The suitcase imuien dhe. Wiani peg Public : School Board and the od States RY fie i pro rat L is of the best job ATIVE' . 82 Church St ATIVES: Or BER Now Tork Offce Sadan op anh Ave. . « Tribune Bldg. "R. Northrur, Manager. WORK ON THE BUREAU Kingston is marking time again, néedlessly; with regard to an industry which desires to locate here. The cor- respondence was opened by a whole | sale firm whose head has always been | interdated in the eity's progress. He! pointed: out that the location hero | was very desirable for many reasons which "were et forth in one of the let- fers. Then, wheg the subject becamo one for larger or practical (réatment, it was referred to the Board of Trade and is now before the Bureau of In dustry, Fit was some days antl" though evpedition was though MEavas Nery RACSEuTy of the jap that ~oiker places wero very eager to gevure it, no. definite no- tice. has been , takan. . Why ? The regu may "nndergo some chang, as a result off the 'changes in the Council, but the old board. remains until it is replaced, "dnd: the manufacturing ' com- | pany is 'awaiting a decision and say- ing that out, swecess "will depend en in vie 'tirely Wpon the indusements offered." | It is time some one was geiting busy. Judge Jdennox difigrs. from some of | the brgthten of the bench and says that he gannot find any law on which to base a judgment that the salaries of government officials should not be | taxed. Jf the salarics were made fow because they wyre exempt from taxa tion" there wonld be some sense in the | contention, but tha government offi- cidly are not now sufiering from the salary ip oN THOUGHTS OF A LEADER 1 ye very certain--and the re- ret the greater -in consequence-- that the prensier of Ontario will not agin lead the government of ' which he has beeii 'the head since Hin, No ma that has succeeded - office ° «80 powerful in his 3% and ke sith such absolute authority. He must: be "mitued, and the anxiety debpeny "Shen 'mén 'canvass the silua- tion. with! & view of selecting his SECEsSOT, ' Should his health-be revived so that he can. reach his home in To- route, and his revival be such that ha. canbe consulted about the work which he must lay down, the choice will be 'an easier one. Hon. Mr. Beck, Hon. Mr. Hanna, and Hon. Mr. Hedrat. havo: been. named, Mr. Beck has the energy but not the exger- i te Mr. Hanna has | Dy he has an escujcheon that has 'stained. Mr. Hearst's i to bis an impossible choice. A leader; alert; sive, 'able, from outside thé cabinet, < is probable, and one also from out- | side? the legislature. There is ago, to' the position which Sir James vr must -now vacate, but it is possible that he has no ambi- tion for Jt. now. This ome is Chief who' went 'on the EI it | with regard to the need of it. of the government, and then the worried and | dAisinvased occupant of office. 'While the politicians - discuss - the ago, i invited, | Bu- | I adaptable, aggros- | one | who would® have liked, some years | Roman Catholic Sehgol Board has come to an end. The Catholic schools have been maintained at a very great expense to the Catholic people. They paid their school taxes for the nation: al system, and because they wanted religion taught to their children, by their own staff, they agreed to a se cond and voluntary tax. In 1911 they proposed that the schools be carried on by. a consolidated hoard, and the law of the province was amended 50 as to make this possible. For months, however, no substantial progress has heen made, and because the Roman Catholics claffned the right, which their coxdigionists in New Branswick claim to have retained under ances, - of -eon- t| tinuing their teachers, in the gavh of Troan | their orders, and their religious teach- Rr An end has been reached in the{¥ negotiations, and the proposed con- solidation has been dropped. The Public Schodl Board has declared that no particular sect or class can be re- presented in the schools, and that a8 these schools cannot ba operated upon a religious basis. It is important to notice the Sonten- tion of Viscount Bryce, who, speaking before a representative body in the University of London, said religious teaching should be continued in the schools. He had been observant in {both England and the United States and found that biblical knowledge was declining "to the loss of the life of the country." In the United "| States religion has been omitted from the Mational schools. In England it lis proposed to abolish it from the | voluntary schools "which the govern- ment is taking over. In Manitoba this religious teaching is the cause of | serious - differefices between the educa- { tional hoards. From all oi which it would appear that the last word has not been spok- |en on this question of religion in the | schools. Viscount' Bryce is correct in | saying that the home and the Sunday | school should contribute to it, but the public school should do its part. | y EDITORIAL NOTES. License reduction was carried in Ot- {tava with a sweep, and as a result | ninetecn tavern and tem. shop licenses {will bo cut off. Will the"drinking ba { any the less 7? That is the greater and more important. question. 