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The Brussels Post, 1912-10-17, Page 2ROTHSCHILD'S COUP RETOLD FAMOUS INCIDENT OF WATER- LOO RECAT,T,ED, Pala $400 For a Channel Fare, But Won a Cool $5,000,000 By It. In commemoration of the centen- ary of the death of !Maier Amschel Rothschild, the founder of the for- tunes of the great financial house that still bears his name, Herr Ig- naz Balla has written a book en- titled "The Rothschilds," which gives a graphic account of Nathan Rothschild's famous coup at Water- loo. Nathan Rothschild, the London representative of "the five Frank- forters," rendered the cause of the Allies invaluable services during the Hundred Days, and had amass- ed huge profits for the Frankfort firm. But Napoleon's dramatic re- turn from Elba confronted him with the prospect of losses no less enor- mous, and there were rumors that even the Rothschilds, whose credit even then was looked upon as firm- ly established, would not be able tin weather the storm if the war were to go against them, So far ae Nathan was concerned, it is a fact that he stood to lose every penny he possessed. In a fe- ver of apprehension he hurried across the Channel to follow Wel- lington's army. When, on the edge of the forest of Soignee, he found all the preparations for A PITCHED BATTLE, he could no longer master his ex- citement, and, though essentially a Te F Gr. d Tells Its Own Story It's one dish that a good many thousand people rel- ish greatly for breakfast. lunch or supper. Post Toasts: s Crisped wafers of' toast- ed Indian Corn -a dainty and most delightful dish. Try with cream and sugar. The Memory Lingers' cane/San Pest= Oerael Co., Ltd 'Wfudsor, Ontario man of peace, he took up betimes e, position in the field whence, with every nerve tingling, he could watch the issue of the day. Lang before Napoleon had called upon the Old Guard to make their last desperate attempt to break -the British lines, the financier was in full retreat. He had seen enough to convince. him that the fate of the First Empire was decided, and his nerve was restored. Riding post haste to Brussels, he, set off for Os- tend. He now had a campaign of his own to attend to. Here the fortune of war seemed to have declared against him, for it was blowing a full gale in the Channel, and not a skipper would put out. In vain he offered $100, $160, even $200. Nota man held his life so cheaply. In the end the young master of a smack came for- ward and offered to attempt the passage on condition that hie fare paid 9400 to his wife before they started. The financier gladly clinched the bargain. He reached Dover half drowned after a terrible crossing, and rewarded the plucky skipper handsomely. From Dover he post- ed to town without a minute's de- lay. Early on the following morning he was at his accustomed place, leaning against a pillar on Change. HIS FACE DEATHLY PALE; he looked like a man who had aged ten years in a single night. The tension in the city was very high that morning. Even iron nerves were beginning to feel the strain, for every kind of ugly rumor was on the wing. Reports that Blu- cher had been disastrously defeated and that Wellington himself was in full retreat passed from mouth to mouth. A sudden wave of panic swept over the house. Not even the sound- est securities were proof against the general sense of alarm and un- certainty. They were caught and swept away in the current. The pale faeed man, propped up against his pillar was an object of sympathy to every one who could spare him a thought. He was watch- ing, they imagined, the crumbling of the fortunes of his house. What lie was watching was his confiden- tial agents acting under secret in- structions, buying up sound securi- ties at panic prices. On the following morning the offi- eial news came through of Blu- oller's success at Ligny and of the crowning victory at Waterloo. Prices rose as rapidly at the open- ing of the markets as they had fall- en on the previous day. The battle of Waterloo, it is estimated, was worth over a million sterling to Na- than Rothschild, so whatever his fare for the Channel crossing may have cost him it was cheep at the price. NOT AFRAID 01? li.LISER. Pilot Refuses to Take Orders From Emperor When on Bridge. A member of the German Yacht Club is responsible for the follow- ing story: One day when. the Hohenzollern was entering a Norwegian port the Kaiser, impatient at the ship's slow progress, himself rang the engine - room telegraph bell and ordered in- creased speed. To his stupefectie,n the pilot, ien old Norwegian named iordllnns, jumped to, the telephone and Pallid to the engineers to take no notke of, the signal, but to slow down again. The Emperor, after a glance at the man who dared to speak thus in his presence, ordered the pilot to go and put himself under arrest; but the old man, without moving an eyebrow, replied: "I shall not leave this spot. The ship is under my direction and no- body, not even an emperor, is go- ing to give me any orders," The officers present, knowing that the pilot had maritime law on his side, looked on in silence and were surprised to see the Emperor quit the bridge and leave the pilot in charge of the ship's navigation. On the following day his mood passed and he decorated the old sailor, at the same time appointing him his official pilot in Norwegian waters. TORONTO CORRESPONDENCE CNTERESTINO GOSSIP FROM ONTARIO'S CAPITAL. Hon. Mr, Borden's Visit -7110 St. Clair Case -Pram Baseball to Rugby - Tho Senate Vacancies. Toronto has appreciated recent visits from both the Federal