Published THR BLISHING : ©0.,, L TED, . G, Elllott .. A President Guild "J 'Man rector aging Di Treas Telephones: 242 Biter room sx ax ex dana x ay 48 a EH ao . 292 SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Daily Edition.) year, aoe in eity .. .. J ear: it in advance .. . by mail to rural offices, e ie year. 4 United States and three months pro rata. (Bemi- Weekly Edtipn) year, to Tited 'States .. .. and three months, pro rafa. 8. 00 5.00 2.50 3.00 1.00 1.50 ' Attached is one of the best job printing offices in Canada. TORONTO REPRESENTATIVE BE Smaliplecs 32 Church St. B A ye New ¥ york om 225 Fifth Ave. . , oR orthrin, Manager. Chien " . Tribune Bldg. 52. wn RS Northup, Manager. NOTHING TO REFER. The question of how Princess street shall be paved, at least 50 far as the track allowance is concerned, will not go to the Maintenance of Ways, Montreal, for the present at any rate. There is a court of arbitration or re sort, if the city and the Street Rail way company do not agree, and the company has certainly a right to ex- press "approval" as to the material to be used, according to the . agree ment. Besides the city has not yet reached ite (limit in the matter of preliminar- ies. Mr. Mather was expressly engag- #d-to consult with the city engineer. He thas been treated by the works de- partment as if he were the only one %o be considered. The city engineer's , recommending wood blocks for the pavement, aiter he had heard and Yead all that was available on the subject, was not even read by the ittee. {i Under the circumstances, seeing that was no dispute belween the city find company, and no difference re Ported, there was no alternatuve but Ho refer the matter back to the com- 'mittee. There was certainly nothing fo refer to- the Montreal engineer. The home rule question approaches settlement. T. P. O'Connor says there _ will be a compromise, and he ought "to know. Irish control of the post office #hd customs, will be withdrawn, and they ought to be. No one can imagine why they were made part of the scheme in the first place. © DANGER OF BRAIN STORM. , The father of Schmidt, on trial in New York for murder, tells of the in- sanity in his family. - A nephew and a cousin are "totally mad," and the in- ference is that the man in the prison: e's dock is a mental derelict and one who should not have been at large. This calls 'up. the statement of Dr. Young, in regard to the number of persons who are insane, or partially #0, and who escape detection until they do some criminal act. They are then punished for their offences, and turned loose, only to commit greater depredations. The pastor of St. Boni: face church, in New York, recalls the marked peculiarities of Schmidt while he Was acting ns an assistant, but-did nothing to clear up these peculiarities until a terrible crime had been reveal- ed. Apparently much of the crime re ported is due to the mental deficienciest of men and women who are not treat- until some calamity happens. Dr. holds that every convict sent to the Kingston penitentiary--every convict sent to any prison--should be examined 'mentally and physically, - with : tween 1897 and 1912 the actual cost of living increased by sixty per cemt., and what the commission can ascer- tain, and what it must ascertain in order to prove the wisdom of its se lection, is _what contributed to this increase. The people who are suffering from high prices are entitled to a searching examination into all the facts, and they have a right to as sume that if causes can be assigned for these high prices steps should be taken to remove them. The weekly budget that cost $12.24 in 1910 cost $13.63 in 1913, and the commission should determine, if it can,'/what led to the increase of $1.39. The situation cannot be raised by criticism of a more or less reckless kind. Of this criticism there has been more than enough in both the United States and Canada. In congress, for instance, a vicious attack was made upon the government by Representa- tive Mann, who insinuated that the de pression and all that it implied re sulted from the lowered tarifi. The bread line had been established in some of the larger citids, and also the soup kitchens, the usual. accompani- ment of hard times. The country lay prostrate. This was due to the pur- #uit by the government of the fatuous poiicies they had talked op the stump, regardless of thei effect on the body politic. "There was no ybread line in 1907," said Mr. Mann, "no soup houses, no free lodging houses, no municipal buildings turned over in or- der that mem might sleep on 'marble floors. 1 attribute this condition part- ly to the tariff bill, in part to the threat of the political control of bank- ing and currency, and to a general lack of capacity on the part of the democratic party to govern the coun- try." This was the republican broadside without going into details, and it stirred up Champ Clark, the Speaker, 80 that he leit the chair and meta- phorically threw bricks at his oppon- ents, creating a sceme of sQme excite- ment. The republicans had their ca- lamity to howl about. There js no city without: ite idle men, and there never will be, be said. The drought of last summer affected the business of the western cities. There was nothing the matter with the tariff, and noth- ing the matter with' the government. There was simply the theory of the re- publicans that there could not be good times unless - they were represented in the government. . And that is the talk of the average