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TBI FUmftTOV ADVAVOE. The Quiet Observer Luxury Tax Makes Good July returns show that the new Lux- Dry tax was proving effective in doing what was expected of it, the production of revenue, and an increase in the Dom- inion receipts of $70,000,000 a year is new estimated from this source, and this confirms the expectations of the Minister of Finance in proposing the levy. A good deal depends of course on the general cause of trade and the maintenance of prosperous conditions for the success of a luxury tax. When hard times come luxuries are naturally the first expense to be abolished. Even ..with properity a fall of prices is to be expected and such a drop would take many articles out of the luxury class, and 'consequently reduce the revenue, and indeed this was hoped for and an- ticipated by the Minister of Finance in explaining his budget. Harvest in Fine Shape Oats are reported as having more than double the acreage in Ontario of all the other cereals and the Provincial Bulletin speaks of the promise of a generous vield of both grain and straw. The long "wet spell ended in time not to do serious damage to grain or tod- der and benefitted the root and frmt crops most desirably. Ravages of the Hessian tly in the southwest part of the province in the fall wheat countries lead to the opinion that this will temd to limit the area of winter wheat planted this fall Xapanee reports Jrreat yields of green peas, the canning faetorv there turning out 30,000 cans a day Xew hav is selling at trora .t-O.UO to $26.00 a ton. Second growth clov_er has been most satisfactory. Alfalfa, both first and second growths, has been an excellent crop. Sugar beets and tur- uips are reported as having benefited most from the rain. Kaspberries have been a good crop, and the apple yield 1^ beginning to give satisfaction. Pea^ ches are on the market and are yielding well, For a Common Consciousness ' \ ereat deal has been made of the visit of the emminent British journal- ists who attended the conterence at Ottawa, and who visited other cities and places in this country and very properlv so. They represent the brains .^nd infelligence to which a g"^^ p"* of Great Britain responds. The delib erations of the Press Convention have weight with statesmen and politicians, and no doubt the proposals they make will bear fruit as many have already done in the past. Two suggestions made are of interest to everyone in the Empire. One is the adoption ot a uni- form rate of postage throughout the Empire such as now Prevails in the var- lous territories of the United States wherever situated. Great Britain has a four cent domestic rate of postage at , resent and the rate of postage at present and the same for imperial com- munication, but it is a short-s.ghtoa lew and loses in the long run more than it sains. It is the little things, after â- lU that bind the Empire s several parts together, and in some cases the oulv tangible link that exists is the post office. It ought to be as cheap as it can be. The other proposal was for a universal imperial cable rate of two cents a word. What this would mean for business, for the transmission of news and therefore for the better un- derstanding by each other of the var- ious Britisu peoples is almost incal- culable. But it means at the very least the development of a common con- sciousness at the consideration ot all imperial problems and the value ot this cannot be over-esti mated. A Shining Mark Sir Adam Bock is now being attacked by labor in the shape of the industrial Banner, by capital in the shape ot he Financial Post, by agriculture in the shape of the Parmer's Sun, and by the politicians in the shape of the now Commission on Hydro Radials. Uis only hope is in the people and the municipalities who know him, who do business with him and who tnist Inm. One might suppose that a man who sac- rifices his ease and comfort, his family life, his business, his social and polit- ical opportunities for the public velfare would receive nothing but the gratitude and the assistance of the whole community. Ue who imagines this does not know the world. Little but suspicion, calumny, obstruction, and P isrepreseutation are met by the man who tries to benefit his fellows. In :Sir Adam Beck's case labor accuses him of being the agent of capital and uenounces tiie Hydro Electric System as nothing but a capitalistic scheme for getting cheap power. Capital de- nounces him as a socialist and Bol- shevist who robs capital of its privil- eges and confiscates its rights. It is I'ltticult to know why the Farmer's Sun abuses Sir Adam. Some say on personal grounds; others, political others because the Sun is iurtueuced by capital; others, because