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,..~.. . “IAâ€"I." . . ... ~..,..... ,. W... a“ lURflN " INTERESTING GOSSIP FROM CAPITAL OF ONTARIO. {alumnus THE â€"â€" After the Exhibitionâ€"Imperlallsm at the Fairâ€"The Clty's Counselâ€"The Clvlo Abbatolr. The week following Exhibition finds To- ronto with something of the “morning after" feeling. The streets, bereft of their flags and hunting, and their immenie throngs of people seem by conmu‘n'n dull and deserted. And there is a notice- able reaction in most lines of trade, both retail and wholesale. The two wceks of Exhibition are probably as active in the retail district as any in the whole year. So profitable is every day that many of the largest stores have given up the idea of observing Labor Day. which comes in the middle of the fortnight as a holiday. but keep their stalls at their posts to cater to the great numbers who find it a convenient day to shop. Those who cater particularly for an out-of-town .trade take care. too. that they offer har- gains sufficiently valuable to attract fur- ther business during the year. This, of course. doesn't do the outof-town mer- ohan .any good. but he has some mea- sure i revenge when Toronto shoppers in turn go off to Buffalo or New York to make purchases, which generally never meet the eye of the customs officials on the border. For the wholesalers the period, too. was one of unprecedented brisknoss. Many iof. ghem kept their offices open day and ' mg t. FARMERS DIDN’T TURN OUT. The exhibition authorities have to ad- .mit that this year the attendance of far- ,mers was not up to previous records. For this the phenomenally bad weather and late season is made to bear the blame. ‘But on the whole the attendance was re. markable. Jupiter Pluvius did his worst and failed. The Labor Day attendance, breaking all records on a day~which did not have a. glint of sunshine. and with the rain sometimes coming down in tor- rents. was particularly astounding. 0f urse it has to be borne in mind that , oronto, according to the figures‘of the Assessment Department now coming in. ‘has 35.000 more people of its own than it lhad this time last year. It is difficult to realize how fast the place is growing. The increase of a single year is greater than the whole population of most of the other cities of the Province, and as great {as the population of a. good sized coun- vty. Whether this rapid concentration of 3 pulation is an. altogether unmixed l lessing for the rest of the Province is a. question which will bear serious consid- oration. But Torcntonians are whole-heartedly Proud of their Fair. There used to be a disposition in some circles to regard it irathcr disdainfully. All that has passed -now. And with rigid adherence to the truth it can be said that the Exhibition of 1912 surpassed all previous efforts. In ‘nearly every department there was a noticeable sprucing up.‘and there were several new feautres. STRONG ON IMPERIALISM. The distinctive note was probably the {tinge of Imperialism that was injected. ,There were cadets from all parts of the {Empire, Newfoundland; New anland, Au- !stralia, England and Ireland giving daily Exhibitions and nightly forming into a iving fiag.‘ There was the Kings uncle. ere were the bands from the mother end. And the siege of Delhi from India ‘as a. nightly spectacle. All this was deliberately planned, for 'those in charge of the Exhibition's for- ‘tunes are ardent Imperialists. It cost $40,000 to bring the cadets. The bands cost $12,000 more. And it was probably not by accident that many of the speeches at the directors’ luncheons echoed the alarms of war. Those who are not in active sympathy with the propaganda. were inclined to .ask what was the connection between these sentiments and a purely industrial and agricultural exhibition, which might be supposed to glorify, if anything would, the blessings of peace. A $15,000 JOB A-BEGGING. The resumption of activity in munici- ,pa1 politics after the summer holidays found the most pressing issue to be the question of the city counsel appointment. ,The refusal of Mr. T. G. Meredith to ac- cept the position hastily offered him left just a little shamefacedncss. To have a $15,000 Toronto job turned down cold was just' a trifle humiliating. But no doubt the receiving of the offer did not hurt Mr. Meredith. He has a comfortable home in London, and at sixty a man does not lightly sever the connections of a lifetime. With the ground cleared for a local man. the question on everyonc’s lips was. "Will Mayor Geary get it?" He himself .eaid no word. but. of course. at the sal- ary, or even half the salary, it is a. posi- tion that would attract. any young law- yer. The criticism of Mayor Geary's chances arose partly from the fact that he has not devoted much time to law. Politics has been his forte. 