HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1912-10-3, Page 6THIS IS A TIME FOR CAUTI
DEADJ.IY TOADSTOOLS ARE A
AIJTU:1IN MENACE.
Care Should Be Exerelsed at 'I'
Time of Year in Gathering
Mushrooms.
Botanists have classifiers mot
than two hundred varieties of funs
that are popularly called nets
rooms or tuadstools, about half
than being more or less edibh
many being absolutely deadly,
great n ore apt cue di
g at 7auy m, j to cause
tress after eating, and still atht'l
with no very zuarked characteristic
either way. Nevertheless, with a
their information on the subject
toadstools, botanists admit the
they are deficient. They know lift
about the (habits of most of it
mushrooms, when they will fruit c
under what conditions, whether
drought (se moisture, heat or colo
and whether' they will reappea
every year, as many do, or ever
four, five or sixyears,as other
do.. William Hosen allon, a
American authority on the sublets
says that either the Government c
Some millionaire should establish
'bureau of mushroom research, fc
he believes that a tremendous foo
supply might thereby be developer
WHERE THE DANGER LIES.
Autunm is mushroom time, and
is usually in late autumn that t
newspapers have to record fat
ties arising from eating toadstoo
in mistake for mushrooms. Th
reason for the greater number
mistakes being made toward th
close of the season is due to th
criminal cupidity of the men wh
gather mushrooms for marks
When the edible varieties are pie
tiful the gatherers do not tak
chances with varieties of which the
know nothing, but when the mars
rooms disappear some of them tak
risks on specimens of which the
know nothing. or sometimes, it
feared, of which they know to
much. In Europe this practi
would not be permitted, for
nearly all European countries th
mushroom vendors are keens
and their mushrooms are imspecte
before they can be, offered for s
Not, only would the inspector tiro
out any toadstool among them, an
incidentally cancel the collector'
license, but he would reject an
bruised or broken specimens of
ble mushrooms. The consumer
thus protected. and there are fe
fatalities as a result of eating to
stools.
EVEN ANIMALS DECEIVED.
Animals, as a rule, have an
sti'not that warns them of the f
difference between mushrooms a
toadstools, although sometime
they make mistakes, with cone
quences se deadly to them es the.
would be to human beings, for th
really poisonous mushroom is abou
the deadliest plant known to cod
encs, and kills every creature the
eats it from ants to cows. Squir
rels are extremely fond of mush
rooms, and make few errors, bu
the fact that they are sometime
deceived shows how very close th
resemblance is between the mush
room and some varieties of toad
stool, Even an expert tremolo
cannot always be sure of the differ
ence, and would require to make
microscopic examination of th
fungi before giving an opinion. Th
old rule of thumb tests are wo
than useless, since anyone familia
with them may sometimes he in
clined to rely upon them.
OLD TESTS USELESS.
• For thnatance, there is a notion
that the matter is decided by th
peeling or not peeling of the fungus
.in question, or by whether it will
cause silver to turn black in the
spider. The fact is that toadstools
and mushrooms will both peel, both
will not peel; both will turn silver
black, both will not turn it black.
It aII depends on the varieties. Nor
are the most minute printed des-
criptions to be thoroughly depend-
ed on, nor the colored prinrte in the
books on the subject. Fortunately,
however, the toadstools that are the
.cent.monesrh in this country offer
come points of marked difference to
the mushroomne that are common-
est, and there ought not to be many
mistakes made if the collector has
had any experittnce. The toad-
etools that cause 90 per cent,• of the
deaths belong to the genus amanita.
Their caps and etems reauclily sepa-
rate; in tack, the stems usually fall
out of the caps unless carefully
handled, The ,stern sits in a cup
fixed under the surface of the soil,
and when the specimen is perfect it
hes a ring or collar near the cap.
The difficulty is that bath bulb and
collar may disappear in maturity,
thus removing the marks that'.
should warn the collector away.
THE DEADLY AMANITA.
There is an edible variety oome-
what closely resembling the ama-
nita, the chief difference being than
it has no collar *ft any stage of its
existenoe. Still closer in point of
rosemblomee is the genus lepiota,
It has ail the features of the arm,.
