Se PR eRe 2 a POA NRA ee. YrhPOa se. ih ey SP Amy A; 77? 6 eee es CMO EL 0 Fiagt l TART Til 7.£¢ 2 AAO TRESS . INTERNATIONAL LESSON, NOVEMBER 17. ---- Lesson ViIl.--¥he great question, Mark 8. 27 to 9. 1. Golden text, Mait. 16. 16. MARK 8. 27-38. Verse 27, Caesarea Philippi--The most mortherly point reached by Jesus so far as recorded in the ospel narrative. A Reman ely, aT situated on 'a rocky ter- raceion thé slopes of Mount. Her- mon, a few miles east of Dan, the old frontier city of Israel. Named after Herod Philip, and to be care- fully distinguished~ from Caesarea on the Mediterranean coast. Who do men say that I ami-- Many ancient authorities read, Who do men say that I, the Son of man, am? (Compare Matthew 16. 18; Luke' 9. 18.) 28. They told him--In response to his inquiry concerning public opin- fon regarding himself, they report the various cenjectures of different people. Im esth case he is regard- ed as an extraordinary person, but not as the Messiah. John the Baptist--Even Herod looked upon Jesus as a reincarna- tion of the martyred prophet of righteousness. His opinion seems to have been shared by others. Elijah--The famous prophet of the northern kingdom in. the time of Ahab. (Compare 1 Kings 17. 1 to 2 Kings 2. 12.) One of the prophets--Matthew's account names Jeremiah (Matt. 16. 14). a Who say ye?--Jesus desires their personal estimate im order that he may in turn use this as a point of departure for further teaching them concerning himself. Peter answereth--The ever-ready spokesman of the apostolic group. The Christ--Literally, the anoint- ed one, that is, the Messiah. 30. They should tell no man-- The charge to secrecy is very posi- tive. 31. Began to teach--Peter doubt- less had expressed the belief of all of the disciples, and with this com- mon verdict of his followers con- cerning himself clearly expressed and mutually understood, Jesus enters upon a new epoch of further teaching concerning his mission as the Son of man. The added element of his teaching concerns especially his approaching death. Elders . . . . chief priests... . scribes--All represented in, if not actually members cf, the Sanhe- drin, the highest -- ecclesiastical court in Jerusalem. They were the recognized religious leaders of the people. After three days--Matthew says "the third day" (16. 21). The two expressions, however, mean the same thing, as is shown by Matt. 87. 64. 82. Openly--Plainly and in the resence of all. Heretofore Jesus Prd spoken concerning these things only with reserve and in figurative language. (Compare John 2. 19; 3. 12-16; Matt. 9. 15; Mark 2. 20.) Took himPerhaps by the arm in order to lead him aside and speak with him alone. The thought of hu- miliation and_ suffering associated with him whom. he had just con- fessed to be the Christ was incon- ceivable to Peter, and the fact that Jesus should speak of it publicly and with such calmness and resig- nation was more than he could bear. Therefore he would remon- strate with him in private. To rebuke him--Peter's words of remonstrance are given by Mat- thew : "Be it far from thee, Lord: Ms shall never be unto thee'? (16. 22). 33. Turning about--Jesus turns sharply round and faces Peter be- fore addressing him. Then, seeing his disciples, he administers the stronger rebuke, addressing Peter es their spokesman as well as indi- vidually, Get thee behind me, Satan -- Jesus had used precisely the same words at the time of his temptation (Matt. 4. 10; Luke 4. 8). The sug- gestion of Peter brought to Jesus a newal of the temptation to fol- low a worldly course of temporal advantage rather than the clearly apprehended pathway of duty. Thou mindest not--Thou art not considering. 84. And he called unto him th multitude with 'his disciples--The remaining verses of our lesson pas- sage constitute a separate unit of thought, They contain the declara- tion of Jesus concerning self-denial, even unto death, as the condition of discipleship and the secret of the way to life eternal. The multitude referred to were the crowds of cnri- ous spectators and listeners which gathered about him even in these remote parts. - Deny himself--In rigid self-discip- line refuse to yield to the passive demand of impulse and preference. Take up his cross--Jesusg is speak- ing in symbols. The figure he uses one familiar to his hearers, it being customary in connection with the Roman method of capital pun- ishment by. crucifixion to require the condemned person to carry his own cross to the place of execu- tion. The use of this figure at this time was intended to foreshadew the manner of his coming death. 