politioal leader's. The reception to Mr. Borders was unique. There has never boon anything like it in Canada. Seven thousand people at a banquet, Afteon hundred of them diners, is a record, the size of which may ba ap. predated when it is pointed out that Massey Ball will accommodate less than 4,000 people, and that the largest dining room in Toronto will nos neat more than 400 bauquotters. The non-partisan eharao- ter of the event has occasioned much fav- orable avorable comment. Kir Wilfrid Laurier, on the otbor hand, has, during his tour, made no public ap•' pearanre in Toronto though he has, in pausing from ono point to another, spent a day or two privately with friends hero. No doubt had he so chosen, he could have had a rousing meeting here, but he has had rousing meetings in Toronto before, only to see the Conservative majorities grow higher than over on polling day. Apart from polities altogether it is doubt- ful if Toronto has ever fully appreciated or understood Sir Wilfrid. And it is equally true that Sir Wilfrid has never uaderstood Toronto. A gentleman who was with Sir Wilfrid in Quebec on the evening of September 81, 1911, recalls that when among the first returns to come in were the stupendous Toronto majorities, Sir Wilfrid quizzically remarked, "Your city does not seem to like roaiproolty. Whether it is Toronto's ultra Protest- antism, or its ultra Imperialism, or its ultra protectionism. or whether, as some Say, it is that Sir Wilfrid has been poorly advised to matters relating to Toronto polities, the fact is that there has been less Rympathy between the former Pre- mier and the city of ,,,,TToronto than gee - orally exists between aVy political leader and a similar center of population. 'though that does not mean that he has not just as many warm personal admirers here as he has anywhere. The Provincial bye -elections in 'East Middlesex and in North Waterloo are arousing some interest. Not that the re- sult will have any appreciable effect on a Legislature that is preponderatingly one. sided, but there is curiosity to know what success Mr. Rowell is meeting with in building up an organization, and more especially what oifeot his abolition, of the bar platform is having in the country. As this is the first test of strength since hie pronouncement, those specially in• terested in that issue will await the re. suit of the polls with interest. North Waterloo is not exactly a favorable con- stituency for the nurturing of such a polioy and no doubt Mr. Rowell himself appreciates the humor in the fact that it, of all oonstituenoiom, should be the one first opened by the government. East Middlesex may offer a different field. A JUDGE DRAWS FIRE. Judge J. H. Denton has drawn fire for his decision in the Rev. R. B. St. Glair case, which is a now sensation for him. Ms is not the kind of a personality that thrives on publicity. Judge Denton found St. 011air guilty of oiroulating obscene literature, though he suspended sentence. At the same time he declared that what Mr. St, Olair had writ- ten was a substantially correct report of what had taken place at the burlesque theatre. Now the friends of Mr. St. Glair complain that the judge would not admit edvepdarei attowtard attitudeeaotrethoer aliets the general reputation of the place itself +on the ground, no doubt, that neither the theatre nor rho police department was on trial. He could dispose only of the charge that had been laid. At the same time the anomaly of the situation is apparent. If Rev. Mr. St Clair committed crime by circulating the re- port of what took plane on the stage the speaking and meting of that performance must surely in itself have been a crime And it is from this point of view that the polios criticize the judgment. They main. tain that Mr. St Clair's report was a grossly exaggerated piece of literature. Judge Denton is naturally one of the most fair-minded mem one could meet and to do anyone an injustice would doubtless grieve him exceedingly. Re is the type of a judge who leans to humane- ness rather than severity. By a frank statement of their circumstances and a Bincsra confession of a desire to. do bet. ter more than one prisoner coming before him for sentence has escaped with a shortened term. Another judge who is said to be sensitive to criticism is Judge Winchester, who has been prominent in many civic investiga. tions. lie has been the victim oPersist• ant attacks on the part of a loom week- ly publication. That these attacks are said to be inspired by one who not long ago was himself under investigation by the judge himself does not altogether re. move their sting. RIMED/ TO THE FRONT. In sports the scene has changed with lightning rapidity. Yesterday wo were hailing the winning of a baseball pan - ant. To -day we are cheering like mad for a "touch down." In Toronto the Varsity Rugby team again holds the centre of the stage by reason of the fact that they promise to maintain the quality of play set in re- cent years by their predecessors. Goner - ally speaking there is no great enthusi- asm in tbo city proper for things connect- ed with the University, and if there was a chance for a oity team to beat Varsity on its merits that team would be regarded as the greatest bunch of heroes the town has seen in a dog's age. But with Var- sity setting its present pace, such a feat is an impossible one. In the first place, there is no city organization that can command a tenth of the enthusiasm and esprit de corps of Varsity. rho Argonaut Club, with its long honorable record, has something of rho spirit, but