cu GOVERNMENT 4m) MU.\'II'II’,1I.'BO.\'IJ9 MARCH. ‘rnusr BUILDING :1: sr. JAMES STREET

MONTREAL CANADA i

1.10112‘

o llroe build nqu. one lmell build no,

TURNIPS

_ We are buying turnips, paying 1 highest market prices. Receiving at our warehouse, Queen St.

CLA RK E BROS

17 |tl1e next season's crop un

r5"'- nil on premlue. .

Lady Cavan charming wife of Lord Gavan. Before her marriage .he was Lady Muiholiand, one of the most noted of English pereiueq, and was at one time reported en; sailed to the Prince of Wales.

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Stock Quotations

7 HALIFAX. Dee. 2~L—Q\l0i.8ii01li-l furnished by Johnston and WardJ Members of the Montreal Stock’ Exchange:

J New York Exchange 1A1. Top. and Santa Fe Ry. . 170% .-\ll1€l‘.('8ll Con. Co. . . . . . . .. 52%, Aux. Car and l-‘dy. Co. .. 101 Jtrlantic Reﬂnoiy Co, . .. Am. Locomotive Co . . . . . . .. A111 Smelt. and Retng. Co. .. ‘Am. Bosch Mag. Co. . . . . . .. lnnnconda Cop. Min. U0. . 19%, Can. Paciﬁc Co. . . . . . . . . . . .. 168% 1x1‘. Cell. and liuzl. ltiv. R-R. 144 Ludsou .\1o.or Car Co. 51 ' international Paper U0. 57% ‘Standardl Oil 0t N. J. . . . . . .. 39 l .\lis. han. and Tex. Ry. 258 | Reading C0. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 96%‘ ‘Southern Pacttic Co. .. . . 110% inton Paciﬁc Ry. 163%; lhS. Industrial AlCﬂhul Co. . 78% Mt-Sllllgimllﬁe lslectlic 691/4 :Un.ted States Steel . . . . . .. 1585i; I Montreal Stock Exchange Abitlu .. . . . . . .. 88 i ‘Laurentide Pulp . . . . .. 110 _ Montreal Power . 70 ‘ ISpanlsh River . . 103 i Spanish River Pfd. . 114 Steel U0. Can. Com. .. lvlnnlpeg Electric nbestos Com. New . . . . . Asbestos Pfd. New .. Brazilian Traction . iCan. steamshlip Com. .. 34 ‘Can. Steamship Pill. .. -- 31 Dominion Bridge - . - . - -- 114% l BANKS

illnnk Royal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 26? l wheat-Dec. 139%: May. 140%? July, 132%. do u-~. ec., 73%: May. 31%- Oats——Dec. 45; nliay. 49%; Jilly.

110% 109%

48- V\'l1eai—.De(‘.. 132%; llay, 135%.

----—<-o->-i— HANDLAAK 1 THE HTIIA\\'IIERIIY PLANTATION.

i roxperlmentnl Flu-mu Note)

u\f this $0M!!!“ of the Your every rtu- mowih of the newly not straw- berry plnulnfiutl. Results obtained b!‘ the llnrlictilturul Dlvlulon of the (‘en-l Irnl Experimental Fnrm. (are re Horticulture llivlslon, 1921i show huvlug lhc T00R41 nu curlv dutc.

young plnnts

ember. und then keep nll new runners cut off, Eucll little plant in u mut- ifed row should have ut leust i5 inches of space, to nvuid uvcrcruw ‘lug.

The early formation of the runners run be encouraged by the removal of

nnd ilppiicutinn oi’ u nltmgenlulu ter- -lf\25 bus shown the importance of having u considerable amount of trogen nvuiluble in September. this season n large number of youngi I‘nnts are Jornllng‘ vfrult buds for‘

n! nltrnte of soda at this time encour- ages crop. and bnd development.

Home Office: Halifax ll

Over Three Millions

The Maritime Life m now well aver $3,000,000 of insurance. In’ Joroe-re- merkable evidence of the popularity ofl ltc policin-

Thouph only in ite third year of operation it he: over $100,000 reserves ln accordance with Dominion requirement: for the pro- tection of policy holders and I surplus of $30,000.

Your Company -- share its advantages.