85. Life--Or, soul. New Testa- ment usage makes a distinction be- tween the Greek word 'psyche,' soul, the word here used, and the word "pneuma," usually rendered spirit. Soul is the term used to designate conscioas personal physi- eal life. Spirit designates the life coming from God. 86. Gain the whole world--Tho contrast passes from the saving and losing of life to the possible gain for the life forfeited. The term alkalies and iodine, for which they are chiefly valued. ties they are popular one kind being employed as a ver- mifuge in Corsica, and others, on account of their iodine, being given in goitre and scrofula. In Brittany, where some of the 'poorer inhabi- tants have employed seaweed as food, about twenty tons in a year has been collected of the variety known ag Iceland moss, north of France a little seaweed is gathered by the peasants as man- ure. have been more important, and in Japan edible seaweed is not only the source of a number parations, cultivated to give a ply. Gelatines and the products. not very nutritious as food, and it is supposed that their popularity may be as an aid to the digestion of the great quantities of fish and rice eaten by the Japanese. doctor. ped in this morning. Jones, and I thought I'd just drop in and kill two birds stone, ; sense, referring to the material, visible order of things, © 4 ~~ 38. When he cométh in the clory engine csi speaks of a "coming" or "pres- as an objective event of the future, a visible return of Christ, and the establishment of the kingdom of God. in its final completeness and glory, following a general] resurrec- tion of the dead and the last judg- ment. 7 MARK 9. 1. Taste of death--Experience it. given in all three synoptic ac- most. simple, he saying merely, "Till they. see the God.'"' All that we can insist upon as included in the meaning of the 'words of Jesus is that some of those whom he addressed were -in their lifetime to see the coming of the kingdom of God in power. The fur- ther interpretation of his words must be made in the light of the events which actually did subse- quently occur. : ok ~ "READY, AYE READY." This Is Nature's Motto, Says Prof. William Stirling. The average man's sense of his own importance will be immensely increased when he reads what Pro- fessor William Stirling, of Man- chester, England, University, had to say about the contents of the body at the opening of the physio- logy lectures at the university. The floor of the ordinary dining- room, for instanee, is, in point of superficial area, a small affair com- pared with the area of the lungs which is exposed to the air. "The air cells may amount to 300,000,000,"' said Professor Stir- ling, "'giving a superficial area ex- posed to the air and the blood 'film in the inmost recesses of the lungs equal to 200 square yards, through which the exchanges of the gases of the air and those of the blood take place." Every organ in' the body be- eomes a fascinating wonder when seen through Professor Stirling's spectacles. "Bach human kidney,' he said, "contains, roughly, 450,000 micro- seopie filters, making 900,000 in all and a corresponding number of primary drainage tubes. The pig's kidneys have at least 1,000,000 such filters, . "In connection with this filter- ing apparatus in man there are at least 4,500,000 microscopic vessels inside the filtering apparatus, and these in their turn give rise to 11,- 250,000 intraglomerular capillary vessels through which the filtering of water takes place. "K more formidable ' problem confronts us in the study of the liver--the largest gland in the body, weighing about 44% pounds on an average, "Tt is an immense aggregation of cells, arranged in lobules, each Jo- bule being about a millimetre in diameter, so that there 'are over 1,100,000 similar chemical factories united in one great chemical and metabolic factory, all enclosed with- in one common capsule. ' ©The number of cells in the liver amounts to 350,000,000,000, supplied by 100,000,000,000 tubular blood ves- sels, while the capillaries 'in the bile drainage system number' 700,- 000.000,000. "The internal combustion