not much in comparison. Other olubs are organized, perhaps get together a team of stars and make a dash in the pan for a year or two and then pass into limbo. Not so at Varsity. The organization there is per- manent and there are always tan condi. dates of brawn and muscle, and at the right age, for each place that is vacant. Besides, even given enthusiasm and candidates, no city club can got the praa• ties Varsity indulges in, It is not pos. Bible for their membors to get off in the afternoons, and it is dark by six 'cloak. Electric light praotioes at fright are a poor •substitute. On the whole it looks as though history in the United States would be repeated, and that only Intercollegiate Rugby would survive eventually. Under the handicaps it is surprising that city football has survived as long and as well as it has. THE SENATE VACANCII';s. • POINTED PARAGRAPHS. The smaller the man the bigger the boast. A kicker seldom makes good in a business of his own. Only the office without a salary has to seek the man. In the language of lovers, kisses speak louder than words. There is always a big demand for a thing that cannot be had. There are more brands of cussed- ness than there are brands of reli- gion, Anyway, a married man never has to waste any time in making up his mind. It takes a brave man to face a little woman at the head of the steins at two a.m. Some women are so changeable that they never wear the same com- plexion twice. The wise wife never sings for her husband as a means of trying to keep him home evenings. • Most people are anxious to get away from the noise when a man begins to blow his own horn. Sometimes a man who claimers for people to patronize home indus- try marries a girl from another town. Next to running the government as it ought to be run. a man is sel- dom sure what he could do best. Perhaps a man can't be married against his will, but many a poor man discovers later than he was married against his better judg- ment. I• THE REAL REASON. Householder - "Chat furnace ;elft mended properly. It smokes all the time," Workman --"Did you light a fire in it?" Helisohiildcr.--'tOf course I did." Workman --"A h, that's what done /,Mttpfi t A', 7r LOOK FOR, i/__. PACP ACS BE CAREFUL -Ira SL_ THAT LABEL ON, PAC ` GE IS F2. Tib OTHER COLO ,1 EVER USEDOM LVAST Rf��WBER TME COLOR SLUE. G ILLrTT al LTD. ST EitiEs TORONTO •-- ON T. yew,»Y- 1101111TT COMPANY 1IMl1El iNN,PQR O NTO,1-Mc ,:4 � and J. R. herr. While to the East of Toronto there are eleven, including Sena- tors Reith, Bowmanville; Belcourt, Ot- tawa; Sir Mackenzie Rowell, Belleville; Derbyshire, RroalavIlle; Edwards, Ottawa; Frost, Smiths' Fails; Mallugh, Lindsay; McLaren, Perth; McMillan, Alexandria; Sir R. W. Scott, Ottawa; Taylor, Gan- anoque. It may be noted in passing that of the Ontario representation in the Senate of twenty years ago only three survive, namely, Senators McLaren, McMillan and Sir R. W. Scott. 3' WHY MILK CURDLES. Every one knows that milk has a tendency to curdle during thunder- storms, and that meat seems to spoil more quickly at such times. Monsieur Trillat of the Pasteur In- stitute has discovered the cause of these changes. The results of his experiments prove that electrical fields have no..effect either upon milk or upon meat, but that in con- sequence of the lowering of atmos- pheric tensoin that follows a thun- derstorm, there is an emanation of gases from the soil that stimulates the decomposition of organic sub stances and the growth of putrefac- tive microbes. He suggests that this may explain the sudden change for the worse in extensive wounds that often occurs with a low baro- meter, and the rapid increase in epidemic diseases under the same conditons. The death of Sir Richard Cartwright leaves three vacancies in the Senate to be filled from Ontario and politicians aro Speculating as to who will get the plums. Termite men would not seem to stand much chance, as none of the vaaannfes have occurred in this district, but stranger things have happened than that one of the seats should Pall among the numerous party stalwarts here, Besides Sir Oartwright'a sed the other vaeanoics are those caused by the death of Senator Wilson and the disqualification by non•attenilanee of Senator Snliivan of Kingston. Among the namea that have been mentioned ua possible 011000seors to Senator Sullivan aro Mr. Denis Murphy, ox•M.P.1., of Ottawa, at present a mom. bar of the Tomisltaming and Northern On. tario Commission; Mr, Georg.°. Gordon, ek-M,P. for Nipissing, who resigned hie seat for Iron Frank Goohranc, and Mr, Thomas nirkett, ox-M,P. for Ottawa. ear Western Ontarto a name fraquontly mentioned is that of Mr. W. S. Dingman, proprietor of the Stratford Eerald, an ex. Mayor.of Stratford and a pant president of the Catttdian Prams Aaaoointion. It .is pointed out that of the present Ontario representation in the Senate only four reside womt. of Toronto, ;lamely, Senators. Coffey, London; 51550n, Bralnavillol Mc- Mullen, Mount 1'oroat, and nate, 'Parkh 11, There aro six residing in Toronto, Pena. it, you may .depend." W. noose, nen. ett,, Jaffray, Sit L OXmi, Joni; LUXURY IN TURKISH JAIL. • Djavid Bey, ex -Finance Minister, Enjoys Life of Royalty. Luxury in jail is not unknown, but it pales before the luxuries of prison life in Constantinople. A European newspaper corres- pondent recently visited the impri- soned mprisoned Djavid Bey, ex -Minister of Finance. After signing the visitor's beck he was ushered into a magni- ficently furnished room where the governor and several attendants' were receiving