0n the other hand he had to recommend him an ex- ceptional knowledge of current municipal (problems. ' ‘ An arrangement by which Mayor Geary would succeed Mr. Drayton as City Coun- sel, Controller Church as member of the ‘Hydro Electric Commission. leaving the meld comparatively clear for Controller Hocken as the next Mayor. was spoken -.of as the "deal" that was under way. And (people are not generally enthusiastic about "deals." - TO HEAD OFF CIVIC ABBATOIR. The proposal of the city to spend a bird of a million dollars on a civic ab- batoir and cattle market extension drew a skilful open letter from the Harris Ab- batoir Company. which offers the city a free site and a seat on the Board of irectors if it would abandon its old '. use of operations and move out to the . nion Stock Yards at West Toronto. The supporters of the civic scheme were in- lined to regard this offer as simply an 1 dicuion that. the private packing inter- .ests feared the effect of the city's plan, 'snd wanted to head it off, and it was promptly turned down. Despite the frank statement of low profits on the part of the packing companies it. is probably stating the situation fairly to say that In this vital line of food supply the pub- lic regards the private interests with some suspicion. Consequently. it is likely that for we'el or for woe the city will go ahead with its ambitious plan for the sake of ensuring competition as fur as (possible in the meat trade. ‘ BIG MONEY IN SUBURBAN FARMS. ‘ The prosperity of Toronto is at all merits extending some distance out into the surrounding country. A concrete ex- ple will illustrate. Ten years ago a. ,srmer without moans rented 100 acres bout 20 miles from Toronto. He took a = ng lease. but at the end of four years ihnd made sufficient progress to buy. He maid $0.000. which seemed a. big price in those days. He devoted himself to mar- ‘ ct gardening and small fruits. The ls- (bor problem was an obstacle. but he had .3. fairly large fan that he was able to keep at home, an be was resourceful ‘3 J .. .Q .::‘.~.--. .(lllf DYEMAU. KINDS“ 3 ‘5». .V- .42. "g; .;n,’u.. 4~_‘~ ,‘to. .- It's the CLEANES'I‘. SIMPLEST, and BEST HOME : DYE. one can buy--\Vhy you don't even have to know what KIND of Cloth your Goods are made ' of.--So Mistakes are Impossible. Semi for Free Color Card, Story Booklet. Ind Booklet giving results of Dyeing over other colors. . The JOHNSON-RICHARDSON 00., lelicd, Montreal. Canada. _________â€"â€".â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" __________.â€"â€"â€"_-â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€" in getting help, so that often he had as many as fifteen men. women and chil- dren in his fields in the busy season. The wet weather this year has just suited his sandy soil, and he has never had such a successful season. At the mo- ment he is busy marketing his green corn. He has been selling it since the first of August, but just now it is at its best. On one day he sent to Toronto 1,200 dozenâ€"14.400 ears. For the last week his'receipts from corn alone were $700. And corn is but one of his products. He has refused 840,000 for his 100 acres. a figure. no doubt, fixed by speculation, and- by the desire of wealthy citizens to se- cure country homes. but he calculates that the farm is still worth more than that to him as a going concern. A fair return he has for ten years work. even if it has been hard work. Many men in gold mining cannot show anything like the record. It’s a pity that all the farm- ers of Ontario have not shared in this man’s prosperity. THE BALL TEAM’S GLORY. With the Toronto baseball team holding on to the leadership in the International League by its eyebrows the Toronto fan -â€"the real dyed-in-the-wool kindâ€"was in a querulous mood. Convinced that the 1912 aggregation was the finest baseball team that ever appeared in this league. he thought that their place was far out in front of the race. So. whenever the team lost a game, and particularly on the day it lost both ends of a double header to Rochester. he was not particularly pleased if told that the team that played the best bull won. * The great rally of the team in the latter half of the season in which they came from sixth place to the top was a. splen- did piece of work. and raised a load from the fans' heart, because he bad Just about given up hope. It is said that previous to the rally the owners and management talked to the players in pretty plain terms. This talk, assisted by the acquisi- tion of two or three big league pitchers, Kent, Drucke and Maxwell, seemed to have a marvellous effect, and the team immediately started on its winning streak. But there is not much left of the pitch- ing staff that began the season. and in this respect the early criticisms were all justified. Nor is the play in the field a1â€" wnys‘ of the giltâ€"edged variety. Nor is the team exceptionally speedy on the bases. The one department it has shone in has been batting. Nearly every man has developed