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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1913-5-15, Page 6• ill LEITER FROM • TOROITO 'R1QkJAT IS ENGAGING THE ATTENTION OF THE CITI£ZNS JUST' NOW. ;t:' • • The Teachings of Professor Jackson— : Gives Offense to Sonne—Sir James Whitney's Present. Professor George Jackson, whose opin- ions have been again creating contro- versy, has been the stormy petrel of the- ology in Canada ever pinto hie arrival some six or seven years ago. Meeting 'Professor Jackson, one would never for a moment suspect that there was any- thing stormy about ltim, He Is a mild- mannered gentleman of the scholarly type, almost different in manner and ap- parently ehriukingfrom the publicity which hie opini ions nevitably bring him. There is no doubt, however. that he is a time of great .mental force and Canada will lose intellectual color by reason of his departure, which. 1s to 'take place almost immediately. In Sherbeurne Street Churah. Professor Jackson came to Toronto from the British Wesleyan Conference as a loan for a three -year -term as pastor of Sher - bourne St, Methodist Church, probably the moat artistocratic congregation In the Methodist denomination in Toronto. Im- mediately his sermons, and particularly his addresses to his Sunday afternoon Bible Class began to attract attention. Rumors reached the ears of the strict disciplinarians, who decided that action should be taken, Though Professor Jack- son. had maintained that his addreesee were semi -private and not intended for puhlicatlon, excepting in book form, steps were taken to secure shorthand reports. The publication of ono of these in the local press aroused a storm of contro- versy.. The matter finally went before the Toronto Conference, whore, after a discussion lasting several days, in which the most heated arguments and state- ments were used, Dr. Jackson's friends came out on top, thus averting any di- rectdieenasion in the larger arena of the general Methodist Conference of Can- ada. At the oonelusion of his pastorate at Siterbourne Street, a place was made for him at Victoria College, his appointment being to the chair of the English Bible. Now, after four years' service there, he M returning to England. A Lovable Man. By those who know him best, Profes- sor J'aokson is described as a most lov- able man. The teaching whlsh is moat strougly assailed is that concerning the hietorical and scientific value of the de- scription of the creation of the world in the first chapters of Genesis and of some of the other iueidents of the Old Testa- ment. There has also been some question as to his teaching concerning the falli- bility of Christ. Naturally, kis discus- sion of these points; gave offense to those who accept the literal inspiration of the Holy Scriptures. His critics have not he- sitated to describe him as a "destroyer of faith and hone," Rig friends hitter. ly Gwent any such comment. He has shown the capacity of arousing the warm- est loyalty, both by reason of his intel- lectual powers and his personal qualities. The latest controversy arose from a newspaper report of one of his addressee. This. Pr. Jackson maintains, was abso- lutely unfair, misleading and inaccurate. His general attitude is that tt is only in book forst that such discussions as he has to offer should be given broadcast to the nubile. This gives ample opportn- nit'- to make his meaning clear and en- sures perusal under circumstances where readers will not get false impressions through hasty understanding. His publi• cations now run up towards a dozen volumes. Sir James Gets a Motor Car. For many years Sir James Whitney's chief recreation has been riding a bicycle. Every day when the weather was fine he has been accustomed to take his iron steed and go for a half -an -hour or an hour's ride_ through the well paved re- etdenttal district of Toronto. It always impressed visitors with the demooraoy of Ontario's first Minister when they were fortunate enough to get a glimpse of him riding sedately and slowly along. No more, however, will this sensation be vouchsafed, for, as an exceedingly graeo- ful contribution on the part of hie fol- lowers in the Legislature, a splendid new automobile was the other day presented