Oita, except that it has no valva or
tens at the bottom. Many edible
mtaltee0rn4 very olosely� resemble
the poisolllons, hidtoidta, eg' death
C11p, dis,#,izlgvtablo by tea white.
far the
NI cap, gills, and stem Safe"
amateur lies in nut gathering ally
mushrooms with whits, gills, col-
saes around the steins.,slid bulbs 111
the ground. He may miss many
N edible mushrooms by following this
rule, butt he will also miss most Of
the deadly toadstools that het is
likely to mistake for mushrooms.
He shonld also be ca.rnful about eat
is Ingpuff balls, all varieti=,wE Of wllicli,
thappens,.
p1'actically, disc edible, It
however, that young amanitis inay
be mistaken for puff balls, There-
e fore small puff halls should be re
i suspicion elimi-
gelded with su j ton and
1- slated by the mushroom eater.
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MAKING SAFE INVESTMENTS
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SOME FINANCIAL TECHNICALITIES EX.
PLAINEO.
_
Tho man Who Thought the Term Cold
Bond meant a Bond Secured on Real
Estate Made a very Poor Otiose -"And
Interest" Does Net Imply a Bonus for
the Purohasor-Quito the Reverse,
"^
Tba articles contributed b' "Investor
yrs for rho solo purpose et geiding pros
poetive Investors, and, If poesiI o, of acv
ung than from toeing mquey through
placingit in "wild cat" enterprises, The
mpartiat and sellable ohmmeter of the
e
Information may bo relied upon. The
writer of these articles and the publisher
of this paper have no Interests to serve�
in connection with this matter other thanf�,
those of the reader. —"Investor,")
y
The other do a man wont pito a bond
bones in Tgrnito, and, before investing,
asked a few enoetiono about bonds, wltioh
shoved at once that oe was entirely un.
iiquainnt horvth thatform of cup ofst S.
puzzlhig to the uoiniti= aro Hoch or-
dinary expressions of every day 3.150 10-d
finnatcaolr cairfilancaaltmtanstomeymat•
tern to a layman who has ]tad absolutely
fe v experience in financial affairs in a
Now, the first question this man referred
to a wawawas,dodohe 'Gold Tont;
estate," mo secured real ee to_I
ens that it is sen od by
kava nc hideae oiiroulnret vionor nag t 0ola
bond" merely moans that the bond is a
t8loui mo tUati whentitt tali8 ueyiti nr i 00•
went may be demanded In gold if the
bondholder so desires. Some years ego,
when
pee now e papoTemnes' 'had la very
uncertain value -sometimes paper our-
dollar," Indeedt dui ng the wars of thee
Rebellion in the States lu the last days
of the Confederacy, the papor money of
the Confederacy was no dper money? for ierredited that
b° pallid fora man di91 goi00,000 hioAtltthn ould Isar
pia wbo loaned good money to corpora-
tioengs did not like to feel that perhaps
their vlgand in d coount d tpape acuurrency
or in silver come worth 40 cents on the
Soltheyasmaadeeprovmisioii th totheytowe
to be regale in gold and thus there came
into existence the gold bond." lu Can-
adaL- at present it is merely a name with-
out significance; but some day, perhaps
mOOQy mayr1013 bee worth- 0see or the
dollar, and then the torn "gold"on theD
faaeo eacitan n Nellowner; s¢atrt �oldf fecal•
ways • worth its face value -520 an °tune
-as it is the standard of value and it
alone does not fluotnata is value so Par
as iia sash price ie concerned.
• •
"Wisat does 'and interest' •mean?" was
the next question, The bonds to which
the investor, referred were quoted at 100
tly oppoe toly enough,his idea
wand interest."
thought that it meant that when he
bought bonds now whcee interest had been
iron that d to uy toe thetpresentn ns a
sort of bonus,
John pSmitli nowt ed $10 000 of i ha bonds
then.- Ho had 510,000 Invested and his in-
sod the bonds on'Januar9 65013 1 a won d
have received the Pull six months inter-
as uaiy tounonea But he sellattllamt1,i
October first. let us say. He has had his
510,000 i ve td Oc€ hie ntes'ost ne re 0ha0
length of time. He can't out cif the 0050.
pons for they represent the whole six
months interest, so the pulobaser pays
him his 510,000, aad also the hiterest for
three monthsat six per cent., or 5150.