politician, and the cost of living should be an economical one. The Canadian government cannot complain if in the distress of the hour, industrial, commercial and so- cial, there is a tendency to blame , it. The. conservative party made the most yse of hard times 'against the govern: ernment of 1877 and 1878, and suc- ceeded to: power on the pretensé that the times could be regulated by the government. It should meet the cry of the day, therefore, for cheapening living, by taking steps to 'secure it or show that it is impossible. The | army of discontents is increasing, and the government commission should be as thorough and expeditious in its work as the circamstances will permit. EDITORIAL NOTES. Since the Underwood tarifi went into efiect fully 150,000 cattle have cross ed the line and contributed to the American taste for Canadian beef. The exportation has only ceased be cause the supply has given out. ee Can a Cheap Food Commission (short way of putting it), examine witnesses under oath ? Some answer yes, and some no. What is the differ ence ? The commission is not going to deal with people whose word can- not be faken, we hope, A ---------------------- The Asquith government will go a long way to pacily the Ulster people, but, at the dictation of the uniomist party, the Parliament Act will pot be repealed, and Ireland will not be di- vided and put under antagonistic gov- ernments. Something short of this must do. A clergyman in Montreal refused to marry a Chinaman and a Canadian girl and has been approved for it. The question follows--How came the Ministerial Association of Kingston to " endorse a union of yellow and white ? The explanation has never been given, and it is still in order. . Toronto proposes to purchase its street railway and private lighting plant, and to put them under a com- | mission. Why ? No committee of coun- cil could make the record of the Civic Hydro Commission. By the way, it is proposed that the commission be com- posed of three men who will hold of- fice for three years, without salary. The Ottawa Journal pictures Hon. . Rogers as an ideal man--courte ous, generous, liberal-minded, big- hearted, the embodiment of all that is manly and robust in character. It is the suave people who are some times the most to be feared. The poli- tician with the smile sometimes car- ries a stiletto. y The iden of working some of the convicts of the Kingston. penitentiary in the woods, getiing out lumber, looks fine--on paper. But would the [llooth convicts like it, and if they did not [3 es ? Would Bogent and dishonest > botir mix? Would the labor ele ment stand for this? A little girl of thirteen, who killed a companion in Prince Albert, Sask., with a spade, in a quarrel, has been sentenced to tem years' imprisonment in the penftentiary. Another life lost. The Canadian méthods of correcting or reforming young men who ofiend are seemingly very crude. "Mr. Lloyd-George and I know each other," said the Bishop of London at # recent meeting; '"'we are very good friends. 1i we have starvation wages --chich, after all, are at the bottom of it all-and we have allowed people to live in places not fit for dogs, if we have made a hell of the earth it is not God's fault. The policy of si- lence has failed and we have to face the evil together." Wise al: > Otherwise PUBLIC OPINION No Saw-off, Toronto News. The political managers cannot af- ford to arrange a sawof between South Bruce and Chateauguay. Cause For Cemplaint. Montreal Herald. A convict at Kingston says that a guard hit him in the tub. We don't wonder" he told the commissioners about it. A Discovery. Ottawa Journal A man is but a grown-up child. Ii you don't believe it go and find out by trying to get near the toy- departments in our big stores. Like Some Politicians. Toronto Matl. A flower in the government green- house at Ottawa is expected to bloom once and then fade away. Rounds likes the biography of some poli- tician, Instruction Badly Needed. St. Thomas Journal. Again, talking of militarism, the young Canadians do not need to be taught how to shoot hali as bad as some of the elder ones need in- structions as to how-to vote. Hard On the Preacher. Ottawa Free Press. Montreal preacher' says the chuych- : es ought to conduct the dance halls,' but how on earth could the minis ter hate time to master the 120 tango steps and prepare Sunday ser- mons, A New Society. Montreal Herald. A new fraternal society known as the "Camels of the World" has been organized. If membership entails the emulation of the camels' best known specialty, going seven days without a drink, there isn't likely to be much of a scramble to join. The Small Jabs. Catholic - Record, It is the numberless of social life that London . small vices make life intoler- able to thousands; the petty cruelties, annoyances, fault-findings, neglects. little meannesses--the whole flock of infinitesimaal pests' that drive in- dividuals to distraction. A Great Grab Toronto Globe. Almost a third of the taxation levied on the citizens of Toronto is spent upon education, and that in one department of the educational administration conditions have been disclosed which leave an opening for graft on a huge scale. Brantford Wants It. prantford Expositor. Kingston is to vote in January on the establishment of a public utilities commission. Brantford ought to have something of the kind, instead of multiplying © the number of boards by creating a separate com- mission for every new public utility which the municipality