~loiver Prcruiurm- iargerhrotectwn

T. W. BENTLEY

Manager for _ Prince Edward Island

i , ‘a Charlottetown, P. E,

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Hiliﬂ-INB Sill y

SiIPHEllABY

Fllil ‘BRITAIN

New (waft-by far

Most Powerful Fighting Ships in World

MONDON, Dec. 23 —-—Wlll1 the ex

119 cepnou of four battleships oi’ tin» carded, but, Qllly 61% iron Duke (rlass, Grout pro-uni‘ fleet has d’s<_=“*. -\l‘i".l. and mrnlenl, . 85% for the lirsl lime ill 4 o yours 1b»- . 104% British navy is without n rosem- rorcc of ships of the lino.

thQ more than 330 miles

Britain's rayg of [he

c. M. Bowman of Kitchener. one, who i: mentioned to succeed senator George P. Graham is. chairman of the tariff advisory board.

Across Africa i i by Motor

Excerpts fnom The National Geographic (JHM '26-) . l Georges-Marie Haardt. Q Fiileeu thousand miles l-y motm‘ lllrtitilzb lilo. hI-art ol‘ filrit-u rcatls almost llkn u figment of Jules Vernon imagination, but ii. repro- neil-tn the actual atecotnplislimexit.pl 1hr- (frmtrul African Expedition. uhirlt it. was my privilege l0 lend trout klgcrlnlo Mozambique. Eiglll ztultuuoblles equipped with l‘itlt‘l'- pillar tractors made the trip in niun 11101111111. Each iii lhu curs iroulll zlfl-tllllﬂlfpllﬂlfé Lhrea pet-soils and. with its trailer, was nu independent unn- carrying its own tools. tents, 11ml foodstuffs. If separated from .1... others, u one-carcontingeut could provide for its own mods for several days . detailed dc- ouut oi all our adventures must be reserved for several volumes. >111 l am including here the more .111eresting incidents of the journey. Crossing the desert we traveled without find tug a drop of water. We saw tbc dried skeletons of several travelers who had died of thirst. The Arabs any that death in tho desert from thirst is an indescribable sustaiuctl torture in which the whole body dries up. The contact. of ciolhluf-Z ‘DGVOYIIQS insufferable and ll lsdls- lo let the cruel sun inﬂict additional

“The desert peoples exorcise grunt care in dealing with those wim arc

Four stuttering severely from lilifﬂl. its ll of the costly monsters that iormt-‘l would be fatal to givothem drink

the bﬂckilifvlllld 0f the Emmi first at once. First, their lips nro incisi-

‘ot Jutland and costing tieurly _£ii,- sued, than the body 000.000 pounds to build are helm: gently with n. wet cloth and bullied prepared for discard, says the unv- nl cul'l‘t‘:l|)()ll(|(!ill of the Vvnslmlnel- qugntlty of milk is

iPl‘ tiuzctlc.

I They uro the George \'. Thunderer and thong-h they are outclassed by or disguised as a bird. the “post Jutland" ships ivblt-h are ltn replace them. they are 1111' Sllll- bird's head and neck, ieatheredlt- crinr lo many vessels w lug retained Their pausing is in with the

hizsh nrc be by foreign

naval treaty

Washington five years ago.

PM; ing the summer of 1927. (‘Ollqhllge vessels. considered rlusivnly tho extreme importance of nway the "i ships in tho world. says Endeavor to get mfullrespumienh slnnd of gllnntu by the 1111111111: of hcpt- guns in three turrets‘

the first ‘British ships l nr their guns disposed in llqillll] in many other respects will be

‘unique.

I“ \l

To replace these discarded ships the ground, just as elm" "llmlld l“! 1"" "m1 i“ "“°"“‘"“P“ the super-dreaduoughts Nelson and might l1 Rodney have been built nutl will he eddy to join the British libel, dur- These fnr and tau Harmon's House's riders, we fighting arrived at. Tessswa amid lbs noise the cor- of tom-toms and trumpets. 130N110" ill-inch is one 0t the few living men whol They artgcan claim tue possession of 100 1o have wives. this way thing but breathe and cat ionhlm,

most powerful

carry nine

__{<-o¢-____. A shabby lblsck leather music the and of the day. when 111531111109‘ the hlourouis. by frequent cultivating Toner brief case Wm be very much (m. the“. 10rd before he reurem improved in appearance by being‘ n1. rubbed with the well-beaten ivhite At of an egg.

lb. per acre.

the plots nitrnterl 1t thc rate or soomﬂdllrm- Olin“-

ner acre In September, there was un fncrecee over 20 per cent in crop, us

-_ ‘compared with the check plots whlel-

did not receive tiny fertilizer, and nn llncrense nf over nelf thnt amount. lwhr-n compared with plots which re lmnllvur the nitrogen n. the 11m (spring.