the Sun does not know any better. Premier Drury says The Sun does not represent him. The politicians dislike Sir Adam because he has refused to play any political game for anv party, but has been fair to all. Each wishes the power he is svpposed to wield but is unwilling to adopt Sir Adam's method of serving and trusting the people. Sir Adam ac- quiesces in everything the politicians propose, and all the political petards have only hoisted those who trained them. The more Sir Adam and his plans are investigated the sounder and the more universally beneficial they are found to be. If all who are trying to hinder would turn to and help to promote the Hydro proposals Ontario would lead the world as she very nearly does in electrical development. The Weak Spot ' Mr. W. F. Buder, MJ.C.E., has be«n pointing out the imposaibility of prices coming down as long aa wages remai* up, unless the wage earner will consent to increase his productiveness. Wages arc always the principal factor in the production cost of almost everything used or consumed. This is obvious in the case of such articles or commodities as are furnished free by nature. Where there is difficulty in procuring natural products as in the case of coal it is wages that constitute the greatest part of the cost. Sir Robirt Home in a return to the British House of Commons drew attention to this, and Mr. Buder shows how the cost of coal put on rail at the collieries is 77.49 of the total. There is, however, no doubt that trans- portation charges are a next principle factor in the final cost to consumer ancl these again arc governed by wages. It ri'mains for the profiteer and the stoek- watcrer to add the last crushing bur- don to the load. After our present economic condition has been entirely revised and perhaps revolutionized as fractically all authorities, conserva- tive or radical, agree that it will or must be, it will be found that the chief defect of our present system lay in giv- ing a corporation privileges that would not be permitted to an individual. Wherever and whenever this is done the result is the same and illegitimate profits have been exacted. So many nave derived advantage that the de- fect has not been remedied, but in the end such a system is bound to fall to pieces from its own weight. The tyr- anny of capital is just as great as the tyranny of absolute monarchy, and tlie tyranny of labor threatens to rival it. None of the remedies so far proposed 1! the economic, field are likely to be successful as long as it is legally pos- .â- ^ible for a corporation to do what would be illegitimate on the part of an individual. will be small eonsolation to those who may be compelled to shiver in the cold of the approaching winter to know that i'rof. Dorsey has discovered a method by which electric energy mey be made available for heating housps. He has been investigating and experimenting for some time past on the great prob- lem that has occupied electricians for many yearji. Ho declared it was an accurate statement to say that by his method there was enough power in the Bed River to heat Winnipeg for 2i hours a day all the year round with the temperature at 40 below zero. Prof, Dorsey has also invented a method for the transmissiorf of electricity under waters which will revolutionize the problem, both as to cost and simplicity. Half the distance from Toronto and ether points east would be eliminated in the transmission from Niagara, and this would enable the voltage to be re- duced from 110,000 to 60,000 while .iUO,()00 horse power could be carried on one cable, thus doing away with the expensive overhead apparatus, so liable to injury by tempests and lightning. The heating of houses at a cheap rate by electricity will be the next biggest revolution in urban life, and this elim- ination of coal would add tremen- dously to the health of the people though it would probably increase the severitv of the climate. A Nettlesome Question & 1 It has been a great disappointment to the friends of the provincial govern- ment among the ranks of the prohib- itionists that all the resources of the administration were not employed from the first against the illicit sale of liquor at Windsor and in the vicinity. Those who rejoiced to have the government "getting in wrong" have been pleased ti see the same mistakes being made that had brought blame to previous administrations, and the same fear ex- hibited that deterred them from fol- lowing out the desires indicated by the various votes and plebiscites of the last twenty years. There is an old school rhyme about the nettle which tells how that plant, if handled gently will sting you for your pains, ' • grasp it like cad of mettle and it soft as silk remains." This would