On January Bret the purchaser gets his
interest from the coupons–$300, which,
less the 0150 he paid John Smith, leave
000 for Othot�thr sumo then Prom Ootobor
first to January first. So 1118 IR not out
of pocket, That is 'what it means to sell
bon de at 100 and intereot.' Soomtlmse
one 8558 that bonds have cold at 100 "flat,"
In thte thee
eat for aresoldat months-
or for whatever time it has accumulated
15 thrown in; but in that case the mar.
ket price usually adjusts the interest.
Thus, six per sent. bonds= which sold at
100 on the test interest date usually sett
at 103 on the day before the next one, and
bank at 100 on the day after,
PENALTIES
High
closed
vital
Wales
quarters
living,
The
ten
thoughtful
national
expressed-
to
fonndi
French
present
ing
bate
respect
yearsage
tion
census
ologist
the
explained
cal
"that
thepenalties
high
Every
being
the
requires
notice
bringing-up
that
There
too
the
acy
ial
diligence.
pective
are
sically
of
also,
point
paired
meet
entailed,
backward.
compensations
ties,and
off,so
no
civilizations
upon
however,
rate
Germany
of
portion
living
practical
suggest
habits
it
sial
national
sources
am
turn
account,
that
from
marriage.
imparts
degenerate
births
leakage
by
entage.
ours
races
the
Added
the
represents
death
diced
hygienic
nursing
of to
acquire,
prurience
A
except
the
The
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e- SOCIALISM AND CRIME.
Figures Both
s g t
11 creasing in Germany.
>f Socialists are fond of proclaiming
tt that their creed furnishes a com-
e plate substitute for religion and for
le morals as taught by religion in its
law-abiding effect upon. the people.
>1 German Socialists, moreover, have
l, asserted that criminality is due
tr largely to the illusion and hypocrisy
'Y of religion, and that it decreases
t9 as Socialism advances.
That contention is disproved by
a series of statistical figures just
tr made public, which show that Crim-
a inality in Germany has increased
IT in rapid ratio with the spread of
d Socialism, In Prussia. where the
1. Socialist vote increased from 7 per
cent. in 1884 to 26 per cent. zn
1907, .criminality increased from
1,033 per 100,000 population to
.e 1s
In Berlin, where there has been
a socialist increase of from 34 per
e cent. to 66 per cent. in the same
period, erimtnality has increased
o' from 1,216 to 1,522. In the Rhine
e Province the Socialist increase has
o been accompanied by a growth in
crime from 673 to 1,270.
In Bremen, where the Socialist
e vote rose from 23 per cent. of the
Y total population to 51 per cent,
criminality jumped in the same
e period from 1,295 to 2,101. In Po-
Y sen, on the other hand, where the
Socialist vote is only1per cent.,
0 crime shows a decrease from 1,679
to 1,449• In Saxony, where Social-
ism -increased from 35 per cent, to
0 58 per cent., criminality shows but
a slight increase, 928 to 960.
In all Germany the Socialist vote
• in the period named has increased
w 29 per cent. and crime 20 per cent.
- The statistics quoted show that in-
s
s stances of bodily injury inflicted in-
Y creased 50 per cent, throughout the
empire, while robbery, larceny and
s swindling increased 75 per cent„
with a. particularly large growth in
strong Socialist centres, as against
a comparatively small increase in
places where religion is still a
strong factor.
While it is not asserted that the
increase in criminality is duo to the
spread of Socialism, it is declared
s by students of these figures that
they do show that Socialism has
F failed to prove, in Germany at all
events, that it is equal to or an
t adequate substitute for religion as
-0
a moral and law enforcing factor in
t the welfare of a nation.
-
OF CIVILI>r
"-
Living and Low Bii
England.
The decreasing birth -
-1
in the Registrar
statistics for Thight,
in 1910, is attributes
to :the higher stn
says the London E
marked falling off in
years is regarded 1
people as a syr
decay, and fears 1
that it may be
resort to some of the m
1
favorcin recent e i@ye
statesmen.