the prisoner's guests. A large table in the centre of the room was laden with cakes and Ori- ental sweetmeats, and coffee was being headed round by uniformed servants. Djavid Bey was delivering a poli- tical speech at the far end of the apartment. He concluded amid rounds of applause from his fellow prisoners and then welcomed the correspondent. Together they made a lour of in- spection of the sumptuous house of detention, where the prisoners' rooms are decorated every day with fresh cut flowers and where the sen - tries are expected by the governor to wait on tbo prisoners. When the correspondent was about to leave, Djavid Bey said, "I will accompany you on your way." The prison doors were opened to him without the slightest demur, and half an hour later the ex -Minister bade the correspondent farewell, saying that it was too cold to stay out late and that he was "returning home," OLD NEWSPAPERS IN DEMAND China Lnports Many Tons for Wall Paper and Wnistooats. The Chinese are the greatest con - sinners of old newspapers in the world. The official returns of the Custom House at Newchwang state that that port alone in 1911 received 1,918 tone of old European news- papers, valued at $72,500. The foot is the middle class Chi - meso prefer newspapers to the na- tive variety as a covering for their walls. It has a greater power of resistance and affords a more effec- tive barrier to the invasions of the vermin that plague Chinese houses. Moreover, the natives are experts at eliding out of the newspapers waistcoats which they wear next to the skin. These paper waistcoats are said to be the best possible pro- tection against a sudden cold snap. 6 About the first thing a child learns after it begins to sit up and take notice is that mother's people are far superior to father's. Specially Selected SASKATCHEWAN VALLEY FARM LANDS From the Land Grant of the Canadian Northern Railway Ail clean, open lend, good soil and arable by traction plow. Sale ,subject to in- spection of property, with special rate of transporta- tion. 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The death has 000urred of Mr. Matthew Leitch, who for 18 years was a member of Dunfermline Town Couneil, There is a, propossal on foot to pro- vide cottage dwellings for workmen of the Tramway Department of Glasgow. A labor exchange lies been open- ed at Hamilton by Provost Smellie. It occupies a central site at Hamije tan, New Cross. The expenditure of the Glasgow Corporation Cleansing Department was last year $698,660, which was $3,685 more than the estimate. Harry Thomson, spirit merchant, was fined 20 shillings at the Mother-. well Police Court for allowing an infant in arms to be in his public house.. Proposals for the establishment of a botanic garden at Andgoil and a public park at Balloch, have been remitted by the corporation for consideration. The death has occurred of Mr. Robert Carson at Victoria Street, Newton -Stewart, solicitor and town clerk of the burgh. Mr. H. M. Liddell, who has been headmaster of Channelkirk Publio School, Berwickshire, for 46 years, has now retired. The Ayer Corporation tramways have had a record year, the revenue being $78,760. This shows an in- crease of $1,295 over last year. The Prime Minister, along with his wife and family, are at present staying at Overstep, Dornoeh, with Mr. and Mrs. McKenna, for golf. An old woman of eighty, named Johanna McLean, was found dead at her home at Hillfoot Street,Dun- oon, having been dead seevral days. The Airdrie Town Council have decided to raise the price of gas from 2s 6d of 2s 9d per 1,000 cubic feet owing Ito increased price of coal. Heavy seas have been experi- enced et Buckie, the water coming over the north pier• in cataracts and carrying away part of Commercial Road. A memorial cross hes been Greet- ed at Callander to the memory of the late Mr. Donald McMartin, who wa.s head -Ines -ter in Crieff Peblio School for nearly 40 years. Miss Balfour, sister of the ex - Prime Minister, opened a new home _ at Tynepark, Haddington, under the auspices of the Church of Soot- land Social Work Committee. 4, GERMANS EATING DOG MEA'.*. High Prices of Beef Force Poor to Resort to It. The Frankfort Gazette, of Berlin, Germany, calls attention to the fact that 69,400 metric pounds of dog meat were sent out by Saxony slaughter houses in the year 1911. This represented only a small pro- portion of the dogs butchered, as the majority ware killed privately. The paper adds: "Dog meat is eaten only in the big cities, bub in the agricultural districts cats also are eaten more then formerly, With the present. prices everything that is meat goes into the kettles of poor families." The consumption of horse meat and dog meat has increased enor- mously in Dresden, but the per cap-• iia consumption of ,neat is decreas- ing, and was 400 gri manes leas in July, 1912, than in the same mental of 1911. The consumption of beer is also failing off, - STOLE MONEY TO STUDY. Nhteteon-Year-Old Clerk's ingeni' sus Method of Stealing. George Beavis, nineteen, clerk, formerly ie. the service of 1Vlessrs,. Blyth and Co., Australian m.ar- °limits, of Great Wincheater Street, London, England, was charged at Guildhall on remand with stealing moneysgiver; to him to pay for cablegrams. Tnspeotol' McLean said the aecue- ad mutilated cablegrams in order to put money in his pocket, and when letters of complaint were received. from Australia he haat been in the habit of opening them, and if they 'complained of non -receipt he re- moved those portions with a cheini- cal and retyped the letters, 00 as to shield Ms guilt. 