1 The iliness is of Premier Whitney generally and sincerely rvegrefted: Po- ! Titical feeling is at this time put _ iaside, and the people, without, regard to » | party, realize that. the life of a great man is in peril. His recovery is fer" | vently hoped f for. The political parties largely lost | their identity in the recent municipal | election. "We never saw such a mix- up," says'one man. And may it nev. {er be othérwise. That is the Whig's sincere desire, so long as good comes | out of -the situation. Admiral Mahan, an American, paval (officer, is giving advice to the English People on the naval issue, The moth- er country is pretty well supplied with naval experts and ought to be able to get along without his help--and | alarm, for according to his story the empire is in danger. The people of the United States are {said to have been defrauded out of $129,000,000 . through the mails. Well, they must like it or they would heed thé admonitions #hey receive and give pit up. Barnum was right in his con 1 ceéption 'of the folks. They like hum- 'bug and gre willing to pay for it. Labour unrest and class strife "ar; said to be seething beneath, in Eng: | land, while the wealthy are oblivious {to their duty. This is the assertion (of Winnipeg's industrial commissioner, {just returned from England. Result-- {a Menace to society, and a menace to | labour, and they may lead to serious { consequences. McGill University is said to be suf {fering from the want of a residemee for students, and .the governors will j concentrate their labours upon the | provision of it'as soon as possible. {1 Col. Sam Hughes were consulted he {would see the nevessity for an arm: moury, but the military eraze is not Conspicuous in MeGill. Wiscossin is finding it dificult to én-| | force the E law, which permits! of the marriage of men and women only when they have been physically and mentally examined and found fit. The people have not been educated The doctors, too, will not make the double examination Jor ® 3. The question with one of the maga: Yines--and it has been Shaatinely 1a discussog--hes Fees, Shall we abolish {Santa Claue® Any one 'can suggest {the apswet. As Santa dow not come at the bedk and call of any one Bo 3% not likely to go on the command of any ope. He is the children's patron i saint, and hes going to stay. The inspectors . of ponitentiaries should not inaugurate any changes. If in their visitaticos they note any: thing which they think they can 'i | prove upon upon they should recommend "J shionld be 'given a 'fres hand to do as) he. desires. Prison management has bec Burt by too much' interference. [PUBLIC OPINION It May Be Montreal Mail. A London scientist announces that the. Eskimos have more backbone than any other men. Perhaps that is: why they have no party polities. Presence of Brass Toronto News. In the old days idols were some times made of brass. And this ac- counts for the plentitude of that metal displayed: by certain idols . oi the people We might name. EN The Crucial Question London Advertiser.' A Montreal man lays the high price of vegetables to the cutting up of land into building lots. But what good - are onions if you haven't -got a kitchen in which to fry them ? Not The Best Judge Toronto Star, A judge has decided 'that judges need .not pay income tax. Without entering into dispute on the point, we would suggest that it is a ques- tion to be decided not by a judge, but by parliament. Success to the Women Brantford Expositor. Two ladies are candidates for seats on the Board of Education 'of Toron- to. Success to them! If thereis one 'municipal body more than - an- other on which women can render valuable assistance it is that which has charge of the training of the youth, { Buwrowing Comes. High Edmonton Capital' During ' the last 'twelve months the Hon. Mr. White has gone to '.ondon ta borrow a total of no less than $15,000,000. He has had to pay over four per cent. for every dollar of it. The interest on borrowings for' this year - along amounts to $1, 800,000, The last loan of $20,000,000 at four per 'cent. had to he sold at 97, which means nearly 48 per cent. interest. Kingston Events 25 YEARS AGO. Mayor J. D. Thompson re-dected for sccond term. J. McLeod, 4 temper- ance candidate, elected alderman in Victoria ward. John Fisher elected reeve of Ports mouth, Goorge (. and Mrs. Chown left Winnipeg on a two weeks' visit. Mahood's fancy store entered by burglars, ) for BAPTISTS AR ARE AG AGITATED Protest AMeged Catholic Activity On Marriage Question. Ottawa, Jan. 7.-2At a meeting of the Ottawa General Ministerial associa- tion the following resolution was read by Rev. G. R. MatFaul, pastor of the Krench Baptist church, and carried : "Whereas, it has been brought to our. nothee by some of the pastors of our ministerial association that dur- ing the been legally married by them, acoord- ing to laws of the province have been disturbed and greatly annoyed by vis- its from Roman Catholic priests, who have attempted to make them believe that they were not validly married : "Resolved, that as an association we do vigorously protest against such unjust interference on the part of the Roman Catholic priesthood and where- as, in the province of Quebec, there is still uncertainty, owing to the unlaw- ful claims in some «quarters, Protest- ant ministers cannot marry couples of certain religions beliefs. "Resolved that we urgd upon 'all irue citizens of Canada to continue the agitation upon the marriage ques- uions until the law is clearly defined, and the Roman Cathglic clergy 'are givan to understand distinctly that they have no special favors, but are on an equal footing with the Protest- ant clergy, and that the state is su: preme in this matter.' i STRIPPED OF a Punished For Commending Col. Von Reuter For "Firm Stand." Berlin, Jan. 7.