It is pointed out, in fact
income tax system
to middle-class paren
of £10 on taxable r
of every child and
is a step in
of methods for impr
figures. A well-kn
expressed the opi
matter was too camp
by ordinary p
theories,
'`I
I am afraid,"he
a falling birth-rate
we must a
standard of ei
e
year the standard o
raised, especially
middle and working c1
no great discern
the contrast bet
o
of children bia-
of two or three dem
is too much pampe
little hardihood nowad
result that physical
must inevitably set in
Rome was a victim of s
The parents
parents of to -day,
not becoming demorat
by the eomparetiv
modern life, but thei
as regerded from th
of eugenics, is seri
by the incessant st
the high cost of lii
"Be this as it may we C
Civilization
as well as '
if the birth-rate
has thedeath-rate
the lowest on record.
it is risky to g
racial conditions.
the fact that t
here is declining, a
shows a similar
late years almost direct
to the higher star
which latterly prev
eugenist would
a return to the mo
of the early Teuton
not even be expedient,
interest, to engraft u
physique the v
of the seam -barba
afraid we should he
such a suggestion to
"The dominant fact see
nations, like familia
the effects of continuo
A fresh scion fr
life blood to an 0
stock. The pa
is symptomatic of a
that should be rep
the admixture of a stun
Happily, in this Ei
we have many mea
that may well con'tr
vitality of the British
to thee let us remem
infantile mortality; w
20 per cent. of o
-rate, can be appreei
by the fuller know
treatment and
methods which the,
-day are showing an eh
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DRINKING VESSELS.
- Tankards, Pewter and Earthen-
l ware Mugs.
- The tankard, which still holds
I, its own in these days, is on@ of the
oldest of drinking vessels•. The old
tankards were vessels of great ea.
pacity, and as they held more than
one man could imbibe they were
pegged; that is to say, they were
divided into equal parte, each part
being marked with a peg of wood or
silver. Thus, when several were
drinking from the tanked, as was
the custom, each was supposed to
stop drinking when he reached his
peg, so that all might share alike.
The custom of pegging tankards
is said to have been instituted by
St. Dunstan in order to place some
check on the amount that was
drunk, and thus obviate brawling.
Few vessels can compare with the
old-fashioned pewter muge, either
from an artistic or epicurean point
of view, Unfortunately they are
vessels, and are seldom
met with nave at old-fashioned, :hos-
telriee. Some of them are fitted
with glare bottoms for those who
like to gaze through a glass, even
if darkly,
It was customary in old tavern to
place rows of glistening pewter
mugs along the mantol•piecos, and
these, along with bright candle-
sticks, and other shining utensils, ing.
formed a delightful contrast to the
oak beams.
The "mug houses" were a feature
of London during the early days of
the lath century, They were the
resortstrong ad-
who House
he or is oftheo se of Hanover,
and were to be distinguished by theYoung.
prominent display .they made of the
pewter mugs. the
Earthenware mugs held an upas.
sailed position by reason of their indorsed
cheapness. The two-handed mugs Schmidt.
which are popular in Somerset, and ing-teller
from which a couple are wont= t<, to
drink, perpetuate an old enstom, was
Our forefathers were greatly at-
tachtd to tygs, which were large way,"
earthenware mugs equipped with have
half a dexen or mere handles, The
mug was passed round, and eaeh check
'took *different handle and applied
a different pert of the rang to his and
lips.
CEYLON COCOANUTS.
Description of Process for Malting
Copra,
Forty full-grown Ceylon cocoa-
nuts will produce one gallon of oil.
It requires 170 to 200 nuts to make
172 pounds of dessicated cocoanut,
One hundred and twelve pounds of
oopra will produce four or five 'gal-
lens of oil. There are 750,000 acres
planted with cocoanut in Ceylon,
No machinery is used in Ceylon for
drying copra, which is either sun-
dried or dried over slow fires. A
platform seven to eight feet wide of
laths one-fourth inch apart is erect-
ed five or six feet above a pit in
which are fired cocoanut shells fit-
ted into each other in two or more
parallel lines two or three feet
apart. This gives a white, clean
copra due to the fact that the dry
shells do not emit smoke, while they
generate considerable heat. As
lung as copra, thus dried, obtains
good prima the plantation owners
are content with the old means.
The lines of shell's take five or six
hours to,burn out. After. the second
fire the split nuts are.turned over
on the platform, the third fire re-
leases the kernel from the shell and
three more fires complete the dry-
The whole process takes no
more 'than 48 hours.