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In commemoration of the centen- ary of the death of !Maier Amschel Rothschild, the founder of the for- tunes of the great financial house that still bears his name, Herr Ig- naz Balla has written a book en- titled "The Rothschilds," which gives a graphic account of Nathan Rothschild's famous coup at Water- loo. Nathan Rothschild, the London representative of "the five Frank- forters," rendered the cause of the Allies invaluable services during the Hundred Days, and had amass- ed huge profits for the Frankfort firm. But Napoleon's dramatic re- turn from Elba confronted him with the prospect of losses no less enor- mous, and there were rumors that even the Rothschilds, whose credit even then was looked upon as firm- ly established, would not be able tin weather the storm if the war were to go against them, So far ae Nathan was concerned, it is a fact that he stood to lose every penny he possessed. In a fe- ver of apprehension he hurried across the Channel to follow Wel- lington's army. When, on the edge of the forest of Soignee, he found all the preparations for A PITCHED BATTLE, he could no longer master his ex- citement, and, though essentially a Te F Gr. d Tells Its Own Story It's one dish that a good many thousand people rel- ish greatly for breakfast. lunch or supper. Post Toasts: s Crisped wafers of' toast- ed Indian Corn -a dainty and most delightful dish. Try with cream and sugar. The Memory Lingers' cane/San Pest= Oerael Co., Ltd 'Wfudsor, Ontario man of peace, he took up betimes e, position in the field whence, with every nerve tingling, he could watch the issue of the day. Lang before Napoleon had called upon the Old Guard to make their last desperate attempt to break -the British lines, the financier was in full retreat. He had seen enough to convince. him that the fate of the First Empire was decided, and his nerve was restored. Riding post haste to Brussels, he, set off for Os- tend. He now had a campaign of his own to attend to. Here the fortune of war seemed to have declared against him, for it was blowing a full gale in the Channel, and not a skipper would put out. In vain he offered $100, $160, even $200. Nota man held his life so cheaply. In the end the young master of a smack came for- ward and offered to attempt the passage on condition that hie fare paid 9400 to his wife before they started. The financier gladly clinched the bargain. He reached Dover half drowned after a terrible crossing, and rewarded the plucky skipper handsomely. From Dover he post- ed to town without a minute's de- lay. Early on the following morning he was at his accustomed place, leaning against a pillar on Change. HIS FACE DEATHLY PALE; he looked like a man who had aged ten years in a single night. The tension in the city was very high that morning. Even iron nerves were beginning to feel the strain, for every kind of ugly rumor was on the wing. Reports that Blu- cher had been disastrously defeated and that Wellington himself was in full retreat passed from mouth to mouth. A sudden wave of panic swept over the house. Not even the sound- est securities were proof against the general sense of alarm and un- certainty. They were caught and swept away in the current. The pale faeed man, propped up against his pillar was an object of sympathy to every one who could spare him a thought. He was watch- ing, they imagined, the crumbling of the fortunes of his house. What lie was watching was his confiden- tial agents acting under secret in- structions, buying up sound securi- ties at panic prices. On the following morning the offi- eial news came through of Blu- oller's success at Ligny and of the crowning victory at Waterloo. Prices rose as rapidly at the open- ing of the markets as they had fall- en on the previous day. The battle of Waterloo, it is estimated, was worth over a million sterling to Na- than Rothschild, so whatever his fare for the Channel crossing may have cost him it was cheep at the price. NOT AFRAID 01? li.LISER. Pilot Refuses to Take Orders From Emperor When on Bridge. A member of the German Yacht Club is responsible for the follow- ing story: One day when. the Hohenzollern was entering a Norwegian port the Kaiser, impatient at the ship's slow progress, himself rang the engine - room telegraph bell and ordered in- creased speed. To his stupefectie,n the pilot, ien old Norwegian named iordllnns, jumped to, the telephone and Pallid to the engineers to take no notke of, the signal, but to slow down again. The Emperor, after a glance at the man who dared to speak thus in his presence, ordered the pilot to go and put himself under arrest; but the old man, without moving an eyebrow, replied: "I shall not leave this spot. The ship is under my direction and no- body, not even an emperor, is go- ing to give me any orders," The officers present, knowing that the pilot had maritime law on his side, looked on in silence and were surprised to see the Emperor quit the bridge and leave the pilot in charge of the ship's navigation. On the following day his mood passed and he decorated the old sailor, at the same time appointing him his official pilot in Norwegian waters. TORONTO CORRESPONDENCE CNTERESTINO GOSSIP FROM ONTARIO'S CAPITAL. Hon. Mr, Borden's Visit -7110 St. Clair Case -Pram Baseball to Rugby - Tho Senate Vacancies. Toronto has appreciated recent visits from both the Federal politioal leader's. The reception to Mr. Borders was unique. There has never boon anything like it in Canada. Seven thousand people at a