princi- ple is an approach to what obtains in the animal body. The muscles are the motor apparatus. In the motor apparatus itself is generated the energy for the production 'of heat and movement. The blood stream supplies both the material, fuel and the energy,' and' inté 'it are discharged the waste products and the superfluous energy which is used to heal other parts of the or- ganism, ' "Moreover, Nature's reserves in the individual are extraordinary. Apparently without the slightest ef- fort,-she can meet 'the demands made on her. She can double the number of beats of the heart, accel- erate the respirations, and increase the supply of the digestive juices to meet the demands that, are made-- often quite unexpectedly. 'Ready, aye ready!' is Nature's motto." hr SEAWEED FOOD AND TONIC. Prized hy Natives of Many Coasts and Isles. Seaweeds having been suggested as a possible source of future wealth, especially for , food pro- ducts, Perrot and Gatin, two French oceanographers, give some facts concerning present uses. In Europe they age collected for their In some locali- medicines, In the Te the Asiatics these plants of food pre- but is even extensively sufficient, sup- glue are among These gelatines are Too Appropriate, . Binks--I'm getting along fine, You need not have stop- Doctor--Oh, I was over to see of his Father--The New Testament ence' of Christ, which it describes The announcement here recorded is counts. Thé account of Luke is the kingdom of dertaking, and expresses 'the opin- ditor's report. said that the book keeping system of the civic commis- sion Lad been built up under expert advice after years of experience, that the department was not over- staffed, and that the system of pur- chase of current had been decided upon by the Hydro-Electric Power}: Commission of the province. | Mayor explained that the unadjust- ed balance of $16,795 at the close of 1911 represented a difference be- tween the revenue estimated by-the City Council and the actual rev- enue, and, in the opinion of the! 1 f AUDITOR'S STAONGGRITGIS REPORT ON TORONTO |ayDRo- ELECTRIC COMMISSION. ~ ---- Civie Official Points Out Apparent. Deficit--Mayor Makes Reply. The city of Toronto auditor's re- port upon the finances of the Muni, cipal Hydro-Electric Power Com- mission for the period from June 1, 1911, to June 30, 1912; was present- ed to the 'City Couneil Oct. 14. It says that at the close of 1911 an unadjusted balance of $16,- 795.62 was carried forward. How- of a good inventory disclosed a shortage of $113,477.40 between the amount standing in the books and the actual amount of hand. The report declares that it was apparently decided to charge the whole of the working deficit. on the books of 1911 to construction ac- count. "'Entries were consequently made," says the report; "charging the several construction accounts with a pro rata percentage of the > $117,803.35.'? This sum,-it explains, is obtained after crediting the in- come earned during the period, and in addition to it there is an out- standing capital charge due the Provincial Hydro-Electrice Power Commission amounting to $248,245.- 80. The following figures show the position of the civic plant on Dee. 31, 1911 :--- Cash from city ..................82,400,993-14 Interest, etc., serpy capo a peentitare, ae aa wccae SAME 5A sleexpenbes 10 Gute en es 179005 eer Ai ee ON oe asia Outstanding Habilities:-- Unadjusted items of city ac- count Ts. 16,795 62 Unadjusted stores shortage 113,477 40 Due Prov. Hydro-Eleetric Com- MEL GBLO Ros eh wii Fo 3 ce Ae hc Ls wks EAB RAS OL ee ee $ 378,518 83 Finds a Deficit. The City Auditor is of the opin- ion that a portion of the $117,803 should have been carried forward as a charge against future earnings. He gives a general review of the figures for the six months ending June 30, 1912. He reaches the con- clusion that there was a deficit of $85,642.31 on the operations of the period. His statement of operat- ing expenses and earnings is ag fol- lows :-- Wages, material, ete .... Cartert, 6tei Ai os is hia Carried to credit of depreciation TOROING | ois. wacteesetweaves ere Accrued sinking fund (half year) Interest on bonds and advances (one-half charged to revenue)... 