GRAINS OF GOLD
P y demands of c
Caz ro odoration t
woman is not a leader
in so lar as she leads
little finger,—Lady Tree
feet that truth lien
of a well is probe,
why elle truth is c
watered.—1 , D. G
i
es,Prosperity
SHE WAS WILLING.
The cheek which the comely
German woman handed in at
window of a savings -fund bank
other day was trade payable to
Gretchen H• Schmidt, and she had
it simply Gretchen
The man at the reeeiv-
e window called her back
rectify the mistake just as she
turning 1Way,
'You don't deposit this quite this
he ,explained, "See, you
forgotten the H." shouted
The young woman looked at her yet',
and then. blushed a rosy red, telling
"Ash, so I hat," she murmured,
wrote hurriedly i the
"Age 29," ails,
3�
ANSWERED.
there, in the eve
the cross-examinir
"how much are you p
ton -truths?"
than you are," r
witness, "or you'd be i
too,"
berlain,
inking.
ZATION.
thrate in
ateis -
d
Ieneral's
nd and
in some
ndard of
t andard,
the past
y many
nptoml of
re freely
lecessary
methods to
hat have
urs with
that the
of allow-
ts, a re-
turns in
uncle sixteen
rho direc-
oving the
own soci-
nion that
lex to be
hysiologi-
declared,
is one of
y for our
vilization.
f living is
amongst
asses. It
:ment to
ween the
day than
odes ago.
ring and
ays, with
degener-
Imper-
lmilar in -
and pros -
however,
ized phy-
e luxury
r vitality
e etand-
OUSIy im-
ruggle to
ring thus
annot go
has its
its penal -
has fallen
which is
In older
eneralize
Taking,
be birth-
nd that
tendency
direct] in pro-
ndard of
Hs, the
perhaps
re simple
Might
is the ra-
pon the
ital re-
rian ? I
sitate to
practical
ms to be
s, suffer
is inter-
equently
therwise
aueity of
physical
lenished
d'
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TORONTO CORRESPONDENCE.
Toronto's Steady Growth -Hon, James
quit--Raoing and Its Evils --Exhibition
Aftermath-Critlolsm of Council,
Ae yet therm le apparent nu lot Up. 1n
Toronto's remarkable growth. Building
permits issued last mouth were $2,000,000
more than for the correepondiug period
lust year.'. And that these are not merely
paver permits is lndlcated b0 tire' reports
from all the burlUio; uncles Every d0•
partlueut reports record business, Nor
rs the total of buildiug ,porwi;s swollen
by any twusually large individual atom -
tures, The (julep Station and Youge
Street Bridge are still in the phantom
alas. 911 '11ausunl fasturo of the bu11d-
ing uotivity is the groat uuruber of ea•
'teli51011E1 and alteratons as distinguished
from now buildings that are nutlet, way,
Established buemeewes are making
moony their trade ie expanding and they
are n'u i n e 1 growth,
a[ t to talc n f the a
Already, too, this tem call reeohds for
nubile school atteedenco have been bro.
ken and many youeg5ters have not yet
returned to their classes, Early iu the
month the now record of 45,656 pupils at
sohoal oa ons duty, had been roaehed,
and it is expeotod that the llgure will go
over 00,000 oho'tly,
Those signs of the times 811 business
men settling down for another year's
operatior♦o after the holiday sea0on with
satisfaatton, One hears occasionally ex•
estatedsituation,u but sso far about
reals
been directed obiofy to the flotation of
subdivisions far outside the city. The
inflated prince to which this class of real
estate is raised by boom times is indicat-
ed by the fact that some recent] re-
y
sonde'n
d sales have been at rte ed in were no higher than those prices
in
the boom of 25 years &go.
"JI3mMie" DUFF AS A LION.
5Pith the season of fall .fairs in full
swing it is the turn of Hon. Jas. Duff,
Minister of Agriculture in rho Queen's
Park Cabinet, to step into the limelight.
o4eattentionaatthe ToronWtExhibition
this year, but there are other fairs in
Places where votes count for more than
they do in Toronto where he has been
the lion of- the occasion.
Not that Jimmie" Duff is much of a
lion- Ordinarily be is as mild-mannered
as one of the lambs that sports 011 his
rich and prosperous farm up in Stmooe
County. He is not feeoclous in stature,
for be. is several inches under the aver-
age height. But he must have a streak
of iron in his soul for his full name is
the Honorable James Stuart Duff, and hie
parents Dame from the north of Ireland.