to the Premier. Sir James, and alsohis family, will nodoubt find the automobile a great convenience and comfort, but some folks have their suspicion that when he has time and opportunity Sir James will continue occasionally to take a ep]n on his old bicyole. When Toronto Was Captured. Toronto has so little history of a ro- mantic, sort that considerable attention ie being paid to the events of 800 years ago this month,- when, for a short time, the town was to the 0oeeese]on of the Americans. The chief iueidents of that memorable action were the landing of. the American forces at a point just west of the present Exhibition Grounds, about where the new Sunnyelde Station stands, the blowing up of a powder magazine at the old fort, with the consequent de- struction of a largo number of Ameri- cans and the burning of many public buildings, including the parliament house of that day, which stood on the Bay front near the foot of the present Perlia went street. The Canadians were over. powered by numbers, there being some- thing like 500 British regulars and Ca- nadian militia, while the American' fore- es nutnbererl about. 2.400 strong, The manliest; of these figures shows us how our inane or warfare have changed in the past ,•entnry. Historically, there has always been controversy uo to whether the magazines wore blown rip by accident or by design of the Canadians. In the sec- ond explosion, Gaberal Pike, who was in eomtnand of the invading forces, was among the number blown up, IN :IID OF TILE DEAF. Invention Will n'lalcc Electrical Dearing Apparatus Cheaper. A remarkable invention was shown recently by the British Asso- ciation for the Prevention and Atnelieration of Deafness. It is an electriead contrivance for the use of doctors and aurists. By the operation of a series of levers the aurist can tell almost immedi- ately tine, class of mechanical aid needed fur a particular ease, Tho instrument, according to. the asso- ciation's desoript.ion, "raises the level of supplying aural aids end their aeljnst'ment to the level of supplying eye -glasses and their ad- justment," It was declared that one effect of the invention will be to bring about a substantial reduction in the east of electrical hearing apparatus, a webwhich is said to be excessively high on eecount of the time occu- pied in t•estiug the extent of tho de- fect in ww:oitld-be customers. A well-known cotton magnate is interested in the invention, The Bigot. A bigot is a man who is quite sure of something that he doesn't Jcrrow anything about. NAPOLEON ASA SMOKER. Asserted' Now ''Ila"'!iris` 'x'tibaeeo hitter—Did lie Take Snuff4 It has long been aeeepted .as a historioal•factt that the First Consul was a great smoker, haat in the Journal des Debits reference is made by M. Augustin Filen to some memoirs of Napoleon compiled by Gen. Bertrand which aro as yet un- publish'ed, whence ib seems equally certain that Napoleon was not only nob a smoker but a tobacco hater. The memoirs of Bertrand, Napo- leon's secretary, were transerihed by his daughter Hortense, after- ward Mme, Amadee Shayer, and from these, as reported by word of mouth by the Abbe Saliuet, comes M. Pilon's story that Napoleon hated tobacco, Once only he tried to smoke, but scarcely had he put the amber mouthpiece of a hookah in his mouth than he threat it away in horror and disgust with the words: "Take away that filth." Napoleon then taxed tobacco. Nor did, if we may believe the same source, Napoleon ever take snuff, although we find it categori- cally asserted in most histories. He did worse, however, for he pre- tended to. Ie used to take, in or- der to alleviate a disorder of the stomach, a mixture of licorice and black sugar. This he kept in his waistcoat pocket, whence he would take a piece and lift it to his nose with the gesture of the ordinary snuff -taker and then quickly put it into his mouth, This, says the Westminster Ga- zette, is a somewhat startling vari- ation from our customary pictures of Napoleon, who is generally por- trayed as a habitual snuff -taker ; and 1L Filen himself deposes to having seen of the margins of an "Orlando Furioso," which was in the library at Longwood in St. Hel- ena, and is now at Farnborough, the yellow marks of .the imperial