into an old-fashioned slug- ger, and most of their victories have been won, not by keeping the other fol- lows scoro down, but. by running up a score on their own account. Probably the player who has acquired the most popularity during the season is Benny Meyer. For several seasons he has been used as a spare man by various teams, and came to Toronto in that ca- pacity. But he has hit like a fiend, run wild on the bases and developed fairly well in the field, so that he has made a place for himself among the regulars. ip____ A FOOD CONVERT. Good Food the True Road to ,Ilcaltli. ' The pernicious habit some per- sons still have of relying on nause- ous drugs to relieve stomach trou- ble, keeps up the patent medicine business- and helps keep up the army of dyspeptics. Indigestionâ€"dyspepsiaâ€"is caused by what is put into the stomach in the way of improper food, the kind that so taxes! the strength of the digestive organs they are actually crippled. When this state is reached, to re- sort to tonics is liking whipping a tired ho‘rse with a big load. Every additional effort he makes under the lash diminishes his power to move the load. Try helping the stomach by leav- ing off heavy, greasy, indigestible food and take on Grape-Nuts â€"â€" light, easily digested, full of strength for nerves and brain, in every grain of it. There’s no waste of time nor energy when Grape- Nnts is the food. - “I am an enthusiastic user of Grape-Nuts and consider it an ideal food,” writes a Maine man: “I had nervous dyspepsia and was all run down and my seemed to do me but little good. From reading an advertisement I tried Grape-Nuts food, and, after a. few weeks’ steady use of it, felt greatly improved. “Am much stronger, not nerv~ ous now, and can do more work without feeling so tired, and am better every way. “I relish Grape-Nuts‘best with cream and use four heaping tea- spoonfuls as the cereal part of a meal. I am sure there are thou- sands of persons with stomach trouble who would be benefited by using Grape-Nuts. Name given'by Canadian Postum (30., Windsor, Ont. Read the little hock, “The Road to Wellvil-le,” in pkgs. “There’s a. reason." Ever road the shoe. letter! A new can appear: from time to .tlmm' They are genuine. true, and full If human Int-rut. MAKING SAFE_INVESTPIENIS Speculation In the True Meanlng of the ore for the sole purpose of guiding 9P0? pective investors. and. if possible. of sav- ing them from losing money information may be relied upon. .Tha . writer of these articles and the imbhshe‘ of this paper have in connection with this matter other than those of the render. all very well for you to talk about the dangers of speculation. few men lose whole game. suggest closing all drug stores few men buy poison and kill themselves, or to condemn apple pie because some people eat too much and suffer as sequence. your enthusiasm sale.” speculation. are two entirely different things, word speculation has come to have a meaning with the public which is syno- nomus with gambling in stodks. In specu- lation one studies the situation. and hav- ing taken the pros and cons into consid- eration. buys some security which should advance in value over a course of a few years. the market is strong, vance a few points in a few days. chance; the latterâ€"well he just gambles. market are gamblers. because they merely follow the and out, scalping a. point here and losing cases out of 100, eventually lose all they have put up, and sometimes all they have. The average man in a commercial busi- ness is a speculator.. He buys something people want and figures to sell it to them food I ‘ .._..‘..,..:r,‘.,,r_1.y ..ur.,..‘.,,,,,‘.,,y..y. . e 408 errata/V n. . guesses/us re 22:217..-.” fish‘s “- {.s SPEGULATION VERSUS GAMBLING. Word Takes TImeâ€"Buylng on Tim Dangerousâ€"Few Speculatorsâ€"430ml: Es- sential Points of Difference. The articles contributed by "Inventor" /~ /////a v,;;///////////////4 5 afllflwlfl/I/a through The the lacing it in "wild-cat" enterprises. mpartial and reliable character of F‘s-“ham it no interests to serve .\‘. (By “Investor.") The other day a man said to me, "It's \ '. \\\\?\"‘ .. \'\ ///’ // Just because a money you condemn the It’s just as reasonable to because a. may take part are encouraged. The latest returns show that in the Commonwealth of the 1.415 male and 131 female «school teachers who sat for examination at the instruc- tional schools, 1,353 male and 112 female teachers “passed,” and are qualified to conduct physical train- ing at the various schools. work has An Australian Army of Young Scholars. While» Lord ‘Kitehener’s military training scheme, which has been adopted by the Commonwealth of Australia, provides for the physical training of boys of 12 and 13 years as junior cadets, and this is made compulsory under the Defence Act, the Australian Defence Department has made it compulsory under school regulations for the whole of the