--The Berliner Mit tag Zeitung states that the crown prince' has ' practically been stripped of all his military authority in con- sequence of his - telegraphing con- gratulations - to Colonel Von Reu- ter, commander of the regimeut that usurped civil authority at Zabern, Alsace, on his "firm stand." The journal states that as soon. as the existence of the telegram was verified a conference of "competent authori- ties" was summoned, and it was de- te to recall the prince from Dantzig, where he is in command of the Death's Head Hussars, within twenty-four hours, The position - he now aeccupies on the > staff in Berlin is stated to bea "wholly {subordinate _One. 44 Thirteen Island Lake Thirteen Island Lake, Jan. 5--The rural mail delivery started on Janu: ary 2nd, This ace also . has the rural telephone line from Desert Lake is Yoroha and SGnnetiad with sther ines i are loo our way at last, Richtee ction have ot al their teams drawing. Visitors: Mise Hattie Charlton, at Bab- cock's; Mr. and Mrs. Geo a a George Mr. and Mrs. W. and amily, "Mr. and Mrs, Jo- Storms, and Mr. and Mrs. Alex 'andria. Hopping and family, at John Meknight's; Be and. Mrs. Frank Storms, at 8. Devo's. Mrs. Amos Deyo and son ot returned home, af- ter an absence of some months. All are sorry to hear of the serigus illness of Mrs. T. Ryder, of Verona. > At. London, ¢ Ontario, two men. wine Phillips, Fred Sutherland and his wife, were placed under ar- rest charged with counterfeiting. Mayor A. Z. Trude! was returned to the 'J home to roost. past vear couples who have! Some people boast that they -never boast. ' Unkind criticisms -are apt 'to come » A woman with big feet is partial to long skirts. Must Keep Right On, My work right now I'd hike to drop, But for .me there's No near-side stop. -- Ax Luck Would Have It. "Sure. 'it's Mike, the boy, that's the lucky man." "How. was.he lucky?" "Why, mum, he got Insured for $5,- 000 and the very next day he fell off the ladder, paintin', and broke his ngck."---Philadelphia Ledger. Where We Lead. Church--""They eay that the most densely populated of all the countries of the world is Belgium, with 626, in- habitants: to the square mile." Gotham--"1'll bet we can beat Bel- glum, though, when it comes to strap. hangers."--Yonkers Statesman. Infantile Wisdom. knife out of the baby's mouth! Oh, Jet him have #1, my dear. -hapd he's trying 'to cyt a tooth. -------- Know Him? "That man is one of our capitalists," said. Miss Cayenne. "Didn't know he was in that line at all. © What is his specialty? The capitalization," of T."--Washington Star, Per- leading | the * letter The Tactless One. "I will confess. .to . you," she said, "that I am older than I look. I will be thirty-one, my sext ixthday." "Really?" "he, repliéd. "Hardly. JAany= one would guess that you were more than about. twenty-nine." "That's the last time," she said when he had departed, "that. I'll ever try to be nice to a brute."--~Chicago Record- Herald, Rejected, Not Crushed. "No, I'm sorry, but I'll be a sister to you." "Pardon me, I have plenty of sisters. What I wahted was a mother."--Lon- don Opinion. Getting a Verdict. "We could have settled our difficui- ties by tossing a coin. Instead we spent a lot of money in going to law." "Well?" "I undefstand the jury matters by City Journal, settled the tossing a coin.'--Kansas ' Fooling Baby, Mrs. Jones--"Why are you setting thé alarm for 2.30? You surely don't want to get up at that time?" Jones--"No; I'd like to go to sleep at that time. When the baby hears that he may think it's time for him to turn in."--Puck. ---- A Glad Consent. "Do you consent to my marriage to Sam, father?" "Yes my daughter," said. old Jacobs, "but I gan not let you leaf me. You are mine only * child, and you and Samuel must lif ride here vid de old folks. You can haf that second-storey front room for twenty dollars a veek." ~Lippincott's. S------ The Very Pinnacle of Fame. "Has your father ever been indicted for anything? Pe "I should think he has. And once he served six weeks of a three-year sen- tence." Lost. Life is full of mysteries not the least of which is where the boards that close the mouth of the coal bin get to during the summer months, -------------- - BELINDA. On ber white breast a sparkling, "cross she wore, Which Jews. miight kiss and in- | tidels adore. : Her lively looks a sprightly mind disclose, Quick as her eyes and as, un- fixed as those. : Favors to none, to all she smiles ex Oft 'she rejects. but never 'once offends, - Bright ax the sun. bér eyes the &azers strike, And. like the sus, they shine on all alike. "Yet, gracerul ense ant swestnpes 'void 'of pride, Might hide her faults if belles had fants to hide. "If to ber sbare some female er crorsfall § Lack on ber fics 4nd you fo Armstrong. ; by a majority of twelve over Dr. E. F. George, for goodness sake, take that | | } | Ariends and customers. 3 od fe . ad] i rE 50 Dozen Tooke Bros. Cragront and Star Brand $1 .00 and $1.25 Shirts for Sizes 14 to 17. 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