thumb, a. thumb yellowed by inces- sant smoking. But even this, as he pointed out, is not eoneluuaive against the non- smoking evidence, for the thumb might as well have been stained by the mixture of licorice. Whatever be their ultimate truth, the non- smoking and non -snuff taking the- ories are delightful. MORE TITAN EVER. Increased Capacity for Mental Labor. Many former tea and coffee drink- ers who have mental work to per- form, day after day, have found a better capacity and greater endur- ance by using Postum instead of tea and coffee. A Western woman writes: "I had drank coffee for about twenty years, and finally had what the doctor called "coffee heart," I was nervous and extremely de- spondent; had little mental or physical strength left, had kidney trouble and constipation." (Tea is just as harmful because it con- tains caffeine, the same drug found in coffee.) "The first noticeable benefit de- rived from the change from coffee to Postum was the natural action et the kidneys and bowels. le. two weeks my heart action wilts greatly improved and my nerves steady, "Then I became despondent, and the desire to be active again show- ed proof of renewed physical and mental strength. "I am steadily gaining in physi- cal strength and brain power. I formerly did mental -work and had to give it up on account of coffee, but since using Postum I am doing hard mental labor with less fa- tigue than ever before." Name given by Canadian Pos- tum Co., Windsor, Ont. Postum now comes in new, con- centrated form called Instant Pos- ture It is regular Postum so pro- cessed at the factory that only the soluble portions are retained, A spoonful of Instant Postum with hot water, and sugar and cream to taste, produce instantly a delicious beverage. Write for the little book, "The Road to Wellville," "There's a Reason" for Postum. New Electric Blanket. Even the most enthusiastic be- liever in porch %sleeping cannot de- ny that at least some discomfort attaches to,the habit when the tem.- peraturo is around zero. By using an electric blanket. however, the weight of the covering may be de- creased materially. Tho electric: blanket should be covered with a light -weight woollen blanket to keep in the heat. The bed may be warmed in advance by turning on the current 15 or 30 minutes before the bed is to be occupied. • 3a Over -Conscientious. Dumpleton—You're sending your daughter to a fashionable school, aren't you i Von Blumer—Yes. How does she Tike it Fairly well; but she complains that she has no time to study." It's on View. "Have you seen Mamie's engage- ment ring V' "Of eoui'se. Did you have an idea that she was making an effort to l,Ylde it l" (41 Sleep Soundly, Feel Like New" All Who Look Vigor, Those Who aro Dispirited and Worn Out, Shonld Read This Carefully. Proof That Health and Renewed Vitality Qulohiy Return When Right Remedy Is Used. "I am only thirty years old, yet for almvat two years I have solo more lime seventy-five. I have found it difficult to Bleep at night, and in Lilo morning felt eo depressed and heavy that effort was difficult. My hands were always clammy and perspiration on slight effort would break out all over me. It was not un- natural that I should begin to brood over the chance that I should bo unfit to do my work, and this dread made my 8100 - lose nights perfect misery. After repeated trials of medicines and mixtures, Dr, Hamilton's Pills gave me the first gleam of hope. From the very first I could see they were different in action from other pule. They didn't gripe and acted as na- turally as if nature and not the pills were cleansing my slogged -up system. My spirits rose. I felt much butter. The sluggish notion of the system gave way to normal activity. Dizziness and head- aches ceased, appetite, good color and ambition to work returned, and have re- mained. I am like a new man, and I thank Dr, Hamilton's Pills for it all." This was the experience of .1. E. Park- hurst, a well known grocery dealer in Jefferson. Pollow his advice, use Dr, Hamilton'e Pills for your stomach, kid- neys and liver, and you'll enjoy long life and robin good health, All dt'ug- giste and storekeepers sell Dr. Hamil- ton's Pills, 26o per box, 6 boxes for 51.00 or postpaid from Ibe Catarrhozone Co„ Buffalo, N. Y., and Kingston, Canada. 