It goes almost without saying that he is
an Orangeman. They say there is an
Orange lodge on the corner of his farm,
and that thanks to the activities of the
Duff family 1t is one of the most aggres-
sive in the province, On the stump and
in the Legislature "Jimmie" fluff is a
ready speaker. The well rounded phrases
that are the stock in trade of the stump-
ing politician flow easily from his line.
He has a 'straight-from-the-ehouldor"
manner that can be depended upon to
bring cboere from the boys" on his side
of the House. And he has a jaunty in-
dependence that sits well. Strolling down
from the Parliament buildings thea° cool
evenings, with his hands deep down in his
pockets, his ht setting close to his ears
and a half -smoked cigar in his teeth, he
makes a figure that the Stranger looks
at twice, though he might not guess he
was Minister of Agriculture.
"Jimmie" Duff's critics say he lacks age
gressiveness in the management of his
department. But at 'all events be is him.
self a successful farmer, Politics are not
kis first love, though he has been In the
House for fourteen years. But 1f you
wore to ask him, I think he would say
he likes the game. His is a gonial soul,
to whom band shaking and the other
arts of electioneering come as second na-
ture and of the qualifications of Cabinet
timber vote -getting is not the least.
MORE HORSE. RACING.
The "merry-go-round" le atilt with us,
"merry-go•round" being the graphic de-
ecriptfon applied to the Canadian horse
racing circuit, under whose system On-
tario enjoys or endures, according to the
sympathies of the observing, a period of
continuous racing, lasting from May un-
til October. Toronto gets about a month
of this sport and support' it handsome-
ly. The fall meeting at the Woodbine is
less crowded and less gay than the
spring function, but it le in its way
quite as impree5ive. It providee the same
crone section of society, ranging from the
black leg to the society leader. I1 pro-
vides the ladies who go in for tbat sort
of thing the first opportunity to display
their new autumn gowns and millinery.
Happy is she who•has a fresh outfit for
each day of the "function.
Social reformers, who would abolish
racing and the gambling that is rampant
in connection with it, seem for the pre-
sent to have run into s street with a
dead end. The game was probably newer
as flouriehine as it is in this year of
grace 1912. And the serious-minded won-
der how long the country is going to put
up with it. An interesting incident was
furnished the other day when Mr, Abe
Orpen and one or two others pleaded
ga itv in the pollee court to taking bete
Contrary to the law and were fined $1,000
each. The announcement furnished a wild
ease of surprise. Not because anyone
doubted tho exietenae of illegal betting,
but because anyone, particularly Mn
Orpon, bad been "caught with tbo goods."
Betting on the ponies is an. everyday tn-
oident to hundreds of Toronto workmen
and others who can scarcely be described.
In a factory some one man takes the
bete. Where he places them the others
may not know, possibly do not care. Thee.
are happy if the horse they hooked wins,
which may not be often, The bets are paid
promptly. Of course all this is illegal,
but, it is not being stopped.
The serious defalcations of two bank
clerks gave some- promise of Sifting the
lid from a serious Danker, but nothing
oame of it, and. the canker remains. The
youths were the victims of orookedness,
and some one made a killing. Who, no one
profesees to know. whoever it was took
unnecessary cleanses. Because there is no
game harder to beat than horse -racing,
even without dishonesty. And there's al-
ways a steady supply of young Jambe
and old 01100 too, ready to be fleeced,
DISSENSIONS IN EXHIBITION BOARD.
ler par- The stories of dissension in the Board
mplre of of Directors of the Exhibition Aseooia-
tion continues.. It is fortunate they did
$'hifioent not leak out until after this year's fair
bate t0 was safely past, but the trouble may not
be smoothed over m time for next year,
stock. The most Interesting rumor is to the ef-
ber that feet that there is a plan on foot to sup-
plant ▪ Bill the two present ei0e-preuidente, who.
sn the ordinary course of events, would
uT total look for promotion and elevated to the
abs r@- presidency Mr. J. 0. Eaton, In many re.