36,305 92 $382,804 82 Earnings erates s BOtjtOe OL The auditor calls attention to the fact that for the half year preceding June 30, 1912, no amount had been | provided to. meet accrued sinking | fund charges, but that an item of | $50,888 had been written: into the | balance sheet to cover the amount. | Added to the deficit this made a total of $136,530 to be carried for- ward against future earnings. In addition, $36,305, the remainder of the interest account, would have to be added to capital account. The City Auditor thinks that such items should be charged directly to rev- enue. Treating them in this way, the present position, he says, would be :-- Total charge to 3ist Dee., 1911, @B @bOVE ...... 1.2... 12... $2,610,995 00 Cash from city from' 31st Dec., = 715,000 00 1911, to 30th June, 1912 Int. eredited by Com. .. 72,611 84 see ee o G213,674 85 76,522 61 35,027 16 21,274 28 Summary. Deficit to 31st Dec., 1911, carried 248,245 81 $ 378,518 83 Income Accounis, A comparison of the principal in- come accounts for the six months ending December '31st, 1911, and 30th June, 1912, respectively, is as follows :-- 1911. 1912, 31st Deo. 30th June. Oom. lighting ..'.. ...8-57,104 78 $ 68,562 75 Com.' power 82. isi. %% <j 9,277 33 24,574 39 Mun. bldg. light .. ... 635 05 323 34 Mun. power .... .°., ++ £313 00 54,664 05 Mun. st. lighting ...., 75,893 90 120,058 50 Meter Téiita-c fo. Sok 30, 80 130 0 : 14 06 $268,313 63 Sundry credit items 3,542 56 28,849 48 $150,796 62 297,162 51 The City Auditor says that the system of bookkeeping in use by the commission is "cumbersome and smothered in detail.'? He thinks that the volume of business of the civic electric department is, and has been, over-stated. He believes that considerable saving could be made in expense accounts. He points out that by thé close of the year sinking fund' and interest charges will have to be met out of earnings. He asks why. "'renewal and depreciation funds" and "'sink- ing funds'? should be charged against the annual cost of the un- ion that the system of purchasing electricity on the peak load plan might well be superseded. _ Mayor Makes Reply. Mayor Geary, speaking of the au- ever, it declares that the making stores on | total deficit as found amounting to _ WONDERFUL NEW INVENTION # i * : Pulmoter Makes It Possible to Resuscitate' Thos? : _ Apparently Dead, pecvy | It is an astonising fact that until quite recently only the crudest methods of resuscitating victims of £48 polsoning, electric shock, im- nection with the surface. An ama- teur wearing this is able to stay un- der water for half an hour at a time. mersion in water, or other acci- The Pulmotor has heen installed | steel cylinder. | of valves and check-valves, the oxy- includes also allowances for inter- for the quarter ending September matter of fact, he said: the months of August and September had each enterprise. eave was Mrsnsaditie and the initial loss! Old Russian Woman's Death Due to said, had grown wonderfully. The 'plant which could do many times the business with little additional cost, even for:current. "We carry,"' he declared, "against future profits the charge for sinking fund prior to January, 1912, $50,888, and' our dents of a like nature, have been evolved. . The rough and ready methods of bringing back the vital spark in persons who have been under water are successful only in a few cases. They are exhausting, tedious, and ineffective. In the case of electric shock, the chances for the victim are even less. In both cases the victim may be unable to breathe naturally, and yet there may be life present. The patient requires oxygen, but he is unable to inhale it, The Pulmotor is a device that is designed to supply this very, need. To the unconscious, victim, to the invalid of low vitality, it supplies not only the needed quantity of oxy- gen, but it actually breathes for him, inflating and deflating the lungs for him exactly as. may be needed. So delicately balanced is the instrument that there is not the slightest possibility of imposing ex- cessive pressure upon the weakest lungs. The infant can be treated as safely as the adult. The field of usefulness of the Pul- motor is extremely wide and var- ied. It is being used in all kinds of mines in Europe and America. Fire departments, hospitals, and municipalities have adapted it for general use. In a score of ways it can be used in emergencies. The Pulmotor, as may be seen from the accompanying cut, is a simple device. It works under the