1Li.NY ROMELESS PARISIANS. Six Hundred Families Are Looking for Abodes. A soldier on guard at the Court of Honor, in the Ministry of Fi- nance, Paris, France, related his vigilance for a moment when a man entered, pushingbefore him a cart laden with the umblest of house- hold furniture. He ivas followed by a woman and three children in rags. Looking about hint, the man espied the Ministerial garage, which hap- pened to be empty. In a trice the handcart was in the garage and the furniture was being unloaded. The soldier, waking up, harried to the spot and asked what the man was doing there. "Oh, it is all right, my boy," was the reply; "it is the Minister's or- ders. Don't you worry, I am in command of operations." The soldier, only half satisfied, reported to his lieutenant, who in- formed the police commissary of the quarter. This functionary iliasten- ed to the garage and demanded an explanation. "My name is Mathard Gustave," said the man, "and I am the secre- tary of the Outer Tenants' Syndi- cate. This poor woman, with her three children, aged 6 years, 4 years, and 18 months, has jest been ejected by her landlord, Her hus- band has deserted her, she is starv- ing, and I considered it my duty to look fora shelter tui her. I found one here. It is quite simple," The commissary ofolive ordered the furniture to be teasels to a shed belonging to the Customs authori- ties, and gave the woman a small sum of money to enable her to put up at a. lodging -house until she could find someone to take her in, This is only one of many scenes which have been witnessed in the streets of Paris during the past few weeks. The uestion of the homeless poor is a burning scandal in the 18th and 20bh arrondissements. Six hundred families have been looking for lodgings since term day --the 5th of April. The chief difficulty is that landlords object to let to families with numerous children—.and this at a time when, through depopula- tion, there is such a shortage of re - emits that the Government wants to restore the three-year' service system. re In the last few years 'the increase alone in the oonsnmption o£ "SALADA" Tea amounted to 2,314,0213 pounds, or 200 carloads of Tea, Even after this enormous increase "SALADA" has had a further in- crease in the first 14 weeks of this year of a little over a quarter of a million pounds, equal to 21 car- loads. Then He 1(neti ..., First Broker—"Did you win or lose in that big drop in stock?" Second Broker (loftily)—That is. my business, sir,. Say, can you di- rect irect me to a five -cent lunch coun- ter 1" SENT SIXTY MILES FOR GIN PILLS Mr. Sid, Castleman of Larder Lake, Ont, needed Gin rills badly. He says: "Iliad been suffering some tiute with My Kidneys and Urine, The pain was something awful, and no rest at night, I heard of your Gin Pills and Sent uiy • chins 6o miles to get diem, and in less than six hours. I felt relief. Xn ,two days the pain had left Ine entirely— :led to -day X feel as well as ever". Sot, a box, six for $1.56, Sample free if you write National Drug ami Chemical Co., of Canada Zimitett, Termite, 134 A Versatile Peer. • 'lord! xiberconwvay, who moved the address in the British Honse of Lords after the opening of Parlia- ment by the King, is better known to the general public as Sir Charles Maclaren, For twenty-three years be sat in the House of Commons, and was known as a Radical of Ra - (Beals, This was in accordance with the fitness of things, for he is a nephew of John Bright, Lord Aberconway has had a most varied career. He studied • meta. physics at Edinburgh TJniveraiby, and completed his education at Bonn and Heidelberg. Ho has dabbled in journalism and practic- ed at the Bar; he has big eommer- Lord Aberconway. • sial interests in railways, collier- ies, and shipbuilding-; he is chair- man of the Metropolitan Railway Company, and derives a consider- able revenue flora• granite quarries and Welsh slates, ' ' His career has indeed been one of prolific achievement. He left a large law practice in order to de- vote himself to the development of the various companies in which he is interested as a shareholder. Lord Aberconway's -wife had the unique honor at one time of being the owner of a completely equip- ped