banquet, Afteon hundred of them diners, is a record, the size of which may ba ap. predated when it is pointed out that Massey Ball will accommodate less than 4,000 people, and that the largest dining room in Toronto will nos neat more than 400 bauquotters. The non-partisan eharao- ter of the event has occasioned much fav- orable avorable comment. Kir Wilfrid Laurier, on the otbor hand, has, during his tour, made no public ap•' pearanre in Toronto though he has, in pausing from ono point to another, spent a day or two privately with friends hero. No doubt had he so chosen, he could have had a rousing meeting here, but he has had rousing meetings in Toronto before, only to see the Conservative majorities grow higher than over on polling day. Apart from polities altogether it is doubt- ful if Toronto has ever fully appreciated or understood Sir Wilfrid. And it is equally true that Sir Wilfrid has never uaderstood Toronto. A gentleman who was with Sir Wilfrid in Quebec on the evening of September 81, 1911, recalls that when among the first returns to come in were the stupendous Toronto majorities, Sir Wilfrid quizzically remarked, "Your city does not seem to like roaiproolty. Whether it is Toronto's ultra Protest- antism, or its ultra Imperialism, or its ultra protectionism. or whether, as some Say, it is that Sir Wilfrid has been poorly advised to matters relating to Toronto polities, the fact is that there has been less Rympathy between the former Pre- mier and the city of ,,,,TToronto than gee - orally exists between aVy political leader and a similar center of population. 'though that does not mean that he has not just as many warm personal admirers here as he has anywhere. The Provincial bye -elections in 'East Middlesex and in North Waterloo are arousing some interest. Not that the re- sult will have any appreciable effect on a Legislature that is preponderatingly one. sided, but there is curiosity to know what success Mr. Rowell is meeting with in building up an organization, and more especially what oifeot his abolition, of the bar platform is having in the country. As this is the first test of strength since hie pronouncement, those specially in• terested in that issue will await the re. suit of the polls with interest. North Waterloo is not exactly a favorable con- stituency for the nurturing of such a polioy and no doubt Mr. Rowell himself appreciates the humor in the fact that it, of all oonstituenoiom, should be the one first opened by the government. East Middlesex may offer a different field. A JUDGE DRAWS FIRE. Judge J. H. Denton has drawn fire for his decision in the Rev. R. B. St. Glair case, which is a now sensation for him. Ms is not the kind of a personality that thrives on publicity. Judge Denton found St. 011air guilty of oiroulating obscene literature, though he suspended sentence. At the same time he declared that what Mr. St, Olair had writ- ten was a substantially correct report of what had taken place at the burlesque theatre. Now the friends of Mr. St. Glair complain that the judge would not admit edvepdarei attowtard attitudeeaotrethoer aliets the general reputation of the place itself +on the ground, no doubt, that neither the theatre nor rho police department was on trial. He could dispose only of the charge that had been laid. At the same time the anomaly of the situation is apparent. If Rev. Mr. St Clair committed crime by circulating the re- port of what took plane on the stage the speaking and meting of that performance must surely in itself have been a crime And it is from this point of view that the polios criticize the judgment. They main. tain that Mr. St Clair's report was a grossly exaggerated piece of literature. Judge Denton is naturally one of the most fair-minded mem one could meet and to do anyone an injustice would doubtless grieve him exceedingly. Re is the type of a judge who leans to humane- ness rather than severity. By a frank statement of their circumstances and a Bincsra confession of a desire to. do bet. ter more than one prisoner coming before him for sentence has escaped with a shortened term. Another judge who is said to be sensitive to criticism is Judge Winchester, who has been prominent in many civic investiga. tions. lie has been the victim oPersist• ant attacks on the part of a loom week- ly publication. That these attacks are said to be inspired by one who not long ago was himself under investigation by the judge himself does not altogether re. move their sting. RIMED/ TO THE FRONT. In sports the scene has changed with lightning rapidity. Yesterday wo were hailing the winning of a baseball pan - ant. To -day we are cheering like mad for a "touch down." In Toronto the Varsity Rugby team again holds the centre of the stage by reason of the fact that they promise to maintain the quality of play set in re- cent years by their predecessors. Goner - ally speaking there is no great enthusi- asm in tbo city proper for things connect- ed with the University, and if there was a chance for a oity team to beat Varsity on its merits that team would be regarded as the greatest bunch of heroes the town has seen in a dog's age. But with Var- sity setting its present pace, such a feat is an impossible one. In the first place, there is no city organization that can command a tenth of the enthusiasm and esprit de corps of Varsity. rho Argonaut Club, with its long honorable record, has something of rho spirit, but not much in comparison. Other olubs are organized, perhaps get together a team of stars and make a dash in the pan for a year or two and then