OOS oo oo oh cass ob oo M43 POOME ss os os so vs os on TA t! was true to his high ideals, and pur- 3 selfish in his public life and service, lot the poole. the impetus that wade {for their success, Ho went back 16 the old land in his maturer years, at an age when most men would have been setking rest and repose. and he settled down Yn the great metropolis to becomé one of its most active and dominant forces. Can- gda Was still the great object of his hopes and plans; but he had the time, or took the time, to think of empire affairs, and was the greatest imperial- ist, in a sincere and genuine sense, that the British nation afforded. But all this is aside from the point which the Whig set out to elaborate here, namely, that he succeeded in most, if not all, of his plans by con- centrating his mind and energy upon them. Others having his experiences at different times would bave been in- clined to say, What is the use? He suing them had the gratification of winning universal favour and ap- proval. No man could be more un- 00 | the dearness of food to the lack months pro rata. ea S- Weekly Edition) 2 Dalted 'States oe Ii ae three months, pro rats.' ed 1s of § offices In Cana SP RESENTATIVA 2 Church St Enki A TIVE: Jers om 225 Fifth Ave. R "Northrup, Manage: Tribune "BL ok R Northrup, Manager. a « 81.00 se ss sau JUST SEBRING OURSELVES Burns has sung of what a benefit it is to the individual to see himself as others see. him, and Martin 'Harvey, the celebrated English actor, will be in Kingston presently), tells us how the "cinema," (abbreviation for cinematagraph, the moving picture machine), corrected some of his imper- fections. In a certain popular play the critics insisted that his part was "overload- ed. with technique," and he could not understand what they meant. He later saw himseli on the: programme of a certain moving picture theatre. Fancy Martin Harvey, in the audi- ence, viewing Martin Harvey, the act- or, on the platiorm, in pantomima, was a rare experience. He saw at a glance some of the things that others saw and forthwith he proceeded to eliminate them. The '"'cinema" and the film, which «80 exactly reproduces every movement ~and with the Edison attachment giving every intonation of voice--can be depended upon to correct the de- fects' of any public man or body of men. The chance to see ourselves may produce marvels in the matter of per- sonal refinement. Our City should 'receive the first cally, The Mail. asks: "If the Naval Aid Bill, the Intercolonial Branches Bil), the Tarifi Commission Bill, and the Highways Improvement Bill are not reintroduced this session, won't the senate's new occupation be gone?" TS lw sure, and the government's old occupation will be gone at the same time. (who Council "exposure" do- GRAFTING IN QUEBEC The legislature of Quebec has been shocked by the newspaper charge--that of the Montreal Mail--that three mem- bers of the local house have been bribed for the support they lent in the passage of the Montreal Fair As- sociation bill. The names of the three members have been given, and the amount paid to each at a certain place, so that the government of Sir Lomar Gouin will be under the obliga- tion to inquire into" all the circum- stances, either. judicially or by a spe- cial committee of the house. The leg- islature is about to rise, having com- ~ pleted .the 'business for which it called, and a special commission or committee can proceed, with the de- finite instivetion, of course, to prése- cute any and all against whom there is any probability of bringing home a ~ conviction of wrong-doing. The po- * htical world is becoming quite accus- lomed to these charges of graiting in every province of the dominion, but the frequency . of insinuation cannot * justify any indifierénce to charges so serious as those which = the Montreal Mail has preferred. Something has to was The Home Rule negotiations for a peaceful settlement have not failed. They, have failed so far as Mr. is concerned, but the government can © offer to the house the concessions which he refused--the removal of the post office and cusfoms department from Irish control--and the house 'may actoept. The suggested change in ghe bill can only be made with the A MAN OF BIG IDEAS The federal parliament had a right to adiourn as a mark of respect for of Sanuda's greatest men--Lord Canada had a right to} claim hin as one of her own. because 'came' to ber when a mere youth, in manhood, in citizenship, in ous North-West, caught nee the best job as, Law { and no man commanded such wide- spread and sincere regard. finance attributes of The minister of production. The land was being