pupils of the State and' public and private boys’ schools to undergo a course of phyâ€" sical training so soon as they are old enough to profit by it. During the past six months the system has been so effectively ap- plied that most of the 800,000 chil- dren now attending school in Aus- tralia are each day engaged for at least 15 minutes in physical drill. In each Australia-n State a num- a con- and in whole- You're partly right, you condemn In the first place, I do not condemn Speculation and gambling yet the All this preparatory been successfully carried out prac- tically without any outside display, . and the scholars have taken up en- pracmcany \thusiastically the new courses of 800,000’ CHILDREN DRILL. \which all the scholars A gambler buys a stock because and it should maid- is business former takes an intelligent training. Most people who dabble in the stock “dope sheets" and jump in a point there. Such men. in about 95 at a price greater than he paid for it. But if he were to go along a street and see a. car load of lumber and buy it without first examining it to see if it were sound and not all culls; without first figuring on whether he wasn't paying more than the lumber was worth, and without enquiring whether there was any demand for lumber, he would be gamb- ling. And that is just exactly what most so-cnlled speculators do in the stock market. . A man looked at the quotations in the paper last year and saw Black Lake As- bestos preferred stock selling around sixty, let us say. He sees it is a seven per cent. dividend payer. It looks cheap; other seven per cent. shares are selling at about par. Why it’s a great oppor- tunity. IIe buys. and in a few months can’t give it away. Had he been a specu- lator he would have studied the situation surrounding that sp ‘ security. and so would have known the market for asbestos had all "gone to pot." That the company was doing business at a. loss and the prospects for its earning enough to pay the interest on its bonds were very slim. "But." you say. "to do that takes too much time. and I can’t afford to spend much time in that sort of thing." . ‘ Quite so. Speculation takes so much of a man’s time that very few people are in a position to speculate. Sometimes a. man comes in contact with some large corporation in the way of business, and l: in a class by itselfâ€"tho easiest running, the most substantially built, the most satisfactory washer, ever invented. ‘ Only washer worked with crank handle at side as well as top leverâ€"and the only one where the whole top opens up. . Ask your dealer to show you the "Champion" Washer. - . "Favorite" Chum is the world's best churn. Write g I for catalogue, DAVID MAXWELLgaSUHS ,‘ 1 1 _ I ‘- I. v0 , w v 51'. MARY'S, our. .1 .Ilnmnmll " '1’“ ber of instructors have been sup- plied by the Defence Department. In the smaller schools the boys and girls 'go through drill together, but in the larger institutions they are drilled separately. Drill books are issued showing the course of exercises, and these are classified into trunk, arm, balance, shoulderâ€" blade, marching, running, and jumping movements, arranged in groups ext-ending over [seven years, and leading up to the more serious drills of the junior cadet-s. ~ The physical drill is not confined, however, to a strict course of exer- cises but a. portion of the 120 hours which must be. ispent'annually in this way may be devoted to sports. Ball games are allowed, and mater- ial is provided, but running, jump- ing, paper chasing, and games in ; ." “'3‘ n . - I mummy-u] § . . . mun z. '1 x.“ nillllllllll“ '1, .. _li ‘ ti ' Veiernary gets to know all about its business and . . . . prospects. He may, from his observa- $$billigtimfillibtlgi tljllg‘dgiilzitci‘lgf . , . - . 1 l ‘ tions, have reason to believe that the the Department of Agriculture ‘- company is growing rapidly in prosper- ity and prestige. He buys the stock. puts it away and wakes up some gnorning a. year or two later to find that he has made a nice profit. He has speculated. at if he had not taken advantage of is opportunities he would certainly never have found the time necessary for get- ting togethcr all the information es- sential to intelligent speculation in the stock of that particular company, or of any other. ‘ It isn't the scanty information one gleans from the financial pages of the daily press that enables one to speculate intelligently. That amounts to little more than scraps of news to egg on the stock gambler. First hand study and hard work are the prime essentials for the successful speculator. Few people can give enough of their time to this sort of thing. yet, unless they do, they are foredpomcd to failure. “Speculation is dangerous," as the Irish- man said, "because people don't specu- late.” They gamble, and that is the height of folly. of Ontario. Apply for Calendar. E.A.A. 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