be good advice lor politicians in handling maii.v vex- atious questions, and it is particularly true of the Windsor situation. What- ever is done in some matters there will bo dissatisfaction but a straightfor- ward, determined, and consistent policy alwa.vs commands respect. There can be no doubt of the mind of th^, great majority of the people all over tlie con- tinent on the subject of prohibition. It is not a local question but an inter- national one. The feeling conceriung it is at first as bitter as on the slavery question, but once it is adopted and enforced as in the case of slavery the lapse of time will make it part of the national life. Ponzi's Quick Richness Ponzi is a man who found a way to utilize the methods arranged by bank- ers and other financial operators t(.r their own advantage, to still greater advantage. Financial flesh and blood could not stand that an<l all the agencies of the law were invoked to trip him up in some technical violation of their vast code by which the arti- ficial world of commerce and finance is governed. The rules of the rinan.-iai game as well known, and the skillful player is at liberty to win all he i-an. But when an unknown upstart makes a new game and starts making millions a week in some way that the other financial sharps blush to think they had not discovered til it, he must be sup- pressed. Ponzi 's aims were fairly pub- lic spirited. He intended to m.ike j.lanty for his slients as well as for himself. lie needed tlieir help to se- cure sufficient capital, and for this he promised big returns. He paid all claims upon him when impugned and should bank balances of millions to n:eet all liabilities. It is very difficult for a legitimate banker to know what to do in a case of this kind, execept to discover the secret and follow in the same path. It is probable that Mr. Ponzi deals in premium bonds which are a perfectly sound, secure and staph? in- vestment, although depreciated by British and American financiers. The argument used against them is that the prospect of the possession of sudden wealth is too demoralizing to be pro moted. It would be unreasonable to ap" ply this contention to the operations cf the stock exchange although some straight-laced people are found w-ho do so. BEHIND THE WALL Coal, Heat and Electricity Coal was selling in Toronto on Aug- ust 1 at $15.50. An increase in freight rates was expected to be at the rate of from $1.00 to $1.50 a ton. If former experience is to be regarded this means at least $2.00 extra in the price, and it is not an alarmist statement to say that $20.00 coal is in sight. And there won't be much even at that rate. It POTASH FROM VANCOUVEE. There is a reputed discovery of pot- ash on Vancouver Island. Previous to the war Germany produced 7,S0O.0i.Mi tons of potassium salts, which occur in that country in a form so easily mined that other countries, whose de- posits were contained in rock foun- dations, were unable to compete with German trade. Germany, therefore. h*ld the world monopoly, deriving an annual income of six millions sterling from the product. The quantity tak^'U by Canada in 1913 was 5.200 tons. It is known that there are vast deposit- containing as much as Iti per cent, oi potassium occurring in Eastern Cf.n ada and the Roekv MountaiLS. The first Italian opera performed in England was produced June 5th, 1674, under the special patronage of Cathe- rine of Braganza. The Comforts of the American Home It is a well-known fact that, home for home, the American household has more, comforts and conveniences than that of anv other nation. In foreig.n lands the modernized dweUing is found only in the better sections of the Uirger cities. Every- where in America you find the piano, the vacuum cleaner, washing ma- chines, up-to-date heating systems, telephones and numberless electrical appliances. There is a well-kept look about res- idence, store or out-buildings, with an atmosphere of prosperity and con- tent. Did you ever stop to realize why this is so; how this condition was brought about.