de- gerted. The soil was nop being cul tivated in proportion to the increase in" population, was his theory. He could have added, that high duties keevs foreign produce out of the country though it cannot keep in the scountry the foods raised in Canada at home. The inister is as the old-time fly on the" wheel--helpless A MUCH MIXED ISSUE One cannot ;understand the Manito- ba legislature which has adopted a resolution in favour of free wheat, botween Canada and the United States, while knowing full well that the federal government is opposed and will not grant the concession. What is the inference ? That the peo- ple of Manitoba, includify eves" conservatives who support the local government, demand a change in the tariff, and Premier Roblin joins in the clamour because he cannot help himself, and feels that the party in Ottawa will forgive hit. Thomas Robertson, in the Cana- dian Courier, presents 'the other: side of the case, and it should be beard, seeing that ot the subject there is so much confusion, For many years, he says, Canadian wheat has been ship- ped to the United States, and dutia- ble. But ground. into flour for ex- port the millers have received in re- bates 99 per cent!, so, that the actual duty is one-tenth of ome per cent per bushel, or 81 per car load of - 10,000 bushels. With free wheat this duty will be abolished, of 'course, but the Canadians would loss the mill feeds, of bran and shorts, an amazing, sum, and .in the west this trade is very valuable and very neces: sary in the interests of stock raising and dairying. Of course all the mill owners opposed to free wheat. They have to pay duty on théir plants. They buy smaller quantities of grain. They claim that if they built up a big business under present conditions in ruined by a return of the republicans the United States 'théy would be to power three years hence. Finally without the grain trade and the flour trade the Canadian railways would suffer severely and their prosperity is usually indicative of the jprosperity of the country. Thus the Whig's independent readers have the two sides, and they can see how the parties in Manitoba become inextricably involved. Re- ciprocity in trade the conservatives attacked as vicious in principle and destructive in practice, and free wheat they endorse, .and with, a cordiality which there is no understanding--po- litically, . are have EDITORIAL NOTES Better markets and better roads. The premier says thev are wanted. Thev will come aboul the sooner by the active co-operation of the farmebs and citizens.: and it is this koasl edge that has been suggesting that they come together when they can and understand each other. Sir Wilirid Laurier has been auite outspoken on the issue of a cheaver living. He has declared that the government must do something about a cheaper living or it will have to go. The premier does not make the question of bad times the basis an appeal to the people. of r The papers are discussing the ad- vantages of signed articles. Will the name of anv owe make them more readable ? The papers that sowe years ago desired to have all articles signed changed its tactics when it per was contributing to the vanity of the people : The Brookville Times is weary oi the patronage troubles and would bg glad to see something dove so that they would be ended. Doubtless. The patronage hunters: are never satisfied anywhete. In Kingston they have become quite obnoxious. One of the Executive Committee has pronounced them a nuisance. discovered that in this way the po-| | Boards' of Trade to appoint: a com- mission to examine into the ques tion of government of cities and towns by commissions in place of by councils. A splendid idea. but not a uvew one. The difficuliv is. that here- tofore the government did not fa- vour action of this kind. Sir Hugh Graham dominates the newspaper fraternity in Montreal, so far as the English press is concern- ed. He controls the Star, the Her- ald and the Telegraph. Has the groat liberal party not ome paper that it can say reflects its mind om all current questions? If so it has lost terribly since Penny, Beaugrand, Dougall, and Tarte represented it in a very impressive manuer. PUBLIC OPINION A Sore Thought Windsor Record. Hon. W. J. Hanna is finding out that his "'little mistake" was big en- ough to cucher him out of the pre- miership. Won't Be the Last Port Arthur Chronicle If Adam Beck takes the high com- missionership he will not be the first useful man spoiled by the "society bug." Too Quick a Change Montreal Mail "Bald Jack" Rose, the New York gunman, is now an evangelist. His work as such will not be notably