pressure of oxygen contained in a By a simple system gen is administered to the patient at precisely the.rate that meets his needs. If he is able to réspire himn- self, the oxygen can be switched off through a single valve and the other system applied to another patient. Another apparatus, evelyed more recently. is a diver's helmet. This is attached to a self-contained sup- ply of oxygen, and requires no don- New Divin in Cobalt, in several Canadian col- lieries, at the Government rescue stations, and its use is being taken up by several hospitals. INTERESTING C@SSIP FROM ONTARIO'S _ CAPITAL. "Abolish the Bar" Policy--Mr. Rowell's New Secretary--The Purity Crusade-- 'The Social Evil--Amerioan Foetball. Mr. N. W. Rowell and his supporters do not accept the result in the Hast Middle- sex bye-election. as any fair test of the | ultimate---scrength- of the . "Abolish the bar' policy. They maintain that tuo constituency merely gave its normal con. servative majority, that the Liberai party was disorganized and the temperance forces were unorganized, and that 'the candiddte, whe was neither a straight liberal, nor a straight temperance man, kot no effective support from éither. On the other hand, it has to be noted that East Middlesex is a strongly tem- perance riding. Every township but one in it is under doeal option, and that one has come yithin geven votes of carrying "the bylaw a the necéssary 'three-fifths majority. The aggregate local option !ma- jority of the riding is gomet ing like 1,100 votes, so that the election of Mr. Neely, conservative, by over 600 shows that in that riding at least the abolish the bar issue has become more of a straight S apeta! question than Mr. Rowell can afford to have it, if he is to carry the Province. = Interesting Points Arese. _ While the bye-election may have had its abnormal conditions as claimed by liberals, it at least, served to bring |to|the front certain situations which are bound to recur in other cdunties. The "abolish the bar" candidate wae avowedly not a teetotaler, personally. \For thie reason he encountered opposition, or at least luke- warmness, from a large number of active temperance men. The question at once arises: Is this to be the rule everywhere? In other words, is every liberal who is net personally a teetotaler to be_ ineli- Bible as a party candidate, or if he be- comes & candidate is he not to receive the support of the temperance forces? This is a far-reaching. question and one that will be heard many times before the next general election. If it "is answered in the affirmative the effect will merely a question of bookkeeping. Certain invoices were charged to stores, while as a matter of fact the goods went directly to the job and were never credited when used. A great proportion of the amount had already been' traced. The Mayor said that the sum of $248,245 given t as due the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario was not cor- rect. The amount, which referred organization introduced inte the op- eration service by the concurrent demands 'of construction opera- tions. ° Analyses the Deficit. The Mayor says that the loss for the quarter ending March 31, .1912, | © was $55,768, and the loss for. the) ° put aside for sinking fund. 'The est, depreciation and sinking fund. Mr. Geary declared that the loss rv 30, the net loss was only $4,647, and this, after allowing for inter- est $20,999, depreciation $19,443, and sinking fund $15,000. As a shown a small profit got by civic The gain, he' asserted, was being made good. 'Businéss, he city had. 12,000 customers and a te The "world" is used in its ordinary commission, should not be charged i to it at all, with one | described hs , account, the Mayor said that it was shortage on the stores' deficit for the first nine months of the first year, which is not an op- erating year, but rather a year of construction is $90,290, included in which is $51,470 depreciation and $36,381 for sinking fund." = week. Horn, there are five men to every two women. when the millenium is come the perfect safety." Of the item of $113,477 (doubtingly)}--"I s'pose' that's so, of but I'd rather be the lion just' the same,'"? of In the Falkland Islands, off Cape Fond Father -- "Yes, Johnnie, amb ¢an lie down with the lion in Little Johnnie is about to make its appearance in project is carried