^ It is letrgely due to advertising. Stop and think how many of the foods you eat, the things you wear and other articles entering into yoiu- every- day Ufe, you first heard of through advertisements. You w ill then real- ize what a part they do play, or should play, in your daily life. I\ead the advertisements regularly and thoroughly, if you are not abready do- ing so. They mean more to you than you can tell. i Eiiini.'i Willai'd, the Anu-rii'au eilucator and author, was one of a family of seventeen children. She was born at Berlin, Coiui., in 17S7. :>he taught in the village school, and later became principal of a girls' college at Westfield, Conn. After her marriage in 1814 to Dr. John Willard, she opened a boarding school at Middlebury. Conn., which was later removed to Troy, X.Y., and became the Troy Female Academ.v. After her retirement from the school in 1858 ilrs. Willard spent the remainder of her life in revising text books and writing a volume of poems. She died in 1876.] "ROCKED IN THE CEADLE OF THE DEEP." Rocked iu the cradle of the deep, I lay me down in peace to sleep; Secure I rest upon the wave. For Thou, O Lord, hast power to save. f I know Thou wilt not slight my call, For Thou dost mark the sparrow's fall; And calm and peaceful is my sleep, Rocked in the cradle of the deep. And such the trust that still were mine. Though stormy winds swept o'er the brine. Or though the tempest's fierj- breath Roused me from sleep to wreck and death. In ocean 's caves, still safe with Thee, The germ of immortality; And calm and peaceful is my sleep. Rocked in the cradle of the deep. CLEANERS BREAK FAMOUS WINDOW Highly Prized "Signature Window" inMarlborough House Destroyed Gloom hangs over Marlborough House, the residence of Queen Alex- andra, for the famous • ' Signature Window" of the queen mother, re- garded as a precious possession, has been broken by winilow cleaners. The window overlooks St. James Park from a room formerly King Edward's study, and bore the signature of over 50 re.val personages, guests at the pal- ace, who had inscribed their names with a diamond. Autographs of the ex-kaiser, the late c ar of Russia, the late Empress Eugenie, king of Norway and Sweden are inscribed. On one occasion King Edward, showing the window to the late J. Pierpout Morgan, the .Vmerican millionaire, offered $25,000 to take it to New York, but the offer was re- fused. OUR BUTTERFLIES TO BE CATERPILLARS ABOUT CANADA On July 8, 1758, Montcalm, the French commander in America, won a brilliant victory over his English en- emies at Ticouderoga. The French I commander was in Ticonderoga, at the ! extreme end of Lake Champlain, with ; 3,000 men, when he heard that the Eng- ' lish under .\bercrombie, were to attack him with 15,000 troops. Exper- ienceil officer that he was he felt that • it was .essential to retreat, and to do so at once. So he abandoned the fort and concealed his men half a mile awa.v along a slight ridge. Upon the . cre«t of the height he built a rude bar- ricade of tree trunks piled up eight or nine feet. Then he cleared the space ! in front of his lines for 500 yards «o that his troops could see to shoot at the English. The English attacked, and almost the first man to fall was the darling of that force. Lord Howe. The effect was for the time a compl.'te demorali- ; zation of the attacking force. The result was a postponement of the gen- eral attack until the next day, giving ' Montcalm more time to complete his rude fortifications. The next day Ab- ercrombie ordered the advance again. The attack began about one o'clock in the afternoon. The French, outnum- bered five to one, were hidden behind the logs and brush; the English were in the open and afforded splendid targets for the infantry riflemen. They could not aee what or where to shoot. Six times that hot July day the Eng- Fashions will cause milady to rererse nature this winter, hidg- ing from advanced showings ot fare. For it will mean the re- versal of our sutamer butterfly into a "caterpillar." Honest, now, isn't that Just what she looks like in this new big cape of skunk. It Is the most sopular model yet 'hewn for 192U-21. lish advanced on the concealed Frenchmen, and six times they were hurled back in bloody defeat. It was one of the most horrible scenes in all the early fighting between the two nations in America, but at 7.30 at night the English wi-re compelled to give up the battle and leave Montcalm a victor. The French had won with n cost 377 men, while on the ground lay or were missing from the English rnnks at the next roll call 1,944 offfcers and men. Montcalm with a little army had inflicted a great defeat on the English. He was simply wild with joy at his victory. In the thirteenth century wages were fifty cents per week; yet wheat at the same time averaged 70 cents per bushel, or eight days ' labor a bushel. Now it is worth $1.46 per bushel, or 2^ days' labor. SUNLIGHT KILLS DISEASE GERMS Most Important Essential to Health The fact has recently come to be recognized that light is the most im- portant essential to health. The more light the better. Practically all people who live in cities are more or less anemic. The condition shows in the pallor of their skin, and it shows an insufficient numher_ of red corpusoles in their blood. Incidentall.v their vital organs do not function as vigorously as they ought. The trouble is lack of light. City folks spend most of their time