gasworks, which the local au- thority at Prestatyn subsequently acquired. - Lord Aberconway's son has serv- ed as private secretary to 'the Chancellor, while one of his daugh- ters is married to Sir Henry* Nor- man, Lord Aberconway is honored amongst Liberals as one of the founders of the Eighty and Nation- ar`Liberal' Clubs. He is a Priv3 Councillor, and a recipient of the Japanese Order of the Sacred Trea- sure. 6' MAPLE SUGAR INDUSTRY. Farmers Are Beginning to Realize the Situation. Coaxing sugar from the, maples, one of the oldest and most ronsantlo industries of Canada,, is at the pre= sent time attracting unusual atten- tion owing to the fact that this ,pio- neer industry is undergoing this alarming shrinkage, and if tdiis shrinkage continues the distinctive occupation of syrup snaking will pass away. Authorities say the old industry will be treated by the writ- ers of the next generation as a quaint pastime of •their ancestors; it will be pictured in glowing teams by writers of rural life and scenes, instead of each year increasing in supply and quality as at valuable as. set to the food supply. However, the warning has not been unheeded. Farmers in every sap -bearing distadeb of the Domin- ion have awakened to the realiza- tion that 'the industry must be pro- tected. In this regard an organize tion has been formed, known as the Pure Maple Sugar and Syrup Co- operative Agricultural Association for the purpose of encouraging the cultivation and the preservation of of maple orchards. One of the ob- jects of the organization is to ask the various .governments to instruct the agricultural classes in the way of improving the quality of their output of maria products, fend .to have yearly exhibitions of the pro- ducts to show the consumers the difference in the goods, from the ways of producing, and giving prizes to competitors and exhibi- tors. "From 1850 to 1860 there was pro- dnecd 135,4)00,000 pounds; from 1860 to 1870, it had risen to 175,- 000,000 pounds; from 1870 to 1900. to 212,000,000 pounds, and from 1900 to 1910 ib showed a decrease of 16,000,000," *says Mr, J. M. Grimm, "This deorease is wholly due. to adulteration,, She sugar industry is no get -rich -quick scheme. There are 55,000 producers of maple pro- duets in Canada, and this great in- dustry is threatened with extinction because farm,oti's fail to protect the maple products adequately, from sdulteration. The reecip1S from the maple industry provided money for the farmers at a time when there was no other source of rave-. nue. 'Consequently, the 'far-seeing Canadian farmer realized that some measure must be adopted in regard to adulteration in ardor to 00011805 ,the profit on genuine products," NEWS OF-TIIE MIDDI , . WEST BETWEEv ONTARIO AND Bial. P1511 COL UABM Itouns .From Provinces Where Many Ontario Bile and Girls Are "making Good." A bridge is to be built over the Waterton River this sumanor. • Now and, up-to-date . telephone offices ,are to be erected at Dan- phin, In Brandon's public sohools there are 208 students taking manual training. Tho C.P.R. proposes to spend ap- proximately $1,000,000 at Moose Jaw during 1913. The Provincial Government have decided to make Dauphin a judicial centro with a resident judge. The Dominion Government has granted the sum of $8,500 for an armory to be built at Qu-Appelle. A militia order authorizes the for'mati'on of a squadron of cavalry, with headquarters at Wetaskiwin. The Dominion Express Company have decided to locate their head office for Saskatchewan in Moose Jaw. The Royal Bank has taken out plans for a new building to cost be- tween; $80,000 and $100,000 at Moose law, James Paul, an Indian, was given three months imprisonment for in- fraotion of the Indian Act at Cal- gary. al- gary - Steel on the G.D.P. has reached the Bow River, and the new line will be across the Bow bridge in about six weeks. • The Brandon Wire and Stamp Co., one of the city's new indus- tries, will in the course of the next few weeks commenoe operations, Medicine Hat is 'to have an up-to- date automathio telephone service as soon asthe building can, be erected and the equipment install- ed. Money in large amounts for in- vestment purposes is now coming into Cardston, and the present year is likely to be the busiest in the town's history. After a bitter fight, with almost. 