out, many of the hills and valleys of the Highlands will be rearing ostriches in scores. It was due, he believed, to the dis- | ar the Trossachs district. zoological throughout the world, has held the started in the Scottish Highlands the feathers of the birds would be quarter ending June 30 was only | trary to the common belief, the cold havea bad effect on ostriches if they $17,065 is written off for deprecia- | Weré allowed freedom' and-not kept tion of the new plant, and $12,639 is | 12.4 small énolosure. : he sae tot 30 their house, ostriches sicken, but if loss for the quarter ending June allowed to roam the hillsides their feathers would~ become very. thick and glossy, and it ison this author- an ostrich' farm largely based, are interesting themselves scheme. 22 YEARS WITHOUT A BATH. rubles ($500,000), has just died at St. Petersburg from a malady due to twenty-two from soap and water. nobody but a single servant to. en- food from fear'of being poisoned and allowed mice and rais to play about unmolested, extraordinary because Russians are great believers in the bath and most ety has been started in Germany for weekly tub. man towns with attractive. posters, on which are printed the words "A weekly bath for every German." And thére aré luxurious English- men and Americans who complain day! would say. OSTRICHES IN SCOTLAND. Cold Said to Be Good fer Their Feathers. 'It is believed that @ new industry he north of Scotland, and if the For some time. Mr. Karl Hagen- whose famous Continental gardens » are known ck, pinion that if ostrich farms were ven better than the feathers now btained from. .Sowth Africa. Cdon- $29,873. Of thé first quarter's loss, | Weather, it is claimed, would not $17,056 is interest 'on investment, If artificial heat is supplied to y that the movement 'to establish in | Scotland is Several merchants in the Uneleanliness. s. An old lady possessed of 1,000,000 abstinence She allowed years' r her house, prepared her own The cause of her death is the more them have a hot steam bath every And this reminds one that a soci- persuading people to take a It is placarding Ger- they cannot have a bath every Unashamed, as the Germans | appointed Mr. & Apparatus which 'will enable an amateur to remain un- der water half an hour at a time. {get out of their game. to convert the liberal party into a Straight prohibition pariy. Along the Bame line was another tendency revealed in East Middlesex, namely, a tendency for liberal workers as distinguished from temperance workers to be lukewarm in the support of an '"'abolish-the-bar" candi- date, ause ardent temperance men (who were also Conservatives) insisted in working and voting the other way. "Why should we break our necks for the tem- berance cause, when temperance men themselves are working against it?" was their expressed attitude of mind. These conditions represent problems that Mr. Rowell in his task has to solve, It May be that they are not capable of s0- lution, or it may be thet a process of readjustment of ideas will ensue. It ia this uncertainty that created a more than usual interest in the contest in Kast Mid- diesex. It is perhaps fair to say that a victory for Mr. Rowell would have indi- cated that the readjustment had already begun, and that the Government's accom- plished victory means that whether the readjustment is or is not coming, it has not yet begun. Mr. Roweil as a Tactictan. In connection with the defeat, Mr. Rowell has come in for some criticism as a tactician. The critics say he should not have endorsed Mr. Sutherland as a candidate, and that if a straight liberal had been nominated, Mr. Sutherland, who had a personal feud with Mr, Neely, would still have stayed in the field, thereby in- creasing the chances for the liberal to have won. But it is probably his abso- lute sincerity and freedom from politi- -cal intrigue thai is Mr. Rowell's strong- est asset. His endorsation of Mr. Suther- land may- indicate that ~he puts. the abolish-the-bar ° platform higher ° than | Pbarty and that when a candidate says he support that policy Mr. Rowell at least proposes to' accept his word. The Case of Nerth Waterloo. The result in Nerth Waterloo is consid. "ered to be of lesser significance. At the same time North Waterloo, while an ex- treme, ig mot an isolated example of the consiituency where Mr. Rowell's policy will