iu semi-darkness. They inhabit arti- ficial caves of baked mud and stone, and cover their bodies with light- proof clothing. Their health suffers, and when .sum- mer comes they are eager to get away to the mountains or the seashore to recuperate. Rest, change of scene and plenty of fresh air are all helps in this direction, but what does them most good is unlimited light. The seashore is especially beneficial, because there is more light there than anywhere else. People at the seashore find that bath- ing does them good, but the benefit they derive from it is mainly attribut- able to exposure to unlimited light. Be- fore and after the dip in the surf they lie about on the sand, perhaps for hours, literally taking in health at every pore. Their clothing is reduced to a minimum, which helps. People at the seashore are out in the sunshine all day long. They go about in bath chairs. Invalids even avail themselves of the "sun pavil- ions" which the big hotels provide. Light, light, oceans of light for every- body. THE HUE OF HEALTH. Young women nowadays consider it desirable to acquire a coat of tan, which is esteemed "becoming." Why/ Because it is the hue of health, ob- tained by exposure to sunlight, and it is the fashion in this generation for women to be healthy. Even freckles are not now held in disesteem aa formerlv. The more of GAL. SIXâ€" WILKâ€" Everyday them a girl has the better her health ii likely to be, for it is sunshine that makes them. You yourself have noticed how much much cheerful and vigorous you leel on a bright , sunshiny da.v than on a cloudy and gloomy day. Yoa have more "pep." It is the influence or light. Take, on the other hand, the case cf a prisioner shut up in a cell. He becomes depressed in mind, and â- 'oon loses his physical vigor. His skin blanches; the term "prison pallor" is descriptively familiar. Want of fresh air and exercise is to some extent the cause, but what he suffered from chief- ly is lack of light. Did yuu ever see a potato plant grow- ing in a dark cellar? It is not green, but white, with a long stem and almost no foliage. This means absence of chlorophyll, the substance that gives to plants their green color, and which en- ables them to utilize the energv of light. The red corpuscles of your blood per- form for you an analogous function. In the absence of an adequate light supply they will bet^jme fewer. Y'ou are suffering from anaemia. The doctor gives you a tonic that contains iron: but what you need is more light. Slupi dwellers, who live in narrow and crowded streets, are pale and undersized. Improper nutrition has a good deal to do with it, but that is only- one cause. All efforts to improve the condition of the poor in cities by giv- ing them fresh air and cleaner quarters are in the direction of giving them more light. Any physician will tell yno that excercise in the open air is vastly more beneficial than any ob- tainable in a gymnasium. The chief reason why is that when you are play- ing tennis or golf or riding a horse or a bicycle, or amusing yourself other- wise out of doors, you are getting the benefit of unlimited light. MORALâ€" DON' , BOREOW. A man who was too stingy to sub- scribe for his home paper sent his lit- tle l)oy to borrow a copy taken by a neighbor. In haste the boy ran over a $4 stand of bees and iu ten min- utes looked like a warty summer squash. His father ran to his assist- ance, and failing to notice the barbed wire fence, ran into that, cutting a hole in his anatomy and ruining a $5 pair of trousers. "The old cow took advan- tage of the gap in the fence and got into the corn field and killed herself eating green com. Hearing a racket, the wife ran out, upset a four-gallon churn of cream into a basket of lit- tle chickens, and drowned the entire bunch. In her h.iste she dropped a $35 set of false teeth. The baby crawled through the milk into the parlor ruin- ing a brand new $'J5 carpet. During the excitement the oldest daughter ran awa.v with the hired man. the dog broke up 11 sitting hens, and the calves got out and hewed the tails of four fine shirts oa the clothes line. WORLD'S LAKQBST BIBLE. Though the Bible Society has a re- markable collection of Bibles in its library, the largest and most wonderful Bible in the world is on parchment in the Boyal Library at Stockholm. The covers are made of solid planks, toxu inches thick, and the pages each mea- sure a yard in length. It is estimated that a hundred asses' skins must have been used to furnish the 309 parchment leaves of this colossal book. There are 256 railway stations with- in a six mile radius of St. Paul 's Cathedral, while within a twenty-mile radius there are nearly 400. Gas lights were first used as street lamps in London in 1807.