may acquire. civic Kingston Even ts| 25 YEARS AGO. Rev. M. Carey presented an altar, handsome in design and in carving, to St. Paul's church, in memory of his mother. It is made of well seasoned oak. Principal Grant, home . from trip around the globe, was given a grand reception The police would like to be relieved of the duty of lighting the lamps. They do not like "shinning" the posts on cold nights. A DECLINE IN VALUES Eber W. Gosnell in Manitoba Free Press. "] am glad Sir Rodmond told us we were so prusperous. If he had not, we would not have been aware of it. If the Borden government are doing so much for Manitoba, making it so prosperous (as Roblin tries to make out), why is it that farm lands are decreasing in value? Why is city property at. a standstill? Why do people. have to pay such high rates of interest? Why are there so many out of employment? "During the time that Laurier was in power, good farm lands advanced in price from $5 to $10 to $30 and $35 an acre. Some lands have de- creased in price in the two years that Borden has been in power. Why is it? "I have lived in Manitoba thirty- three years, and the mot prosperous period of that time 'was during Laurier's term of office." With his body drawn unBer the huge halves of She DU i he Mills and cut into Plc, Jom Bonk, os deaths imagin- FR o The First Question Wiggs--Young Sillicus heart is lacerated, Wagg--Who's the lass? A Queer Proposition. Mrs. Winifred Harper Covuley, secretary of the associatéd Clubs of Domestic Science, recently said at a pure food show: "We must, of course, pay more for all pure food than we used to pay." says his the How It Happened. "Su you broke your engagement with Miss Spenser?" "No; I didn't break it" "Oh! she broke it?" "No: she didn't break it" "But it is broken?" "Yes: she told ne what her clothes cost, and I told her what my income was; then our engagement sagged in the middle and dissolved." Rebert's Profanity. Virginia came hurrying home lead- ing little Robert, who hung reluctantly behind. "Oh, mamma," said the girl, "you just ought to hear what Robert went and said; he swore just awful" "Indeed," the mother queried, what did he say?" In an awed whisper claimed: "He sald gottcha, gram, "and Virginia ex- 'I should Steve" and 1 Tele- worry' --Youngstown v Just the Man. i. Cannibal King---""There's one vavan- y on my staff--and if you could fill it 'd spare you. 1 need a 'Torturer."™ Poor Captive--"Then I'm your man. I. used to be a painless dentist." The Silence of Strength. There is a silence that suggests strength Perfect friendship rejoices in long silences. They are vocal with the heart's musie. Thére is no torment- ng fear of being misunderstood. The ilence that will not betray another, hat can afford to suffer for the sake of inother--that silence is golden. Char- acter grows €troag under its control. There Is a brave silence, the monop- iy of noble souls--that keeps all its vounds out of sight, that buries its surrows, and 'carries a smiling face tong life's path. The joy of othes ist not be spoiled by its grief; the ight of other lives must not be dark- ned. This is the silence that annoints ts face with the oil of gladness, and veeps in secret. Oh, brave heart! thy father which seeth in secret shall re- ward thee openly. Tho hast the Mas- ter's smile. A Treat. "Have a good time on tion?" "Splendid. You don't know what a relief it was to me to see my husband spend a dollar or two without grumb- Hang." your vaca- No Chance For Her. -- "lI don't suppose my daughter wil) ever marry a millionaire." "Why not? "She can't stand the smell of chloro. form so she can't be a trained nurse and her father simply won't let her 30 on the stage." Not Interested. "Interested in the Thaw case?" "No. : I'm neither a lawyer alienist." nor an A Cheerful Giver, An attorney in Dublin, having died exceedingly poor, a shilling subserip- | t'on was set afoot to pay the expense of the funeral. Most of the attorneys and barristers, having subscribed. one of them applied to Toler, afterward lord chief justice, expressing a hove that he would also subscribe his shill- ing. "Only a shilling!" said Toler; "only a shilling to bury an attorney. Here is a guinea; go and bury 21 of them. HOW DOES THE SOUL GROW? How does the soul grow? Not all in a minute. Now it may lose ground. and "now it may win it; Now it resolves, and again the will faileth; Now it rejoiceth, and now it be waileth; Now its hopes fructify, then they are blighted; Now it walks sunnily, gropes benighted. Fed by discouragement, taught to I tora, now slower, a puta fullure . . made whole, It is full grown and the Lord rules the soul. ~Susan Coolidge. » Rey. James Strachan. B.A. Galt, extended a unanimous eal from Firse Baptist church, - |T. J. LOCKHART Store Open Evenings Tie Special, 25¢ Each tie in fancy ends, etc. Men's Suits Special $15.00 For the next three days we are go- ing to offer vou exceptional values in Men's Suits. Semi-Ready and = So- ciety Brands. Sample Suits in the newest models and colorings. Regu- lar $2 0 values for $15.00. Men's Suit Special $12.50 Don't miss this line. A genuine inglish Whipcord Suit, hand-made, colors are fawn and dark grey; all sizes. $12.50. box. New flow SEE OUR Elegant $15.00 Clay Worsted Blue Suits Sizes 34 to 44. Sale of Ladies' and Men's Sweater Coats Regular $2.50 and $3.00 values for $1.50. Overcoat Special $15.00 New Semi-Ready Ulsters, regu- lar $20, stamped prices, for $15.00. 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