6,000 votes polled, Edanonton rate- payers turned drown a proposal to buy a civic centre for $2,700,000, by a majority of 443. A search of Western Canadian provinces for a son who has not been heard of for six years is being made by Mrs. Anna Zookowaki, of Warsaw, Russia, Among the many improvements to be made in the G.T.P, resort at Minaki this summer will bo the erection by the oompany of a $100,- 000 hotel close to the depot, Announcement is made of the in- tention of the Provincial Govern- ment to erect a new Government House in Regina, work to com- mence during the coming spring. • The annual seed grain fair held by the, Yorkbon. Agricultural Soci- ety has just passed. The Govern- ment judge said that Yorkton had the hest wheat in Saskatchewan. NEVER ANY FAILURE OR DISAPPOINTMENT WHEN ow E.R 1S USED: CONTAINS NOALUM. COSTS NO MORE THAN THE ORDINARY KINDS. itilAIDE IN CANADA The. Railways and Commerce Committee of the Saskatoon City Council .has been instructed to in- vestigate the possibilities of opening an Industrial Iiall as established at Winnipeg, • • A new vaudeville and moving pic- ture theatre is to be erected at Medicine Hab. 1t will be four stor- eys high and, when completed, one of the handsomest buildings in the city. A fatal accident betel a Chinese restauranteur at Saskatoon, when in crossing the tracks at the C.N.R. subway, now under construction, he was struck by a train and had both legs cut off. Helen—Weren't you and Hazel talking for 'about three hour's? Marion—Yes; I was telling her how my little hat is trimined. NAPIER MOTOR CAR For Sale at a Sacrifice ABEAUTIFUL 7 -passenger six -cylinder imported car in splendid shape. Price, $1200.00 RUSSELL MOTOR CAR COMPANY, LIMITED. 9011 Rlahmond St. West, TORONTO Long Distance Phone, MAIN 2072 GTI• o2 uNIONEEURIT ES CORPORATION LIMITED ESTABLISHED 1901 HEAD OFFICE: 26 KING ST. EAST, TORONTO MONTREAL LONDON, E.G., ENG. THE WILLIAM DAViES COMPANY, LIMITED $25,000. 6% First Mortgage Sinking Fund Gold Bonds, Due 1st July, 1926, Interest payable 1st January and July, Principal and Interest payable at The Canadian Bank of Commerce,' Toronto, Montreal and London, England. Redeemable as a whole at 105 and accrued interest on any interest date after July Jst, 1914, on ,sixty days' prior notice, or annually for Sinking Fund drawings, beginning July 1st, 1,912, Denominations; $100, $500 and $1,000, with sterling equivalents. * The Bonds are issued in coupon form with privilege of registration of principal and in fully registered form. Trustee: National Trust Company, Limited, Toronto. Legal opinion of Messrs. Blake, Lash, Anglin fT Cassels, Toronto. ASSETS (Appraisal made 1911) Packing Houses at Toronto, Montreal and Harris" ton (includingSites and Equipment) $1,077,919 Real Estate, and uildings owned by Company, . 535,375 Retail Store Equipment 64,00.0 Investments 360,154 Current Assets .. 1,320,471 $3,357,919 Average annual net earnings for past three years, over 350,000 Or about four tittles the amount required for interest on bonds outstanding. The William Davies Company, Limited, established in 1853, 1s et present the largest packing house in the British Dominions, It owns barge and modernly equipped packing house in Toronto and Montreal, nod 75 retail stores strategically located in the cities of -Toronto and Montreal' and the following points throughout Ontario : Oshawa, London East, Kingston, St, Catharines, Brantford, Collingwood, Belleville, Galt, Brockville, Woodstock, London, Si, Thomas, through which distribution of its products is made. The Company Is actively fepresonted in every Province in Canada, and 115 products are found in wholesale and retail houses from the Atlantic to the Pacific. it also maintains agencies in Great Britain. Special circular on request, Price: 102 and interest, to yield 518% GENADIANGOVERNMENATINICIPAL AND c i4P0I 'xor BONDIS BRITAIN IS MORE SOBER SIX niJLLTO XS CUT 711031 YJi.l R' S D lti I S BILL. - Tho Total Still Conies Pretty Neer Billion Iliark for Twelve mouths, Great Britain is steadily --or pretty steadily—growing more so- ber, but the stun that the nation spends on drink etillisanastounding one. That is the gist of an