pass into limbo. Not so at Varsity. The organization there is per- manent and there are always tan condi. dates of brawn and muscle, and at the right age, for each place that is vacant. Besides, even given enthusiasm and candidates, no city club can got the praa• ties Varsity indulges in, It is not pos. Bible for their membors to get off in the afternoons, and it is dark by six 'cloak. Electric light praotioes at fright are a poor •substitute. On the whole it looks as though history in the United States would be repeated, and that only Intercollegiate Rugby would survive eventually. Under the handicaps it is surprising that city football has survived as long and as well as it has. THE SENATE VACANCII';s. • POINTED PARAGRAPHS. The smaller the man the bigger the boast. A kicker seldom makes good in a business of his own. Only the office without a salary has to seek the man. In the language of lovers, kisses speak louder than words. There is always a big demand for a thing that cannot be had. There are more brands of cussed- ness than there are brands of reli- gion, Anyway, a married man never has to waste any time in making up his mind. It takes a brave man to face a little woman at the head of the steins at two a.m. Some women are so changeable that they never wear the same com- plexion twice. The wise wife never sings for her husband as a means of trying to keep him home evenings. • Most people are anxious to get away from the noise when a man begins to blow his own horn. Sometimes a man who claimers for people to patronize home indus- try marries a girl from another town. Next to running the government as it ought to be run. a man is sel- dom sure what he could do best. Perhaps a man can't be married against his will, but many a poor man discovers later than he was married against his better judg- ment. I• THE REAL REASON. Householder - "Chat furnace ;elft mended properly. It smokes all the time," Workman --"Did you light a fire in it?" Helisohiildcr.--'tOf course I did." Workman --"A h, that's what done /,Mttpfi t A', 7r LOOK FOR, i/__. PACP ACS BE CAREFUL -Ira SL_ THAT LABEL ON, PAC ` GE IS F2. Tib OTHER COLO ,1 EVER USEDOM LVAST Rf��WBER TME COLOR SLUE. G ILLrTT al LTD. ST EitiEs TORONTO •-- ON T. yew,»Y- 1101111TT COMPANY 1IMl1El iNN,PQR O NTO,1-Mc ,:4 � and J. R. herr. While to the East of Toronto there are eleven, including Sena- tors Reith, Bowmanville; Belcourt, Ot- tawa; Sir Mackenzie Rowell, Belleville; Derbyshire, RroalavIlle; Edwards, Ottawa; Frost, Smiths' Fails; Mallugh, Lindsay; McLaren, Perth; McMillan, Alexandria; Sir R. W. Scott, Ottawa; Taylor, Gan- anoque. It may be noted in passing that of the Ontario representation in the Senate of twenty years ago only three survive, namely, Senators McLaren, McMillan and Sir R. W. Scott. 3' WHY MILK CURDLES. Every one knows that milk has a tendency to curdle during thunder- storms, and that meat seems to spoil more quickly at such times. Monsieur Trillat of the Pasteur In- stitute has discovered the cause of these changes. The results of his experiments prove that electrical fields have no..effect either upon milk or upon meat, but that in con- sequence of the lowering of atmos- pheric tensoin that follows a thun- derstorm, there is an emanation of gases from the soil that stimulates the decomposition of organic sub stances and the growth of putrefac- tive microbes. He suggests that this may explain the sudden change for the worse in extensive wounds that often occurs with a low baro- meter, and the rapid increase in epidemic diseases under the same conditons. The death of Sir Richard Cartwright leaves three vacancies in the Senate to be filled from Ontario and politicians aro Speculating as to who will get the plums. Termite men would not seem to stand much chance, as none of the vaaannfes have occurred in this district, but stranger things have happened than that one of the seats should Pall among the numerous party stalwarts here, Besides Sir Oartwright'a sed the other vaeanoics are those caused by the death of Senator Wilson and the disqualification by non•attenilanee of Senator Snliivan of Kingston. Among the namea that have been mentioned ua possible 011000seors to Senator Sullivan aro Mr. Denis Murphy, ox•M.P.1., of Ottawa, at present a mom. bar of the Tomisltaming and Northern On. tario Commission; Mr, Georg.°. Gordon, ek-M,P. for Nipissing, who resigned hie seat for Iron Frank Goohranc, and Mr, Thomas nirkett, ox-M,P. for Ottawa. ear Western Ontarto a name fraquontly mentioned is that of Mr. W. S. Dingman, proprietor of the Stratford Eerald, an ex. Mayor.of Stratford and a pant president of the Catttdian Prams Aaaoointion. It .is pointed out that of the present Ontario representation in the Senate only four reside womt. of Toronto, ;lamely, Senators. Coffey, London; 51550n, Bralnavillol Mc- Mullen, Mount 1'oroat, and nate, 'Parkh 11, There aro six residing in Toronto, Pena. it, you may .depend." W. noose, nen. ett,, Jaffray, Sit L OXmi, Joni; LUXURY IN TURKISH JAIL. • Djavid Bey, ex -Finance Minister, Enjoys Life of Royalty. Luxury in jail is not unknown, but it pales before the luxuries of prison life in Constantinople. A European newspaper corres- pondent recently visited the impri- soned mprisoned Djavid Bey, ex -Minister of Finance. After signing the visitor's beck he was ushered into a magni- ficently furnished room where the governor and several attendants' were receiving the prisoner's guests. A large table in the centre of the room was laden with cakes and Ori- ental sweetmeats, and coffee was being headed round