As this appears to be a very critical itime in the history of the plantation ‘Tdvrera would be ‘well ntlrleetl to

,3 T011910"? "It" application of nltrutn oi‘

iPoultry Notice

i it will pay you to take your pou‘ try to us at our new premises, 5 Iqueen Street. Special prices paid ‘for heavy mllkfed chickens ant ,fowl for next two weeks.

l CONRAD a co.

1 00-4 0+ 044; y35il8-l2-ﬂi-fmm-6l.

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Valuable Property For Sale by Tender

PROPERTY ofwthe late Mclnnll {BTW-i lying between Fitzroy and iKent Streets. ¢0hllltlng or two

QQQ-GO-OOQ-O

two large hedl, also a large yard . with e right of way to Fitzroy . Street and two rights of way to . Junt Street.’

Tenders will be received up to noon of January 8, 1927, at the of- floe of McLean A MoKlnnon. Royal Bank Building, Charlottetown. The

hirh-lt tender not necessarily log

oeptod.

Pflllllrty rney be expected at any’

time on application to D. L. Moln-

To Sin a

M2“ ' ..

The First and Original Cold and Grip Tablet Provsn Safe for more than a of a Century an

an eifective rsmed

C O LD S, RIP FLU- ENZA and as a I-irevsntive. Pﬁgg 30¢, tun-acme».

The box been this

aorta-tomcat i---

6¢%nv

acrnrdalice his forehead und went signed at bush on all foursmllloving slowly

B. Davis, Central Experimental

is rubbed slowly for several 110111-11. A 111111111 itduiiuislt-rctl after n ivhile. und finally n z-iwnllnw

Centurion, King of water. and Max,

At Dosso we came across 11 ‘hunt- From a piece of wood he had carved u

- and supplied eyes and on open

poo-era. beak. He placed this device around

into the and stopping at times to peck ut a real bird ave done, be was able to approach close enough to birds nnrl hares to kill them with a slit-k. Under the escort of 3000 oi‘ Sul-

His wives do nearly every-

Al‘ 9501" nrn-"n/vt

morning greeting, when they pros-

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At Zinder. we observed an inter- esting ceremony of the Peuhl tribe. known as ﬂagellatlon. it la n ritual

.-____.-_ performed by youths who have

reached tho use o! manhood and

d nppucaﬂon, noun in early September ut the rate of who wish to mke “mo memaelvpt,

wives. Before a numerous gather- ing of women, who ulng and clap their hands to the rhythm of tom- tolns, tho aspirants approncl1,nak~ ed to tho waist. An old man carry- ing a branch strikes each youth a severe blow. on his chest or back. while another venerable member o1‘ the tribe crouches at the fort of the candidates to wnlcli their move- ments. Ten or n dozen blows are thus delivered on each boy's bare skin, but he must not move or ex- hibit any sign of pain, and during the whole of tho ordeal must sins a pean o1‘ praise. if 11o passes nuc- cessttlliy this test of fortitude no ls considered n. man. ﬂageilation nro often through lilo.

The Mazzns have a hideous cus- tom of mutllatlng this lips of their women by piercing holes in them md inserting wooden disks. These disks are gradually made larger and larger until the lips are stretched to incredible proportions. some- nimen an big an brepkfast plates. A woman who is not. thus mutilat- ed is not considered a desirable person for :1 wife. When one of these poor creatures ants she re- sembles a pelican. At. each bite she must lift her upper lip with one hand and slip tho food into her mouth with the other. The vltilmu 0f this bizarre cilstoln are often rendered practically speechless. So difficult in ii, for them to pro- nounce a word that their own peo- ple can seldom understand them.

Near Fort Archembuult. we ﬁrst came across the Yondoa, 1t secret sect. Clothes are quite unknown to them, their only attire consisting of e thin strip of cloth and a bead belt. They paint their bodies with asort of ochre clay. and adorn themselves with glass-bead necklaces. copper and iron bracelets, and an ostrich- plnmo headdress. Much of their

ca rrie

V...» raw 1-1

time is spent‘ ted upon small ‘stools. which elven c:

not leaving

occasions it,

1920;, .

*1-

--to prove our faith in this Wonderful Enterprise Heat Girculator, we will

slur u 1o Y0llll g / uuut, ruusiu mu a ron so DAYS’ r1111: TlllAI. l

To prove

our faith in this

wonderful Enterprise Circulator-

we will ship it

Try the

Try it out thirty days free-if you don’t like it we’ll pay return freight and not charge you a cent

home for “thirty days free trial.