suc- cessful. He made the jump from cell to pulpit too quickly. And What a Balance London Advertiser. Harry Thaw announces that he is going to Europe never tb return, and "Jack" Johnson declares that he is coming back to America for good. Thus does life to keep the balance, Sad Reflections Ottawa Free Press Do you remember that night last summer when you wanted to sleep in e hammock all night and the mos- quitoes foiled your plans? Yes, yes, but "hurry and put more coal in the fufnace. Do You Believe It? Toronto News The average small town is served generally by men of influence and weight. In the main the government 13 progressive and business-like. Rare- ly do party politicssintervene to di' minish the power of the council or to becloud the vision of the electorate, Kingston Events 25 YEARS AGO. Rev. Dr: Grant believes in recipro- city of trade between nations. He advises reciprocity and believes for- tunes can be made by merchants. A large number of farmers drove into the city with waggons, being no snow w! hatever in tion. Arrangements have bet made = for a skating race hetween employees of the Kingston & Pembroke Railway car works, Thomas White and Isaac Jackson. The race will be from the Kingston & Pembroke wharf around this see- {$ell's Island and back again. A local real estate agent. sold 100 lots in the upper part of the' city during the last six. weeks. BIRTHDAYS OF NOTABLE MEN Thursday January Twenty-second Dr. J. A. Macdonald, editor of the Toronto Globe who reaches his fifty- second birthday to-day, has the repu- tation of being the best known Can- adian among the people of the United States. This is on account of his frequent appearance on the public platform in the leading cities as an apostle of the Gospel of Peace. Originally a. preacher, he is undeniably one of the foremost orat- ors of the day, though it is said We breaks all the canons of good oratory every time he rises to speak. He goes through an astonishing number of contortions. Sometimes he paces to and fro like a caged lion. Again he doubles slike a jack-knife or crouches like a leopard.:. 'Then he trusts both hands in his pockets and throws back his head. In a moment he has his hands clasped behind his back. Now he is viciously stabbing the air or waving his arms like a windmill. Again he frenzedly rump- les his hair or clutches it by hand- fuls. But in spite of his amazing gesticulations ,he holds his audience with the forces of his utterances, LONGINGS. [From the Saint's Tragedy.) Oh, that we two were Maying Down the stream of the soft | spring breeze, f Like children with violets play- ing the whispering In the shade of -. trees! Oh, that we two sat dreaming On the sward of some sheep trimmed down, Watching the white mists steam- » ing Over river and town. A mead and - Oh, that we two lay sleeping In our rest in the churchyard sod, 2 With our limbs at rest on the quiet earth's And our.souls at home with God! . ~Charles Kingsley. 'Balin will ask the Associated | ~ - = wk judge. there } American REGARDING THE BABY. r-- Nephew Asks His sunt to Explain the New Arrivals Words. Bkeewatckle, Wis, Muy 2 -- Dear Aunt-Eleanor--Aw s¥newhat worried about Ruth Carr toda; She raised the frst twmpus incident to ber young life this morning when nurse bathed her before she (the baby) had Ber breakfast. Kopowing, as we do, that from time {immemorial it sins been held by all savants as almost fatal to health to breakfast first and then WHathe. i BIBBYS JANUARY SALE diately afterward, this tendency on the part of our (jJaughter is a source of the greatest amxiety to Margaret and myself, 1 wish, dear aunt, you would kindly advise us, Is it not altogether likely, however, that, being, as she is, an unprecedent- edly remarkable babg, an absolute re- versal of the ordinary and accepted usages may be the very thing neces. sary to her successful rearing? Any advice from you on this point will be thankfully received. 1 know that you are the merest here- tic in amything savoring of--I can't just now recall what that bunch calls itself, but it's a cuit, and they imagine they have been on earth before in the guise of Emperor Constantine or Ju. lius Caesar or Napoleon or Guy Fawkes or chipmunks or rabbits and things .of thaz sort. But when a baby aged ten days and weight eleven pounds comes across at you with such remarks as "wuggdidgy" and "wee- gogdy" how can 'one help speculating as to wiwthér she may not in some former incarnation have acquired quite a little smagtering of Volapuk or Espe- ranto? Far be it from -me, Y'r af, nephew, however, to EBENEZER. ~Chicago Reccwd-Herald. -- Engagement Put In Danger. She was the Mady of his choice, and he took no pals to conceal it. "I'll bet you don't kivosv what day tomor- row is" sbe announced suddenly. "Why, Tuesday, of course," he answer. ed, in a puzzied tone. "Oh, 1 don't mean that kind of a day. I knew you didn't know." "WHat do you mean?" he replied helplessly'. She pretended to be hurt. "It will be my birthday." "Congratulations, Alice! 