uneonr- monly interesting survey of the sit- uation by George B. Wilson, secre- tary of the United Kingdom Al- liance, who also points out how the brewers of Great Britain have pushed off on the consumer all the extra taxation which they incurred under Lloyd -George's famous Bud- get, and a huge sum besides, writes a London correspondent. According to Wilson, the sum spent on intoxioants,in the United Kingdom in 1912 was $807,766,500, representing a decrease of $6,219,- 450 as compared with 1911, and that notwithstanding the abounding prosperity of the country. This might be thought only a wave con- sidering that, in the preceding two years, the nation's drink bill went up, but the figures, going back to 1874, demoestrate clearly that tem- perance really is on the increase in these islands. To -day it appears, the consump- tion, per Bead, of the population, reduced to terms of gallons in re- gard to beer, and pints in regard to spirits, is as -follows: Boer, 27.36 gallons; spirits, 5.44 pints; wine, two pints. This is a high enough rate, but in 1899, the figures were: Beer, gallons 32.40; spirits, pinta eight; wine, pinta, 3.28, and in 1874, beer, 33.84; spirits, 10; wine, pinta, 4.24. The average expenditure per Bead for liquor in 1912, was 817.50, and per family of five, $88.50, as compared with $18 per head, and, roughly, $90 per family in 1911. The compiler of this astonishing report shows that Great Britain's drink bill of nearly $808,000,000 is half as large again as the receipts of British railways, and a quarter as large again as the annual value of all private dwellings inGreatBri- tain, It makes the sums that the United Kingdom spends on its army and navy seem insignificant, these being respectively,for the land forces, $138,245,000 and for the navy, $214,490,000. When Lloyd -George put the screws on the members of .the Bri- tish'Beerage by means of increased taxation, there was loud squealing and most folk concluded that the brewers were doomed to the work- house, but Wilson's report shows that the men of malt have made the consumer -bear their added burdens, and mulcted him of a pretty penny in addition. They have done this by the simply expedient of charging money for water. Says Wilson : "During the financial year ended on March 31, 1000, for every 1,000 barrels on which beer duty was paid the brewers produced 1,006 bulk barrels, but immediately the war tax of one shilling per barrel was imposed 3n 1900 the gravity was lowered, and in that financial year the 1,000 standard barrels repre- sented 1,023 bulk barrels, and the following year 1,035 bulk barrels, and by the year 1908-9 the ratio had risen from 1,000 to 1,046. In the following year when the brewers' license duty, amounting to about three pence a barrel, was imposed, the gravity was again immediately' lowered and the year 1909-10 show- ed 1,000 standard barrels produeing 1,058 bulk barrels. This lowering of gravity during the period has ena- bled the brewers to produce, free of duty, in England and Wales over 13,000,000 more barrels of beer than they could have produced out of the same materials if the gravity of 1899-1900 had been maintained, and the retail price obtained •from the public for this quantity was well over £30,000,000. The additional beer duty and brewers' license duty, on the other hand, did not daring the twelve years exceed :$19,000,000, leaving a large balance to the credit of additional taxation aeoount in the books of the licensed trade. As chance has it, this report is published simultaneously with one of an inquiry into the diet of the workers of Glasgow, and a compar- ison of the two gives one furiously to think. The Glasgow report shows that the most skilful man— ager cannot feed a family whose in- come is under $5 a week; according-, ly economists are asking,. how can it be fed when moot housewives are far from skillful, and the average £amity, many of which aro not in re- eaipt of more than $5 per week, spends nearly $90 a year on alcohol. Not Disgraceful. "I wouldn't associate with him, Iunderstand he's served a term in prison." "That's true, hilt ib was for an offence involving 'a million dollars !or more; nothing really disgrace - 1111, you know," Anywaythe sign of old ago' is never a forgery,