scarcely make much headway, but whioh will 'send. representatives to the Legislature just the same. The announcement that Hr. Rowell has Main Johnston as confi- dential secretary foreshadows new activ- ity in the process of organizing the Prov- ince along the line of the new policy. Mr. Johnston is a very oung man, but is a live wire. He. will, no doubt, be heard from in many parts of the Proy- ince during the nexi two or three years. He is a Hamiltonian, just out of College at Toronto. He is a ready speaker and writer. | The Purity Crusade. The crusade of Rev. R. B. St. Olair against vice is bearing fruit. There are those who dislike Mr. St. Clair's metliods and might even hesitate to be agsoci- ated with him on account of the notori- ety. which might follow, but who have been stirred into action by the conditions disclosed by his revelations. The task of the 'discloser" is always a distasteful one, but is absolutely essen- tial before there can be any improvement in conditions. It is literally true in To- ronto that half the city does not know how the other half lives. The church-go- ing public: knows nothing of the dissipa- tions and vices of the under world. © 80 that Mr. St. Clair's accusations evil here is open and ig capable of sup- pression. The objection. that there may be difference of opinion as to what is in- decent and what is not does not hold water. Any man with.common sense and backbone will never be puzgled for a min- ute. "The only problem will be 'to find such a man 'who will aét in 'the éapa- city of theatre. vensor. And when there dressed women among the European royalties, and has always taken great pride in her appear- ance. dub her showy, and accuse her of having the appearanee of a jewel- er's shop when in evening dress, Certainly her hats are a trifle on the large side, and her white hair ra- SPAIN'S QUEEN IS WORRIED _ OVER SON'S HEARING. --ee Kaiserin's Illness Due te: 'Taking Drugs to Reduce Her Increas- ing Stoutness. Princess Henry of Battenbe about whom, by the way, an abau rumor has been going about London lately concerning her approachin remarriage, ig mest anxious abou her daughter, Queen Victoria Spain. After everything has be done that can be thought of, an many specialists consulted about her second son, Don Jaime, the fine al verdict is that very little im. provement, if any, in the child' speech and hearing may be ho for. This has upset the Queen s@ much that it has affected her gen. eral health. She suffers a great deal with her nerves, and does not sle well. Her mother would like to be with her, but she and Alfonso don} hit it off at all, and the strain of keeping the peace between her ther and husband would scobabey make matters worse for the young Queen, So Princess Henry Stops Away. The person least affeeted by the doctor's verdict seems to be the lit tle patient himself. He is a brig h merry little fellow, and the one a the three elder children who is most often to be found with a book--not that he reads, of course, but likes the pictures, and will often spend an hour at a time studying them. The children's rooms are situated nara over the private apartments of the King and Queen, and are furnished in Rnglish style. The walls and all the furniture are painted white, and a gaily painted frieze runs all reundsthe reom, on which is depicted the stories of the familiar nurséry rhymes. Oonnect- ing her Majesty's apartment with the nurseries above is the most ex- pensive telephone instrument in the world. It stands on the writing table, and is of solid silver with a gold transmitter. It is suPpeeres by the figure of a boy in bronze leaning against a Spanish coat-of- arms, who is talking over a gold wire to a girl at whose feot Hes a British lion. Over the mouthpiece are two goddesses, It is also wnique because it is impossible to get the wrong number; you seo, goes only to the royal nursery above. Kaiserin Took Drugg. Kaiser William's sick consort is making very slow progress in he: illness, and it is extremely donbttal if she will ever be quite herse again. The cause, in spite of fran- tic efforts to keep it dark, has leak- ed out at last, and is nothing les than a drug which the unfortunate royal woman took to reduee her stoutness. This, together with de- priving herself of nourtshing food undermined her constitution and affected her heart, and at one time she was more gravely il] than was generally known. The Kaiserin is one of the best older Captious crities sometimes ther "aureole-y," but at east she always looks attractive, Her increasing stéutness aa she advanced in middle-age, therefore, and | Was, & great worry to her, and after : revelations came with a shock to a great tryin all / manner of harmless to Capital expen. .. re pa wre AV (8: 1 eet! . Hith r : i Saat many people. When his evidence in one Tying . Deficit to 30th June, 1912°.)