Y speats Er. Eaton would make a 15001 50.
edge of eeptable president. He is a cordial sup -
sorter of the Exhibition, and if he were
proper
in the elder oxeenttve'e place would, no
mothers doubt, revolutionize many things, not only
Xi®ty t0 by reason of the resources be has at his
disposal, but by his remarkable cape:
cite for organization,
But it le natural that the two men now
in the vice-vresidential chairs lir. Noel
Marshal and Mr. Joseph Other, should
expect soma immediate reward for the
e ,more hard work they hare put in,.
lah.ad-
' In oom,ection with the eleetion :of the
Board there io generally a good deal of
intrigue and wir0 nulling. A Year or five
Of man a. member of the Board gave offense in
some quarters. He had also ambitions,
him by but when the IIOxt eleetlon came .around
he was quietly knifed:. The mystery is
who knifed him? Undertheoiroumetaoces
a�, the the exhibition has been fortunat0,in its
hly the rejection of °flfcers from yyear to year
sten ea and that it eentinnes to be aorvod by
oahllo-spirited citizens,
aStit. ATT1030IN0 CITY 0017N0I11.
Oritleiom of the methods and personnel
of the 01ty Oounoil has been growing in
volume throwp'hoot the year, One of the
leoal' dailieo hat Started a campaign of
trolls " o7atemetia attack. Day after dal es
f columna eontalfi violent chargee of tricorn.
g ima-
gist
aw- pet5nce or verse, while its billboards all
addfor over the city Witten the same message,
Other paper' oonflne their arrtloisme td
partiotolar seotions of the council,
@torted
lively nontoxt7next5Jeai/dare, Bttt thte e be
n over- prising thing is ' bow few ere the ahanges
in the Ooro0nnoi of the Council front yoat.
to year, and :it le etoubtfill it this year
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will be any notable exception. When a
man gets to be alderman ho gets so much
free advertising by having kis name con•
stantly in print that he builds up a rem,
tation which makes hie re-eleotion al-
most certain. Even crltiaism in a city as
big as Toronto, where the candidates can
know personally only a small fraction of
the electors, seems to help him. Uaron•
soiously lie gets the reputation of being
a big man. Unless he makes some mite
take or is dishonest, which rarely hap-
pens, he has a great advantage over all
newcomers.
Nevertheless, there seems to be a vague,
but widely held, idea that a commission
form of government would bo an improve-
ment on the present elective system. Tudg•
the by the vote last year on the ques-
tion of establishing a harbor commission,
a proposal to make the change would
carry an a plebisofte,. But
go the t0 exaistplc•ing
council will not likely let It
bisoite. Which, to many observers who
believe that the aura for the evils of de-
mooraoy is more demooraey, is a thing
to be thankful for.
TURN YOUR -TIME INTO MONEY
There is a arm in Toronto who give hum.
duds of men and women 541 opportunity
to earn from 5250,00 to 51,500,00 every .Year
with but little effort. This firm manute°.
tures reliable family remedies. beautiful
toilet preparations and many necessary
household goods, such as baking powder,
washing compounds, stove, furniture and
metal polishes, in ell over one hundred
proparatione that everyhome uses every
day, Just one person in each looality can
secure exclusive right to distribute these
preparations to their neighbors. They
pay 100 per cent. commission to their
agents. Write and secure sole agency be-
fore it 9e too late. Address The Home
Supply Co., Dept. 20, Merrill Building, To•
route, Ont., for full particulars,
A GUILTY CONSCIENCE.
A dishonest dealer at an Indian
fair had an elephant for sale. Soon
after he arrived he noticed a man
walking round and round the ani-
mal, examining it with the most
minute attention, The dealer hur-
riedly took him aside. "Don't
breathe a word," he entreated,
"until I have sold the beast, and
I will give you fifty rupees.” The.
stranger agreed, , and tho fifty ru-
pees were duly handed over. `Tell
me, my friend,” the dealer asked
a little later -"how were you able
to discover the defect in the left
hied leg? I thought I had quite
concealed it." I didn't discover
any defect," answered the other
smiling. "It was the first elephant
I had seen in my life, and I was
naturally interested.;'
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TACTFUL.
Judge—"You are a freeholder?"
Talesman—"Yes, sir; I am."
Judge—"Married or single?"
Talesman—"Married three years
last June,"
judge—"Have you formed or ex-
pressed any opinion?"
Talesman—"Not for three years,
your honor."