PRISE CIRCULATOR days at our expense~—test it for fuel economy, for real heating powers, for holding ﬁre overnight and for giving perfect warmth during the coldest days.

fnqght paid to your

wonderful ENTER- thirty

-if you doIike it y0u’ll say you never paid $59.50 for more real warmth and comfort.

The Enterprise Heater Makes Your llome Warm and Cheerful

Operating on exactly the some plan as the Enter- prise Pipeless Furnace, the Enterprise Cabinet Circulat- or throws out the hot air and draws in the cold, heating the far corners of every room, not just a part of the

nearest one.

With the Enterprise Circulaior," gone forever are

comforts of the average country home.

And so cheap!

Without 00st lo You

' The Enterprise Circulator should sell at a higher price-other heating systems not so good cost much more-but we’re satisﬁed with many big sales instead of a few big proﬁts - and so the ENTERPRISEIS SENT T0 YOUR NEAREST RAILWAY STATION, FREIGHT l PAID, FOR ONLY $59.50.

Try it thirty days at our expense—you’ll keep it for

Try ii 30 llays

Xthe years of comfort it guarantees. H0 LMAN ’S

Charlottetown

l Summersitle

ouch other by moans o1‘ prolonged gilttural coughs, which haw; n 11101111111! known only to them,

test for our boneilt. Five hundred muldeus—slonder and supplo were lined up. Tho two town chiefs. wearing black spectacles as a' tok- en 0f hlsh rank. noted as judges ‘and subjected tho entrants severe scrutiny. However the de- cldlng factor which proclaimed tho fairest beauty was her lino loot,

A nntive funeral provided an in. torestlnlt spectacle at Bangui. The deceased was adorned in his fulL est. attire-n. belt, n necklace, und I iﬁllhered hut-and planed on n stool with his back resting against l1 stake. The whole population of 1110 Villallﬂ Bothered around him lu B it"!!! ﬁlﬂrle. and musicians net hi) u bedlam of weird 11011111111. ’l‘l1e old folks sang prtvaon n1‘ ilm .10. Dsrtod. Whllo a group oi hirer] w“. men mourners cried out in an np- parent abandon of grief. Finally. tltp great circlo broko up and formed two circles. ono within tho other. and each started a disorder. 1y dance around the trorpse to 1mm. Mm o" o“ ills rizht road illin the Kingdom of the Shadows.

At Yelinga we saw an rinplmnt 111""- lW ire. a barbarous practice Y" 001111110111! employed. The nu- n"! W‘ 5 $79113" Dllh around theplnees where the elephants fro-

nothing along “p,

to a’

great boasts have ilnicrtltl this rir~ ¢1° "l" Yilllllwrﬂ are nolselessly llosled around the edge. They m».

T)", 5cm,‘ or Before we left Fort Archambault provided with torches, mid m a a m" "alive! OTEMV-zd n beauty cou~ given signal llm l

tho bush and 8mm! within tho circle. Frantic with terror, and defenseless and bimded by smoke. tho elephants huddlo together, wlili» the natives kill them with their spears Qrwglt until tho tire hue destroyed them.

in tho Belgian Congo we travel. od for morn than 375 miles over n. irail cut ihroillilt tho forest for us h)’ our Belgian friends. who em- ployed limuo nstivon in m. slructlou and mm than n month.

The Ilutlvn African o1 tho Equat- "Tllll Forest has a sort of “radlo' “stem that. servos his purpo“ m]. ‘nirabiy- The innlrumonl. used is ll hllltn slltunl drum of pecullu- mm. strut-lion. By means of a code, the zmiive-n can relay messages ‘over innit dlslancetﬁin n. very short time. T110 drum may ho heard from, nix to ton miles.

plnicil ityln lens l i '

We rather doubted tho efficiency "

"W"! ﬂlrnnse telesrapn until we Worn forced to believe by personal nxllorience. on penning through n certain vfll e we asked its chief for four chickens to be brought to us a short distance ahead on the road we were to follow. As the drum slayer strubk the mess on hie instrument. we drove

the cold shivery days you’ve had in your home — 30M are the chilly mornings-gone are the usual winter dis-

(14 the village a itutlvc stood by iliu roadside with tltojour chicken‘! W" had asked for. Wo were convinced-

con- '

ladle may a

O ‘gum-m .. “qt, iv ewer- so that the chief could elm an» n»; m- b1

fern! of oornmun on. ma-wro-utandurlln W" things

Ill‘

t. h » ' ll with them. They communicate wit 95th which might burn. Wnon ‘the ghee?! $110112 “iiiiiﬁiniiiffaiiiyoifiﬁﬁmpl {lollovv p! the ll F"

out ell all" » loetlon new

$11 W! '