....' g5,6ag 31 | 10 the eastern entrance, represent- be . wy ostrich farming has not particular was substantiated by a judge| 'cures'? she took the drag in dew Averued sinking fund at 3h ed claim plus interest to July 1, | 2¢en carried on to any. large extent | and otherwise it was inevicable that |To- | neration. 7 Proportion' of tat, charved "ta. te | 1919) not the amount of the claim |1" Britain, but recently an expert holding kytimacg: tnactines and ote tear ie capital nei pss as 36,305 92 on Dec. 31, 1911. The so-called Se Sak Geeta who visited the| tion CE ie od Ta neg age or 'a <a j i+ 7 ana Scottis igh . ; sha: many leading citizens s Ae shortage = 30th June, 1912.$ 290,639 65 yeibade deficit of $117,803, he de- Highlands aca < eae, ek re carrying on a purity propaganda hag His Verdict. Wetanding. Dei emg bss scribed as a technical deficiency fates» th Binde, €al place for ieee ay Ping eink ladwoeGuy. Bh aie "What h to think Jhadjuste I apt Rye ; ' ¢ arin . ; n & a ; . ve Treasurer's account .:. =.. 16,795 62 which might properly be included m b S Brae and an eflort is to stage, particularly in the burlesque thea- PY FEADOR ARTE aon " Shortage, stores account 113.477 49 | the capital cost of the undertaking, © made to start a farm probably tres, something may be accomplished. The my daughter loves you? ; Troy. Hydro Com. ...... "She says she is willing to make _any sacrifice for me." "That's no sign she loves "What is it, then?' "An indication that she's crazy.' you."? is any violation of the decencies a term in prison for the actors, actresses and ¢ theatre manager participating in the oc- currence would soon clean up the stage. The Social Evil. When it comes_to the social evil the problem before the reformers is differ. ent. Despite oficial denials from police officials it is a fact that there is a sort of semi-tolerance of some disreputable houses in Toronto. That may not be put- ting it Shes fairly for the police, for they would say that they prosecute just as often. as they can get evidence, \ At the same time they know of the exist. ence of those places--soores of them. The reformers say: Suppress them entirely. Objectors say that any more active pro- secution than is at present carried on would spread the canker all over the city into the best residential districts ag well as the down-town streets now affeot- f ed. And even then they say it could not 'be effected unless the whole 80,000 houses in the city were put under police suryeil- lance. These are the two pointes of view. Meanwhile, people are asking if the epi- thet, "Toronto the Good," is not in dan- INSURANCE AGENCY Spare time and energy invest- edin a DIRECT AGENOY will bring in an Income for life, No capital required. Previ- ous experience not necessary. Apply for an agency of-- Gresham Life Assurance Sovlety (Funds, $60,000,000. Hstab. 1848) --~--and of the---- Dominion Gresham Guarantee & Casualty Company Head Offices for Canada: 302 St. James St, MONTRIAL, ger of beine changed to "Toronto. the ast." . An American Football Came. On Thanksgiving Day a Toronto crowd | § had its first opportunity to see the Am. erican game of football, when the Indi- ans from the Oarlisle Industrial School, Pennsylvania, played a Varsity Old Boys team under American rules. Toronto scarcely knows whether it likes the Am- § erican game or not. It perhaps did not , z help local self. esteem any that the | American Indians simply smothered the, § local heroes, which was almost unayoid- } able in view of the fact thatthe local | team was unorganized and was unfa- | miliar with the American rules. | At the e 'ime there seems to be a! rrowing ne that something is wrong} with the Cexadian gaine, The play is too loose, and there is toe little team. play. In other words, it is unscientific. 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