'Congratuls- tions!" he exclaimed enthusiastically. "And how old may' you"-- ° "That's for you to find ont," she answered, laughing. '"Well, I bet you 1 know." "You do?" "Yes. and I'll tell you what I'll do. rn semd you a rose for every year of your, life. How will that do? sistapt unoccupied. morning. -You know the address. Eighteen. Your best. Understand?' The boy understood. Half an hour later the proprietor 'was looking over 'the order .book. "What did Mr. Gra- ham order today?" "Righteen roses, sir," answered Willie. He's a pretty good customer. Throw in a dozen more."--8an Francisco Are gonaut. Easy. accustomed to speak only English to ! pronounce some of these French words that are so commonly used. Wise--Oh, I don't think so. Woodley--You don't? Then how do you pronounce e-m-b-o-n-p-o-i-n-t? - Wise--I"at.--Catholic "Standard and Times, Flattered. First Fly--Have you séen that new eucyclopedia? Second Fly--No, Is there anything about.us in it? | First Fly--Certainly. An entire page is devoted to us--the flyleaf.--Colum- bia Jester. Literal. ' Tom--Miss Nervie asked me last night if I would go to the end of the world to serve her. Dick--Well, that's going some. Harry--I1i's the American, It Is. "Is palmistry of any practical val- ue? "Well," answered the girl addressed, "it's a very good way to get your band held.""--Washingten Herald. Discussing the News. "Item in this paper says that the pew mayor of a Kansas town has a set of whiskers that harvest more bushels to the acre than ex-Senator Peffer's." "Greal sport for ¢yclone when it Lits town." Soon to Be. The old lawn mower has been hauled from the shed: And painted and oiled for the fray. Ere long at the dawn will pa leap from. his bed, And the neighbors will hear with dis- may The whirring 5 blades that play havoe with gras But not hot plenty of noise, dnd some. will exclaim as they listen, "Alas. ae napping has lost a its joys!" ~Birmingham Ate Herald The Ontario Artillery Association favors - universal training for the Ca- nadian mil of "Winni The eit; will requis to 665 to A J on its 'af- At the florist's he found the &#: 'Send Miss Casgy cighteen of your best roses tomorrow § "Eighteen? Woodley--It's hard for us who are limit. -- Baltimore | WORKINGMEN'S Heavy twill, khaki black Oxfords, sizes 14 lar 75¢ values for 50c. SPECIAL 50c. Friday and Saturday Doings SHIRTS $12.50 SUIT SPECIAL: color, to 17. plain Regn- Friday and Saturday you can buy for this price a suit of English whip- drawers, all sizes. ity. MEN'S UNDERWEAR 35c PER GARMENT Penman's fleece-lined shirts and Regular 50¢ qual- cord cloth in rich shades of grey or brown; single or double breasted style coat. Sizes 37 to 46. i TRAVELLERS' SAMPLES SUITS Ranging in price from $15, $16.50, WEAR Odd garments, shirts Prices ranging $1.00 to and Saturday for 75¢ j ' MEN'S PURE WOOL UNDER- fo $18.00. Good colorings, good mod- els. Sizes 34 to 42. Price $12.50 and drawers. $1.59. Friday er garment. BOYS' OVERCOAT SPECIAL Plein grey, "plain lar $1:00,.§ MEN'S KNITTED CAPS brown, soft peaks, roll bands. For boys 10, 12, 14, 15 years of age. Regular $7, $7.50 and $8.50 overcoats for $5.00. green, plain Regu- $1.23xalues for Toe cach. 8 SHIRT SALE Sizes 29 to 33. Good { little off in patterns." | $4.00, $4.50, $5.00. Yo per suit, BOYS' SUITS 69c. clothes but a Worth $8604 urs s for rw 5] Just to keep the pot a boiling we are going to offer twenty-five dozen™ men's $1.00; $1.25 shirts for : 69c. 78, 80, 82 BIBBYS, Limited Princess St, : Kingston Better Coal « Means Smaller Coal Bills That is why it pays to order Coal that spits, P. WALSH 53-37 Barrack Street Farms For Sale The following Is a partial list of farms we have for sale in Kingston district: cne Baa ate son + seven see Bae cee 130... ra 103... 115 woe hes sae Lue * ae Wee hem Wa es een ons Nes Wes 150 ... Ave my ABO «ov vis cee Ren 170 sovicnsrassnms 160-... oes AE ADB wii Pes ooo Hod wom Fad BOO... + cus cour seria | SOC a For further information apply te T. J. LOCKHART or ane a see Wem see hee Mew om, KINGSTON, ONT. "ADVERTISE IN THE WHI, Montreal, Clarence St 3 fe Ladies Hockey and Skating Be Our Ladies' Boots have fleece lining in them and "will keep the feet war mand comfort: able. Low and spring heel. $2.00 and $2.50. H. JENNINGS, i