by uniformed servants. Djavid Bey was delivering a poli- tical speech at the far end of the apartment. He concluded amid rounds of applause from his fellow prisoners and then welcomed the correspondent. Together they made a lour of in- spection of the sumptuous house of detention, where the prisoners' rooms are decorated every day with fresh cut flowers and where the sen - tries are expected by the governor to wait on tbo prisoners. When the correspondent was about to leave, Djavid Bey said, "I will accompany you on your way." The prison doors were opened to him without the slightest demur, and half an hour later the ex -Minister bade the correspondent farewell, saying that it was too cold to stay out late and that he was "returning home," OLD NEWSPAPERS IN DEMAND China Lnports Many Tons for Wall Paper and Wnistooats. The Chinese are the greatest con - sinners of old newspapers in the world. The official returns of the Custom House at Newchwang state that that port alone in 1911 received 1,918 tone of old European news- papers, valued at $72,500. The foot is the middle class Chi - meso prefer newspapers to the na- tive variety as a covering for their walls. It has a greater power of resistance and affords a more effec- tive barrier to the invasions of the vermin that plague Chinese houses. Moreover, the natives are experts at eliding out of the newspapers waistcoats which they wear next to the skin. These paper waistcoats are said to be the best possible pro- tection against a sudden cold snap. 6 About the first thing a child learns after it begins to sit up and take notice is that mother's people are far superior to father's. Specially Selected SASKATCHEWAN VALLEY FARM LANDS From the Land Grant of the Canadian Northern Railway Ail clean, open lend, good soil and arable by traction plow. Sale ,subject to in- spection of property, with special rate of transporta- tion. 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The death has 000urred of Mr. Matthew Leitch, who for 18 years was a member of Dunfermline Town Couneil, There is a, propossal on foot to pro- vide cottage dwellings for workmen of the Tramway Department of Glasgow. A labor exchange lies been open- ed at Hamilton by Provost Smellie. It occupies a central site at Hamije tan, New Cross. The expenditure of the Glasgow Corporation Cleansing Department was last year $698,660, which was $3,685 more than the estimate. Harry Thomson, spirit merchant, was fined 20 shillings at the Mother-. well Police Court for allowing an infant in arms to be in his public house.. Proposals for the establishment of a botanic garden at Andgoil and a public park at Balloch, have been remitted by the corporation for consideration. The death has occurred of Mr. Robert Carson at Victoria Street, Newton -Stewart, solicitor and town clerk of the burgh. Mr. H. M. Liddell, who has been headmaster of Channelkirk Publio School, Berwickshire, for 46 years, has now retired. The Ayer Corporation tramways have had a record year, the revenue being $78,760. This shows an in- crease of $1,295 over last year. The Prime Minister, along with his wife and family, are at present staying at Overstep, Dornoeh, with Mr. and Mrs. McKenna, for golf. An old woman of eighty, named Johanna McLean, was found dead at her home at Hillfoot Street,Dun- oon, having been dead seevral days. The Airdrie Town Council have decided to raise the price of gas from 2s 6d of 2s 9d per 1,000 cubic feet owing Ito increased price of coal. Heavy seas have been experi- enced et Buckie, the water coming over the north pier• in cataracts and carrying away part of Commercial Road. A memorial cross hes been Greet- ed at Callander to the memory of the late Mr. Donald McMartin, who wa.s head -Ines -ter in Crieff Peblio School for nearly 40 years. Miss Balfour, sister of the ex - Prime Minister, opened a new home _ at Tynepark, Haddington, under the auspices of the Church of Soot- land Social Work Committee. 4, GERMANS EATING DOG MEA'.*. High Prices of Beef Force Poor to Resort to It. The Frankfort Gazette, of Berlin, Germany, calls attention to the fact that 69,400 metric pounds of dog meat were sent out by Saxony slaughter houses in the year 1911. This represented only a small pro- portion of the dogs butchered, as the majority ware killed privately. The paper adds: "Dog meat is eaten only in the big cities, bub in the agricultural districts cats also are eaten more then formerly, With the present. prices everything that is meat goes into the kettles of poor families." The consumption of horse meat and dog meat has increased enor- mously in Dresden, but the per cap-• iia consumption of ,neat is decreas- ing, and was 400 gri manes leas in July, 1912, than in the same mental of 1911. The consumption of beer is also failing off, - STOLE MONEY TO STUDY. Nhteteon-Year-Old Clerk's ingeni' sus Method of Stealing. George Beavis, nineteen, clerk, formerly ie. the service of 1Vlessrs,. Blyth and Co., Australian m.ar- °limits, of Great Wincheater Street, London, England, was charged at Guildhall on remand with stealing moneysgiver; to him to pay for cablegrams. Tnspeotol' McLean said the aecue- ad mutilated cablegrams in order to put money in his pocket, and when letters of complaint were received. from Australia he haat been in the habit of opening them, and if they 'complained of non -receipt he re- moved those portions with a cheini- cal and retyped the letters, 00 as to shield Ms guilt. He had event the motley in the purchase of chemical apparatus and text hooks and ]lad studied languages and anion` tory, ' li