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or sell the t llow-ing
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BONDS
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YOUR CHILDREN'S FRIENDS
A FEW BRIEF WORDS WITII
THEIR PATIENTS.
No One Should Ever Try to Form
Friends Upon Their Chil-
dren.
.A lot of the very best -intentioned
parents fail to do their (duty to
their children where the ]attars'
friends are ooalorrncd—often, in -
decd, fail to recognize the exis-
tence of any such a moral or peron,-
tal duty,
The importance of the friends
made by children can hardly be
over emphasized; the influence
which they have upon moulding the
child's character is immense. Par-
ents ought to give quite as. parti'ou-
1al—indeed, more so—attention to
the friends and associates of their
children as they do to the clothes
they wear, the recreation they
take, and the food they eat,
isrt
_Therea r '
oo ttwn type person
eon
who, fully recognizing the 1lmpor-
tanes of good friends to their boys
and girls, declare that it is better
for the ehildren to have an entire-
ly free choice in the matter. To, an
extent this is right, but it is an at-
titude which must bo ruled by limi-
tations—an attitude which speedily
changes from good to had if car-
ried too far.
By all means, allow children to
exercise their own discretion and
choice in the selection of their per-
sonal friends, but, at the same
time, the wise parent can—and will
—with tactful care guide the choice
along the right pathways. Above
all, no one should ever try to force
friends upon their ehiklren. Friend-
ships cannot, under any circum-
stances, be made to order.
LET THE CHICKS CHOOSE.
Again, it is quite possible in-
deed, probable -.that the children
I may choose friends entirely oppo-
site to their parents' anticipations.
There must necessarily be soma die -
appointment for the latter in the
matter. It must be remembered
that in all friendships the most
contrary natures seem to attract
each other.
It is quite possible, too., that
children may make downright un-
desirable acquaintances:. When
this occurs, the greatest tact needs
to be exercised, if the mistake is to
bo rectified. As a general thing, it
is most unwise for parnets to insist
upon the instant and immediate re-
nunciation of the acquaintance.
Whether reasons are given or not
—whether the order is unquestion-
ably obeyed by the child—there will
ever after be a little rift between
child and parent. It is far better
for parents' to smother their per-
sonal feelings, and—so Iong as
there is nothing extraordinarily
serious—to let things go on, unti
the child discovers his or her mis-
take itself, The discovery may
hurt, but it is a good hurt to incur,
THEIR RIGHTS.
Another thing, Paren=ts ought
more generally to recognize the
rights of their children's friends,
If this were done, boys and girls
would be kept nearer, there would
be less erying out as years go by
that the children never pass their
time at home. In ninety per cont.
of the cases where young people
prefer to spend a.11"their spare time
away from home, the original fault
lies with the parents—and frequent-
ly ,the prime reason lies in the way
the young friends were treated.
The slighting—intentional or un-
intentional—of
n-
intentionalof children's friends
by mother or father sows: seeds of
bitter feeling never dreamt of.
When parents say : "Oh, it's only
Jack's friend. It won't matter put-
ting him off !" Jack begins to get
bitter. It may be that the boy
maks mountains out of molehills—
there is little doubt that it ie often
the ease in such matters—but it is
well to remember that the molehills
of la=ter life are the mountains of
childhood.
WELL WORTH WHILE.
It would be well if there was a
realplace in every home for the
chi=ldren's friends,, It is quite a
good plain to give the. children a sit-
ting -room of their own, whore they
can—always within reason—invite
and entertain their friends. It may
mean the eael'ificc of a drawing-
room or a spare bed -room, het it is
a sacrifice which will be amply re-
paid.
It is easy when a boy or girl
makes bad friends for their parents
to say. "they ne.ver met them at.
home." "Mast such parents would
find it more difficult to answer. if
tasked, as to what friends they did
meet at home. It is hardly possible
40r parents. to scuba too earby to
bring their children into touch with
the right kind of friends—such as
will help thele to nobility and
strength, and assist in Miming
character.
It may mean saoriace and trou-
ble, but it is trouble which is well
Worth while.--Lotelee Answers.
There would be far fewer sol't'nws
among mankind if men—God knows
why they are so formed—made less
ase of their imaginations in resell -
trig the memory or fleet sorrow than
in beanies na.tiontly their present•
lot. --Goethe.